San Jose carries $6.4 billion of CMBS across 99 loans, and the filed record is moving the right way: the distress rate stands at 8.0% as of July 2026, and it has been falling. Office dominates the book at $5.1 billion, yet only 1.4% of it is in special servicing or 60-plus days delinquent — a fraction of the 11.3% national office rate, and a standout in a sector that has defined this cycle's pain elsewhere. The metro's median DSCR of 2.33 and an unemployment rate of 4.1%, down 0.6 points year over year, round out a page that reads unusually steady.
The caution sits in the maturity schedule. The heaviest load lands in 2027, when $1.4 billion comes due, and 25.9% of that year's book is already carrying a distress flag — the concentration the desk should be circling well ahead of the date. Over the next 24 months, $1.7 billion matures in total. Beyond 2027 the wall thins out considerably, with $1.1 billion in 2030, $0.9 billion in 2031 and $0.8 billion in 2034 all showing clean at 0.0% distressed for now.
The ground tells a rougher story than the loan tape. There were 156 on-the-ground distress events over the past year — 25 store closures and 131 layoff notices — accounting for 12,268 jobs. That local record runs ahead of what the CMBS book has recognized, a gap worth watching against a maturity calendar that stacks its weight on a single year.
All four of this metro's stress legs are reading high right now — that's 4 of 4 signals elevated, and all 6 pairwise comparisons agree hot, with 0 quiet and 0 disagreeing.
The strongest warning comes from layoff notices: WARN filings ran at 177 notices, or 1.16% of the metro's 1,011,902 employed persons — that's the metro ranking 4th by count and 9th by rate out of 386 metros, a genuinely stressed reading, not a size effect.
Store closures are also elevated, but here the size caveat matters: 13 closures over the trailing 365 days clears the flat threshold (rank 34th of 392 by count) yet sits below the median on rate, at 1.26 closures per 100,000 jobs (rank 242nd). So that leg is on the list because San Jose is big, not because it's stressed per unit of itself.
Bank CRE distress is elevated too: $3,095.4 million over the noncurrent line against $26,560.4 million allocated to the metro, an 11.65% rate that ranks 21st by count and 52nd by rate of 393 metros. A caveat applies here — the allocation is by branch deposits, which the call report can't confirm for most of the book.
The securitized tape shows 6 rows in special servicing against a $6,551.0 million current balance, an 8.58% rate, ranking 28th by count and 53rd by rate of 335 metros. That one is measured at the property, not allocated, so it's the tightest read of the four.
In short: widespread distress, with the WARN leg the most rate-driven and the closures leg the most size-driven of the four.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
13 closures | 1.26 per 100k jobs | 34 of 392 | 242 of 392 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
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| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
177 notices | 1.16% | 4 of 386 | 9 of 386 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
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| 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 |
$3.10bn | 11.65% | 21 of 393 | 52 of 393 | elevated
allocated 2026-03-31
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| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
6 loan records | 8.58% | 28 of 335 | 53 of 335 | elevated 2026-07-29
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In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, elevated distress signals include bank-distressed CRE, CMBS special servicing, store closures, and WARN notices. Bank-distressed CRE stands at $3.10bn, with 17.1% of bank CRE at risk (90th percentile), while CMBS special servicing UPB is $562.0mm, equal to 8.6% of metro UPB. Additionally, there were 13 store closures and 177 WARN notices over the past year. The reading is unavailable for distressed bank assets, which are listed as 0 (no dollar figure provided), and the number of CMBS loans in special servicing is 6 but without a stated dollar amount. The overall phase is confirmed at "peak," with the convergence score at 4.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ctbc Bank Corp. (Usa) CA | 26.6% | 214% total 252%
|
🔒 | 2.90% |
| Evertrust Bank CA | 32.2% | 211% total 253%
|
🔒 | 0.44% |
| Pinnacle Bank CA | 75.9% | 228% total 409%
|
🔒 | 1.52% |
| First Commercial Bank (Usa) CA | 19.0% | 163% total 191%
|
🔒 | 1.96% |
| Safra National Bank Of New York NY | 1.9% | 102% total 102%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Fremont Bank CA | 5.7% | 217% total 329%
|
🔒 | 0.43% |
| First Bank MO | 1.0% | 184% total 273%
|
🔒 | 0.09% |
| State Bank Of India (California) CA | 12.3% | 276% total 327%
|
🔒 | 1.91% |
| Open Bank CA | 3.5% | 255% total 458%
|
🔒 | 3.02% |
| Gbc International Bank CA | 13.5% | 269% total 379%
|
🔒 | 0.12% |
| Everbank, National Association FL | 0.1% | 169% total 175%
|
🔒 | 1.03% |
| Metropolitan Bank CA | 12.7% | 340% total 421%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| United Business Bank CA | 10.5% | 402% total 555%
|
🔒 | 0.48% |
| Golden Bank, National Association TX | 6.9% | 327% total 505%
|
🔒 | 2.27% |
| West Coast Community Bank CA | 6.5% | 362% total 474%
|
🔒 | 0.58% |
| Poppy Bank CA | 4.5% | 360% total 557%
|
🔒 | 2.15% |
| Commercial Bank Of California CA | 1.7% | 470% total 592%
|
🔒 | 0.02% |
| Mechanics Bank CA | 0.8% | 340% total 362%
|
🔒 | 0.30% |
| Exchange Bank CA | 0.0% | 225% total 255%
|
🔒 | 0.59% |
| Bank | Total CRE | CRE / Capital* | Noncurrent CRE | Early Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Bank | $482M | 228% total 409%
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1.52% | 🔒 |
| Avidbank | $1.1B | 265% total 325%
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1.35% | 🔒 |
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, the refinancing capacity of local banks is tight: the maturing CMBS balance of $1.66bn (across 22 loans) is 4.21 times the bank room available after committed draws of $107.0mm, leaving $395.2mm in room versus a $1.66bn wall. The metro ranks 19 of 270 most strained, and 19 banks qualify versus 12 excluded (with the distressed share at 8.1%), suggesting the strain is real but partly tied to exclusion artifacts—the largest regional lenders are often invisible in this metric—so the actual capacity may be broader than the ratio implies.
| REIT | SS NOI | SS Revenue | Occupancy | Rent | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVB | — | +4.6% | 96.6% | +4.3% | 2026-07-30 |
| ESS | — | +4.4% | 96.8% | — | 2026-07-30 |
In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro over the past 365 days, commercial real estate distress has been modest but notable, with 3 CRE-likely bankruptcy filings (using a state proxy, not a metro-native count), 13 confirmed store closures (matched by ZIP and approved only), and 128 WARN layoff notices affecting 12,211 jobs (a floor, as notices without a stated headcount contribute 0). Activity suggests ongoing retail and employment churn, though the bankruptcy reading is unavailable at the metro level, and closure counts are conservative versus broader convergence-board tallies.