Equity is playing an increasingly pivotal role in the multifamily capital stack as institutional groups partner on acquisitions and development, with an abundance of equity capital available. In this episode, Northmarq's Executive Vice Presidents Jeff Erxleben and Pat Minea are joined by Senior Vice Presidents Joel Heikenfeld and Jake Leibsohn to discuss new equity sources including life company programs and foreign capital. Investors continue to shift capital away from coastal and gateway markets and into Sun Belt states, seeking high-quality assets in high-growth secondary and tertiary markets like Phoenix and Dallas. 

Record demand continues in the white-hot multifamily market, and lenders are aggressively seeking to originate multifamily loans. With pandemic-related restrictions being lifted, the GSEs are lending in full force for multifamily, particularly for affordable housing and energy or water efficiency retrofits to properties. This episode includes Sharon Plattner, Senior Vice President - Freddie Mac, Jeff Dannes, Vice President - Fannie Mae Production Manager, and David Schmidt, FHA Production Manager. 

Single-family build-to-rent is a booming sector of the commercial real estate industry for renters, developers, investors, and now lenders. In this episode, NorthMarq's Trevor Koskovich, President of Investment Sales, and Jeffrey Erxleben, Executive Managing Director, discuss the factors driving explosive renter demand and escalating lender interest in this space. Read NorthMarq's full special report on our website: northmarq.com/news 

Life companies are offering some of the most competitively priced capital in the market today in addition to flexibility that can make it some of the most versatile. In this episode, NorthMarq’s Executive Vice Presidents Jeff Erxleben and Pat Minea discuss lending trends they’re seeing, and the different programs being offered by life companies. Managing Directors Susan Branscome, Robert Hernandez, Michael Chase, and Matt Franke join to discuss recent construction perm, short-term, and long-term deals.  

Bridge loans are used by commercial real estate owners to ‘bridge’ the gap between the moment they get the loan and the moment they begin improvements, a lease-up plan, or refinancing of the property. NorthMarq’s Patrick Minea and Jeffrey Erxleben discuss this popular type of short-term financing and the benefits it offers borrowers and lenders. 

In this episode, Scott Suttle, Executive Vice President of Fannie Mae DUS Production, Sharon Plattner, Managing Director of Freddie Mac Production, and David Schmidt, Vice President of FHA Production, join Pat Minea, Executive Vice President and Executive Managing Director, to exchange insights as the recovery from the pandemic drives unprecedented lending volume and loosening restrictions. 

Jeff Erxleben, Executive Vice President, Executive Managing Director and Co-Chair of the Equity Advisors Group, discusses how life companies are getting creative in how they deploy capital in commercial real estate.