22July 2020
July 22, 2020 Research by Kidder Mathews shows multifamily loaning in Seattle and the Puget Noise area was equaling 2019, at least until COVID-19 hit. A brand-new report exposes multifamily loan originations in the Puget Sound Region rose 29% in 2019 to $12.5 billion. Q1 2020 originations were basically flat year-over-year, both in regards to loan count and total balances.
Alex Mundy says, “Following sharp drops after the Federal Reserve slashed rates in March, key interest rate benchmarks have remained mostly stable. While traditionally low criteria do not necessarily equate to historically low rates for apartment owners in all situations, there has actually never ever been a better time to refinance a conservative loan. When it pertains to acquisitions and construction loans, they are more challenging.”
Debt funds, broadly consisting of non-bank loan providers like pension funds, REITS, and syndicated pools, saw an incredible surge in lending activity in 2019, Kidder’s Mundy writes. These groups lend to both personal and institutional financiers, and went beyond life insurance companies in regional 2019 loan originations.
Rates of interest benchmarks have actually been primarily stable because late March. For borrowers looking for low leverage loans, rates have actually never ever been better. For high utilize and opportunistic offers, loan providers remain selective.
“Although there are fewer active loan providers in the market than there were six months back, sometimes rates are available in the 2.5% to 3.0% variety, and for those investors, it’s the right time to capitalize,” concludes Mundy.
