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Note 9 - Mortgage Banking Derivative
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
9
–
Mortgage Banking Derivatives
 
As part of its mortgage banking activities, the Bank enters into interest rate lock commitments, which are commitments to originate loans where the interest rate on the loan is determined prior to funding and the customers have locked into that interest rate. The Bank then locks in the loan and interest rate with an investor and commits to deliver the loan if settlement occurs (“best efforts”) or commits to deliver the locked loan in a binding (“mandatory”) delivery program with an investor. Certain loans under interest rate lock commitments are covered under forward sales contracts of mortgage backed securities (“MBS”). Forward sales contracts of MBS are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in noninterest income. Interest rate lock commitments and commitments to deliver loans to investors are considered derivatives. The market value of interest rate lock commitments and best efforts contracts are not readily ascertainable with precision because they are not actively traded in stand-alone markets. The Bank determines the fair value of interest rate lock commitments and delivery contracts by measuring the fair value of the underlying asset, which is impacted by current interest rates, taking into consideration the probability that the interest rate lock commitments will close or will be funded.
 
Certain additional risks arise from these forward delivery contracts in that the counterparties to the contracts
may
not be able to meet the terms of the contracts. The Bank does not expect any counterparty to any MBS to fail to meet its obligation. Additional risks inherent in mandatory delivery programs include the risk that, if the Bank does not close the loans subject to interest rate risk lock commitments, it will still be obligated to deliver MBS to the counterparty under the forward sales agreement. Should this be required, the Bank could incur significant costs in acquiring replacement loans or MBS and such costs could have an adverse effect on mortgage banking operations.
 
The fair value of the mortgage banking derivatives is recorded as a freestanding asset or liability with the change in value being recognized in current earnings during the period of change.
 
At
December
31,
2016
the Bank had mortgage banking derivative financial instruments with a notional value of
$34.2
million related to its forward contracts. The fair value of these mortgage banking derivative instruments at
December
31,
2016
was
$114
thousand included in other assets and
$55
thousand included in other liabilities. At
December
31,
2015
the Bank had mortgage banking derivative financial instruments with a notional value of
$39.6
million related to its forward contracts. The fair value of these mortgage banking derivative instruments at
December
31,
2015
was
$24
thousand included in other assets and
$30
thousand included in other liabilities.
 
Included in other noninterest income for the year ended
December
31,
2016
and
2015
was a net loss of
$199
thousand and a net loss of
$155
thousand, respectively, relating to mortgage banking derivative instruments. The amount included in other noninterest income for year ended
December
31,
2016
and
2015
pertaining to its mortgage banking hedging activities was a net realized gain of
$730
thousand and a net realized gain of
$202
thousand, respectively.