This week, Multifamily.today sat down with Geoff Platt, Vice President at Arbor Realty Trust, a major agency and HUD/FHA multifamily lender, to discuss trends regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily financing, among other important trends in the multifamily industry.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is proposing a significant change to its multifamily lending programs, which could attract more borrowers.

Last week, Multifamily.today sat down with Bill Weidner, an NYC-based investment real estate broker and host of the Realty Speak podcast, to discuss the current state of the multifamily market.

Last week, Janover Ventures' Camilo Padron closed a $1.79 million Fannie Mae Small Loan for Clarke Street Apartments, a 63-unit apartment property located in Hiawatha, Iowa.

Last week, Janover Ventures' Brandon Ramineh closed an $870,000 Fannie Mae Small Loan for Pearl Street Apartments, a 10-unit apartment property located in Kansas City, Kansas.

This week, Janover Ventures’ Brandon Ramineh closed a $2.6 million bank loan for Morningstar Care Homes, LLC. The deal contained two assisted living properties located in Fredonia and Neodesha, Kansas.

Biproxi​, a new CRE platform and MLS provider, recently raised $10 million in a seed round lead by Greycroft, an NYC-based private equity firm. Newmark Knight Frank was among the firms that offered funds to the startup.