First Horizon sees Q4 pretax loss at mortgage segment

Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:27am EST
 
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Dec 21 (Reuters) - First Horizon National Corp (FHN.N) said it expects its mortgage segment to report a pretax loss in the fourth quarter, and forecast its quarterly provision for loan losses to be about $150 million, largely due to losses in its residential construction portfolio. (Reporting by Anant Vijay Kala in Bangalore; Editing by Pratish Narayanan)

 

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