Construction Loans, Like Holiday Guests, Might Hang Around Too Long
Dec. 26, 2023 10:00 am ETThroughout 2023, there were a lot of tough headlines about commercial real estate: Vacant offices. Falling apartment rents. Fire-sale prices. So why did banks’ loans to that market grow this year?So-called CRE loans at banks are up over 3% over last year, versus a more than 1% decline in general commercial-and-industrial corporate lending, according to weekly Federal Reserve data through Dec. 6. CRE loans’ rise was just shy of the increase in loans to consumers. And within CRE, construction-and-land development lending was up over 9%, growing almost as much as credit-card loans.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8