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Commercial real estate financing in Farmington
The San Juan Generating Station, a major coal-fired power plant near Farmington, is now fully closed and demolished, with confirmed job losses and lost tax revenue that had funded local schools and a community college, and a proposed carbon-capture successor project was ultimately abandoned. Farmington is working through an already-executed energy-sector contraction with no settled successor industry, even as it continues to function as the retail and commercial hub for the Four Corners region and northwestern New Mexico.
- 5,000+loan programs screened
- 5–8matches on a typical deal
- $0 upfrontto submit and compare offers
- 0.50–1.00%broker fee, paid only at closing
What already-executed energy transition shapes Farmington today?
The San Juan Generating Station, a major coal-fired power plant near the city, is now fully closed and demolished, with confirmed job losses and lost tax revenue that had funded local schools and a community college, and a proposed carbon-capture successor project involving the city was ultimately abandoned. That sits alongside energy operations that are continuing: the Four Corners Generating Station is still fed by the Navajo Mine, and San Juan Basin natural gas remains part of the base. Farmington is a market working through a confirmed, already-executed energy-sector contraction with no settled successor industry, a genuinely different risk profile than an expanding oil-and-gas market.
What keeps Farmington’s market moving despite that contraction?
Farmington’s other defining role is as the retail and commercial hub for the Four Corners region and northwestern New Mexico, drawing trade from well beyond its own population. Retail serving that regional trade area and workforce multifamily are the steadier investable categories, while industrial and flex space tied to the remaining gas and generating-station operations is approached more cautiously given the unresolved coal-plant transition, underwritten on that regional trade-area role rather than on any single commercial strip.
How does YieldStack actually place a loan?
You describe the deal once, in a 5-minute submit, and that single file is screened against 5,000+ loan programs. Most deals return 5–8 matches, with a median first offer in under an hour. There is $0 upfront; the fee is 0.50–1.00% and is paid only at closing.
YieldStack is a commercial mortgage brokerage, not a lender. We do not hold the capital and we do not decide your rate — we run the process that gets competing lenders to quote the same deal on the same terms, then help you read the offers side by side.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the closed coal plant make Farmington a declining market?
It marks a real, already-completed contraction rather than a future risk, and lenders price that directly — a submission is screened against 5,000+ loan programs to reach the ones comfortable underwriting retail and workforce multifamily on Farmington’s regional trade-area role rather than on the former power-plant employment base.
Is a Farmington property financed as a personal residence?
No. Every deal handled through this page is business-purpose financing on investment property, closed to the entity that owns it — regional retail and workforce rental housing included — never a primary residence or a household purchase.
What does a Farmington submission cost?
YieldStack is a commercial mortgage brokerage, not a lender. There is $0 upfront, and the fee is 0.50–1.00% of the loan amount, paid only at closing.
Is YieldStack a lender?
No. YieldStack is a commercial mortgage brokerage, not a lender. Every term sheet comes from a lender in the network and is subject to that lender's underwriting.
Does it cost anything to see terms?
No. It costs $0 upfront to submit a deal and review offers; YieldStack's broker fee is 0.50–1.00% of the loan amount and is paid only at closing.
Is financing guaranteed?
No. Every credit decision is made by the lender; YieldStack arranges the introductions and negotiates on the borrower's side, and no loan, rate, or closing is guaranteed.
Next step
One deal.Several lenders.
YieldStack is a commercial mortgage brokerage, not a lender.