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COVERED ASSETS AND FDIC INDEMNIFICATION ASSET (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
COVERED ASSETS AND FDIC INDEMNIFICATION ASSET |
Carrying amounts and composition of covered loans |
|  | June 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Real estate loans: |  |  |  |  |
Residential single-family |  | $ | 314,483 |  | $ | 362,345 |
Residential multifamily |  | 513,141 |  | 647,440 |
Commercial and industrial real estate |  | 1,190,964 |  | 1,348,556 |
Construction and land |  | 329,397 |  | 417,631 |
Total real estate loans |  | 2,347,985 |  | 2,775,972 |
Other loans: |  |  |  |  |
Commercial business |  | 481,255 |  | 587,333 |
Other consumer |  | 79,533 |  | 87,651 |
Total other loans |  | 560,788 |  | 674,984 |
Total principal balance |  | 2,908,773 |  | 3,450,956 |
Covered discount |  | (394,829 | ) | (510,208 | )
Net valuation of loans |  | 2,513,944 |  | 2,940,748 |
Allowance on covered loans |  | (9,629 | ) | (5,153 | )
Total covered loans, net |  | $ | 2,504,315 |  | $ | 2,935,595 |
Covered nonperforming assets, by credit quality indicators |
|  |  |  | Special |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Pass/Watch |  | Mention |  | Substandard |  | Doubtful |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands) |
June 30, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate loans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Residential single-family |  | $ | 300,876 |  | $ | 1,253 |  | $ | 12,354 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 314,483 |
Residential multifamily |  | 466,014 |  | 2,868 |  | 44,259 |  | — |  | 513,141 |
Commercial and industrial real estate |  | 884,924 |  | 8,031 |  | 291,368 |  | 6,641 |  | 1,190,964 |
Construction and land |  | 140,619 |  | 9,554 |  | 178,325 |  | 899 |  | 329,397 |
Total real estate loans |  | 1,792,433 |  | 21,706 |  | 526,306 |  | 7,540 |  | 2,347,985 |
Other loans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial business |  | 399,075 |  | 11,880 |  | 70,105 |  | 195 |  | 481,255 |
Other consumer |  | 78,207 |  | 128 |  | 1,198 |  | — |  | 79,533 |
Total other loans |  | 477,282 |  | 12,008 |  | 71,303 |  | 195 |  | 560,788 |
Total principal balance |  | $ | 2,269,715 |  | $ | 33,714 |  | $ | 597,609 |  | $ | 7,735 |  | $ | 2,908,773 |
|  |  |  | Special |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Pass/Watch |  | Mention |  | Substandard |  | Doubtful |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands) |
December 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate loans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Residential single-family |  | $ | 345,568 |  | $ | 982 |  | $ | 15,795 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 362,345 |
Residential multifamily |  | 571,061 |  | 8,074 |  | 68,305 |  | — |  | 647,440 |
Commercial and industrial real estate |  | 963,069 |  | 10,777 |  | 367,869 |  | 6,841 |  | 1,348,556 |
Construction and land |  | 170,548 |  | 15,135 |  | 230,776 |  | 1,172 |  | 417,631 |
Total real estate loans |  | 2,050,246 |  | 34,968 |  | 682,745 |  | 8,013 |  | 2,775,972 |
Other loans: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial business |  | 434,138 |  | 22,533 |  | 130,467 |  | 195 |  | 587,333 |
Other consumer |  | 85,534 |  | 515 |  | 1,602 |  | — |  | 87,651 |
Total other loans |  | 519,672 |  | 23,048 |  | 132,069 |  | 195 |  | 674,984 |
Total principal balance |  | $ | 2,569,918 |  | $ | 58,016 |  | $ | 814,814 |  | $ | 8,208 |  | $ | 3,450,956 |
Covered nonperforming assets |
|  | June 30, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Covered nonaccrual loans(1) (2) (3) |  | $ | 178,431 |  | $ | 204,310 |
Covered loans past due 90 days or more but not on nonaccrual |  | — |  | — |
Total nonperforming loans |  | 178,431 |  | 204,310 |
Other real estate owned covered, net |  | 29,836 |  | 26,808 |
Total covered nonperforming assets |  | $ | 208,267 |  | $ | 231,118 |
(1) Covered nonaccrual loans include loans that meet the criteria for nonaccrual but have a yield accreted through interest income under ASC 310-30 and all losses on covered loans are 80% reimbursed by the FDIC. (2) Represents principal balance net of discount. (3) Includes $31.1 million and $29.6 million of loans at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, accounted for under ASC 310-10, of which some loans have additional partial balances accounted for under ASC 310-30.
Changes in the accretable yield for the covered loans |
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 503,476 |  | $ | 696,666 |
Additions |  | — |  | — |
Accretion |  | (84,811 | ) | (105,416 | )
Changes in expected cash flows |  | 40,052 |  | 29,218 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 458,717 |  | $ | 620,468 |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 556,986 |  | $ | 785,165 |
Additions |  | — |  | — |
Accretion |  | (166,438 | ) | (184,822 | )
Changes in expected cash flows |  | 68,169 |  | 20,125 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 458,717 |  | $ | 620,468 |
FDIC indemnification asset activity |
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |  | (In thousands) |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 276,834 |  | $ | 457,265 |  | $ | 316,313 |  | $ | 511,135 |
(Amortization) |  | (12,696 | ) | (7,787 | ) | (21,382 | ) | (17,858 | )
Reductions (1) |  | (28,820 | ) | (36,050 | ) | (52,055 | ) | (77,018 | )
Estimate of FDIC repayment (2) |  | (15,376 | ) | (4,141 | ) | (22,934 | ) | (6,972 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 219,942 |  | $ | 409,287 |  | $ | 219,942 |  | $ | 409,287 |
(1) Reductions relate to charge-offs, partial prepayments, loan payoffs and loan sales which result in a corresponding reduction of the indemnification asset. (2) This represents the change in the calculated estimate the Company will be required to pay the FDIC at the end of the FDIC loss share agreements, due to lower thresholds of losses.

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