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French Market Homestead

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Closed August 6, 1987 · Metairie, LA · FDIC Cert #29902.

Closing date
August 6, 1987
Headquarters
Metairie, LA
FDIC Certificate
29902
Total assets at closing
$321.1M
Total deposits at closing
$302.7M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not published (the FDIC feed carries no estimate for this failure)
Insurance fund
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators)

Context

On August 6, 1987, regulators closed French Market Homestead, headquartered in Metairie, LA. At closing, the institution held approximately $321.1M in assets and $302.7M in deposits. The FDIC record does not name an acquiring institution.

By assets at closing this is the 531st largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 10th of 217 in 1987. It falls in the period the record labels S&L / Banking Crisis (1980-1995), a period with 2,367 failures peaking at 530 in 1989.

Deregulation, interest-rate shocks, and commercial real estate blowups produced the worst US banking failure wave since the Depression. Resulted in FIRREA (1989) and the RTC.

Source: FDIC Failed Banks list. Asset and deposit values reflect the most recent regulatory filing prior to closing.

Common questions

When did French Market Homestead fail?

French Market Homestead was closed by regulators on August 6, 1987.

How big was French Market Homestead when it failed?

French Market Homestead had approximately $321.1M in total assets and $302.7M in deposits at the time of failure.

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Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 18, 1987 First State Bank at Shoshoni Shoshoni, WY $4.6M
Dec 17, 1987 Usbank Denton, TX $86.0M
Dec 17, 1987 Bank of Mabank Mabank, TX $43.8M
Dec 17, 1987 American Bank of Commerce Lake Charles, LA $35.5M
Dec 11, 1987 First Interstate Bank of Alaska Anchorage, AK $367.7M
Dec 11, 1987 Lewis and Clark State Bank Lake Oswego, OR $20.3M
Dec 10, 1987 Heritage National Bank Austin, TX $53.2M
Dec 10, 1987 Bancfirst-Austin, N.A. Austin, TX $25.3M