Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Loans Held for Sale [Abstract]

Loans Held For Sale Disclosure [Text Block]

. Loans Held for Sale

Mortgage loans held for sale are carried at their fair value. Mortgage loans held for sale were $3.2 million and $2.1 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. These amounts are included in "Loans" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and in the residential real estate loan segments in Note 5 - Loans and Note 6 - Allowance for Credit Losses. The contractual balance was $3.2 million and $2.1 million at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The gain expected upon sale was $53,000 and $41,000 at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. None of these loans were 90 days or more past due or on nonaccrual status at December 31, 2023 or 2022.

During 2022, Park transferred certain commercial loans held for investment, previously nonperforming, with an amortized cost of $6.3 million, to the loans held for sale portfolio. The transferred loans were recorded at the lower of cost or fair value, recording a charge-off in each instance where the fair value of an individual loan was deemed to be below the carrying cost at the time the loans were moved to the held for sale portfolio. The sale of $3.9 million in loans held for sale was subsequently completed and Park recognized a gain on sale of $495,000 which is recorded within "Miscellaneous income" on the Consolidated Statements of Income. The remaining $2.4 million in loans held for sale were transferred back to loans held for investment at the lower of cost or fair value. No non-performing loans were held for sale or sold during 2023 or 2021.