Model Your Financing
Compare CMHC MLI Select, CMHC MLI Standard, and conventional financing side by side — maximum loan, capital required at closing, and cash flow at your assumptions.
McKinney Multifamily Group — Financing Analysis
Three structures, side by side.
How MLI Select points work
MLI Select is CMHC’s insurance program for rental properties of five or more units. It prices leverage against public-policy outcomes: commitments to affordability, energy efficiency, and accessibility each earn points, and the point total determines what the financing unlocks.
Fifty points is the entry threshold. At 50 points, a borrower can access up to 85% loan-to-value, 40-year amortization, and a 10% discount on the insurance premium. At 70 points, leverage extends to 95% and amortization to 45 years, with a 20% premium discount. At 100 points — which in practice usually requires strong scoring in more than one category — amortization reaches 50 years and the premium discount reaches 30%.
The amortization limits are frequently the deciding lever. On the same building at the same rate, a 50-year schedule carries materially lower annual debt service than a 25-year conventional schedule — which is often the difference between a deal that clears CMHC’s 1.10 debt-coverage floor and one that misses it.
Two things this tool cannot do: score your project, and confirm the criteria in force when you apply. Points are assessed by CMHC through your lender. Both questions belong in a financing conversation — which we’re glad to have.