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California Hotel Statistics: Ownership, Sales & CMBS Debt

As of July 10, 2026 · Compiled from public records · Free to cite

HotelHinge is a property-first census of American hotels: it starts from the property and attaches the public record to it - who owns it, what it sold for, and how it is financed. The figures on this page are aggregates of that record for California. They are compiled only from public records and other lawfully accessible public sources, each figure is point-in-time and dated, and blanks are left honest rather than guessed. HotelHinge does not publish its own RevPAR, ADR, occupancy, or cap-rate figures.

California hotel statistics

Each figure below is a live aggregate of the census as of the date shown. Where a figure is drawn from a specific class of public filing (CMBS remittance reports, REIT filings), that is noted in the source column.

Figures are point-in-time as of July 10, 2026 and update as the public record accrues. The hotel count is the published census total for California; the CMBS and REIT figures are compiled from public securitization and REIT filings and are attributed as such, never restated as HotelHinge's own metrics. Price disclosure in deed records varies by state, so the count of priced sales reflects what is publicly disclosed, not the full volume of activity.

Coverage in California

The census reaches 5,790 hotels in California, part of 46,101 U.S. hotels across 51 markets (the 50 states plus the District of Columbia). Each property carries its identity and location, its physical characteristics from the assessor where available, its assessed value, and a transaction timeline. Coverage is built property by property from county and municipal records, which is why it reaches the long tail of smaller California hotels that never appear in trade-press deal sheets, not only the marquee assets.

Ownership and REITs in California

81 hotels in California are attributed to a public hotel REIT, based on public REIT filings. REIT ownership is a small, well-documented slice of any state's market: most hotels are held by private owners, single-purpose LLCs, and operating companies. The census records the named owning entity from the deed and, where a REIT or parent company discloses it, links the property up to that owner. REIT-reported figures are always attributed to the filing they come from.

Hotel CMBS debt in California

196 hotels in California carry attributed CMBS debt in the census, matched from public securitization filings to the individual property. These are the loan- and property-level disclosures that accompany CMBS deals; HotelHinge compiles them, attributes them as reported in those filings, excludes rating-agency-created metrics, and publishes no rating or credit opinion of its own.

Transactions on record in California

The census holds 50 priced hotel sales in California - recorded in county deed and assessor filings or reported in the trade press, each with its price and source, dating back to 2009 - plus 231 hotel financing events, and further acquisitions, conversions, openings, and refinancings, for 353 transaction and financing events in the state overall. Price disclosure in deed records varies by state, so the priced-sales count reflects what is publicly disclosed. HotelHinge also publishes free monthly U.S. hotel transaction rundowns; see the first-half 2026 roundup, each trade linked to its public source.