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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES |
Summary of FHLB advances and their related weighted average interest rates |
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
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Year of Maturity |  | Amount |  | Rate |  | Amount |  | Rate |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
2011 |  | $ | — |  |  | — | % | $ | 246,046 |  |  | 0.97 | %
2012 |  |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | 100,000 |  |  | 1.03 | %
2013 |  |  | 78,683 |  |  | 4.43 | % |  | 186,546 |  |  | 4.55 | %
2014 |  |  | 52,656 |  |  | 4.43 | % |  | 53,800 |  |  | 4.43 | %
2015 |  |  | 21,557 |  |  | 4.46 | % |  | 216,616 |  |  | 4.46 | %
After 2015 |  |  | 302,355 |  |  | 4.04 | % |  | 411,140 |  |  | 4.16 | %
Total |  | $ | 455,251 |  |  | 4.17 | % | $ | 1,214,148 |  |  | 3.38 | %

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of maturities for Federal Home Loan Bank Advances for each of the five years following the date of the balance sheet date presented. + References No definition available. + Details
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