Q4 trends for credit unions (Image: Shutterstock).

The nation's largest credit unions maintained their margins in the fourth quarter despite a decline in real estate loan originations.

The Top 10 credit unions by assets generated $701.6 million in net income in the three months that ended Dec. 31, 2018, up 10.1% from 2017's fourth quarter. Their annualized return on average assets (ROA) was 1.13% for 2018's fourth quarter, up 2 basis points from a year earlier.

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Jim DuPlessis

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