News Topic: Commercial real estate lending

A 38% increase in new loan originations led to another quarter of record earnings. ... Read full article

The $30 million acquisition has hit a snag over problems with Franklin’s commercial real estate portfolio. ... Read full article

Metropolitan in N.Y. plans to use its IPO proceeds to fuel CRE and commercial loan growth ... Read full article

Putting faith in its team of experts analyzing every loan application, the Arkansas bank is shrugging off warnings of a real estate downturn. ... Read full article

Diana Reid's real estate unit accounts for roughly one-third of PNC’s annual revenue. ... Read full article

Flush with cash, many commercial firms are also opting to pay down debt rather than take on new loans, and those seeking financing aren’t always turning to banks to meet their needs. ... Read full article

CIBC's Victor Dodig has big plans for the U.S., but other bank execs speaking at an investor conference Monday warned of risks in certain sectors. ... Read full article

Quaint Oak in Pennsylvania is making a big push in real estate brokerage, a business that many state-chartered banks might think is illegal for them to pursue. ... Read full article

Lenders say they are eager to reduce their exposure to CRE, but an examination of recent deals shows just how hard that can be. ... Read full article

Insurers are seeing modest gains in market share as banks, facing increased scrutiny from regulators, lightly tap the brakes. ... Read full article

The Miami Lakes company’s chargeoffs of medallion loans increased fivefold, but profits rose thanks to gains in C&I, CRE and other types of loans. ... Read full article

A reserve release helped offset lower net interest income, reflecting the California company's efforts to exit businesses that hurt its bottom line last year. ... Read full article

On March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands ... Read full article

Now that the Federal Reserve has raised short-term rates four times in the past 18 months, all eyes are on deposit costs as banks seek to keep pricing low and fatten margins. But that effort is complicated by the fact that banks must prepare for the ... Read full article

The FDIC is watching banks that use wholesale funds to support CRE lending. The warning comes as brokered deposit levels at community banks are at their highest level in nearly six years. ... Read full article

New data shows that large commercial banks are increasing their originations of single-family construction loans, but these loans still represent a small percentage of their total assets. ... Read full article

It may be a bigger challenge than financial institutions realize to avoid the cannabis sector, which includes a whole host of ancillary businesses from agricultural supply sellers to real estate developers. ... Read full article

An aggressive band of community, regional and investment banks is stepping into the commercial real estate void left by more cautious lenders, saying there are still good CRE loans to be made or bought. ... Read full article