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Mortgage Servicing Rights (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Mortgage Servicing Rights [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Mortgage Servicing Assets | Mortgage servicing rights are included in other assets and detailed in the following table:
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |  |  | March 31, 2011 |
Mortgage servicing rights |  | $ | 6,110,000 |  |  | $ | 6,099,000 |  |  | $ | 5,927,000 |
Accumulated amortization |  |  | (5,009,000 | ) |  |  | (4,837,000 | ) |  |  | (4,417,000 | )
Impairment reserve |  |  | (300,000 | ) |  |  | (61,000 | ) |  |  | (20,000 | )
|  | $ | 801,000 |  |  | $ | 1,201,000 |  |  | $ | 1,490,000 |

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