Walker & Dunlop Increases Senior Housing Finance Focus with New Hires

Jeff Ringwald

Bethesda, Md.—Walker & Dunlop Inc. announced that seniors housing and healthcare finance experts Jeffrey Ringwald and William Jackson have joined its multifamily finance group in the company’s Dallas office. Ringwald, senior vice president and managing director, and Jackson, senior vice president, have originated a combined $2 billion of seniors housing loans across the country through a wide variety of capital sources including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

As the largest Freddie Mac seniors housing lender in 2015, Walker & Dunlop has become an industry leader in seniors housing finance and is focused on continuing to grow its presence in this space. Ringwald and Jackson’s decades of experience financing seniors housing properties will enable the company to continue to meet borrowers’ increasing demands for financing in this rapidly growing multifamily sub-sector.

Bill Jackson

Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Ringwald and Jackson were both employed by Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC. As senior vice president of seniors housing & healthcare, Ringwald led the origination effort and strategic direction of the seniors housing and healthcare platform. Jackson served as vice president and was responsible for originating and structuring seniors housing and healthcare debt for borrowers across the United States.