Other Real Estate Owned (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 property
OREO
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ 11,203	$ 18,316
Additions	11,976	8,375
Write-downs	(1,185)	(2,220)
Sold	(10,085)	(11,329)
Balance at the end of the period	$ 12,119	13,527
Number of properties held \| property	84		67
Residential real estate consumer mortgage loans in foreclosure, carrying value	$ 5,200
Southeastern Bank Financial
OREO
Acquired		$ 385
Park Sterling Corporation
OREO
Acquired	210
Residential real estate
OREO
Other Real Estate In Foreclosure	$ 2,200

Carrying value of other real estate owned that are in the process of foreclosure as of date.

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- Definition

Additions of other real estate non covered by loss sharing agreements, during an acquisition.

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- Definition

Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 35
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL49126937-111524

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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