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Mortgage Servicing Rights (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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A tabular presentation of the net mortgage servicing rights as of the balance sheet date.

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