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Covered Assets and FDIC Loss-sharing Asset (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Covered Assets And FDIC Loss Sharing Asset [Line Items] |
Analysis and Allowance for Losses on Covered Loans | The following is an analysis of our covered loans, net of related allowance for losses on covered loans as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010
|  | Covered Loans |  | Weighted- Average Risk Rating |  | Allowance for Loan Losses |  | Covered Loans |  | Weighted- Average Risk Rating |  | Allowance for Loan Losses
|  | (dollars in thousands)
Commercial business |  | $ | 195,737 |  |  | 6.05 |  | $ | 977 |  |  | $ | 165,255 |  |  | 5.74 |  | $ | 2,903 |
Real estate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 79,328 |  |  | 5.32 |  | 678 |  |  | 68,700 |  |  | 4.77 |  | 1,013 |
Commercial and multifamily residential |  | 311,308 |  |  | 5.65 |  | 2,683 |  |  | 341,063 |  |  | 5.70 |  | 821 |
Total real estate |  | 390,636 |  |  |  |  | 3,361 |  |  | 409,763 |  |  |  |  | 1,834 |
Real estate construction: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 54,402 |  |  | 7.32 |  | 136 |  |  | 39,754 |  |  | 7.29 |  | 98 |
Commercial and multifamily residential |  | 23,661 |  |  | 7.32 |  | 86 |  |  | 41,624 |  |  | 6.79 |  | 469 |
Total real estate construction |  | 78,063 |  |  |  |  | 222 |  |  | 81,378 |  |  |  |  | 567 |
Consumer |  | 56,877 |  |  | 4.84 |  | 384 |  |  | 58,337 |  |  | 4.49 |  | 751 |
Subtotal of covered loans |  | 721,313 |  |  |  |  | $ | 4,944 |  |  | 714,733 |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,055 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation discount resulting from acquisition accounting |  | 184,440 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 191,617 |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for loan losses |  | 4,944 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,055 |  |  |  |  |
Covered loans, net of valuation discounts and allowance for loan losses |  | $ | 531,929 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 517,061 |  |  |  |  |
Changes in Accretable Yield for Acquired Loans | The following table shows the changes in accretable yield for acquired loans for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 256,572 |  |  | $ | — |
Additions resulting from acquisitions |  | 59,810 |  |  | 122,705 |
Accretion |  | (90,378 | ) |  | (45,956 | )
Disposals |  | (31,483 | ) |  | (9,014 | )
Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference |  | 65,148 |  |  | 188,837 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 259,669 |  |  | $ | 256,572 |
Schedule of Carrying Amounts for Acquired Loans at Acquisition Date | The following table shows loans acquired during 2011 and 2010 for which it was probable at acquisition that all contractually required payments would not be collected:
|  | First Heritage Bank |  | Summit Bank |  | American Marine Bank |  | Columbia River Bank
|  | May 27, 2011 |  | May 20, 2011 |  | January 29, 2010 |  | January 22, 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Contractually required payments of interest and principal |  | $ | 151,611 |  |  | $ | 127,823 |  |  | $ | 263,371 |  |  | $ | 799,244 |
Nonaccretable difference |  | (34,052 | ) |  | (34,301 | ) |  | (65,470 | ) |  | (217,856 | )
Cash flows expected to be collected(1) |  | 117,559 |  |  | 93,522 |  |  | 197,901 |  |  | 581,388 |
Accretable yield |  | (36,071 | ) |  | (23,739 | ) |  | (21,623 | ) |  | (101,082 | )
Carrying value of acquired loans |  | $ | 81,488 |  |  | $ | 69,783 |  |  | $ | 176,278 |  |  | $ | 480,306 |
_________ (1) Represents undiscounted expected principal and interest cash flows
Covered OREO at Carrying Value | The following table sets forth activity in covered OREO at carrying value for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Covered OREO: |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 14,443 |  |  | $ | — |
Established through acquisitions |  | 10,387 |  |  | 17,394 |
Transfers in, net of write-downs ($2,564 and $2,087, respectively) |  | 15,522 |  |  | 10,858 |
OREO improvements |  | 5 |  |  | 85 |
Additional OREO write-downs |  | (666 | ) |  | (1,182 | )
Proceeds from sale of OREO property |  | (20,619 | ) |  | (17,890 | )
Gain on sale of OREO |  | 9,054 |  |  | 5,178 |
Total covered OREO, end of period |  | $ | 28,126 |  |  | $ | 14,443 |
FDIC Loss-sharing Asset | The following table shows a detailed analysis of the FDIC-loss sharing asset for the years ending December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 205,991 |  |  | $ | — |
Adjustments not reflected in income: |  |  |  |
Established through acquisitions |  | 68,734 |  |  | 210,405 |
Cash received from the FDIC |  | (54,200 | ) |  | (11,198 | )
FDIC reimbursable losses, net |  | 4,042 |  |  | 1,876 |
Adjustments reflected in income: |  |  |  |
Amortization, net |  | (46,049 | ) |  | 1,139 |
Impairment |  | (1,318 | ) |  | 4,844 |
Sale of other real estate |  | (4,346 | ) |  | (1,148 | )
Other |  | 2,217 |  |  | 73 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 175,071 |  |  | $ | 205,991 |
Covered Loans [Member] |
Covered Assets And FDIC Loss Sharing Asset [Line Items] |
Changes in the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses | The 2011 and 2010 changes in the ALLL for covered loans are summarized as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 6,055 |  |  | $ | — |
Loans charged off |  | (1,488 | ) |  | — |
Recoveries |  | 2,025 |  |  | — |
Provision charged to expense |  | (1,648 | ) |  | 6,055 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 4,944 |  |  | $ | 6,055 |

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