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Debt Market Sentiment: October 1, 2024

INSIGNIA Financial Services is positioned to keep a pulse on the constantly evolving debt market. Whether you’re a borrower or an investor, it’s critical to stay informed about current interest rates, market shifts, and lending opportunities.

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DSCR Loans

What are DSCR Loans?

A Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) loan is a specialized type of mortgage primarily used by residential real estate investors to finance the purchase of income-generating properties.

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CRE debt markets update

CRE Debt Market Sentiment: Navigating the Changing Landscape

In today’s rapidly evolving commercial real estate debt market, staying informed is crucial. With the INSIGNIA Financial Services nationwide network of capital providers and our real-time transactional execution, we keep our finger on the pulse, ensuring that you have the latest insights to make informed decisions.

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Break Even Occupancy Ratio

Breakeven Occupancy Ratio

In the commercial real estate market (CRE), the breakeven occupancy ratio is the occupancy rate where a property is right at the cusp of being in an operating deficit (“loss”) or operating profit (“surplus”).

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Debt Yield

Debt Yield (DY)

The Debt Yield measures the riskiness of a real estate loan by estimating the return earned by the lender to recoup the original investment in the event of property foreclosure.

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Loan to Cost (LTC)

Loan to Cost (LTC)

Loan to Cost (LTC) is the ratio between the total size of a loan and the total construction, renovation, or development cost of a real estate project, expressed as a percentage.

In practice, the LTC ratio is most frequently relied upon by underwriters in the commercial real estate market (CRE) to size the appropriate proportion of debt to offer to a borrower relative to the total capital required to fund a project.

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Loan to Value (LTV)

Loan to Value Ratio (LTV)

The Loan to Value Ratio (LTV) is a credit risk metric that compares the size of a mortgage loan to the appraised value of a property as of the present date. The formula to calculate the loan-to-value ratio (LTV) is the loan amount divided by the current appraised property value, expressed as a percentage.

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