Event Profile

New construction and renovation demand keeps outpacing housing supply, and community banks are well positioned to meet it. Construction loans add portfolio earning assets, deepen customer relationships, create cross-sell opportunities, and can support your CRA goals. But they carry risks a traditional mortgage doesn't. Whether you're weighing your first construction program or looking to strengthen and scale one you already run, this session gives you a clear roadmap to do it with confidence.

In this fast-paced session, participants explore a roadmap for standing up a program, covering the key decisions at each stage from the business case to launch day. Attendees also focus on the four advantages community banks hold over non-bank lenders, and the single most costly mistake a construction loan can make, along with how to prevent it.

Learning Objectives:

• Evaluate the business case for construction lending, including revenue growth, customer retention, cross-sell opportunities, and CRA benefits, and determine whether it fits your institution.
• Apply a practical roadmap to build, launch, or strengthen a construction lending program.
• Identify and implement critical construction lending risk management practices, including pre-close due diligence, contractor acceptance, draw administration, and construction servicing.

Duration: 60 minutes

Presented live and recorded on 9/16/26.