Commercial Real Estate Lending: A Thaw After Two Years of Freeze

After nearly two years on the sidelines, banks are sharpening their pencils again.

Commercial real estate lending — long frozen by troubled office, retail and multifamily loan books — is beginning to thaw. Banks originated $455 billion in CRE loans in Q1, up 80% from a year earlier, as cleaner balance sheets, stronger leasing markets and renewed competition pull lenders back into the game.

But, as Rich Bockmann writes, the comeback has a caveat: higher rates could still test borrowers facing costly refinancings.

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