Finance on a first-name basis

Unless you’re a financial expert as well as property developer, you will need help to get the best financial package for your project or development. Even the world’s most experienced developers and investors will have a team of financial and funding advisers to help them make wise choices. A major lender is much more likely to take your application seriously if it has been polished by an expert broker.

The best commercial brokers have long-term relationships with a panel of lenders and they have earned a certain level of trust through dealing with each other on a regular basis over the years. As a development or project manager, you are not likely to have enough interaction with any lender to establish that rapport so if you’re questioning whether or not you need to consult a broker to get the best deal, the answer is a definite ‘yes’.

The next question you will need to answer is “who”? A quick google search will reveal an extensive list of commercial brokers, all claiming to be Number One, with hundreds of lenders willing to do their best deals and an array of no-doc, low-doc, lowest rate products. While some of those brokers are busy boasting about being Number One, once you agree to be a client, you will become number something-or-other.

Will your project get the service and the attention it deserves? Will your particular and unique needs be listened to or will you be placed in a pre-existing box with hundreds of others and given a pre-existing solution that may be far from the best deal possible?

Repeat business is important in the finance marketplace, for both the broker and the client but, unfortunately, for some brokers it’s about the volume of business they write and not the quality.

Acuity Funding can boast many “bests” but we prefer to be quiet achievers. We are also quiet innovators and we pride ourselves on standing out from the crowd by delivering truly personal levels of service.

Unlike most of the other big brand commercial brokers, we can fund projects from $1 million through to the billions. Unlike other brokers, we also have clients around the world and our reputation for development and infrastructure finance is growing in burgeoning markets like Korea and Timor but, no matter what your needs, you will know our names and we will never forget yours.

The first thing you will get as an Acuity client that you may not always receive from other brokers is a track record fast approaching 40 years, and that’s just from me as the company’s principal. There’s not much I haven’t seen in my career as a finance broker. I have lived through most market cycles and thrived.

The thing that really sets us apart from other brokers is our innovation and flexibility. We want to make sure you have the best chance of maximising the profitability of your project. One way we have found to achieve that is through our 100 per cent for the final purchasers of the properties.

That’s right, whereas most loans will have a loan-to-valuation ratio of 70 per cent or 80 per cent, our 100 per cent funding facility means you can secure finance for your buyers that is unmatched in the marketplace.

If you think being on first-name basis with your finance broker is a step in the right direction, please call me on 02 9489 0609 or email [email protected] for more information.