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Summary
Walker & Dunlop arranged $630.6 million in fixed-rate Fannie Mae financing for nine IMT Capital multifamily properties across six states.
Walker & Dunlop has arranged $630.6 million in fixed-rate Fannie Mae financing for a nine-property multifamily portfolio owned by IMT Capital, adding another large agency execution to a commercial real estate market still wrestling with elevated borrowing costs.
According to Walker & Dunlop, the financings cover properties across six states and closed between May 1 and September 2026. The company said its Capital Markets Real Estate Finance team refinanced the existing loans for IMT Capital in coordination with Fannie Mae.
A sizable agency execution
The transaction totals $630.618 million. Walker & Dunlop identified Cory Wizenberg, Matt Wallach, Stephen West, Walker Layne, AJ Wright and Sebastian Tamayo as members of the team that handled the portfolio financing.
The scale is notable in a market where long-term rates have complicated refinancing economics for multifamily owners. Agency lenders remain an important source of liquidity, particularly for stabilized apartment assets that meet underwriting requirements even as private-market financing costs remain elevated.
Walker & Dunlop said it originated nearly $10 billion in agency volume during the first half of 2026. The IMT financing therefore represents a meaningful single portfolio transaction even against that broader production base.
Why the deal matters now
Large refinancings are receiving more attention as loans originated during lower-rate periods mature into a substantially different interest-rate environment. Borrowers may face higher debt-service costs even when property operations remain stable, making execution, leverage and loan structure increasingly important.
The IMT transaction also lands as sentiment among commercial real estate finance executives has weakened sharply. The CRE Finance Council reported separately Monday that its third-quarter sentiment index fell to a three-year low, with interest rates and the economic outlook driving much of the deterioration.
That contrast is instructive: broad financing conditions remain difficult, but capital has not disappeared. Large, institutionally owned multifamily portfolios can still attract substantial agency financing when the properties and sponsorship satisfy lender requirements.
For the apartment market, the transaction is another indication that Fannie Mae remains active as a source of long-term multifamily capital even as the cost of money continues to reshape refinancing decisions across commercial real estate.
