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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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Dr. Chandan’s Guide to Arbor’s Top Multifamily Markets Report

In any multifamily project, site selection is a critical step requiring careful consideration. From New York to Los Angeles and all the major metropolitan areas in between, U.S. metros are ripe for new investment, but narrowing down the optimal location is never easy. In a new video, Dr. Sam Chandan, one of the commercial real estate industry’s leading scholars, shares his expert insight into Arbor Realty Trust’s latest Top Markets for Multifamily Investment Report.

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Top Articles of 2025: The Rental Housing Market Holds Strong

The U.S. rental housing market remained strong and stable in 2025, spreading through the multifamily and single-family rentals sectors. Here’s a look at this year’s top articles from Arbor Realty Trust, in case you missed them.

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Mezzanine Financing Provides Higher Leverage and More Control

Senior debt, a foundational element of most multifamily property acquisitions and developments, rarely covers the full capital requirement. To bridge the gap between what senior lenders offer and what sponsors need, many borrowers pursue mezzanine financing, which provides greater leverage and more control.

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Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report Q4 2025

The single-family rental (SFR) sector once again demonstrated strength and durability last quarter amid a general softening of the for-sale home market. Arbor Realty Trust’s Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report Q4 2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, leverages first-class data analysis to show why SFR’s investment return profile has grown more attractive in the last year.

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LIHTC Increase Set to Support Affordable Housing Expansion in 2026

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) allocations are about to grow following funding extensions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law in July. With market-based borrowing costs also declining, the affordable rental sector could be on the verge of its most accommodative financing environment in years.

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Thomas Montemage

Senior Vice President, Risk Management

Thomas Montemage is responsible for the direct oversight of the Agency Risk Management department. This team performs the Special Servicing for Arbor’s Agency loans and primarily interacts with Fannie Mae’s Special Asset Management and Real Estate Owned groups as well as Freddie Mac SBL securitizations. He also oversees the primary servicing of Arbor’s Private Label securitizations, Fixed-Rate Single-Family Rentals, and Private Investment loans.

Before returning to Arbor in 2017, Mr. Montemage was a Vice President at M&T Bank Corporation, where he managed commercial credit risk teams that had direct oversight of the bank’s commercial loan portfolio. Prior to that role, he worked in Arbor’s Agency Portfolio Management and Loan Surveillance departments.

Mr. Montemage received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York, and a Master of Business Administration at St. Bonaventure University. He earned a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2016.

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