A survey of commercial real estate exposure by U.S. regional banks reveals increasing asset risk and potential credit losses as loans mature over the next 18 months, Moody's Investors Service said.

With U.S. banks providing more than half of U.S. commercial real estate debt financing, a survey of 55 banks by Moody's shows that lenders have faced higher interest rates and a structural shift in demand as more people remain working from home after the COVID 19 pandemic.