California developers are likely aware that some smaller banks are cutting back on financing commercial real estate projects due to increased federal scrutiny. In particular, commercial property deals that involve construction or redevelopment and are in the range of $5 to $10 million are seeing less competition. As a result, more foreign banks are funding commercial real estate in the United States. Deutsche Bank and the Bank of China are among the banks providing the biggest loans. The commercial mortgage holdings of foreign banks' American offices increased more than 50 percent in 2015.