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COMMITMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of future minimum payments under operating lease agreements | Future minimum payments as of December 31, 2016 under operating lease agreements having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year are as follows (in thousands):
Year ending December 31, |  | Amount
2017 |  | $ | 1,374 |
2018 |  | 1,227 |
2019 |  | 1,025 |
2020 |  | 1,055 |
2021 |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 4,681 |
Schedule of funding commitments that could potentially require performance in the event of demands by third parties or contingent events | The Company has funding commitments that could potentially require performance in the event of demands by third parties or contingent events, as follows (in thousands):
| Commitments Due By Period
| Total |  | Less Than 1 year |  | 1-3 years |  | 3-5 years |  | More Than 5 years
Surety bonds (a) | $ | 4,293 |  |  | $ | 4,268 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Litigation bonds (b) | 140 |  |  | 140 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 4,433 |  |  | $ | 4,408 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
(a) State laws and regulations generally require businesses which engage in mortgage brokering activity to maintain a mortgage broker or similar license. Mortgage brokering activity is generally defined to include, among other things, receiving valuable consideration for offering assistance to a buyer in obtaining a residential mortgage or soliciting financial and mortgage information from the public and providing that information to an originator of residential mortgage loans. All states require that the Company maintain surety bonds for potential claims. (b) Bonds required for certain legal matters.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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