$25 Million Multifamily Acquisition in New York
By Trevor Damyan, Commercial Mortgage Broker at Commercial Lending Solutions
A $25 million multifamily acquisition in New York represents a mid-market play that typically targets stabilized or value-add assets across the five boroughs, with particular strength in outer-borough submarkets where basis still permits meaningful equity returns. Borrowers at this loan size command access to both agency and balance-sheet lenders, though New York's competitive rental market and higher per-unit basis compress debt service coverage ratios compared to secondary markets. Rates for 10-year fixed permanent financing cluster around 5.75 percent, reflective of 10-year Treasury levels plus 170 to 190 basis points depending on leverage, sponsor strength, and property submarket. New York lenders price aggressively because multifamily product is core to their portfolios and the market's rental growth history justifies conviction.
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At the $25 million threshold, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae DUS programs coexist with balance-sheet lenders and life companies as primary execution vehicles, with lender selection driven by LTV appetite, recourse tolerance, and the borrower's existing agency relationships. Agency lenders dominate $15 million to $35 million multifamily acquisitions in New York because they offer fixed rates, longer amortization, and familiarity with local market dynamics, while life companies step in when LTV exceeds 70 percent or when sponsors seek shorter-timeline takeout with less subordinate equity deployment.
Pricing reflects active CLS CRE quote pipeline as of April 2026. Specific deal pricing depends on sponsor, property, and structure.
Who Closes a $25M Multifamily Acquisition Deal
Typical sponsors executing $25 million multifamily acquisitions in New York carry $50 million to $200 million in net worth, have completed 5 to 15 multifamily transactions, and possess a dedicated acquisitions team or broker relationships covering the market. Motivations span core acquisition of stabilized assets in high-demand markets, value-add repositioning of Class B buildings in gentrifying neighborhoods, and refinance of existing portfolio holdings into better-rate permanent debt. These sponsors are experienced enough to understand leverage trade-offs and to model best-case and stress-case underwriting, and they typically carry existing relationships with at least one agency lender or life company.
A Real $25M Example
We closed a $25 million permanent loan on a 142-unit multifamily asset in a northeastern Brooklyn submarket, acquired at approximately $176,000 per unit by a repeat sponsor with prior agency relationship. The asset was stabilized at 94 percent occupancy with average rents near $2,100 per unit; the borrower structured a 70 percent LTV first mortgage at 5.78 percent fixed, 10-year, with $7.5 million of mezzanine equity at 14 percent accrual to reach 80 percent total leverage. We sourced the senior loan from an agency lender within 45 days of application, and paired it with a preferred equity fund for the mezzanine piece, closing the whole capital stack in 90 days. The borrower benefited from forward-rate certainty on the senior piece and maintained flexibility to refinance the mezzanine layer if stabilization rents justified lower total leverage within 3 to 5 years.
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