Commercial & land desk · September 3, 2026
Multifamily sits between 6.81% purchases and 4.73% takeout
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Thursday’s CRE note is about the one product that lives on both tapes. Households who cannot buy at the last cited 6.81% 30-year as of August 28 often keep renting. That can support occupancy. The building still refinances or sells off Treasuries. This site’s last named 10-year CMT close is 4.73% on August 28. Demand support is not takeout.
How does a 6.81% purchase market show up in a rent roll?
When owning is expensive, some households stay. That is a tenure effect, not a rent-growth print. Collected rent and notices still come from the roll. This desk will not invent a same-store rent number for a named metro.
The 15-year daily print of 6.35% as of August 28 does not change that story much. Most would-be buyers are shopping 30-year payments, not 15-year cash-flow shocks.
What takeout does the same asset still have to clear?
Permanent multifamily debt prices off the Treasury curve plus a spread, or off agency execution when that window is open. Start from 4.73% on August 28 until a newer CMT close is cited. A brochure cap rate is not that loan.
Agency and bank term sheets belong in named filings or a lender conversation this site will not originate. Public REIT supplements are the place for disclosed occupancy and debt stats when they publish.
FAQ
Does a 6.81% 30-year mean multifamily NOI is up?
No. It can support occupancy through tenure. NOI is collected rent minus expenses. This note invents neither.
What 10-year should a multifamily refinance model use this morning?
The last official 10-year CMT this site has cited is 4.73% on August 28, 2026, until Treasury publishes a newer daily curve.
Sources: Mortgage News Daily daily rate index (30-year 6.81% as of August 28, 2026); U.S. Treasury daily yield curve (10-year CMT 4.73% on August 28, 2026); Freddie Mac PMMS (weekly 30-year 6.66% as of August 27, 2026).