For the first time in nearly three years, U.S. banks report they have loosened their lending requirements for some types of commercial real estate loans.
The latest Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly retail space and Philly industrial space – found banks are easing standards and terms on commercial and industrial loans to large and middle-market firms, while leaving loan standards unchanged for small firms.
Meanwhile, banks working in the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets eased standards on nonfarm nonresidential loans and tightened standards on multifamily loans. Lending standards on construction and land development loans were left unchanged.
This report involving U.S. and Philadelphia commercial properties is being made through Philadelphia commercial real estate broker Wolf Commercial Real Estate, a Philadelphia commercial real estate brokerage firm.
The survey of senior loan officers on the topic of bank lending practices in both the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate properties market included a special set of questions intended to give policy makers more insight on changes in bank lending policies and demand for commercial real estate loans over the past year. In their responses, banks reported they eased lending terms, including maximum loan size and the spread of loan rates over their cost of funds.
Almost all banks that responded they had eased their credit policies cited more aggressive competition from other banks or nonbank lenders as the reason. A significant percentage of banks dealing in U.S. and Philadelphia commercial real estate listings also mentioned increased tolerance for risk and more favorable or less uncertain outlooks for property prices, for vacancy rates or other fundamentals, and for capitalization rates on properties for easing these credit policies over the past year.
A modest number of domestic banks in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly retail space and Philly industrial space – indicated weaker demand for loans across the three main commercial real estate categories, citing a reduced number of property acquisitions or new developments, rising interest rates, and shifts of customer borrowing to other bank or nonbank sources.
Reports of reduced loan demand involving national and Philadelphia commercial real estate listings coincided with the latest Lending Momentum Index, which tracks the pace of U.S. commercial loan closings. The index fell by 8.8 percent between December 2017 and March 2018.
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