Data / Bank failures / 1990 / Home Owners Savings Bank
Home Owners Savings Bank, Burlington, MA: failed April 27, 1990
Home Owners Savings Bank in Burlington, Massachusetts, failed on April 27, 1990. It held $3.49 billion in assets and $2.70 billion in deposits at its last report. The FDIC estimates the cost to its insurance fund at $354.3 million (10.1% of its assets). By assets it was the 11th largest of 382 banks closed or assisted in 1990.
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The FDIC's record
- Closed
- April 27, 1990
- Type
- Failure
- How it was resolved
- Purchase and assumption: another bank took over the deposits
- Acquirer
- None, NA
- Total assets
- $3,491,516,000
- Total deposits
- $2,701,444,000
- Estimated cost to the FDIC
- $354,298,462 (estimate as of July 31, 2026)
- Charter
- Savings bank
- Insurance fund
- RTC
- FDIC certificate
- 29581
Other bank failures in Massachusetts, 1988 to 1992
| Bank | City | Closed | Assets | Deposits | Estimated cost | Acquirer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Bank for Savings | Holyoke | December 4, 1992 | $1.29 billion | $1.00 billion | $24 million | Fleet Bank of Ma NA |
| Guaranty-First Trust Company | Waltham | November 13, 1992 | $353.2 million | $348.9 million | $60.2 million | Fleet Bank of Ma NA |
| Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank | Plymouth | September 18, 1992 | $221 million | $182.9 million | $5.3 million | Citizens Bank of Ma |
| Attleboro Pawtucket SB | Pawtucket | August 21, 1992 | $632.5 million | $567.7 million | $28.1 million | New Bedford Inst for SVG |
| Winchendon Savings Bank | Winchendon | August 14, 1992 | $65.2 million | $64 million | $7.3 million | Athol Savings Bank |
| Massachusetts Bank & Trust Co. | Brockton | July 31, 1992 | $61.8 million | $59.4 million | $13.4 million | Haymarket Coop Bank |
| New England Fsa | Wellesley | July 17, 1992 | $137.3 million | $118.1 million | $25.9 million | Cambridgeport Bank |
| Olympic International Bank & Trust | Boston | June 26, 1992 | $140.3 million | $142.3 million | $69.2 million | Haymarket Coop Bank |
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Read from the FDIC's failures data (BankFind), last updated 2026-10-24. Assets and deposits are as of the last report before failure; the estimated cost is the FDIC's latest estimate of the loss to its insurance fund and changes as the receivership winds down. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0.