NEW YORK (Reuters) - National City Corp <NCC.N>, a large U.S. Midwest regional bank battered by the housing downturn, on Tuesday posted a $333 million fourth-quarter loss, hurt by mounting credit losses and write-downs.

The loss for Cleveland-based bank was 53 cents per share, and compared with a profit of $842 million, or $1.36 per share, a year earlier.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Derek Caney)