Raven Property Gets a Foothold Into Debt Advisory
A former Walker & Dunlop senior executive joined the company’s new capital markets platform.
Raven Property Advisors has entered debt advisory services with the launch of its Capital Markets division. Partners Scott Kummings and Ben Daniels launched the platform, complementing the company’s financing solution arm with investment and development experience.
The duo hired Jared Sobel as principal. He was formerly a senior managing director at Walker & Dunlop, where he closed north of $5 billion in loans across more than 1,000 deals. Before his tenure at W&D, he served as executive vice president at CBRE.
Some of his latest advisory activities include the brokerage of a $40 million acquisition loan secured last year on behalf of BridgeGaps Real Estate for a 297-unit multifamily property in Spartanburg, S.C., dubbed The Lively at Drayton Mills.
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Sobel also has experience arranging government-sponsored enterprise deals. In 2025, he advised Locust Party Management in obtaining Freddie Mac financing for the acquisition of a 75-unit portfolio in Union County, New Jersey.
Raven Property Advisors has already secured more than $100 million in debt mandates, complementing its $1 billion investment advisory volume. These sales closed across New York City.
Multifamily debt origination spikes
As the cost of capital continues to adjust, the debt market realigned accordingly with a substantial increase in the origination volume. In 2025, 40 percent more debt was issued year-over-year across the U.S., according to preliminary data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Multifamily properties attracted 36 percent more debt last year compared to 2024, the same source shows. This momentum may carry on in 2026 as even more companies enter the debt market. In January, Anchor Loans, a Pretium portfolio firm, made its first multifamily loan through a $94.6 million construction note for a 439-unit project in Texas.
