NOTE 7 - LOANS HELD FOR SALE

Loans held for sale were $210.5 million at March 31, 2015, compared to $213.5 million at December 31, 2014. Included in loans held for sale at March 31, 2015 were $186.2 million of loans identified to be sold in connection with the southern Illinois and eastern Indiana banking centers, and $24.3 million of mortgage loans held for immediate sale in the secondary market. Residential loans that Old National has originated with a commitment to sell are recorded at fair value in accordance with FASB ASC 825-10 (SFAS No. 159 – The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities). Old National had residential loans held for sale of $15.6 million at December 31, 2014. Prior to mid-2014, residential loans originated by Old National were primarily sold on a servicing released basis. Beginning with the inception of an in-house servicing unit in the third quarter of 2014, conventional mortgage production is now sold on a servicing retained basis. Certain loans, such as government guaranteed mortgage loans continue to be sold on servicing released basis.

The following table summarizes loans held for sale that were reclassified from loans held for investment at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:


	March 31,		December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2015		2014
Commercial	$	37,528	$	45,500
Commercial real estate		27,081		30,690
Residential real estate		68,892		71,680
Consumer credit		52,668		50,058

Total	$	186,169	$	197,928

The loans held for sale were reclassified at the lower of cost or fair value during the fourth quarter of 2014. Old National intends to sell these loans in two separate transactions and anticipates that both will be complete prior to September 30, 2015.