Ideal Companies: Community bank, regional bank or life insurance company involved in commercial real estate lending
The OCC continued to single out multifamily lending this year, saying that bank financial data from 2016 indicated
growth in commercial real estate lending, «led by the multifamily housing sector and centered in the construction of luxury apartments primarily in the Northeastern and Western regions of the United States.»
Regulators expressed concern about the «rapid growth and increased competitive pressures»
in commercial real estate lending.