Top U.S. Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Firms of 2014 Revealed

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This week the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its annual ranking of top commercial and multifamily mortgage firms by loan originations, with Wells Fargo leading the way in 2014 in total loan volume.

The MBA report, Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Firms - Annual Origination Volumes, presents origination volumes in more than 140 categories, including by role, by investor group, by property type, by financing structure type, and by the location of the originating office.

The top ten commercial/multifamily mortgage originators in 2014 were: Wells Fargo; J.P. Morgan Chase & Company; Eastdil Secured; HFF, L.P.; Meridian Capital Group, LLC; KeyBank; CBRE Capital Markets, Inc.; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; PNC Real Estate; and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The report lists total originations across eleven different investor groups. Ten different companies were the top originator for at least one of the different groups. The top three originators overall and by each investor group are listed below:

• Total Origination Volumes- Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company and Eastdil Secured;

• Commercial Mortgage-backed Securities (CMBS)- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Eastdil Secured and J.P. Morgan Chase & Company;

• Commercial Bank Portfolios- J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, PNC Real Estate, and Meridian Capital Group, LLC;

• Life Insurance Company Portfolios- MetLife Real Estate Investors, HFF, L.P., and Prudential Mortgage Capital Company;

• Fannie Mae- Walker & Dunlop, Wells Fargo, and Berkadia;

• Freddie Mac- CBRE Capital Markets, Inc., Berkadia, and Walker & Dunlop;

• FHA/Ginnie Mae: Red Mortgage Capital, LLC, Greystone, and Berkadia;

• Pension Funds- TIAA-CREF, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, and CBRE Capital Markets, Inc.;

• Credit Companies- CBRE Capital Markets, HFF, L.P., and Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation;

• REITS, Mortgage REITS, and Investment Funds- KeyBank, Eastdil Secured, and NorthStar Realty Finance;

• Specialty Finance Firms- JLL, Mesa West Capital, LLC, and Meridian Capital;

• "Other Investors"- Wells Fargo, HFF, L.P., and Morgan Stanley.

By dollar volume, the top five originators for third parties in 2014 were Eastdil Secured; HFF, L.P.; Meridian Capital Group, LLC; CBRE Capital Markets; and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

The top five lenders in 2014 were Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, KeyBank, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.