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Warehouse lending

Meaning in finance & banking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In finance & banking, warehouse lending means: Short-term lending to finance newly originated loans before they are sold or securitized.

In Turkish: kredilerin satış öncesi geçici finansmanı

How it is used

In this context warehouse describes a holding stage for loans, not a storage building.

Example sentences

  1. The mortgage originator used warehouse lending until investors purchased the loans.

    Temporary funding bridges origination and later sale.

  2. A delay in loan sales increased the balances financed through warehouse lending.

    Slower sales leave loans funded for longer.

Common collocations

  • warehouse lending facility
  • mortgage warehouse lending
  • credit facilityAn arrangement in which a bank agrees to lend a company up to a set amount, which the company can draw on as needed under agreed terms.
  • mortgageA long-term loan used to buy a home or other property. The property secures the loan, so the lender can have it sold if the borrower does not repay.

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