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Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) is a mid-sized commercial real estate finance company founded 1937 in Washington, DC. It’s currently headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and has 29 offices across the United States with over 700 employees.

History
Walker & Dunlop's primary focus on multifamily lending. Walker & Dunlop originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, provide multifamily investment sales brokerage services, and engages in commercial real estate investment management activities.

Walker & Dunlop is known as one of the first companies to use FHA insurance to finance single-family home loans, which is now a common practice. It was also one of the first commercial real estate firms to obtain a DUS license from Fannie Mae.

In 1937, Oliver Walker and Laird Dunlop founded the company. In 2010, Walker & Dunlop had an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2011, Walker & Dunlop launched the Bridge Lending Program. In 2018, the company entered the asset management business with its acquisition of JCR Capital Investment Corporation, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser and also acquired iCap Realty.

Walker & Dunlop is an approved servicer for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD loans.

Services
Walker & Dunlop, Inc., through its subsidiaries, originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate loans for owners and developers of real estate in the United States.

Financial Products Offered:


 * first mortgage loans
 * second trust loans
 * supplemental financings
 * construction loans
 * mezzanine loans
 * bridge/interim loans
 * Multifamily Finance
 * FHA finance