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CRE Solutions for a Greener Planet Build Momentum

From California wildfires to rising sea levels to Florida hurricanes, the direct and indirect risks of climate change have grown in recent years, making a more substantial impact on the multifamily sector. As the need for sustainability becomes increasingly apparent, lawmakers and lenders have advanced programs and policies that show “going green” is a win-win.

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Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024

As housing costs spiral, rental affordability has become a more urgent issue, burdening a greater number of Americans. Arbor’s Affordable Housing Trends Report Spring 2024, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, examines the major policies and programs shaping the marketplace at a time when overdue federal funding expansions have increased agency budgets.

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What Is Driving Lifestyle Renter Demand?

Lifestyle renters — those who have the means to own but prefer to rent or are willing to pay more for apartments with amenities — have become a key driver of rental demand in single-family rental homes, build-to-rent communities, and other types of high-quality multifamily housing. With this small yet influential demographic growing, our research teams examine and explain the factors driving lifestyle renter demand.

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Build-to-Rent Well-Positioned to Fill Housing Market Gap

With nearly one-fifth of multifamily properties now over 65 years old, it’s time to consider solutions for rejuvenating the rental housing stock in the U.S. While building rehabs are a tried-and-true solution, build-to-rent (BTR) is an alternative that is well-positioned to expand as Americans increasingly favor renting over homeownership.

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U.S. Added 514,000 New Rental Households in 2023

In a year when inflation and elevated interest rates weakened affordability, the rental housing sector strengthened and expanded. An analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau Housing Vacancies and Homeownership data shows the number of rental households climbed in 2023.

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Louis Sarube

Managing Director, Structured Asset Management
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Louis Sarube is responsible for the overall analysis of Arbor’s loan portfolio. His primary responsibilities include loan valuation and the restructuring and workout of senior, mezzanine and bridge loans. Other responsibilities include identifying and implementing value-enhancement opportunities and coordinating loan activity to ensure compliance with CLO requirements for the company.

Prior to joining Arbor, he served as Director, Real Estate Finance, for UBS Investment Bank/Dillon Read Capital Management. In this role, he closed billions in transactions and was responsible for originating, underwriting, structuring and closing commercial fixed-rate, bridge and floating-rate loans.

Previous to that role, Mr. Sarube served as President and Chief Executive Officer at LPS Real Estate Analyst Inc., where he performed complete underwriting due diligence for loans originated by UBS Investment Bank. In addition, he held positions with Parallel Commercial Capital, LLC and Aetna Life Insurance Company.

Mr. Sarube holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bryant University.

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