San Diego carries $3.1 billion of CMBS across 146 loans, and by the servicer's own count none of it is distressed: the metro's distress rate stands at 0.0% as of July 2026, and it has been flat in the filed record. Retail is the heaviest exposure at $876 million and shows no distress against a 2.7% national retail rate. The pattern holds across the book — Office at $0.8 billion sits at 0.0% versus 11.3% nationally, Hospitality at $0.6 billion against 6.1%, and Mixed-Use at $0.4 billion against 5.0%. A 2.25 median DSCR underwrites the calm.
The refinancing wall is real but distant. The heaviest maturity load lands in 2029 at $564 million, with roughly $0.4 billion each rolling in 2027, 2030 and 2031, and $0.6 billion maturing inside the next 24 months. Every one of those maturity buckets currently reads 0.0% distressed.
The softer signal comes from outside the loan tapes. The metro logged 92 on-the-ground distress events over the past year — 25 store closures and 67 layoff notices — accounting for 3,984 jobs. Office-using employment is down 3.7% year over year, even as the metro's unemployment rate has eased to 4.7%, down 0.3 point. None of that has reached the servicer's ledger, but it is the record worth watching against a book that otherwise reads pristine.
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, distress signals are clearly elevated across most independent feeds. Store closures run at a rate of 2.01 per 100,000 jobs (20th of 392 metros by count, 168th by rate), while WARN layoff notices show 0.29% of the metro's employment (5th by count, 76th by rate). Bank CRE over the noncurrent line stands at 8.57% of allocated dollars (30th by count, 86th by rate).
However, the securitized loan leg reads 0.0% in special servicing, ranking 220th of 335 metros — this is notably quiet. Of the six possible pairings among the four legs, three show both elevated, zero both quiet, and three disagree. The disagreements are structural: closures hot with the tape quiet reads as retail failing on properties this tape doesn't hold; WARN hot with the tape quiet suggests employers cutting while the securitized book hasn't moved; and bank hot with tape quiet implies lenders are stressed on a portfolio the tape can't see. No adjudication was needed, as no leg is blind.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
26 closures | 2.01 per 100k jobs | 20 of 392 | 168 of 392 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
|
| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
144 notices | 0.29% | 5 of 386 | 76 of 386 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
|
| bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line share of the CRE lent into this metro that sits at a lender over the blended-noncurrent line |
$1.90bn | 8.57% | 30 of 393 | 86 of 393 | elevated
allocated 2026-03-31
|
| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
0 loan records | 0% | 220 of 335 | 220 of 335 | quiet 2026-07-29
|
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, the elevated distress signals include bank-distressed CRE (with distressed lender CRE at $1.90bn and 10.1% of bank CRE at risk at the 90th percentile), store closures (26 in one year), and WARN notices (144 in one year). The reading for CMBS special servicing is unavailable, as the CMBS special servicing UPB is $0.0mm with a 0.0% share of metro UPB, indicating no CMBS distress is currently measurable.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Endeavor Bank CA | 100.0% | 182% total 416%
|
🔒 | 0.54% |
| Calprivate Bank CA | 57.5% | 252% total 431%
|
🔒 | 0.40% |
| Banner Bank WA | 5.9% | 253% total 379%
|
🔒 | 0.22% |
| First Bank MO | 3.1% | 184% total 273%
|
🔒 | 0.09% |
| Banc Of California CA | 6.6% | 291% total 334%
|
🔒 | 4.24% |
| Balboa Thrift And Loan Association CA | 58.5% | 235% total 238%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Shinhan Bank America NY | 6.8% | 257% total 382%
|
🔒 | 0.88% |
| State Bank Of India (California) CA | 14.1% | 276% total 327%
|
🔒 | 1.91% |
| First Pacific Bank CA | 23.1% | 243% total 395%
|
🔒 | 0.31% |
| Citizens Business Bank, National Association CA | 1.1% | 281% total 406%
|
🔒 | 0.06% |
| Beach Cities Commercial Bank CA | 18.6% | 273% total 633%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| C3bank, National Association CA | 84.9% | 361% total 403%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| California Bank Of Commerce, National Association CA | 22.0% | 313% total 437%
|
🔒 | 0.22% |
| Poppy Bank CA | 2.7% | 360% total 557%
|
🔒 | 2.15% |
| Mechanics Bank CA | 0.0% | 340% total 362%
|
🔒 | 0.30% |
| Bank | Total CRE | CRE / Capital* | Noncurrent CRE | Early Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balboa Thrift And Loan Association | $101M | 235% total 238%
|
0.00% | 🔒 |
| Endeavor Bank | $433M | 182% total 416%
|
0.54% | 🔒 |
| Calprivate Bank | $1.4B | 252% total 431%
|
0.40% | 🔒 |
| California Bank Of Commerce, National Association | $2.3B | 313% total 437%
|
0.22% | 🔒 |
| Axos Bank | $5.6B | 188% total 194%
|
0.09% | 🔒 |
| C3bank, National Association | $407M | 361% total 403%
|
0.00% | 🔒 |
| Home Bank Of California | $182M | 404% total 582%
|
0.00% | 🔒 |
| Neighborhood National Bank | $139M | 298% total 541%
|
0.00% | 🔒 |
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, local bank capacity to refinance maturing CRE appears tight: the metros wall-to-room ratio stands at 2.92, ranking it 21 of 270 among the most strained metros. Regional and community banks have room after committed draws of $220.4mm versus a maturing CMBS balance of $643.6mm across 43 loans, leaving a substantial shortfall even before accounting for committed draws of $295.2mm (room before committed is $357.1mm). However, this reading is likely an exclusion artifact: only 15 banks qualify here versus 14 excluded, and the distressed share is 0.0%, so the apparent strain may reflect that deposit-based footprints undercount lenders serving this market rather than genuine credit distress.
| REIT | SS NOI | SS Revenue | Occupancy | Rent | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVB | — | +1.5% | 96.0% | +1.6% | 2026-07-30 |
| CPT | -0.2% | +1.3% | 95.5% | +0.7% | 2026-04-30 |
| EQR | +1.0% | +1.3% | 96.0% | +1.7% | 2026-04-28 |
| ESS | — | +1.5% | 95.7% | — | 2026-07-30 |
Over the past 365 days, San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA has recorded 68 WARN notices, affecting at least 4,063 jobs (a floor, since notices without headcounts contribute 0), and 26 confirmed store closures (approved rows only, ZIP-matched to the metro). Distress signals include 3 CRE-likely bankruptcy filings, though these are a state proxy — not a metro-native count — and the actual number of local CRE bankruptcies is unavailable.