These are Greater Baltimore's fastest-growing banks by real estate lending

Business Journals

18-07-2025

The banks in Greater Baltimore held more than $1.7 trillion in total combined real estate loans as of March 31, 2025, marking a -1.6% decrease over what was reported in the year-earlier period.
The online version of this ranking expands beyond what appears in print; another 19 banks are included in our digital rankings, in addition to the 20 featured in this week's print edition.
This week's List is part of a shift in our research methodology and philosophy in 2025, one that will emphasize more data and context for readers while better coordinating the resources available to us and our 46 sister publications under the American City Business Journals flag. We anticipate this effort will identify thousands of new local records — and cumulatively, tens of thousands of new businesses across ACBJ's footprint — this year alone.
Information on The List was obtained from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and could not be independently verified by the Baltimore Business Journal. Rankings were determined by year-over-year dollar value change in real estate loan volume in the period analyzed. In case of ties, banks are listed alphabetically.
To qualify for this List, banks are required to have a real estate lending balance at the end of the first quarter. Only institutions with a market share of customer deposits in Greater Baltimore are included.
For information about this and other Baltimore Business Journal Lists, please contact Research Editor Ben Terzi at [e-mail] or 410-454-0537.