Ghazy Grijalva

Ghazy is a member of the origination team at Bellwether and specializes in arranging financing for all commercial real estate assets with a focus on conventional multifamily properties as well as Manufactured Housing Communities on a national level. Ghazy joined the company in 2017 as an Agency Senior Underwriter focused on underwriting and closing 82 Agency loans totaling $532 million in debt on multifamily assets over a two-year period. Now as a member of the originations team, Ghazy focuses on becoming part of his client’s team in order to provide world class service and consulting on their growth and debt strategies. He uses his prior experience as an underwriter to help guide clients through the lending process and provide them with a certainty of execution by anticipating potential roadblocks and providing creative solutions.

Prior to joining Bellwether Enterprise in 2017, Ghazy served as a Professional Underwriter/Team Lead at Freddie Mac Multifamily, one of the two Government Sponsor Entities (Agencies). While there, he co-led the Central Region Manufactured Housing Community underwriting team and managed some of the largest Seller/Servicer accounts in the Texas market – the largest market in the Region. He ultimately underwrote and closed over $1 Billion in debt during his time there.

Prior to Freddie Mac, Ghazy worked in various underwriting/production capacities including as an Assistant Vice President/Underwriter for Fannie Mae transactions at Red Capital Group and as a Senior Analyst at Arbor Realty Trust screening and structuring Agency, FHA, and Bridge loans. Over the course of his 10-year career, Ghazy has underwritten and closed over $1.75 Billion in loans.

Ghazy is a graduate of DePaul University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Real Estate and Finance

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