2011 Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Servicer Rankings

February 7, 2012

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its year-end ranking of commercial and multifamily mortgage servicers for 2011. At the top of the list of firms is Wells Fargo with $437.7 billion in U.S. master and primary servicing, followed by PNC Real Estate/Midland Loan Services with $355.1 billion, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC with $176.5 billion, Bank of America Merrill Lynch with $115.0 billion, and KeyBank Real Estate Capital with $108.2 billion.

Wells Fargo, PNC/Midland, Berkadia, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and KeyBank are the largest master and primary servicers of commercial/multifamily loans in U.S. CMBS, CDO and other ABS; PNC/Midland, MetLife, GEMSA Loan Services, L.P., Prudential Asset Resources and Northwestern Mutual are the largest servicers for life companies; and PNC/Midland, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Commercial Real Estate, Berkadia and GEMSA Loan Services are the largest Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac servicers.

PNC/Midland ranks as the top master and primary servicer of commercial bank and savings institution loans; GEMSA the top credit company, pension fund, REIT, and investment fund servicer; PNC/Midland the top FHA and Ginnie Mae servicer; Wells Fargo the top for loans held in warehouse facilities; and PNC/Midland the top for other investor type loans.

A primary servicer is generally responsible for collecting loan payments from borrowers, performing property inspections and other property-related activities. A master servicer is typically responsible for collecting cash and data from primary servicers and then providing that cash and data, through trustees, to investors. Unless otherwise noted, MBA tabulations that combine different roles do not double-count loans for which a single servicer performs multiple roles.


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