HFF Rides Real Estate Growth Wave On Finance Deals

W hen it comes to providing financial services to the commercial real estate industry, HFF has been on a winning streak. Through its subsidiaries, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler and HFF Securities,HFF ( 

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 ) provides commercial real estate and capital markets services to both the users and providers of capital in the commercial real estate sector.

The company offers clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, equity placement, investment banking and advisory services, loan sales and commercial loan servicing. It operates out of 22 offices around the U.S. and has 732 associates, including 286 transaction professionals.

Its clients are owners of various property types, including offices, retail, industrial, senior living and multihousing properties.

Among its recent transactions is the acquisition financing for the purchase of 12 apartment communities totaling 4,635 units in Texas, Georgia and Colorado.

Working on behalf of the borrower, Strata Equity Group, HFF placed 12 separate fixed-rate loans totaling $494.88 million with Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.'s Capital Markets Execution Program.

Property Is Hot

HFF has been cashing in on the growing demand for its services as the commercial real estate market keeps up its strong momentum in terms of sales and investments.

It has logged at least double-digit earnings growth in all but one of the past eight quarters. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect it to keep up the double-digit-growth streak for the 2015 full year.

Why the strong gains? Analysts see a number of growth drivers.

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