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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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Arbor’s Holiday Drive Supporting LI Youth Exceeds Goal

Arbor Realty Trust recently wrapped up its 18th Annual Holiday Drive, which raised nearly $22,000 for Long Island-based Family & Children’s Association (FCA). As in past years, Arbor extended the impact of the drive by matching all employee contributions dollar-for-dollar.

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Multifamily Households Estimate Hits Record High

The multifamily rental households estimate reached an all-time high of 22.4 million in 2025, following meaningful post-pandemic shifts in affordable housing and rental demand. The commercial real estate pillar maintained its growth, as new inventory and persistent homeownership constraints supported a rising number of multifamily household formations.

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Michael Dragone

Senior Vice President, IT Infrastructure
Michael Dragone is responsible for Arbor’s technology infrastructure across a variety of areas including security, networking, email, and telecommunications.
 
Mr. Dragone has more than 25 years of technology industry experience and joined Arbor in 2011. Prior to Arbor, he was an IT Network Manager for title insurance company Titleserv for nearly 10 years, and before that was a Technical Analyst for Instructional Computing at St. Joseph’s University. He was also a Contributing Editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine for more than six years.
 
Mr. Dragone graduated from St. Joseph’s University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science. He also holds several Apple and Microsoft certifications. 

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