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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Year-end Mortgage Loans Held for Sale - USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Year-end Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Abstract] |  |
Mortgage loans held for sale | $ 1,316,000 | $ 1,574,000
Less: Allowance to adjust to lower of cost or market | 0 | 0
Mortgage loans held for sale, net | $ 1,316,000 | $ 1,574,000

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- Definition Amount, before allowance to adjust to lower of cost or market, of mortgage loan receivables held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount, after allowance for bad debt, of mortgage loan receivables held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans classified as debt securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28367877&loc=d3e4428-111522 + Details
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