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On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

CrediFi helps bankers pursuing commercial real estate loan growth minimize the risk in lending to customers they historically haven't served.

A spike in charge-offs in the third quarter stoked concerns about commercial real estate exposure. Shares in the Arkansas company rose after it reported its fourth-quarter results.

The Georgia company will abstain from acquisitions this year as it looks to make internal improvements.

Bank OZK's George Gleason, one of our community bankers to watch in 2019, needs to rein in the Arkansas bank's commercial real estate exposure to placate nervous investors.

Chicago Deferred Exchange, which helps clients defer tax hits from property sales, had about $1 billion in deposit flows this year.

Live Oak Bancshares became an SBA juggernaut by making loans, selling them and making more. With economic conditions changing, it is retaining more credits.

Challenges will likely increase as interest rates rise and investors grow more concerned about a downward turn in the economic cycle.

The move allows the New York multifamily lender to make more loans without having to raise capital.

Tepid loan and deposit growth has been a persistent theme in 2018, but that could soon change for community and regional banks in the New York and Washington markets.

Real estate and mortgage industry groups outspent proponents 3-to-1 to defeat Proposition 10, a measure to allow California municipalities to set local rent control laws.

Federal "Opportunity Zones" that reduce exposure on capital gains could draw rich investors — and commercial lenders along with them — into economic development projects in thousands of troubled communities around the country.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

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Strong growth in the bank's core business of multifamily lending was offset by higher rates it paid on CDs and borrowed funds.

The company is facing criticism after a big chargeoff on two properties, showing that investors have little patience when a risky business model shows signs of distress.

The Wisconsin company expects outstanding loans to decreased from current levels, particularly due to paydowns tied to commercial real estate loans.

The Arkansas company, which has faced criticism over its concentration in commercial real estate, charged off nearly $46 million tied to a pair of properties in the Carolinas.

Bank of America is showing more interest in commercial real estate lending while other lenders are pulling back, executives said. But they also said that they learned their lesson from the financial crisis and will proceed cautiously.

The House of Representatives passed two bills that would tie appraisal waivers for Small Business Administration loans to bank rules for commercial real estate loans, despite objections from the Appraisal Institute about its members being cut out of transactions.