Freddie Mac Prices $1.25 Billion Reference REMIC(SM) R-001

Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today announced that it priced $1.25 billion of

Reference REMIC(SM) R-001, Class AE (CUSIP 31395RAR9), a Guaranteed Maturity

Class (GMC) with a final maturity date of April 15, 2015. Settlement is

scheduled for April 22, 2005.

The GMC was priced at 75 basis points over the interpolated Treasury curve.

Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and UBS Investment Bank jointly led the

transaction. Co-managers on the transaction were Banc of America Securities

LLC, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche

Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co., and RBS Greenwich Capital. The

transaction also involved a selling group.

"We are pleased with the widespread participation in the inaugural

Reference REMIC transaction," said Jerome Lienhard, senior vice president,

investments and capital markets. "Today's pricing marks a new stage in Freddie

Mac's commitment to providing global investors with liquidity, transparency and

calendar-based predictability in the REMIC market."

Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation established by Congress in

1970 to support homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac fulfills its

mission by purchasing residential mortgages and mortgage-related securities,

which it finances primarily by issuing mortgage-related securities and debt

instruments in the capital markets. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home

possible for one in six homebuyers in America. For additional information

about Freddie Mac, please see our Web site at http://www.FreddieMac.com

SOURCE: Freddie Mac

CONTACT: Media: Michael Cosgrove,

+1-703-903-2123, or

Investors: Jonathan Prince,

+1-571-382-5110,

both of Freddie Mac

Web site: http://www.freddiemac.com

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Freddie Mac Prices $1.25 Billion Reference REMIC(SM) R-001

Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) today announced that it priced $1.25 billion of Reference REMIC(SM) R-001, Class AE (CUSIP 31395RAR9), a Guaranteed Maturity Class (GMC) with a final maturity date of April 15, 2015. Settlement is scheduled for April 22, 2005. The GMC was priced at 75 basis points over the interpolated Treasury curve. Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and UBS Investment Bank jointly led the transaction. Co-managers on the transaction were Banc of America Securities LLC, Bear Stearns & Co.,

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