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Note 7 - Other Real Estate Owned (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract] |
Other Real Estate, Roll Forward [Table Text Block] |
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 4,255 |  |  | $ | 1,346 |  |  | $ | 6,326 |  |  | $ | 2,985 |
Acquisitions |  |  | 816 |  |  |  | 5,143 |  |  |  | 1,588 |  |  |  | 5,749 |
Write-down of carrying value |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (896 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
Sales |  |  | (216 | ) |  |  | (697 | ) |  |  | (2,163 | ) |  |  | (2,937 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 4,855 |  |  | $ | 5,792 |  |  | $ | 4,855 |  |  | $ | 5,792 |
Gross Gains, Gross Losses, And Write-Downs Of OREO [Table Text Block] |
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (In thousands)
Gross gains |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 306 |  |  | $ | 132 |
Gross losses |  |  | - |  |  |  | (34 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (65 | )
Write-down of carrying value |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (896 | ) |  |  | (5 | )
Total gain (loss) |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | (34 | ) |  | $ | (596 | ) |  | $ | 62 |

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