Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

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The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as Freddie Mac, is a U.S. government-sponsored enterprise that buys and securitizes residential mortgages to promote liquidity and stability in the housing finance market.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation canonical 10
FHLMC 3
Freddie Mac 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf financial services company
government-sponsored enterprise
public company
secondary mortgage market institution
charteredBy United States Congress
competesWith Federal National Mortgage Association
linked to: Fannie Mae
coreActivity issuing mortgage-backed securities
purchasing residential mortgages
securitizing residential mortgages
country United States
focusesOn conforming loans
conventional residential mortgages
foundedAs private corporation chartered by Congress
foundedBy United States Congress
guarantees principal and interest payments on certain mortgage-backed securities
hasAlias FHLMC
Freddie Mac
hasJurisdiction United States housing finance market
hasMission expand opportunities for homeownership
provide ongoing assistance to the secondary market for residential mortgages
stabilize mortgage markets
hasServiceArea nationwide in the United States
headquartersCountry United States
headquartersLocation McLean, Virginia
linked to: McLean
inception 1970
industry financial services
mortgage finance
legalForm government-sponsored enterprise
operatesIn secondary mortgage market
ownedBy shareholders
parentAgency United States federal government
product guaranteed mortgage participation certificates
mortgage-backed securities
purpose promote stability in the housing finance system
provide liquidity to the U.S. mortgage market
support affordability in housing
regulator Federal Housing Finance Agency
roleInEconomy providing liquidity to mortgage lenders
reducing interest rate risk for mortgage originators
roleInPolicy supporting U.S. housing policy goals
sector housing finance
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
subjectTo U.S. federal housing finance laws
conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
supervisedBy Federal Housing Finance Agency
tickerSymbol FMCC
typeOfSecurityIssued agency mortgage-backed securities

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Federal Housing Finance Agency regulates Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
HERA regulates Freddie Mac
linked to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Freddie Mac fullName Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Freddie Mac abbreviation FHLMC
linked to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs oversees Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation hasAlias FHLMC
linked to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Act relatedTo Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act primarySubject Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act creates Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970 creates Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
Freddie Mac fullName Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
subject linked to: FMCC
Freddie Mac abbreviation FHLMC
subject linked to: FMCC
linked to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation