Trinity Real Estate Finance, Inc. is a founding member of Real Estate Finance Associates, a national organization of independent mortgage banking firms.  Created in 1979, REFA evolved from the pioneering James W. Rouse & Company, the commercial mortgage banking affiliate of the prominent regional mall developer.

Through membership in REFA, Trinity and its personnel share information on a real time basis concerning capital market investors, and can obtain current real estate market information throughout much of the country.  The REFA member firms frequently assist one another when real estate owners from one market own properties in different markets.

There are currently eight REFA companies or groups of companies nationally with 12 offices in all, with representation in key cities across the United States.

Members include:

Carey, Kramer, Pettit, Panichelli & Associates - Philadelphia, PA

The Churchill Companies - Los Angeles & San Diego, CA

Churchill Commercial Capital, Inc. - Phoenix, AZ

Columbia National Real Estate Finance - Baltimore, MD & Washington, DC

The Goedecke Companies - Boston, MA & Westport, CT

Largo Real Estate Advisors, Inc. - Buffalo, New York & Toronto, Canada

Medalist Capital, Inc. - Charlotte, North Carolina

Trinity Real Estate Finance - San Antonio & Austin, TX