MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2015) - Freddie Mac ( OTCQB: FMCC ) today released its inaugural 2016 K-Deal Issuance Calendar to increase transparency and to demonstrate a consistent level of potential investment opportunities in the new year. The is available on page of the company's web site at. 'The Freddie Mac K Series is the benchmark for Agency CMBS and this Issuance Calendar will allow investors to better plan their capital allocations,' said Freddie Mac Vice President of Multifamily Capital Markets Securitization Robert Koontz. Download adobe photoshop elements for mac free. 'We issued over $35 billion in K-Deals in 2015, our largest issuance year to date but we expect to top that in 2016.' Freddie Mac Multifamily is a leading issuer of agency-guaranteed structured multifamily securities. K-Deals are part of the company's business strategy to transfer a portion of the risk of losses away from taxpayers and to private investors who purchase the unguaranteed subordinate bonds. K Certificates typically feature a wide range of investor options with stable cash flows and structured credit enhancement.

Freddie Mac issued Bulletin 2016-09 (Bulletin). This Bulletin: grants servicers the option to use, without charge, the services of a HUD-approved nonprofit national counseling agency when offering early delinquency counseling to borrowers with Home Possible Mortgages; updates reporting and notification requirements with respect to the transfer of Freddie Mac default legal matters to an. * On August 18, 2016, FHFA announced an increase in the 2016 multifamily lending caps for FannieMae and Freddie Mac from $35 billion to $36.5 billion. A previous market change adjustment was announced by FHFA on May 4, 2016, increasing the multifamily lending caps from $31 billion to $35 billion.

Freddie Mac retains sole discretion over whether or not the K Certificates issuances come to market and the timing thereof, which may be impacted by market conditions. The information contained in the 2016 K Certificates issuance calendar does not guarantee the timing of any future Freddie Mac offerings or the amount of such offerings. The calendar may be amended, superseded or replaced.

The K Certificates issuance calendar is provided for informational purposes only. This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 19, 2015; and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, filed with the SEC on November 3, 2015, and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information 'furnished' to the SEC on Form 8-K. Freddie Mac's press releases sometimes contain forward-looking statements. A description of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in these and other forward-looking statements can be found in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, filed with the SEC and available on the Investor Relations page of the company's Web site at and the SEC's Web site at.

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Today Freddie Mac is making home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing.

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