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Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report Q3 2026

Arbor’s latest Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report highlights how this commercial real estate sector performed resiliently in the face of adversity last quarter. Even as policy uncertainty created new headwinds, firm operating fundamentals drove SFR forward.

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Build-to-Rent Activity Remained Elevated Amid Policy Uncertainty

Build-to-rent (BTR) development remained resilient in a complicated operating environment last quarter as production continued to normalize, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. Despite political uncertainty, higher capital costs, and other headwinds, BTR maintained a historically high share of new single-family construction.

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Where Multifamily Permitting is Intensifying and Accelerating

While national multifamily permitting stabilizes, the authorization of new apartment buildings with five or more units has become more heavily concentrated in smaller, rapidly growing metropolitan areas. From Durham, NC, to Fayetteville, AR, and Raleigh, NC, new U.S. Census Bureau data reveal where multifamily permitting was most concentrated and where it was accelerating fastest in the first half of 2026.

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Small Multifamily Lending Volume Moves Steadily Higher

Small multifamily lending activity rose during the first half of 2026. According to the latest Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report from Arbor Realty Trust and Chandan Economics, originations on loans with original balances between $1 million and $9 million reached an annualized pace of $71.6 billion through the second quarter. At this pace, originations are running 2.8% above the $69.6 billion total for 2025, placing small multifamily on pace for a third consecutive annual increase.

Current Reports

Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q3 2026

Arbor Realty Trust’s latest Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, evaluates what’s driving this sector’s ongoing stability as macroeconomic conditions remain mixed. Loan originations rose last quarter, and valuations are rebounding, signaling that normalization is taking hold.

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SFR Rent Growth Accelerated and Expanded in First Half of 2026

Single-family rental (SFR) conditions strengthened during the first half of 2026, with rents rising across all 50 of the nation’s largest metros between December 2025 and June 2026. Growth was broad-based but uneven, with many Northeast and Midwest markets outperforming major Sun Belt metros.

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Jim Cordeira

Senior Vice President, Software Engineer

Jim Cordeira leads Arbor’s front-end Production Applications & Support software engineering group as part of the IT Solutions Delivery team. He advises and assists the IT department and the entire company on technical projects including web-based software development, automation and systems integrations utilizing various modern programming technologies.

Mr. Cordeira joined Arbor in 2011 and has risen through the IT ranks from Senior Web Developer to Associate Vice President and then Vice President before being promoted to Senior Vice President in 2024. Prior to Arbor, he was a Senior Web Developer for nearly 10 years at title insurance company Titleserv, creating custom title and settlement web applications which served financial and real estate institutions. He was also a senior design technologist and software developer at Worldwide Xceed Group, Inc. working with entertainment and sports-oriented companies to deploy dynamic marketing websites to the public.

Mr. Cordeira holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the State University of New York at Old Westbury.

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