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European banks weathering CRE crash

Despite the steepest crash in commercial property values on record, the credit risk and asset quality of European banks’ commercial real estate lending is holding up well. Further declines in values mean there could be a further deterioration, but with strong levels of capitalisation, banks look well placed to withstand the property correction.

In view of the wider interest, we are also sending this Europe Commercial Property Update to clients of our Europe Economics Service.

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