The term loan has to be repaid in a fixed period of time. Businessmen usually require term loan when there is a crunch in the cash flow. Term loan can be had to develop any product, for marketing the product and for expanding the business. You can have term loan for purchasing the new equipments and for enhancing the services etc. Generally term loan is the need in the business where there is scarcity of cash flow and availing term loan is necessary in most of the businesses.
Intermediate term loan is different from the long-term loan in a way that the intermediate term loan may have a time bound loan may be three years to pay back the full loan amount in lump sum. During the term loan the borrower has to pay the interest part every month or may have to pay the interest part with principal part. For giving term loan the lender or the bank may check the capital invested in the business and they make sure that the business have a capacity to repay the loan installment. The lenders may also include the building or real estate part in the business investment. The lenders may also want to see the strong business plans before giving the term loan. Never be in a hurry to sign the agreed terms with the lender to take term loan as the lender may take the undue advantage of your emergency cash needs. Talk to number of lenders or banks before taking term loan so that you may get the best interest rates.
Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loan
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