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Developer finance

Site, build, stock financed end to end.

Land acquisition, construction take-out, residual stock, bridging between projects. The panel covers the major banks for the clean files and specialist non-banks and private lenders for the deals that need more imagination. We'll find a way to help you get the deal done.

Indicative · senior debt

from 7.89% p.a.

Indicative — confirmed on call.

· derived from investment + ~110bps

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Developer finance is a sequence, not a loan

Small and mid-size developers — three units to fifty — don't have a single funding need. They have a sequence. Site acquisition is one loan. Construction is another. Residual stock at completion is a third. Bridging between deals is a fourth. Each one has a different lender shortlist, a different LVR cap, and a different rate range, and the wrong financing decision at any step compounds into the next. The banks fund the clean files — established borrower, decent presales, sensible exit. The specialist non-banks and private lenders pick up the deals where presales are thin, the timeline is short, or the structure is bespoke. We sit across both. After three decades and hundreds of developer files, we know which lender will price the deal, which will run the project cleanly, and which to watch as the build runs long. The job isn't getting one loan approved. It's mapping the whole sequence: how site is funded, what LVR the construction take-out needs, how residual stock is held while units sell down, and what the bridging looks like into the next site. We work backwards from the exit. Most developers come to us at site stage; the better-organised ones come to us before they sign the option.

Indicative developer finance terms

  • land LVR

    65–80%

    65% typical, to 80% for residential sites

  • construction TDC

    70–75%

    presales-dependent

  • residual stock

    80%

    completed, titled, ready to sell

  • bridging LVR

    80%

    12–24 month terms typical

Where we add value on a developer file

Most of the work happens before any lender sees the deal.

  • Mapping the funding sequence: site → construction → residual stock → next site. Modelling which lenders carry through each stage.
  • Presale strategy. Some lenders want 100% debt cover in presales; some accept 60%; non-banks may accept zero. Picking the lender drives whether your project is viable.
  • Working through the QS, valuation, and feasibility documents the lender's credit team will want to see.
  • Negotiating line fees, exit fees, extension provisions, and rate reviews — costs that add up over an eighteen-month project.
  • Sequencing the take-out. Construction debt has to refinance into residual stock cleanly; we engineer the lender pair from day one.

Bank versus non-bank on developer files

Most developers need both, in sequence. Knowing when to pick which is the job.

ConsiderationWith usDirect with a bank
When the bank winsEstablished developer, decent presales, clear exit, sensible site. Pricing 1–2% sharper.Same answer.
When the non-bank winsThin presales, tight timeline, complex structure, second-tier site. Higher rate, but the deal gets done.File declined. Often without a workable decline reason.
Speed to term sheetNon-banks back in 3–7 days. Banks 2–3 weeks.Bank pace, no alternative.
Rate range (indicative)Bank: high 6s to high 7s. Non-bank: 8% to mid-12s depending on file.Bank rate only.

Pick the stage you're at

Land, construction, stock, or bridge.

Each stage has its own page. If you're sitting on a site that's about to settle or stock that won't sell down, start with residual stock or bridging.

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Tell us the project. We'll map the funding.

Site, construction, stock, exit. Twenty minutes to a real sequence and a real lender shortlist.

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General information only — not personal credit advice. Rates shown across this page (including indicative product tables) are indicative only and subject to lender assessment.