FANNIE MAE®
Flexible Choice Bridge
BENEFITS
- Resyndication or low-cost acquisition solution for the preservation of an MAH property.
- Flexible loan terms and prepayment options (six month and one-year lock-out options).
- Interest-only options available.
- Convertible to a fixed-rate loan.
- Up to 80% LTV Ability to choose interest rate cap – embedded (with the ARM 7/6) or third-party interest rate cap options (with the SARM Loan).
- Experienced, dedicated Affordable team partners with you to provide expert solutions.
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ELIGIBILITY
Existing, stabilized MAH Properties.
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TERM
7 years (10-year SARM Loan option available).
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LOAN SIZE
No minimum or maximum (except SARM Loans that are not resyndication transactions must be $5 million or greater).
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AMORTIZATION
Up to 30 years.
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MAXIMUM LTV
Up to 80%.
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MINIMUM DSCR
- ARM 7-6 Loan – 1.00x using the maximum lifetime interest rate.
- SARM Loans – 1.00x using a variable underwriting rate equal to the sum of (i) the Index, plus (ii) the investor spread, guaranty fee, and servicing fee (the “Margin”), plus (iii) the interest rate cap escrow expressed as a percentage (if the cap term is shorter than the loan term), plus (iv) 3%, plus (v) the amortizing constant for that built-up rate.
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PREPAYMENT AVAILABILITY
- Loan is locked-out from prepayment for first 12 months (a 6-month lock-out option may be available with Fannie Mae prior approval), with a 1% prepayment premium required thereafter. No prepayment premium during the last 3 months of the loan term. When refinancing into a fixedrate product with Fannie Mae, the prepayment premium may be waived under certain conditions.
- SARM Loans also offer an option of a one-year lock-out, then declining prepayment premium of 4% second year, 3% third year, 2% fourth year, 1% thereafter (not available with the 6-month lockout option).
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INTEREST RATE ADJUSTMENTS
Adjusts based on changes to the underlying Index and is equal to the Index plus the Margin.
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RATE LOCK
30-day commitments available.
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INDEX
30-day average SOFR.
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INTEREST RATE CAP
- ARM 7-6 Loans have a maximum monthly interest rate adjustment of 1% up or down. The maximum lifetime interest rate to the Borrower is capped at 6%, plus the guaranty fee and the servicing fee.
- SARM Loans have no built-in periodic or lifetime caps. Instead, the Borrower must purchase an interest rate cap from an approved interest rate cap provider with a minimum initial cap term of 5 years.
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CONVERSION TO FIXED RATE
Subject to the terms of the loan documents, the loan may be converted to a fixed-rate loan on any rate change date beginning on the first day after the lockout period and ending on the last day of the prepayment period.