Commercial Real Estate Financing in Massachusetts

Commercial Loan Direct (CLD) provides commercial real estate loans in the state of Massachusetts. Current commercial loan rates in Massachusetts range from 4.8% to 12.75%, depending on the loan program. CLD is a national commercial mortgage banker offering aggressively priced programs and superb service. CLD originates loans for its parent company CLD Financial which provides a wide variety of lending vehicles. Our company is currently targeting owner occupied and investment properties over $1 Million in the state of MA.

Massachusetts Commercial Loan Rates

Loan Types Rates LTV Loan Amount Occupancy
Conventional 4.8% - 8.75% 80% $1,000,000+ Investment + Owner Occupied
Conduit / CMBS 5.7% - 7.66% 75% $2,000,000+ Investment
Insurance 5.1% - 8.48% 75% $5,000,000+ Investment + Owner Occupied
FHA / HUD 4.74% - 6.09% 83.3% $5,000,000+ Investment
USDA 5.25% - 9.6% 85% $1,000,000+ Investment + Owner Occupied
Bridge 5.75% - 12.75% 80% $1,500,000+ Investment
Construction 5.5% - 8.75% 83.3% $1,000,000+ Investment
SBA 5.25% - 8.75% 85% - 90% $1,000,000+ Owner Occupied

Note: The commercial mortgage rates displayed in this website should be used as a guideline and do not represent a commitment to lend. Commercial Loan Direct and CLD Financial, LLC are not liable for any commercial mortgage interest rate or data entry errors that might affect the displayed commercial loan rates. Commercial loan rates may change at any time and without notice.

Types of Commercial Loans in Massachusetts

Investment Property Mortgages

The types of mortgages available for these types of properties are Conventional, CMBS / Conduit, Insurance, and Agency (FHA / HUD and USDA) products. Bridge and/or Construction mortgages are also available on a case-by-case basis in order to reposition, stabilize or construct buildings. Commercial real estate investment properties can include office, retail, industrial/warehouse, self-storage, healthcare (medical office, skilled nursing facility, memory care, hospitals), hospitality, (hotel, motel, resort), and mixed use.

Owner Occupied Commercial Mortgages

Owner-Occupied commercial real estate properties in which the owner occupies at least 50% of the premises and can include office, retail, industrial/warehouse, self-storage, healthcare (medical office, skilled nursing facility, memory care, hospital), hospitality (hotel, motel, resort), mixed use, or any other type of commercial property. The types of mortgages available for owner-occupied buildings include Conventional, Insurance, and Agency programs including FHA / HUD, SBA, and USDA. Construction mortgages are also available on a case-by-case basis in order to develop or reposition a property for the owner's use.

Commercial loan landscape in Massachusetts (high-level snapshot)

Massachusetts has a capital-rich but highly selective commercial lending environment. Lenders are active across banks, credit unions, and institutional capital, but underwriting is conservative due to high property values, regulatory complexity, and operating cost pressure. Successful deals emphasize stability, strong sponsorship, and defensible cash flow rather than aggressive growth assumptions.

What lenders are most comfortable financing

Life sciences, medical, and healthcare-related properties are among the most lender-favored asset classes, particularly in Greater Boston and Cambridge-adjacent markets. Durable demand and institutional tenancy support underwriting.

Owner-occupied properties remain highly financeable, especially when backed by established professional, medical, or service businesses with consistent historical cash flow.

Stabilized multifamily underwrites well when operations are clean and expense growth is controlled. Workforce and mid-market housing often finance more smoothly than luxury Class A assets.

Industrial and flex assets, particularly modern facilities near major transportation corridors, continue to attract lender interest.

Where underwriting gets tougher

Office is underwritten cautiously, especially traditional office buildings not tied to life sciences or medical use. Older suburban office product faces lower leverage and tighter terms.

Value-add and redevelopment deals require more equity and stronger execution risk mitigation due to construction costs, entitlement complexity, and regulatory oversight.

Hospitality receives conservative underwriting because of seasonality, labor constraints, and sensitivity to economic cycles.

Market-by-market dynamics (how lenders tend to think)

Greater Boston / Cambridge: The deepest lender pool in the state, with strongest appetite for life sciences, medical, stabilized multifamily, and owner-occupied assets.

Suburban Boston: Financing is available for stabilized properties, though lenders emphasize tenant quality and long-term demand.

Western and Central Massachusetts: Lending is more relationship-driven, with conservative leverage and focus on essential-use properties.

Who is lending in Massachusetts (and what that means for terms)

Regional and national banks are active but selective, often favoring relationship borrowers and lower-risk asset types.

Credit unions can be competitive for owner-occupied and smaller-balance loans.

Life companies and institutional lenders focus on large, stabilized assets with long-term income visibility.

Debt funds and non-bank lenders participate in transitional or complex deals, typically at higher cost.

Key underwriting themes unique to Massachusetts

Regulatory and zoning oversight is a core underwriting consideration and can materially affect project feasibility.

Expense pressure—including taxes, labor, utilities, and insurance—is closely stressed in lender models.

Sponsor liquidity and experience often carry as much weight as property-level metrics.

What “good” looks like to a Massachusetts lender right now

A strong Massachusetts loan request typically includes conservative leverage, defensible historical NOI, stable tenancy, and experienced sponsorship.

Deals reliant on aggressive rent growth, rapid repositioning, or regulatory changes tend to struggle.

Bottom line

Massachusetts is a capital-available but highly filtered lending market. Life sciences, owner-occupied, stabilized multifamily, and industrial assets offer the clearest paths to financing, while traditional office, hospitality, and complex redevelopment projects face tighter underwriting.

Locations Served in Massachusetts

We are proud to be serving the state of Massachusetts. Here are our commercial loan statistics for this state.

Massachusetts Cities and Towns Served

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Lending Cities

Commercial loan direct provides services in the following Massachusetts cities. Please note we may be able to provide services in other cities as well by request. Rates are dependent on the market in your locale, feel free to use the provided Massachusetts economic reports to get a better understanding of your market.

  • Abington
  • Acton
  • Acushnet
  • Acushnet Center
  • Adams
  • Agawam
  • Amesbury
  • Amherst
  • Amherst Center
  • Andover
  • Arlington
  • Ashburnham
  • Ashby
  • Ashfield
  • Ashland
  • Assonet
  • Athol
  • Attleboro
  • Auburn
  • Avon
  • Ayer
  • Baldwinville
  • Barnstable
  • Barnstable County
  • Barre
  • Becket
  • Bedford
  • Belchertown
  • Bellingham
  • Belmont
  • Berkley
  • Berkshire County
  • Berlin
  • Bernardston
  • Beverly
  • Beverly Cove
  • Billerica
  • Blackstone
  • Bliss Corner
  • Bolton
  • Bondsville
  • Boston
  • Bourne
  • Boxborough
  • Boxford
  • Boylston
  • Braintree
  • Brewster
  • Bridgewater
  • Brimfield
  • Bristol County
  • Brockton
  • Brookline
  • Buckland
  • Burlington
  • Buzzards Bay
  • Cambridge
  • Canton
  • Carlisle
  • Carver
  • Centerville
  • Charlemont
  • Charlton
  • Chatham
  • Chelmsford
  • Chelsea
  • Chesterfield
  • Chicopee
  • Clinton
  • Cochituate
  • Cohasset
  • Colrain
  • Concord
  • Conway
  • Cordaville
  • Cotuit
  • Dalton
  • Danvers
  • Dedham
  • Dennis
  • Dennis Port
  • Devens
  • Dighton
  • Douglas
  • Dover
  • Dracut
  • Dudley
  • Dukes County
  • Dunstable
  • Duxbury
  • East Bridgewater
  • East Brookfield
  • East Dennis
  • East Douglas
  • East Falmouth
  • East Harwich
  • East Longmeadow
  • East Pepperell
  • East Sandwich
  • Eastham
  • Easthampton
  • Easton
  • Edgartown
  • Erving
  • Essex
  • Essex County
  • Everett
  • Fairhaven
  • Fall River
  • Falmouth
  • Fiskdale
  • Fitchburg
  • Forestdale
  • Foxborough
  • Framingham
  • Framingham Center
  • Franklin
  • Franklin County
  • Freetown
  • Gardner
  • Gill
  • Gloucester
  • Grafton
  • Granby
  • Granville
  • Great Barrington
  • Green Harbor-Cedar Crest
  • Greenfield
  • Groton
  • Groveland
  • Hadley
  • Halifax
  • Hamilton Worcester
  • Hampden
  • Hampden County
  • Hampshire County
  • Hanover
  • Hanson
  • Hardwick
  • Harvard
  • Harwich
  • Harwich Center
  • Harwich Port
  • Hatfield
  • Haverhill
  • Head of Westport
  • Hingham
  • Hinsdale
  • Holbrook
  • Holden
  • Holland
  • Holliston
  • Holyoke
  • Hopedale
  • Hopkinton
  • Housatonic
  • Hubbardston
  • Hudson
  • Hull
  • Hyannis
  • Ipswich
  • Jamaica Plain
  • Kingston
  • Lancaster
  • Lanesborough
  • Lawrence
  • Lee
  • Leicester
  • Lenox
  • Leominster
  • Leverett
  • Lexington
  • Lincoln
  • Littleton Common
  • Longmeadow
  • Lowell
  • Ludlow
  • Lunenburg
  • Lynn
  • Lynnfield
  • Malden
  • Manchester-by-the-Sea
  • Mansfield
  • Mansfield Center
  • Marblehead
  • Marion
  • Marion Center
  • Marlborough
  • Marshfield
  • Marshfield Hills
  • Marstons Mills
  • Mashpee
  • Mattapoisett
  • Mattapoisett Center
  • Maynard
  • Medfield
  • Medford
  • Medway
  • Melrose
  • Mendon
  • Merrimac
  • Methuen
  • Middleborough
  • Middleborough Center
  • Middlesex County
  • Middleton
  • Milford
  • Millbury
  • Millers Falls
  • Millis
  • Millis-Clicquot
  • Millville
  • Milton
  • Monson
  • Monson Center
  • Montague
  • Monument Beach
  • Nahant
  • Nantucket
  • Nantucket County
  • Natick
  • Needham
  • New Bedford
  • New Marlborough
  • Newburyport
  • Newton
  • Norfolk
  • Norfolk County
  • North Adams
  • North Amherst
  • North Andover
  • North Attleborough Center
  • North Brookfield
  • North Chicopee
  • North Eastham
  • North Falmouth
  • North Lakeville
  • North Pembroke
  • North Plymouth
  • North Reading
  • North Scituate
  • North Seekonk
  • North Westport
  • Northampton
  • Northborough
  • Northbridge
  • Northfield
  • Northwest Harwich
  • Norton
  • Norton Center
  • Norwell
  • Norwood
  • Oak Bluffs
  • Oakham
  • Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock
  • Ocean Grove
  • Onset
  • Orange
  • Orleans
  • Osterville
  • Otis
  • Oxford
  • Palmer
  • Paxton
  • Peabody
  • Pelham
  • Pepperell
  • Phillipston
  • Pinehurst
  • Pittsfield
  • Plainville
  • Plymouth
  • Plymouth County
  • Plympton
  • Pocasset
  • Princeton
  • Provincetown
  • Quincy
  • Randolph
  • Raynham
  • Raynham Center
  • Reading
  • Rehoboth
  • Revere
  • Richmond
  • Rochester
  • Rockland
  • Rockport
  • Rowley
  • Royalston
  • Rutland
  • Sagamore
  • Salem
  • Salisbury
  • Sandwich
  • Saugus
  • Scituate
  • Seekonk
  • Sharon
  • Sheffield
  • Shelburne
  • Shelburne Falls
  • Sherborn
  • Shirley
  • Shrewsbury
  • Shutesbury
  • Smith Mills
  • Somerset
  • Somerville
  • South Amherst
  • South Ashburnham
  • South Boston
  • South Deerfield
  • South Dennis
  • South Duxbury
  • South Hadley
  • South Lancaster
  • South Peabody
  • South Yarmouth
  • Southampton
  • Southborough
  • Southbridge
  • Southwick
  • Spencer
  • Springfield
  • Sterling
  • Stockbridge
  • Stoneham
  • Stoughton
  • Stow
  • Sturbridge
  • Sudbury
  • Suffolk County
  • Sunderland
  • Sutton
  • Swampscott
  • Swansea
  • Taunton
  • Teaticket
  • Templeton
  • Tewksbury
  • Three Rivers
  • Topsfield
  • Townsend
  • Truro
  • Turners Falls
  • Tyngsboro
  • Upton
  • Uxbridge
  • Vineyard Haven
  • Wakefield
  • Wales
  • Walpole
  • Waltham
  • Ware
  • Wareham Center
  • Warren
  • Watertown
  • Wayland
  • Webster
  • Wellesley
  • Wellfleet
  • Wendell
  • Wenham
  • West Barnstable
  • West Boylston
  • West Bridgewater
  • West Brookfield
  • West Chatham
  • West Concord
  • West Dennis
  • West Falmouth
  • West Newbury
  • West Springfield
  • West Stockbridge
  • West Tisbury
  • West Wareham
  • West Yarmouth
  • Westborough
  • Westfield
  • Westford
  • Westhampton
  • Westminster
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Weweantic
  • Weymouth
  • Whately
  • White Island Shores
  • Whitinsville
  • Whitman
  • Wilbraham
  • Williamsburg
  • Williamstown
  • Wilmington
  • Winchendon
  • Winchester
  • Winthrop
  • Woburn
  • Worcester
  • Worcester County
  • Wrentham
  • Yarmouth
  • Yarmouth Port

Commercial Loan FAQs in Massachusetts

Commercial interest rates in Massachusetts vary based on loan type, property type, loan-to-value, debt service coverage ratio, borrower strength, and market conditions. They range from approximately 4.8% to 12.75%.

Borrowers in Massachusetts can access Conventional, CMBS/Conduit, Insurance, FHA/HUD, USDA, Bridge, Construction, and SBA financing based on property type, leverage, and occupancy.

Commercial loan rates in Massachusetts depend on loan type, property cash flow, debt service coverage ratio, loan-to-value, borrower strength, and market conditions.

Yes. Owner-occupied financing is available in Massachusetts, including Conventional, Insurance, SBA, USDA, and selected agency programs when eligibility requirements are met.

Yes. Refinance options in Massachusetts include rate-and-term and cash-out structures, subject to underwriting, property performance, and lender program guidelines.

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