Company: MTB-PJ
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-006267
Chunk: 62

Company: M&T BANK CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 62
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 include: (i) overall economic conditions affecting businesses and consumers, generally; (ii) the impact of commercial and  residential real estate values on loans to real estate builders and developers and other loans secured by such real estate; (iii) the concentration of commercial real estate loans in the Company’s loan portfolio, including construction loans, loans secured by office, retail, health services, hospitality and multifamily properties and loans secured by property in the New York City and certain other large metropolitan areas; (iv) the concentration of commercial and industrial loans to businesses in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.; (v) the repayment performance associated with first and second lien loans secured by residential real estate; and (vi) the size of the Company’s portfolio of loans to individual consumers, which historically have experienced higher net charge-offs as a percent of loans outstanding than loans to other types of borrowers. The Company’s credit risk and the performance of its lending portfolios may be affected by concentration in an industry, geography or asset type. As described further in this "Risk Factors" section, the Company’s credit risks may be increased by the impacts of elevated inflation, poor or recessionary economic conditions and financial market volatility. 

Commercial real estate valuations can be highly subjective as they are based upon many assumptions. Such valuations can be significantly affected over relatively short periods of time by changes in business climate, economic conditions, interest rates and, in many cases, the results of operations of businesses and other occupants of the real property. Emerging and evolving factors such as the shift to work-from-home or hybrid-work arrangements, changing consumer preferences (including for online shopping), and resulting changes in occupancy rates as a result of these and other trends can also impact such valuations over relatively short periods. Similarly, residential real estate valuations can be impacted by housing trends, the availability of financing at reasonable interest rates, governmental policy regarding housing and housing finance, and general economic conditions affecting consumers, as described above.

The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses which represents, in management’s judgment, the amount of losses expected in the loan and lease portfolio. The allowance is determined by management’s evaluation of the loan and lease portfolio based on such factors as the differing economic risks associated with each loan category, the current financial condition of specific borrowers, the economic environment in which borrowers operate, the level of delinquent loans, the value of any collateral and, where applicable, the existence of any guarantees or indemnifications. Management believes that the allowance for credit losses as of December