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Covered Assets and FDIC Loss-sharing Asset (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Covered Assets And FDIC Loss Sharing Asset [Line Items] |
Analysis of Loan Portfolio by Major Types of Loans | The following is an analysis of our covered loans, net of related allowance for losses as of December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Covered loans: |  | (dollars in thousands)
Commercial business |  | $ | 72,870 |  |  | $ | 125,373 |
Real estate: |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 41,642 |  |  | 57,150 |
Commercial and multifamily residential |  | 170,879 |  |  | 233,106 |
Total real estate |  | 212,521 |  |  | 290,256 |
Real estate construction: |  |  |  |
One-to-four family residential |  | 14,781 |  |  | 25,398 |
Commercial and multifamily residential |  | 6,869 |  |  | 15,251 |
Total real estate construction |  | 21,650 |  |  | 40,649 |
Consumer |  | 34,101 |  |  | 44,516 |
Subtotal of covered loans |  | 341,142 |  |  | 500,794 |
Less: |  |  |  |
Valuation discount resulting from acquisition accounting |  | 43,297 |  |  | 79,401 |
Allowance for loan losses |  | 20,174 |  |  | 30,056 |
Covered loans, net of valuation discounts and allowance for loan losses |  | $ | 277,671 |  |  | $ | 391,337 |
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, 2013, 2012, and 2011:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 166,888 |  |  | $ | 259,669 |  |  | $ | 256,572 |
Additions resulting from acquisitions |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 59,810 |
Accretion |  | (51,816 | ) |  | (86,671 | ) |  | (90,378 | )
Disposals |  | (6,898 | ) |  | (12,856 | ) |  | (31,483 | )
Reclassifications from nonaccretable difference |  | (4,267 | ) |  | 6,746 |  |  | 65,148 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 103,907 |  |  | $ | 166,888 |  |  | $ | 259,669 |
Schedule of Carrying Amounts for Acquired Loans at Acquisition Date |
Covered OREO at Carrying Value | The following table sets forth activity in covered OREO at carrying value for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Covered OREO: |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 16,311 |  |  | $ | 28,126 |
Transfers in |  | 8,827 |  |  | 14,166 |
Additional OREO write-downs |  | (282 | ) |  | (3,484 | )
Proceeds from sale of OREO property |  | (22,046 | ) |  | (33,315 | )
Net gain on sale of OREO |  | 9,283 |  |  | 10,818 |
Total covered OREO, end of period |  | $ | 12,093 |  |  | $ | 16,311 |
FDIC Loss-sharing Asset | The following table shows a detailed analysis of the FDIC loss-sharing asset for the years ending December 31, 2013 and 2012:
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 96,354 |  |  | $ | 175,071 |
Adjustments not reflected in income: |  |  |  |
Cash received from the FDIC |  | (9,246 | ) |  | (54,649 | )
FDIC reimbursable losses, net |  | (2,245 | ) |  | 399 |
Adjustments reflected in income: |  |  |  |
Amortization, net |  | (36,729 | ) |  | (42,940 | )
Loan impairment (recapture) |  | (2,609 | ) |  | 20,714 |
Sale of other real estate |  | (6,177 | ) |  | (7,789 | )
Write-downs of other real estate |  | 364 |  |  | 5,190 |
Other |  | 134 |  |  | 358 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 39,846 |  |  | $ | 96,354 |
Covered Loans [Member] |
Covered Assets And FDIC Loss Sharing Asset [Line Items] |
Changes in the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses | The changes in the ALLL for covered loans for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 are summarized as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 30,056 |  |  | $ | 4,944 |  |  | $ | 6,055 |
Loans charged off |  | (13,853 | ) |  | (5,112 | ) |  | (1,488 | )
Recoveries |  | 7,232 |  |  | 4,332 |  |  | 2,025 |
Provision charged to expense |  | (3,261 | ) |  | 25,892 |  |  | (1,648 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 20,174 |  |  | $ | 30,056 |  |  | $ | 4,944 |

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