| Commercial loans are defined as loans | | | | approval time can be anything between 1 day |
| provided to companies or small businesses to | | | | to a month, however most decisions are |
| meet business and operating expenses, since | | | | usually taken within one week of the final |
| commercial loans are a transaction that | | | | package being submitted to the underwriter or |
| involve high cash transfer and require more | | | | loan committee. |
| often than not certain collateral be put down | | | | |
| against the loan, getting a commercial loan | | | | If your loan is approved, the organization |
| can be quite a challenging task. Almost all | | | | will then have you sign a contract, or |
| banks in Australia offer commercial loans, | | | | agreement, which will clearly mention what |
| and in addition to banks there are also firms | | | | property or properties have been put up as |
| that can either help you get a commercial | | | | collateral, what are the transaction fees |
| loan, or offer commercial loans | | | | involved, and what will the interest rate. |
| independently. | | | | Once the agreement is signed, there is |
| | | | usually a transfer of funds to the account of |
| Applying for a commercial loan is not as | | | | choice, or you can get a cheque from |
| simple as applying for a personal loan, as | | | | financial organization you are dealing with. |
| there are a lot of parameters that are | | | | So far what we has been discussed is just the |
| involved before any bank or financial | | | | framework of how all commercial loans |
| organization approves a commercial loan, | | | | operate. |
| understand the way a commercial loan is | | | | |
| processed often helps in improving your | | | | Depending on the amount of the loan and the |
| chances of getting a commercial loan. | | | | collateral involved, a loan can sometimes go |
| | | | through both an underwriter and a loan |
| Once a business plan or proposal is submitted | | | | committee before it is approved. Although |
| to a bank or financial organization, the | | | | such cases are rare, but you should be |
| organization assigns the case to a loan | | | | prepared for a delay if you find out that the |
| officer, the loan officer then analyses the | | | | loan is actually being scrutinized as |
| business proposal and does a back ground | | | | mentioned above. |
| check on the company, if you are starting a | | | | |
| company from ground up then you will have to | | | | How to improve your chances of getting a |
| show collateral against the loan, the loan | | | | commercial loan |
| officer then verifies the collateral and | | | | |
| assess the value of the collateral involved. | | | | A majority of commercial loans are rejected |
| In addition if there are any additional | | | | because there is just not enough paper work |
| transactions involved, like a proposal to buy | | | | to support the claims made, this means that |
| property or to set up a an office, then the | | | | instead of actually going out and spending |
| loan officer might ask you to submit | | | | money on impressive proposal writers, the |
| additional documentation like the blue print | | | | first thing you need to do is get all your |
| of the proposed office, or an estimate from a | | | | paperwork in order, as mentioned earlier the |
| real estate agent, clearly mentioning the | | | | loan officer's task is pretty simple, his job |
| proposed pricing of the land to be purchased. | | | | is to verify everything you claim is true, |
| | | | from the collateral being offered, to the |
| Once all the paperwork is ready, the loan | | | | various pricing involved. To make his job |
| writer then submits the entire package to an | | | | simpler (usually loan officers are working on |
| underwriter or a loan committee, the loan | | | | multiple loans at the same time) you can go |
| committee then presents you with a letter of | | | | ahead and get all the necessary paperwork |
| intent, that makes sure that all parties | | | | done in advance, this will speed up the loan |
| involved are on level ground and understand | | | | process, and will also put you in better |
| each other. Depending on the organization the | | | | standing with the loan organization. |