Bank Lending Slow Down on SFR and Condos

Bank Lending Slow Down on SFR and Condos

Rosie GiacosaPro Member
Miami, FL · Member since 2014 · 35 posts · 11 votes
Just got off a call with a commercial lender at a local bank in Miami. I'm looking for a mortgage to cash out refi a condo in Homestead as part of a brrr strategy. The lender said: - local banks have slowed down their commercial lending on residential properties. They won't issue anything new. - it doesn't matter that I only have 1 property with a mortgage. If you rent it, it's commercial and it goes to the commercial lending unit. - condos are really looked at unfavorably at the moment. No one is lending on them. Now I understand Miami residential is overvalued and banks should be cautious. But the above seems crazy to me. I was asking for a 75 loan to value and was willing to go to 50 loan to value. I though I could still qualify for a mortgage as a residential loan if I had fewer than 10 properties. That doesn't seem to be true anymore. Anyone have a similar experience? Anyone know of a local bank that is still lending? Thanks, Art Giacosa
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  • Marty JohnstonPro Member
    Lender · Wauwatosa, WI · Member since 2016 · 571 posts · 204 votes
    9y
    Originally posted by @Rosie Giacosa:

    Just got off a call with a commercial lender at a local bank in Miami. I'm looking for a mortgage to cash out refi a condo in Homestead as part of a brrr strategy.

    The lender said:

    - local banks have slowed down their commercial lending on residential properties. They won't issue anything new.

    - it doesn't matter that I only have 1 property with a mortgage. If you rent it, it's commercial and it goes to the commercial lending unit.

    - condos are really looked at unfavorably at the moment. No one is lending on them.

    Now I understand Miami residential is overvalued and banks should be cautious. But the above seems crazy to me.

    I was asking for a 75 loan to value and was willing to go to 50 loan to value. I though I could still qualify for a mortgage as a residential loan if I had fewer than 10 properties. That doesn't seem to be true anymore.

    Anyone have a similar experience? Anyone know of a local bank that is still lending?

    Thanks,

    Art Giacosa

  • Real Estate Professional · West Palm Beach, FL · Member since 2012 · 23k+ posts · 13k+ votes
    9y

    Talk to a different lender.  A loan on a rental unit is Not by definition a commercial loan.  Be aware, your condo my not be a "warrantable condo" which would eliminate conventional loans, and you'd have to find a lender that does "non warrantable" condo financing.

  • Investor · Coeur d'Alene, ID · Member since 2016 · 551 posts · 218 votes
    9y

    Why are you looking at commercial lending to begin with for only one condo? You will most likely get a better rate using a residential mortgage lender.

    Tell that guy to go pound sand and talk to other lenders, keep talking to one till you find one that will lend to you.

  • Lender · Orange, CA · Member since 2016 · 27 posts · 6 votes
    9y

    @Rosie Giacosa @Mike Hanneman.  Mike is right.  This would be considered a residential loan.  "Multi-Family / Commercial" lending is on properties with 5+ units.  There are some commercial lenders that will go below 5 units though depending on the scenario.  Rosie, shoot me a message and I can give you some potential lenders to speak with.

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