Current Reports

Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q3 2025

Arbor’s Small Multifamily Investment Trends Report Q3 2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, examines the factors behind the continued upward trajectory of the sector amid an ongoing capital markets recalibration. Several of its core performance metrics, including valuations, originations, and credit standards, have shown measurable improvement as a multifamily market-wide normalization takes shape. Supported by strong fundamentals, small multifamily stands tall despite economic uncertainty.

Articles

Arbor’s Proprietary Preferred Equity: A Capital Efficient Strategy for Borrowers

Our pioneering and flexible program is available to all borrowers who qualify for a Freddie Mac Conventional senior loan. Preferred equity amounts, which
generally range from $3 million to $25 million, have a fixed-rate structure, and proceeds can be used for acquisition or refinancing.

Analysis

Top U.S. Multifamily Rent Growth Markets — Q2 2025

As was the case during 2024, the top rent growth markets through the first half of 2025 represented several regions, all with varying strengths and characteristics.

Analysis

U.S. Multifamily Market Snapshot — August 2025

The U.S. multifamily market stood on the cusp of a new cycle at the halfway point of 2025, as demand continued to be driven by favorable demographic trends and a structural need for housing.

Articles

Small Multifamily Continues Steady Price Growth

Small multifamily valuations realized positive year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2025, demonstrating the sector’s ongoing resilience in an unsettled economic environment. Steady rent growth, improving operating expense ratios, and stable cap rates helped move price growth into positive territory.

Articles

Metro-Level SFR Rent Growth Trends in the First Half of 2025

Albany, NY, and many other affordable mid-sized metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) outpaced the national rent growth average for single-family rental (SFR) properties in the first half of 2025, according to an analysis of Zillow’s Observed Rent Index, which tracks the 100 largest markets in the U.S.

Articles

Larger Buildings and Smaller Units: How New Multifamily Completions Continue to Evolve

Driven by high construction costs, land constraints, and rental affordability, developers are increasingly prioritizing smaller units in higher-density multifamily properties. Utilizing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual Survey of Construction, the research teams at Chandan Economics and Arbor Realty Trust have analyzed how the characteristics of new multifamily properties continue to evolve.

Finance

10 Items to Have on Hand for the Fastest Financing Possible

In today’s constantly evolving market environment, partnering with a lender that can balance prioritizing speed of execution with tailored solutions makes all the difference in securing the financing you need. Arbor’s experience, expertise, and innovation, combined with our willingness to understand each deal and work to make it successful, set us apart from other multifamily lenders. In our more than three decades of closing deals, we’ve found that having these 10 items on hand at the beginning of your borrowing journey helps prevent roadblocks and streamlines the entire financing process.

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Sean Lucy

Senior Vice President, Structured Finance Underwriter

Sean Lucy is responsible for the structuring, underwriting and closing of Arbor’s more complex, high-profile transactions as well as those requiring an enhanced level of analysis, diligence and understanding.

Mr. Lucy joined Arbor as Vice President, Structured Finance Underwriter, in 2017. In this role, he performed all aspects of financial analysis, underwriting and loan structuring, including statement analysis, risk assessment, projections, sensitivity analysis, industry and management assessments, collateral analysis and credit approval documentation. He has worked on numerous portfolios and some of the largest transactions Arbor’s Bridge group has executed. Before coming to Arbor, Mr. Lucy was a Director at Park Bridge Financial, LLC. He also held positions at Merrill Lynch and Black Equities Group, LTD.

Mr. Lucy holds a Master of Business Administration from the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University.