US bank loans backed by owner-occupied commercial real estate properties have performed better on average in recent quarters than those backed by nonowner-occupied properties. The disparity stems largely from a sharp drop in the performance of large banks' nonowner-occupied commercial real estate loans. The delinquency ratio for loans on owner-occupied properties was generally higher than for loans on nonowner-occupied properties in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. That trend began to reverse in 2020 when nonowner-occupied commercial real estate (CRE) loan...