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Bank Failure

Homefed Bank, F.A.

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Closed July 6, 1992 · San Diego, CA · FDIC Cert #29234.

Closing date
July 6, 1992
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
FDIC Certificate
29234
Total assets at closing
$12.18B
Total deposits at closing
$8.90B
Estimated loss to the insurance fund
$751.6M
Insurance fund
Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC)
Resolution
Failure (closed by regulators). The FDIC record lists the resolution as: branch sale.

Context

On July 6, 1992, regulators closed Homefed Bank, F.A., headquartered in San Diego, CA. At closing, the institution held approximately $12.18B in assets and $8.90B 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 $751.6M.

By assets at closing this is the 13th largest of the 3,526 bank failures in the FDIC record, and the 1st 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 Homefed Bank, F.A. fail?

Homefed Bank, F.A. was closed by regulators on July 6, 1992.

How big was Homefed Bank, F.A. when it failed?

Homefed Bank, F.A. had approximately $12.18B in total assets and $8.90B in deposits at the time of failure.

Other failures in 1992

Date Bank HQ Assets
Dec 18, 1992 The Rushville National Bank Rushville, IN $41.6M
Dec 18, 1992 The Bremen State Bank Bremen, KS $2.7M
Dec 11, 1992 Meritor Savings Bank Philadelphia, PA $4.13B
Dec 11, 1992 Eastland Savings Bank Woonsocket, RI $515.3M
Dec 11, 1992 Eastland Bank Woonsocket, RI $85.4M
Dec 11, 1992 Sailors & Merchants B&T Co. Vienna, VA $34.8M
Dec 8, 1992 Palm Beach FSA Palm Beach Garden, FL $59.4M
Dec 4, 1992 Carteret FSB Madison, NJ $4.83B