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{{Short description|American government-sponsored enterprise}} | {{Short description|American government-sponsored enterprise}} | ||
The '''Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation''' ('''FHLMC'''), commonly known as '''Freddie Mac''', is an American [[publicly traded]], [[government-sponsored enterprise]] (GSE), headquartered in [[Tysons, Virginia|Tysons]], [[Virginia]].<ref name="TysonsMap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110181002/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-11-10}}". [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/about/contactus.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514133503/http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/about/contactus.htm |date=2009-05-14}}". Freddie Mac. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref> The FHLMC was created in 1970 to expand the [[secondary market]] for [[Mortgage loan|mortgages]] in the US. Along with its sister organization, the Federal National Mortgage Association ([[Fannie Mae]]), Freddie Mac buys mortgages, pools them, and sells them as a [[mortgage-backed security]] (MBS) to private investors on the open market. This [[secondary mortgage market]] increases the supply of money available for mortgage lending and increases the money available for new home purchases. The name "Freddie Mac" is a variant of the FHLMC [[Acronym and initialism|initialism]] of the company's full name that was adopted officially for ease of identification. | The '''Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation''' ('''FHLMC'''), commonly known as '''Freddie Mac''', is an American [[publicly traded]], [[government-sponsored enterprise]] (GSE), headquartered in [[Tysons, Virginia|Tysons]], [[Virginia]].<ref name="TysonsMap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110181002/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US5179952&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-11-10}}". [[United States Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/about/contactus.htm Contact Us] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514133503/http://www.freddiemac.com/corporate/about/contactus.htm |date=2009-05-14}}". Freddie Mac. Retrieved on May 12, 2009.</ref> The FHLMC was created in 1970 to expand the [[secondary market]] for [[Mortgage loan|mortgages]] in the US. Along with its sister organization, the Federal National Mortgage Association ([[Fannie Mae]]), Freddie Mac buys mortgages, pools them, and sells them as a [[mortgage-backed security]] (MBS) to private investors on the open market. This [[secondary mortgage market]] increases the supply of money available for mortgage lending and increases the money available for new home purchases. The name "Freddie Mac" is a variant of the FHLMC [[Acronym and initialism|initialism]] of the company's full name that was adopted officially for ease of identification. | ||
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