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Lamar Savings Association

Austin · assisted May 18, 1988 · FDIC certificate 27750

Lamar Savings Association of Austin was given assistance by the FSLIC on May 18, 1988. The FDIC's list records an assistance transaction, not a closing. It opened in 1919, 69 years before. At its last report before that it held $1.9 billion in assets and $2.1 billion in deposits. At its largest in the FDIC's quarterly reports, on June 30, 1986, it held $2.1 billion. The FDIC estimates that the FSLIC's fund lost $2.0 billion on it.

1984-031988-03

Assets at the end$1.9 billionlast report before May 18, 1988

Deposits at the end$2.1 billion

Estimated loss to the fund$2.0 billionFSLIC

Largest in the quarterly reports$2.1 billionJune 30, 1986

Equity to assets-17.1%March 31, 1988

Loans not being repaid35.0%noncurrent, March 31, 1988

Return on assets-8.11%a year's rate, March 31, 1988

Could you have seen it coming? Play Black Monday

Also ended in 1988

American S&LA · Stockton · $30.2 billion in assets · assisted
First Republicbank-Dallas, N.A. · Dallas, TX · $17.1 billion in assets
Gibraltar SA · Houston · $6.5 billion in assets · assisted
United Savings Association of Texas · Houston · $4.6 billion in assets · assisted
First City, Texas - Houston, NA · Houston · $4.4 billion in assets · assisted
First Texas Savings Association · Dallas · $3.1 billion in assets · assisted

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Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind Suite API. Source values and institutional identifiers are retained; formatting and normalization by Underfolio. No FDIC endorsement is implied. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.