7. Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses

Set forth below is selected data relating to the composition of the loan portfolio at the dates indicated:



	Types of loans
	(dollars in thousands)

	March 31, 2016				December 31, 2015
Real Estate Loans:
Residential	$	160,013	28.3	%	$	161,820	28.9	%
Commercial		281,667	49.7			279,123	49.8
Construction		18,999	3.4			18,987	3.4
Commercial, financial and agricultural		72,970	12.9			71,090	12.7
Consumer loans to individuals		32,443	5.7			29,231	5.2
Total loans		566,092	100.0	%		560,251	100.0	%
Deferred fees, net		(305)				(326)
Total loans receivable		565,787				559,925
Allowance for loan losses		(7,642)				(7,298)
Net loans receivable	$	558,145			$	552,627

The following table presents information regarding loans acquired and accounted for in accordance with ASC 310-30 (in thousands):



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015

Outstanding Balance	$	482	$	498
Carrying Amount	$	482	$	498

There were no material increases or decreases in the expected cash flows of these loans since the acquisition date. Since December 31, 2014, for loans that were acquired with or without specific evidence of deterioration in credit quality, adjustments to the allowance for loan losses have been accounted for through the allowance for loan loss adequacy calculation.

The Company maintains a loan review system, which allows for a periodic review of our loan portfolio and the early identification of potential impaired loans. Such system takes into consideration, among other things, delinquency status, size of loans, type and market value of collateral and financial condition of the borrowers. Specific loan loss allowances are established for identified losses based on a review of such information. A loan evaluated for impairment is considered to be impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probably that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. All loans identified as impaired are evaluated independently. We do not aggregate such loans for evaluation purposes. Impairment is measured on a loan-by-loan basis for commercial and construction loans by the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s obtainable market price, or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral-dependent.

Large groups of smaller balance homogeneous loans are collectively evaluated for impairment. Accordingly, the Company does not separately identify individual consumer and residential mortgage loans for impairment disclosures, unless such loans are part of a larger relationship that is impaired, or are classified as a troubled debt restructuring.

A loan is considered to be a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) loan when the Company grants a concession to the borrower because of the borrower’s financial condition that it would not otherwise consider. Such concessions include the reduction of interest rates, forgiveness of principal or interest, or other modifications of interest rates that are less than the current market rate for new obligations with similar risk.

Foreclosed assets acquired in settlement of loans are carried at fair value less estimated costs to sell and are included in foreclosed real estate owned on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, foreclosed real estate owned totaled $2,855,000 and $2,847,000, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, included within foreclosed real estate owned is $345,000 of consumer residential mortgages that were foreclosed on or received via a deed in lieu transaction prior to the period end. As of March 31, 2016, the Company has initiated formal foreclosure proceedings on $95,000 of consumer residential mortgages.

The following table shows the amount of loans in each category that were individually and collectively evaluated for impairment at the dates indicated:



	Real Estate Loans
							Commercial		Consumer
	Residential		Commercial		Construction		Loans		Loans		Total
March 31, 2016	(In thousands)

Individually evaluated for impairment	$	26	$	8,124	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	8,150
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality		133		349		-		-		-		482
Collectively evaluated for impairment		159,854		273,194		18,999		72,970		32,443		557,460
Total Loans	$	160,013	$	281,667	$	18,999	$	72,970	$	32,443	$	566,092



	Real Estate Loans
							Commercial		Consumer
	Residential		Commercial		Construction		Loans		Loans		Total
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2015

Individually evaluated for impairment	$	28	$	8,660	$	-	$	42	$	-	$	8,730
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality		140		358		-		-		-		498
Collectively evaluated for impairment		161,652		270,105		18,987		71,048		29,231		551,023
Total Loans	$	161,820	$	279,123	$	18,987	$	71,090	$	29,231	$	560,251

The following table includes the recorded investment and unpaid principal balances for impaired loans with the associated allowance amount, if applicable. Also presented are the average recorded investments in the impaired loans and the related amount of interest recognized during the time within the period that the impaired loans were impaired.



			Unpaid
	Recorded		Principal		Associated
	Investment		Balance		Allowance
March 31, 2016				(in thousands)
With no related allowance recorded:
Real Estate Loans
Residential	$	159	$	165	$	-
Commercial		2,775		3,169		-
Subtotal		2,934		3,334		-
With an allowance recorded:
Real Estate Loans
Commercial		5,698		7,199		1,644
Subtotal		5,698		7,199		1,644
Total:
Real Estate Loans
Residential		159		165		-
Commercial		8,473		10,368		1,644
Total Impaired Loans	$	8,632	$	10,533	$	1,644



			Unpaid
	Recorded		Principal		Associated
	Investment		Balance		Allowance
December 31, 2015				(in thousands)
With no related allowance recorded:
Real Estate Loans
Residential	$	168	$	173	$	-
Commercial		2,644		4,610		-
Commercial, financial and agriculture		43		43		-
Subtotal		2,855		4,826		-
With an allowance recorded:
Real Estate Loans
Commercial		6,373		6,446		1,613
Subtotal		6,373		6,446		1,613
Total:
Real Estate Loans
Residential		168		173		-
Commercial		9,017		11,056		1,613
Commercial, financial and agriculture		43		43		-
Total Impaired Loans	$	9,228	$	11,272	$	1,613

The following information for impaired loans is presented (in thousands) for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015:



	Average Recorded				Interest Income
	Investment				Recognized
	2016		2015		2016		2015

Real Estate Loans:
Residential	$	164	$	223	$	1	$	1
Commercial		8,640		11,210		32		396
Total	$	8,804	$	11,433	$	33	$	397

Troubled debt restructured loans are those loans whose terms have been renegotiated to provide a reduction or deferral of principal or interest as a result of financial difficulties experienced by the borrower, who could not obtain comparable terms from alternate financing sources. As of March 31, 2016, troubled debt restructured loans totaled $6.5 million and resulted in specific reserves of $1,641,000. As of December 31, 2015, troubled debt restructured loans totaled $6.8 million and resulted in specific reserves of $1,613,000. For the period ended March 31, 2016, there were no new loans identified as troubled debt restructurings. During 2016, the Company recognized a write-down of $100,000 on a loan that was previously identified as troubled debt restructurings with a carrying value of $432,000 as of March 31, 2016.

For the period ended March 31, 2015, there were no new loans identified as troubled debt restructures. During the 2015 period, the Company recognized write-downs in the amount of $373,000 on two loans previously identified as troubled debt restructures with a carrying value of $2.4 million as of March 31, 2015.

Management uses an eight point internal risk rating system to monitor the credit quality of the overall loan portfolio. The first four categories are considered not criticized, and are aggregated as “Pass” rated. The criticized rating categories utilized by management generally follow bank regulatory definitions. The Special Mention category includes assets that are currently protected but are potentially weak, resulting in an undue and unwarranted credit risk, but not to the point of justifying a Substandard classification. Loans in the Substandard category have well-defined weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt, and have a distinct possibility that some loss will be sustained if the weaknesses are not corrected. All loans greater than 90 days past due are considered Substandard. Any portion of a loan that has been charged off is placed in the Loss category.

To help ensure that risk ratings are accurate and reflect the present and future capacity of borrowers to repay a loan as agreed, the Bank has a structured loan rating process with several layers of internal and external oversight. Generally, consumer and residential mortgage loans are included in the Pass categories unless a specific action, such as non performance, repossession, or death occurs to raise awareness of a possible credit event. The Company’s Loan Review Department is responsible for the timely and accurate risk rating of the loans on an ongoing basis. Every credit which must be approved by Loan Committee or the Board of Directors is assigned a risk rating at time of consideration. Loan Review also annually reviews relationships of $1,000,000 and over to assign or re-affirm risk ratings. Loans in the Substandard categories that are collectively evaluated for impairment are given separate consideration in the determination of the allowance.

The following table presents the classes of the loan portfolio summarized by the aggregate Pass and the criticized categories of Special Mention, Substandard, Doubtful and Loss within the internal risk rating system as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):



			Special					Doubtful
	Pass		Mention		Substandard		or Loss		Total
March 31, 2016
Commercial real estate loans	$	269,575	$	3,161	$	8,931	$	-	$	281,667
Commercial loans		72,970		-		-		-		72,970
Total	$	342,545	$	3,161	$	8,931	$	-	$	354,637



			Special					Doubtful
	Pass		Mention		Substandard		or Loss		Total
December 31, 2015
Commercial real estate loans	$	267,892	$	1,837	$	9,394	$	-	$	279,123
Commercial loans		71,047		-		43		-		71,090
Total	$	338,939	$	1,837	$	9,437	$	-	$	350,213

For residential real estate loans, construction loans and consumer loans, the Company evaluates credit quality based on the performance of the individual credits. The following table presents the recorded investment in the loan classes based on payment activity as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):



	Performing		Nonperforming		Total
March 31, 2016
Residential real estate loans	$	159,540	$	473	$	160,013
Construction		18,999		-		18,999
Consumer loans		32,443		-		32,443
Total	$	210,982	$	473	$	211,455



	Performing		Nonperforming		Total
December 31, 2015
Residential real estate loans	$	161,380	$	440	$	161,820
Construction		18,987		-		18,987
Consumer loans		29,231		-		29,231
Total	$	209,598	$	440	$	210,038

Management further monitors the performance and credit quality of the loan portfolio by analyzing the age of the portfolio as determined by the length of time a recorded payment is past due. The following table presents the classes of the loan portfolio summarized by the aging categories of performing loans and nonaccrual loans as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):



	Current		31-60 Days Past Due		61-90 Days Past Due		Greater than 90 Days Past Due and still accruing		Non-Accrual		Total Past Due and Non-Accrual		Total Loans
March 31, 2016
Real Estate loans
Residential	$	159,082	$	428	$	30	$	-	$	473	$	931	$	160,013
Commercial		275,062		211		-		-		6,394		6,605		281,667
Construction		18,999		-		-		-		-		-		18,999
Commercial loans		72,970		-		-		-		-		-		72,970
Consumer loans		32,391		38		14		-		-		52		32,443
Total	$	558,504	$	677	$	44	$	-	$	6,867	$	7,588	$	566,092


	Current		31-60 Days Past Due		61-90 Days Past Due		Greater than 90 Days Past Due and still accruing		Non-Accrual		Total Past Due and Non-Accrual		Total Loans
December 31, 2015
Real Estate loans
Residential	$	160,683	$	646	$	51	$	-	$	440	$	1,137	$	161,820
Commercial		272,125		310		39		-		6,649		6,998		279,123
Construction		18,959		28		-		-		-		28		18,987
Commercial loans		71,043		4		-		-		43		47		71,090
Consumer loans		29,179		41		11		-		-		52		29,231
Total	$	551,989	$	1,029	$	101	$	-	$	7,132	$	8,262	$	560,251

The following table presents the allowance for loan losses by the classes of the loan portfolio:



(In thousands)	Residential Real Estate		Commercial Real Estate		Construction		Commercial		Consumer		Total
Beginning balance, December 31, 2015	$	1,069	$	5,506	$	90	$	397	$	236	$	7,298
Charge Offs		-		(129)		-		-		(7)		(136)
Recoveries		1		2		-		-		27		30
Provision for loan losses		7		379		19		49		(4)		450
Ending balance, March 31, 2016	$	1,077	$	5,758	$	109	$	446	$	252	$	7,642
Ending balance individually evaluated for impairment	$	-	$	1,644	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	1,644
Ending balance collectively evaluated for impairment	$	1,077	$	4,114	$	109	$	446	$	252	$	5,998



(In thousands)	Residential Real Estate		Commercial Real Estate		Construction		Commercial		Consumer		Total
Beginning balance, December 31, 2014	$	1,323	$	3,890	$	222	$	256	$	184	$	5,875
Charge Offs		(87)		(393)		-		-		(15)		(495)
Recoveries		2		-		-		-		5		7
Provision for loan losses		115		497		(107)		97		18		620
Ending balance, March 31, 2015	$	1,353	$	3,994	$	115	$	353	$	192	$	6,007
Ending balance individually evaluated for impairment	$	-	$	284	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	284
Ending balance collectively evaluated for impairment	$	1,353	$	3,710	$	115	$	353	$	192	$	5,723

The Company’s primary business activity as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is with customers located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Accordingly, the Company has extended credit primarily to commercial entities and individuals in this area whose ability to honor their contracts is influenced by the region’s economy.

As of March 31, 2016, the Company considered its concentration of credit risk to be acceptable. The highest concentrations are in the hospitality/lodging industry with loans outstanding of $66.5 million, or 11.7% of loans outstanding. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, there were no write downs in the named concentrations.

Gross realized gains and gross realized losses on sales of residential mortgage loans were $32,000 and $0, respectively, in the first three months of 2016 compared to $24,000 and $0, respectively, in the same period in 2015. The proceeds from the sales of residential mortgage loans totaled $1.0 million and $804,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.