Berkadia Ranked #1 Freddie Mac Seniors Housing Lender by Total Volume
New York, New York – February 3, 2026 – Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare achieved another exceptional year, surpassing $2 billion in mortgage banking closings for the second consecutive year. In 2025, Berkadia closed over $2 billion in financing across 123 properties including active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities utilizing multiple lending sources such as the GSEs, HUD, Berkadia proprietary capital, banks, life companies, and debt funds.
In addition, Berkadia announced they are the #1 Freddie Mac Seniors Housing Lender by total volume in 2025. Berkadia delivered $850 million in seniors housing loans with Freddie Mac.
“We are honored to be the #1 Freddie Mac Lender by total volume and extend our gratitude to our trusted partners at Freddie Mac,” said Steve Ervin, SVP – Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance. “Throughout 2025, seniors housing fundamentals strengthened, and we saw investors lean back into the sector with a focus on operational quality and long-term stability. By working in lockstep with our investment sales team, we were able to match that renewed appetite with tailored debt solutions for both acquisitions and recapitalizations.” Berkadia originated $392.5 million in HUD LEAN volume, a 90% increase over the prior year. In October, Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, through a financing arrangement with a large financial institution, more than doubled the capital available for bridge-to-permanent financing for seniors housing communities (including memory care) and nursing homes, further reinforcing this growth trajectory. Looking ahead to 2026, Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare anticipates continued growth as the sector benefits from powerful demographic tailwinds and will remain focused on delivering capital that supports both performance and quality of life for senior residents.
“Berkadia continues to stand out as one of the most balanced seniors housing lending platforms in the country,” said Ervin. “While many lenders tend to concentrate primarily on either HUD or GSE executions, Berkadia is uniquely active and competitive across both, supported by a robust
fee-for-service mortgage banking brokerage platform that enables us to deliver objective, best-in-class capital solutions for seniors housing clients.”
Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare leads the industry in innovative and comprehensive solutions for even the most complex active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing projects across the country. With deep market knowledge, Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare offers a full set of capital markets advisory, underwriting, loan origination services and products including FHA/HUD, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Life Company, and Proprietary Bridge Lending.
About Berkadia®:
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Through our integrated mortgage banking, investment sales and servicing platform, Berkadia delivers comprehensive real estate solutions for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets.
To learn more about Berkadia, please visit www.berkadia.com.
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