The Kennedy Funding Story

Kennedy Funding began in 1986 as an alternative to traditional lending institutions. From the start, we wanted to provide borrowers with two things in woefully short supply in the existing lending marketplace: speed and creativity. Unlike banks and credit unions, whose strict regulations often resulted in waits of weeks or months, or simply refused the loan, we focused on closing loans in days, sometimes in less than a week. And we evaluate each loan on its own merits, rather than using the ‘cookie-cutter’ approach employed by conservative lenders, and have gained a reputation for being able to fund the ‘impossible loans.’

From the beginning, our speed and flexibility prompted strong, positive responses from the business community, and we soon became a financial leader, with corresponding financial resources at our disposal. Then, in 1996, we went global, and expanded our scope into Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and beyond.

We credit our tremendous growth to our creative approach, strict loan-to-value ratios, business savvy, and hands-on style, which has our principals doing work that other lending institutions would be farming out.

Among the hundreds of success deals we’ve closed, there are land developments, construction projects, casinos, commercial and industrial projects, retail centers, residential communities, beachfront resorts, and ski areas. And, of course, golf courses.