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Arbor’s New True Colors Show Our Creativity and Green Roots

For more than 30 years, Arbor has been committed to growing financial partnerships that meaningfully impact communities nationwide. From planting trees to celebrate closed loans to supporting environmental organizations, our work has always been a win-win for our financial partners and the planet. But just as leaves change with each passing season, Arbor’s branding is evolving to seize the moment by embracing our roots with True Colors.

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Five Advantages of Adding Fannie Mae Green Rewards to a Multifamily Loan

Since the Fannie Mae Green Rewards program launched in 2015, green financing has become a mainstay of commercial real estate. In addition to reducing the environmental impact of multifamily housing, the Green Rewards program creates a triple bottom line with increased cash flows, higher quality housing, and lower energy and water usage. With a high upside and little downside, the program is well worth multifamily borrowers’ consideration.

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CRE Solutions for a Greener Planet Build Momentum

From California wildfires to rising sea levels to Florida hurricanes, the direct and indirect risks of climate change have grown in recent years, making a more substantial impact on the multifamily sector. As the need for sustainability becomes increasingly apparent, lawmakers and lenders have advanced programs and policies that show “going green” is a win-win.

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Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024

As housing costs spiral, rental affordability has become a more urgent issue, burdening a greater number of Americans. Arbor’s Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, examines the major policies and programs shaping the marketplace at a time when overdue federal funding expansions have increased agency budgets.

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What Is Driving Lifestyle Renter Demand?

Lifestyle renters — those who have the means to own but prefer to rent or are willing to pay more for apartments with amenities — have become a key driver of rental demand in single-family rental homes, build-to-rent communities, and other types of high-quality multifamily housing. With this small yet influential demographic growing, our research teams examine and explain the factors driving lifestyle renter demand.

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Tracy Dennis

Managing Director, General Counsel, Agency and Arbor Private Label
Tracy Dennis

Tracy Dennis is responsible for overseeing and directing Arbor’s legal and closing process pertaining to the firm’s Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA platforms, as well as the Arbor Private Label program. She is also an advisor to the Servicing and Asset Management team in addressing post-closing issues, delinquencies and workouts relative to these executions, and she is a member of the Fannie Mae DUS® Operations Subcommittee.

Most recently, Ms. Dennis was Managing Director, Head of Transaction Management & Counsel for Hunt Real Estate Capital, where she led the closing and transaction management departments in reference to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD and balance sheet executions.

Prior to that, Ms. Dennis was Senior Underwriting Counsel for First American Title Insurance Company and before that, served as Director, Fixed Income – Commercial Real Estate, for Credit Suisse Securities (USA).

Ms. Dennis received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.

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