NEW YORK, NY - Hunt Mortgage Group, a leader in financing commercial real estate throughout the United States, announced today that Suzanne (Suzie) Cope has re-joined the firm’s rapidly growing affordable housing/FHA group as Senior Vice President. She will be focused on originating and closing Affordable and FHA multifamily loans nationwide, with a primary focus on the Colorado area. She will be based in Denver, Colorado and will report to Paul Weissman, Senior Managing Director.
“We are actively working to build our affordable and FHA platform, nationwide,” explained Weissman. “Hunt Mortgage Group has been a long-established player in the affordable housing debt and equity finance markets, having sourced and originated affordable loans since the 1980’s.”
“Suzie is a veteran industry executive with extensive experience in loan origination in affordable and market rate mortgages and has a proven track record of success,” added Weissman. “Her return to Hunt Mortgage Group signals her confidence in the expanded platform and the strong additions we have made to the group across the country. We are confident she will play a pivotal role in helping us reach our growth goals with the affordable group.”
Prior to returning to Hunt Mortgage Group, Suzie was a Senior Vice President in the Affordable Multifamily division of Bellwether Enterprise. In her earlier role at Hunt Mortgage Group (then Centerline Capital Group), she was responsible for west coast originations of all debt financing activities for affordable multifamily housing.
“In her original position with our firm, Suzie helped to re-launch and fully develop an affordable housing lending platform at Hunt Mortgage Group. This included Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA executions as well as affiliated executions for conduit and bridge lending for multifamily housing financing,” said Weissman.
Earlier in her career, Suzie was a Senior Account Manager with Fannie Mae in Los Angeles for five years, where she managed and structured transactions for affordable and market rate housing mortgage relationships. She also worked on affordable housing product enhancements while at Fannie Mae. She currently sits on Fannie Mae’s DUS Originator’s Committee.
In 2014, Suzie was named one of Real Estate Forum’s “2014 Women of Influence” that honors women whose achievements have shaped the commercial real estate industry. She earned her Masters of Real Estate Development at the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in finance and marketing from Tulane University.
Today we offer our clients an extensive variety of financing products helping them extend their businesses. “The need for quality affordable housing is strong across the country. We are committed to addressing the shortage of housing resources for our ever-growing population, and the increasing interest of its communities to meets these needs,” concluded Weissman.
About Hunt Mortgage Group: Hunt Mortgage Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hunt Companies, Inc., is a leader in financing commercial real estate throughout the United States. The Company finances all types of commercial real estate: multifamily properties (including small balance), affordable housing, office, retail, manufactured housing, healthcare/senior living, industrial, and self-storage facilities. It offers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD/FHA in addition to its own Proprietary loan products. Since inception, the Company has structured more than $21 billion of loans and today maintains a servicing portfolio of more than $12.5 billion. Headquartered in New York City, Hunt Mortgage Group has 198 professionals in 24 locations throughout the United States. To learn more, visit www.huntmortgagegroup.com.