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LOANS HELD FOR SALE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Portfolio of Loans Held for Sale [Table Text Block] |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
(In thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |
Residential mortgage loans |  | $ | 24,690 |  | $ | 41,927
Construction loans |  |  | 8,290 |  |  | 8,079
Total |  | $ | 32,980 |  | $ | 50,006

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