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How Your Bank Can Make Construction Lending More Profitable

South State Correspondent

Construction and Land Development loans (C&D loans) drove a substantial portion of the loan growth at community banks between 2000 and 2007, especially for banks under $2B in assets. Compared to their peak in 2007, current C&D loan portfolios are relatively small.

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The European banking system is flat-lining

Chris Skinner

By 2007, bank assets in many developed countries had reached in excess of 100 per cent of gross domestic product (“GDP”). In 2007, bank assets in the US were around 78 per cent of GDP. The banks feed domestic credit, financing asset purchases, investment and consumption as well as cross border lending.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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SME Alt-Lending Headed For Crash, Firm Says

PYMNTS

The alternative small business lending market has some of the hallmarks of the market conditions that led to the 2007 financial crisis, claims Bibby Financial Services Chief Executive David Postings. We are seeing signs of overheating in the small and medium-sized business lending market,” he told the publication.

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PNC Eyes Buying US Unit Of Spain's BBVA, Report Says

PYMNTS

BBVA bought Alabama's Compass Bancshares in 2007 and has around $100 billion in assets in the U.S., The acquisition could have the effect of boosting PNC's presence in the southeast and west where the markets are growing quickly, according to WSJ. including branches around the Sunbelt with a large presence in Texas. according to WSJ.

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How The Lending Landscape Is Quietly Changing

PYMNTS

Interest rates plummeted as the Fed held the federal funds rate at zero in the hopes of stimulating lending in an environment where credit went from dangerously free-flowing to dangerously non-existent in the span of a few months. The New Subprime Lending Path. Citigroup’s auto lending unit has been nearly entirely sold off.

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Commercial Real Estate Hedging: Point/Counterpoint

South State Correspondent

Commercial real estate (CRE) lending for banks continues to be at near-record tight spreads because of the favorable economics. above their peak levels from back in 2007. Property prices are up an average of 4.7% for the first quarter and are now 8.2% At this pace, that is almost a 19% annualized rate.

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