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What is DSCR?

Debt Service Coverage Ratio: NOI ÷ annual debt service. Measures a property’s ability to cover its loan payments; lenders typically require comfortably above 1.0x.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.