Freddie Mac First Look Initiative Gives Homebuyers 15 Days to Buy HomeSteps® Homes Without Investor Competition
MCLEAN, Va. Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Freddie Mac (OTC Bulletin Board: FMCC) today announced it is expanding the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative on September 17, 2010 so any home shopper can buy a HomeSteps® home as their primary residence during the first 15 days of the property's listing without competition from investors. HomeSteps is the real estate sales unit of Freddie Mac and markets a nationwide selection of Freddie Mac-owned homes.
News Facts
-- The Freddie Mac First Look Initiative supports Freddie Mac's mission
to stabilize communities and foster affordable homeownership
opportunities by giving homebuyers 15 days to buy a HomeSteps home as
their primary residence without investor competition.
-- In Nevada, the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative offers buyers who
plan to become owner-occupants a 30 day window to shop without
investor competition.
-- Investment, vacation or second home purchasers are ineligible for the
Freddie Mac First Look Initiative.
-- Today's announcement builds on the national First Look effort the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development and National Community
Stabilization Trust (NCST) launched on September 1, 2010 to provide an
exclusive 12-day window to owner-occupant buyers working with
Neighborhood Stabilization Programs (NSP) grantees non-profits working
with NCST.
-- The Freddie Mac First Look Initiative will provide a 15-day window to
buyers working with NSP and NCST affiliated groups.
-- Home shoppers should contact their local real estate broker or visit
HomeSteps.com for more information about the Freddie Mac First Look
Initiative.
Quotes
Attribute to Chris Bowden, Vice President, HomeSteps.
-- "The Freddie Mac First Look Initiative will provide America's home
shoppers with an exceptional new opportunity to buy affordable homes
to live in at a time when mortgage rates are at a 50-year low."
-- "Expanding the Freddie Mac First Look Initiative emphasizes Freddie
Mac's commitment to manage its REO inventory to help stabilize
communities, foster affordable homeownership opportunities, and
responsibly safeguard tax dollars."
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. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one in six homebuyers and more than five million renters.
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FCMN Contact:
SOURCE: Freddie Mac
CONTACT: Brad German, Freddie Mac, +1-703-903-2437,
Brad_German@freddiemac.com
Web Site: http://www.freddiemac.com/
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