News Topic: CRE

Wells Fargo is considering a sale of commercial real estate broker Eastdil Secured, according to a person briefed on the matter. ... Read full article

Repayments on acquired residential mortgage loans were the main reason, but other bottom-line boosters more than made up for that, the Buffalo, N.Y., bank said in reporting second-quarter results. ... Read full article

One firm's inability to access bank data shows how fragile fintechs can be; payments processor Square quietly withdraws bank application; turnover of chief risk officers is on the rise; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

Banks could shed as much as 20 million square feet of office space over the next five years as they shift many functions to high-tech operations centers in markets with cheaper rents. ... Read full article

Commercial real estate is their bread and butter, but many banks are scaling back in this vital loan category. Here’s why. ... Read full article

As President Trump signed the regulatory relief bill into law on Thursday, most of the attention was on a provision to help regional banks with more than $50 billion of assets. But a majority of the new law is aimed at helping institutions below $10 ... Read full article

Leader Bank says it can land property managers as commercial clients by helping them handle tenant deposits — and possibly create opportunities to boost CRE lending. ... Read full article

As part of a larger regulatory relief effort, regulators have raised the dollar-amount threshold for commercial real estate transactions that require a formal appraisal. ... Read full article

SunTrust's new IT chief preaches collaboration; will CRE securitizations return to haunt?; Amazon here, there and everywhere; and more. ... Read full article

Credit standards for commercial loans to medium and large firms showed some signs of easing over the last three months of 2017, even though demand stayed relatively unchanged. ... Read full article

On Sep. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article

The Arkansas company has spent two years trying to reassure nervous investors and analysts that it can rapidly book real estate loans using conservative practices. ... Read full article

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s semiannual report on industry risk said tougher competition between banks, leading to looser underwriting, could arise from the economic expansion. ... Read full article

Consumers’ desire to shop online is creating huge demand for distribution centers and forcing property owners to think creatively about redeveloping vacant retail space. Meanwhile, hundreds of billions of dollars will be spent rebuilding areas hard hit by ... Read full article

We never promised the news would be good for all these community bankers, and it wasn’t. One couldn’t stop a failure, and another quit soon after an acquisition. The rest have their banks at different points on the comeback trail. ... Read full article

The $280 million securitization is also expected to boost capital levels and lower Dime's loan-to-deposit ratio. ... Read full article

A bill that would ease Basel III capital requirements on commercial real estate loans could level the playing field between depository and nonbank lenders and spur more construction lending if it passes in the Senate. ... Read full article

On Jun. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands. ... Read full article