Walker & Dunlop Announces Repurchase of Approximately 2.4 Million Shares Held By Column Guaranteed LLC

BETHESDA, Md., March 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: WD) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to repurchase 2,450,451 shares of Walker & Dunlop's common stock owned by Column Guaranteed LLC ("CG"), an affiliate of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, at a negotiated purchase price of $14.50 per share.

Following completion of the repurchase, which is expected to settle on March 17, 2014, CG will no longer hold a position in Walker & Dunlop. This repurchase was not part of any broader repurchase plan that the Company has in place.

About Walker & Dunlop

Through its subsidiaryWalker & Dunlop, LLC,Walker & Dunlop, Inc.(NYSE: WD) is one of the leading commercial real estate finance companies inthe United States, with a primary focus on multifamily lending. As a Fannie Mae DUS®, Freddie Mac Program Plus® and MAP- and LEAN-approved FHA lender, the Multifamily and FHA Finance groups are focused on lending to property owners, investors, and developers of multifamily properties across the country. The Capital Markets group specializes in financing commercial real estate for owners and investors acrossthe United States, securing capital from large institutions such as life insurance companies, commercial banks,CMBS lenders, pension funds, and specialty finance companies.The Proprietary Capital group develops new financial products and provides institutional advisory, asset management, and investment management services with respect to debt and equity, including bridge financing.Walker & Dunlop, LLChas more than 400 employees located in 21 offices nationwide. For more information about the Company, please visitwww.walkerdunlop.comor follow us on Twitter at @Walkerdunlop.

Forward Looking Statements

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The forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect our current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statement.

While forward-looking statements reflect our good faith projections, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future results. Furthermore, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by applicable law. Factors that could cause our results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: (1) general economic conditions and multifamily and commercial real estate market conditions, (2) regulatory and or legislative changes to Freddie Mac,Fannie Maeor HUD, (3) our ability to retain and attract loan originators and other professionals, and (4) changes in federal government fiscal and monetary policies, including any constraints or cuts in federal funds allocated to HUD for loan originations.

For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled 'Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our subsequentSECfilings. Such filings are available publicly on our Investor Relations web page at www.walkerdunlop.com.

Contacts:

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SOURCE Walker & Dunlop, Inc.