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.

More bankers began easing credit standards and terms amid weakening demand for a wide swath of commercial and real estate loan products in the third quarter, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest senior loan officer opinion survey released today.

Understanding how constantly evolving market conditions are affecting your business will enable you to implement new strategies to best position your institution.

Insights from a Fed/CSBS survey of the community bank scene.

ABA on Friday wrote to the regulatory agencies in support of a proposal that would raise the appraisal threshold for commercial real estate transactions from $200,000 to $400,000.