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Commercial property loans in Goulburn

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Buying commercial property in Goulburn?

We assist with all commercial property finance requirements in Goulburn: depots, warehousing and hardstand yards, rural services and wool handling premises, CBD retail, health and professional premises, and tenanted stock held as an investment. Much of the land on the city fringe sits in a transition zone, so the first thing we check is what the land is actually consented for.

We can help you:

  • Buy the premises, site or yard your business operates from
  • Borrow up to 80% of the property value on standard commercial security. Up to 100% of the purchase price is achievable where you add equity from a property you already own.
  • Acquire a Goulburn commercial property as an investment
  • Refinance or release equity from a property you already own
  • Fund a depot, warehouse or distribution facility
  • Arrange finance for an SMSF commercial purchase
  • Buy an Auburn Street shopfront, office or consulting suite
  • Free up your working capital
  • Arrange finance through a trust, company or service-trust structure

Who we help:

  • Established business owners who require finance between $50K to $30M
  • First-time borrowers who need a beginner-friendly strategy
  • Sophisticated borrowers and investors who need a unique strategy and deal structure
  • Urgent, time-sensitive deals that need to move quickly
  • Self-employed and trust-structured borrowers who need their income presented properly
  • Commercial property owners with multi-tenancy plans
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Commercial property loans in Goulburn

From transport depots to hardware stores, we get you funded

We work across Goulburn Mulwaree: transport and distribution operators buying depots and warehousing, rural services and wool businesses, trades and light industry, retailers and hospitality on and around Auburn Street, medical and allied health practices, and investors holding tenanted stock. We establish what the land can actually be used for and manage the file through to settlement.

Funding from $50K to $30M
from over 60 bank & non-bank lenders

  • ANZ
  • Bankwest
  • Bluestone
  • Bank of Queensland
  • Commonwealth Bank
  • Firstmac
  • ING
  • Macquarie
  • NAB
  • Pepper Money
  • Suncorp Bank
  • Thinktank

Commercial finance for Goulburn businesses

Highway freight, rural services and a large government presence produce a wide mix of property. What we finance in Goulburn includes:

  • Owner-occupier commercial property purchase
  • Investment commercial property and landlord finance
  • SMSF commercial property under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement
  • Commercial construction and development finance
  • Commercial property refinance and equity release

A good deal of the land on the city fringe sits in a transition zone, which exists precisely because its future use has not been settled. That is a fair question for a lender to ask, and the answer is in the consent rather than the zone label.

Commercial property loans in Goulburn

Why Goulburn businesses choose Ardent Capital Group as their commercial broker

Execution and strategy

Strategy first, then execution. We structure your deal properly and take it to the lenders we know suit this kind of deal, without sending the same request out four ways.

Clear advice for smart lending

Straight answers on LVR, structure and timing, including when a deal does not stack up.

A long-term partner

We stay with you well beyond settlement, with lasting relationships and ongoing support from the team.

Property types

Goulburn purchases and their lending profile

Whether the land has a settled use or an open one changes the shape of the file more than anything else here. Below is how each Goulburn purchase is assessed, and the areas we cover.

Transition zone land

A transition zone applies to land sitting between rural and urban use, and its purpose is to hold that land while its longer term use is worked out. That is sound planning and it is an awkward label for a credit assessor, because what the land can be used for is by design not yet settled.

The answer is the consent rather than the zone. Where a property has an existing approved commercial or industrial use, that consent is the fact a lender needs, and putting it in front of them with the application changes the conversation entirely. Where there is no established use, the land is valued as land and gears accordingly, closer to 65% than 80%. Either way it is knowable before you offer.

  • A transition zone means the long term use is not yet fixed, which is what a lender queries
  • An existing approved use is the fact that answers it, so supply the consent up front
  • Land without an established commercial use is valued as land and gears around 65%
  • Some lenders will not write a transition zone at all, and we establish that before lodging
  • Provide the planning certificate, the consent and details of the current use
  • Larger holdings may carry primary production land tax treatment worth confirming

Highway freight and depots

Goulburn sits roughly halfway between Sydney and Canberra, so freight stops here rather than passing through. The premises that serve it are depots, warehousing, hardstand and highway service sites. A built warehouse gears to 80% of value as conventional industrial security; the yard and hardstand around it are what move the valuation.

Where the site is predominantly hardstand with a small office block, the valuation is of land rather than improvements and gearing sits around 65%. Highway access, turning circles and usable yard area feed the number directly, and they also determine how readily the site would suit somebody else.

  • Standard industrial security reaches up to 80% of value with full financials
  • Predominantly hardstand or vacant industrial land gears around 65%
  • Highway access, turning circles and usable yard area feed the valuation
  • Terms run 25 to 30 years with non-bank lenders, against the 10 to 15 the major banks commonly publish
  • Trucks, trailers and materials handling equipment are funded separately from the property
  • Alt-doc is available on BAS and an accountant's declaration where accounts are not ready

Rural services and wool premises

Wool handling, rural supplies, machinery dealerships and contracting businesses sit on the fringe and in the surrounding villages. Fixed handling plant is generally valued separately from the property and can be funded on its own facility.

Income in these businesses tends to arrive on a seasonal cycle rather than evenly, so a monthly view makes a sound operation look uneven. We present it across a full cycle and, where it suits, match the repayment structure to when receipts actually land.

  • Fixed handling and processing plant is generally valued separately from the building
  • Seasonal income is presented across a full cycle rather than a monthly average
  • Repayment structures can be matched to when the receipts arrive
  • Fringe land often sits in a transition or rural zone, which we check before lodging
  • Standard commercial and industrial security reaches up to 80% of value
  • Provide two years of financials and a schedule of the plant on site

Heritage CBD, health and government premises

The Auburn Street core is a genuine heritage commercial centre on conventional E2 land, carrying retail, hospitality and professional offices. The hospital and the substantial government and corrections employment base support consulting suites, allied health and a steady professional services market.

Where a building is leased to a government department or agency the covenant is strong and the file generally presents very well. Heritage listing across the CBD affects alteration rights rather than borrowing capacity, and lenders take it in their stride when the consent position is clear.

  • Standard commercial security reaches up to 80% of value with full financials
  • A government or agency tenant is a strong covenant that supports the serviceability test
  • Heritage listing affects alteration rights rather than borrowing capacity
  • Practice income read across a service trust or company is where most of the work sits
  • Fit-out, medical equipment and practice goodwill can often be funded alongside the property
  • Hospitality premises with a liquor licence are assessed on trading history, not floor area

Investment purchases and re-letting

Behind every investment file sits one question a lender does not always ask out loud: if this tenant left tomorrow, who else would take the space? The rent, the covenant and the remaining term are all read against that.

Goulburn answers it better than most inland centres of its size, because it sits on a major road between two capital cities. The businesses that might occupy a property here are not limited to the local economy, and saying so explicitly is worth more in an application than another decimal place on the yield.

  • Priced on net passing rent, the tenant covenant and the weighted average lease expiry
  • Proximity to two capitals widens the pool of businesses that could occupy the property
  • Wider regional yields generally make interest cover less binding than in the capitals
  • Lease doc lending runs 65% to 75% and steps down as the loan size rises
  • Full doc lending against the same security reaches up to 80%
  • Prepare recent financials, current loan statements, the lease and a rates notice

SMSF commercial property in Goulburn

Yes, a fund can buy Goulburn commercial property, and we arrange these. It is also one of the more intricate purchases in commercial finance, and the detail is what decides whether it works. The fund borrows under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, the property sits in a separate holding trust, and the lender can only come after that one property.

We know this sounds complicated, and we can assist to make things clearer. We structure the finance, tell you which lenders will take a Goulburn commercial property as SMSF security and on what terms, and bring in the SMSF specialists and licensed advisers who set the fund side up. You will not be working it out on your own.

  • From 10 August 2026 a new arrangement can only be used for business real property: a property used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a property with a residence attached generally does not
  • Your operating company leases the property back from the fund, in writing, at market rent supported by an independent appraisal, and the rent has to actually be paid
  • Cross-collateralisation is not available inside super, so the fund needs its own deposit and the 100% LVR structures described elsewhere on this page do not work here
  • Standard commercial security inside a fund is generally available to 65% to 80% of the lender's valuation, with cash left in the fund after settlement
  • The arrangement funds a single asset, so fit-out, plant and goodwill are financed separately outside the fund
  • The bare trust has to exist before contracts are signed, and in NSW the deed is executed after the contract, by the bare trust trustee rather than the fund trustee

Our complete list of services

  • Buy the premises your business operates from
  • Acquire a commercial property as an investment
  • Borrow up to 60% to 80% depending on the asset class
  • Finance medical, industrial, retail, office or hospitality property
  • Refinance an existing commercial loan
  • Release equity for growth or another purchase
  • Structure an SMSF commercial purchase
  • Fund a construction or development project
  • Arrange finance through a trust or company structure
  • Buy specialist assets like childcare or licensed venues
  • Free up your working capital
  • Bridge a settlement timing gap
  • Consolidate a commercial property portfolio
  • Move a property into super
  • Provide personal and home finance for owners
  • Support first-time commercial property buyers

The areas we service

We are based in the Sydney CBD and arrange commercial finance across Goulburn Mulwaree and the Southern Tablelands. Most of the process runs by phone, email and video, and we know what the land is consented for. The areas we cover include:

  • The city — Goulburn CBD, North Goulburn, Eastgrove, Kenmore, Run-O-Waters
  • Industrial and highway land — Goulburn industrial estate, Bradfordville, Goulburn airport precinct, Towrang
  • The surrounding villages — Marulan, Tarago, Bungonia, Windellama, Tallong
  • The wider Southern Tablelands — Crookwell, Yass, Gunning, Collector, Braidwood, Bungendore, Queanbeyan

We work across the Southern Highlands and Nowra on the same terms.

Not on the list? We still cover it. We arrange commercial property finance right across Greater Sydney and NSW, and we work with clients Australia-wide.

Our process

How it works

1

We understand your scenario

We talk through the Goulburn property, what the land is consented for, your business and timeline, and any complexity in your structure.

2

We find the right lender

We match your deal to the lender on our panel best suited to it for that asset and precinct.

3

You receive clear terms and guidance

We present indicative terms and explain what we recommend, and why.

4

We stay with you beyond settlement

We manage everything through to settlement, then stay in your corner well beyond it, with ongoing support from the team.

Lender features compared

How commercial property loans compare across lenders

Commercial loan feature Major banks Non-bank lenders Availability
Maximum LVR60% to 75%Up to 80%Standard
Owner-occupier financePreferred ratesAvailableCommon
SMSF purchaseUp to 65%Up to 70%Popular
Interest-only periodsUp to 5 yearsUp to 5 yearsCommon
Loan termUp to 25 to 30 yearsUp to 25 yearsFlexible
Lease / WALE (investment)Longer WALE preferredShorter WALE consideredImportant
Approval timeframe*3 to 6 weeks2 to 4 weeksVaries
Best suited forEstablished borrowers, standard assetsComplex structures, higher LVR, specialised assets

*IMPORTANT: These are indicative figures only. Terms, LVRs and approval timeframes vary with borrower capacity, security type and individual lender criteria, and are subject to change. Figures are a general guide, not a quote or an offer of finance, and not a representation that finance is available on these terms.

Frequently asked questions

The certificate says the land is in a transition zone. What does that mean for us?

It means the long term use of the land has not been settled, which is what a lender queries. The answer is usually the consent: where there is an existing approved commercial or industrial use, that is the fact a credit team needs, and we supply it with the application. Where there is no established use, the land is valued as land and gears closer to 65%.

How much can we borrow against a depot on the highway?

Standard commercial and industrial security reaches up to 80% of value. Predominantly hardstand or vacant land sits closer to 65%. Up to 100% of the purchase price is achievable where you add equity from a property you already own.

How much finance can you help me access?

From $50K up to $30M. Highway freight and rural services businesses buy across that range, and the figure follows the security and the servicing rather than the sector.

Does knowing the Goulburn market change how the file is put together?

It helps here, because a lot of the fringe land carries a zone label that reads as uncertain to a credit assessor, and the fix is knowing to lead with the consent rather than the zone. Ardent Capital Group arranges commercial property finance across Sydney from its Clarence Street office, and works in Goulburn and the rest of Australia.

Which property types can you finance around here?

We fund all of these: depots, warehousing and hardstand yards, highway service premises, rural services and wool handling, retail and hospitality, consulting suites and offices, accommodation, childcare, and tenanted investment stock. Lender appetite differs sharply across those, which is why we match the property to the lenders that write it.

Our income comes in seasonally. Does that count against us?

Not when it is presented across a full cycle. Seasonal receipts look uneven on a monthly view, so we show the whole year and, where it suits the business, match repayments to when the money actually arrives. Lenders that write rural services regularly expect this pattern.

Can we handle this without travelling?

Yes. Commercial lending is not a branch business, the credit team assessing your file could be anywhere, and most of the process runs by phone, email and video. We come out when it helps. We know which lenders write Southern Tablelands security properly.

What sets the rate we would be offered?

A commercial rate is set per file rather than off a shelf price. It moves with the zoning and the security, the LVR, the loan size, the entity you borrow through, and whether the lender is verifying your full financials or just the lease. We will tell you the range your deal genuinely sits in before you spend anything, and where the levers are.

What is the stamp duty on commercial property in NSW?

Transfer duty is charged on the dutiable value of the property on the general NSW scale, and there is no owner-occupier or first-buyer concession the way there is on a home. Surcharge purchaser duty applies to residential-related property, so a purely commercial purchase is generally outside it. Duty and GST are funds you bring to settlement rather than part of the loan, so we set your funds-to-complete figure with you before you exchange. Revenue NSW publishes the current scale.

The building is heritage listed. Is that an obstacle?

No. Heritage listing is common across the Auburn Street core and affects what you can alter rather than whether the property can be financed. Lenders handle it routinely when the consent position is clear. Confirm the listing and any conditions early so it sits in the file as a known fact.

Is an SMSF purchase possible for this?

Yes, it is possible, and we arrange these. It is also one of the more intricate purchases in commercial finance, and the detail is what decides whether it works. The fund borrows under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, so the property sits in a separate holding trust and the lender can only come after that one property. From 10 August 2026 a new arrangement can only be used for business real property: a property used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a property with a residence attached generally does not. Your operating company leases the property back from the fund, in writing, at market rent supported by an independent appraisal, and the rent has to actually be paid. Cross-collateralisation is not available inside super, so the fund needs its own deposit and the 100% LVR structures described elsewhere on this page do not work here. Standard commercial security inside a fund is generally available to 65% to 80% of the lender's valuation, with cash left in the fund after settlement. We know this sounds complicated, and we can assist to make things clearer. Reach out to our team and we will guide you through the entire process. We structure the finance, tell you which lenders will take a Goulburn commercial property as SMSF security and on what terms, and bring in the SMSF specialists and licensed advisers who set the fund side up. You will not be working it out on your own. Get that right and it is a solid, compliant structure. Our business real property page sets out what that test requires and the situations that decide it.

How long will this take from start to settlement?

A straightforward owner-occupier purchase with clean financials usually settles in four to six weeks, and can be as quick as two weeks where the documentation is ready at the start. Transition-zone land needing a consent search, and SMSF purchases, take longer. We give you a realistic timeline for your specific property before you commit to an exchange date rather than after.

We have already been declined once. Is that it?

Often not. A decline from one lender does not mean the deal is not fundable, and on transition-zone or land-heavy security it frequently means the file went to a lender that does not write it at all. Non-bank and specialist commercial lenders take a different view on LVR, income presentation and asset type. We will give you a straight assessment first.

What is the benefit of using Ardent Capital Group?

Ardent Capital Group brings the same method to every client: execution and strategy, clear advice for smart lending, and long-term growth. That means the right lender, structure and timing, straight advice so you borrow with confidence, and today's deal built toward where you want to be tomorrow. We are specialists in helping business owners secure finance to purchase their own property, and we understand the complex structures that often sit around it, including multiple trusts, holding companies and self-managed super funds. In Goulburn that method earns its keep on the planning certificate. Leading with the consent rather than the zone label is what keeps a fringe-land file moving. We have facilitated more than 1,000 commercial and residential mortgages and funded over $2B. Every figure is subject to serviceability, lender appetite and approval.

What will you ask us for?

Identification, the contract or property details, recent business and personal financials, tax returns, bank statements, and details of your entity or trust structure. Transition-zone land adds the planning certificate and the consent. A rural services site adds a schedule of the fixed plant.

Do you charge fees for commercial mortgage broking?

Most of the time, no. Where a deal needs significant preparation or is unusually complex, a small mandate fee may apply, and we will always tell you plainly before any work begins.

What areas do you service?

Although we are based in Sydney, we service clients across all major Australian cities, including Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart, along with their surrounding regional areas. Wherever your commercial property is located, we can arrange your finance.

What other finance can you assist with?

Although our main speciality is property loans for business owners, we also assist with asset finance and working capital for Goulburn businesses. On asset finance, that covers wool and rural handling plant, forklifts, trucks and trailers. On working capital, we arrange business overdrafts, lines of credit and cash-flow funding to cover stock, supplier payments and cash-flow gaps. We also arrange home loans, planned alongside your commercial borrowing: cross collateralisation, guarantees, shortfalls and trust income included. See home loans for business owners.

I have been a business owner for a few years, but this will be my first commercial loan. Are you beginner friendly?

Yes. That is our core ethos, helping you understand the right strategy, structure and clear advice from the very first conversation. Our main borrower profiles are established business owners and commercial property investors seeking finance from $50,000 upwards for their company, so a first commercial loan is well within our wheelhouse. Smaller sole-trader and consumer-style ABN lending sits outside our field.

Can you give financial advice?

No. Arranging finance and advising on financial products are two different disciplines, and we do the first. What we bring is the credit analysis lenders require, the structuring of the facility, and the strategy for putting your application in front of lenders whose appetite matches it.

Because we act as a credit representative under an Australian Credit Licence, we do not give financial product, superannuation, taxation or legal advice, and nothing we provide should be taken as such. Where your circumstances need that input, we are happy to work with your accountant, financial adviser and solicitor to understand the full picture before anything is submitted.

The information on this page is general in nature and does not take account of your objectives, financial situation or needs.

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