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Affordable Housing Group
Led by Phil Melton in Dallas, our team of skilled loan originators, located throughout the country, has 140 plus years of combined experience and an estimated $5 billion in loan originations. In the complex world of affordable housing finance, Bellwether Enterprise serves the needs of property owners, developers and investors.
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Bellwether Enterprise is on a mission, working to finance the country’s growing affordable housing needs. Together with our parent company, Enterprise Community Investment Inc., and the Enterprise family of companies, we are committed to the affordable housing needs of the country. As the largest non-bank debt origination platform dedicated to affordable housing finance, we are one source for many solutions.
A Strategic Partnership
Market knowledge and best-in-class customer commitment on every deal, and target equity placements of $3,000,000 - $100,000,000+ per transaction.
Extensive client base and equity relationships include Operators, Sponsors, Developers, Portfolio Owners, Opportunistic Real Estate Funds, Endowments, Private REITs, 501c3's/Non-Profits, Public Facilities Corporations & Housing Authorities.
In the News
Vacant Office Building in Lakewood to be Converted into Affordable Housing for Local Artists
2020-09-21
Construction is currently underway on Notable, a 5-story, 218-unit affordable community in Lakewood that will provide artists, teachers and others that serve the community, the ability to live in the area they work. Zocalo Community Development will serve as the developer, general contractor and property manager. The project is reported to have received $47.6 million in construction financing, arranged by Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital through the direct purchase of tax-exempt and taxable bonds issued by Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
Bellwether Enterprise closes $88 million in loans for affordable housing communities in Texas
2020-09-17
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment Inc., announced the closing of three loans totaling $88,435,000 for the creation and preservation of affordable multifamily housing communities in Austin and Garland, Texas. Phil Melton, executive vice president and national director of affordable and FHA production in Bellwether Enterprise’s Dallas office and Cindy Hannon, senior vice president in the Duluth, Georgia office, originated the three Texas loans.
Find Your Affordable Housing Specialist
Our Affordable Housing Group is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. We have loan originators dedicated to affordable housing in nine locations across the country. With over 100 years of combined experience, you can be confident when you reach out to one of our experts, you'll have the best in the industry.
Case Studies
Representative Transactions
Multifamily | $1,560,000.00 | Fannie | Pittsburgh | PA |
Multifamily | $3,120,000.00 | Fannie | New Kensington | PA |
Multifamily | $28,500,000.00 | FHA | Chicago | IL |
Multifamily | $9,035,000.00 | Fannie | Greensburg | PA |
Multifamily | $4,075,000.00 | Bank | Greenville | SC |
Multifamily | $40,386,000.00 | Fannie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $14,200,000.00 | FHA | Rockford | IL |
Multifamily | $1,270,500.00 | USDA | Ruleville | MS |
Multifamily | $1,535,900.00 | USDA | Yazoo City | MS |
Multifamily | $1,818,000.00 | USDA | Horn Lake | MS |
Multifamily | $921,400.00 | USDA | Lambert | MS |
Multifamily | $731,800.00 | USDA | Crenshaw | MS |
Multifamily | $1,481,100.00 | USDA | Yazoo City | MS |
Multifamily | $1,688,400.00 | USDA | Greenville | MS |
Multifamily | $1,389,347.00 | USDA | Greenville | MS |
Multifamily | $1,651,300.00 | USDA | Sardis | MS |
Multifamily | $1,835,700.00 | USDA | Horn Lake | MS |
Multifamily | $1,933,500.00 | USDA | Pontotoc | MS |
Multifamily | $7,050,000.00 | Freddie | McKinney | TX |
Multifamily | $3,285,300.00 | FHA | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $3,296,900.00 | FHA | Defiance | OH |
Multifamily | $12,580,000.00 | Washington | DC | |
Multifamily | $14,985,000.00 | Freddie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $2,385,000.00 | USDA | Devil's Lake | ND |
Multifamily | $4,094,050.00 | FHA | Bethel Place | PA |
Multifamily | $1,072,013.00 | USDA | Mitchell | SD |
Multifamily | $11,561,900.00 | FHA | Dothan | AL |
MHC | $7,425,000.00 | Fannie | Weir | TX |
Multifamily | $32,900,000.00 | Bridge | Washington | DC |
Multifamily | $9,420,000.00 | FHA | Newnan | GA |
Multifamily | $3,339,000.00 | FHA | Delano | CA |
Multifamily | $7,980,000.00 | FHA | Thomaston | GA |
Multifamily | $18,711,000.00 | Fannie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $59,000,000.00 | Fannie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $325,000.00 | USDA | Cadillac | MI |
Multifamily | $5,389,000.00 | Freddie | Killeen | TX |
Multifamily | $6,500,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $12,500,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $1,050,000.00 | Freddie | Washington | DC |
Multifamily | $1,625,000.00 | Fannie | Zelienople | PA |
Multifamily | $33,938,000.00 | Freddie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $10,400,000.00 | FHA | Charlotte | NC |
Multifamily | $4,200,200.00 | FHA | Atlanta | GA |
Multifamily | $35,975,000.00 | FHA | Auburndale | FL |
Multifamily | $15,259,700.00 | FHA | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $3,562,100.00 | FHA | East Point | GA |
Multifamily | $10,792,955.00 | FHA | Newark | NJ |
Multifamily | $12,670,080.00 | FHA | Murfreesboro | TN |
Multifamily | $27,177,276.00 | FHA | Chicago | IL |
Multifamily | $1,788,000.00 | Freddie | Irondale | AL |
Multifamily | $18,800,000.00 | Freddie | Webster | TX |
Multifamily | $11,780,000.00 | Freddie | Houston | TX |
Multifamily | $13,050,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Fort Worth | TX |
Multifamily | $5,500,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Raleigh | NC |
Multifamily | $17,500,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Raleigh | NC |
Multifamily | $3,400,000.00 | FHA | Evanston | IL |
Multifamily | $2,404,082.00 | FHA | Santa Cruz | CA |
Multifamily | $14,260,000.00 | Agency | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $18,592,000.00 | Agency | San Antonio | TX |
Multifamily | $4,320,000.00 | Agency | Fayetteville | AR |
Multifamily | $12,980,000.00 | Agency | San Francisco | CA |
Multifamily | $9,500,000.00 | Agency | Hendersonville | NC |
Multifamily | $2,036,000.00 | Agency | Jackson | MS |
Multifamily | $2,739,000.00 | Agency | Jackson | MS |
Multifamily | $2,413,000.00 | Agency | Jackson | MS |
Multifamily | $4,573,344.00 | Agency | Bakersfield | CA |
Multifamily | $12,055,588.00 | Agency | Baltimore | MD |
Multifamily | $2,517,500.00 | Agency | Mason City | IA |
Affordable Housing | $1,837,000.00 | Freddie | Washington | DC |
Multifamily | $16,600,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Lakewood | CO |
Multifamily | $31,000,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Lakewood | CO |
Multifamily | $1,602,000.00 | FHA | Monroe | LA |
Multifamily | $2,000,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | San Antonio | TX |
Multifamily | $28,000,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | San Antonio | TX |
Multifamily | $20,050,000.00 | FHA | Chicago | IL |
Affordable Housing | $4,131,000.00 | Other | Lima | OH |
Affordable Housing | $6,360,000.00 | Fannie | Lake Worth | FL |
Multifamily | $3,950,000.00 | Freddie | Owings Mills | MD |
Multifamily | $1,000,000.00 | Freddie | Cincinnati | OH |
Multifamily | $5,280,000.00 | Freddie | Niles | MI |
Multifamily | $4,163,700.00 | FHA | Lawerenceville | GA |
Multifamily | $5,203,000.00 | Freddie | Richmond Hill | GA |
Multifamily | $17,281,900.00 | FHA | Camden | NJ |
Multifamily | $13,115,000.00 | Freddie | Garland | TX |
Multifamily | $6,300,000.00 | Fannie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $2,802,000.00 | Freddie | Decatur | GA |
Multifamily | $5,250,000.00 | Freddie | Laredo | TX |
Affordable Housing | $2,079,300.00 | FHA | Bonham | TX |
Multifamily | $7,965,000.00 | Freddie | Seattle | WA |
Multifamily | $4,300,000.00 | FHA | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $2,635,000.00 | USDA | Irmo | SC |
Multifamily | $28,840,000.00 | Freddie | Elmhurst | IL |
Multifamily | $1,475,000.00 | USDA | Port Clinton | OH |
Affordable Housing | $9,000,000.00 | Freddie | Richmond | VA |
Multifamily | $8,560,000.00 | FHA | Charleston | SC |
Multifamily | $4,507,093.00 | Other | Houston | TX |
Affordable Housing | $1,470,000.00 | Freddie | Macon | GA |
Multifamily | $5,199,543.00 | Other | Virginia Beach | VA |
Multifamily | $22,500,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Seaside | CA |
Multifamily | $4,000,000.00 | Fannie | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $2,700,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Colorado Springs | CO |
Multifamily | $16,830,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Colorado Springs | CO |
Multifamily | $3,645,200.00 | FHA | Ocean Park | ME |
Multifamily | $6,250,000.00 | FHA | Akron | OH |
Multifamily | $750,000.00 | USDA | Decatur | MI |
Multifamily | $775,000.00 | USDA | Lawrence | MI |
Multifamily | $5,350,000.00 | FHA | Oklahoma City | OK |
Affordable Housing | $29,200,000.00 | FHA | San Antonio | TX |
Multifamily | $4,377,200.00 | FHA | Elyria | OH |
Multifamily | $16,000,000.00 | FHA | Hampton | VA |
Multifamily | $7,040,200.00 | FHA | Decatur | GA |
Multifamily | $800,000.00 | USDA | Silverton | OR |
Multifamily | $5,205,000.00 | FHA | Cleveland | OH |
Multifamily | $5,475,000.00 | Freddie | Portland | OR |
Multifamily | $5,440,000.00 | Fannie | Latrobe | PA |
Multifamily | $4,511,288.00 | Other | Spring | TX |
Multifamily | $1,755,000.00 | USDA | Lewistown | MT |
Multifamily | $9,970,000.00 | Agency | Port Arthur | TX |
Multifamily | $10,290,000.00 | Agency | Port Arthur | TX |
Multifamily | $32,000,000.00 | CMBS | Overland Park | KS |
Multifamily | $5,756,000.00 | Agency | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $27,000,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Austell | GA |
Multifamily | $2,241,000.00 | Agency | Baltimore | MD |
Multifamily | $3,650,000.00 | Other | Portsmouth | VA |
Multifamily | $14,000,000.00 | Direct Bond Purchase | Raleigh | NC |
Multifamily | $2,200,000.00 | Agency | Baltimore | MD |
Multifamily | $32,500,000.00 | Other | Pflugerville | TX |
Multifamily | $11,700,000.00 | Other | Camden | NJ |
Multifamily | $4,261,000.00 | Agency | Northglenn | CO |
Multifamily | $8,100,000.00 | Agency | Seattle | WA |
Affordable Housing | $5,283,000.00 | Agency | Indian Lake | TX |
Multifamily | $850,000.00 | Agency | Newcomerstown | OH |
Multifamily | $13,278,500.00 | Agency | Asheville | NC |
Multifamily | $3,200,000.00 | Agency | Baltimore | MD |
Multifamily | $9,050,000.00 | Agency | Multiple | AL |
Multifamily | $6,100,000.00 | Agency | Lawton | OK |
Multifamily | $10,204,000.00 | Agency | Port Arthur | TX |
Multifamily | $56,000,000.00 | Agency | Austin | TX |
Multifamily | $1,920,000.00 | Other | Indianapolis | IN |
Multifamily | $3,313,000.00 | Agency | Asheville | NC |
Multifamily | $24,112,000.00 | Agency | Marietta | GA |
Multifamily | $3,850,000.00 | Agency | Birmingham | AL |
Multifamily | $3,227,625.00 | Agency | Laurel | MS |
Retail | $1,700,000.00 | Other | Holland | MI |
Multifamily | $2,940,000.00 | Agency | North Decatur | GA |
Multifamily | $1,500,001.00 | Agency | Piketon | OH |
Multifamily | $10,100,000.00 | Agency | Staunton | VA |
Multifamily | $700,000.00 | Agency | Terra Alta | WV |
Multifamily | $1,860,000.00 | Other | Jackson | MI |
Multifamily | $4,900,000.00 | Agency | Decatur | TX |
Multifamily | $2,051,000.00 | Agency | Stuttgart | AR |
Multifamily | $4,930,000.00 | Agency | Miami | FL |
Multifamily | $15,468,000.00 | Agency | Taylors | SC |
Multifamily | $14,500,000.00 | Other | Greenville | SC |
Multifamily | $1,436,000.00 | Agency | Rogue River | OR |
Multifamily | $820,000.00 | Agency | Rogue River | OR |
Multifamily | $417,500.00 | Agency | Glendale | OR |
Multifamily | $500,001.00 | Agency | Piketon | OH |
Multifamily | $4,180,000.00 | Agency | Waller | TX |
Multifamily | $6,035,000.00 | Other | Port Arthur | TX |
Multifamily | $967,500.00 | Agency | Wahpeton | ND |