The Coming Cannabis Debt Crunch
Across the U.S. cannabis sector, roughly $6 billion of debt is scheduled to mature by the end of 2026, with the five largest multi-state cannabis operators carrying about $3.4 billion of that load.
After years of limited access to traditional bank loans, many cannabis companies leaned on high-cost private debt. Those maturities are now clustering into …
When it comes to cannabis financing for real estate, equipment and operations things are constantly in a state of flux.
We recently highlighted lenders that have exited cannabis lending, but don’t fret, we are on the hunt and finding more lenders every month.
Let’s talk about our new cannabis lenders onboarded in Q3 2025.
New Cannabis Financing Lender Onboarded for New York …
When it comes to securing real estate for your cannabis company there are many types of lending resources in the market.
From traditional cannabis real estate financing lenders to private cannabis lenders and even management companies that will purchase and lease a property back to your business, it’s hard to know which is the best option for you.
What this Cannabis …
If there is one thing we’ve learned after six plus years in the cannabis financing industry is that it is a huge game of whack-a-mole.
We work with lenders that only serve metro Denver or Metro Boston, or east of the Mississippi but only for dispensaries for example.
The list of what lenders will fund and where they will fund cannabis …
If there is one thing we’ve learned after six plus years in the cannabis financing industry is that it is a huge game of whack-a-mole.
We work with lenders that only serve metro Denver or Metro Boston, or east of the Mississippi but only for dispensaries for example.
The list of what lenders will fund and where they will fund cannabis …
The cannabis lending landscape is undergoing major changes for 2025. From our understanding, lenders like Canna Business Resources, eQcho Capital, Invico Capital and more are exiting cannabis lending altogether. This exodus further tightens an already constrained financing market, making it even more difficult for cannabis operators to launch or scale their businesses.
With that in mind, let’s take a look …
Market Alert
It’s been quite the roller coaster over the last four months. In September the FED cut rates and by all indications many thought more cuts where coming into 2025 signaling a potential decrease in cannabis real estate finance and cannabis equipment loan rates to follow.
Yet an interesting thing happened in September with real estate financing rates actually ticking up after …
I’m not sure I can answer why, but our asset only lending programs have been the most popular by far as we round out the year so I figured, let’s talk about it!
What are Asset Only Cannabis Loans?
To say these are asset only cannabis loans may be a bit disingenuous. In reality, these types of lenders are industry agnostic …
The Federal Reserve finally lowered base rates by half a point on September 18th 2024. Will this provide relief for cannabis businesses looking for financing?
The answer is yes, and no.
What Does the Base Rate Decrease Mean for Cannabis Financing?
Through the last six or so years we’ve been advising our cannabis clients that the average rate for average risk is …
