Commercial real estate loans decreased 1.4% from the prior quarter, which management attributed to normal refinancing into the permanent market, though the portfolio was up 12.1% year over year. Kymes said the company saw strong CRE originations in the quarter and described the pipeline as robust.Kymes highlighted Texas as a standout contributor, representing $561 million of fourth-quarter growth. He also cited three consecutive quarters of growth in core C&I (services and general business portfolios), whic ...