hen commercial lending officers make a loan decision, are they able to distinguish among different levels of attestation? Or is a personal characteristic such as their “tolerance for ambiguity”—the ...

This two-part series examines several significant aspects of "syndicated" and "participated" commercial real estate loans. The first installment provided a primer on the important features of ...

Community banks are big commercial real-estate lenders. But they say their loans are to sturdy local businesses, not those facing vacant office space. By Matthew Goldstein and Emily Flitter Small ...

Many regional banks exceed regulatory thresholds for commercial property loan holdings, new data shows These thresholds warrant additional scrutiny that could result in loan sales to manage risk Any ...