Viewpoints
Insights from the Freddie Mac Multifamily team.
We're Green: from Origination to Securitization
Increasingly, energy and water savings are bolstering the bottom line of multifamily property owners and their tenants' budgets - and the Freddie Mac Multifamily Green Advantage® program has made this more and more possible.
SVP Multifamily Capital Markets
Meg McElgunn: Taking the Reins Out West
I know it sounds cliché, but there really is no place like home – especially one where you make home possible for others. That's what Freddie Mac is to me.
Senior Director, Freddie Mac SBL Production
Nashville: A Vibrant Stage for Targeted Affordable Housing
Nashville is a city where you feel things happening. Everywhere downtown there's music and artists on the verge of making it big. With the energy it radiates, you can't help feeling things are possible. So, Nashville was a fitting, vibrant stage for our biggest and best Annual Conference.
VP Targeted Affordable Sales & Investments
The Brightest Stars Shined in Nashville
Nashville is an incredible town, and we had an incredible turnout – over 1,500 professionals from across our industry.
SVP Production & Sales
Multifamily 2018 Mid-Year Outlook
Performance in the multifamily market remained healthy in the first half of 2018, and is expected to continue throughout the second half of 2018 and into 2019, but with continued moderation from the prior few years.
VP Research & Modeling
The Double Bottom Line
Our new Social Impact pilot uses our existing offerings in innovative ways to create and preserve affordable rental housing.
VP Production & Sales
The Cost of Missing Out on LIHTC-Program Rents
Market rate multifamily rents have been dramatically increasing in recent years as housing demand significantly exceeds available supply. In contrast, during the same period rent growth has been moderate for units with restricted rents, such as those funded by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.
VP Research & Modeling
Doing Good and Doing Well Are Not Mutually Exclusive
There's a lot in the news today about Social Investing - investments that make a social or environmental impact while also generating a financial return. It' a true win-win, and at Freddie Mac Multifamily, we're happy to be at the forefront of this important movement.
VP Production & Sales
How Do I Envision the Multifamily Market in 2018?
More of the same! By most measures, the multifamily market will continue to grow with moderately increasing demand, with the growing population fueling the rental housing market.
VP Research & Modeling
An Oasis of Inspiration in the Desert
John Cannon recaps the 2017 Customer Conference.
SVP Production & Sales
Tackling Affordable Rental Housing with Flexibility
How can we help solve the affordable rental housing crisis? This question is on our minds every day at Freddie Mac Multifamily.
VP Production & Sales
Assets, Sponsors, and Babies - Oh My!
As financiers of multifamily properties, it would be easy to think of our buildings as only bricks and mortar, but to the tenants, they're home, and to the borrowers/sponsors, they're the realization of a dream.
Underwriting Director, Small Balance Loans