The Property
Use, location, condition, environmental profile, marketability, and valuation.
Structure property debt around the asset, income, sponsor, business plan, covenants, and exit—not a residential checklist.
Acquisition, stabilization, construction, refinance, and long-term debt each require a different underwriting conversation.
Commercial lenders commonly evaluate the property, income, borrower or sponsor, and the transaction’s risk controls together.
Use, location, condition, environmental profile, marketability, and valuation.
NOI quality, leases, vacancy, operating history, and debt-service coverage.
Experience, liquidity, net worth, credit, guarantees, and execution ability.
Loan-to-value, term, amortization, covenants, reserves, and exit.
Debt-service coverage ratio compares the income available from a property with the annual principal and interest required by the proposed loan. Lenders may calculate both sides differently, and minimum requirements vary by property and risk.
Open Commercial Mortgage CalculatorCalculator results are estimates for educational purposes and are not a mortgage approval or commitment to lend.