SBA Hot Topic Tuesday – Top Ten NADCO Style

May 6, 2014     By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report   I’m back in town after leading the “Hot Topic” Third Party Lender breakout session at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs last week. Thanks to the panelists for taking their time to inform session attendees their view of the SBA 504 industry: Donald…

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SBA 7(a) Prepays Rise 24%

March 26, 2014 By Bob Judge Editor, CPR Report In January, prepays rose above 8%, registering a 24% increase over December, 2013 as we begin analyzing 2014. This reading represents the first one over 8% since last August, and with this print, have matched the number of +8% monthly CPRs we saw all of last…

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BoeFly Launches Small Business Lending Tool — bQual™

February 26, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report “We built bQual to address the questions we’ve heard from some of the thousands of business owners that have used BoeFly since we launched in March of 2010 — “Can I get real-time information and insight before I start the search for financing,” said Mike Rozman,…

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How Big is the Small Business Lending Market?

February 26, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report $1 trillion says SBA’s Office of Advocacy. This just released two page report is a nice overview of the current state of small business lending. Here are some stats for 2013; Small Business Borrowing from Banks – $585 billion Small Business Borrowing from Finance Companies –…

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SBA 7(a) Prepayment Rates Fall 10%

February 25, 2014 In December, prepays fell below 7% for the first time since April, finishing the year on a positive note. While we finished 2013 with a print below 7%, this is only the third monthly reading below that benchmark recorded last year. For comparison purposes, all twelve months of 2012 were below 7%.…

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Mug Shot Monday – The You Scratch My Back, I’ll Scratch Yours Con

February 24, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report This is a twist on a commercial lender con. The feds allege two Delaware commercial lenders, working for different banks, made loans to each other over a 12-year period for fake commercial real state investments and below market car loans. Brian Bailey plead not guilty last…

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504 Refinance Support Gains Momentum in House and Senate

February 21, 2014 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Report Bob Coleman: The refinance is in the House, tell us where you see that process. Beth Solomon: We continue to build support for it. It’s a smart bi-partisan mechanism that leaders on both sides of the aisle are embracing. We have a new chairman of the…

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