Which banks are lending on multifamily and commercial real estate in Arizona?
Reviewed by Dominick Prevete, Founder, Blue Sky Capital Advisors
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12 FDIC-insured banks headquartered in Arizona with under $100 billion in assets held $770.6 million of multifamily loans and $15.4 billion of commercial real estate loans at June 30, 2026, in Dominick Prevete's analysis of FDIC Call Report data for Blue Sky Capital Advisors, a commercial mortgage advisor. The two largest multifamily books are at Western Alliance Bank and Southwest Heritage Bank. 2.6% of the state's bank CRE sits at banks at or above the 300% monitoring level, tied at rank 37 of 43 states.
Data as of June 30, 2026 (Q2 2026 FDIC Call Reports) · Retrieved October 12, 2026MethodologyDownload the Arizona data (CSV)
Arizona bank CRE at a glance
| Measure | Arizona | U.S. | Rank of 43 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDIC-insured banks | 12 | 4,281 | 42 |
| Multifamily loans | $770.6M | $405.2B | 43 |
| Total CRE loans | $15.4B | $1,600.5B | 32 |
| Multifamily growth, year over year | −3.4% | +3.5% | 40 |
| CRE growth, year over year | −1.5% | +3.4% | 39 |
| Share of CRE at banks at or above 300% | 2.6% | 25.0% | 37 (tied) |
| Share of CRE at banks at or above 200% | 5.9% | 71.0% | 42 |
| Banks growing multifamily | 0 of 3 (0.0%) | 670 of 1,066 (62.9%) | 43 |
CRE is construction, multifamily and non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans. Growth is like for like: Arizona banks that filed at both dates with no merger in the year. "Banks growing multifamily": of the 3 such Arizona banks with a multifamily book of $25 million or more a year earlier, the 0 whose book is larger now; the rank orders that share.
What stands out in Arizona
0 of Arizona's 3 banks with a multifamily book of $25 million or more a year ago grew it (0.0%), the lowest of the 43 ranked states (U.S.: 62.9%).
Fewer of this state's multifamily lenders are growing their books than nationally, so a borrower here may need to ask more banks, or look past them.
2.6% of Arizona's bank CRE sits at banks at or above the 300% monitoring level, tied for the 6th lowest of the 43 ranked states (U.S.: 25.0%).
Less of this state's bank CRE sits at banks near their concentration limits, so concentration is less likely to be why a bank here says no.
Which Arizona banks are growing multifamily?
| # | Bank | City | Multifamily loans | Multifamily, year over year | CRE concentration (% of capital) | CRE, 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK | PHOENIX | $648.7M | −5.0% | 161.1% | −0.3% |
| 2 | SOUTHWEST HERITAGE BANK | SCOTTSDALE | $47.2M | −15.2% | 311.3% | +37.3%† |
| 3 | BNC NATIONAL BANK | GLENDALE | $35.9M | −11.8% | 212.6% | +0.2% |
| 4 | GOLDWATER BANK N A | PHOENIX | $14.2M | +219.8% | 243.4% | +38.9% |
| 5 | INTEGRO BANK | PHOENIX | $11.9M | +164.1% | 182.5% | — |
| 6 | ZENITH BANK&TRUST | SCOTTSDALE | $5.6M | +50.1% | 132.5% | — |
| 7 | GATEWAY COMMERCIAL BANK | MESA | $3.5M | −4.4% | 143.5% | +81.2% |
| 8 | SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY BANK | SCOTTSDALE | $1.5M | — | 138.7% | +582.4% |
| 9 | MISSION BANK | KINGMAN | $1.1M | −10.3% | 84.6% | −12.8% |
| 10 | WEST VALLEY NATIONAL BANK | GOODYEAR | $1.0M | −1.5% | 255.7% | +21.9% |
‡ / † One of these 10 Arizona banks absorbed another institution inside the year-over-year / 36-month window (FDIC structure history), so its change reflects a merger, not solely new lending. Names as filed in the FDIC financial data; city is the headquarters. Shading: 300% and over, and 200%–299%.
Banks with $100 billion or more in assets are left out of this table and the state ranks, as on the national page: the largest banks' balance sheets are national. One is headquartered in Arizona and is in the Arizona CSV.
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What this means if you're a borrower in Arizona
With few Arizona banks growing their multifamily books, a deal may need capital beyond the state's banks: agency, life-company or debt-fund lenders.
Concentration is less likely to stand in the way at a Arizona bank, so the conversation turns on the property, the sponsor and whether the bank wants a loan of your size.
Dominick Prevete of Blue Sky Capital Advisors arranges multifamily and commercial financing for Arizona properties with banks and other lenders, and is paid at closing (how Blue Sky gets paid). Call (908) 220-6404 or request a consultation.
Sources
- FFIEC Central Data Repository: public Call Reports as of June 30, 2026 — Every bank figure on this page: each bank's loans, capital, concentration and growth, from its Call Report as of June 30, 2026 (retrieved October 12, 2026).
- FDIC BankFind Suite: bank lookup — The banks named in the table: look up any Arizona bank by name or FDIC certificate number to confirm its headquarters and status.
- Arizona banks, bank by bank (CSV) — The 13 banks headquartered in Arizona, as filed: the rows behind the tables and every state figure here.
- Methodology, sources and limitations — How CRE concentration, like-for-like growth and the ranks among the 43 states are computed.
Arizona bank CRE: common questions
Which banks in Arizona hold the most multifamily loans?+
Among banks headquartered in Arizona with under $100 billion in assets, Western Alliance Bank ($648.7 million), Southwest Heritage Bank ($47.2 million) and Bnc National Bank ($35.9 million) held the largest multifamily books at June 30, 2026, according to FDIC Call Report data. The table on this page lists the 10 largest, with each bank's change over the year.
Are Arizona banks still growing multifamily?+
Like for like, Arizona's banks shrank 3.4% their multifamily books in the year to June 30, 2026, against +3.5% for U.S. banks under $100 billion. 0 of the 3 Arizona banks with a multifamily book of $25 million or more a year earlier grew it. Like for like means banks that filed at both dates with no merger in the year.
How concentrated is Arizona bank CRE?+
2.6% of the CRE held by Arizona's banks under $100 billion sits at banks at or above 300% of capital, the 2006 interagency monitoring level: tied at rank 37 of 43 states, against 25.0% nationally. 5.9% sits at banks at or above 200%. These are monitoring levels, not limits, and a bank above one is not in violation of anything.
Why don't national banks appear in this list?+
Banks with $100 billion or more in assets are left out of this page's tables and ranks, as on the national page: the largest banks' balance sheets are national, so their headquarters state says little about where they lend. 1 is headquartered in Arizona; it is in the Arizona CSV. Every bank here is listed by headquarters state, not by where its loans are.
How often is this updated?+
Every quarter, after banks file their Call Reports. This Arizona page reflects the 13 Arizona banks' June 30, 2026 (Q2 2026) filings, retrieved October 12, 2026; Q3 2026 data is expected in December 2026.
What this table is not. Concentration ratios are computed from each Arizona bank's own public regulatory filings and describe portfolio composition relative to capital — nothing here is a statement about any institution's safety, soundness, or condition, and exceeding a supervisory monitoring criterion is neither a violation nor a supervisory finding. Blue Sky Capital Advisors is a commercial mortgage advisory firm, not a bank rating agency.