Specialty Loans

Specialty Real Estate Loans

Specialty finance is generally considered and financing activity that takes place outside the traditional banking system. The current lending environment for traditional banks has been hampered with over-regulation, tightened lending standards, and other macro issues. This financial conservatism has essentially closed off the traditional credit market to many investors and institutions. This has been the major impetus for the growth in specialty lending globally. Meanwhile, the benefits of specialty lending are that the terms are created exactly to the needs of the borrower as opposed to traditional banks that need to lend within a tight "box" of underwriting criteria.