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U.S. Banks’ Exposure to Risk from Commercial Real Estate Screener
Many financial experts in the banking industry have warned about future losses on commercial real estate (CRE) mortgages as hundreds of billions of dollars in loans reprice in a high-rate environment over the coming year.
As most CRE mortgages are five-year balloon mortgages, many of these loans that originated in a lower rate environment in 2019 are currently rolling over and need refinancing this year when rates are well above 7%. The same concern carries over in 2025 for CRE loans originated in 2020, as well as 2026 for CRE loans originated in 2021.
The imminent refinancing of loans, combined with more commercial properties selling at a discount relative to pre-pandemic values, has exposed vulnerabilities in the banking system not only to commercial real estate mortgages, but also to commercial real estate construction loans and unused commitments to fund commercial real estate mortgages and loans.
The U.S. Banks’ Exposure to Risk from Commercial Real Estate screener evaluates 157 of the largest banks in America out of over 4,000 existing banks to track their exposure to commercial real estate. Using publicly available quarterly data from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Central Data Repository, we calculate each bank’s total CRE exposure (the sum of CRE nonfarm-nonresidential mortgages, multifamily mortgages, CRE construction loans and unused CRE commitments) as a percentage of the bank’s total equity.
We use this ratio as a broad measure of bank exposure to commercial real estate. A variation of this ratio is often used by banking regulators to assess CRE exposures. Any ratio over 300% is viewed as excessive exposure to CRE, which puts the bank at greater risk of failure.
This ongoing, quarterly project is produced by The Banking Initiative at Florida Atlantic University sponsored by Executive Education.
Obs | Name | ST | Total Assets (Millions) | Total Equity (Millions) | Equity to Assets | CRE Total (Millions) | CRE Total to Equity |
1 | DIME COMMUNITY BANK | NY | 13,474 | 1,411 | 10.5% | 9,221 | 653.7% |
2 | BANK OZK | AR | 36,030 | 5,267 | 14.6% | 32,681 | 620.5% |
3 | MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA | IN | 17,740 | 1,719 | 9.7% | 10,520 | 611.9% |
4 | FIRST FOUNDATION BANK | CA | 13,559 | 1,074 | 7.9% | 6,338 | 589.9% |
5 | EAGLEBANK | MD | 11,562 | 1,254 | 10.9% | 7,232 | 576.5% |
6 | FLAGSTAR BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCI | NY | 112,840 | 9,275 | 8.2% | 51,322 | 553.3% |
7 | SERVISFIRST BANK | AL | 15,721 | 1,533 | 9.8% | 8,366 | 545.6% |
8 | LIVE OAK BANKING COMPANY | NC | 11,430 | 891 | 7.8% | 4,738 | 532.0% |
9 | PROVIDENT BANK | NJ | 14,125 | 1,665 | 11.8% | 8,857 | 531.9% |
10 | FIRSTBANK | CO | 27,536 | 1,444 | 5.2% | 7,096 | 491.5% |
11 | LAKELAND BANK | NJ | 10,962 | 1,312 | 12.0% | 6,248 | 476.2% |
12 | FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK OF | CA | 12,191 | 1,357 | 11.1% | 6,424 | 473.5% |
13 | BERKSHIRE BANK | MA | 12,141 | 1,039 | 8.6% | 4,899 | 471.6% |
14 | APPLE BANK | NY | 16,958 | 1,457 | 8.6% | 6,792 | 466.1% |
15 | WASHINGTON FEDERAL BANK | WA | 30,135 | 2,975 | 9.9% | 13,852 | 465.7% |
16 | FIRST UNITED BANK AND TRUST CO | OK | 16,355 | 1,378 | 8.4% | 6,369 | 462.1% |
17 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | NJ | 60,990 | 7,299 | 12.0% | 33,656 | 461.1% |
18 | COLUMBIA BANK | NJ | 10,310 | 952 | 9.2% | 4,373 | 459.2% |
19 | SYNOVUS BANK | GA | 59,716 | 4,841 | 8.1% | 21,921 | 452.8% |
20 | TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK | MS | 18,374 | 1,789 | 9.7% | 8,093 | 452.4% |
21 | BREMER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIAT | MN | 16,098 | 1,343 | 8.3% | 5,921 | 441.0% |
22 | ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL | UT | 87,060 | 5,829 | 6.7% | 25,629 | 439.7% |
23 | CITY NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA | FL | 26,127 | 2,384 | 9.1% | 10,459 | 438.7% |
24 | BANC OF CALIFORNIA | CA | 36,001 | 3,785 | 10.5% | 16,277 | 430.1% |
25 | BELL BANK | ND | 13,743 | 1,303 | 9.5% | 5,583 | 428.5% |
26 | BANK OF HOPE | CA | 18,083 | 2,188 | 12.1% | 9,205 | 420.6% |
27 | SANDY SPRING BANK | MD | 13,884 | 1,832 | 13.2% | 7,571 | 413.3% |
28 | AXOS BANK | CA | 21,805 | 2,189 | 10.0% | 8,910 | 407.1% |
29 | BANNER BANK | WA | 15,521 | 1,716 | 11.1% | 6,948 | 404.8% |
30 | WASHINGTON TRUST BANK | WA | 10,930 | 869 | 7.9% | 3,443 | 396.3% |
31 | POPULAR BANK | NY | 13,685 | 1,915 | 14.0% | 7,579 | 395.8% |
32 | COMERICA BANK | TX | 79,513 | 5,444 | 6.8% | 21,468 | 394.3% |
33 | UMPQUA BANK | OR | 52,218 | 5,322 | 10.2% | 20,878 | 392.3% |
34 | INDEPENDENT BANK DBA INDEPENDE | TX | 18,867 | 2,719 | 14.4% | 10,645 | 391.5% |
35 | ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YO | NY | 12,014 | 1,231 | 10.2% | 4,813 | 391.0% |
36 | OCEANFIRST BANK, NATIONAL ASSO | NJ | 13,310 | 1,658 | 12.5% | 6,481 | 390.9% |
37 | STELLAR BANK | TX | 10,719 | 1,557 | 14.5% | 5,743 | 368.9% |
38 | FIRST BANK | NC | 12,095 | 1,467 | 12.1% | 5,391 | 367.6% |
39 | TOWNEBANK | VA | 16,884 | 2,050 | 12.1% | 7,435 | 362.8% |
40 | ENTERPRISE BANK & TRUST | MO | 14,583 | 1,744 | 12.0% | 6,277 | 359.9% |
41 | ATLANTIC UNION BANK | VA | 21,265 | 2,845 | 13.4% | 10,141 | 356.4% |
42 | FULTON BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIAT | PA | 27,526 | 2,855 | 10.4% | 10,095 | 353.5% |
43 | CENTRAL TRUST BANK, THE | MO | 19,043 | 1,619 | 8.5% | 5,700 | 352.1% |
44 | UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | MO | 45,066 | 3,176 | 7.0% | 11,157 | 351.3% |
45 | HTLF BANK | CO | 19,053 | 2,000 | 10.5% | 6,978 | 348.9% |
46 | FIRST INTERSTATE BANK | MT | 30,079 | 3,163 | 10.5% | 11,003 | 347.9% |
47 | CATHAY BANK | CA | 23,386 | 2,855 | 12.2% | 9,784 | 342.7% |
48 | CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK | CA | 16,476 | 2,072 | 12.6% | 6,975 | 336.6% |
49 | VERITEX COMMUNITY BANK | TX | 12,663 | 1,722 | 13.6% | 5,784 | 335.9% |
50 | SIMMONS BANK | AR | 27,330 | 3,488 | 12.8% | 11,698 | 335.3% |
51 | PACIFIC PREMIER BANK | CA | 18,813 | 3,170 | 16.9% | 10,576 | 333.6% |
52 | FIRSTBANK | TN | 12,533 | 1,475 | 11.8% | 4,913 | 333.2% |
53 | GLACIER BANK | MT | 27,804 | 3,123 | 11.2% | 10,380 | 332.4% |
54 | EAST WEST BANK | CA | 70,748 | 6,657 | 9.4% | 22,011 | 330.6% |
55 | BANK OF HAWAII | HI | 23,389 | 1,389 | 5.9% | 4,479 | 322.5% |
56 | SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A. | FL | 45,128 | 5,791 | 12.8% | 18,558 | 320.5% |
57 | OLD NATIONAL BANK | IN | 49,245 | 5,521 | 11.2% | 17,680 | 320.3% |
58 | FIRST COMMONWEALTH BANK | PA | 11,664 | 1,297 | 11.1% | 4,027 | 310.4% |
59 | PINNACLE BANK | TN | 48,762 | 6,205 | 12.7% | 19,202 | 309.5% |
60 | UNITED COMMUNITY BANK | SC | 27,299 | 3,214 | 11.8% | 9,904 | 308.1% |
61 | FROST BANK | Tx | 49,568 | 3,559 | 7.2% | 10,921 | 306.8% |
62 | CUSTOMERS BANK | PA | 21,334 | 1,757 | 8.2% | 5,372 | 305.7% |
63 | AMERIS BANK | GA | 25,579 | 3,619 | 14.1% | 11,028 | 304.7% |
64 | WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK | AZ | 76,954 | 6,411 | 8.3% | 19,441 | 303.3% |
65 | WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIET | DE | 20,482 | 2,501 | 12.2% | 7,575 | 302.8% |
66 | PLAINSCAPITAL BANK | TX | 13,186 | 1,576 | 12.0% | 4,743 | 301.0% |
67 | ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY | MA | 19,329 | 2,919 | 15.1% | 8,778 | 300.7% |
68 | FIRST HORIZON BANK | TN | 81,504 | 8,789 | 10.8% | 26,305 | 299.3% |
69 | ARVEST BANK | AR | 26,373 | 1,914 | 7.3% | 5,662 | 295.9% |
70 | WESBANCO BANK, INC. | WV | 17,742 | 2,563 | 14.4% | 7,521 | 293.5% |
71 | RENASANT BANK | MS | 17,351 | 2,565 | 14.8% | 7,502 | 292.5% |
72 | UNITED BANK | VA | 29,939 | 4,852 | 16.2% | 14,162 | 291.9% |
73 | TRISTATE CAPITAL BANK | PA | 19,744 | 1,267 | 6.4% | 3,680 | 290.4% |
74 | BOKF, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | OK | 49,948 | 4,817 | 9.6% | 13,849 | 287.5% |
75 | CADENCE BANK | MS | 48,314 | 5,190 | 10.7% | 14,874 | 286.6% |
76 | BANCFIRST | OK | 10,648 | 1,147 | 10.8% | 3,273 | 285.3% |
77 | BUSEY BANK | IL | 11,856 | 1,480 | 12.5% | 4,155 | 280.7% |
78 | COMMUNITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOC | NY | 15,612 | 1,277 | 8.2% | 3,527 | 276.2% |
79 | ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSO | WI | 41,085 | 4,124 | 10.0% | 11,179 | 271.1% |
80 | BANKUNITED, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI | FL | 35,067 | 3,092 | 8.8% | 8,357 | 270.3% |
81 | NBT BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | NY | 13,345 | 1,439 | 10.8% | 3,871 | 269.0% |
82 | OPTUM BANK, INC. | UT | 17,265 | 1,645 | 9.5% | 4,407 | 267.9% |
83 | WEBSTER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA | CT | 76,091 | 9,129 | 12.0% | 24,296 | 266.1% |
84 | COMMERCE BANK | MO | 30,204 | 2,410 | 8.0% | 6,353 | 263.6% |
85 | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA | NE | 30,788 | 2,772 | 9.0% | 7,287 | 262.8% |
86 | CENTENNIAL BANK | AR | 22,760 | 3,689 | 16.2% | 9,468 | 256.6% |
87 | MIDFIRST BANK | OK | 36,941 | 3,839 | 10.4% | 9,793 | 255.1% |
88 | HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK | MS | 35,230 | 3,746 | 10.6% | 9,493 | 253.4% |
89 | EASTERN BANK | MA | 21,161 | 2,816 | 13.3% | 7,133 | 253.3% |
90 | SEACOAST NATIONAL BANK | FL | 14,822 | 2,111 | 14.2% | 5,305 | 251.2% |
91 | DOLLAR BANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS B | PA | 11,558 | 1,099 | 9.5% | 2,716 | 247.2% |
92 | FIRST FINANCIAL BANK | OH | 17,525 | 2,332 | 13.3% | 5,634 | 241.6% |
93 | TEXAS CAPITAL BANK | TX | 29,093 | 3,325 | 11.4% | 7,933 | 238.6% |
94 | MECHANICS BANK | CA | 17,340 | 2,199 | 12.7% | 5,199 | 236.4% |
95 | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENNSYL | PA | 45,782 | 5,969 | 13.0% | 13,867 | 232.3% |
96 | FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK | HI | 24,278 | 2,502 | 10.3% | 5,704 | 228.0% |
97 | FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, NATIONAL | TX | 13,133 | 1,323 | 10.1% | 2,915 | 220.3% |
98 | FIRSTBANK PUERTO RICO | PR | 18,884 | 1,608 | 8.5% | 3,437 | 213.7% |
99 | STIFEL BANK AND TRUST | MO | 18,000 | 1,237 | 6.9% | 2,631 | 212.6% |
100 | NORTHWEST BANK | PA | 14,561 | 1,513 | 10.4% | 3,198 | 211.4% |
101 | FIRST MERCHANTS BANK | IN | 18,306 | 2,257 | 12.3% | 4,766 | 211.1% |
102 | SANTANDER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOC | DE | 102,184 | 11,917 | 11.7% | 24,029 | 201.6% |
103 | EVERBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | FL | 37,923 | 3,532 | 9.3% | 6,589 | 186.5% |
104 | FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO | NC | 217,724 | 21,723 | 10.0% | 40,009 | 184.2% |
105 | BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO | PR | 57,114 | 2,943 | 5.2% | 5,370 | 182.5% |
106 | CIBC BANK USA | IL | 55,048 | 9,402 | 17.1% | 17,071 | 181.6% |
107 | NEXBANK | TX | 15,800 | 1,295 | 8.2% | 2,345 | 181.1% |
108 | MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUS | NY | 214,668 | 25,984 | 12.1% | 44,164 | 170.0% |
109 | CITY NATIONAL BANK | CA | 92,425 | 10,566 | 11.4% | 17,673 | 167.3% |
110 | CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCI | RI | 220,152 | 22,967 | 10.4% | 35,387 | 154.1% |
111 | RAYMOND JAMES BANK | FL | 41,193 | 2,796 | 6.8% | 3,978 | 142.3% |
112 | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | OH | 185,233 | 14,745 | 8.0% | 20,959 | 142.1% |
113 | ORIENTAL BANK | PR | 11,027 | 1,098 | 10.0% | 1,447 | 131.7% |
114 | PROSPERITY BANK | TX | 38,762 | 7,086 | 18.3% | 9,054 | 127.8% |
115 | HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, THE | OH | 192,859 | 17,650 | 9.2% | 21,101 | 119.6% |
116 | TRUIST BANK | NC | 526,714 | 57,574 | 10.9% | 59,316 | 103.0% |
117 | REGIONS BANK | AL | 153,946 | 15,859 | 10.3% | 16,245 | 102.4% |
118 | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | DE | 561,950 | 50,231 | 8.9% | 50,566 | 100.7% |
119 | BMO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | IL | 264,643 | 33,216 | 12.6% | 31,622 | 95.2% |
120 | FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASS | OH | 213,681 | 21,102 | 9.9% | 19,898 | 94.3% |
121 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASS | SD | 1,743,283 | 163,345 | 9.4% | 152,782 | 93.5% |
122 | U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | OH | 669,426 | 61,591 | 9.2% | 54,247 | 88.1% |
123 | TD BANK, N.A. | DE | 369,860 | 46,759 | 12.6% | 34,146 | 73.0% |
124 | CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIAT | VA | 478,877 | 53,285 | 11.1% | 33,038 | 62.0% |
125 | NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, THE | IL | 155,573 | 11,484 | 7.4% | 6,771 | 59.0% |
126 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL | OH | 3,503,360 | 304,994 | 8.7% | 175,587 | 57.6% |
127 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AM | NY | 38,920 | 9,727 | 25.0% | 4,900 | 50.4% |
128 | ALLY BANK | UT | 182,369 | 13,914 | 7.6% | 6,320 | 45.4% |
129 | MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. | UT | 212,723 | 23,087 | 10.9% | 9,913 | 42.9% |
130 | MORGAN STANLEY PRIVATE BANK, N | NY | 202,824 | 16,405 | 8.1% | 7,036 | 42.9% |
131 | BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSO | NC | 2,550,363 | 237,333 | 9.3% | 85,712 | 36.1% |
132 | BEAL BANK USA | NV | 18,031 | 4,175 | 23.2% | 1,415 | 33.9% |
133 | HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCI | VA | 163,070 | 15,663 | 9.6% | 4,859 | 31.0% |
134 | UBS BANK USA | UT | 110,525 | 9,180 | 8.3% | 2,404 | 26.2% |
135 | STIFEL BANK | MO | 10,752 | 767 | 7.1% | 178 | 23.3% |
136 | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | NY | 549,188 | 57,222 | 10.4% | 13,054 | 22.8% |
137 | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, THE | NY | 357,477 | 27,470 | 7.7% | 6,142 | 22.4% |
138 | CITIBANK, N.A. | SD | 1,698,856 | 165,900 | 9.8% | 30,242 | 18.2% |
139 | BNY MELLON, NATIONAL ASSOCIATI | PA | 30,932 | 3,678 | 11.9% | 667 | 18.1% |
140 | STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST CO | MA | 333,667 | 26,127 | 7.8% | 3,091 | 11.8% |
141 | TD BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIAT | DE | 34,385 | 4,219 | 12.3% | 156 | 3.7% |
142 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIO | UT | 25,660 | 3,502 | 13.6% | 126 | 3.6% |
143 | BMW BANK OF NORTH AMERICA | UT | 12,038 | 1,874 | 15.6% | 44 | 2.4% |
144 | SALLIE MAE BANK | UT | 28,327 | 2,691 | 9.5% | 56 | 2.1% |
145 | SYNCHRONY BANK | UT | 113,551 | 12,607 | 11.1% | 51 | 0.4% |
146 | THIRD FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN A | OH | 17,004 | 1,712 | 10.1% | 3 | 0.2% |
147 | BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE | DE | 40,409 | 5,175 | 12.8% | 8 | 0.2% |
148 | USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | TX | 114,029 | 3,622 | 3.2% | 1 | 0.0% |
149 | DISCOVER BANK | DE | 150,307 | 13,003 | 8.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
150 | WELLS FARGO NATIONAL BANK WEST | NV | 13,378 | 1,432 | 10.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
151 | AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK | UT | 189,503 | 16,514 | 8.7% | 0 | 0.0% |
152 | BANK OF AMERICA CALIFORNIA, NA | CA | 14,667 | 2,257 | 15.4% | 0 | 0.0% |
153 | CHARLES SCHWAB PREMIER BANK, S | TX | 26,033 | 1,715 | 6.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
154 | CHARLES SCHWAB BANK, SSB | TX | 286,704 | 16,695 | 5.8% | 0 | 0.0% |
155 | COMENITY CAPITAL BANK | UT | 12,730 | 1,987 | 15.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
156 | AMERIPRISE BANK, FSB | MN | 22,556 | 1,034 | 4.6% | 0 | 0.0% |
157 | CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK | TX | 10,177 | 746 | 7.3% | 0 | 0.0% |