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Commercial real estate lenders outproduced credit unions again this year.

A comparison of results from a Mortgage Bankers Association report released Tuesday with NCUA numbers retrieved from Callahan's Peer Suite showed originations of commercial loans backed by real estate increased slightly in the first half in the MBA sample, while falling among credit unions.

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