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Commercial property risks rise up bank investors’ worry list

Fears mount that a further retreat from real estate lending could lead to a wider credit crunch
Office vacancy rates have risen. In San Francisco, the worst-hit city, almost 19% of space was unoccupied at the end of 2022, up from 5% three years earlier

Commercial property loans are joining deposit flight and bond portfolios as the biggest perceived risk for US banks as rattled investors fret about lenders’ strength following the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Strains in the $5.6tn market for commercial real estate loans have deepened in recent months as the Federal Reserve’s year-long series of interest rate rises leads to sharply higher borrowing costs and weakening property valuations. Analysts fear any further reduction in lending — say, from businesses more keen on hoarding deposits following two shock bank runs in a week — could make a perilous situation worse.

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