Multifamily Market Musings: Q&A with MBA’s Sharon Walker

MBA NewsLink interviewed MBA Associate Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Sharon Walker, who represents MBA members active in multifamily finance. She advocates on policy issues primarily related to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration and oversees numerous related committees, working groups, councils and events.

FHFA Holds GSE Affordable Housing Goals Steady

The Federal Housing Finance Agency yesterday announced its 2021 affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will remain the same as they were in 2020. It also seeks input about future housing goals rulemaking.

Affordable Areas Outside Big Cities Heating Up

Relatively inexpensive areas outside major cities, such as El Dorado County, just east of Sacramento, Calif., and Camden County, N.J., across the river from Philadelphia, are gaining ground with homebuyers as New York City and San Francisco lose steam, according to a report from Redfin, Seattle.