LenderCompass
Navigating you to the right capital
Lender Compass screens 4,741 lender contacts across banks, debt funds, agencies and life companies against your exact parameters — and returns a ranked shortlist with named contacts.
Every figure here is a live count from the lender table your match runs against — debt sources only, from community banks to CMBS desks.
Local banks and credit unions lend close to home, so where they sit matters. Brighter states carry more local lenders — and every state is also reached by the nationwide lenders in the database.
Shading reflects how many local lending institutions are based in each state, not everywhere they lend — a bank headquartered in one state often lends across neighboring markets, and the matching engine accounts for that. Nationwide lenders have no single location and are not shown here.
Answer a few questions about the deal and get a ranked sourcing list, generated live against the full lender database.
Run a match →A plain-language breakdown of Bank, Debt Fund, CMBS, Life Insurance, and Agency financing — and who each one is really for.
Read the guide →Add your firm to the database so borrowers sourcing capital can find you. Submissions are reviewed before going live.
Create your profile →You describe the deal, the matching engine filters and ranks against every record, and only the lenders who fit come back.
Property type, loan amount, location, performance, and the attribute that matters most to you — rate, leverage, recourse, or speed.
Eligibility rules run across every record — geography, loan size, capital type and deal condition — leaving only the lenders who would actually consider it.
What remains is ranked against your stated priorities and the dynamics of the deal, returning a mix of capital types where more than one execution fits.
You contact the lenders yourself. We do not broker the deal, and your profile is never shared with a lender without your permission.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN — your deal profile filters the database; the database is never exposed to you or anyone else.
One entry from a sourcing list — the same fields the engine ranks on. This is a real record from the live database, not a mock-up. The contact’s name and direct line are withheld on this preview and revealed in your own results.
Why it’s ranked there is shown on every card — loan size, geography, property type and program fit, so you can judge the reasoning rather than trust a score. Contact details are compiled from public and industry sources, and updated as institutions submit or confirm their programs. Where we're still re-confirming a contact, your results say so rather than guessing.
Five capital types quote most of the market. Each one trades rate, leverage, recourse, and flexibility differently — the guide breaks down when each is the right starting point.
| Capital type | Best fit | Signature strength | The trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank | Transitional or stabilized | Most versatile — flexible terms, higher leverage, prepay flexibility | Full-recourse guaranty and deposits typically required |
| Debt Fund | Value-add / transitional | Structured around the business plan; non-recourse, fast closes | Highest rates and fees of any capital source |
| CMBS | Stabilized, long hold | Non-recourse, high-leverage cash-out on trailing NOI | Very inflexible prepayment and loan documents |
| Life Insurance | Stabilized, long hold | Lowest rates in market; no fees, easy servicing | Lowest leverage; strictest underwriting of the bunch |
| Agency | Stabilized multifamily | Competitive rates, IO periods, cash-out refis | Multifamily and adjacent only; yield-maintenance prepay |
Answer a few questions about the deal. We'll filter the database to lenders who plausibly fit, then rank them by what matters most to you.
Fill out the deal profile on the left and run a match. Results are generated live against all 4,741 lender contacts — debt sources only, equity providers excluded from this version.
Submit your firm's current lending parameters to be added to the Lender Compass database. Submissions are reviewed by our team before going live — fields left blank can be filled in later.
Where your office is, not where you lend — set your lending territory below. We use this to surface you to borrowers with deals near you.
Select the areas where your firm is most competitive.
Select every property type your firm will currently consider.
Less common property types
Which property classes will your firm lend on?
Which of these will you lend on? Borrowers filter on this directly.
Where will your firm currently lend?
Where do you lend? Pick one — most banks and credit unions select states.