Multifamily Podcast

Multifamily Fundamentals with Jamie Woodwell

Steve Guggenmos and Corey Aber

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$364 billion – that’s the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) estimation of the size of the multifamily market in 2019. This projection is up 6% from 2018’s record $339 billion in volume. In this episode, Steve and Corey sit down with Jamie Woodwell, vice president in the Research and Economics Group at the MBA. Together, they look back on 2019, ahead to 2020 and discuss sources of capital across the spectrum of real estate, from large apartments to small businesses, such as Josiah Carberry’s ceramics shop.

  • Chapter 1: 0:00 - 10:30 – Multifamily market since 2005
  • Chapter 2: 10:30 - 15:45 – Opportunities for lenders, borrowers and investors
  • Chapter 3: 15:45 - 18:00 – Single and multifamily residential
  • Chapter 4: 18:00 - 20:00 – Forecast for originations
  • Chapter 5: 20:00 - end – Outlook for ESG and investors


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