Deal tools
Compare commercial loan term sheets
Compare up to four commercial real estate loan quotes on total cost over your hold: interest, fees, rate cap, exit costs and effective annual cost. Free tool with PDF export.
Build a sources and uses statement
Build a sources and uses table for an acquisition, refinance or construction loan, check that it balances, and download a clean PDF with the property address.
Documents to prepare for a commercial real estate loan
The documents lenders ask for on a commercial real estate loan, by acquisition, refinance, construction and bridge, and by property type. A checklist you can tick off.
How we arrange your commercial real estate financing
From compiling materials to comparing lenders and coordinating closing, here is what we do and what we need from you.
Institutions have a capital markets team. Now you do too.
Meet Marshall Masterson and the team at Masterson Capital Markets. Commercial real estate debt advisory and sponsor consulting, with $1B+ in principal lending experience.
Find the right type of lender for your property
An overview of the lender categories that may finance commercial real estate: banks, life companies, agencies, debt funds, CMBS, and HUD-specialty lenders.
Articles
What to Do When Your Commercial Mortgage
Practical guide for CRE owners with loans maturing in 2026-2028. Refinance, modify, recap, or sell, and the timeline to start each.
SOFR and Treasury yields
Latest available benchmark observations from the New York Fed and U.S. Treasury, with a date for each rate.
Bridge vs. Permanent Financing
When to use a bridge loan and when to go straight to permanent financing, with the cost-of-capital math that should drive the decision.
Fannie vs. Freddie vs. HUD
Side-by-side: Fannie DUS, Freddie Optigo, and HUD 223(f) for stabilized multifamily, LTV, term, timeline, and which one fits your deal.
How MCM is paid for debt advisory
Understand the engagement fee, when it is payable and which costs are separate.
How Lenders Size CRE Loans: DSCR, Debt
Three constraints determine your CRE loan size: DSCR, debt yield, and LTV. The lowest one wins.
Defeasance vs. Yield Maintenance: CMBS
The two CMBS prepayment penalty structures, what each one costs, and how to model the breakeven before signing or selling.
CRE debt glossary
340 commercial real estate finance terms defined in plain English: DSCR, debt yield, LTV, defeasance, yield maintenance, mezzanine, SOFR and more.
Commercial real estate financing: common questions
Our services, compensation, financing process and the information needed to start.
Commercial real estate loan calculator
Estimate proceeds using net operating income, property value and an interest rate you choose.