Commercial lending

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your next move?

Whether you're a business owner securing premises, an investor expanding a portfolio, or a health practitioner buying into a practice — we work with a wide range of lenders, which means access to policies and funding structures a single bank can't offer.

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Commercial property finance

What we can
help you fund

Every situation is different. We take the time to understand your business, your assets and your goals before matching you with a lender whose policy actually fits.

Owner-occupied commercial property

✓ Build equity in your own asset

Buy the premises your business already operates from, and build equity in your own asset instead of paying it to a landlord.

  • Rent becomes equity in an asset you own
  • Security of tenure — no lease renewals or relocation
  • Often held in a trust or SMSF structure

Commercial investment property

✓ Longer leases than residential

Retail, office, industrial or mixed-use, held alongside residential investment property as part of a broader strategy rather than for your own occupation.

  • Assessed on the lease and the tenant, not just the borrower
  • Diversifies a portfolio weighted to residential
  • Yields typically higher than residential

High-LVR commercial lending

✓ Up to 90% LVR

Commercial lending usually caps around 65–70% LVR. Depending on the lender and your circumstances, we can arrange funding to 90% of the property's value.

  • Up to 90% LVR, subject to lender policy
  • Substantially less deposit tied up in the deal
  • Keeps capital free for the next acquisition
Health practitioners

Buying a practice, or
the premises it sits in

Health practitioners are treated differently by lenders, and in your favour. Depending on your circumstances and the lender's policy, we may be able to structure funding for 100% of the purchase price plus associated costs.

Purchasing an established practice

✓ Up to 100% + costs

Buying into or taking over an existing practice, where goodwill and patient base form much of the value rather than bricks and mortar.

  • Goodwill lending assessed on practice performance
  • Up to 100% of purchase price, subject to policy
  • Fit-out and working capital can be included

Securing your own premises

✓ SMSF structure available

Owning the building your practice operates from — alongside the LMI waiver on your own home — — often the single largest asset a practitioner builds outside their own home.

  • Commonly structured through an SMSF
  • Your practice becomes the tenant
  • Removes landlord risk from the business

Growing an existing practice

✓ Equipment & fit-out included

Expanding rooms, adding a second location, or bringing in additional practitioners — funded against the strength of the practice.

  • Expansion and equipment finance
  • Refinancing existing practice debt
  • Structured around practice cash flow
Unit blocks

Asset-rich, but
cash-flow constrained?

Commercial property investment isn't limited to individual properties. For investors holding significant assets but limited free cash, the purchase or refinance of an entire unit block can open doors a standard approach won't.

90% LVR
Whole-of-position assessment

Assessed on the overall strength of your position and the underlying asset, not one narrow serviceability test.

100%
Practitioner funding

Established health practitioners may access the full purchase price plus associated costs, subject to lender policy.

1 line
Entire unit blocks

Purchase or refinance a whole block in a single commercial transaction rather than unit by unit.

30+
Lenders on our panel

Commercial policy varies enormously. Access to a wide panel is what turns a decline into an approval.

How it works

From first conversation
to settlement

01
Understanding the deal

What you're buying, how it's held, who occupies it, and where it sits in your wider position. Commercial lending turns on detail residential lending ignores.

02
Matching it to a lender's policy

Commercial policy varies enormously between lenders. The same deal can be declined by one and approved at 90% LVR by another — this is where a broker earns their keep.

03
Structuring the application

Presented the way a credit team needs to see it, with the questions they'll ask answered before they ask them.

04
Valuation through to settlement

We manage the valuation, respond to conditions, and coordinate with your solicitor and accountant so settlement lands when it needs to.

FAQ

Commercial
lending questions

Every commercial deal is different. Call Adrian on 02 4092 7075 to talk through yours.

02 4092 7075
  • Commercial lending commonly sits around 65–70% LVR, meaning a 30–35% deposit. However, depending on the lender and your circumstances, funding of up to 90% of the property's value can be arranged — and health practitioners may access up to 100% of the purchase price plus costs. The right lender makes an enormous difference to how much capital you need to commit.
  • A home loan is assessed largely on your personal income. Commercial lending looks at the property, the lease, the strength of the tenant, and the performance of your business alongside your own position. That means a deal can succeed on the strength of the asset even where personal serviceability is tight — and it's why matching the deal to the right lender's policy matters so much.
  • Yes, and it's common for business owners and health practitioners. An SMSF can acquire business real property and lease it back to your own business on commercial terms — one of the few situations where a fund may deal with a related party. The structure has strict rules, so it needs your accountant and financial adviser involved alongside the lending. We arrange the finance; they confirm the structure suits your circumstances.
  • In some circumstances, yes. Certain lenders treat established health practitioners as low risk and will fund the full purchase price plus associated costs, subject to their policy and your position. It depends on your profession, qualifications, experience and the practice being acquired. It's not automatic — but it's available often enough to be worth checking before assuming you need a deposit.
  • Buying a block in one line is usually cheaper per unit than buying them individually, and it's a single transaction rather than several. Lenders treat it as a commercial deal, which changes how it's assessed — the rental income across the block forms part of the case. For investors who are asset-rich but cash-flow constrained, that assessment can work in your favour where a standard residential approach wouldn't.
  • Longer than residential — typically four to eight weeks from application to settlement, depending on the complexity of the deal and how quickly valuations come back. Deals involving goodwill, unusual security or multiple entities take longer. The single biggest time saver is getting the structure right before submission, rather than reworking it after a decline.

Let's talk about
your next move

With access to multiple lenders and a broad range of commercial policies, we can help you explore what's actually possible — not just what one bank will allow.