The Constant Annual Percent, also known as the Mortgage Constant, is the ratio of the annual debt service (which includes both principal and interest payments) to the original loan amount.
Debt Yield is the Net Operating Income (NOI) divided by the amount of debt, primarily used by lenders to determine the sufficiency of a property's income to cover its debt service.
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