Allan Edelson is a senior managing director of Capital Markets | Real Estate Finance at Walker & Dunlop and is based in Colorado. In this role, Edelson is responsible for originating and structuring complex multifamily and Agency transactions nationwide, with deep expertise in structured transactions, portfolio executions, large single-asset loans, affordable housing, senior housing, and green financing. Edelson has more than 29 years of commercial real estate industry experience, including 24 years in multifamily real estate finance. Over the course of his career, he has completed more than $26.9 billion in loan volume and has consistently ranked among Walker & Dunlop’s top loan-generating originators. He is one of only a few originators in the country to have directly originated more than $24.8 billion with both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, generating this Agency volume across approximately 816 mortgages. Despite his industry-leading production, the aggregate loan loss across his $26.9 billion portfolio has been less than two basis points per loan.

Edelson is widely recognized as an industry innovator. He was the first individual to execute a DMBS loan and a variable-rate loan on a senior housing transaction, pioneered the structuring of a non-crossed facility, designed features now common in large structured deals, implemented the original float-to-fix-to-float structure, and restructured the first performing Freddie Mac loan from amortizing to interest-only. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Edelson served at CWCapital and Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage, where he built and refined his expertise in Agency and structured finance.

Edelson earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Maryland, graduating magna cum laude, and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University. He holds a certified public accountant designation from the state of Maryland.