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The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) enables growing businesses to secure long-term, fixed-rate financing for commercial industrial real estate and/or major machinery and equipment through the SBA 504 Loan Program. The program is designed to promote local economic development by helping healthy, growing businesses finance the acquisition of long-term fixed assets, including land, buildings, and major machinery and equipment. The 504 Loan Program gives small business owners access to the same low-cost, fixed-rate, long-term financing that large businesses have through the bond markets.
The SBA 504 Loan Program offers many benefits to small businesses. The benefits include low down payment (allowing the small business to preserve working capital), longer terms, and larger loan amounts than may be available through a conventional loan. In most cases, the borrower's down payment will be 10% of project costs. If an appraisal deems a building as single purpose or if the business has less than 2 years of operating experience, additional injection (down payment) will be required. In addition, interest rates on the SBA 504 Loan will be below market and the rate will be fixed for the loan term.
A Certified Development Company (CDC) finances business expansion through the purchase or development of a building and/or major equipment via the SBA 504 Loan Program. CDCs are certified by the SBA to offer the SBA 504 Loan Program. CMDC's professional staff will work directly with you to tailor a financing package that meets program guidelines and the credit capacity of your business.
Independently-owned, for-profit businesses that meet 504 project requirements are eligible. Net worth must be $15 million or less, and the average net profits after taxes cannot exceed $5 million per year for the previous two years.
We strive to give a 24 to 72-hour loan pre-qualification. The procedure from a completed application submission to disbursement of funds takes approximately 30 to 90 days, depending on the complexity of the project and the loan.
There is no requirement regarding length of time in business; however, start-up businesses are subject to additional injection (down payment).
A CDC financed project can be of any size, but the SBA backed portion of the loan is usually limited to 40% or $5 million. However, in some instances, the SBA backed portion can go up to $5.5 million. The minimum debenture is $50,000 with typical projects ranging in size from $200,000 to $13,750,000 million.
504 loans may be used for:
The qualifying business must become the primary occupant of the property financed. Proceeds cannot be used for working capital or costs unrelated to the project.
The subject property to be financed will be the collateral. CMDC does not typically take personal residences as collateral. However, on a case-by-case basis, CMDC may exercise the option to take additional collateral.
ALL SBA fees and most lender fees are financed, if supported by the appraisal.
All costs that are directly attributable to the purchase or construction project can be financed, assuming that the appraisal is high enough.
Yes, the down payment can be cash or land value, which can include building, structures, and other site improvements that will be part of the project property, previously acquired.
Preferably the borrower will put at least 10% of their own funds into the project. The down payment can be borrowed, but owners must show that there is sufficient income to service the debt.
The interest rate on the SBA loan is tied to the 5 or 10 year U.S. Treasury rate in effect on the date of funding and is fixed for the loan term. The rate cannot be locked in prior to funding.
Yes, a real estate holding company can own the building. However, in this scenario, the operating company, the real estate holding entity, and all individuals with 20% or more interest must guarantee the loan.
Sometimes. When the project property is land and building, and it was acquired less than nine months before the application is received by SBA, the financing used to acquire the land and building could be considered "interim financing" and be eligible to be paid-off with 504 loan proceeds.
If the borrower is different from the operating company, there must be a lease between the borrower and the operating company for 100% of the property being financed with a 504 loan. If there are third-party tenant(s), the sublease(s) must be between the operating company and the third party tenant(s).
Every lease and sublease on the property must be made subordinate (or junior) to the 504 mortgage. The borrower and the operating company must sign the Subordination Agreement related to their lease. The operating company and any subtenants must sign the Subordination Agreement related to their lease.
Yes, SBA 504 loans are fully assumable to credit qualifiedapplicants. Contact CMDC for more info at 763-784-3337.
Yes. For 25 and 20 year term loans, there is a declining prepayment penalty in the first 10 years on the SBA portion of your loan. For a 10 year term loan there is a declining prepayment penalty in the first 5 years on the SBA portion of your loan.
A collateral assignment of life insurance is typically obtained on key business owners.
Enter your project costs and current SBA interest rate to estimate your monthly SBA 504 loan payments.
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