Fannie and Freddie have increased their market share in multifamily to 60 percent compared to 52 percent two years ago, according to former Obama administration official Michael Stegman…
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to be significant players in the multifamily mortgage market, but some industry observers question whether the mortgage giants are doing too much in this arena and how they’re going about getting business.
The share of interest-only loans in commercial MBS conduits has risen to near-peak levels last seen in 2007 as underwriting deteriorates, according to major credit rating agencies.
Over the years it seems as though commercial banks have basically ceded the multifamily market to nonbanks that use the GSEs as their secondary market takeout…