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Fair Value (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Fair Value [Abstract] |
Undesignated derivative instruments |
|  | Balance Sheet Location |  | Fair Value December 31, 2011 |
Derivative Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Rate Lock Commitments |  | NVRM - Other assets |  | $ | 833 |
Derivative Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward Sales Contracts |  | NVRM - Accounts payable and other liabilities |  | $ | 2,430 |
Fair value measurements |
|  | Notional or Principal Amount |  |  | Assumed Gain (Loss) From Loan Sale |  |  | Interest Rate Movement Effect |  |  | Servicing Rights Value |  |  | Security Price Change |  |  | Total Fair Value Measurement Gain/(Loss) |
Rate lock commitments |  | $ | 126,929 |  |  | $ | (393 | ) |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 678 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 833 |
Forward sales contracts |  | $ | 353,555 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,430 | ) |  |  | (2,430 | )
Mortgages held for sale |  | $ | 250,826 |  |  |  | (842 | ) |  |  | 720 |  |  |  | 1,648 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,526 |
Total Fair Value Measurement, December 31, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (1,235 | ) |  | $ | 1,268 |  |  | $ | 2,326 |  |  | $ | (2,430 | ) |  | $ | (71 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the location and fair value amounts of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments reported in the statement of financial position. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Unrealized gain (loss) from change in fair value measurements of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments included in earnings. + References No definition available. + Details
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