Things are looking up in the world of commercial real estate lending. According to National Real Estate Investor’s annual Borrower Trends Survey, more than half of lenders (56 percent) and 44 percent of borrowers are predicting that credit will be more widely available in the coming year. 
Moreover, the lending environment in Texas appears even stronger than many other areas of the country, according to Dr. Mark Dotzour, Chief Economist and Director of Research for the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, who recently said, “Fortunately, Texas banks are much stronger than the national average and have capacity to make real estate loans.”
Click to read the full article: Borrower Trends 2012: Capital Markets Recovery Holds Steady (National Real Estate Investor, 2-1-12) and Dr. Dotzour’s blog: Loan Delinquencies Show Moderation (except for real estate loans) (1-30-12).
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