Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Rank Arbor Among Top Multifamily Lenders for 2025
Arbor’s track record of top finishes across multifamily agency rankings reflects the depth of our financing capabilities, the strength of our industry partnerships, and our disciplined, detail-driven approach to execution. Longstanding relationships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) — built over many years of close collaboration — enable our team to deliver strong borrower outcomes across market cycles, reinforcing Arbor’s position as one of the top multifamily lenders in 2025.
Top 10 Fannie Mae Multifamily DUS® Lender for the 19th Straight Year
Arbor, which has been a Fannie Mae partner for nearly 30 years, ranked as a top DUS® lender in 2007 and has continued working with Fannie Mae to support its mission of improving access to affordable housing nationwide. For the 19th straight year, we placed among the Top 10 Fannie Mae Multifamily DUS lenders in 2025, providing our borrowers with excellent terms and competitive, tiered pricing for the purchase and refinance of apartment properties nationwide.
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Top 2 Fannie Mae Small Loans Lender
Arbor has consistently been a Top 5 Small Loans lender — ranking second in 2025. Our Small Loan program streamlines the entire borrowing process for multifamily acquisition and refinancing loans ranging from $750,000 to $9 million, with non-recourse terms, flexible prepayment options, and fixed- and adjustable-rate options available.
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Top 3 Freddie Mac Small Loan Lender
Since Arbor helped develop and launch the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) program in 2014, we have ranked as a top lender for this product year after year. Recently, Freddie Mac folded its Small Balance Loan (SBL) program into its Conventional program. The new Conventional Small product offers the same flexibility and certainty of execution for the acquisition or refinancing of multifamily properties with loans of $10 million or less.
Learn more about our Freddie Mac Conventional Small loan program.
Positive Fitch Ratings Assigned
In addition to earning top recognition from our agency partners, Arbor once again earned high marks from Fitch Ratings. The credit rating agency upgraded Arbor’s Commercial Special Servicer rating and affirmed our Primary Servicer rating with a stable ratings outlook. Fitch Ratings cited Arbor’s recent technological enhancements to its core asset management system, its experienced team of executives and asset managers, and its demonstrated proficiency in resolving primarily government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) commercial real estate (CRE) loans in its January 2026 announcement.
Another Strong Year as a Multifamily Leader
Arbor’s seasoned team takes a proactive, hands-on approach to understanding borrowers’ needs and guiding transactions throughout the entire life of their loans. Our ability to execute across loan sizes and market conditions, paired with close coordination with our agency partners, allows us to structure solutions aligned with each client’s investment strategy.
Contact us today to see how our consistently top-performing team can help you achieve your multifamily investment goals.
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