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Average SME loan size of £61,000 as lenders receive 15.4% gross return
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£20 million of SME loans targeted by the end of 2014
Fast-growing peer-to-business lending platform, rebuildingsociety.com, has passed the £1 million borrowing milestone following a surge in interest from small and medium sized business (SME) borrowers targeting growth opportunities as the economic recovery takes hold.
Strong growth in lending and demand from UK small businesses in the past three months has enabled rebuildingsociety.com to pass the milestone and facilitate nearly £1.2 million of loans to SMEs in a nine month period.
The rapid growth has encouraged rebuildingsociety.com to target £20 million of borrowing by the end of 2014. Average loans to SMEs are now £61,000 and the Leeds-based firm has received 50% more loan requests from businesses in the three months to November 22nd compared the previous three months. Applications are coming from a wide range of industries and sectors including franchises, pubs and chartered accountants as peer-to-peer financing becomes part of the mainstream of borrowing options for growing small businesses.
rebuildingsociety.com currently has around 300 active online lenders who have offered a total of around £1.2 million to British businesses. Lenders provide funding to SMEs on their own terms and as rebuildingsociety.com has lower overheads than banks and building societies, borrowers can refinance expensive bank products like overdrafts, while lenders make a bigger return compared to traditional savings accounts (2.14%1).
There are no early repayment charges for borrowers and no limit on the number of loans that can be facilitated through rebuildingsociety.com. The average time between application and receiving a loan for is down to 14 days. rebuildingsociety.com facilitates loans from £25,000 upwards and businesses must have at least two years of trading history and be profitable.
https://www.rebuildingsociety.com/
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