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AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER INVESTMENTS |
Schedule of tax credit partnerships and notes payable |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
|  | Amount |  | Count |  | Amount |  | Count |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
Tax credit partnerships: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity method |  | $ | 129,631 |  | 35 |  | $ | 142,507 |  | 35 |
Cost method |  | 35,145 |  | 13 |  | 42,591 |  | 16 |
Total tax credit partnerships |  | 164,776 |  | 48 |  | 185,098 |  | 51 |
Tax exempt bonds |  | 948 |  |  |  | 547 |  |  |
Grand total |  | $ | 165,724 |  |  |  | $ | 185,645 |  |  |

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