JLL, Wells Fargo Lead MBA 2019 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Firm Origination Volume Rankings

JLL, Wells Fargo and Eastdil Secured ranked as top commercial/multifamily mortgage originators last year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today.

MBA prepared a set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables to determine the top commercial/multifamily mortgage originators in 2019 were:

— JLL

— Wells Fargo

— Eastdil Secured

— CBRE

— JP Morgan Chase & Co.

— Meridian Capital Group

— KeyBank

— Bank of America

— Newmark Knight Frank

— Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

By dollar volume, the top five originators for third parties in 2019 were:

— JLL

— Eastdil Secured

— CBRE

— Meridian Capital Group

— KeyBank

The top five lenders last year were:

— Wells Fargo

— JP Morgan Chase & Co.

— KeyBank

— Bank of America

— Deutsche Bank Securities Inc

MBA said 9 different companies were at the top of the 11 lists reporting total originations by investor groups:


— JP Morgan Chase & Co., Eastdil Secured, Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman Sachs were the top commercial mortgage-backed securities originators. 

— Wells Fargo, KeyBank, JP Morgan Chase & Co., JLL and Bank of America were the top originators for commercial bank loans.

— JLL, MetLife Investment Management, PGIM Real Estate Finance, Newmark Knight Frank and Eastdil Secured were the top originators for life insurance companies.

— Walker & Dunlop, CBRE, Wells Fargo, Berkadia and Greystone were the top originators for Fannie Mae.

— CBRE, Berkadia, JLL, Newmark Knight Frank and Walker & Dunlop were the top originators for Freddie Mac.

— Orix Real Estate Capital, LLC, Greystone, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC, Berkadia and Walker & Dunlop were the top originators for FHA/Ginnie Mae.

— Nuveen Real Estate, Newmark Knight Frank, JLL, CBRE and Principal Real Estate Investors were the top originators for pension funds.

— Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., Meridian Capital Group, Wells Fargo, Walker & Dunlop and Eastern Union were the top originators for credit companies.

— JLL, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Eastdil Secured, Cushman & Wakefield and Mesa West Capital LLC were the top originators for real estate investment trusts, mortgage REITs and investment funds.

— JLL, Greystone, Meridian Capital Group, Argentic and Walker & Dunlop were the top originators for specialty finance.

— Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., JLL, CBRE, Walker & Dunlop and Newmark Knight Frank were the top originators for the “other investors” category.

The MBA Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Firms–Annual Origination Volumes report is the only report to present a comprehensive set of listings of 140 different commercial/multifamily mortgage originators, their 2019 volumes and the different roles they play. The report presents origination volumes in more than 140 categories, including by role, investor group, property type, financing structure type and by the location of the originating office. 

The full report is available for purchase through MBA’s Online Store here.