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Multifamily Market Screen

Four questions that catch a cooked OM before you spend on the appraisal.

Direct answerOn a 5+ unit offering, credit in-place leases (not asking rent), test vacancy at CMA/CMHC plus 0.5 percentage points for CMHC NOI, take the greater of actual expenses vs regional benchmarks, and treat cap rate as NOI ÷ price until the appraisal lands. Ask whether an assumable CMHC loan is already in place.

Educational. Confirm live lender terms.

What this is

A short gated screen of how LendCity™ reads cap rate, vacancy, and rent on Canadian apartment files. It is not a provincial data subscription.

Catch asking-rent OMs

If rents are not in-place, proceeds and DSCR move. The file makes you ask.

Vacancy honesty

Seller 2% vs CMA 4% + 0.5 pp is a different loan.

Assumption as a fifth question

An in-place CMHC mortgage can be the deal — if you ask.

What we actually use on a file 04
  • In-place rent roll

  • Market vacancy

    CMHC or CMA vacancy, then +0.5 pp for CMHC NOI.

  • Expense benchmarks

    Greater of trailing actuals vs CMHC regional bars.

  • Cap rate

    NOI ÷ price as a screen — confirm with the appraisal.

Questions

Is this a cap-rate survey?
No. It is a process guide for reading an OM the way we underwrite.
Where do I get vacancy?
CMHC or a comparable CMA. Then add 0.5 pp on a CMHC-normalized NOI.

Email to download

Name and email. We send the file and can follow up on the matching desk.

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