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Video: Dr. Sam Chandan Discusses Investment Opportunities in Multifamily

As the interest rate outlook brightens, unique opportunities for outsized returns abound, Dr. Sam Chandan, Founding Director of the C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and the Non-Executive Chairman of Chandan Economics, explains in this top-level overview of Arbor’s latest Special Report.

Current Reports

Affordable Housing Trends Report Winter 2024/2025

Continually challenged by low inventory, affordable housing sits at a crossroads following the 2024 election. Incoming leadership plans to introduce market-based principles to an agenda that may also include an expanded Housing Choice Voucher program. Arbor’s Affordable Housing Trends Report Winter 2024/2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, provides insight into a pivotal multifamily sector about to embark in a new direction.

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Investors Upbeat on Multifamily as Rate Cuts Stimulate Deal Activity

The skies surrounding commercial real estate markets are clearing, suggest the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025 (ETRE 2025) findings. As pandemic-related structural changes settle into place, cyclical economic trends, such as interest rates, demand, and construction levels, are now the key drivers to watch.

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Annual Build-to-Rent Starts Hit Another High in Q3 2024

As more single-family rental (SFR) operators rely on build-to-rent (BTR) development to supply new inventory, construction starts have steadily risen, reaching another record high in the third quarter of 2024. SFR/BTR construction has eclipsed 92,000 units in the last four quarters — an all-time high and an annual increase of 31.4%.

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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.

Analysis

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.

Current Reports

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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FREDDIE MAC®

Supplemental Mortgage

The Freddie Mac Supplemental Mortgage offers an additional option in conjunction with a newly originated or seasoned conventional multifamily mortgage.

Loan Amount $1M minimum
Loan Term Seasoned – must be coterminous with original mortgage
Requirements
  • The Freddie Mac first mortgage must have been an Arbor transaction
  • At least 12 months must elapse since the closing of the first mortgage or the closing of the previous supplemental mortgage
  • The term of the supplemental mortgage must be at least three years
Acceptable Transactions
  • Fixed or floating regardless of the rate structure on the preexisting loan
  • Supplemental loans are allowed on conventional deals, not to exceed DCR and LTV requirements from the first mortgage lien or current Freddie Mac Credit Policy.
Workings
  • Origination of a supplemental mortgage behind a securitized mortgage will trigger collection of any deferred reserves for that first mortgage
  • Real estate tax reserve, even if not required for the first mortgage
  • A new title insurance policy is required
  • No new survey is required, provided the title meets certain requirements
  • A new third-party appraisal report and engineering report is required; an environmental database review is required
Limitations
  • Unlimited (subject to all terms and conditions)
  • When less than five years left on term of first, the supplemental loan sizing is subject to additional exit risk analysis
Minimum DSCR Not to exceed DCR requirements from the first mortgage lien or current Freddie Mac Credit Policy.
Maximum LTV Initial LTV unless otherwise noted
Eligible Borrower Original borrower or lender-approved transferee
Prepayment Yield maintenance
Assumable Subject to approval and 1% fee
Application Fees $12,500
Origination Fee Par pricing not available

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