The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) Comptroller's Handbook booklet, "Other Real Estate Owned," provides guidance for bank examiners and bankers on the acquisition, management, disposition, and accounting of other real estate owned (OREO) held by institutions regulated by the OCC. Institutions include national banks and federal savings associations (FSA), referred to collectively in this booklet as banks, except when it is necessary to distinguish between the two.