Freddie Mac closed a record $26.2 billion in new multifamily business transactions last year, up 10 percent over the $23.8 billion it did in 2004. The government-sponsored enterprise outdid its rival, Fannie Mae, which turned in its second-best year total of $25.6 billion in multifamily business. Freddie generated nearly $10 billion of multifamily business through its flow programs in 2005, including $1.1 billion of targeted affordable housing products and approximately $6 billion of loans with