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Our Products
Comprehensive financing solutions tailored for every stage of your property development journey.
Purchase Finance
Fast funding to secure sites and properties before the opportunity passes.
Learn More →Refinance
Access better terms and release equity from your existing property assets.
Learn More →Development Finance
Construction funding from small builds to large-scale developments.
Learn More →Residual Stock Finance
Release equity from completed stock and sell down on your terms.
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WHY CHOOSE BLACKFORT
Built Different. Built for Certainty.
Our technology is integrated with institutional capital partners to deliver a funding experience that's faster, simpler, and more reliable.
Lightning-Fast Terms
Get indicative financing terms in minutes, not weeks. Our platform analyses your deal instantly so you can move with confidence.
Institutional Capital
Access deep pools of trusted, institutional funding - giving you reliability, scale, and competitive rates on every deal.
Certainty of Execution
No surprises. Our process is designed to deliver consistent, transparent outcomes so you can plan with confidence.
No Financials
Because we capitalise and retain all interest within the facility, there are no monthly interest payments. This allows us to assess your loan without the need for traditional financials or proof of serviceability.
Full Product Suite
From purchase to construction to residual stock - one platform, one relationship, every stage of your development journey.
Data-Driven Insights
Leverage real-time market data and automated planning checks to make smarter, faster decisions on your next project.
FAQ
Faster Funding, Fewer Questions
Because Blackfort gives you both the speed of technology and the judgment of a specialist. The old way of arranging development finance means waiting weeks for an answer, often with an uncertain outcome at the end of it. Blackfort is a development finance platform powered by technology but run by people who do this for a living. Our specialists understand development deals, and the platform partners with institutional capital and integrates with leading industry data, so your project is assessed against live information the moment it comes in. The result is indicative terms in minutes and real certainty up front, rather than weeks of back-and-forth and hoping. However you prefer to work, you get a faster, clearer path to funding. See how the Blackfort platform works, with a specialist and the technology behind every deal.
No. Blackfort is a technology-driven development finance platform that partners with institutional capital to fund property developers faster and with more certainty. The real difference is what our integration lets you see, and when. Going to a bank or lender means waiting weeks, often with an uncertain outcome, just to learn what they will actually offer and what they will need from you. Because our platform integrates directly with leading industry data providers, it surfaces your real indicative offer and the exact requirements to get there in minutes, not weeks. You get a clear answer and a defined path forward up front, instead of chasing one for a month and hoping. See how our funding process works to view your actual offer and requirements in minutes.
There is no catch, there is just better technology. Blackfort generates indicative terms in minutes, a formal term sheet in minutes, and certainty on funding rather than the six to eight weeks a bank takes to give you a maybe. The speed is real because our platform is integrated directly with our funders' data as well as leading industry data providers, including Archistar for site, planning and feasibility data, so your project is assessed against live funding criteria and market information the moment you enter it. That direct line into both the money and the market is what turns weeks of waiting into minutes. While the bank is still allocating your file to a credit officer, you could already be holding a term sheet. See our address-to-approval process and how fast funding can actually move.
No. This is where most developers get burned. Other lenders and advisors charge thousands in upfront, due diligence and application fees before you even know if the deal is viable, and you wear that cost whether or not it proceeds. Blackfort does not. You see your indicative terms for free, and you only pay a single $250 progress fee once you sign a term sheet, which covers our initial checks. That is it. No four-figure application fee, no money down just to get a serious answer. We make it cheap to find out if your project works, because we would rather fund good deals than profit from paperwork. See exactly how our funding process works at no cost and decide from there.
In most cases, no, and that gives you speed and control. The reason banks demand presales is to de-risk their own book, but waiting to hit a presale target before you can start delays your whole project and pushes out your completion date. Blackfort assesses presale coverage on a case-by-case basis as part of structuring your deal, and many of our construction facilities require no presales at all. That means you can start sooner and finish faster, and it gives you the flexibility to sell your stock at the right time rather than being forced to lock in sales early just to unlock funding. Explore our development finance product to see the presale position available for your project.
Blackfort gives developers access to competitive loan-to-value ratios on property development and construction finance, with maximum LVR reaching up to 80% on net realisable value (NRV) for eligible projects, funding of up to 80% of total development cost (TDC), and a high initial advance against land value. In plain terms, that means less of your own cash tied up in the deal and more of your capital free to move on the next opportunity. The exact development finance LVR depends on your project type, location, credit profile and whether a development approval is in place, so the only way to know your real number is to see it. Compare LVR across our finance products to see exactly how far your equity will stretch.
Almost certainly yes. Blackfort is a property development finance platform funding development and construction loans from around $250,000 up to $50 million across the full range of projects developers build: house and land, townhouse developments, units and apartments, duplex and dual occupancy, mixed-use developments, industrial, childcare centre construction, and land subdivision finance. Whether you need a residential construction loan for a single dual-occupancy build or development finance for a large multi-stage subdivision, the platform sizes funding to your gross realisation value (GRV), total development cost (TDC) and equity contribution. The product range covers the entire project lifecycle: site purchase and refinance finance with or without a development approval (DA) in place, construction finance, property development finance, and residual stock finance to release equity from completed, unsold stock. Browse our full property finance product range to confirm your project qualifies.
Very likely. Blackfort provides property development and construction finance across Australia, funding projects in major metropolitan markets including Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as well as eligible regional locations. Funding availability, maximum LVR and loan terms can vary between metro and regional areas depending on the project's location profile, so rather than guess, let the platform tell you. See how the platform qualifies your site and learn what terms apply where you are building.
This is the fear that stops developers from ever starting, so let us put it to rest. You see indicative terms before you commit to anything and before you spend a cent. You only pay the $250 progress fee once you sign a term sheet, and that small fee covers the initial checks that give you a fast, straight answer, not thousands lost on a long process that ends in silence. The whole platform is built to tell you early and cheaply whether your deal works, so you can move forward with certainty or move on without the damage. See what happens after you sign a term sheet. No obligation, no upfront cost.