Freddie Mac

Freddie Mac appears in Can Trump make buying a home more affordable? as one of the government-backed mortgage institutions in the episode’s mortgage-backed-securities discussion. The source treats it together with Fannie Mae, not as a standalone institutional history.

Its relevance is the risk-bearing side of rate relief. If government-backed institutions buy more mortgage-backed securities, demand for those bonds can lower mortgage rates, but Susan Wachter says taxpayers absorb additional interest-rate risk through that balance-sheet exposure.

Connections

• Mortgage-Backed Securities Rate Policy - policy mechanism where it appears.
• Fannie Mae - paired mortgage institution in the source.
• Demand-Side Housing Affordability Policy - demand-side affordability lever.
• Housing Affordability Supply Mechanics - broader supply-side caveat.