CRE

Wells Fargo explores sale of real estate unit Eastdil

07/26/18

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

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Lending slumps at M&T

07/18/18

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.

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Fintech vulnerability, Square bails, new blood among CROs: Top stories of the week

07/06/18

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.

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Back-office innovations help banks dump costly real estate

07/06/18

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.

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What’s behind the slowdown in CRE lending

06/29/18

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

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9 provisions of reg relief law important to small banks

05/24/18

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 billion. Here's how.

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Why this bank ventured into the landlord-tenant war zone

05/03/18

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.

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Regulators finalize rule expanding exemption for CRE appraisals

04/02/18

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.

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SunTrust's CIO, CRE bridge lending and Amazon's long shadow: Top stories of the week

03/23/18

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

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