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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Mortgage loans held for sale |  | $ | 1,574,000 |  |  | $ | 1,115,000 |
Less: Allowance to adjust to lower of cost or market |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |
Mortgage loans held for sale, net |  | $ | 1,574,000 |  |  | $ | 1,115,000 |

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