Thursday, October 10, 2013

Multifamily Lending Up 33 Percent in 2012 to $146 billion, Mortgage Bankers Association Reports

                  



WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 10, 2013) — In 2012, 2,803 different multifamily lenders provided a total of $146.1 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). 

Jamie Woodwell

The 2012 dollar volume represents a 33 percent increase from 2011 levels.  Sixty-seven percent of the active lenders made five or fewer multifamily loans over the course of the year.

The MBA report is based on its surveys of the larger multifamily lenders and the recently released Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data that covers multifamily loans made by many smaller lenders, particularly commercial banks.

The $146 billion of multifamily mortgages originated in 2012 went to a variety of investors. 

By dollar volume, the greatest share (40 percent of the total) went to the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

  In terms of number of loans, the greatest share (80 percent) went to commercial bank, thrift and credit union portfolios.

The top five multifamily lenders in 2012 by dollar volume were JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Wells Fargo, CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, and Berkadia.

”In many ways we were in a golden age of multifamily finance in 2012, that to a large extent continues today,” said Jamie Woodwell, MBA’s Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance. 

“Low interest rates, strong property fundamentals and increasing multifamily property prices are all supporting a very favorable lending environment.  The 33 percent increase in lending volume in 2012 brought levels nearly back to where they had been in 2007.”

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Shawn Ryan

(202) 557-2727

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