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Student Housing

BENEFITS
  • Customized solutions.
  • Competitive pricing.
  • Certainty of execution.
  • Speed in processing and underwriting.
ELIGIBILITY
  • Existing, stabilized properties that cater to a student tenant base because of design, tenancy or location.
  • Strong operators with proven records of accomplishment in student housing.
  • Properties rented on a per-unit or per-bed basis.
TERM

5 - 30 years.

AMORTIZATION

Up to 30 years.

INTEREST RATE

Fixed- and variable-rate options available.

MAXIMUM LTV

75%.

MINIMUM DSCR

1.30x for Fixed-Rate.
1.05x for variable-rate, subject to a Fixed-Rate Test.

PROPERTY CONSIDERATIONS

Cannot be located on university-owned land (except for a Dedicated Student Housing Property as described below).

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCING

Supplemental loans are available.

PREPAYMENT AVAILABILITY

Flexible prepayment options are available. Mortgage Loans may be voluntarily prepaid upon payment of yield maintenance or declining prepayment premium for fixed-rate Mortgage Loans and declining prepayment premium for variable rate Mortgage Loans. 

RATE LOCK

30- to 180-day commitments. Borrowers may lock a rate with the Streamlined Rate Lock option.

ACCRUAL

30/360 and Actual/360.

RECOURSE

Non-recourse execution with standard carve-outs required for “bad acts” such as fraud and bankruptcy.

ESCROWS

Replacement reserve, tax and insurance escrows are typically required.

THIRD-PARTY REPORTS

Standard third-party reports required, including Appraisal, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and Property Condition Assessment.

ASSUMPTION

Loans are typically assumable, subject to review and approval of the new borrower’s financial capacity and experience.

DEDICATED STUDENT HOUSING PROPERTIES

Dedicated Student Housing Properties (i.e., 80% or more units leased to undergraduate or graduate students) require additional underwriting documentation. In addition, a Dedicated Student Housing Property must:

  • be near a campus with at least 10,000 student enrollment (greater than 50% full time);
  • be within 2 miles of campus boundary line or on a college/university-owned transportation line;
  • have operated for at least 1 full school year (i.e. August/September through April/May), and be in its 2nd full year of operations; and
  • At least 80% of all leases have 12 month leases terms with parental guaranties or be leased by students having the financial ability to pay for the required rent (whether through employment or other documented financial means).

A Dedicated Student Housing Property may be located on university-owned land if the Key Principal has had a minimum of 5 years of Dedicated Student Housing experience and operates at least one other Dedicated Student Housing Property located on college- or university-owned land.

 

This sheet sets out the general guidelines of a loan program and is designed solely as an aid to prospective borrowers and other clients. It does not represent or imply a contract or a commitment to lend funds. A commitment to lend funds may only be made by a written letter issued by NewPoint to a prospective borrower. This term sheet is subject to change at any time without notice at the sole discretion of NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC.