Conduit loans, also known as CMBS loans, enjoy a fixed rate for a whopping ten years. Unlike a fixed-rate commercial loan from a bank, there is no rate readjustment after five years. The rate is fixed for the entire ten years. And with ten-year Treasuries at just 0.79%, there has never been a better time in…
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I have a great training article about commercial loans for you today. How do conduits price their commercial loans? After all, commercial lenders cannot buy a forward commitment from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, like a residential mortgage banker; yet most commercial loans today are fixed rate loans. How on earth do the commercial loan…
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