January 2025
Arbor Realty Trust
Financing Multifamily and Single-Family Rental Portfolio Properties Nationwide
Arbor’s Top Articles of 2024: Multifamily Investment Opportunities Emerge
By Matt Maison
December 27, 2024
The U.S. multifamily market held steady in a more normalized cycle during 2024, following the pandemic-related economic contraction and its rapid recovery. Rental demand remained strong, driven by the ongoing nationwide housing shortage and robust wage growth, as younger generations continued to embrace lifestyle renting. Read more.
Government Shutdown: What Multifamily Borrowers Need to Know
By Tom Hallissey
December 20, 2024
Unless an 11th-hour agreement is reached, an impasse will trigger the first U.S. government shutdown since 2019. Starting December 21, 2024, many non-essential federal government operations will be limited or suspended, but most multifamily financing activities will not be disrupted. Read more.
Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report Q4 2024
December 19, 2024
With home prices nearing all-time highs, single-family rental (SFR) housing is uniquely positioned to capture an even larger slice of the for-sale market. As structured capital markets rebound, SFR will benefit from a set of tailwinds that include robust levels of new construction and favorable trends in cap rates and debt yields. Arbor’s Single-Family Rental Investment Trends Report, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, shows why this sector’s prospects are so strong. Read more.
Arbor Sponsors LGBTQIA+ Career Growth Events
By Dan Peltier
December 18, 2024
Building on an organizational commitment to the inclusion of individuals from all backgrounds, Arbor — in partnership with the Real Estate Pride Council?and Dr. Sam Chandan, Founder of?Chandan Economics, Founding Director, NYU Stern School of Business C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance, and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Pride Council — hosted a speed networking event in Manhattan on November 20 for local LGBTQIA+ students and commercial real estate mentors. Read more.
Small Multifamily Investment Snapshot — December 2024
By Matt Maison
December 17, 2024
Small multifamily continued to moderate through the midpoint of 2024, amid strong demand despite an elevated interest rate environment and rising property-level yields. Read more.
Video: Dr. Sam Chandan Discusses Investment Opportunities in Multifamily
By Tom Hallissey
December 12, 2024
As the interest rate outlook brightens, unique opportunities for outsized returns abound, Dr. Sam Chandan, Founding Director of the C.H. Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the NYU Stern School of Business and the Non-Executive Chairman of Chandan Economics, explains in this top-level overview of Arbor’s latest Special Report. Watch now.
Affordable Housing Trends Report Winter 2024/2025
December 11, 2024
Continually challenged by low inventory, affordable housing sits at a crossroads following the 2024 election. Incoming leadership plans to introduce market-based principles to an agenda that may also include an expanded Housing Choice Voucher program. Arbor’s Affordable Housing Trends Report Winter 2024/2025, developed in partnership with Chandan Economics, provides insight into a pivotal multifamily sector about to embark in a new direction. Read more.
Investors Upbeat on Multifamily as Rate Cuts Stimulate Deal Activity
December 9, 2024
The skies surrounding commercial real estate markets are clearing, suggest the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025 (ETRE 2025) findings. As pandemic-related structural changes settle into place, cyclical economic trends, such as interest rates, demand, and construction levels, are now the key drivers to watch. Read more.
Annual Build-to-Rent Starts Hit Another High in Q3 2024
December 4, 2024
As more single-family rental (SFR) operators rely on build-to-rent (BTR) development to supply new inventory, construction starts have steadily risen, reaching another record high in the third quarter of 2024. SFR/BTR construction has eclipsed 92,000 units in the last four quarters — an all-time high and an annual increase of 31.4%. Read more.