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Commercial Financing and Coterminous Loans
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Loan That is Coterminous Matures on the Same Date as the Senior Loan
Suppose
you are making a $3 million mezzanine loan or second mortgage on
an office tower. How long should the term of the junior loan run?
Many
mezzanine lenders and second mortgage lenders schedule their loans
to mature on the same date as the first mortgage. Then, when the first
mortgage balloons, the commercial property owner can refinance both
the first mortgage and the junior loan at the same time with a new,
larger first mortgage.
When
a junior loan matures on the same date as the senior loan, the junior
loan is described as coterminous.
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