CRE

Industry urges OCC to halt proposal restricting use of bank premises

03/23/21

The agency's plan would strengthen requirements that banks use a minimum amount of their real estate for the business of banking, but three grade groups say banks need flexibility in the pandemic to manage occupancy.

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How the pandemic has changed small banks' views of CRE

02/28/21

Community banks, which for years have relied heavily on commercial real estate lending, have been tightening underwriting standards, conducting more-frequent loan reviews and stepping back from certain subsectors to minimize their credit exposure.

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CRE lenders’ growing fear: Office workers won’t come back

02/28/21

Already contending with stressed retail, hotel and restaurant loans, bankers are beginning to view office lending — historically a safe bet — as increasingly risky as companies of all types rethink their space needs.

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Fed sounds alarm on commercial real estate, business bankruptcy

02/19/21

he Federal Reserve warned of significant risks of business bankruptcies and steep drops in commercial real estate prices in a report published on Friday.

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