Current Reports

Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q2 2025

While markets undergo rapid recalibration, the small multifamily market’s performance remains strong and stable. Arbor’s Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q2 2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, details how the sector’s resilient fundamentals effectively support its growth amid ongoing economic volatility.

Proprietary Preferred Equity behind Conventional Loans

FREDDIE MAC® Proprietary Preferred Equity behind Conventional Loans   Arbor now offers access to proprietary preferred equity behind all Freddie Mac Conventional loans we originate. With Arbor, you can simultaneously secure a senior loan and preferred equity under one roof, streamlining your experience throughout the lifecycle of your loan.

Analysis

U.S. Multifamily Market Snapshot — May 2025

The U.S. multifamily market continued to settle into a normalized cycle, despite ongoing uncertainties surrounding the global economy and labor market. There is a rising tide of optimism for the sector ahead and investors are continuing to take advantage of market opportunities.

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Dr. Sam Chandan Dissects What’s Driving Top Market Growth

In a rapidly evolving economic environment, the top markets for multifamily investment tend to shift quickly. In this video, Dr. Sam Chandan, founding director of the C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and founder of Chandan Economics, discusses the findings of Arbor’s Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report Spring 2025, which was developed in partnership with Chandan Economics.

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Top Markets for Rental Demand Growth

Population growth, a critical factor in assessing rental housing demand, increased 0.9% in the U.S. during 2024, the fastest annual rate since 2008. However, growth rates were much higher for many markets, especially those in Texas, Florida, and the Carolinas. As first explored in Arbor’s Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report Spring 2025, we dive deeper into metro-level population growth in markets with at least 500,000 residents to find the nation’s top markets for rental housing demand growth.

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Arbor Recognized for Excellence from Agency Partners

Arbor’s platform of diverse multifamily financing solutions, combined with our strong industry relationships and our commitment to accuracy and close collaboration with our government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) partners, drives us to the top of the multifamily lender rankings year after year. Through decades-long relationships with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and FHA, our best-in-class team delivered results for our borrowers in 2024, propelling Arbor to the top of the partner rankings.

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In-House Loan Servicing

Our personal commitment to you is for the life of every loan and beyond, ensuring you receive the highest level of client satisfaction.

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A multifamily loan closing is only the first stage in Arbor’s relationship with borrowers. Our experienced in-house multifamily servicing and asset management teams extend the financial partnership with our clients, assisting through the lifecycle of all loans. Arbor’s servicing division currently oversees a multibillion-dollar portfolio of assets across the multifamily and commercial real estate sector and our unique structure and exemplary level of customer service allow us to see to our clients’ needs year after year, and deal after deal.

ARBOR Servicing & Asset Management Distinctions

  • Rated Commercial Mortgage Loan Primary and Special Servicer by S&P Global Ratings with an above Average Rating
  • Member of S&P Global Ratings Select Servicer List
  • Rated Commercial Primary Servicer and Commercial Special Servicer by Fitch Ratings

Servicing & Asset Management Team

Based in Tonawanda, NY, Arbor’s Servicing and Asset Management group has demonstrated ability to proactively manage the company’s serviced portfolio. The group proudly boasts an average of 27 years of dedicated commercial mortgage servicing experience through the historical fluctuations of the real estate cycle. The division also continues to advance in step with our borrowers’ unique needs, most recently through the introduction of a borrower-focused online portal, where users can easily access their loan information and obtain quick answers to their questions.

Arbor services a multibillion-dollar portfolio consisting of thousands of multifamily and commercial real estate loans for a multitude of investors, including Fannie Mae, institutional entities, Wall Street firms, private mortgage holders and affiliates. Diverse in nature and scope, our nationwide serviced portfolio includes mezzanine financing, permanent deals, construction/funded-forward products, REIT/securitized transaction loans and HUD-insured projects.

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