Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Schedule Of First Federals Loan Commitments [Table Text Block]

The following table presents First Federal’s loan and letter of credit commitments.

	As of
(in thousands)	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Available unused lines of credit		$	372,662		$	377,473
Commitments to fund commercial real estate, construction and land development loans			31,449			26,401
Other unused commitments			48,395			39,055
Standby letters of credit			10,940			10,792

Schedule Of First Federal’s Mortgage Loan Pipeline And Obligation And Forward Commitments With Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The following table presents First Federal’s obligation under forward commitments, the fair value of those obligations along with the fair value of derivative instruments associated with forward commitments.

	As of
(in thousands)	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Mortgage loan pipeline		$	83,634		$	96,866
Expected pipeline closures			62,726			72,650
Fair value of mortgage loan pipeline commitments			1,304			1,943
Forward commitments			119,577			144,852
Fair value of forward commitments			489			1,347