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Washington -- The Comptroller of the Currency is warning national banks to size up their commercial real estate portfolios before his examiners start knocking on their doors.
Examiners are going to be taking a hard look at CRE portfolios, comptroller John Dugan said, and particularly at community banks with high concentrations of residential construction and development loans in declining markets.
In a speech to the Florida Bankers Association, the comptroller also warned that he expects to see more bank failures this year.
"There will be more criticized assets, increases to loan loss reserves and more problem banks. And yes, there will be an increase in bank failures," Mr. Dugan said.
The comptroller noted that ...
Source: HighBeam Research, OCC Is Warry Of CRE Loans.