People: Freddie Mac Promotes Ling Xu, Arbor Hires Ohana, Walker & Dunlop Hires Koch and Beigle
Freddie Mac Multifamily Names Ling Xu Vice President of Multifamily Investments and Portfolio Management
Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., named Ling Xu Vice President of Multifamily Investments and Portfolio Management.
In her new role, Ling will be adding market risk and capital strategy to her current responsibilities, which include management of our Multifamily portfolio strategy, hedging and balance sheet management. She is also responsible for developing and expanding our Multifamily credit risk transfer executions, including Reinsurance, Whole Loan Investment Funds, PCs and Structured Credit Risk Notes.
Ling began her career at Freddie Mac as a Business Application Project Manager in 2002, moving up the ranks to Director by 2006. After a few years at American Capital, Ling rejoined Freddie Mac in 2009 assume expanded responsibilities, most recently as Senior Director of Multifamily Portfolio Strategy and Execution.
Arbor Appoints Ohana Director of Sales
Arbor Realty Trust, Uniondale, N.Y., appointed David Ohana Director of Sales. He is responsible for originating Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, SFR Portfolios, Private Label, Bridge, Mezzanine and preferred equity transactions nationwide.
Ohana has more than five years of experience in commercial real estate financing with a focus on multifamily transactions. He has held previous roles as a mortgage originator, management consultant and hedge fund analyst at financial organizations. He most recently served at a New York-based firm, where he originated, underwrote and structured real estate transactions. As part of his role, he facilitated mortgages between his clients and lenders, sourced limited partner investment opportunities for the firm’s balance sheet and grew and maintained relationships with clients, capital sources and lending institutions.
Walker & Dunlop Makes Two Affordable Housing Hires
Walker & Dunlop and GeoPhy expanded their multifamily appraisal business, Apprise, by adding Doug Koch as Senior Director and Affordable Practice Lead and Kelly Beigle as Senior Director.
Koch, based in Needham, Mass., will lead the company’s affordable housing valuation activities across the United States. Beigle, a specialist in affordable housing, is based in Bethesda, Maryland, and is focused on the Eastern region, including Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Prior to joining Apprise, Koch was Manager and Principal of Advisory Affiliates LLC, where he participated in affordable and workforce housing development ventures, arranged tax credit and private equity financing, assisted with organizational formation and coordinated underwriting activities. He has completed thousands of multifamily property valuations, market studies and investment due diligence assignments in 46 states.
Beigle was previously a Director in Cushman & Wakefield’s Valuation & Advisory group and led the Affordable Housing Specialty Practice in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore regions, where she provided valuation and consulting services to clients involved in the financing, management and development of LIHTC, Project-Based Section 8 and HUD/FHA properties. She brings more than ten years of experience to Apprise, spanning all property types and asset classes throughout the United States, with a focus on affordable housing and conventional multifamily properties.
