Example Freddie Mac Terms for Apartment Loans
Size: Typically, $1 million, and up
Term: Fixed and floating rate options with 3, 5, 7 and 10-year terms
Interest Rates:
Vary
Amortization: Up to 30 years
Maximum LTV: Up to 80%
Minimum DSCR: 1.25x
Advantages
- Highly competitive pricing
- Early rate lock option
- Up to 80% LTV
- Partial-term and full-term interest-only available
- Non-recourse option
- Loans are fully assumable
Disadvantages
- Selective of the properties they will finance
- Require financially strong and experienced borrowers
- Can be expensive to exit (prepayment penalty, defeasance, or yield maintenance)