Freddie Loses 3rd Largest ‘Partner’ In one of the first major defections from a key GSE strategic alliance agreement, Bank of America has announced it won’t be renewing its “partnership” with Freddie Mac this year. The news was somewhat surprising given that most of the major alliances between lenders and the GSEs carved out back in 1999 are still in place. Nevertheless, the loss of BofA as a strategic “partner” is not expected to have