Loan originations under the 504 loan program are proceeding at a considerably slower pace in this year than the blistering start of the SBA’s fiscal year 2022. Still, originations, are comparable to other recent years, while far below the pace set at the start of last... 
The 504 loan program is starting at a much more subdued pace in SBA’s fiscal year 2023 than it did in fiscal year 2022. This year started, originations, are strong compared to other recent years, but far below the pace set at the start of last year. 504 loan... 
The final figures are now in for the SBA’s fiscal year 2022 504 loan program. The year started on a torrid pace of originations, and while the pace slowed over the course of the year, originations still climbed 12.0% compared to FY2021. Originations this year are also... 
On September 15, 2022, Maxine Waters (D-Cal), chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced legislation that would significantly revise the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) through several new requirements. The old CRA and why it’s time to go:... 
Fund Highlights: Equalize Community Development Fund and AHOMe Fund Both of Equalize Capital’s CRA funds seek to deliver competitive financial returns while making investments that benefit US Small Business and under-banked borrowers across the country. The investment... 
The pace of SBA 504 loan originations continued to slow over the past month, but originations are still well above last year’s pace. Forty-nine weeks into fiscal year 2022 (started October 1st), 504 loan originations are up 7.4% compared to the same period a year ago.... 
Broadly speaking, a CRA investment fund is a bond or loan fund that invests in mortgage or debt-related securities. These funds should support community development activities such as small business development, job creation, and affordable housing initiatives. Before... 
The term “redlining” has recently come to refer to a variety of historically race-based exclusionary real estate practices, such as real estate agents’ use of racial steering to direct minority home buyers and tenants toward certain areas and away... 
The pace of SBA 504 loan originations slowed yet again from the torrid pace set early in FY22. Forty-five weeks into fiscal year 2022 (started October 1st), 504 loan originations are up 13.9% compared to the same period a year ago. Originations this year are also up... 
Equalize Capital is an SEC-registered asset management company with a mission to create and manage strategies that provide capital, investments, and loans to underserved small businesses and persons that serve local communities throughout the United States. Key... 
