Right now it is coming from the cities that have been hit hard with our current real estate problem.
In other parts of the country, some big banks said their real estate problems were declining.
"We weren't swept up in the commercial real estate problems that much of this area has experienced."
They noted that the collapse of many Texas banks did not take place until more than two years after their real estate problems emerged.
At the moment, rising real estate problems are the biggest concern to many analysts.
In the life insurance industry over all, the real estate problems show no signs of abating.
While they were upset at their real estate problem, the couple were happy.
He said that real estate problems, particularly in the Northeast, continue to hurt many banks.
Almost no region of the country is escaping the growing real estate problems.
But the potential for big real estate problems has most analysts nervous.