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  2. Savings and loan crisis - Wikipedia

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    Vernon Savings and Loan (Dallas, TX), led by Don Dixon, which on resolution had 94 percent of loans non-performing; and; Columbia Savings and Loan (Beverly Hills, CA), led by Thomas Spiegel, was closed in January 1991 at the cost of $3.25 billion. [87] Especially publicized was the insolvency of Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, led by ...

  3. Early 1980s recession - Wikipedia

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    The recession also significantly exacerbated the savings and loan crisis. In 1980, there were approximately 4590 state and federally chartered savings and loan institutions (S&Ls), with total assets of $616 billion. From 1979, they began losing money because of spiraling interest rates.

  4. List of economic crises - Wikipedia

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    Energy crisis (1979) 1972–1973 Indian economic crisis; ... Savings and loan crisis (1986–1995) failure of 1,043 out of the 3,234 S&L banks in the U.S. 1990s

  5. How Banking Has Changed Since the Year You Were Born - AOL

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    1980s: Savings and Loan Crisis. During the 1980s and into the 1990s, over 1,000 savings and loan associations failed. These associations allow people to open savings accounts and in turn, lend the ...

  6. What is a savings and loan association (S&L)? - AOL

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    Many closed their doors during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s: Inflation and competition from other lenders made some insolvent, while unscrupulous practices by other players ...

  7. Today's Financial Meltdown Vs. the 1990s S&L Crisis: Which ...

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    While most of us were alive 20 years ago, peoples' memories of the savings and loan crisis of the early 1990s have faded. But more than 1,000 so-called savings & loans -- banks specifically set up ...

  8. Early 1980s recession in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The already struggling savings and loans industry posted large losses in 1981 and 1982. [19] High mortgage rates eroded the value of mortgage-backed loans, the primary asset of savings and loan associations. These fixed-rate loans were sold at a loss in order to balance withdrawals. This asset liability mismatch was identified as the primary ...

  9. What Is the Savings and Loan Crisis? - AOL

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    Savings and loan associations are financial institutions similar to banks that specialize in providing mortgage loans to home buyers, making loans from deposits usually gathered from the local ...