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Small Balance Market Ends 2018 on a High Note

Despite significant pressure from rising interest rates through most of 2018, the small balance multifamily market ended the year strong, with consistent liquidity and borrowing capacity. After a slow start to the year, lending picked up in second half of the year, reaching $51.7 billion in total lending volume in 2018, a 3.7% increase from the previous year.
 

For more on the small balance multifamily sector, read Arbor Chatter’s “Year-End 2018 Small Balance Multifamily Investment Trends Report.”
 

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