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Mortgage Rates For Week Ending November 15, 2007

McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey(PMMS®) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.24 percent with an average 0.4 point for the week ending November 15, 2007, unchanged from last week when it averaged 6.24 percent as well. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.24 percent. The 30-year FRM has not been lower since the week ending May 17, 2007, when it averaged 6.21 percent.

The 15-year FRM this week averaged 5.88 percent with an average 0.4 point, down from last week when it averaged 5.90 percent. A year ago, the 15-year FRM averaged 5.94 percent. The 15-year FRM has not been lower since the week ending May 10, 2007, when it averaged 5.87 percent.

Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) averaged 5.96 percent this week, with an average 0.4 point, up from last week when it averaged 5.89 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 6.04 percent.

One-year Treasury-indexed ARMs averaged 5.50 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, unchanged from last week. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 5.53 percent. The 1-year ARM has not been this low since the week ending May 17, 2007, when it averaged 5.48 percent.

(Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total cost of obtaining the mortgage.)

"Higher productivity growth in the third quarter coupled with a larger-than-expected decline in consumer confidence in November sent mixed signals to the current state of the economy," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist. "As a result, there were no definite upward or downward pressures on mortgage rates this week.

"On a positive note, the National Association of Realtors reported this week an unexpected 0.2 percent gain in September's pending home sales index, which suggests less of a decline in existing home sales for October and November. That said, however, it should be noted the index is still 24 percent below that in December 2006."

Freddie Mac is a stockholder-owned corporation established by Congress in 1970 to support homeownership and rental housing. Freddie Mac purchases single-family and multifamily 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 more than 50 million times, ensuring financing for one in six homebuyers and more than four million renters.