Fastest-Growing Multifamily Mortgage Banking and Brokerage Firms of 2022
This year’s ranking comes amid a significant uptick in lending across the sector.
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| Rank | Company | Annual Growth* | Total Originations ($MM) |
| 1 | Greysteel | 191.7% | $700.0 |
| 2 | Arbor Realty Trust | 82.7% | $13,700.0 |
| 3 | American Street Capital | 72.6% | $192.3 |
| 4 | CBRE | 68.1% | $67,900.0 |
| 5 | Cushman & Wakefield | 51.8% | $19,421.0 |
| 6 | Bellwether Enterprise | 49.0% | $10,567.6 |
| 7 | Merchants Capital Corp. | 46.6% | $5,692.8 |
| 8 | Greystone | 45.6% | $16,600.0 |
| 9 | PGIM Real Estate | 42.4% | $23,891.8 |
| 10 | M&T Realty Capital Corp. | 38.9% | $5,000.0 |
* Growth between years ending in September 2020 and September 2021.
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Our Fastest-Growing Multifamily Banking and Brokerage Firms of 2022 ranking comes amid a significant uptick in lending across the sector. Combined, originations from all our participants grew by 42.4 percent during the 12 months ending in September 2021 compared to the previous year. Our respondents also indicated a great deal of optimism that lending activity will grow even more in 2022, with 95 percent anticipating an increase in their lending volumes.
Greysteel took the top spot on our list, with nearly 200 percent growth in two years. That represented more than double the growth of second-place Arbor Realty Trust, although Arbor’s total originations far outpaced Greysteel’s. Fourth place CBRE outranked the rest of the top 10 in originations, with just under $68 billion.
Methodology
The Fastest-Growing Multifamily Banking and Brokerage Firms of 2022 ranking utilized self-reported data for all firms. The ranking was calculated based on average annual increases in origination volumes for all participating firms. All data was originally submitted for our Top Multifamily Mortgage Banking and Brokerage Firms of 2022 ranking.
—Jeff Hamann, Senior Associate Editor, MHN
