Not exact matches
The OCC's findings are consistent
with more recent surveys: The Fed's October survey of
senior U.S.
loan officers found a growing number loosening standards for commercial and industrial
loans, often by narrowing the spread between the
interest rate on the
loan and the cost of funds to the bank.
Most are financed
with floating rate
loans from banks, which means that
interest rate hikes directly impact their cost of capital, said S. Nandakumar, a
senior director in Fitch Ratings» infrastructure and project finance group.
Along
with the
senior bonds issued at
loan closing, CTRMA issued $ 66 million of low
interest BANs, which reached maturity in January 2008.
The project has a total cost of $ 1.3 billion and is funded
with senior bank
loans ($ 685.8 million), private equity contributions ($ 209.8 million), and
interest income ($ 2.3 million), in addition to the TIFIA
loan.
Also a benefit to the
senior loan structures is that
loans are floating - rate instruments, which have coupon resets periodically
with the prevailing benchmark for the
interest rate (i.e., LIBOR).
For borrowers who are seeking a $ 1 million mortgage
with a 25 % down payment and who have a FICO score in the 740 to 759 range, Salt Lake City - based Zions Bank, a unit of Zions Bancorp, has recently been charging an origination fee equal to 1.375 % of the
loan amount, or $ 13,750, and charging an
interest rate of 3.625 %, says Jeremy Lowry, a
senior vice president at the bank.
Also, mutual funds invest in bonds, mortgages and
senior secured
loans that pay floating
interest rates, which periodically adjust
with current rates.
For many
senior homeowners
interested in accessing their home equity, the reverse mortgage
loan is a choice that is often made
with confidence.
The lender who pays the pax in exchange for the lien would be in a
senior position on the btitle (
senior to the first mortgage) and would enter into an agreement
with the property owner to pay back the
loan, at
interest of up to 18 %.
A $ 42.5
senior secured term
loan maturing January 15, 2009
with an
interest rate of 9.8 % per annum.
Some leveraged and
senior loans are issued
with interest rate ceilings, but the ceiling exists only on a case - by - case basis.
«We coordinated
with his tax preparer to not only change his monthly payment but get him out of an
interest - only
loan that would have skyrocketed without a refinance,» says Hoffman,
senior loan officer at Wholesale Capital Corp., in Moreno Valley, Calif..
Owners and investors are now able to obtain mezzanine
loans with interest rates as low as 8 % to 9 %, which is comparable to rates on
senior loans in the early 1990s.
For many
senior homeowners
interested in accessing their home equity, the reverse mortgage
loan is a choice that is often made
with confidence.