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The volume of commercial real estate loans held by banks recently peaked at more than $2.7 trillion, according to the FDIC.
Financing for all but best-in-class, grocery-anchored centers and credit tenant, net lease properties froze for a good three to four months last year. “The retail deals we were transacting on we couldn’t close because we couldn’t deliver estoppels that said tenants were paying rent, and tenants didn’t know what their future looked like,” said Reese. However, the market began to thaw late in the third quarter, and more lenders are continuing to trickle back.  Click article link below to watch video As part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series, Charles Cronin of Axiom Capital Corp. recently discussed how the longest upcycle in history is impacting the lending environment. |
Commercial real estate lending volume appears to be slowing as the broader U.S. economy cools. 
Retail real estate borrowers with loans maturing, even some who had refinancing committed, saw lenders’ doors slam shut last year. “You didn’t know what tenants were going to survive, flourish or have to move out, and you didn’t know which ones were going to be able to pay rent or need some assistance,” said NorthMarq Dallas managing director and senior vice president of debt and equity Ron Reese. Now lenders are returning to the market.