A scrappy Arkansas bank that rose to finance skyscrapers around the U.S. is rethinking just how much to stake its fortunes on commercial real estate. Bank OZK’s obsessive focus on commercial real ...

When a Citi analyst downgraded Bank OZK from a buy to a sell, sending the stock price tumbling 17 percent, the news shook the industry. Normally, an analyst’s downgrade is not the center of real ...

The link between banking system performance and the outlook for commercial real estate (CRE) is complex. Bank CRE loans include more than dubious quality loans made to finance office buildings and ...

Bank OZK shares have fallen this week as fears grow around potential real estate loan losses. OZK has shown strong deposit stability and has been aggressively growing, with deposits rising by over 25% ...

The echoes began in May. Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group predicted a regional bank failure “every day or every week.” Days later, Newmark Chair Howard Lutnick warned, “Every single weekend ...

The Bank OZK Real Estate Specialties Group, or RESG, originated $1.5B in new loans in Q2, a modest uptick from the prior quarter and its best showing since Q2 2024, when it originated $1.6B. The ...

First Foundation will work on building out its presence in Florida and Texas, where it moved its headquarters in 2021 from Irvine, California. First Foundation, a commercial real estate-heavy bank ...

It’s been some time since public markets have felt so exuberant—or more fragile. Mega-cap equities surged through 2024 and ...

While U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins continue to dominate the conversation, recent discussions with investors indicate a growing focus on the tokenization of real world assets (RWAs), including stocks ...

Bank of America (BofA) continues to be a key player in North America’s commercial real estate (CRE) landscape, closing out 2023 with $86.57 billion in CRE loans, a notable 11.4% year-over-year ...

Miami-based World Property Ventures, a global property technology holding company, said this week it will launch a new SEC-regulated digital investment bank designed to transform real estate capital ...