ORGANIZATION	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
ORGANIZATION
Organization	NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION These financial statements represent the consolidated financial position and results of operations of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Walker & Dunlop” and the “Company” mean the Walker & Dunlop consolidated companies. Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company and conducts the majority of its operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC, the operating company. Walker & Dunlop is one of the leading commercial real estate services and finance companies in the United States. The Company originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, provides multifamily investment sales brokerage services, and engages in commercial real estate investment management activities. The Company originates and sells loans pursuant to the programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac,” and together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, “HUD”). The Company brokers, and in some cases services, loans for various life insurance companies, commercial banks, commercial mortgage backed securities issuers, and other institutional investors, in which cases the Company does not fund the loan. The Company also offers a proprietary loan program offering interim loans (the “Interim Program”). During the second quarter of 2017, the Company formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. to originate, hold, and finance loans that meet the criteria of the Interim Program (the “Interim Program JV”). The Interim Program JV assumes full risk of loss while the loans it originates are outstanding. The Company holds a 15% ownership interest in the Interim Program JV and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, servicing, and asset-managing the loans originated by the joint venture. Substantially all loans satisfying the criteria for the Interim Program are originated by the Interim Program JV; however, the Company opportunistically originates loans held for investment through the Interim Program. During the second quarter of 2018, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests of JCR Capital Investment Corporation (“JCR”), the operator of a private commercial real estate investment adviser. JCR, a wholly owned subsidiary, is engaged in the management of debt, preferred equity, and mezzanine equity investments in middle-market commercial real estate funds. The operating results of JCR were immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2018.

NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION

These financial statements represent the consolidated financial position and results of operations of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Walker & Dunlop” and the “Company” mean the Walker & Dunlop consolidated companies.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company and conducts the majority of its operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC, the operating company. Walker & Dunlop is one of the leading commercial real estate services and finance companies in the United States. The Company originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, provides multifamily investment sales brokerage services, and engages in commercial real estate investment management activities. The Company originates and sells loans pursuant to the programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac,” and together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”) and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, “HUD”). The Company brokers, and in some cases services, loans for various life insurance companies, commercial banks, commercial mortgage backed securities issuers, and other institutional investors, in which cases the Company does not fund the loan.

The Company also offers a proprietary loan program offering interim loans (the “Interim Program”). During the second quarter of 2017, the Company formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. to originate, hold, and finance loans that meet the criteria of the Interim Program (the “Interim Program JV”). The Interim Program JV assumes full risk of loss while the loans it originates are outstanding. The Company holds a 15% ownership interest in the Interim Program JV and is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, servicing, and asset-managing the loans originated by the joint venture. Substantially all loans satisfying the criteria for the Interim Program are originated by the Interim Program JV; however, the Company opportunistically originates loans held for investment through the Interim Program.

During the second quarter of 2018, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests of JCR Capital Investment Corporation (“JCR”), the operator of a private commercial real estate investment adviser. JCR, a wholly owned subsidiary, is engaged in the management of debt, preferred equity, and mezzanine equity investments in middle-market commercial real estate funds. The operating results of JCR were immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2018.