Study: ME banks stable
Foreclosures in Maine are on the rise, but the trend does not threaten the state's financial institutions, according to a study released last week by the Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions.
Maine's 34 state-chartered banks and credit unions completed 67 foreclosures in 2007, a 29% increase from the 52 foreclosures completed in 2006, according to a press release from the bureau. During the first quarter of 2008, there were 28 completed foreclosures, up from 25 for the prior three months.
The state's financial institutions held 88,000 mortgage loans between October 2006 and March 2008, according to the study. During that time one loan in 528 was in the process of foreclosure.
More information on the status of residential real estate lending by Maine's financial institutions is available in the bureau's 2008 Annual Report to the Legislature.
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