Glossary · The loan itself
In short
The process where SBA-guaranteed portions of multiple 7(a) loans are combined into a pool and sold as securities to investors. This secondary market activity provides liquidity to lenders, encouraging them to make more SBA loans.
While you're primarily concerned with securing your 7(a) loan, understanding Loan Pooling helps explain how the SBA program operates. Your lender might sell the guaranteed portion of your loan into the Secondary market. This doesn't change your loan terms or repayment obligations, but it's part of the funding mechanism for the SBA program.
13 CFR Part 120 — Business Loans
Office of the Federal Register · Federal regulation
SOP 50 10 — Lender and Development Company Loan Programs
U.S. Small Business Administration · SBA Standard Operating Procedure
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