The rapid pace of change will continue in 2019, ABA policy staff project.

In the previous quarter, banks eased terms and standards for business loans, while tightening slightly on commercial real estate loans and easing in most residential mortgage loan categories, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey released today.

As expected, the financial regulatory agencies today issued a proposed rule implementing a provision of S. 2155, the new regulatory reform law, regarding the treatment of high volatility commercial real estate.

Highlights from the latest issue of the ABA Banking Journal.

With the CRE lending market currently booming, banks are increasing their concentrations in this area -- particularly in construction lending -- according to findings from the 2018 Commercial Real Estate Lending Survey conducted by ABA.

In the previous quarter, banks kept terms and standards for business loans unchanged or eased them slightly, while tightening slightly on commercial real estate loans and easing in most residential mortgage loan categories, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey released today.

How community banks position themselves to win construction loans.

How S. 2155 advances needed changes to real estate lending regulations.

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.