Step-down prepayment penalty is a form of prepayment penalty often applied on commercial mortgages.
To mitigate potential loss of revenue, commercial mortgage lenders include a step-down clause in the mortgage contract. Generally, this is a straightforward calculation based on the remaining balance. It is called a “step-down” penalty because the amount gets smaller the longer the loan is in place.
For example, a step-down scenario can have 5% of the outstanding balance being the prepayment penalty owed in the first year, 4% in the second year, 3% in the third year, and so forth.
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