ECB's Buch warns again about commercial property

March 12, 2024 12:30 PM EDT

A crane is pictured at construction site near residential apartment buildings in the Ile de la Cite, in Paris, France, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The commercial real estate sector is "particularly vulnerable" to the recent rise in interest rates, resulting in more loans going unpaid, European Central Bank supervisor Claudia Buch said on Tuesday.

"One sector which is particularly vulnerable to higher interest rates is commercial real estate," Buch said in a speech. "A little less than 4% of these loans were classified as non-performing – above the average...for loans overall."

(Reporting By Francesco Canepa; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)



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