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Webinar | June 11, 2024
Flex Modification® Impacts on CRT
Hear from Freddie Mac leadership on the recently announced Flex Modification changes. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the expansions that will assist more borrowers who may experience financial hardship, ensure consistency in payment relief outcomes and provide guidance in determining Flex Modification terms.
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Webinars November 17, 2022
CRT Quarterly Webcast November 2022
Listen in as Mike Reynolds provides current program and housing market updates and recaps Q3 2022. Mike is joined by Keith Jones, vice president of Credit Policy, to share insights into portfolio credit risk and credit quality in the current market environment, recent policy changes and how Freddie Mac is achieving our mission through affordable housing.
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Press Releases November 17, 2022
Freddie Mac Plans Pool-Level Social Index Disclosures
Freddie Mac today set Dec. 2, 2022, as the date it intends to publish a one-time historical file reporting Social Index scores for all active and inactive or paid off mortgage-backed securities (MBS) pools formed since January 2010.
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Press Releases November 17, 2022
Freddie Mac Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer Program Protects $136 Billion of Loans in Third Quarter
Freddie Mac ’s Single-Family business today announced that its Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) program reported Third Quarter 2022 CRT issuance of approximately $4.7 billion, protecting
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Program Updates October 26, 2022
2022 Hurricane Ian Exposure Report
2022 breakout of loans in STACR, STACR SPI, WLS, ACIS and DEEP MI CRT Transactions affected by Hurricane Ian.
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Press Releases October 25, 2022
New Clarity URL and Other Changes
In late November, Clarity will move to a new URL and have a new look and feel.
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Podcasts September 30, 2022
CRTcast E6: Current State of the Market and Future Direction of CRT
Mike Reynolds and Christian Valencia, vice president of CRT Investments and Capital Markets (I&CM), and Jeff Shue, senior director of CRT I&CM, discuss the current state of the market and what to expect in the upcoming quarter.
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Webinars August 3, 2022
CRT Quarterly Webcast July 2022
Mike Reynolds, vice president of Freddie Mac Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer (CRT), provides program and housing market updates for 2022, and recaps the record year for Freddie Mac CRT in the first half of 2022. Guest speaker Michael Bradley, senior vice president, Single-Family Modeling and Analytics, joins Mike to share his thoughts on Freddie Mac’s innovations in machine learning.
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Webinars April 14, 2022
CRT Quarterly Webcast April 2022
CRT Vice President, Mike Reynolds, provides updates on the CRT programs, including performance trends and secondary market activity. Guest speaker and Macro and Housing Economics Manager, Venkataramana Yanamandra of Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist’s Office, joins to provide insight into the housing market, inflation and economic impacts from the geopolitical environment.
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Conferences April 14, 2022
CRT Quarterly Webcast April 2022
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Podcasts March 31, 2022
CRTcast E5: Syndication’s Role in New Issue CRT
Christie Tintle, Managing Director and head of Wells Fargo Securities’ Asset-Backed Finance Syndicate Team, joins Mike Reynolds, VP of Single-Family Credit Risk Transfer, to discuss what it means to be the head of the syndicate desk for asset-backed finance and its role in the CRT market.