Delinquent Mortgages Continue to Threaten Health of U.S. Banks

25 Large Banks with the Most Mortgage Exposure

Delinquent mortgages continue to threaten the financial health and safety of the nation's largest banks. Weiss Ratings reviewed 218 large banks and thrifts holding $500 million or more in single-family mortgages and analyzed the percentage of problem loans to capital plus loan loss reserves1. This ratio measures how much of an institution's capital is at risk from loans that are unlikely to be repaid and is a leading indicator of a bank's overall financial vulnerability.

This table includes the 25 large banks with the most mortgage exposure. These are individual bank entities not bank holding companies that might include many individual subsidiaries. “Also see ratios for the 25 largest bank mortgage lenders.”

Institution
City 
State 
Delinquent Mortgages as a % of Capital and Loan Loss Reserves
Total Assets ($Bil)
Total Mortgages ($Bil)
Total Capital + Loan Loss Reserves ($Bil)
Bank of America Rhode Island, NA Providence
RI
C-
63.7%
18.6
12.9
2.3
Bank of America California, NA San Francisco
CA
C
53.2%
17.7
14.8
2.1
MetLife Bank, NA Morristown
NJ
D-
49.6%
15.6
3.9
1.3
California Bank & Trust San Diego
CA
C+
48.3%
10.8
1.2
1.2
Bank of America Oregon, NA Portland
OR
C+
42.2%
9.8
7.7
1.5
Doral Bank San Juan
PR
D-
40.6%
7.5
2.9
1.0
Wells Fargo Bank South Central, NA Houston
TX
C-
34.9%
29.8
27.9
4.2
Old National Bank Evansville
IN
C-
32.0%
7.9
0.9
0.1
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico San Juan
PR
D-
29.9%
29.0
3.0
2.9
JPMorgan Bank and Trust Company, NA San Francisco
CA
D-
28.6%
26.0
7.3
1.7
IBERIABANK Lafayette
LA
C+
28.1%
9.9
1.0
0.9
FirstBank Puerto Rico San Juan
PR
D-
27.6%
15.1
2.6
1.8
Beal Bank Nevada Las Vegas
NV
B
25.9%
6.8
0.6
0.7
Wells Fargo Bank, NA Sioux Falls
SD
D
24.5%
1,093.0
181.5
142.7
Bank of America, NA Charlotte
NC
D+
23.6%
1,451.4
233.4
198.7
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA Columbus
OH
D
22.7%
1,723.5
114.7
145.4
Emigrant Bank New York
NY
C-
21.3%
8.4
1.3
1.2
Banco Santander Puerto Rico San Juan
PR
D
19.5%
6.8
2.1
1.0
SunTrust Bank Atlanta
GA
D
13.7%
164.8
26.2
22.5
U.S. Bank NA Cincinnati
OH
D+
12.4%
306.0
40.0
35.2
PNC Bank, NA Wilmington
DE
C-
11.9%
251.2
20.4
36.3
TCF National Bank Sioux Falls
SD
C-
11.0%
18.6
4.5
1.9
First Tennessee Bank, NA Memphis
TN
C+
10.6%
24.2
2.2
3.8
Branch Banking and Trust Company Winston-Salem
NC
C-
8.3%
151.0
27.2
19.9
Provident Bank Iselin
NJ
C
7.4%
6.8
1.6
0.6

Data Source: Regulatory filings via SNL Financial
Data Date: March 31, 2011


  1. Nonperforming loans are defined as those 90-days or more past due or nonaccruing.