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Aging Baby Boomers Reshape the Housing Market

While the 2008 financial crisis prompted a cyclical shift in U.S. housing — impacting everything from home prices to who can qualify for a mortgage — an equally impactful demographic change was just taking shape. The unprecedented wave of Baby Boomers that began retiring would disrupt the balance of the housing market.

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Secondary and Tertiary Markets Gain Ground on Primary Cities

As secondary and tertiary markets continue to gain parity with larger primary cities around the nation, they offer investors a significant potential for return on investment, even as the U.S. and global economic landscapes face notable headwinds.

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Small Multifamily Investment Snapshot — Q4 2022

The small multifamily sub-sector ended 2022 on a high note with originations falling just behind 2021’s peak. As economic storm clouds continue circling, small multifamily appears fortified from any reverberations that may result.

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Arbor Realty Trust Reacts to Ningi Research Report

UNIONDALE, N.Y., March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR), announced today that the Company is in receipt of the purported “research” report that was published earlier today by Ningi Research, a short seller of Arbor stock. The report lacks merit and contains numerous inaccuracies, misstatements, and otherwise misleading allegations. This false Read the full article…

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Arbor’s Leah Fisher Joins Global Sustainability Panel at InnovateESG

Arbor Senior Vice President, Special Projects, Governance and Risk, Leah Fisher recently spoke on a thought-provoking panel discussion at InnovateESG 2023, a conference focused on environmental, social, and governance missions, hosted by NYU Stern’s Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance.

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Single-Family Rental Investment Snapshot — Q4 2022

SFR will maintain exposure to the cyclical disruption brought on by the housing market’s softness and rising interest rates, even though its structural growth outlook remains positive and unchanged.

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Five Fannie Mae Multifamily Loan Programs Worth Pursuing in 2023

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.

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Four Observations on Multifamily from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s CREF23 Conference

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s CREF23 conference in San Diego in mid-February included comprehensive and insightful panel discussions led by some of the brightest minds in multifamily. During the four-day event, key themes and takeaways emerged that will likely shape the conversation on multifamily financing throughout the year.

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Alex Bord

Senior Vice President, IT Infrastructure

Alex Bord is responsible for all aspects of managing and securing Arbor’s physical and virtual technology assets, and the operating functions of the IT Infrastructure group.

Mr. Bord came to Arbor in 2019 as Vice President, IT Infrastructure, with more than two decades of information technology experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Arbor, he was Lead Systems Engineer for global infrastructure for FlexTrade Systems, Inc. in Great Neck, New York, where he developed and deployed a seamless software (SaaS) solution to deliver trading applications to hundreds of major financial institutions. He also implemented and supported disaster recovery, business continuity and intelligent enterprise monitoring solutions for hosted and cloud infrastructures. Previous to that role, Mr. Bord served as a Senior Systems Engineer for Third Point LLC and Credit-Based Asset Servicing LLC in New York.

Mr. Bord has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from Pace University.