Refers to payments that exceeded initial carrying values of purchased impaired laons.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
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- Definition

Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 35
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Loans and Asset Quality Information (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Oct. 01, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 03, 2017
Recorded loans with a fair value			$ 606,200		$ 497,500
Real estate - mortgage - residential (1-4 family) first mortgages [Member]
Nonaccrual loans in process of foreclosure	$ 700	$ 800
Purchased Impaired Loans [Member]
Recorded loans with a fair value			$ 9,900		$ 19,300
Payments that exceeded the initial carrying amount on purchased impaired loans	68
Purchased Impaired Loans [Member] \| Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. [Member] \| 90 Days or More Past Due [Member]
Recorded loans with a fair value	$ 500	$ 600		$ 1,700