Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Freddie Mac, plays a crucial role in the U.S. secondary mortgage market. The company acquires residential mortgage loans, encompassing both single-family and multifamily properties, from originating lenders. Additionally, it invests in a variety of mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities. Its operations are structured around two distinct segments: Single-family and Multifamily. The Single-family division is responsible for the acquisition, pooling into securities, and guaranteeing of single-family home loans. It also oversees the associated credit risk, and manages its portfolio of mortgage-related investments, securitization processes for single-family loans, and treasury operations. Its clientele for this segment includes a broad spectrum of financial institutions such as mortgage banking companies, commercial and regional banks, community banks, credit unions, housing finance agencies, savings institutions, and non-depository financial firms. The Multifamily segment is dedicated to the acquisition, divestiture, securitization, and guarantee of multifamily loans and related securities. This is accomplished through the issuance of specialized multifamily K and SB certificates, other securitization instruments, and credit risk transfer products, alongside providing various mortgage-related guarantees. The beneficiaries of this segment's services range from banks and other depository institutions to insurance companies, asset managers, central banks, pension funds, government entities, real estate investment trusts, brokers, dealers, and diverse lending organizations. Established in 1970, the company maintains its headquarters in McLean, Virginia.