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What is a HOA or Condo Association Loan?
An HOA loan is specialized in that it is secured with a community associations' future cash flow produced by condo fees. Lenders normally reserve the right to assess the HOA should it get behind on servicing the loan.

Why would associations need a HOA Loans?
* Capital repairs and improvements to buildings and common areas.  Examples of this include roof replacement and driveway asphalting.
    
* Litigation Funding - Its not uncommon to pursue litigation against developers and build material manufacturers for construction defects. Litigation funding can provide monies needed to get an HOA through an extending litigation process that may take years.

Who provides HOA Loans?
HOA lending is still a very specialized practice and is mostly local.  CondoAssociation.com alleviates the headache of identifying HOA loan sources for our HOA community our partner lending network. Simply fill out the form and wait for a phone call from a qualified lending partner in 1-2 business days.

How long does it take to get an HOA Loan?
It normally depends on the time it takes for the association to get financial information back to the HOA lenders and the association's attorney to write an opinion as to the association's creditworthiness and legal ability to assign assessments rights the the condo association.  This can last anywhere from 30 - 90 days.

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Our last two HOA Board of Directors have been looking for some time at an HOA Loan as an option for a $1M required renovation. I'm trying to get an idea if there is a standard monthly income (assessment) to debt payment ratio (similar to the 28% used for personal mortgages) to give some guidance. Our Property Management company came up with an initial offer but the ratio was 44% and seemed excessively high to be sustainable for 10 years to us. Can you give me an idea on the usual ratio so we can start looking again?

I can tell from your question that your former Condo Association Boards have been approaching banks that have no understanding on how to lend money to a community association.  Believe it or not, there are banks that are specialized in providing such HOA loans. You might also want to know that the community association industry has proved to be the safest market for a bank to lend to.

 

The approach that you reference of a ratio of assessment income to

debt payment ratio is not the right approach. Community association

loans are looked at on a cash flow basis. The view is what the the impact to the annual budget will be.  In essence, how much larger a check will a unit owner will need to write each month.

 

Let me give you a very rudimentary example. An association has

100 units that are paying $250 per month. They have a break even budget.  So, the annual and monthly income is:  $300,000 / $25,000.

 

A $1.0 million HOA loan at 6.25% for 10 years causes a monthly loan payment of $11,228. That means that the monthly amount amount due from each unit owner is $112.28.   So, their new annual/budget is:   $434,736 /$$36,228.

 

This is a very simple representation.  Each community has different needs and structures.  The loans are very much tailored to the association.

 

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