Nine Fed officials now project a rate hike by year-end, reversing the trajectory every refinancing timeline was built on. If you're carrying floating-rate hotel debt and still waiting for the window to open on fixed-rate conversion, the window just got smaller.
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Mar 16
The extend-and-pretend era is ending. Owners who borrowed at 3.5% in 2021 are about to refinance at 7%, and the math on that gap is brutal.
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Mar 8
The federal funds rate stays at 3.50%-3.75% through March, with cuts now pushed to late 2026 at the earliest. For hotel owners sitting on maturing CMBS debt, the math just got brutal.
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