C&I loan standards ease as competition intensifies: Fed
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.
Commercial real estate lending
Could blockchains replace banks in real estate lending?
Startups that have developed the technology for real estate finance are starting to conduct a broader array of transactions, including property sales.
E-commerce, rebuilding disaster areas could drive CRE lending in 2018
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 hurricanes and wildfires.
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Andy Peters
Dime in N.Y. lowers CRE concentration with multifamily securitization
The $280 million securitization is also expected to boost capital levels and lower Dime's loan-to-deposit ratio.
Freddie Mac offering new type of tax-exempt multifamily security
Freddie Mac is broadening its capital markets vehicles with its first offering of participation certificate securities backed by multifamily tax exempt loans.
Late payments on CMBS loans inch lower in November
The Trepp CMBS delinquency rate is now 5.18%, a decrease of three basis points from the October level; declines were limited to the industrial, multifamily and office subindexes.
Four Club Quarters hotels back next Blackstone-sponsored CMBS
The properties have a total of 1,228 rooms, or "keys" located across four major U.S. cities: San Francisco (346 keys; 39.4% of allocated loan amount), Chicago (429 keys; 26.4%), Boston (178 keys; 18.2%) and Philadelphia (275 keys; 16%).
Late payments on CMBS loans drop again in October
The delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in CMBS is now 5.21%, a decrease of 19 basis points from the September level, according to Trepp. That is the second-largest rate drop measured in the last 19 months.
Life insurers smell opportunity in CRE, multifamily lending
Insurers are seeing modest gains in market share as banks, facing increased scrutiny from regulators, lightly tap the brakes.
