Walker & Dunlop Ranks “Top Ten” Lender

Walker & Dunlop has achieved top ten lender status in figures released by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Annual Origination Rankings.

Walker & Dunlop is ranked as the 9th largest commercial real estate lender in the United States, behind such financial behemoths as Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and MetLife. The results also show the firm ranked in the top ten for Fannie Mae (#5), Freddie Mac (#10) and HUD (#9) originations.

“From its inception, Walker & Dunlop has built a unique platform to play with the ‘big banks’ in the commercial real estate arena,” said President and CEO Willy Walker. “We continue to deploy capital on the scale of the world’s largest financial services firms while providing our customers with the focus and attention of a small company.”

In 2009, Walker & Dunlop originated more than $2.2 billion in commercial real estate financing. The company services over $16.7 billion of commercial mortgages and asset manages over 1,600 properties across the United States.