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2023 Top Mortgage Brokers and Lenders
California
- Ramsey Daya and Chris Moritz
- Ben Harris, Keith Rosso, Allan Freedman, Anthony Cinquini, George Spadier and Branden McBirney
- Newmark Santa Monica Team
- Val Achtemeier
- Scott Peterson and Bill Chiles
- Malcolm Davies and Zachary Streit
- Tyler Bradford
- Steve Bram
- Evan Kinne and Ed Steffelin
- Jonathan Lee and Shahin Yazdi
- George Mitsanas
- Stephen Stein and D. Scott Lee
Newmark Santa Monica Team
$1,961,923,000
Placed more than $1.96 billion in multifamily financing during 2022
Closed a total of 39 transactions
The Newmark Santa Monica team is led by Executive Vice Chairman Mitch Clarfield. Since launching the business in 2001, he has expanded the Santa Monica office to more than 18 employees with average annual debt originations of over $1.8 billion. He is joined by Senior Managing Director Josh Braceros, Managing Director Meghan Varga, Director Lillian Aceituno and Vice Presidents Garrett Swanky and Alec Newman.
The team originated $1.97 billion in multifamily debt transactions within the past 12 months. One notable transaction involved the recent closing of a $947-million, long-term, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan on a 4,249-unit property on 144 acres in the heart of Los Angeles. The transaction represented the largest single-asset multifamily loan in Freddie Mac history.
These are some of the reasons we selected Mitch Clarfield, Josh Braceros, Meghan Varga, Lillian Aceituno, Garrett Swanky and Alec Newman for inclusion in the 2023 Connect CRE Top Mortgage Brokers and Lenders Awards. These awards recognize industry professionals who have demonstrated the highest commercial real estate finance standards.