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We Are in Every Market, Every Day

For over 35 years, Fannie Mae Multifamily has been a reliable source of mortgage capital for the secondary mortgage market. Our Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS®) model is the premier financing platform in the multifamily market. Delegation, risk-sharing, and life of loan servicing are the pillars that support our platform, and because of them we are able to make workforce rental housing possible in every market, every day.

DUS and Our DUS Lenders

We call DUS "The Loan We All Own" because it aligns the interests of lenders, borrowers, and investors. Our 24 DUS® lenders underwrite, close, and deliver loans on our behalf, and in exchange they typically retain one-third of the risk on every loan.

As the largest guarantor of mortgages in the U.S., we set the standards for the housing finance market through our underwriting guides, disclosure and asset management tools, data standards, and engagement with our lender partners.

Multifamily Insights

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Multifamily Financing

We serve a wide spectrum of the market, including conventional, rent-restricted, cooperatives, seniors housing, student housing, small balance loans, and Manufactured Housing Communities.

More than 90 percent of the apartments we finance are “workforce housing”, and are affordable to families earning at or below 120 percent of the area median income (AMI) – the teachers, first responders, and service workers who are an essential part of their communities.

Affordable Housing and Green Financing

Financing affordable rental housing is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to affordable housing for the long-term and want to be a part of the preservation, rehabilitation, and new construction of quality rental housing across the United States.

We are leaders in the Green Financing business, which we pioneered by creating financing solutions that incorporate energy and water efficiency and energy-generation concepts into traditional mortgage lending.

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News

Multifamily Wire

October 31, 2024

Today, we released our Q3 2024 financial results and filed our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 with the SEC. Click the button below to learn more.

July 30, 2024

Today, we released our Q2 2024 financial results and filed our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 with the SEC. Click the button below to learn more.

April 30, 2024

Today, we released our Q1 2024 financial results and filed our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 with the SEC. Click the button below to learn more.

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Market Commentary

October 17, 2024

Build-to-rent (BTR) housing has received considerable attention recently, and, while total production levels are still relatively low – estimated at less than 10% of single-family completions – they have increased substantially over historic averages.

September 18, 2024

Manufactured housing units that are pre-fabricated in factories remain an important source of unsubsidized affordable housing for an estimated 17 million residents, according to data from the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS).

August 21, 2024

Multifamily market fundamentals, which include factors such as vacancy rates and rent growth, improved during the first half of 2024, due to an increase in demand and despite elevated levels of new supply entering various markets across the country.

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