Charlie Crowe

Charlie Crowe is a Director on the originations team specializing in affordable housing finance. He is based in NewPoint's Irvine, CA, office.

Prior to joining NewPoint in 2023, Crowe was Director of Finance at nonprofit developer Burbank Housing, where he was responsible for the firm's overall capital strategy, overseeing enterprise-level capital raising and managing project-level debt and equity initiatives for portfolio with more than 3,200 units. While at Burbank Housing, Crowe structured, led, and closed an innovative financing structure that facilitated the development of a 53-unit community leveraging 501(c)(3) tax-exempt bonds without the use of low-income housing tax credits. 

Crowe also spent six years with Freddie Mac Multifamily, most recently on the Targeted Affordable Housing (TAH) Production Team, where he originated, structured, managed, and securitized unique products like Q-Deals, M-Deals and SMART Deals. Crowe also spent time on the TAH + Specialty Underwriting Team, where he played an integral role in developing the Single-Family Rental (SFR) Pilot program. Crowe structured, underwrote and executed the first SFR Pilot loan and the first SFR loan supporting Housing for the Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled (HIDD). 

Crowe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Penn State University and a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Real Estate Finance from Georgetown University.