Amassing the 25 per cent down payment that most commercial mortgage products require for commercial properties can be difficult. But with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s multi-unit (5+ units) insurance coverage, a commercial investor can attain up to 85 per cent financing toward their commercial purchase. This includes financing and coverage for retirement dwellings, licensed care facilities, condominium construction and student residences, new or existing, Canada-wide.

As with residential mortgage insurance, CMHC’s commercial mortgage insurance gives lenders assurance that they will be covered should the borrower default on their mortgage, and opens up increased financing possibilities for potential commercial property buyers. Commercial mortgage insurance coverage means:

.Flexible advantage: Purchase existing, build new or refinance commercial property with up to 85 per cent financing.
.Lower interest rates: CMHC-covered loans may enjoy lower rates through every stage of the commercial development – from construction of the building to renewal time.
.Reduced risk: The entire amortization of the commercial loan is covered, meaning no need to re-qualify when the renewal date approaches or mortgage term matures.
.Portability: CMHC commercial mortgage coverage is transferrable on products offered by CHMC-approved lenders.

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The commercial property market in any country plays a major part in its economy, being the point where retail and investment banking meet. There is a lot of encouragement given by any government in the issue of keeping commercial properties running and finding a way for them to keep up with debt repayments so as to avoid the worrying eventuality of a commercial property closing down – thus depriving the economy of the tax dollars from the property and business itself, and the banks of important money from mortgage repayments. It is a lose-lose-lose situation when one takes into account the owner of the business going bust. Yet there is a very real situation emerging at present which suggests that commercial property loans will need to be looked at very closely in the coming year.

Commercial loans are unlike residential mortgages in that the latter are self amortizing, and as long as the resident has a well-chosen mortgage their payments will shrink in real terms as the life of the mortgage runs down. At a given point with a commercial loan, the payments may well begin to increase, having been agreed on the basis that profits from business will rise year-on-year. Depending on the nature of the loan, the case may well be that the borrower needs to look at refinancing the loan or repaying it in full. There are billions of dollars’ worth of commercial property loan coming due for refinancing or repayment this year – and several companies who are in no position to meet either of these conditions.

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