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Allowance for Noncovered Loan and Lease Losses and Unfunded Commitments and Letters of Credit (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items] |
Changes in the Allowance for Unfunded Commitments and Letters of Credit | Changes in the allowance for unfunded commitments and letters of credit are summarized as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
|  | (in thousands)
Beginning balance |  | $ | 1,165 |  |  | $ | 775 |  |  | $ | 500 |
Net changes in the allowance for unfunded commitments and letters of credit |  | 370 |  |  | 390 |  |  | 275 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 1,535 |  |  | $ | 1,165 |  |  | $ | 775 |
Noncovered Loans [Member] |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items] |
Changes in the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses | The following table shows a detailed analysis of the allowance for loan and lease losses for noncovered loans for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | Beginning Balance |  | Charge-offs |  | Recoveries |  | Provision (Recovery) |  | Ending Balance |  | Specific Reserve |  | General Allocation
Year ended December 31, 2011 |  | (in thousands)
Commercial business: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Secured |  | $ | 21,811 |  |  | $ | (7,270 | ) |  | $ | 1,154 |  |  | $ | 9,050 |  |  | $ | 24,745 |  |  | $ | 954 |  |  | $ | 23,791 |
Unsecured |  | 738 |  |  | (639 | ) |  | 1,444 |  |  | (854 | ) |  | 689 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 592 |
Real estate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 1,100 |  |  | (717 | ) |  | 80 |  |  | 191 |  |  | 654 |  |  | 96 |  |  | 558 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial land |  | 634 |  |  | (660 | ) |  | 12 |  |  | 502 |  |  | 488 |  |  | — |  |  | 488 |
Income property multifamily |  | 15,210 |  |  | (1,407 | ) |  | 414 |  |  | (4,666 | ) |  | 9,551 |  |  | 63 |  |  | 9,488 |
Owner occupied |  | 9,692 |  |  | (1,620 | ) |  | 33 |  |  | 1,501 |  |  | 9,606 |  |  | 185 |  |  | 9,421 |
Real estate construction: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land and acquisition |  | 3,769 |  |  | (1,419 | ) |  | 1,978 |  |  | (1,997 | ) |  | 2,331 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,331 |
Residential construction |  | 2,292 |  |  | (1,068 | ) |  | 113 |  |  | (473 | ) |  | 864 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 805 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income property multifamily |  | 274 |  |  | (2,213 | ) |  | — |  |  | 2,604 |  |  | 665 |  |  | — |  |  | 665 |
Owner occupied |  | 70 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (35 | ) |  | 35 |  |  | — |  |  | 35 |
Consumer |  | 2,120 |  |  | (3,918 | ) |  | 351 |  |  | 4,166 |  |  | 2,719 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 2,689 |
Unallocated |  | 3,283 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,589 | ) |  | 694 |  |  | — |  |  | 694 |
Total |  | $ | 60,993 |  |  | $ | (20,931 | ) |  | $ | 5,579 |  |  | $ | 7,400 |  |  | $ | 53,041 |  |  | $ | 1,484 |  |  | $ | 51,557 |
|  | Beginning Balance |  | Charge-offs |  | Recoveries |  | Provision |  | Ending Balance |  | Specific Reserve |  | General Allocation
Year ended December 31, 2010 |  | (in thousands)
Commercial business: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Secured |  | $ | 20,409 |  |  | $ | (12,779 | ) |  | $ | 1,218 |  |  | $ | 12,963 |  |  | $ | 21,811 |  |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 21,211 |
Unsecured |  | 1,560 |  |  | (2,100 | ) |  | 1,171 |  |  | 107 |  |  | 738 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 663 |
Real estate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 1,072 |  |  | (406 | ) |  | 15 |  |  | 419 |  |  | 1,100 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,100 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial land |  | 664 |  |  | (2,165 | ) |  | — |  |  | 2,135 |  |  | 634 |  |  | — |  |  | 634 |
Income property multifamily |  | 9,860 |  |  | (1,969 | ) |  | 124 |  |  | 7,195 |  |  | 15,210 |  |  | 59 |  |  | 15,151 |
Owner occupied |  | 6,690 |  |  | (2,039 | ) |  | 2 |  |  | 5,039 |  |  | 9,692 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,692 |
Real estate construction: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land and acquisition |  | 5,711 |  |  | (8,409 | ) |  | 1,199 |  |  | 5,268 |  |  | 3,769 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3,766 |
Residential construction |  | 2,304 |  |  | (2,447 | ) |  | 474 |  |  | 1,961 |  |  | 2,292 |  |  | 62 |  |  | 2,230 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income property multifamily |  | 2,453 |  |  | (3,107 | ) |  | 775 |  |  | 153 |  |  | 274 |  |  | 175 |  |  | 99 |
Owner occupied |  | 36 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 34 |  |  | 70 |  |  | — |  |  | 70 |
Consumer |  | 1,282 |  |  | (3,982 | ) |  | 649 |  |  | 4,171 |  |  | 2,120 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,120 |
Unallocated |  | 1,437 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,846 |  |  | 3,283 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,283 |
Total |  | $ | 53,478 |  |  | $ | (39,403 | ) |  | $ | 5,627 |  |  | $ | 41,291 |  |  | $ | 60,993 |  |  | $ | 974 |  |  | $ | 60,019 |
The 2009 changes in the ALLL for noncovered loans are summarized as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2009
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 42,747 |
Loans charged off |  | (54,521 | )
Recoveries |  | 1,752 |
Net chargeoffs |  | (52,769 | )
Provision charged to expense |  | 63,500 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 53,478 |
Analysis of Credit Quality of Noncovered Loan Portfolio | The following is an analysis of the credit quality of our noncovered loan portfolio as of December 31, 2011 and 2010:
|  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010
|  | Weighted- Average Risk Rating |  | Recorded Investment Noncovered Loans |  | Weighted- Average Risk Rating |  | Recorded Investment Noncovered Loans
|  | (dollars in thousands)
Commercial business: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Secured |  | 4.89 |  |  | $ | 981,417 |  |  | 4.96 |  |  | $ | 757,372 |
Unsecured |  | 4.25 |  |  | 47,406 |  |  | 4.23 |  |  | 41,175 |
Real estate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 4.81 |  |  | 64,063 |  |  | 4.96 |  |  | 49,436 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Commercial land |  | 5.22 |  |  | 50,681 |  |  | 5.75 |  |  | 24,956 |
Income property multifamily |  | 4.94 |  |  | 533,993 |  |  | 5.07 |  |  | 406,711 |
Owner occupied |  | 5.05 |  |  | 404,789 |  |  | 5.12 |  |  | 366,284 |
Real estate construction: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land and acquisition |  | 6.43 |  |  | 25,201 |  |  | 6.79 |  |  | 37,054 |
Residential construction |  | 5.94 |  |  | 23,931 |  |  | 6.63 |  |  | 31,293 |
Commercial and multifamily residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income property multifamily |  | 5.49 |  |  | 20,877 |  |  | 6.38 |  |  | 18,296 |
Owner occupied |  | 4.55 |  |  | 12,790 |  |  | 4.93 |  |  | 11,990 |
Consumer |  | 4.24 |  |  | 183,223 |  |  | 4.31 |  |  | 182,624 |
Total recorded investment of noncovered loans |  | $ | 2,348,371 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,927,191 |

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