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Market Research | January 29, 2025
Economic, Housing and Market Chartbook: January 2025
See impacts of the housing and mortgage market, rates and home sales data in the January 2025 Economic, Housing and Market Chartbook.
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Backgrounders September 8, 2021
STACR Bloomberg Guide
An overview of Bloomberg Terminal functionality for analyzing STACR securities.
- Program Resources
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Performance Overviews September 8, 2021
Freddie Mac Single-Family Loan-Level Standard and Non-Standard Dataset Summary
Report Document
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Market Research July 21, 2021
Quarterly Research Package and Forecast Q2 2021
Read the latest top market themes and quarterly forecast.
- COVID-19
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Performance Overviews May 4, 2021
Freddie Mac Releases Non-Standard Dataset
Freddie Mac continues to demonstrate a commitment to data transparency through the release of a new Non-Standard Dataset (NSD).
- COVID-19
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Market Research April 26, 2021
Quarterly Research Package and Forecast Q1 2021
Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Top Market Themes research package sheds light on current housing trends.
- COVID-19
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Market Research February 12, 2021
Quarterly Research Package and Forecast Q4 2020
Highlights from the forecast point to a strong housing market in 2021 fueled by record low interest rates and remote work.
- COVID-19
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Backgrounders January 21, 2021
STACR Structure Evolution
STACR REMIC structures offerings as notes issued by a trust that is treated as a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC). The trust pays interest (uncapped LIBOR floater) and principal (less credit and/or modification losses) to noteholders on a monthly basis.
- Stakeholder Communications
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Backgrounders January 21, 2021
WLS (Whole Loan Securities)
WLS is a credit risk transfer (CRT) security offering backed by single-family mortgages purchased by Freddie Mac. WLS comprises a fully-collateralized, non-synthetic issuance of guaranteed senior and non-guaranteed subordinated certificates. WLS offerings are no longer issued, but past offerings are still active.
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Backgrounders January 21, 2021
STACR® SPI (Securitized Participation Interests)
STACR SPI is a form of credit risk transfer (CRT) in which loans funded by Freddie Mac’s cash window are deposited into a Participation Interest (PI) Trust, in exchange for a Participation Interest (96%) and a Credit Participation Interest (4%) for each loan.