Stockholders Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Stockholders Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders Equity

15. Stockholders Equity

The Company is authorized to issue 175,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and one share of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Each share of Class A common stock entitles its holder to one vote on all matters to be voted on by stockholders generally. HFF Holdings has been issued one share of Class B common stock. Class B common stock has no economic rights but entitles the holder to a number of votes equal to the total number of shares of Class A common stock for which the partnership units that HFF Holdings holds in the Operating Partnerships, as of the relevant record date for the HFF, Inc. stockholder action, are exchangeable. Holders of Class A and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the Company’s stockholders for their vote or approval. The Company has issued 36,102,322 and 34,939,922 shares of Class A common stock as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively and 1 share of Class B common stock.