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Why Banks Won't Lend Money To Your Construction Business

Contractor Bookkeeping

Small construction business owners must be adequately prepared to meet with a lender to present their business in the best possible light and ready for the money they need. Getting approved for a business loan or line of credit is more complicated than qualifying for a personal loan.

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Will Banking Sector Uncertainty Cause a Slowdown in New Construction?

Pro Builder

Will Banking Sector Uncertainty Cause a Slowdown in New Construction? While elevated interest rates have made construction less profitable since the final quarter of 2022, recent banking turmoil is increasing headwinds for residential developers. As lending standards tightened, construction backlog decreased to 8.7

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How to Increase Cash Flow for Your Construction Business When You Can’t Get the Financing You Need From the Bank

Levelset

As a commercial specialty contractor, it can be frustrating to have the crew, time, and skills you need to take on construction projects but not enough cash to purchase materials. Add in being denied a bank loan, and the frustrations mount. It’s unfair to feel like the bank and the contractor on all of your projects.

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Tanzania Hydropower Project Secures Financing

ENR Construction

MW Kakono hydropower plant in Tanzania has secured $300 million in financing from the French Development Agency and the African Development Bank, paving the way for the engineering, procurement, and construction phase to begin. The effort to build the 87.8-MW

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Construction M&A deals slow after record run

Construction Dive

A rebound in mergers and acquisitions should come later this year as economic confidence and financing conditions improve, says a banking executive.

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Why You Need Materials Financing in Your Back Pocket

Levelset

Even if you have enough cash today, financing your materials is a great solution to have in your back pocket for unexpected needs in the future. “We Now it is with Materials Financing.” – Joseph G., Materials Financing is a cash flow solution that allows you to get your materials now and then pay Levelset back when you get paid.

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Wells Fargo CFO calls commercial real estate a ‘long movie’

Construction Dive

The office market is under the most pressure, the bank’s finance chief Michael Santomassimo said on Monday.