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Commercial Refinance and Equity Take-Out

If your commercial mortgage is maturing, or your property has built up equity, refinancing can reset the terms or free up capital to put to work. Equity take-out means refinancing for more than you owe and taking the difference in cash. Here is when it makes sense and what lenders weigh.

Why Owners Refinance

Reset at Maturity

Review your rate and term when the mortgage comes due.

Take Out Equity

Access equity the property has built for other uses.

Improve the Property

Fund renovations, upgrades, or a repositioning.

Consolidate or Restructure

Combine debt or change how the financing is structured.

Change Lenders

Move to a lender that fits the property as it is now.

How It is Assessed

What Equity Take-Out Is

You refinance for more than the current balance and take the difference in cash, drawn from the equity the property has built. Owners use it to reinvest, expand, or improve, rather than letting equity sit idle.

What Lenders Weigh

The property's income and DSCR (debt service coverage, whether income covers the payments), the loan-to-value (LTV) after the take-out, the property and its tenants, and your plan for the funds.

Equity in your commercial property can do more than sit there. We will look at whether a refinance or take-out makes sense for your numbers and your plans, alongside your other options. See also How Commercial Financing Works. Any figures are illustrative only.
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Thinking About a Commercial Refinance?

Bring us the property and what you want the funds to do, and one team will map whether a refinance or equity take-out fits. A licensed member of our commercial team will follow up.

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Information here is general and educational. It is not financial, legal, or lending advice, and it is not an offer of financing. How much equity can be accessed, and on what terms, varies by lender, property, income, and province, and a refinance may involve penalties or costs. Any figures or ratios are illustrative only. All financing is subject to lender review, property review, and supporting documentation. Submission of a form does not guarantee approval or financing.