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Home Unity Federal

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Closed June 4, 1992 · Lafayette Hill, PA · FDIC Cert #28867.

Closing date
June 4, 1992
Headquarters
Lafayette Hill, PA
FDIC Certificate
28867
Total assets at closing
$684.8M
Total deposits at closing
$632.3M
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$18.5M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On June 4, 1992, regulators closed Home Unity Federal, headquartered in Lafayette Hill, PA. At closing, the institution held approximately $684.8M in assets and $632.3M in deposits. The FDIC record lists the resolution as a branch sale; no acquiring institution is named. The estimated cost to the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) was approximately $18.5M.

By assets at closing this is the 295th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 25th of 179 in 1992. 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 Unity Federal fail?

Home Unity Federal was closed by regulators on June 4, 1992.

How big was Home Unity Federal when it failed?

Home Unity Federal had approximately $684.8M in total assets and $632.3M in deposits at the time of failure.

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