Property-secured loans for Adelaide businesses and investors, assessed in-house and funded within 24 hours
Experts in strategic, short-term finance
24hrsFast funding solutions
$250K-$10MLoan range
9.7% p.aInterest rates starting from
1-24 monthsShort term funding
Rated 5 out of 5Jason V
Hands down, the best private lenders in the biz
Gino, Alec and Finn are exceptional at what they do. Top tier communication and transparent service.
Rated 5 out of 5Rhowell Dela Rosa
Every settlement has been smooth
Gino and the team at Secured Lending are our go-to when a deal needs to move fast or fall outside bank criteria.
Rated 5 out of 5Rory Mcgrath
Always my top choice for nearly all private lending scenarios
I run and operate a private lending brokerage and have worked with Mark and the team for years.
Rated 5 out of 5Luke Egan
Speed to market on lending advances second to none
The owner is also one of best commentators on LinkedIn calling out poor lending and recovery practices.
Rated 5 out of 5amal maharaj
True professionals in the non bank lending space
Straight forward application and assessment process with clear communication till loan settlement.
Rated 5 out of 5Sam Algeri
Excellent service, quick approvals and seamless settlements
The team at Secured Lending, particularly Gino and Finn, are fantastic to work with.
Rated 5 out of 5sebastian wright
Speed, reliability, transparency
Exceptional team. Exceptional Service. Loved working with the team at Secured Lending.
Rated 5 out of 5Jordan Thomas
Gino & Finn are the best in the business
Quick and painless to deal with, keep up the great work SL team!
Rated 5 out of 5Wayne McCarthy
Always willing to think outside the box to get deals done
We've had a great experience working with Secured Lending.
Rated 5 out of 5JP G
Quick, responsive and reasonable
With all the shady characters in the private lending market, its refreshing to find good people to deal with.
Rated 5 out of 5Joel Togo
Always thorough on assessment and will give you a prompt answer
With clients that are in time sensitive situations, this is crucial.
Rated 5 out of 5David Pruscino
Always professional and supportive
It's a pleasure dealing with the Secured team.
Rated 5 out of 5Monica Monsigneur
A professional and common sense lender who delivers
Rated 5 out of 5Thomas de Fegely
Great options in the private space
Have been dealing with Finn from Secured Lending, he has been very responsive.
Rated 5 out of 5Andrew Soo
A very reliable funding partner
Highly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5Phil Boyle
Very efficient, responsive
Finn was a great help to assist in a very timely manner.
Rated 5 out of 5Jason V
Hands down, the best private lenders in the biz
Gino, Alec and Finn are exceptional at what they do. Top tier communication and transparent service.
Rated 5 out of 5Rhowell Dela Rosa
Every settlement has been smooth
Gino and the team at Secured Lending are our go-to when a deal needs to move fast or fall outside bank criteria.
Rated 5 out of 5Rory Mcgrath
Always my top choice for nearly all private lending scenarios
I run and operate a private lending brokerage and have worked with Mark and the team for years.
Rated 5 out of 5Luke Egan
Speed to market on lending advances second to none
The owner is also one of best commentators on LinkedIn calling out poor lending and recovery practices.
Rated 5 out of 5amal maharaj
True professionals in the non bank lending space
Straight forward application and assessment process with clear communication till loan settlement.
Rated 5 out of 5Sam Algeri
Excellent service, quick approvals and seamless settlements
The team at Secured Lending, particularly Gino and Finn, are fantastic to work with.
Rated 5 out of 5sebastian wright
Speed, reliability, transparency
Exceptional team. Exceptional Service. Loved working with the team at Secured Lending.
Rated 5 out of 5Jordan Thomas
Gino & Finn are the best in the business
Quick and painless to deal with, keep up the great work SL team!
Rated 5 out of 5Wayne McCarthy
Always willing to think outside the box to get deals done
We've had a great experience working with Secured Lending.
Rated 5 out of 5JP G
Quick, responsive and reasonable
With all the shady characters in the private lending market, its refreshing to find good people to deal with.
Rated 5 out of 5Joel Togo
Always thorough on assessment and will give you a prompt answer
With clients that are in time sensitive situations, this is crucial.
Rated 5 out of 5David Pruscino
Always professional and supportive
It's a pleasure dealing with the Secured team.
Rated 5 out of 5Monica Monsigneur
A professional and common sense lender who delivers
Rated 5 out of 5Thomas de Fegely
Great options in the private space
Have been dealing with Finn from Secured Lending, he has been very responsive.
Rated 5 out of 5Andrew Soo
A very reliable funding partner
Highly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5Phil Boyle
Very efficient, responsive
Finn was a great help to assist in a very timely manner.
Secured Lending is a private, non-bank lender based in Barangaroo that funds its own loans. We provide property-secured finance from $250,000 for businesses, investors, and developers across Adelaide, often settled within 24 hours. Much of Adelaide runs on contract and seasonal cycles, from defence work at Osborne to a vintage in the wine country, and that lumpy income rarely suits a bank. When one has said no or cannot move quickly enough, we assess the deal on the value of your security and a clear plan to repay, not a serviceability score.
Our Private Lending Products
•First and second mortgages
•Bridging finance between property settlements
•Caveat loans for fast, short-term funding
•Business-purpose and cash-out loans
•Refinance of expensive short-term debt
•ATO and creditor payout finance
Why Use a Private Lender in Adelaide
Banks assess income and serviceability, run every file past a credit committee, and often decline good borrowers whose income is seasonal or held through a company or trust. We work the other way. Across Adelaide, where a settlement or a milestone payment can turn on a few days, we look at the property offered as security and how the loan will be repaid, which lets us commit quickly and fund when it matters.
•Approvals in hours and funding within 24 hours on a clean file
•Assessed on the value of your security and your exit, not a serviceability test
•Complex, self-employed, and non-conforming income welcome
•Company, trust, and SMSF borrowers are no obstacle
•Short-term, interest-only funding available
•Business-purpose and cash-out loans welcome
Who We Help
•Property owners and investors
•Developers and commercial property owners
•Mortgage brokers and finance advisers
•Lawyers and accountants referring clients
•Business owners who need urgent capital
We lend for business purposes only, to companies, not to individuals, and never for personal home loans or consumer credit.
Our Rates, Terms and Lending Criteria
•Loan size: from $250,000, with larger loans assessed case by case
•Term: 1 to 24 months, typically 3 to 6
•Rates: from 9.7% p.a., with every cost set out in the letter of offer
•LVR: to a maximum of 70%
•Security: a registered first or second mortgage over property
•Exit strategy: required on every loan, by sale, refinance, or incoming funds
The exit is the single most important factor we assess. A loan is only as sound as the plan to repay it, so we map that first and build the rest of the decision around it. Property held in companies, trusts, or SMSFs is fine, and we take residential, commercial, industrial, and development security.
Private Mortgage Lender in Adelaide
As a private mortgage lender we register a first or second mortgage over your property and fund the loan from our own capital, so there is no bank and no outside credit committee in the mix. We write private mortgages from $250,000 for business purposes, and a clean file can be funded within 24 hours.
A private mortgage lender in Adelaide reads a deal differently to a bank. Rather than run your income through a serviceability test, we price the security and the exit, which lets us build short-term, interest-only structures around a settlement or a milestone payment and say yes to borrowers held through a company, trust, or SMSF. Much of Adelaide trades on seasonal and contract income that a bank cannot process, so those declined elsewhere are a large part of the private mortgages we settle.
Bad Credit Business Loans in Adelaide
Serviceability, not security, is what fails on most Adelaide applications we see. A business can hold real equity and still be declined because the income line does not fit a bank model, and one late payment compounds it. We assess the Adelaide property, the equity inside 70% LVR and the exit. Defaults and arrears are not the deciding factor.
“A lot of the income around Adelaide arrives on a contract milestone or a defence subcontract rather than in twelve even monthly instalments. A bank serviceability model reads that as volatility. We read it as timing. Where the title is clean and we can see what retires the debt, an industrial holding in the northern suburbs is security we are comfortable assessing.”
From our Barangaroo base we fund clients right across metropolitan Adelaide and wider South Australia, from the CBD and North Adelaide to the inner suburbs and the industrial corridors in the north. Out past the city we lend across the wine country and the regions, the Adelaide Hills, the Barossa Valley, and the Fleurieu Peninsula among them. Wherever your business trades or your security sits, we can move quickly.
Recently Asked Questions
Yes, if you start now. We give a decision within hours of receiving the payout figure and property details, and settlement can follow within 24 hours of the letter of offer being signed. Our loan must fit inside 70% of the warehouse property's value.
Ask the lender for a written payout figure to a date well inside the 45 days, and send it to us with the lender's letter and your plan for repaying us, such as a bank refinance or a sale. Ask your solicitor to confirm the exact date the 45 days end.
Yes, though on these figures the factory alone falls short. If it is worth $2,400,000 with $600,000 owing, the limit of $1,680,000 leaves up to $1,080,000, so a director's home or another property would need to be added as security to reach $1,200,000.
The security is the factory property, never the subcontract or the milestone claim. The loan is repaid when the milestone payment arrives, and we set the term to finish after that date with time to spare.
A bridging loan can cover it, secured by the warehouse property you are buying and, if needed, a home. We lend up to 70% of the lower of our valuation and the price on the warehouse, so on $1,800,000 that is up to $1,260,000, and a second mortgage over a home worth $1,300,000 with $300,000 owing has room for up to $610,000 towards the rest and your costs.
The loan is repaid from the sale proceeds when that sale settles. Send us both contracts so we can set the term to finish after the later date.
No. A tax debt listing on its own is not a reason we decline. We assess the property offered as security and how the loan will be repaid.
If the company borrows to pay the ATO, the loan funds are paid to the company, which pays the debt in full. Ask your accountant how and when the listing is updated once the debt is paid.
Up to about $580,000, so $520,000 fits. Our limit is 70% of the value across both mortgages, which is $980,000 on a $1,400,000 house, less the $400,000 already owing.
The company is the borrower and your house secures the loan, with second mortgage rates from 11.95% p.a. The loan funds are paid to the company, which pays the ATO, and one loan can cover both the goods and services tax and the income tax debt.
Not on its own. Our own valuer values the site as it stands, and any contamination is part of that valuation, so it can reduce the figure we lend against rather than rule the site out.
Send us any environmental reports and the site's current use with your enquiry. The loan can be up to 70% of our valuation, including any mortgage already on the site.
The security is the freehold property, and a freehold childcare centre can be valued on a going-concern basis. The security is still the freehold property, never the licence or the business itself.
We lend up to 70% of the lower of our valuation and the price, and the loan is repaid when the bank completes its approval and refinances it. We can pay the funds within 24 hours of the signed letter of offer.
We need to learn your scenario further, and the solvency question should be answered first. If a company pays the ATO while it is insolvent, a liquidator appointed later can recover that payment as an unfair preference.
Ask your accountant to finish the solvency review before the company signs anything, and ask your solicitor about your own position as a director. Then send us the result with the property details.
They can reduce the valuation, but they do not change our 70% limit. Our own valuer values the building as it stands, vacancies included, and we lend up to 70% of that figure, including any mortgage already on it.
If the building is valued at $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 owing, there is room for up to $1,100,000. Send us the current leases and any signed agreements with new tenants with your enquiry.
We need four things: the address of each property, the amount and what it will pay for, how and when the loan will be repaid, and the balance owing on any mortgage over the properties. With those, we aim to give an indicative offer the day you send them.
The formal approval follows our own valuation of the properties. The loan funds are paid to your client's company, which pays the ATO, so discuss solvency with your client before the company borrows.
Either can secure it, and the choice is yours. With no existing mortgage on either, ours would be a first mortgage either way, with rates from 9.7% p.a., and we confirm the rate on your loan once we have assessed it.
Using the factory keeps the home out of the loan, and you can offer both if the amount needs more than one property. The loan can be up to 70% of the value of the property or properties offered.
Yes. Since Payday Super began on 1 July 2026, super has to reach the fund within 7 business days of payday, or it becomes a Superannuation Guarantee Charge owed to the ATO. For Adelaide employers we provide property-secured payday super finance to pay super on time, or to clear a charge that has already been assessed.
Often, yes. Plenty of Adelaide borrowers reach us after a bank has gone quiet or said no, usually because their income is seasonal, self-employed, or held through a company or trust. We assess the property you can offer as security and your plan to repay, not a serviceability score, so a deal a bank would not touch is frequently a straightforward yes for us, and a clean file can settle within 24 hours.
Rates start from 9.7% p.a. and are priced to the term, the security, and the risk of the individual deal. Every cost, including any establishment fee, is set out in the letter of offer before you commit, with nothing hidden.
We lend to a maximum of 70% of value on residential and commercial security around Adelaide. Loans start from $250,000, with larger loans assessed case by case, over 1 to 24 months. Vacant land, development sites, and second mortgages are assessed on their own merits, and our own valuers set the figure against current Adelaide evidence.
Yes. Industrial property through the northern suburbs, commercial property in the regional centres, and warehouse or office holdings around the defence and technology precincts are all security we assess. Clean title, current value, and LVR, usually to 70%, decide it, not the postcode. Income that arrives on a contract milestone rather than in twelve even instalments is no obstacle when the asset and the exit are sound.
On a clean file we can give you a yes or no within hours, issue a letter of offer, value the security, and settle within 24 hours. Speed comes from lending our own funds, so there is no outside credit committee between you and settlement in Adelaide.
No. We lend for business purposes only, to companies, not to individuals, and never for personal home loans or consumer credit. The loan must be for a genuine business purpose and secured by property.
Yes. We are a private mortgage lender taking a first or second registered mortgage over Adelaide property, for business purposes only. We fund private mortgages from $250,000 from our own capital, and a clean file can settle within 24 hours.
Yes. Adelaide is one part of a national book. Our Private Lender Australia overview maps our full reach, and we keep dedicated guides for Perth and Melbourne.
No, and it is worth separating the two. Failing serviceability means the model could not see enough regular income, which is common for self-employed and seasonal businesses. Bad credit means something is listed against you. We fund both, because neither is the test we apply. The equity in the Adelaide security property and the exit are.
Yes. We have separate pages for ATO debt, a director penalty notice and GST on a commercial property purchase.