Watkins & Eager regularly represents borrowers in the financing of multifamily projects under a variety of permanent lending programs, whether through traditional mortgage lending, HUD-insured loans, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loan programs, or loans from insurance companies and similar lenders. Our lawyers handle multifamily finance transactions in states throughout the Southeast and beyond. We represent borrowers in all manner of financing transactions, from construction to acquisition and refinance. We represent borrowers in the financing of projects insured under various provisions of the National Housing Act, in addition to traditional financing. Our lawyers have extensive experience in all manner of HUD-insured finance transactions and work regularly with HUD counsel in multiple states and with lender’s counsel to efficiently and effectively navigate the various loan programs and procedures. The firm’s practice also includes the sale and transfer of physical assets of apartment projects and the assumption of loans currently insured by HUD.
Our lawyers have vast experience representing borrowers in the closing of financing transactions under a variety of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs. We are well versed in the requirements and procedures of these loans. Our lawyers also handle multifamily finance transactions through other lenders, including insurance companies. Our multifamily finance lawyers collaborate closely with lawyers in the firm’s other practice groups, including our tax, bond, tax credit, environmental, and real estate practice areas, in advising clients on other issues that commonly arise in financing multifamily projects.