Non-Institutional Lender Definition & Website to check status Inbox

Definition: A Non-Institutional Lender, sometimes referred to as a “hard money” lender (“NIL”) is defined as: ANY party acting as a lender, except (a) any bank, savings and loan association, savings institution, credit union, trust company or national banking association, acting for its own account or in a fiduciary capacity, (b) any insurance company, pension and/or annuity company, (c) any government, public employees’ pension or retirement system or any other government agency supervising the investment of public funds, or (d) a seller acting as lender (sometimes referred to as a “carryback lender”). The criteria for an institutional lender is as follows; If a lender holds a CFL or CRMLA license, it is “institutional”. If anything other than the 2, they are considered NIL. It is best to check the lender’s name on the California Department of Business Oversight’s website https://dbo.ca.gov as a first step to check licensing status.