JLL, CBRE, Eastdil Secured Lead MBA 2021 CMF Originators

MBA NewsLink Staff

The Mortgage Bankers Association released its 2021 Rankings of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Firms by origination volumes. Top commercial/multifamily mortgage originators in 2021 included the following:

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

The MBA 2021 Commercial/Multifamily Annual Originations Rankings report includes a comprehensive set of listings of 147 different commercial/multifamily mortgage originators, their 2021 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, the top five originators for third parties in 2021 were:

  • JLL
  • CBRE
  • Eastdil Secured
  • Meridian Capital Group
  • Newmark

The top five lenders last year were:

  • Wells Fargo
  • JP Morgan Chase & Company
  • Bank of America
  • Goldman Sachs
  • KeyBank

The report said seven different companies were at the top of the nine lists reporting total originations by investor groups:

  • Bank of America, Eastdil Secured, JP Morgan Chase & Company, Citigroup Global Markets and Goldman Sachs ranked as top originators for commercial mortgage-backed securities. 
  • Wells Fargo, CBRE, KeyBank, Meridian Capital Group and JP Morgan Chase & Company ranked as top originators for commercial bank loans.
  • JLL, CBRE, Newmark, MetLife Investment Management and Northwestern Mutual ranked as top originators for life insurance companies.
  • Walker & Dunlop, Berkadia, CBRE, Wells Fargo and JLL ranked as top originators for Fannie Mae
  • Berkadia, CBRE, JLL, Walker & Dunlop and Meridian Capital Group ranked as top originators for Freddie Mac.
  • Lument, Greystone, Berkadia, Walker & Dunlop and Wells Fargo ranked as top originators for FHA/Ginnie Mae.
  • JLL, Blackstone, Eastdil Secured, Arbor Realty Trust and Cushman & Wakefield ranked as top originators for investor-driven lenders.
  • Newmark, Cushman & Wakefield, Barings, Principal Real Estate Investors and Colliers Mortgage ranked as top originators for pension funds.
  • Walker & Dunlop, Berkadia, Northmarq, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Newmark ranked as top originators for the “other investors” category.

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