Data · DMV CRE Distress

DMV commercial real-estate distress brief

Across Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia there are 143 distressed CMBS loans totaling about $1.76 billion in current balance — broad-based across all three jurisdictions and concentrated in office and hotel. This is an aggregate, market-level read compiled from public securitized-loan disclosures; no individual loans, borrowers, or lenders are identified.

By jurisdiction

Where the distress is

JurisdictionDistressed CMBS loansShare
Virginia7150%
Maryland4934%
Washington DC2316%
By property type

What is under stress

Property typeLoansShare
Office6848%
Hotel6545%
Mixed-use107%

Office and hotel together are about 93% of DMV CMBS distress.

Resolution stage

How far along the workout clock

StageLoans
In special servicing (the workout desk has the file)41
90+ days delinquent8
Non-performing matured balloon (past maturity, unpaid)2
In active foreclosure6
Bank-owned (REO)2
In maturity default3

41 files (29%) are already at a special servicer, and 8 have reached foreclosure or REO — further along than the headlines suggest.

Credit picture

Coverage is thin

Median debt-service coverage ratio (DSCR) among loans reporting it is 1.51 — little cushion for further NOI slippage — and 42 loans are below 1.0x, meaning current cash flow does not cover debt service.

What it means

The question is how cleanly

Distress in the DMV is concentrated where you'd expect (office and hotel) but is further along the resolution path than the headlines suggest. For lenders and special servicers, the question is no longer whether to resolve non-core credit but how cleanly — through a workout, a discounted payoff, or a note sale.

Aggregate figures compiled by Standing Bid Capital from public CMBS securitized-loan disclosures (SEC EDGAR remittance reports), as of the March 2026 reporting cycle. This is educational market intelligence, not an offering or solicitation for any specific asset, and no individual loan, borrower, or lender is identified. Figures are directional; CMBS remittance data lags the current period.

Common questions
How much CMBS distress is in the DC–Maryland–Virginia market?

On an aggregate basis, roughly 143 distressed CMBS loans totaling about $1.76 billion in current balance across DC, Maryland, and Virginia, concentrated in office and hotel.

Which DMV property types are most distressed?

Office (about 48% of distressed DMV CMBS loans) and hotel (about 45%) together make up roughly 93% of the total.

How far along is DMV CRE distress?

About 41 loans (29%) are already in special servicing and 8 have reached foreclosure or REO, so a meaningful share is well into the resolution process rather than early-stage.

Does Standing Bid Capital name specific distressed loans?

No — this brief is aggregate, market-level intelligence only. Standing Bid Capital is a principal buyer of CRE notes and REO across the DMV; individual credits are handled privately and confidentially. Request a confidential review.

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