
Private Lending Market Update 2025 Q3 with Data from Lightning Docs
In this episode of Private Lending Insights, host Rocky Butani interviews Nema Daghbandan, Esq., CEO of Lightning Docs and Partner at Fortra Law. They discuss

In this episode of Private Lending Insights, host Rocky Butani interviews Nema Daghbandan, Esq., CEO of Lightning Docs and Partner at Fortra Law. They discuss

Bridge lending showed a rebound in October after several months of declining volume, while DSCR loans set yet another record high on Lightning Docs. As

New API integration automates data transfer between Baseline and Lightning Docs, cutting doc prep time from hours to minutes. Irvine, CA – November 4, 2025

Each month when I write the Lightning Docs Private Lending Market Report, one trend remains consistent: California, Florida, and Texas continue to dominate bridge lending. For

Last month, the Fed cut interest rates for the first time in nine months. That coincided with some of the lowest rates we’ve seen for

Lightning Docs, the official loan documents of the American Association of Private Lenders®, and Lendr, a leading provider of loan origination and servicing software, announced today a new API integration that connects the two platforms to further simplify and accelerate private lending workflows.

Lightning Docs, the premier document automation platform developed by Fortra Law, and Nexys, a leading Loan Origination Software (LOS) provider, today announced the completion of a new API integration designed to simplify the loan origination and documentation process for private lenders.

A bridge loan is any loan with a duration of 36 months or less utilizing interest-only payments for the duration of the term and containing a balloon payment at the end of the loan. Bridge loans are commonly referred to as residential transition loans (RTL), fix-and-flip, non-owner occupied, hard money, or in other terms that describe a short-term loan generally secured by a residential property for investment purposes.

A bridge loan is any loan with a duration of 36 months or less utilizing interest-only payments for the duration of the term and containing a balloon payment at the end of the loan. Bridge loans are commonly referred to as residential transition loans (RTL), fix-and-flip, non-owner occupied, hard money, or in other terms that describe a short-term loan generally secured by a residential property for investment purposes.

Lightning Docs, the official loan documents of the American Association of Private Lenders, announces a record month for the platform in July. With 5,451 loans in the month, Lightning Docs passed its previous record high of 5,270 loans in May of this year. This marks the fifth time in 2025 Lightning Docs has reached a record month, as the platform continues to cement itself as the official standard in private lending.