Dear Colleague,

Commercial Property Executive and Multi-Housing News proudly invite you to participate in our 2015 survey of the Most Powerful Mortgage Banking/Brokerage Firms. The ranking will appear in the February 2015 issues of our magazines and will be determined on a number of factors, including commercial mortgage production volumes, the number of commercial property financings, maximum allowable commercial loan amount and standard equity loan-to-value ratio requirements—all of which will be gathered from the following questionnaire.

For the industry to be properly reflected, and for your firm to receive the best ranking possible, it is crucial that you complete the survey as thoroughly and accurately as possible and submit your responses by Wednesday, November 26, 2014. If you have any questions during the survey period, please contact Mike Ratliff at 212.977.0041 x3407 or mratliff@cpexecutive.com; or Robin Nathanson at 480-663-1149 x2402.

Thank you very much for your participation. We greatly appreciate it.

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* 1. Company Name

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* 2. Survey Contact Person

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* 3. Which of the following types of financing does your firm provide on commercial loans? (Check all that apply.)

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* 4. How do you expect interest rates to change over the next six months?

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* 5. Which of the following commercial loans does your firm offer? (Check all that apply.)

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* 6. What are your standard equity loan-to-value ratio requirements for the following commercial loan types?

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* 7. What is your minimum required commercial loan amount in dollars?

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* 8. What was your firm's commercial mortgage origination volume (USD) from Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2014?

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* 9. What was your firm's commercial mortgage origination volume (USD) from Oct. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2013?

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* 10. What percentage increase or decrease does your firm anticipate for 2015 in regards to volume? (Specific responses will not be printed.)

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* 11. How many commercial property financings did your firm complete from Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2014?

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* 12. Thinking about your response to Q8 regarding your firm's total commercial mortgage origination volume of loans for the period of Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2014, what percentage of the total dollar amount went toward properties in the following sectors:

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* 13. Is your firm a licensed GSE (government-sponsored enterprise) affiliate?

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* 14. If yes, in which GSE programs do you participate?

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