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Home FS & La, F.A.

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Closed April 26, 1991 · Algona, IA · FDIC Cert #29588.

Closing date
April 26, 1991
Headquarters
Algona, IA
FDIC Certificate
29588
Total assets at closing
$134.3M
Total deposits at closing
$116.9M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
Not available (the FDIC feed's figure of $4K is not consistent with a failure of this size)
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On April 26, 1991, regulators closed Home FS & La, F.A., headquartered in Algona, IA. At closing, the institution held approximately $134.3M in assets and $116.9M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named.

By assets at closing this is the 1019th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 109th of 268 in 1991. 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 Home FS & La, F.A. fail?

Home FS & La, F.A. was closed by regulators on April 26, 1991.

How big was Home FS & La, F.A. when it failed?

Home FS & La, F.A. had approximately $134.3M in total assets and $116.9M in deposits at the time of failure.

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