How it works

How Commercial Finance Actually Works

Commercial lending is not assessed consistently across lenders. Two businesses with similar financials can receive very different outcomes — depending on how the deal is structured, assessed and presented.

Deal Structure

How the deal is structured often determines whether it is supported or declined — before a lender even reviews the details. We work on the structure and lender fit so the deal is assessed on its merits.

Income Interpretation

Different lenders interpret income differently — particularly for business owners, complex trust structures, and non-standard seasonal revenue models.

Lender Selection

Selecting the right lender before submission is critical — not all lenders assess the same deal the same way. We match the structure to the lender whose policy fits.

"Most commercial finance applications are assessed incorrectly before they’re ever submitted."

— Phil Riches, Commercial Finance Broker
The process

How a conversation becomes a structured submission

01

Understand the deal

The business, the asset and the outcome you’re working toward — confidential, and focused on what’s actually being assessed.

02

Structure & lender match

How the deal should be structured, and which lender’s policy suits it — worked out before anything is lodged.

03

Considered submission

Presented to the lender whose policy fits the deal, structured to be assessed on its merits.

04

Settlement

Valuation, documentation and funding through to completion — subject to the lender’s assessment and terms.

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Part of Finance on the Coast

The commercial desk of Finance on the Coast

Commercial Finance Australia is the commercial desk of Finance on the Coast — same brokers, same licence (Model Mortgages Pty Ltd, Australian Credit Licence 387460, ABN 82 108 681 063). Happy to just deal with the team?

Commercial AI Copilot

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