The early first quarter commercial financing stats are out and in a nut shell, lending is up.

It would appear that the commercial lending divisions for banks and other institutional lenders are starting to get off the recessionary fence and wade into deeper water.

Some of the lending activity reported in Canada and the U.S. includes some “mega loans” used for financing takeovers. This is hardly the lowest risk of financing out there, so when major brand names are shelling out big dollars on short term bridge loans like they have been of late with these takeover financing facilities, the strong indication back to the rest of us is that the commercial lenders are getting more aggressive and trying to increase the level of their profits, which have been reduced over the last two years due to the recession.

For construction mortgage financing, this is also good sign as it would indicate that more lenders are going to be looking to invest in the long term mortgages that are the corner stones of their portfolios.

That being said, nothing is likely going to change radically in the short term. Lenders are still going to be cautious and will probably be picking their spots fairly carefully for near future.

But compared to this time last year, when everyone was sitting on their hands, the prospect for getting access to cheaper forms of financing to either retire your current construction loan or refinance a long term take out from a year ago are getting better all the time.

If you’re at the start of a construction project right now or somewhere in the planning stages, now would be a good time to get your construction mortgage broker busy on making inquiries about different lender’s long term commercial construction take mortgage programs as even though there may be increased interest, the process for getting financing is place is still moving very slowly and is going to take a while to complete, so you may as well allow for it and start early.

If you are in need of a construction take out mortgage right now, looking for a better deal than what you have in place already, or just planning ahead, give me a call so we can go over your requirements together and review some of the potential options that are available to you in the market.

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“Construction Take Out Mortgages For Builders or Buyers Are Not Always Available For Your Project”

It can be a crazy world out there.

Everyone can have their own interesting slant on what to build or what will sell in the world of construction. And some of the more creative designs and concepts have been known to be very lucrative.

But if you have a non conventional project in mind, and you happen to be able to secure a construction loan to build it, don’t be surprised if a construction take out mortgage may be difficult or impossible to get.

It’s the whole beauty in the eye thing sometimes when it comes to some of the projects that get completed. The problem though is that if a long term lender doesn’t believe there is a market for the more unusual, then you could be left scrambling, trying to pay out the construction loan before the lender ends up being the owner of your property.

One of the more common situations where this can become a problem is on an acreage or large lot where more than one building gets created, each with potentially different uses. From the builders point of view, this may be very practical and economical on a lot of levels, but from a take out mortgage lender point of view, the property and one of the buildings will likely be assessed for market value with the other non related building being completed ignored, regardless of its condition and functionality.

That’s why its always a good idea to at least scope out the market for a take out mortgage before the project commences even if one is not required at the beginning of the project by the construction mortgage lender.

Checking out the long term mortgage market is also an important exercise if you are planning to sell the completed project and property as it will give you a sense of whether or not your prospective buyer will be able to secure the long term mortgage required to complete the sale.

Mortgage lenders have definitely become more selective lately, so it would be considered wise these days to not leave long term financing up to chance later on in the project as you never know if and when a commitment may be forthcoming for funding to pay out the construction loan.

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“For Owner Built Residential Construction Projects in 2010, Make Sure You Get Your Take Out Mortgage Secured Early On In The Project”

The current mortgage market is continually changing the way we need to approach getting construction take out mortgages in place.

With most of the construction financing provided by private mortgages, there typically can be a fair amount of time to shop the market for the best long term mortgage deal as many private lenders don’t require you to have the take out in place at time of construction, especially if you’re in well established residential market areas.

But that line of thinking is quickly changing as the mortgage rates start to inch up and are expected to increase over the short term. Waiting until the end of the project to get the take out mortgage in place could end up costing you more in the longer term if rates move against you.

So it makes more sense to spend the time at the beginning of the project to try and get both the construction loan and the long term construction take out mortgage arranged at the same time.

Even if you don’t have time to get all the details of a long term mortgage figured out right now, you can at least make an application and get a rate secured for the next 120 days. If you can complete the project by that time, then you will have at least one solid option to consider if rates move higher in the interim period.

Typically, the construction mortgage is the more difficult of the two mortgages to be approved for anyway, so if you’ve gone through all the work to prepare your construction budgets, get a post construction appraisal completed, and assembled the basic application, you might as well go the extra step right now and apply for the take out mortgage as well.

If your project is starting right away and you’re pressed for time to shop around for the rates and terms you’re looking for, then take advantage of the services of a mortgage broker to do most of the work for you.

That way, you don’t have to compromise your project management time while still being able to get the long term mortgage arranged as soon as possible.

If you have a construction project you’re about to start or are in the middle of that will require a take out mortgage, please give me a call so I can quickly assess your requirements and provide relevant options that we can go through together.

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