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Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report Fall 2025

As headwinds fade and transaction volume rises, market knowledge is a critical advantage to commercial real estate investors. The Arbor Realty Trust-Chandan Multifamily Opportunity Matrix analyzed a wide range of factors within the 50 largest U.S. metros to assess market strength and durability. From maturing, dynamic metros to affordable, opportunity-rich markets, our biannual report is a roadmap to the top locations for capital deployment.

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Bridge Lending Solutions: Efficient Financing for Savvy Sponsors

Sponsors today are increasingly choosing bridge lending solutions to capitalize on opportunities during the lease-up and stabilization phases, with multifamily completions projected to remain elevated through 2030. Bridge loans, when paired with a lender equipped to support your investment needs from construction through permanent financing, can effectively position borrowers for long-term success.

Investment

Special Report Fall 2025: Turning a Corner

After proving its resilience, the multifamily real estate sector is positioned to thrive in the next growth cycle. While uncertainties persist and risks remain, new federal policies and long-awaited interest rate relief have brought optimistic investors back to the table with a new sense of urgency.

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Financing Workforce Housing: A Stable and Value-Add Investment

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which operate under the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Duty to Serve Plan, have made financing workforce housing a central component of creating more equitable and sustainable access to quality rental housing. With a wide range of programs and incentives now available, investors have been increasingly securing stable and valuable opportunities, which can also improve the lives of cost-burdened middle-income professionals.

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Arbor Pitches Its Support to Charity Golf Outing on Long Island

Arbor takes pride in empowering employees to reach their full potential, helping to strengthen our clients and communities. With that aim, our company supported the Fifth Annual Smile Farms Invitational golf outing in Jericho, NY, on September 16, benefiting the Long Island-based non-profit dedicated to advancing opportunities for people with disabilities.

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Kevin Wachter

Executive Vice President, Asset Finance and Treasury

Kevin Wachter joined Arbor in 2025 and manages all of the firm’s financing and banking relationships. He also directs Arbor’s Treasury operations.

Mr. Wachter is an accomplished commercial real estate debt professional with 20 years of capital markets and loan origination experience at institutional debt funds and mortgage REITs. From 2015 to 2025, he worked at Granite Point Mortgage Trust, where he managed the firm’s relationships with credit facility counterparties and was involved in structuring and managing CLOs with $3.1 billion in total capacity. As Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, he led the secured financing activities for Granite Point Mortgage Trust’s $4 billion floating-rate CRE mortgage portfolio.

Previously, Mr. Wachter held positions at Blackstone and Capital Trust, Inc.

He earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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