锦鲤配资APP下载 SBA 504 允许小企业仅需支付低至 10% 的首付，即可购买商业地产。

（来源：信業資本 Essencap Funding）

博客文章还在租赁你一手打造事业的办公场所吗？大多数业主都忽略了这一点。对于大多数小企业主而言，事情的发展轨迹往往是这样的：寻找场地，签署租约，然后建立并发展业务。租约到期续签，租金随之上涨。数年光阴流逝，房东坐享房产增值带来的收益——而这处房产的价值，恰恰是你所经营的业务一手创造出来的。最终，你要么被迫另寻他处从头再来，要么只能硬着头皮支付房东开出的任何天价租金。这是一个耳熟能详的故事。但它本不必如此。当前的信贷环境银行的信贷政策正处于多年来最为紧缩的时期。根据美联储（Federal Reserve）的数据，2025年第三季度，有9%的银行收紧了针对小企业的商业及工业贷款信贷标准；其中，高达83%的银行将“经济不确定性”列为收紧信贷的首要原因。银行对抵押品的要求提高了，单笔贷款的额度却缩减了。对于身处乡村市场或特定细分行业的企业而言，这种信贷紧缩的状况甚至表现得更为明显。然而，在这些看似严峻的头条新闻背后，有一个极易被人们忽略的细节：尽管商业银行正在收缩信贷，但美国小企业管理局（SBA）的贷款发放额却创下了历史新高。在2025财年，SBA共发放了总额高达448亿美元的担保贷款——这是其旗下“7(a)”贷款项目与“504”贷款项目合并以来的最高发放纪录。由此可见，市场需求并非问题所在；真正的症结在于企业能否找到并成功申请到最适合自身需求的贷款项目。两大贷款项目：用途截然不同大多数企业主都曾听说过SBA的大名，但真正理解其两大核心贷款项目之间差异的人却寥寥无几。然而，根据你所设定的具体目标与需求，这两大项目之间的差异往往具有至关重要的意义。在这两大项目中，SBA“7(a)”贷款项目更为人所熟知。它是SBA向小企业提供资金援助的主要渠道，单笔贷款最高额度可达500万美元。该项目资金用途广泛，既可用于补充营运资金、进行债务再融资，也可用于购置设备或购买房地产。它不仅具备高度的灵活性且适用范围极广，通常采用的是浮动利率——这意味着你的每月还款额会随着时间的推移而发生变化。相比之下，SBA“504”贷款项目在设计理念与设立初衷上则呈现出截然不同的特点。这是一种专门用于购置商业房地产、机械设备或其他固定资产的长期融资方案。其结构采用三方安排模式：银行提供总额的50%，“认证开发公司”（CDC）出资40%，而借款人仅需支付低至10%的首付款。其中，CDC提供的资金部分实行长期固定利率，这意味着在长达10年、20年甚至25年的整个贷款期限内，借款人的还款额将保持稳定且可预测。这种融资结构值得我们特别关注。根据“504项目”的规定，一位企业主若要购置一处价值200万美元的房产，在典型的交易情境下，仅需支付20万美元的首付款。相比之下，若针对同一处房产申请传统的商业抵押贷款，通常需要支付25%至30%的首付款——即50万至60万美元——且往往伴随着浮动利率或期末大额还款（balloon rate）的风险。

导致企业主迟迟不买房产、继续租房的种种误区尽管 SBA 贷款业务已开展数十年，累计发放资金超过 4000 亿美元，但仍有部分企业主对 SBA 504 计划存在严重的误解。以下是其中几个最常见的误区：“这项计划仅适用于那些无法获得传统融资的企业。”事实并非如此。SBA 504 贷款并非仅限于那些无法获得传统商业贷款的企业；其之所以提供对借款人极具吸引力的优惠条款，是为了服务于国家经济发展的政策目标，而非仅仅作为企业在走投无路时的“最后救命稻草”。

“文书工作太繁琐了。”这种说法也不准确。申请 SBA 504 贷款所需的文档通常与申请传统商业贷款所需的文档相同。整个流程涉及一个 CDC（社区发展公司）——即经 SBA 批准的中间机构——由其全程指导借款人完成各项步骤。“我的企业规模太大——或者太小了。”SBA的企业规模认定标准实际上比大多数人想象的要宽泛得多。此外，SBA 允许依据 NAICS（北美产业分类体系）代码采用替代性认定标准；即便一家企业初看起来似乎超出了规模限制，这一替代标准往往也能使其项目最终符合申请资格。

**拥有房产后，会有哪些变化？**从财务角度来看，拥有房产的理由显而易见：租金是一项无限期持续累积的支出，而偿还按揭贷款则能逐步积累资产净值（Equity）。然而，从运营角度来看，拥有房产的优势往往被低估了。

拥有属于自己的经营场所，意味着你能完全掌控各项占用成本。你无需再为续签租约而进行谈判；无需担心房东决定不再续租；更无需担忧房东偏偏在你企业经营最脆弱的时期大幅上调租金。对于医疗诊所、专业服务机构以及那些在实体空间上投入巨资的企业（例如牙科诊所、兽医医院、仓储配送中心等）而言，其经营场所往往已不再仅仅是一个简单的办公地点，而是像企业本身一样，成为了业务不可分割的核心组成部分。

SBA 504 贷款项目正是基于这一理念而专门设计的。其核心思想在于：如果企业主能够以较低的首付比例和固定的利率购入房产，他们便能将原本用于无限期支付租金的现金流，转而投入到企业自身的扩张与发展之中。

**另一项值得关注的新动态**对于制造业领域的企业主而言，SBA 近期宣布了一项利好消息：作为联邦政府“美国制造”（Made in America）倡议的一部分，SBA将在 2026 财年免除小型制造企业的大部分前期贷款手续费。符合资格的制造企业不仅可享受 0.5% 的前期贷款手续费减免，还能获得比标准利率低约 20 个基点的优惠利率。上述新政适用于所有在 2026 年 9 月 30 日之前获批的贷款——这使得当前成为制造业企业考虑购置房产或投资设备的一段绝佳窗口期。

**一个值得深思的问题**如果您已在当前的经营场所驻扎了三年或更久，且目前尚无搬迁计划，那么或许值得您认真思考这样一个问题：您目前所使用的这栋建筑，是否还能为您创造出更大的价值与效益？解决方案并非总是“拥有产权”——但对于许多企业主而言，他们之所以从未考虑过这一选项，仅仅是因为此前从未有人向他们详尽阐释过究竟有哪些可行的方案。

Essencap 专注于为中小企业提供 SBA 504、SBA 7(a) 以及常规商业地产融资服务。wecare@essencap.com| 888-269-1033 | www.essencap.com

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Renting the Building You Built Your Business In? Here's What Most Owners Never Consider.

For most small business owners, the sequence goes like this: find a space, sign a lease, build the business. The lease renews. The rent goes up. Years pass. The landlord benefits from the appreciation of a property that your business made valuable — and you start over somewhere else, or pay whatever number your landlord puts in front of you.

It's a familiar story. But it doesn't have to be.

The Lending Environment Right Now

Banks are tighter than they've been in years. According to the Federal Reserve, 9% of banks tightened credit standards on commercial and industrial loans to small firms in Q3 2025, with 83% of those banks citing economic uncertainty as their primary reason. Collateral requirements are up. Loan sizes are down. And for businesses in rural markets or niche industries, the situation is even more pronounced.

But here's what's easy to miss in that headline: while banks are pulling back, SBA lending hit a record high. The SBA delivered $44.8 billion in guaranteed loans in Fiscal Year 2025 — the largest amount ever delivered under its 7(a) and 504 programs combined. Demand isn't the problem. Access to the right program is.

Two Programs, Very Different Purposes

Most business owners have heard of the SBA, but far fewer understand the difference between its two primary loan programs — and that difference matters enormously depending on what you're trying to accomplish.

The SBA 7(a) is the more familiar of the two. It's the SBA's primary way to provide financial assistance to small businesses, with a maximum of $5 million, and can be used for a broad range of purposes including working capital, debt refinancing, equipment, and real estate. It's flexible, widely available, and typically variable rate — meaning your payment can change over time.

The SBA 504 is different in design and intent. It's a long-term financing solution specifically for buying commercial real estate, machinery, equipment, or other fixed assets, structured as a three-party arrangement: a bank provides 50% of the total, a Certified Development Company (CDC) contributes 40%, and the borrower puts in as little as 10% down. The CDC portion carries a long-term fixed rate, which means predictable payments for the life of the loan — 10, 20, or 25 years.

That structure is worth pausing on. A business owner purchasing a $2 million property under the 504 program would need just $200,000 down in a typical transaction. A conventional commercial mortgage on the same property might require 25-30% — or $500,000 to $600,000 — while also carrying a variable or balloon rate.

The Myths That Keep Business Owners Renting

Despite decades of lending and over $400 billion deployed, some business owners still have significant misconceptions about the SBA 504 program. A few of the most common:

"It's only for businesses that can't get conventional financing." Not true. The SBA 504 loan is not limited to those unable to secure a conventional loan — its borrower-friendly terms exist to support economic development policy goals, not to serve as a last resort. Many businesses that qualify for conventional financing choose the 504 precisely because the terms are better.

"The paperwork is overwhelming." Also not accurate. The documents required to apply for an SBA 504 loan are typically the same ones needed for a conventional loan. The process involves a CDC — an SBA-approved intermediary — which guides the borrower through the steps.

"My business is too big — or too small." The SBA size standards are broader than most people realize, and the SBA allows the use of alternative standards based on NAICS codes, which often tips a project into eligible territory even when a business initially appears to exceed the limits.

What Changes When You Own the Building

The financial case for ownership is straightforward: rent is an expense that compounds indefinitely, while a mortgage payment builds equity. But the operational case is often underappreciated.

Owning your space means you control your occupancy costs. No lease renewal negotiation. No landlord deciding not to renew. No rent increase timed to when your business is most vulnerable. For healthcare practices, specialty trades, and businesses that have invested heavily in their physical space — dental offices, veterinary hospitals, distribution facilities — the building often becomes as much a part of the business as the business itself.

The 504 program was designed specifically with this in mind. The underlying idea is that if business owners can acquire real estate with a low down payment and a fixed rate, it allows them to grow their businesses rather than divert cash flow into rent indefinitely.

One More Development Worth Knowing

For business owners in manufacturing, the SBA announced that it would waive most upfront fees for small manufacturers in fiscal year 2026 as part of the federal Made in America initiative. Eligible manufacturers receive a 0.5% reduction on upfront loan fees and an interest rate approximately 20 basis points lower than the standard rate. These changes apply to loans approved through September 30, 2026 — making this a particularly good window for manufacturing businesses considering a real estate purchase or equipment investment.

The Question Worth Asking

If you've been in your space for three or more years and have no plans to leave, it may be worth asking whether the building you operate from could be working harder for you. The answer isn't always ownership — but for many business owners, the only reason they've never explored it is that no one ever explained what was actually available.

Essencap specializes in SBA 504, SBA 7(a), and conventional commercial real estate financing for small and mid-sized businesses. wecare@essencap.com| 888-269-1033 | www.essencap.com