Cleary Capital Group, Inc.

Real estate lending, drawn to scale.

Direct loans on commercial and investment property. Bridge, construction, permanent, and cannabis real estate, from $250K to $500M+, nationwide since 2007.

Check the fit in ten seconds.

We lend on real estate and nothing else. Pick the collateral and the purpose, and the answer appears before you fill in a form.

Pick both to see where the deal sits.

The answer is instant and nothing is submitted.

Four programs. One kind of collateral.

Every loan we make is secured by property. Bridge is the primary program and covers any asset class; the other three cover the rest of a building's life.

Primary program
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Bridge loans

Short-term debt for when timing matters more than the perfect rate. Acquisitions, refinances, cash-out, and the gap between purchase and stabilization, on any asset class.

  • Amount $250K to $500M+
  • Collateral Any asset class
  • Term Sized to the exit
Bridge loans
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Construction financing

Ground-up and major redevelopment, funded against a budget and drawn as work is put in place.

  • Amount $250K to $500M+
  • Draws Against verified work
Construction financing
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Permanent financing

Long-term commercial mortgages of roughly 30 years on stabilized property, including the takeout of a construction loan.

  • Term About 30 years
  • Use Refinance, takeout, acquisition
Permanent financing
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Cannabis real estate financing

Federal rules keep banks away from licensed cannabis property. We lend on it directly, or buy the real estate and lease it back to the operator, so the license holder keeps operating and gets the capital out of the building.

  • Structures Direct loan, or buy-and-lease-back
  • Collateral Licensed real estate only
Cannabis real estate financing

From $250,000 to $500,000,000 and beyond.

One lender across the whole range. Loans inside the parameters of our fund close on our balance sheet. Loans outside it are structured with our capital partners, with the same person on the phone.

Where each program usually sits

$250K to $1M

Fix-and-flip, small bridge loans, single-asset refinances.

$1M to $25M

Bridge, construction, and permanent loans on most commercial property.

$25M to $500M+

Large construction, portfolios, and permanent takeouts, with capital partners as needed.

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Inside the fund

Loans that fit our fund's parameters are funded directly. One underwriter, one decision, no committee at another institution.

With capital partners

Larger or unusual loans are structured with capital partners we have worked with for years. You still deal with Cleary from first call to closing.

How a loan closes.

Four stations, in order. We tell you at the first one whether the deal is worth the second.

Request terms

Property type, loan type, amount, and location. That is all we need to start.

Term sheet

We come back with structure and pricing for that deal, in writing, or with a clear no.

Underwriting

Appraisal, title, and borrower documents. We set the checklist with you, not after you.

Close and fund

From our fund when the loan fits it, with our capital partners when it does not.

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Residential investors: bridge, construction, and fix-and-flip.

Commercial developers and property owners come first here, but investors in 1 to 4 unit property are not an afterthought. We fund purchase-and-renovation projects every month, short-term bridge debt on rental property, and ground-up residential builds.

Not a residential mortgage lender.

If you are financing a home you will live in, we cannot help, and we would rather tell you before you apply than after.

Every state. One lender.

Cleary lends in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Local title and counsel vary from deal to deal. The underwriting does not.

Hover or tap a state.

Lending on land and buildings since 2007.

Cleary Capital Group is a real-estate-based lender. We do not lend on businesses and we do not lend to individuals. Every loan is secured by property, funded from our own fund or structured with capital partners.

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Request terms.

Four facts get a real answer: property type, loan type, loan amount, and location. Send them and we reply with structure, or with a plain no.

  • ReviewWe read the property and the four facts first. Not a form letter, not a credit pull.
  • TermsYou hear back with the structure and pricing that fits the deal, in writing.
  • UnderwritingAppraisal, title, and borrower documents, on a timeline agreed with you.
  • FundingClosed from our fund, or with our capital partners when the loan sits outside it.
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Purchase price or current value, timeline, exit, anything unusual.
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We reply by email or phone. Nothing here is a commitment to lend.