Did you know that insurance costs for owners, operators, and developers of rental housing have climbed by an average of 26% over the last year? Rising interest rates and other economic headwinds make 2023 different than other years. If you need to acquire or renew rental property insurance, there are a few things you should know.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs do more for a company than meets the eye. This emerging framework, which reimagines how corporations interact with the world around them, can boost profitability and valuation. But did you know ESG programs also provide lesser-known benefits that are equally valuable to investors and other stakeholders?

Forty years ago, Ivan Kaufman, a first-year law student at Hofstra, planted the roots of what would become Arbor Realty Trust. To commemorate the company’s founding and growth, a group of employees planted an Eastern Red Cedar tree, a symbol of strength and resilience, at Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre, NY, this week.

Did you know? As a longstanding U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) lender, Arbor has closed more than 250 FHA loans – and that count is climbing. In the first quarter of 2023, amidst a volatile market, Arbor worked with borrowers to secure more than $148 million in FHA financing.

Fannie Mae Multifamily recently honored Arbor with its prestigious 2022 DUS Lender Award for Excellence in Technology, citing it as “a constant source of innovative ideas” and “a stalwart partner” in driving “Fannie Mae’s digital transformation for the DUS community.”

Founded in 2017, Project Destined has a mission to transform underrepresented young people into owners and stakeholders in their own communities. Today, it works with more than 2,500 students per year from over 350,000 colleges, universities, and high schools in more than 35 markets across the U.S., Europe, and Canada. Through its internship programs, Project Destined molds the next generation of real estate leaders by giving them an opportunity to directly interact with today’s leaders. For the last two years, Arbor employees have volunteered with Project Destined and received much more in return than they ever would have expected.

A new update to Freddie Mac Green Advantage®, an attractive loan program in a rising interest rate environment, has added new incentives to going green to more multifamily borrowers than ever before. Freddie Mac recently announced a 15 bps pricing benefit to borrowers on top of any affordability benefits currently offered. At the same time, all previous affordability requirements were lifted, opening to door to more investors seeking to improve the sustainability of our communities.

From Standard DUS® to Small Loans to Structured ARMs, Fannie Mae multifamily loans provide excellent terms and competitive, tiered pricing that enable investors to generate steady and reliable income streams in all economic cycles.

Arbor is grateful for our long-time partnerships with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that have allowed us to achieve top lender status across multiple loan products year in and year out. Our best-in-class multifamily financing solutions have once again propelled Arbor to the top of 2022’s partner rankings.

Due to increased demand for Single-family rental and build-to-rent financing, your lender’s level of expertise matters even more now. Arbor, which has more than 30 years of experience serving multifamily borrowers, has a high repeat sponsor rate that is a testament to our best-in-class service.