Commercial Mortgage - Terms of A Commercial Mortgage

Terms of A Commercial Mortgage

The majority of Commercial Mortgages in the United States, while requiring the borrower to simply make a monthly payment small enough to pay off the loan over a 20 to 30 year time frame, require a balloon payment (a total payoff) after a lesser time frame. The borrower most likely will attempt at that time to refinance the loan or sell the property. Thus there are two elements generally to the term of a commercial mortgage loan: the length of time allowed until balloon payment (known simply as the term), and the amortization. The length of the loan can vary from a matter of days to 30 years. If a loan had a 30 year amortization schedule, but a 10 year term it would commonly be referred to as a 10 year balloon with a 30 year payment schedule.

As an example, assume a $15,000,000 loan at 8% interest with a 30 year amortization schedule and 10 year term (a 10/30 loan) with monthly payments. The payment amount would be $110,065 per month or $1,320,776 per year if it were on a typical 360 day accrual (in Excel: =PMT(8%/12,30*12,15000000,0)*12 ). The principal balance owed (to the mortgage bank) at the end of each of year would be:

Year $ Balance $ Paid During year
0 $15,000,000 $1,320,776
1 $14,874,695 $1,320,776
2 $14,738,991 $1,320,776
3 $14,592,022 $1,320,776
4 $14,432,856 $1,320,776
5 $14,260,479 $1,320,776
6 $14,073,794 $1,320,776
7 $13,871,615 $1,320,776
8 $13,652,655 $1,320,776
9 $13,415,521 $1,320,776
10 $13,158,706 $1,320,776

At the end of the 10 year loan term, the borrower would have to pay the remaining balance (balloon payment) of $13,158,706. Note: If this table were continued, '$ owed to bank' would reach exactly $0 at year 30 since the loan type is 10/30.

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