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Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q1 2026

Arbor Realty Trust’s Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q1 2026, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, shows that lending activity in the sector increased for the second consecutive year amid a sharp increase in refinancings. Even with persistently high interest rates and rigorous underwriting standards, small multifamily entered the first quarter on steady footing.

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Regional Multifamily Cap Rates Converge

Multifamily cap rates remain stable nationally, even as regional pricing diverged through the end of last year. While some regions saw compression and others late-stage repricing, regional cap rates show less variation as affordability-driven migration and capital reallocation compressed yield gaps.

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U.S. Multifamily Market Snapshot — February 2026

The U.S. multifamily market finished 2025 with growing optimism and resilience. Investment volume accelerated to a three-year high, bolstered by greater interest rate clarity and the tightest cap rates across major real estate sectors.

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Single-Family Homes for Rent Reach 7-Year High

The number of households renting single-family homes rose 1.7% in 2025, reaching a seven-year high, according to a new Arbor Realty Trust and Chandan Economics forecast, based on an analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data. Since the pandemic, the single-family rental (SFR) sector has stabilized, reversing recent household losses and regaining momentum.

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New Affordable Housing Policies Expected to Expand Capital Access

The latest report in Arbor Realty Trust’s Affordable Housing Trends series, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, explores lingering challenges and new opportunities in this critically important multifamily real estate sector. In a new video, Dr. Sam Chandan, one of the commercial real estate industry’s leading scholars, shares his take on the new research report and what its findings could mean for the future of affordable housing finance.

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Why Tenant Retention Drives Value for Multifamily Investors

With homebuying out of reach for many, more tenants are staying in the rental market longer than in previous cycles. This dynamic offers multifamily investors a strategic opportunity to focus on tenant retention, according to Dr. Sam Chandan, one of the commercial real estate industry’s leading scholars, who recently shared his expert insights on the 2026 Housing Outlook webinar with RentRedi.

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Examining Multifamily Market-Level Conditions and Trends

Normalization was the thread that tied together multifamily real estate narratives in 2025. Asset valuations stabilized, cap rates held steady, and rent growth was balanced. Entering the new year, normalization is still driving the conversation, as shown by newly released data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on real estate conditions and associated trends.

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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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