Freddie Mac June holdings, May delinquencies rise

NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac's (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) retained mortgage portfolio jumped by more than a 33 percent annual rate in June to about $792 billion while delinquencies on bonds it holds and guarantees kept climbing in May, the second-largest U.S. home funding company said on Friday.

These holdings had jumped 53.4 percent in May to $770.4 billion.

Delinquency rates on single-family mortgages guaranteed and held by Freddie Mac rose in May to 0.86 percent from 0.81 percent in April and 0.77 percent in March. (Reporting by Lynn Adler; Editing by Tom Hals)