A new change in accounting rules may require commercial real estate tenants and banks to recognize all leases as liabilities on their balance sheets.

This could cost commercial tenants both time and money, drive down commercial property values, make it tougher for investors to buy property and force banks to have to raise more capital. It also could make it harder for companies to get loans and mean fewer tenants for commercial landlords as some companies move to buy property rather than lease it.

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