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Mortgage loans (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2015
Re-performing loans |  |  |  |
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ 138,768 | $ 74,045 | $ 136,455 | $ 54,940
Accretable yield additions | 20,152 | 49,626 | 36,005 | 73,680
Accretion | (14,317) | (7,739) | (27,857) | (12,688)
Reclassification from (to) non-accretable amount, net | 39,570 |  | 39,570 |
Balance at end of period | 184,173 | 115,932 | 184,173 | 115,932
Non-performing loans |  |  |  |
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 16,151 | 22,604 | 18,425 | 20,686
Accretable yield additions |  | 4,185 |  | 8,038
Accretion | (2,057) | (3,054) | (4,331) | (4,989)
Reclassification from (to) non-accretable amount, net | 2,204 |  | 2,204 |
Balance at end of period | $ 16,298 | $ 23,735 | $ 16,298 | $ 23,735

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- Definition Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27045933&loc=d3e13503-111538 + Details
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- Definition Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27045933&loc=d3e13503-111538 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544 + Details
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