To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Small businesses drive the economy. Nationally, nearly half ...

The sun peeked out from the clouds in mid-December for commercial real estate lending after a mostly gloomy year. In a 2023 largely defined by uncertainty over how high the Federal Reserve would raise ...

Some lenders have strict credit, time in business and revenue requirements for business loans. Other financing options include business lines of credit, business credit cards, merchant cash advances, ...

The Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey from Q1 in 2025 suggests that it has become more challenging for small businesses in the United States to secure commercial and industrial ...

Business equipment loans typically use your purchase as collateral and might come with longer repayment terms and lower ...

Things haven’t been easy for the commercial real estate sector over the last few years. Recently, a lot of companies have been downsizing their office footprint and letting go of bigger leases. At the ...

Missouri is the latest state to enact a disclosure requirement for commercial financing, joining the growing number of states that have done the same. California, New York, Utah, and Virginia were the ...

In my view, the institutions that stand to outperform in this environment share one trait: They treat budgeting as a growth strategy, not a cost-containment exercise.

The national commercial foreclosure market peaked in May, but they are once again trending up. That's forcing some tough decisions among lenders. Commercial foreclosure activity across the nation ...

Lenders or loan brokers [1] based in California or lending to either commercial or consumer borrowers based in California are subject to the California Financing Law (CFL), which imposes licensing ...