Mentoring programs and community connections help increase commercial real estate lending competence.

Uncertainty around how bank deposits will reach to a rising interest rate environment was among several key risk themes identified by the OCC in its Semiannual Risk Perspective report released today.

In New York City, more than 1.3 million rental homes and apartments have rents that are stabilized, controlled or otherwise regulated. These units account for more than 60 percent of New York City’s overall rental market and over 40 percent of all occupied housing in the city. While economists debate the merits of rent stabilization policy, the owners of these ...

How three banks—of very different sizes—are playing a unique role in transforming Denver and fueling its growth.

An overview of commonly used Small Business Administration loan programs.

The latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast tackles the shortage of qualified appraisers -- especially in rural areas, where lenders are seeing delays of several months in getting appraisals for commercial real estate and agricultural transactions.

Senate Banking Committee members Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) yesterday introduced a bill that would clarify the regulatory treatment of high-volatility commercial real estate loans intended to address many banker concerns about capital requirements on HVCRE exposures.

Many banks anticipate that they will ease credit standards and terms for large and middle-market firms in 2018, but they expect to cool things down in the robust commercial real estate market, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey released today.

As banks continue to face competitive pressures in their markets, the OCC is focusing on credit, operational and compliance risk as its top supervisory priorities, according to the agency’s Semiannual Risk Perspective report released today.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s caps for multifamily lending will shrink to $35 billion each for 2018.