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What are the typical pricing bands for NNN net-lease financing?

Short answer

Bank, life co , debt fund execution by tier.

NNN financing pricing bands by tenant credit and property quality

Lender bench by tier: life insurance companies dominate Tiers 1-2 (long-duration liability matching). CMBS executes Tiers 1-3 in single-tenant SASB or pooled formats. Banks and debt funds active across all tiers; debt funds are dominant in Tier 4.

Sponsor playbook: identify which tier the deal falls in early. Bake-off is most valuable in Tiers 2-3 where execution choice spans multiple lender categories. Tier 4 deals often price wide of expectations because the lender options is thin.

Sources

  1. Net Lease REIT Sector Data and Industry Reports · Nareit · 2026-Q1
  2. Capital Markets Special Report: Insurance Industry CRE Mortgage Holdings · National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) · 2025-Q4
  3. Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (SLOOS) · Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 2026-Q1

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