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LIHTC Program: An Impactful Affordable Housing Financing Resource

As renters face a national shortage of 7 million low-income rental homes, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is pivotal in helping to close the affordability gap for renters. It is the nation’s most significant resource for affordable apartment housing construction, which gives state and local agencies approximately $10 billion in annual budget authority to issue tax credits for affordable housing development.

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FHFA Loan Caps for 2025: What Multifamily Borrowers Need to Know

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a $3 billion boost to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s volume cap for loan purchases in 2025 to $146 billion ($73 billion for each agency). This increase in FHFA loan caps for 2025 aligns with industry expectations, given the anticipation of improving market conditions and lending activity expected in a lower interest rate environment. Next year’s cap for the Government-Sponsored Entities (GSEs) is an increase of approximately 4% from the $140 billion limit set for 2024.

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U.S. Multifamily Market Snapshot — November 2024

The U.S. multifamily market held steady in a more normalized cycle through the first three quarters of 2024, following its skyrocketing recovery from the pandemic-related contraction. Rental demand remained strong, driven by the continued nationwide housing shortage and strong wage growth, while the high levels of new construction seen over the last two years appears to have peaked.

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Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q4 2024

Small multifamily’s normalization pushed forward last quarter as the Federal Reserve made a long-awaited reduction to the target federal funds rate. Arbor’s Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q4 2024, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, shows signs of stability have multiplied. Robust rental demand, a limited supply of quality affordable housing, and several other promising developments should support the subsector’s strength heading into 2025.

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Top U.S. Multifamily Rent Growth Markets — Q3 2024

The U.S. multifamily market held steady in a more normalized cycle during the third quarter of 2024. Rental demand remained strong, while new leaders emerged among the top markets for rent growth.

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Top Markets for Wage Growth in 2024

One of the most essential factors multifamily investors need to consider before executing a transaction is the health of the local labor market. Wage growth and other trends are driven by a delicate, constantly adjusting balance of labor supply and demand. In some markets, an inflow of employers can cause wages to spike. In others, population outflows can create the same effect. In this deep dive, we expand on the data findings from the 2024 Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report, exploring the unique conditions driving metro wage growth trends.

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Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report 2024

With interest rate pressure easing, quality multifamily investment opportunities have emerged from coast to coast, making identifying the optimal location essential. A roadmap for investors, Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report 2024, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, ranks the top 50 metropolitan markets found through an analysis of 10 key factors, including affordability, population growth, and climate risk.

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Arbor Named 2016 Top Freddie Mac Small Balance Lender

January 20, 2017

Uniondale, N.Y. — Arbor is proud to announce that for the second straight year it was named the Top Freddie Mac Multifamily Small Balance Lender.

Arbor received the designation by originating the largest volume of Freddie Mac Small Balance Loans in 2016, the second full-year of existence for the Freddie Mac loan product.

“Our two-year partnership with Freddie Mac on its Small Balance Loan platform has been a tremendous success for Arbor, Freddie Mac and, most importantly, small balance investors, who are able to take advantage of such a strong product with great financing terms,” said Arbor Chairman, President and CEO Ivan Kaufman. “This product is a great financial solution for what had been a historically underserved sector of the multifamily market. We are very proud to have the long-standing internal expertise, including origination and processing talent, to be able to deliver these loans for the marketplace.”

The company attributes its achievement of the top designation to its long-standing small loan expertise, uniquely personalized customer service for small and large borrowers and certainty of execution. Arbor was instrumental in helping develop the program back in 2014. This award comes on the heel of last week’s announcement when Arbor was named a Top 10 Fannie Mae Lender 10 years straight.

“As our Top Freddie Mac Multifamily Small Balance Lender two years in a row, Arbor has played an integral part in the tremendous growth of this product going all the way back to the development phase in 2014,” added Stephen Johnson, Freddie Mac’s Vice President of Small Balance Loan Business. “With Arbor and our other lenders’ critical assistance, we have met the large demand for this product and helped provide much greater liquidity to the affordable housing sector and, therefore, better quality housing for renters nationwide.”