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b1BANK

Community Bank · Baton Rouge, LA · Business First Bancshares Inc

Recorded CRE activity — harris County

13 commercial deeds of trust recorded recently, verified from county records.

20 SBA 7(a) real-estate loans in Texas over the last 12 months · median rate 9.38% (20 variable / 0 fixed) · $25.9M total approved.

Borrower cities: Houston (6), Bryan (2), Katy (2), Pearland, New Braunfels, League City.

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA dataset · most recent approval Feb 27, 2026. Loan-level government-guaranteed pricing; conventional CRE terms may differ.

Implied yield on the existing real-estate loan book: 6.65% as of Q1 2026 — TX bank median 4.87% (1.78pp above median).

What their existing real-estate book earns — an anchor for where new money gets priced. Source: FFIEC Call Reports.

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Quarter	CRE loans	Construction	Multifamily	Concentration	Nonaccrual CRE
Q1 2026	$3.6B	$685.8M	$257.1M	262%	$51.5M
Q4 2025	$3.4B	$639.1M	$255.1M	258%	$40.8M
Q3 2025	$3.2B	$638.9M	$250.9M	253%	$13.0M
Q2 2025	$3.2B	$600.3M	$199.4M	247%	$27.8M
Q1 2025	$3.2B	$633.7M	$253.6M	248%	$11.0M
Q4 2024	$3.2B	$670.5M	$200.5M	254%	$8.8M
Q3 2024	$2.9B	$654.4M	$148.4M	251%	$12.7M
Q2 2024	$2.8B	$637.5M	$146.1M	248%	$9.0M

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b1BANK has commercial deeds of trust recorded in these metros. See who else is active there and current rate ranges by property type.

Houston (Harris County)

Dallas–Fort Worth (Dallas, Tarrant, Collin & Denton Counties)

Last updated Oct 8, 2026 · Sources: FFIEC CDR, county records, first-party conversations.