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Managing real estate and construction lending risk

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How construction administration units mitigate construction lending risk Construction lending involves unique risks and requires specialized processes. WATCH Takeaway 1 The OCC recommends that construction lending risk be managed by specialized real estate and construction lenders who report to the credit department.

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5 Common Lending Challenges and How Lending Software Can Help

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Credit and Lending Software Overcome Common Lending Problems Banks and credit unions that leverage an integrated lending and credit platform reap the benefits of a consistent, efficient and defensible lending program. Lending and Credit Software. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox?

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Password protection best practices for lending and risk management solutions

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Yet given the confidential nature of data often stored in web-based lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions, bankers have to pay special attention to potential weaknesses in password management. Across personal and professional platforms, bankers have experience with managing passwords to online services.

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Important Considerations When Growing the CRE Portfolio

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In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. For many, commercial real estate lending may be the ticket. This reflects a larger industry trend.

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5 common lending challenges and how software can help

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Missing, stale or improperly executed documents can, as the OCC Comptroller’s Handbook on Loan Portfolio Management states, “exacerbate problem loans and seriously hamper work-out efforts.” Here again, an automated, centralized system that allows for the creation of ticklers and exception reporting is invaluable.

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How to stress test your ag portfolio

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Like other types of lending, banks must remain cautious to avoid too heavy of an agricultural concentration or too much lending within a certain ag segment. The challenge is that market conditions in this type of lending tend to be volatile. Without diversification, risks will be expounded.

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How much should you segment FAS 5 (ASC 450-20) pools?

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Institutions can gain more insight into sub-segmented performance, conduct more sophisticated loss methodologies such as migration analysis and can make better-informed lending decisions over time. ” The ability to adequately meet ALLL, stress testing and other risk management requirements relies upon sound segmentation practices.

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