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Noncovered Other Real Estate Owned (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Other Real Estate, Foreclosed Assets, and Repossessed Assets [Abstract] |
Summary of Noncovered Other Real Estate Owned | The following table sets forth activity in noncovered OREO for the period:
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Noncovered OREO: |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 10,676 |  |  | $ | 22,893 |
Established through acquisitions |  | 14,708 |  |  | — |
Transfers in, net of write-downs ($90 and $205, respectively) |  | 9,273 |  |  | 7,461 |
Additions to OREO |  | 3,577 |  |  | 11 |
Additional OREO write-downs |  | (1,753 | ) |  | (4,816 | )
Proceeds from sale of OREO property |  | (13,903 | ) |  | (15,689 | )
Net gain on sale of OREO |  | 1,256 |  |  | 816 |
Total noncovered OREO, end of period |  | $ | 23,834 |  |  | $ | 10,676 |

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