WASHINGTON, DC–Washington DC is trying to give banks and their commercial real estate borrowers some relief from the High Volatility Commercial Real Estate Loans, or HVCRE, rule.
This rule, promulgated by Basel III, went into effect in 2016. It established a new risk-weight category requiring banks to hold more capital — 150% or one and half times as much — for such loans.
The result was a pull back on construction lending among other types of bank finance.
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