Affordable Housing

Choose the industry-leading affordable housing platform

As a recognized leader in the affordable housing space, our platform provides the most comprehensive set of solutions, delivered by experts with unmatched affordable experience and backgrounds, to support our clients’ needs.

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Our Mission

Strong performance with exceptional impact

We’re on a mission to improve our nation’s affordable housing stock and ensure people have access to stable, quality, and safe housing. Our unique platform drives strong financial returns for clients and supports the development of thriving communities where people can afford to live where they work, shop, and play.

Comprehensive suite of services & certainty of execution

Whether you need debt or equity financing, investment sales services, or are looking for CRA or impact investment opportunities, we are your partner for creating and preserving quality affordable and workforce housing that strengthens communities.

Unrivaled affordable experience & expertise

The extensive experience of our experts, coupled with diverse backgrounds in affordable housing, make us uniquely qualified to provide you with the best strategic analysis, advisory, and transaction execution.

Specialized capabilities backed by the power of an industry leader

Our dedicated affordable platform allows us to provide you with an experience tailored to your needs, while harnessing the knowledge, resources, and power of one of the largest CRE finance and advisory firms in the United States. We are setting a new standard in affordable housing.

Affordable capital advisory

Partner with an industry leading capital advisor

Our capital advisors are fully integrated with our broader affordable housing platform and backed by one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory firms in the United States. We provide access to a broad spectrum of capital sources and investment banking capabilities.

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INVESTMENT SALES

Affordable investment 
sales experience

With decades of experience and experts from all affordable segments, we provide you with the industry’s most comprehensive property and portfolio analysis to maximize the value of your assets. Our experts can successfully guide property owners through any situation, including disposition, refinancing, partnership dissolution, partnership buyout, asset repositioning, and resyndication.

LIHtc Equity

Timely equity execution

Our affordable equity specialists lead in providing tax credit syndication and asset management for development, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable housing across the country. As one of the largest LIHTC syndicators in the United States, we lead the way in facilitating the development and financing of affordable housing nationwide.

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DEBT

Unparalleled debt execution

Our affordable debt experts provide specialized and innovative financing solutions to meet the needs of affordable housing’s complex structures. Our experienced specialists have a long history of successfully executing transactions using the full range of debt financing options.

Fannie mae

As a top-ranked Fannie Mae lender, our expertise in their products and inclination to explore new solutions enable us to deliver the best financing and execution for our clients. We have developed expertise in Fannie Mae's MBS for Tax- Exempt Bonds (MTEB) forward and immediate executions along with many other financing options.

Freddie mac

As a top-ranked Freddie Mac lender, our expertise in their products and inclination to explore new solutions enable us to deliver the best financing and execution for our clients. We were the first to offer a loan through Freddie Mac’s Direct Purchase of Tax-Exempt Loans (TEL).

FHA/HUD

We have been a top-ranked lender with FHA/HUD for over a decade, and one of the most experienced construction lenders. As an important source of stable capital during countercyclical times, FHA/HUD provides critical mission focused lending to increase housing supply and affordability.

Capital markets

With a wide breadth of lending sources, we maintain relationships with hundreds of capital providers across the country. Our proprietary insights on pricing and market movements give us the ability to deliver creative financing solutions.

Preservation

Creating exceptional impact

Through various funds and proprietary/joint ventures, our preservation investment program directly invests in affordable and workforce properties with the goal of preserving the affordability of assets. A core part of our commitment to strengthening the foundations of the communities we serve includes integrating ESG practices into our investment and operating strategies.

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Valuations

Appraisals from affordable experts

Depend on our dedicated appraisal specialists for affordable multifamily appraisals and the most in-depth market studies in the industry.

Loan servicing

Service through the loan lifecycle

We provide the highest level of client service, with an expert analyst assigned to each loan in our portfolio – giving you a single point of contact and a trusted advisor at all times.

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Our Experience

By the numbers

#8

NMHC LIHTC Syndicator in 2024

100k+

Affordable Units Owned & Operated

400k+

Residents served

#3

Fannie Mae Multifamily Affordable Housing Lender in 2023

263k+

Units Financed

$9.8bn

LIHTC Equity Raised

#4

Freddie Mac targeted Affordable Housing Lender in 2023

$9.7bn

Combined Affordable & Workforce Debt Financing in 2022

$3.75bn

Affordable Investment Sales Transactions

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No matter where your project sits in the affordable housing ecosystem, our experienced and dedicated affordable experts located throughout the country are ready to help you achieve your affordable housing objectives.

Services

Our comprehensive CRE platform offers you both entity-level and property-level finance and advisory services.

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Specialties & Sectors

Affordable, multifamily, industrial, and more…you name it and we have the skills and expertise to handle it.

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