Business NewsMarketWire • Central Bancorp, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2011

Central Bancorp, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2011

Central Bancorp, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2011

SOMERVILLE, MA--(Marketwire - Jul 27, 2011) - Central Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEBK) (the "Company") today reported that its net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 was $236 thousand and that its net income available to common shareholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 was $80 thousand, or $0.05 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $739 thousand and net income available to common shareholders of $585 thousand, or $0.37 per diluted share, for the comparable prior year quarter. This decrease was primarily the result of decreases in commercial real estate loan balances as management continued to de-emphasize commercial real estate lending in the current market environment in an effort to reduce risk in accordance with the Company's business plan, as well as a general decline in market interest rates on loans. As a result of these strategic changes, the Company's concentration of CRE loans has been reduced from a high of 600% at March 31, 2009, 466% at March 31, 2010 and 330% at March 31, 2011 to 309% at June 30, 2011.

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