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Derivatives
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives
DERIVATIVES

The Company currently has derivative instrument contracts consisting of interest rate swaps and interest rate lock commitments and commitments to sell mortgages.  The primary objective for each of these contracts is to minimize interest rate risk.  The Company’s strategy is to use derivative contracts to stabilize and improve net interest margin and net interest income currently and in future periods. The Company does not enter into derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes.  For derivatives that are economic hedges, but are not designated as hedging instruments or otherwise do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, all changes in fair value are recognized in non-interest income during the period of change.  

As part of interest rate risk management, the Company has entered into two interest rate swap agreements to convert certain fixed-rate receivables to floating rates and certain fixed-rate obligations to floating rates.  The interest rate swaps are used to provide fixed rate financing while managing interest rate risk and were not designated as hedges. The interest rate swaps pay and receive interest based on a floating rate based on one month LIBOR, with payments being calculated on the notional amount. The interest rate swaps are settled quarterly and mature on June 15, 2016. The interest rate swaps each have a notional amount of $2.0 million, representing the amount of outstanding fixed-rate receivables and obligations outstanding at December 31, 2011, and are included in other assets and other liabilities at their fair value of $216,979. The Company had a gain of $57,802 on the interest rate swap asset and a loss of $57,802 on the interest rate swap liability for the year ended December 31, 2011. The interest rate swaps were not designated as hedges and all changes in fair value are recorded in other income within noninterest income. Fair values for interest rate swap agreements are based upon the amounts required to settle the contracts.  The interest rate swaps had a notional amount of $2.1 million, representing the amount of outstanding fixed-rate receivables and obligations outstanding at December 31, 2010, and was included in other assets and other liabilities at their fair value of $159,177. The Company had a gain of $159,177 on the interest rate swap asset and a loss of $159,177 on the interest rate swap liability for the year ended December 31, 2010. The interest rate swaps were not designated as hedges and all changes in fair value are recorded in other income within noninterest income. Fair values for interest rate swap agreements are based upon the amounts required to settle the contracts.  

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing mortgage origination business. Sidus, the Company’s mortgage lending subsidiary, enters into interest rate lock commitments and commitments to sell mortgages. The primary risks managed by derivative instruments are these interest rate lock commitments and forward-loan-sale commitments. Interest rate lock commitments are entered into to manage interest rate risk associated with the Company’s fixed rate loan commitments. The period of time between the issuance of a loan commitment and the closing and sale of the loan generally ranges from 10 to 60 days. Such interest rate lock commitments and forward-loan-sale commitments represent derivative instruments which are required to be carried at fair value. These derivative instruments do not qualify as hedges under the Derivatives and Hedging topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The fair value of the Company’s interest rate lock commitments and forward-loan-sales commitments are based on current secondary market pricing and included on the balance sheet in the loans held-for-sale and on the income statement in gain on sale of mortgages. The gains and losses from the future sales of the mortgages is recognized when the Company, the borrower and the investor enter into the loan contract and the resulting gain or loss is recorded on the income statement.

At December 31, 2011, Sidus had $51.6 million of commitments outstanding to originate mortgage loans held-for-sale at fixed prices and $67.4 million of forward sale commitments outstanding for original commitments and outstanding mortgage loans held-for-sale under best efforts contracts to sell mortgages to agencies and other investors. The fair value of the interest rate lock commitments recorded in assets was $129,818 at December 31, 2011. The fair value of forward sales commitments recorded in other assets was $57,363 at December 31, 2011. Recognition of gains (losses) related to the change in fair value of the interest rate lock commitments and forward sales commitments were $25,008 and $(54,497), respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2011, and are included in mortgage banking income within noninterest income. Recognition of losses related to the change in fair value of the interest rate lock commitments and forward sales commitments were $36,312 and $(10,247), respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2010, and are included in other income.  At December 31, 2010, Sidus had $119.2 million of commitments outstanding to originate mortgage loans held-for-sale at fixed prices and $167.6 million of forward sale commitments outstanding under best efforts contracts to sell mortgages to agencies and other investors. The fair value of interest rate locks recorded in other liabilities was $104,810. The fair value of the forward sales commitments recorded in assets was $161,071.