Regional and Mid-Sized Banks Outpace Larger Competitors in Growing CRE Loan Portfolios

A key trend that emerged among U.S. banks last year was a wide variation in commercial real estate lending by bank size and loan type, with the largest regional banks and mid-sized banks showing the strongest loan growth, but a significant pullback by the nation’s smallest banks. Bank loan growth rates were especially strong in the construction and development (C&D) and multifamily categories, while lending in the owner-occupied category, which...



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