Can your lender sell your SBA loan?
Short answer
Yes. A lender can sell the guaranteed portion of a fully disbursed 7(a) loan on SBA's secondary market. It must keep servicing the loan. Sources: 13 CFR 120.601, 120.613 and 120.520(c); SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 6, Para. D.1.
Yes. SBA's secondary market lets a lender sell some or all of the guaranteed portion of a 7(a) loan (13 CFR 120.601).
What has to be true first
- The full loan amount must be disbursed, apart from export working capital loans (13 CFR 120.613).
- All guarantee fees must be paid (13 CFR 120.613).
- The loan must be current when sold (13 CFR 120.612).
- You must have access to all the loan proceeds (SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. B, Ch. 6, Para. D.1).
- All required business licenses must be obtained (Para. D.6).
Who you deal with afterward
The lender must keep performing servicing and liquidation, even if SBA later buys the guaranteed portion from the investor (13 CFR 120.520(c)).
Selling to another lender
A lender may sell all of its interest to another participating lender with SBA's prior written consent. The buying lender then holds the note and services the loan (13 CFR 120.432(a)). A lender may not sell any of its interest to a nonparticipating lender.
How this can affect you
- A sale can affect later changes to your loan. SBA says loan actions are conditioned by whether the guaranteed portion was sold (sba.gov/sba-lenders, read November 8, 2026).
- If your note has SBA's prepayment language, prepaying more than 20% of a sold loan requires written notice to the lender (Sec. B, Ch. 6, Para. D.2).
- The rules cited here do not require your consent to a sale.
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