Bank analysts are saying

[TheBreeze]

Bank analysts are saying between 150 and 300 banks could fail in the next few years:

http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/07/13/2008-07-13T194832Z_01_N13367014_RTRIDST_0_BANKS-FAILURES-ANALYSIS.html

Here’s a list of banks from the article:

Among the other banks high on the list include Newport Beach, California’s Downey Financial Corp (nyse: DSL – news – people ), with a 95.4 percent ratio; Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s BFC Financial Corp (nyse: BFF – news – people ), which invests in BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc (nyse: BBX – news – people ) ; Coral Gables, Florida’s BankUnited Financial Corp (nasdaq: BKUNA – news – people ); Chicago’s Corus Bankshares Inc ; Los Angeles’ FirstFed Financial Corp; Troy, Michigan’s Flagstar Bancorp Inc (nyse: FBC – news – people ), and Washington Mutual, at 40.6 percent.

The list also includes Puerto Rico’s Doral Financial Corp (nyse: DRL – news – people ), First BanCorp (nasdaq: FBNC – news – people ) and Santander BanCorp.