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Note 7 - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2012
Loan Origination Reserves [Table Text Block] |
|  | Twelve Months Ended |
|  | October 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Loan origination reserves, beginning of period |  | $ | 5,063 |  |  | $ | 5,486 |
Provisions for losses during the period |  |  | 4,060 |  |  |  | 2,108 |
Adjustments to pre-existing provisions for losses from changes in estimates |  |  | 1,802 |  |  |  | (1,520 | )
Payments/settlements |  |  | (1,591 | ) |  |  | (1,011 | )
Loan origination reserves, end of period |  | $ | 9,334 |  |  | $ | 5,063 |

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