The nation's capital carries $9.2 billion of CMBS across 238 loans, and office does the heavy lifting on both sides of the ledger. At $4.5 billion it is the largest book in the metro, and at a 20.4% distress rate it is also the most troubled — nearly double the 11.1% national office mark. That single sector sets the tone for Washington, and the trend in the filed record is pointing the same way: distress stood at 10.9% as of July 2026 and has been rising.
The maturity wall tells a layered story. The heaviest load lands in 2029, with $2.4 billion — 26% of the book — coming due at a benign 2.2% distress rate. The nearer vintages are where the strain already sits: $1.3 billion maturing in 2027 carries a 42.5% distress rate, and the $1.1 billion due in 2028 runs at 11.9%. Against that, the metro's median DSCR of 1.81 gives the broader book some cushion.
The pressure is visible on the ground as well. The past year brought 201 distress events across the metro, and the layoff notices alone account for 11,073 jobs. For now the labor backdrop is firmer than the credit picture — unemployment was 3.8% as of August 2026, down 0.4 points year over year — but the office book remains the number to watch here.
Distress in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is broad and mutually reinforcing: all four independent feeds read elevated, and all 6 of 6 pairs agree-hot with 0 pairs both quiet and 0 pairs disagreeing. Store closures run at 81 closures (3.27 per 100k jobs, 4th of 392 by count, 76th by rate), WARN notices at 107 notices (0.29% of employment, 6th of 386 by count, 76th by rate), bank CRE over the noncurrent line at $10,894.7mm (17.98% of lent CRE, 5th of 393 by count, 20th by rate), and securitized loans in special servicing at 20 rows (11.85% of securitized balance, 8th of 335 by count, 42nd by rate). The bank leg's 17.98% rate is computed off an allocation, since only 21.3% of its dollars sit at banks that lend in one metro and need no allocation; the rest is split by branch deposits, which the call report cannot confirm.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
81 closures | 3.27 per 100k jobs | 4 of 392 | 76 of 392 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
|
| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
107 notices | 0.29% | 6 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 |
$10.89bn | 17.98% | 5 of 393 | 20 of 393 | elevated
allocated 2026-03-31
|
| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
20 loan records | 11.85% | 8 of 335 | 42 of 335 | elevated 2026-07-29
|
In Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, elevated distress signals include bank distressed CRE exposure at $10.89bn (with bank CRE at risk at the 90th percentile reaching 15.4% of a $60.58bn portfolio), CMBS special servicing UPB of $1.10bn (11.8% of metro UPB), plus ground-level signals from closures and WARN notices. The reading on signal convergence is 4, but a reading on the exact share of bank assets allocated to CRE is unavailable.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Union Bank VA | 35.5% | 264% total 363%
|
🔒 | 0.42% |
| Eaglebank MD | 100.0% | 258% total 355%
|
🔒 | 2.20% |
| Industrial Bank DC | 77.1% | 131% total 212%
|
🔒 | 8.38% |
| Primis Bank VA | 33.2% | 188% total 317%
|
🔒 | 3.31% |
| The Freedom Bank Of Virginia VA | 100.0% | 175% total 290%
|
🔒 | 1.85% |
| Bank Of Clarke VA | 50.1% | 195% total 329%
|
🔒 | 1.45% |
| Amalgamated Bank NY | 17.0% | 235% total 239%
|
🔒 | 4.15% |
| Virginia National Bank VA | 43.0% | 226% total 289%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Fulton Bank, National Association PA | 1.5% | 184% total 283%
|
🔒 | 0.79% |
| Fvcbank VA | 98.2% | 284% total 354%
|
🔒 | 0.96% |
| First United Bank & Trust MD | 14.8% | 201% total 285%
|
🔒 | 0.19% |
| The National Capital Bank Of Washington DC | 100.0% | 262% total 327%
|
🔒 | 2.45% |
| Acnb Bank PA | 13.3% | 232% total 333%
|
🔒 | 0.21% |
| Woodsboro Bank MD | 100.0% | 232% total 415%
|
🔒 | 0.16% |
| Jefferson Security Bank WV | 61.6% | 210% total 257%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Middletown Valley Bank MD | 39.9% | 249% total 381%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Potomac Bank WV | 80.3% | 276% total 389%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| City National Bank Of West Virginia WV | 3.0% | 206% total 241%
|
🔒 | 0.30% |
| The Harbor Bank Of Maryland MD | 15.6% | 226% total 313%
|
🔒 | 2.37% |
| Blue Ridge Bank, National Association VA | 3.7% | 255% total 315%
|
🔒 | 0.14% |
| Citizens And Farmers Bank VA | 2.7% | 267% total 304%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Promiseone Bank GA | 18.4% | 284% total 364%
|
🔒 | 1.01% |
| First Bank VA | 6.4% | 283% total 391%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Somerset Trust Company PA | 0.8% | 206% total 290%
|
🔒 | 1.51% |
| Farmers & Merchants Bank VA | 0.0% | 155% total 222%
|
🔒 | 0.21% |
| Presidential Bank, Fsb MD | 100.0% | 321% total 336%
|
🔒 | 1.83% |
| Mainstreet Bank VA | 100.0% | 379% total 538%
|
🔒 | 3.26% |
| John Marshall Bank VA | 100.0% | 337% total 439%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Trustar Bank VA | 100.0% | 422% total 499%
|
🔒 | 0.63% |
| City First Bank, National Association DC | 79.4% | 378% total 438%
|
🔒 | 1.20% |
| Old Dominion National Bank VA | 77.0% | 312% total 365%
|
🔒 | 1.52% |
| Shore United Bank, National Association MD | 18.8% | 326% total 436%
|
🔒 | 1.78% |
| Hingham Institution For Savings MA | 10.2% | 525% total 552%
|
🔒 | 1.03% |
| Mvb Bank, Inc WV | 6.6% | 312% total 373%
|
🔒 | 0.25% |
| Carter Bank & Trust VA | 6.3% | 395% total 423%
|
🔒 | 0.84% |
| Bank | Total CRE | CRE / Capital* | Noncurrent CRE | Early Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Bank | $266M | 131% total 212%
|
8.38% | 🔒 |
| Mainstreet Bank | $1.6B | 379% total 538%
|
3.26% | 🔒 |
| Hsbc Bank Usa, National Association | $1.6B | 7% total 8%
|
15.70% | 🔒 |
| Eaglebank | $4.7B | 258% total 355%
|
2.20% | 🔒 |
| Capital Bank, National Association | $1.5B | 304% total 419%
|
1.82% | 🔒 |
| Bank Of Clarke | $811M | 195% total 329%
|
1.45% | 🔒 |
| Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company | $5.5B | 335% total 424%
|
1.24% | 🔒 |
| City First Bank, National Association | $853M | 378% total 438%
|
1.20% | 🔒 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ranks 30 of 275 counting from the most strained, with $2.60bn of CMBS maturing within 24 months against regional and community bank room of $1.02bn after committed draws, a wall-to-room ratio of 2.56. Before committed draws the picture is less extreme—$2.26bn of room against the same maturing balance, or 1.15—but the $2.44bn in committed draws consumes most of that headroom. On these figures the metro's qualifying banks, 35 of them, do not appear to hold the capacity to absorb the maturity wall on their own, and the strain reading comes with an important caveat: 17 banks are excluded here, and the exclusion artifact is flagged as not explaining this result. Room remains a proxy for what regional and community banks could still write before the SR 06-26 concentration line, and the wall covers only CMBS maturing within 24 months, so the ratio is an upper bound on how much of it local banks would have to absorb.
| REIT | SS NOI | SS Revenue | Occupancy | Rent | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVB | — | -0.2% | 94.5% | -1.5% | 2026-02-05 |
| EQR | +0.2% | +1.7% | 96.3% | +2.8% | 2026-04-28 |
| MAA | +1.1% | +1.7% | 96.1% | +1.8% | 2026-07-29 |
Over the past 365 days, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro has seen 93 store closures and 106 warn notices, with 11,055 jobs affected — a figure that is a floor, since notices stating no headcount are counted but contribute 0 jobs. On the bankruptcy side, the metro shows 1, but this is a STATE PROXY — a court case counts in its filing district and an SEC 8-K in the filer's state, not where the property is, so this counts CRE-likely filings in the states this metro's collateral sits in; it is not a metro-native count. Note also that coverage widened to both court feeds on 2026-09-16, so counts before and after that date are not comparable.