Lenders' Insatiable Appetite For CRE

WASHINGTON, DC—The commercial real estate lender community shows no signs of scaling back its appetite for business, according to the Fall 2014 survey of Commercial Real Estate Lender Sentiment, a report issued by the Real Estate Lenders Association and Chandan Economics. In fact certain providers, such as CMBS lenders and life companies are expected to grow their market share – and that growth will most likely come at the expense of national and foreign banks, as well as relatively slower growth in agency lending.

There are several implications to these trends, Sam Chandan, CEO of Chandan Economics tells GlobeSt.com. One, the increasingly competitive environment leaves lenders little room to push the envelope much further. Two, the envelope is being pushed as much as possible, which, means loosening underwriting standards.