Turf War: The banking and real estate lobbyists are ready to square off...

US Banker;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......financial products. But real estate brokerage has eluded...courtesy of the real estate industry. This contentious...the $61 billion real estate brokerage market...allowed to broker real estate. As the associations...prospect of brokering real estate. So ...

Proposed Law Bars Banks from Real Estate Enterprises in Ontario, Calif.,...

The Business Press (San Bernardino, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......possibly becoming real estate brokers. Consolidating...customers. Some local community banks have thrived under...would enter the real estate industry, Birch...Empire's smaller community banks to siphon customers...extremely good for community banks as ...

Get to know your friendly real estate agent-it pays

America's Community Banker;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......to local real estate agents and...executives at community banks agree with...Come All Real estate agents say community banks rarely make...Because community banks make so little...reach out, real estate agents don...

Local bankers weigh in on fed chief's warning on commercial real estate...

Frederick News-Post (Frederick, MD);  March 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......commercial real estate loans on their...commercial real-estate loans have...commercial real-estate loans raises...practices in community banks may not have...commercial real estate markets. These...be loans to real estate investment...are ...

Community banks confront risk issues

Bank News;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......loans continue to rise. Community banks are most likely to feel it in their real estate portfolios where most...Little Rock, cautioned community banks to stay away from sub-pri...to be a concern for community banks across the country...

FDIC spotlights commercial real estate and construction lending

America's Community Banker;  January 1, 1998 ;     365 words ......commercial real estate and construction...the future at community banks, according...percent of community banks in commercial real estate lending failed...percent of community banks in commercial real estate lending failed...

Real estate raises FDIC concerns.

St. Petersburg Times (St. Petersburg, FL);  April 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......loan portfolios of community banks, those with assets...concentrated in commercial real estate loans to bankroll the...half of the state's community banks, commercial construction...cyclical high, before the real estate meltdown of the late...repercussions on banks' ...

Real estate lending scrutinized.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA);  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......proposed guidelines to tighten commercial real estate lending practices. Officials from the...banks are overextended on commercial real estate loans. Regulators said these loans now...of just 20 years ago that commercial real estate lending has the potential to fail banks...more than ...

Big Dogs and Small Dogs Duking it Out: Community banks take it on the chin...

US Banker;  March 1, 2003 ;     665 words ......small in banking. Community banks drove most of the...ar's casualties were community banks, including $700...slow-down than the community banks have. Small banks...souring commercial real estate than larger banks...concentrated in commercial real estate ...

Banker, broker, insurer: committed to mortgage financing, TowneBank...

ABA Banking Journal;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...To many bankers, real estate brokerage and management...though the national real estate brokerage lobby...however, some community banks have started to...gatekeepers of the real estate business--real...increasing number of real estate brokers and ...

Community banks pursued portfolio strategy in 2000

Community Banker;  March 1, 2001 ;     433 words ......at ACB's National Real Estate Lending Conference...through early 1999, community banks had tended to follow...he predicts that community banks will sell a higher...rates. Davidson says community banks may also look to...

Main Street Wants Bigger Small Business Bite; Big banks still have the...

US Banker;  November 1, 2008 ;     660 words ......Anthony Malakian Community banks are steadily...more against community banks for small-business...The reason for community banks' success in the...She points to community banks' leadership in...and commercial real estate brokers, relying...Sanborn says ...

Community banks mildly optimistic about 2008

Texas Banking;  April 1, 2008 ;     448 words ......recession, the nation's community banks were mildly optimistic...Association's 15th annual Real Estate Lending Survey. Some...expressed view that community banks are well positioned...areas of commercial real estate, multi-family, home...and SunTrust. Among ...

ABA Real Estate Lending Survey Finds Community Banks Mildly Optimistic...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 21, 2008 ;     526 words ......recession, the nation's community banks were mildly optimistic...Association's 15th annual Real Estate Lending Survey. Some...expressed view that community banks are well positioned...areas of commercial real estate, multi-family, home...and SunTrust. Among ...

COMPTROLLER DUGAN URGES STRONGER RISK MANAGEMENT FOR COMMERCIAL REAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 2, 2007 ;     557 words ......Texas, Mr. Dugan said community banks with significant...concentrations of commercial real estate need to be especially...last year national community banks outside of Texas...clearly bears watching. Community banks have begun using...