JLL, CBRE, KeyBank Lead MBA 2020 CMF Originators

The Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday released its 2020 Rankings of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Firms by origination volumes. The report said JLL, CBRE and KeyBank led commercial/multifamily overall rankings.

The full Top 10 commercial/multifamily mortgage originators in 2020 were:

  • JLL
  • CBRE
  • KeyBank
  • Meridian Capital Group
  • Walker & Dunlop
  • JP Morgan Chase & Company
  • Wells Fargo
  • Eastdil Secured
  • Berkadia
  • Newmark

MBA’s Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Firms – Annual Origination Volumes report provides a comprehensive set of listings of 141 different commercial/multifamily mortgage originators, their 2020 volumes and the different roles they play. The report 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. 

By dollar volume, top five originators for third parties in 2020 were:

  • JLL
  • CBRE
  • Meridian Capital Group
  • Walker & Dunlop
  • KeyBank

Top five lenders in 2020 were:

  • KeyBank
  • Wells Fargo
  • JP Morgan Chase & Company
  • Walker & Dunlop
  • Berkadia

Nine different companies ranked at the top of the 11 lists reporting total originations by investor groups:

  • JP Morgan Chase & Co., Eastdil Secured, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets and Morgan Stanley led originators for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). 
  • KeyBank, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Meridian Capital Group, Wells Fargo and JLL led originators for commercial bank loans.
  • JLL, PGIM Real Estate Finance, MetLife Investment Management, CBRE and Northwestern Mutual led originators for life insurance companies.
  • Walker & Dunlop, CBRE, Berkadia, PGIM Real Estate and Greystone led originators for Fannie Mae.
  • CBRE, Berkadia, JLL, Walker & Dunlop and Capital One Financial Corp. led originators for Freddie Mac.
  • LUMENT, Greystone, Berkadia, Dwight Capital LLC and Walker & Dunlop led originators for FHA/Ginnie Mae.
  • Nuveen Real Estate, Newmark, Barings, Marcus & Millichap and Cushman & Wakefield led originators for pension funds.
  • Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., CBRE, Walker & Dunlop, Eastdil Secured and District Capital led originators for credit companies.
  • JLL, Eastdil Secured, Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc., Arbor Realty Trust and Meridian Capital Group led originators for real estate investment trusts, Mortgage REITS and Investment Funds.
  • JLL, Walker & Dunlop, Meridian Capital Group, UC Funds and George Smith Partners led originators for specialty finance.
  • Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Newmark, PGIM Real Estate, Walker & Dunlop and CBRE led originators for the “other investors” category.

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