(unaudited & subject to change)

(dollars in millions)

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The following is being issued by Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE):

December 2008 Highlights:

    --  On September 6, 2008, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
        (FHFA) appointed FHFA as Conservator of Freddie Mac.  See our website,
        www.FreddieMac.com/investors for more information.


    --  Total mortgage portfolio has increased at an annualized rate of 5.0%
        year-to-date and increased 4.1% in December.


    --  The aggregate unpaid principal balance (UPB) of our mortgage-related
        investments portfolio (formerly known as the retained portfolio)
        declined to $804.8 billion at December 31, 2008.


    --  The amount of mortgage-related investments portfolio mortgage purchase
        and sale agreements entered into during the month of December totaled
        $25.4 billion, up from the $15.0 billion entered into during the month
        of November.


    --  Total guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities issued increased 5.1%
        during 2008 and increased at a rate of 0.4% in December.


    --  The single-family delinquency rate was 172 basis points in December, up
        from 152 basis points in November and 65 basis points in December 2007.


    --  Other Investments includes $45.3 billion of cash and cash equivalents,
        $10.2 billion of securities purchased under agreements to resell and
        federal funds sold, and $8.8 billion of non-mortgage investments as of
        December 31, 2008.


    --  The measure of our exposure to changes in portfolio market value
        (PMVS-L) averaged $260 million in December.  Duration Gap averaged 1
        month. See Endnote (15) for further information.

A glossary of selected Monthly Volume Summary terms is available on the Investor Relations page of our website, www.FreddieMac.com/investors.

The Monthly Volume Summary includes volume and statistical data pertaining to our portfolios. Inquiries should be addressed to our Investor Relations Department, which can be reached by calling (703) 903-3883 or writing to:

8200 Jones Branch Drive, Mail Stop 486,

McLean, VA 22102-3110

or sending an email to shareholder@freddiemac.com.



    TABLE 1 - TOTAL MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO (1),(2)
    ==========================================
                        Purchases                                  Net
                           and                                 Increase/
                       Issuances(3)   Sales(4)   Liquidations  (Decrease)

    Dec 2007 (5)          $55,072           -      ($10,688)    $44,384

    Full-Year 2007        577,691      (3,646)     (298,089)    275,956

    Jan 2008               32,089           -       (23,713)      8,376
    Feb                    47,723        (143)      (26,453)     21,127
    Mar                    54,604        (829)      (36,265)     17,510
    Apr                    43,287        (636)      (34,258)      8,393
    May                    65,064        (115)      (31,708)     33,241
    Jun                    53,661      (1,721)      (41,569)     10,371
    Jul                    34,631      (2,500)      (24,440)      7,691
    Aug                    25,777     (20,355)      (22,617)    (17,195)
    Sep                    27,234      (3,454)      (19,632)      4,148
    Oct                    19,279        (899)      (19,823)     (1,443)
    Nov                    26,867         (31)      (21,712)      5,124
    Dec                    29,799      (4,986)      (17,356)      7,457

    ------------------   --------    --------     ----------   --------
    Full-Year 2008 (6)   $460,015    ($35,669)    ($319,546)   $104,800
    ------------------   --------    --------     ----------   --------


                          Ending      Annualized     Annualized
                          Balance     Growth Rate  Liquidation Rate

    Dec 2007 (5)        $2,102,676        25.9%           6.2%

    Full-Year 2007       2,102,676        15.1%          16.3%

    Jan 2008             2,111,052         4.8%          13.5%
    Feb                  2,132,179        12.0%          15.0%
    Mar                  2,149,689         9.9%          20.4%
    Apr                  2,158,082         4.7%          19.1%
    May                  2,191,323        18.5%          17.6%
    Jun                  2,201,694         5.7%          22.8%
    Jul                  2,209,385         4.2%          13.3%
    Aug                  2,192,190        (9.3%)         12.3%
    Sep                  2,196,338         2.3%          10.7%
    Oct                  2,194,895        (0.8%)         10.8%
    Nov                  2,200,019         2.8%          11.9%
    Dec                  2,207,476         4.1%           9.5%

    ------------------  ----------         ---           ----
    Full-Year 2008 (6)  $2,207,476         5.0%          15.2%
    ------------------  ----------         ---           ----



    TABLE 2 - MORTGAGE-RELATED INVESTMENTS PORTFOLIO (RETAINED
     PORTFOLIO) (1)
    ===========================================================
                                 Sales, net                      Net
                                  of Other                    Increase/
                   Purchases(7)  Activity(8)   Liquidations   (Decrease)

    Dec 2007 (5)       $27,432       ($644)       ($7,327)      $19,461

    Full-Year 2007     247,774     (81,468)      (149,452)       16,854

    Jan 2008            13,518      (7,550)        (9,849)       (3,881)
    Feb                  7,870      (6,156)        (9,123)       (7,409)
    Mar                 18,598      (5,150)       (10,509)        2,939
    Apr                 36,887        (696)       (11,116)       25,075
    May                 46,126      (2,218)       (11,062)       32,846
    Jun                 37,983      (5,795)       (10,773)       21,415
    Jul                 22,076      (5,775)        (9,858)        6,443
    Aug                  4,353     (32,505)        (9,206)      (37,358)
    Sep                 17,373     (33,383)        (7,997)      (24,007)
    Oct                 45,366     (11,097)        (7,481)       26,788
    Nov                 49,649         761         (8,647)       41,763
    Dec                 21,511     (14,703)        (7,473)         (665)

    --------------    --------   ---------      ---------       -------
    Full-Year 2008    $321,310   ($124,267)     ($113,094)      $83,949
    --------------    --------   ---------      ---------       -------

                                                              Mortgage
                                  Annualized    Annualized    Purchase
                       Ending       Growth      Liquidation   and Sale
                       Balance       Rate          Rate      Agreements(9)

    Dec 2007 (5)      $720,813        33.3%        12.5%       $7,871

    Full-Year 2007     720,813         2.4%        21.2%      150,770

    Jan 2008           716,932        (6.5%)       16.4%          581
    Feb                709,523       (12.4%)       15.3%       14,802
    Mar                712,462         5.0%        17.8%       43,479
    Apr                737,537        42.2%        18.7%       43,485
    May                770,383        53.4%        18.0%       26,249
    Jun                791,798        33.4%        16.8%       34,746
    Jul                798,241         9.8%        14.9%         (324)
    Aug                760,883       (56.2%)       13.8%      (15,410)
    Sep                736,876       (37.9%)       12.6%        2,521
    Oct                763,664        43.6%        12.2%       17,363
    Nov                805,427        65.6%        13.6%       14,977
    Dec                804,762        (1.0%)       11.1%       25,365

    --------------    --------        ----         ----      --------
    Full-Year 2008    $804,762        11.6%        15.7%     $207,834
    --------------    --------        ----         ----      --------



    TABLE 3 - MORTGAGE-RELATED INVESTMENTS PORTFOLIO COMPONENTS(1)
    ==============================================================
                                      Non-Freddie Mac
                                      Mortgage-Related
                          PCs and       Securities                Portfolio
                         Structured  ------ ----------  Mortgage    Ending
                         Securities  Agency Non-Agency   Loans     Balance

    Dec 2007               $356,970 $47,836   $233,849   $82,158   $720,813

    Full-Year 2007          356,970  47,836    233,849    82,158    720,813

    Jan 2008                356,105  48,182    230,354    82,291    716,932
    Feb                     349,129  47,798    226,701    85,895    709,523
    Mar                     346,850  54,349    222,929    88,334    712,462
    Apr                     375,200  54,668    218,964    88,705    737,537
    May                     395,355  69,642    215,283    90,103    770,383
    Jun                     413,907  74,143    212,725    91,023    791,798
    Jul                     414,365  80,857    209,848    93,171    798,241
    Aug                     397,573  59,526    206,972    96,812    760,883
    Sep                     374,946  57,108    204,510   100,312    736,876
    Oct                     399,986  57,815    202,172   103,691    763,664
    Nov                     431,976  67,586    199,798   106,067    805,427
    Dec                     424,524  70,852    197,910   111,476    804,762

    --------------         -------- -------   --------  --------   --------
    Full-Year 2008         $424,524 $70,852   $197,910  $111,476   $804,762
    --------------         -------- -------   --------  --------   --------



    TABLE 4 - TOTAL GUARANTEED PCs AND STRUCTURED SECURITIES
     ISSUED (1),(10)
    =========================================================
                                                           Net
                                                       Increase/
                        Issuances  Liquidations(11)    (Decrease)

    Dec 2007 (5)          $48,210         ($4,720)       $43,490

    Full-Year 2007        470,976        (209,166)       261,810

    Jan 2008               29,480         (18,088)        11,392
    Feb                    42,968         (21,408)        21,560
    Mar                    43,526         (31,234)        12,292
    Apr                    40,779         (29,111)        11,668
    May                    47,310         (26,760)        20,550
    Jun                    43,981         (36,473)         7,508
    Jul                    21,712         (20,006)         1,706
    Aug                    22,072         (18,701)         3,371
    Sep                    21,994         (16,466)         5,528
    Oct                    13,803         (16,994)        (3,191)
    Nov                    14,514         (19,163)        (4,649)
    Dec                    15,722         (15,052)           670

    ------------------   --------       ---------        -------
    Full-Year 2008 (6)   $357,861       ($269,456)       $88,405
    ------------------   --------       ---------        -------


                        Ending      Annualized     Annualized
                        Balance    Growth Rate   Liquidation Rate

    Dec 2007 (5)       $1,738,833      30.8%           3.3%

    Full-Year 2007      1,738,833      17.7%          14.2%

    Jan 2008            1,750,225       7.9%          12.5%
    Feb                 1,771,785      14.8%          14.7%
    Mar                 1,784,077       8.3%          21.2%
    Apr                 1,795,745       7.8%          19.6%
    May                 1,816,295      13.7%          17.9%
    Jun                 1,823,803       5.0%          24.1%
    Jul                 1,825,509       1.1%          13.2%
    Aug                 1,828,880       2.2%          12.3%
    Sep                 1,834,408       3.6%          10.8%
    Oct                 1,831,217      (2.1%)         11.1%
    Nov                 1,826,568      (3.0%)         12.6%
    Dec                 1,827,238       0.4%           9.9%

    ------------------ ----------       ---           ----
    Full-Year 2008 (6) $1,827,238       5.1%          15.5%
    ------------------ ----------       ---           ----



    TABLE 5 - DEBT ACTIVITIES (12)
    ==============================
                        Original
                        Maturity      Original Maturity > 1
                         1 Year
                          --------------------------
                                     Foreign
                                     Exchange      Ending     Total Debt
                      Repurchases  Translation    Balance    Outstanding
                      -----------  -----------    -------    -----------

    Dec 2007             $(3,156)        $(82)    $581,763     $781,261

    Full-Year 2007       (15,096)       2,284      581,763      781,261

    Jan 2008                 (58)         237      573,986      776,284
    Feb                      (21)         330      568,694      769,235
    Mar                        -          647      599,393      801,354
    Apr                   (1,721)        (269)     595,716      828,306
    May                   (1,986)         (28)     609,256      848,482
    Jun                     (779)         209      625,959      869,516
    Jul                   (5,103)        (148)     627,995      874,311
    Aug                   (2,584)        (858)     624,405      853,040
    Sep                     (796)        (658)     590,710      814,940
    Oct                   (1,068)      (1,306)     585,865      868,466
    Nov                      (30)           8      580,544      886,025
    Dec                   (3,808)       1,126      539,374      870,276

    --------------      --------        -----     --------     --------
    Full-Year 2008      ($17,954)       ($710)    $539,374     $870,276
    --------------      --------        -----     --------     --------



    TABLE 6 - DELINQUENCIES 13
    ==========================

                                  Single-Family           Multifamily
                            ---------------------------   -----------
                             Non-Credit  Credit
                              Enhanced  Enhanced  Total       Total

    Dec 2007                     0.45%     1.62%  0.65%        0.02%

    Jan 2008                     0.49%     1.73%  0.71%        0.01%
    Feb                          0.52%     1.78%  0.74%        0.01%
    Mar                          0.54%     1.81%  0.77%        0.01%
    Apr                          0.57%     1.88%  0.81%        0.03%
    May                          0.61%     1.98%  0.86%        0.03%
    Jun                          0.67%     2.10%  0.93%        0.04%
    Jul                          0.72%     2.30%  1.01%        0.03%
    Aug                          0.79%     2.50%  1.11%        0.02%
    Sep                          0.87%     2.75%  1.22%        0.01%
    Oct                          0.96%     3.04%  1.34%        0.01%
    Nov                          1.09%     3.41%  1.52%        0.01%
    Dec                          1.26%     3.79%  1.72%        0.01%



    TABLE 7 - OTHER INVESTMENTS
    ===========================

                            Ending
                          Balance(14)
                          ----------

    Dec 2007                50,237

    --------------          ------
    Full-Year 2007          50,237
    --------------          ------

    Jan 2008                47,312
    Feb                     48,838
    Mar                     73,804
    Apr                     78,320
    May                     70,846
    Jun                     71,687
    Jul                     68,697
    Aug                     84,064
    Sep                     68,590
    Oct                     94,793
    Nov                     79,119
    Dec                     64,270

    --------------         -------
    Full-Year 2008         $64,270
    --------------         -------



    TABLE 8 - INTEREST-RATE RISK SENSITIVITY DISCLOSURES(15)
    ========================================================
                                        Portfolio Market
                    Portfolio Market          Value-
                       Value-Level         Yield Curve
                     (PMVS-L) (50bp)     (PMVS-YC) (25bp)      Duration Gap
                       (dollars in         (dollars in         (Rounded to
                         millions)           millions)        Nearest Month)
                       -----------         -----------       ---------------
                    Monthly  Quarterly  Monthly  Quarterly  Monthly Quarterly
                    Average   Average   Average   Average   Average   Average

    Dec 2007          $385       $361      $50        $37        0          0

    Full-Year 2007     261         --       31         --        0         --

    Jan 2008           438         --       55         --        0         --
    Feb                331         --       55         --        0         --
    Mar                437        403       41         50        1          0
    Apr                571         --       20         --        1         --
    May                576         --      202         --        0         --
    Jun                390        513       49         90        0          0
    Jul                348         --       42         --        0         --
    Aug                271         --       81         --        0         --
    Sep                395        338       87         70        0          0
    Oct                354         --       34         --        0         --
    Nov                394         --       65         --        0         --
    Dec                260        332      149         84        1          0

    Full-Year 2008    $397         --      $73         --        0         --

ENDNOTES

(1) The activity and balances set forth in this table represent contractual amounts of unpaid principal balances, which are measures that differ from the balance of the mortgage-related investments portfolio (formerly known as the retained portfolio) as calculated in conformity with GAAP, and exclude mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities traded, but not yet settled. The mortgage-related investments portfolio amounts set forth in this report exclude premiums, discounts, deferred fees and other basis adjustments, the allowance for loan losses on mortgage loans held-for-investment, and unrealized gains or losses on mortgage-related securities that are reflected in our mortgage-related investments portfolio under GAAP.

(2) Total mortgage portfolio (Table 1) is defined as total guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities issued (Table 4) plus the sum of mortgage loans (Table 3) and non-Freddie Mac mortgage-related securities (agency and non-agency) (Table 3).

(3) Total mortgage portfolio Purchases and Issuances (Table 1) is defined as mortgage-related investments portfolio purchases (Table 2) plus total guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities issued (Table 4) less purchases into the mortgage-related investments portfolio. Purchases of Freddie Mac PCs and Structured Securities into the mortgage-related investments portfolio totaled $7,434 million (based on unpaid principal balances) during the month of December 2008.

(4) "Includes: sales of non-Freddie Mac mortgage-related securities and multifamily mortgage loans from our mortgage-related investments portfolio. Excludes the transfer of single-family mortgage loans through transactions that qualify as sales and all transfers through swap-based exchanges.

(5) Effective December 2007, we established securitization trusts for the underlying assets of our guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities issued. As a result, we adjusted the reported balance of our mortgage portfolio to reflect the publicly-available security balances of guaranteed PCs and Structured Securities. Previously we reported these balances based on the unpaid principal balance of the underlying mortgage loans. Our reported annualized growth rate and annualized liquidation rate for the month of December 2007 and full-year 2007 presented in Tables 1, 2, and 4 are affected by this reporting change.

(6) Issuances and liquidations for the year ended December 31, 2008 include approximately $19.9 billion of conversions of previously issued long-term standby commitments into either PCs or Structured Transactions. These conversion amounts, based on the unpaid principal balance of the single-family mortgage loans, are included in liquidations, representing the termination of the original agreement and, in the same month, are included in issuances, representing the new securities issued. Excluding these conversions, the amount of our issuances for the year ended December 31, 2008 would have been $338.0 billion in Table 4 and the liquidation rates for the year ended December 31, 2008 in Tables 1 and 4 would have been 14.2% and 14.4%, respectively. As of December 31, 2008, the ending balance of our PCs and Structured Securities, excluding outstanding long-term standby commitments, would have been $1,817 billion in Table 4.

(7) "Single-family mortgage loans purchased for cash are reported net of transfers of such mortgage loans through transactions that qualify as sales under GAAP as well as all transfers through swap-based exchanges.

(8) See Endnote 4. Also includes: (a) net additions to our mortgage-related investments portfolio for delinquent mortgage loans purchased out of PC pools, (b) balloon reset mortgages purchased out of PC pools and (c) transfers of PCs and Structured Securities from our mortgage-related investments portfolio reported as sales.

(9) Mortgage purchase and sale agreements reflects trades entered into during the month and includes: (a) monthly commitments to purchase mortgage-related securities for our mortgage-related investments portfolio offset by monthly commitments to sell mortgage-related securities out of our mortgage-related investments portfolio during the month and (b) the net amount of monthly mortgage loan purchases and sales agreements entered into during the month. Substantially all of these commitments are settled by delivery of a mortgage-related security or mortgage loan; the rest are net settled for cash. Mortgage purchase and sale agreements also includes the net amount of mortgage-related securities that we expect to purchase or sell pursuant to written and purchased options entered into during the month for which we expect to take or make delivery of the securities. In some instances, commitments may settle during the same period in which we have entered into the related commitment.

(10) Includes PCs, Structured Securities and tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds for which we provide a guarantee, as well as credit-related commitments with respect to single-family mortgage loans held by third parties. Excludes Structured Securities where we have resecuritized our PCs and Structured Securities. These resecuritized securities do not increase our credit-related exposure and consist of single-class Structured Securities backed by PCs, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs) and principal-only strips. Notional balances of interest-only strips are excluded because this table is based on unpaid principal balance. Some of the excluded REMICs are modifiable and combinable REMIC tranches, where the holder has the option to exchange the security tranches for other pre-defined security tranches. Additional information concerning our guarantees issued through resecuritization can be found in our Registration Statement on Form 10, dated July 18, 2008.

(11) Represents principal repayments relating to PCs and Structured Securities including those backed by non-Freddie Mac mortgage-related securities and relating to securities issued by others and single-family mortgage loans held by third parties that we guarantee. Also includes our purchases of delinquent mortgage loans and balloon reset mortgage loans out of PC pools.

(12) Represents the combined balance and activity of our senior and subordinated debt based on the par values of these liabilities.

(13) Single-family delinquencies are based on the number of mortgages 90 days or more delinquent or in foreclosure as of period end while multifamily delinquencies are based on net carrying value of mortgages 90 days or more delinquent or in foreclosure as of period end. Delinquency rates presented in Table 6 exclude mortgage loans underlying Structured Transactions and PCs backed by Ginnie Mae Certificates as well as mortgage loans whose original contractual terms have been modified under an agreement with the borrower as long as the borrower is less than 90 days delinquent under the modified contractual terms. Structured Transactions typically have underlying mortgage loans with a variety of risk characteristics. Many of these Structured Transactions have security-level credit protections from losses in addition to loan-level credit protection that may also exist. Additional information concerning Structured Transactions can be found in our Registration Statement on Form 10, dated July 18, 2008.

The unpaid principal balance of our single-family Structured Transactions at December 31, 2008 was $23.6 billion, representing approximately 1% of our total mortgage portfolio. Included in this balance is $5.3 billion that are backed by subordinated securities, including $1.9 billion of these that are secured by FHA/VA loans, for which those agencies provide recourse for 100% of the qualifying losses associated with the loan. Structured Transactions backed by subordinated securities benefit from credit protection from the related subordinated tranches, which we do not purchase. The remaining $18.3 billion of our Structured Transactions as of December 31, 2008 are single-class, or pass-through securities, including $10.8 billion of option ARMs, which do not benefit from structural or other credit enhancement protections. The delinquency rate for our single-family Structured Transactions was 7.23% at December 31, 2008. The total single-family delinquency rate including our Structured Transactions was 1.83% at December 31, 2008. Below are the delinquency rates of our Structured Transactions:

Structured Transactions securitized by: subordinated securities, including FHA/VA guarantees 17.2%; option ARM pass-through securities 9.0%; Other pass-through securities 0.3%.

Previously reported delinquency data is subject to change to reflect currently available information. Revisions to previously reported delinquency rates have not been significant nor have they significantly affected the overall trend of our single-family "credit enhanced" and "total" delinquency rates.

(14) Other Investments ending balance consists of our cash and investments portfolio, which as of December 31, 2008 includes; $45.3 billion of cash and cash equivalents; $10.2 billion of securities purchased under agreements to resell and federal funds sold; and $8.8 billion of non-mortgage investments. Non-mortgage investments within this balance are presented at fair value.

(15) Our PMVS and duration gap measures provide useful estimates of key interest-rate risk and include the impact of our purchases and sales of derivative instruments, which we use to limit our exposure to changes in interest rates. Our PMVS measures are estimates of the amount of average potential pre-tax loss in the market value of our net assets due to parallel (PMVS-L) and non-parallel (PMVS-YC) changes in London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR). While we believe that our PMVS and duration gap metrics are useful risk management tools, they should be understood as estimates rather than precise measurements. Methodologies employed to calculate interest-rate risk sensitivity disclosures are periodically changed on a prospective basis to reflect improvements in the underlying estimation processes.

SOURCE Freddie Mac