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    How New Mixed-Income Deals And Survey Insights At Walker & Dunlop (WD) Have Changed Its Investment Story

    Simply Wall St·12/11/2025 14:22:48
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    • In recent days, Walker & Dunlop arranged a comprehensive financing package for Newark’s 22 Fulton Street and a US$285,000,000 bridge loan for Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Central, while its annual survey at Affordable Housing Finance Live pointed to strong expectations for increased affordable housing investment.
    • Together, these transactions and survey findings highlight Walker & Dunlop’s growing role at the intersection of multifamily development, affordable housing policy, and institutional capital deployment.
    • We’ll now explore how Walker & Dunlop’s expanding role in financing mixed market-rate and affordable projects may influence its broader investment narrative.

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    Walker & Dunlop Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Walker & Dunlop, you need to believe that multifamily and affordable housing finance can offset softer activity in other commercial segments and justify the company’s current valuation. The latest deals at 22 Fulton Street and Greenpoint Central reinforce its positioning in mixed market rate and affordable projects, but do not materially change the near term reliance on stable GSE and HUD programs, or the risk that high or volatile interest rates could still weigh on overall transaction volumes.

    Of the recent news, the Affordable Housing Finance Live survey stands out because it directly ties Walker & Dunlop’s platform to sentiment around future capital availability for affordable projects. With 90% of respondents expecting higher affordable housing investment and supportive views of HUD’s role, this data point lines up with one of the key potential catalysts for the business: that growing emphasis on affordable and workforce housing could support recurring fee income across origination, servicing, and syndication over time.

    Yet against this constructive backdrop, investors should also weigh how any shift in agency caps or GSE policy could...

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    Walker & Dunlop's narrative projects $1.5 billion revenue and $233.2 million earnings by 2028.

    Uncover how Walker & Dunlop's forecasts yield a $92.50 fair value, a 46% upside to its current price.

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    Three fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$35 to US$92. You can set those views against the company’s growing exposure to affordable housing finance and consider what that might mean for future revenue resilience.

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