Emergency Business Loans, Funded Fast

Urgent business funding from $250k, for when time is not on your side

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$250K-$10MLoan range
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1-24 monthsShort term funding

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At Secured Lending, we specialise in emergency business loans backed by property, from $250,000, with larger loans assessed case by case. We deliver fast capital when banks can't move quickly enough, often settling within days. We're not a general lender. We are a specialist. No box-ticking, no slow-moving committees, just experienced decision-makers who understand urgency and know how to execute.

Emergency Loan Features

  • •Loan amounts from $250,000, larger loans assessed case by case
  • •Short-term solutions including bridging loans, caveat finance, first and second mortgages
  • •Terms from 1 to 24 months
  • •Funding from 9.95% p.a.
  • •Settlements in as little as 24 hours
  • •Property-secured loans: residential, commercial, or mixed

Common Emergency Loan Scenarios

  • •Bridging finance for time-sensitive property settlements
  • •Tax debt loans to avoid ATO penalties, interest, or legal action
  • •Refinance from distressed lenders or predatory loan structures
  • •Second mortgages to unlock equity for urgent cash flow needs
  • •Large business loans for fast capital injections to cover payroll, inventory, or growth

Why Borrowers Trust Secured Lending

Our team are seasoned professionals with deep experience in commercial finance, property, and urgent capital solutions. We fund from our own pool, so there are no delays chasing investor capital. Our internal property team values deals quickly and decisively, and we've built a reputation for reliability, not red tape.

Security Requirements

All emergency business loans are backed by real property. We consider:

  • •Prime residential or commercial assets
  • •Multi-property portfolios
  • •Regional or metro security
  • •First or second mortgage positions depending on structure
  • •Cross-collateralisation and custom security arrangements

Emergency Business Funding When You Have Bad Credit

An emergency and a damaged credit file usually arrive in the same month, which is exactly when the banks stop returning calls. We fund from our own money against the equity in your property, to 70% LVR, from 9.95% p.a. You do not need a polished application to start. Title details, the amount you need, and how the loan gets repaid is enough.

Industries

Industries We Service

Emergency business loans for pubs, hotels and venues

Hospitality

An emergency business loan funds the recovery when something has already gone wrong: a fire, a flood, a failed cool room, a kitchen that cannot open. We lend against the venue, or a director's property where the venue is leasehold.

It is repaid from the trade that resumes once the doors reopen, or by an insurance settlement once the claim is paid. Insurance pays eventually. Wages, suppliers and rent do not wait for it, and this is the facility that covers the gap until the insurer pays.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Reopen after a fire, a flood, or a failed cool room
  • Cover wages and suppliers while the doors are shut
  • Fund a repair the insurer has not yet approved
  • Bridge to an insurance settlement that has not landed
  • Replace equipment that has failed mid-service
  • Keep staff on the books through a forced closure
Private lending for Hospitality

Emergency business loans for builders and contractors

Construction

An emergency business loan funds the response when a job goes wrong: a collapse, a defect, a site shut down, or a subcontractor who has walked off. We lend against the yard, the office or a director's property.

It is repaid by the progress payment, practical completion, or the sale of the security. A stopped site costs money every day it is stopped, and the cost of restarting it rarely waits for a claim to be resolved.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Restart a site that has been shut down
  • Cover a rectification or defect the client will not fund
  • Replace a subcontractor who has walked off the job
  • Fund a plant failure that has stopped the programme
  • Cover liquidated damages while a dispute runs
  • Bridge to a contract or insurance claim being resolved
Private lending for Construction

Emergency business loans for manufacturers

Manufacturing

An emergency business loan funds the response when the plant stops: a machine failure, a fire, a contamination, or a supplier who has collapsed mid-order. We lend against the factory or a director's property.

It is repaid when production resumes and customers pay, or by an insurance settlement. Every day a line is down is an order running late, and the cost of restarting it is almost never budgeted for.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Replace machinery that has failed and stopped the line
  • Re-source materials when a supplier collapses mid-order
  • Fund a clean-up after a fire or a contamination
  • Cover penalties on an order that is now running late
  • Keep skilled staff on the books through a shutdown
  • Bridge to an insurer that has not yet paid out
Private lending for Manufacturing

Emergency business loans for transport and warehousing operators

Transport and Warehousing

An emergency business loan funds the response when the fleet is off the road: a major accident, an engine failure, a depot fire, or a compliance suspension. We lend against the depot, the warehouse or a director's property.

It is repaid from contract receipts once the fleet is running, or by an insurance settlement. A truck that is not moving is not earning, and a contract does not pause because a vehicle is in a workshop.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Replace a vehicle written off in an accident
  • Fund a major engine or trailer failure
  • Cover a compliance issue that has grounded part of the fleet
  • Hire replacement vehicles to keep a contract running
  • Cover penalties on a contract you cannot currently service
  • Bridge to an insurer that is still assessing the claim
Private lending for Transport and Warehousing

Emergency business loans for retailers

Retail

An emergency business loan funds the response when trade stops: a flood, a break-in, a fire, or a fit-out destroyed. We lend against a director's home or investment property, because most retailers lease their space.

It is repaid from trade once the shop reopens, or by an insurance settlement. A closed shop still pays rent, and a season missed is not a season you get back.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Reopen after a fire, a flood, or a break-in
  • Replace stock that has been destroyed or stolen
  • Cover rent and wages while the doors are shut
  • Refit a store before the trading period it depends on
  • Replace point of sale or refrigeration that has failed
  • Bridge to an insurer that has not yet settled
Private lending for Retail

Emergency business loans for wholesalers and importers

Wholesale and Distribution

An emergency business loan funds the response when stock or a customer is lost: a warehouse fire, a shipment destroyed, a rejected consignment, or a major debtor that has gone under. We lend against the warehouse or a director's property.

It is repaid as replacement stock sells through, or by an insurance or trade credit settlement. Stock that is gone still has to be paid for, and the customers waiting for it do not wait long.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Replace stock lost to a fire, a flood, or a rejected consignment
  • Absorb a major debtor that has gone into administration
  • Fund a re-order when a shipment is destroyed in transit
  • Keep supplying customers while the stock position is rebuilt
  • Cover a supplier who has withdrawn terms without notice
  • Bridge to a trade credit insurer that has not yet paid
Private lending for Wholesale and Distribution

Emergency business loans for technology companies

Technology

An emergency business loan funds the response to an incident that stops the company trading normally: a ransomware attack, a data breach and the notifications that follow it, an outage that triggers service credits, or a key customer failing and taking a quarter of the revenue with it.

It is repaid from revenue once trading is stable, by an insurer once a cyber claim is assessed, or by a refinance. The response cannot wait for the claim, and the company cannot stop serving customers while it works out how to pay for it.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Fund incident response and forensics after a ransomware attack
  • Cover the notification and remediation costs after a data breach
  • Bridge to a cyber insurer while the claim is assessed
  • Replace revenue lost when a major customer fails
  • Pay service credits triggered by an outage against an SLA
  • Keep paying the engineering team through a disruption
Private lending for Technology

Emergency business loans for practices and professional firms

Professional Services

An emergency business loan funds the response when a practice is disrupted: a partner's sudden departure or death, a professional claim, a data breach, or premises made unusable. We lend against a director's home or investment property.

It is repaid from practice cash flow, or by a refinance once the position is stable. A practice cannot stop seeing clients while it works out how to pay for the disruption.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Fund a partner's sudden departure, illness, or death
  • Cover an excess or a shortfall on a professional claim
  • Respond to a data breach and the costs that follow it
  • Relocate when premises are suddenly unusable
  • Keep paying staff and rent through a disruption
  • Bridge to an insurer while a claim is assessed
Private lending for Professional Services

Emergency business loans for property developers

Property Development

An emergency business loan funds the response when a project is derailed: a builder in administration, a cost blowout, a stop-work order, or a senior lender that has pulled out. We lend against the site, completed stock, or another property in the portfolio.

It is repaid when the stock settles, or when the project is refinanced. A stalled project accrues interest, rates and holding costs whether or not anyone is working on it.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Replace a builder that has gone into administration
  • Cover a cost blowout the senior facility will not fund
  • Fund holding costs while a stop-work order is resolved
  • Respond to a senior lender that has withdrawn
  • Complete works far enough to reach a settlement
  • Bridge to a contract claim that is still being argued
Private lending for Property Development

Emergency business loans for property investors

Real Estate and Property Investors

An emergency business loan funds the response when a property or a tenant fails: a fire, a major defect, a tenant that has collapsed, or a lender that has moved to enforcement. We lend against the property or the wider portfolio.

It is repaid when the property sells, or when the position is refinanced. Enforcement moves faster than most owners expect, and the cost of stopping it is almost always less than the cost of letting it run.

An emergency business loan can help you:

  • Stop enforcement action before a property is sold up
  • Fund urgent repairs that have made a property untenantable
  • Cover a shortfall when a major tenant collapses
  • Rectify a defect or a compliance order on a building
  • Cover holding costs through an unexpected vacancy
  • Bridge to an insurer while a building claim is assessed
Private lending for Real Estate and Property Investors

"When a business is in a cash flow crisis, the asset is what carries the deal, and that takes a lot of the pressure off. Where there is sufficient equity in the property and the LVR supports the facility, we can have funds moving within 24 hours. You do not need a polished application to come to us; with the title details, the loan amount, and a repayment plan, we can get started."

Gino Tabila

Gino Tabila

Associate Director

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Why Secured Lending?

✓Australian private lender, $500M+ funded
✓We use our own funds for fast decisions
✓24-hour settlements, loans from $250k
✓Rates from 9.95% p.a. | Terms 1 to 24 months

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Recently Asked Questions

We can give you a decision within hours, and settlement can follow within 24 hours of the letter of offer being signed, subject to the lender providing its payout figure and discharge. Emergency business loans are from 9.95% p.a., and the loan must fit inside 70% of the property's value. On Monday morning, ask the lender for a written payout figure that includes the receiver's costs to date, and send it to us with the property address and the list of tenancies. The receiver's costs are added to the payout figure every week the receiver stays in place.

Yes. A supplier changing terms at short notice is a common reason for an emergency loan, and $300,000 is above our $250,000 minimum. Emergency loans start from 9.95% p.a. The loan is secured by a mortgage over property and paid to your business, which pays the supplier. Tell us what repays it within the term, such as customer receipts or a refinance.

It can, where the property and the exit support it. The factory property is valued as it stands after the damage, so a director's home or another property may need to be added as security. The insurer's payment can be the exit once the claim is accepted in writing. Until then we would look for a second way to repay, so bring the claim correspondence and the insurer's expected timing.

It can. The loan funds are paid to your business, which then pays the liquidator, and 21 days is enough time to settle on a qualifying file. Speak to your solicitor before paying. Unfair preference claims can sometimes be defended or settled for less, and the amount you agree to pay is the amount the loan needs to cover.

Three things. The title details of the property, the amount you need, and how the loan will be repaid are enough for us to start. We do not need full financial statements on an asset-backed loan. Other documents, such as identification and a rates notice, can follow while the valuation is under way.

Yes. We lend nationally, and the mortgage is registered with the land titles office in the state where the property is, regardless of where the business trades. Send the unit's address and what is owing on it, and our in-house valuers will assess it.

It can, where there is enough equity. The usual approach is for that lender to be paid out from the new loan at settlement and withdraw its caveat, with the total inside 70% of the property's value. Tell us about the caveat on the first call. A caveat we find on the title search later is one of the things that slows an emergency file down.

It can. The loan is to your business and secured by a mortgage over property, and the business pays the staff from the loan funds. 28 days is enough time on a qualifying file. Bring the audit findings and the payment deadline, and tell us what repays the loan, such as trading income or a property sale, within 1 to 24 months.

Yes. 70% of $9 million is $6.3 million, and after the $1 million owing that leaves about $5.3 million of room, enough for $5 million plus costs. Our loans run from $250,000 to $10,000,000, and one loan can be secured across several properties. Ten days is workable if you send all four titles and the existing loan statements in the first conversation.

Yes. We can still lend after a garnishee notice has been issued. The loan funds are paid to your business, which pays the ATO debt in full. Once the debt is paid, your accountant can ask the ATO to withdraw the notice, so your customer pays your business again.

It can. The loan is to your business, secured by a mortgage over your home, a residential property, and the business pays the landlord from the loan funds. 14 days is enough time on a qualifying file. Ask your solicitor to confirm that paying within the notice period remedies the breach under your lease, and call us the day the notice arrives.

We can move fast. In some cases funds are ready for settlement within 24 to 48 hours. If the security is sound and we have what we need, we prioritise urgent deals to ensure you don't miss out on critical opportunities.

Yes. We work with borrowers who've been let down by banks or delayed by red tape. We fund from our own pool, so we don't wait on third-party approvals. We act fast, especially when timing is make-or-break.

Yes. We regularly structure second mortgage facilities and cross-collateralise multiple properties to unlock equity quickly. If there's real value in the security, we'll find a way to make it work.

Absolutely. We fund urgent tax debt loans and settlement rescue finance every week. We understand the stress of looming deadlines, and we prioritise these scenarios to protect your business and assets.

Yes. We specialise in refinancing overpriced, non-performing, or predatory facilities. If you're stuck in a loan that's draining cash flow or putting your assets at risk, we can move quickly to replace it with a short-term, property-backed facility that makes commercial sense.

No. We pull the report in the same pass in which our own valuers assess the property, so it runs alongside everything else rather than gating it. What slows a file down is a title we cannot get information on, a caveat nobody mentioned, or an exit that changes halfway through. A poor report on its own does not.

We cover many situations specific to an industry, such as buying a pharmacy, a childcare centre or a pub, as well as general deadlines.

Expert
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$500M+ funded

Get an indicative offer within hours, not weeks.

No credit check. No obligation.

Why Secured Lending?

✓Australian private lender, $500M+ funded
✓We use our own funds for fast decisions
✓24-hour settlements, loans from $250k
✓Rates from 9.95% p.a. | Terms 1 to 24 months

Are you a broker? Find out why brokers love working with us.

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