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Funding Section

How to use the funding section and debt and equity funding types.

Updated over 2 months ago

The Funding section is where you set up your project’s funding stack β€” usually a mix of debt and equity to cover total project costs.

Feasly gives you the flexibility to add and customise a wide range of funding structures, so you can model what best fits your project.

πŸ’‘ Tip: To test different funding strategies, duplicate your scenario from the dashboard and compare them side-by-side in the Summary tab.

βš™οΈ Platform Automation: In the Funding and Financials sections, advanced algorithms power real-time simulations. Drawdowns, interest provisions, fee treatments, rollovers, and multi-layered waterfalls are all automated β€” every change updates instantly across the platform.


πŸͺœ Automated Waterfalls

Repayment waterfalls are automated β€” just set the tab order by dragging and dropping to define repayment priority.

Built-in logic:

  • Senior Debt: always last to be drawn and first to be repaid.

  • Ordinary Equity: always last to be repaid. You control how costs are allocated to equity in the Financials section.
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πŸ“Š Funding Widgets

Costs-to-Funding Summary

  • Provides real-time updates as you build your project and funding stack.

  • The Project Costs to Fund amount: Includes: All project and funding costs, contingency allocations. Excludes: Sales costs remitted at settlement, pre-construction rental income and sales deposit interest.

LVR Funding Estimator

A handy tool to quickly check the projects LVR metrics and estimate debt funding based on your selected LVR method.

  • Displays project 100% LVR totals:

    • GRV (Ex GST)

    • TDC (Ex GST)

    • TCC (Total Construction Costs, Including Contingency) Ex GST

  • Total Development Costs (Ex GST): Includes: Land & Acquisition, Professional Fees, Fees & Charges (Net of Credits), Construction Costs and Contingency Allocation. Excludes: Rental Costs, Land Holding, Marketing, Funding Fees & Interest.
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  • Use the dropdown an input % for quick calculations.


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πŸ’³ Debt Funding

Build your project’s debt stack using the funding type buttons

Feasly automatically manages interest, drawdowns, rollovers, and applies waterfall repayment logic in the Financials section.

Available Loan/ Facility Types

Only one Senior Debt and one Land Loan can be added.

Select from:​

  • Land Loan (Serviced): Interest repaid monthly by equity.

  • Land Loan (Provisioned): Interest capitalised and rolled into Senior Debt.

  • Mezzanine Finance: Provides leverage between equity and Senior Debt.

  • Senior Debt: Primary facility, secured against the land and first repaid in the waterfall.
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Land Loan (Serviced)

Loan secured against the land. Use when interest is repaid monthly by equity for the loan term.


​Key Inputs:

  • Principal Repayment Options: Refinance to Senior Debtβ€”Fixed Limit (Rollover reduces available drawdown from facility amount; or Refinance to Senior Debtβ€” Extended Limit (rollover increases total facility amount, raising LVR; or; Repay from Net Sales Proceeds; or Repay on selected date.
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  • Calculation Options: Automated (choose LVR type & % rate) or Manual entry.
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  • LVR Options: Loan-to-Land Value (Land Price) or Loan-to-Land Value (Valuation Price β€” manual input).
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  • Facility Fees: Funded (reduces available principal) or Unfunded (treated as costs, covered by equity).
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  • Interest: Simple interest (Principal Γ— Annual Rate Γ— Term).

Land Loan (Provisioned)

Loan secured against the land. Use when interest is capitalised and refinanced into Senior Debt facility.

Key Inputs:

  • Repayment: Auto-rollover into Senior Debt (principal + interest).
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  • Calculation Options: Automated (choose LVR type & % rate) or Manual entry.
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  • LVR Options: Loan-to-Land Value (Land Price) or Loan-to-Land Value (Valuation Price β€” manual input).
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  • Facility Fees: Funded (reduces available principal) or Unfunded (treated as costs, covered by equity).
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  • Interest (Provision): Capitalised during the term (assumes 55% drawdown by midpoint) and refinanced into Senior Debt at conversion.
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  • Senior Debt Rollover Method: Fixed Limit (Rollover reduces available drawdown from facility amount or Extended Limit (rollover increases total facility amount, raising LVR)

Mezzanine Finance

Provides leverage between equity and senior debt.

Key Inputs:

  • Repayment: From Net Sales Proceeds (waterfall priority).
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  • Calculation Options: Automated (choose LVR type & % rate) or Manual entry.
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  • LVR Options: Loan-to-GRV, Loan-to-TDC, Loan-to-Construction Costs.
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  • Facility Fees: Funded (reduces available drawdown) or Unfunded (treated as costs, covered by equity).
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  • Interest (Provision): Capitalised during the term (assumes 55% drawdown by midpoint) and repaid at maturity.
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  • Drawdown Schedule: Auto-calculates available drawdown, including interest provisions and funded fees.
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πŸ“Š Financials Section (Additional Functionality):

When spans and funding allocations are complete:

  • Payback Date: Shows in Revenue> Planning> Sales-to-Debt Coverage (waterfall order).
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  • Drawdown Wizard: In Financials > Planning > Funding. Auto-distributes drawdowns by cost timings, allocations & waterfall.
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  • Interest Variance Wizard (Coming Soon): In Financials > Planning > Funding. Re-calculates interest based on drawdowns, with option to offset variance in cashflow.

Senior Debt

Only one Senior Debt facility can be added.

  • Repayment: Repaid first from Net Sales Proceeds (waterfall priority).
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  • Calculation Options: Automated (choose LVR type & % rate) or Manual entry.
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  • LVR Options: Loan-to-GRV, Loan-to-TDC, Loan-to-Construction Costs.
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  • Facility Fees: Funded (reduces available drawdown) or Unfunded (treated as costs, covered by equity).
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  • Interest (Provision): Capitalised during the term (assumes 55% drawdown by midpoint) and repaid at maturity.
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  • Drawdown Schedule: Auto-calculates available drawdown, including interest provisions, funded fees, and rollovers (extended limit or fixed limit).


πŸ“Š Financials Section (Additional Functionality):

When spans and funding allocations are complete:

  • Payback Date: Displays in Revenue> Planning> Sales-to-Debt Coverage (waterfall order).
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  • Drawdown Wizard: Available in Financials > Planning > Funding. Auto-distributes drawdowns by cost timings, allocations & debt waterfall.
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  • Interest Variance Wizard (Coming Soon): Available in Financials > Planning > Funding. Auto-calculates variance surplus/shortfall in interest, with option to offset in cashflow.


πŸ‘₯ Equity Funding

Build your project’s equity stack with two types: Ordinary Equity (developer contribution) or Preferred Equity (third-party partners).

In the equity waterfall, Preferred Equity is repaid before Ordinary Equity, which is always returned last.

πŸ§‘β€πŸ’Ό Ordinary Equity

Represents the Developer’s contribution. Ordinary Equity is always returned last in the waterfall.
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Key Inputs:

  • Contribution: Equity amount required to fund the project, considering debt funding % requirements and costs funded by equity (e.g. land deposit, sales costs).
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  • Injection Schedule: Contribution schedule can be adjusted anytime.
    πŸ’‘ Tip: Include major known costs funded by Ordinary Equity for more accurate scheduling.

πŸ“Š Financials Section (Additional Functionality):

When spans and funding allocations are complete:

  • Equity Returns: Auto-calculated in Financials > Profit Distribution Report.
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  • Equity-to-Cost Coverage: Shows equity required at specific project timings. Update the schedule anytime and view return estimates in the Profit Distribution Report.

🀝 Preferred Equity

Represents third-party equity partners and their investment returns.


​Key Inputs:

  • Equity Investment Amount: Returned pre-tax (see Cashflow Report).
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  • Equity Returns: Distributed post-tax (see Profit Distribution Report). Options include:

    • % Interest = Equity Γ— Rate Γ— Project Duration

    • % of Net Profit (calculated in Profit Distribution Report)

    • Fixed $ Amount Return
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  • Equity Fees: Add deal-related fees (e.g. legal, advisory). Treated as funding costs (non-taxable deductions).
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  • Equity Injection Schedule: Defines injection amount intervals.
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  • Priority Payback Order: Controlled via tab order in the Equity Waterfall.​


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πŸ“Š Financials Section (Additional Functionality):

  • Investor Reports: Download individual Equity Investor Reports from Dashboard > Export Reports.

  • Equity-to-Cost Coverage: Displays timing of equity injections. Adjust schedules in the Funding section once spans are complete.


πŸ†˜ Need help with structuring your funding stack?

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