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2020 CRE Outlook: Trends Expected to Shape Commercial Real Estate Lending

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. The Mortgage Bankers Association expects 9% growth in CRE originations in 2020. To read news headlines, commercial real estate (CRE) is headed for a terrible 2020. MBA's 2020 CRE outlook: Originations up 9%.

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The Benefits of Leveraging a CRM to Be More Community-Focused

Abrigo

Key Takeaways To better serve their community, as well as stay competitive in this fast-moving environment, savvy CFIs are carefully blending digital innovations with their hallmark relationship banking practices. CFIs reinvest in their communities, supporting local businesses and helping community members make financial decisions.

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Formula for Business Lending Success: Minimize Delays

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Financial institutions who want to maintain a healthy share of business lending this year and through potentially tougher economic times ahead want to be in the best position possible before trouble hits. Abrigo's Business Lending Readiness Survey found many processes stymie those efforts. learn more.

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Is commercial lending on the rise?

Independent Banker

Loan providers share an infectious enthusiasm and growing optimism for one vertical’s prospects in 2022: commercial lending. Here’s how community bankers can take advantage of various sectors—including SBA lending—over the next 12 months. anticipates a low double-digit increase in its commercial lending in 2022.

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Capital Assessment, Capital Planning Are Critical as Coronavirus Creates Chaos

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Stress tests and capital planning are vital to financial institutions in volatile times like these, when the coronavirus and pressures on the energy sector result in a financial crisis. Current environment = Challenging stressed capital planning. This has resulted in theoretical assumptions for capital planning.

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The benefits of micro-lending programs

Independent Banker

These community banks are working to fix that through microlending programs. One of the harsh realities revealed by the flood of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money distributed in 2020 and 2021 is that many businesses and entrepreneurs in need of small-balance loans fell through the cracks. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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CRE risk management: Identify and manage concentration risk

Abrigo

Find commercial real estate risks in the loan portfolio Sound risk management practices in commercial real estate lending help lenders manage CRE credit losses and protect the portfolio's profitability. You might also like this podcast, "How to sleep easier at night about your capital and risk levels."