Multifamily Podcast

2021 Midyear Outlook with Sara Hoffmann

Steve Guggenmos and Corey Aber

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Freddie Mac Multifamily’s 2021 Midyear Outlook report brings together data and insights into current conditions in the multifamily rental market. Sara Hoffmann, director in the Multifamily Research & Modeling team at Freddie Mac, leads the work on this report. She is back by popular demand and joins Steve and Corey to talk through economic uncertainty this past year, how this has impacted the multifamily debt market, the strong rebound in 2021, and projections for the remainder of 2021 and beyond.

  • Chapter 1: 0:00 – Market differences year-over-year
  • Chapter 2: 12:30 – Forecasts and drivers of the data 
  • Chapter 3: 20:00 – Supply and urbanization trends
  • Chapter 4: 25:00 – The end of the eviction moratorium
  • Chapter 5: 31:00 – Affordability challenges ahead


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