The Banks are Back: How Should Multifamily Lending Strategies evolve as the Industry Gets More Crowded? via Property Management Insider

In the first of our four-part series on bank multifamily lending, we highlighted the remarkable growth in multifamily loans issued by commercial banks. Among all bank lending categories, none has grown faster than multifamily over the last six years. Multifamily as a share of overall lending is now at a 20-year high. In Part 2, we outlined how most of the megabanks have sat on the sidelines of this wave. Instead, it’s the second-tier banks (by asset size) driving the trend. In Part 3, we examined evidence showing that the apartment industry isn’t exhibiting any clear signs of reaching “bubble” status.

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