Jones joins Hunt Mortgage as senior vice president

Jeff Jones has joined Hunt Mortgage Group as senior vice president to help expand its FHA lending platform. Jones will be responsible for originating FHA insured loans of all program types, and in assisting the mortgage banking team with arranging FHA loans for their clients. "Jeff brings more than 19 years of experience in the FHA insured area of finance and has closed more than $600 million in FHA loans for a wide variety of property types including apartments, assisted living facilities and manufactured housing communities," said Philip Melton, senior managing director of Hunt. "Our team has a deep understanding of the challenges facing property owners and investors today and is expert at providing the financing solutions they need. We're very excited to have Jeff join the team, as he truly complements our capabilities." Prior to his involvement with HUD loans, Jones was an underwriter for FDIC and RTC asset sales. Before joining Hunt Mortgage Group, he was a Senior Vice President with ACRE Capital and prior to that spent six years with Walker Dunlop, where he specialized in hospital financing under HUD's 242 program. While at Walker Dunlop, Jones closed HUD's largest for-profit hospital to date.