Multifamily housing has been our bread and butter since 1937, meaning we have extensive experience navigating the financing process for market rate properties. With local expertise and a national presence, we understand the different geographic markets and can utilize our institutional knowledge to find the best possible terms for each multifamily property. In short, we've spent the over 80 years fine-tuning the financing process to deliver the most streamlined experience and highest certainty of execution around.
So, what actually differentiates us from the other lenders out there?
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Top-Ranked– As a top-three multifamily capital provider in 2021, you can rely on our experts to find the right financing for your multifamily rental property.
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Our relationships – As one of the top direct originators for two of the largest providers of multifamily capital in the U.S.—namely, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—our team is able to deliver incredible terms and certainty of execution.
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Proprietary capital – Our Walker Private Lending joint venture with Kayne Anderson Real Estate provides investors a much-needed interest-only product that ensures more cash flow, higher proceeds, and greater certainty of execution for loans starting at $2 million.
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Data and insights – We're heavily invested in technology that makes everyone's life easier. From data science capabilities that allow us to pull comparables in mere minutes to portals that allow you to track the entire lifecycle of your loan in one place, our modern approach makes the lending process as streamlined and informed as possible.
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In-house servicing – As the servicer of your loan post-closing, Walker & Dunlop remains your partner through the life of your loan. From questions regarding payments or loan document requirements to payoff requests and beyond, you'll always have a friendly face to turn to.
A little more about Fannie Mae…
We've consistently ranked as the #1 Fannie Mae DUS lender in the nation, with 13.9 percent market share, a $53.4 billion lending portfolio, and $9.3 billion in loans originated in 2021 alone.
What should you expect if you finance through Fannie Mae? Fannie Mae has provided small multifamily loans for more than two decades and has provided more than $24 billion of liquidity to this market in the past ten years. Their robust program offers loans up to $6 million. It's worth noting that Fannie Mae does take a unique approach to risk sharing, which can impact who they lend to and why – our team understands their platform. Because of our history with the agency, we are willing to be much more aggressive than our competitors to take on more risk.
…and the details on Freddie Mac
With a 15.9 percent market share, a $37.1 billion lending portfolio, and $6.2 billion in loans completed in 2021 alone, our Freddie Mac lending team ranked as the #4 lending partner in 2020 and has ranked in the top five for the past eight years.
Walker & Dunlop is an approved Freddie Mac Multifamily Small Balance Loan (SBL) lender with the resources, expertise, and insights to seamlessly originate Freddie Mac financing for loans between $1 and $7.5M.
Launched in 2014, the Freddie Mac SBL platform has grown exponentially since its inception. As of 2020, more than 10,500 loans have originated through their program in more than 300 markets nationwide. With an emphasis on stability and consistency, Freddie Mac Multifamily provides sustainable financing solutions through streamlined processes with terms that can meet your specialized needs.
Freddie Mac does take a slightly different approach to small balance lending than they do for their conventional lending platform – they have designed a platform that simplifies the underwriting and closing processes to lower closing costs for you.
…and the details on Walker Private Lending
In today’s fluid economic environment, Walker Private Lending focuses on delivering more cash flow and higher proceeds than traditional capital sources with interest-only loans starting at $2 million. As a joint venture between Walker & Dunlop and Kayne Anderson Real Estate, Walker & Dunlop underwrites, closes, and services these loans in-house to provide investors greater certainty of execution and a seamless end-to-end process.
Walker Private Lending targets stabilized, cash-flowing assets including conventional multifamily, manufactured housing, student housing, and scattered-site assets with a primary multifamily component.
By offering loans as little as $2 million, Walker Private Lending offers owners of small- to mid-size multifamily properties best-in-class service with competitive loan terms including non-recourse, floating rate loans, full-term and partial-term interest-only, and fixed rate loans with flexible pre-payment options.
Does your property qualify for financing discounts?
You may be able to save up to half a percentage point or more on your interest rate if you are charging "affordable" rents to your tenants, have a "green-certified" property, or are planning to implement eco-friendly improvements. Many owners and operators miss the opportunity to receive competitive Fannie, Freddie, or HUD financing because of misconceptions about what qualifies as "affordable". Our small-balance lending experts can inform you about current financing incentives and determine whether your property may be eligible.
