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Many Banks Unprepared for CRE Bust

Anyone catch this scary stat in that WSJ story yesterday on the Fed's concerns about commercial real estate? In another sign that many U.S. financial institutions are inadequately protected against potential losses on commercial real-estate loans, banks with heavy exposure to such loans set aside just 38 cents in...

Tags: Bank, Commercial Property, Loan, CRE, Financial Services, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Capmark Near Bankruptcy Amid CRE Storm

When a group of private equity firms bought Capmark Financial, then a part of GMAC, in March 2006, the commercial real estate lender possessed $276 billion in loans and an investment grade credit rating. Now the company is teetering on bankruptcy. The WSJ said today that Capmark may file for...

Tags: Financing, Commercial Property, Bankruptcy, Capmark Financial, Financial Services, Litigation, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-10-24

Troubled CRE Loans Threaten Banks, Economy

Banking is back, green shoots are poking through the permafrost and investors are partying like its 1999. But not so fast. A perfect storm is gathering around the commercial real estate sector that could swamp banks, particularly regional institutions, according to consulting firm Oxford Analytica (registration...

Tags: Bank, Commercial Property, CRE, CRE Sector, Mortgages, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Additional Resources

Midsize Banks Most Vulnerable to Looming Commercial Real Estate Bust

I've written before about the bomb that's set to fall on U.S. banks in the form of deteriorating commercial real estate loans. Many of these institutions are already buckling because of high losses on their home loans. So a bust in CRE mortgages would hurt, and could be the coup...

Tags: Bank, Commercial Real Estate, Loan, CRE, Financial Services, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Credit Quality Poses Biggest Threat to Banks

FDIC chief Sheila Bair, OCC head John Dugan and other banking regulators were on Capitol Hill yesterday to update lawmakers on the state of the industry. As their testimony makes clear, the major concern for commercial banks and thrifts today is no longer liquidity, as in the early days of...

Tags: Bank, Borrower, Loan, Financial Services, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Without Safety Net, Small Banks Feel Impact of Real Estate Bust

While big U.S. banks receive a pat on the back from stock analysts, small institutions get a kick in the ass from reality. A case in point is publicly held San Joaquin Bancorp. Federal bank regulators are giving the company and its $834 million-asset community one last chance to boost...

Tags: Bank, California, Bank Regulator, Real Estate, Financial Services, Banking, Business Operations, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Bank of America Defends its Record of Helping Homeowners

Bank of America is doing damage control after its spanking yesterday by the feds over moving too slowly to help homeowners stave off foreclosure through the government's Home Affordable Modification Program. A fusillade of bad press prompted the company late yesterday to issue the following statement by Barbara Desoer, president...

Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Homeowner, Foreclosure, B, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures, Alain Sherter

Blog posts 2009-08-05