Monday, HFF, Inc. (HF), a commercial real estate financial intermediary, reported a sharp decline in its transaction volume for 2008, hurt by the weakening global capital markets.
The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company's transaction volume for the year was close to $19.2 billion, a 56% decrease from $43.5 billion reported in 2007.
Debt placement volume was approximately $11.8 billion. Combined investment sales, structured finance, and loan sales volume was around $7.4 billion.
In addition, HFF's servicing group's portfolio balance increased 6% to approximately $24.5 billion from $23.2 billion in the comparable period last year.
Meanwhile, the firm's volume of active discretionary funds through affiliate HFF Securities was close to $1.5 billion, compared to $2.0 billion in the prior year.
HF ended Friday's trading at $2.32 on the NYSE.
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