In short, the GSEs are driving the multifamily bus right now: without the robust financing they provide, price points, cap rates and even supply and demand fundamentals would be entirely different.

Experts Divided on Future of Market Strength

A full house of roughly 350 people gathered to hear brokers, investors and lenders discuss the east coast multifamily environment at RealShare Apartments East, produced by ALM's Real Estate Media Group.

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