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Disparity in Property Lending by Banks Plays Out in BB&T, SunTrust Merger

BB&T Scales Back, While SunTrust Aligns With Trend of Making More Real Estate Loans
SunTrust is growing its commercial real estate loans, while BB&T is shrinking that type of lending. (Bloomberg/Getty Images)
SunTrust is growing its commercial real estate loans, while BB&T is shrinking that type of lending. (Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Commercial real estate lending by U.S. banks is diverging between expansion and retreat, reflecting varying reactions to an economy that is flooded with cheap capital. Lenders have either been vying more competitively on pricing, or backing off because they say the returns are too low.

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