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CRE Lending Market Simplified: Key Insights for 2019

Presenters: Rob Ashbaugh & Roger Shumway

The commercial real estate (CRE) lending market was rocky throughout 2018, and regulators are keeping an eye on that trend in 2019.

American Banker says the CRE lending market, often dominated by community financial institutions, has been in a slump due to nonbank lenders entering the market, an increase in delinquency rates, and the rise of shared workspaces.

As the CRE market has slowed, regulators have begun to scrutinize CRE portfolios more, which means stress testing the portfolio and steady underwriting standards will be crucial for community banks’ portfolio risk strategy going forward.

 

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