INVESTMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

INVESTMENTS

2. INVESTMENTS

Investment securities available for sale are summarized as follows (in thousands):

At September 30, 2015	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
State, county, and municipal securities	$	27,322	$	1,270	$	—	$	28,592
Mortgage-backed securities		87,009		349		467		86,891
Corporate securities		2,000		3		—		2,003
Totals	$	116,331	$	1,622	$	467	$	117,486

At December 31, 2014	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
State, county, and municipal securities	$	28,179	$	1,514	$	—	$	29,693
Mortgage-backed securities		87,548		437		1,070		86,915
Corporate securities		9,867		136		—		10,003
Totals	$	125,594	$	2,087	$	1,070	$	126,611

Investment securities held to maturity are summarized as follows (in thousands):

At December 31, 2014	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value
State, county, and municipal securities	$	240	$	3	$	—	$	243

At September 30, 2015, there were no investment securities held to maturity.

The amortized costs and fair values of investment securities at September 30, 2015, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with and without call or prepayment penalties (in thousands).

	Available for Sale
	Amortized		Fair
	Cost		Value
Due in one year or less	$	2,210	$	2,215
Due after one year through five years		5,260		5,451
Due after five years through ten years		26,475		27,644
Due after ten years		82,386		82,176
	$	116,331	$	117,486

Securities with carrying values of $93,583,000 and $99,299,000 as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, were pledged to secure public deposits, FHLB advances and a $21,013,000 line of credit at the Federal Reserve Bank discount window and for other purposes as required by law.

For the three month period ended September 30, 2015, proceeds from the sale of securities were $6,907,000 and gross realized gains on sales of securities were $109,000. There were no sales of securities during the same period in 2014. There were no gross realized losses on sales of securities for the same period during 2015 and 2014.

For the nine month period ended September 30, 2015, proceeds from the sale of securities were $19,292,000 and gross realized gains on sales of securities were $421,000. There were no sales of securities during the same period in 2014. There there were no gross realized losses on sales of securities for the same period during 2015 and 2014.

The Company’s investment portfolio consists principally of obligations of the United States, its agencies, or its corporations, general obligation and revenue municipals and corporate securities. In the opinion of management, there is no concentration of credit risk in its investment portfolio. The company places its deposits and correspondent accounts with and sells its federal funds to high quality institutions. Management believes credit risk associated with correspondent accounts is not significant.

The following tables show investments’ gross unrealized losses and fair value, aggregated by investment category and length of time that the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Except as explicitly identified below, all unrealized losses on investment securities are considered by management to be temporarily impaired given the credit ratings on these investment securities and the short duration of the unrealized loss (in thousands):

At September 30, 2015

Securities Available for Sale

	Securities in a loss position  for					Securities in a loss position  for
	less than twelve months					twelve months or more					Total
			Unrealized					Unrealized					Unrealized
	Fair value		losses			Fair value		losses			Fair value		losses
Mortgage-backed securities	$	27,229	$	(105	)	$	22,728	$	(362	)	$	49,957	$	(467	)
Total	$	27,229	$	(105	)	$	22,728	$	(362	)	$	49,957	$	(467	)

At December 31, 2014

Securities Available for Sale

	Securities in a loss position  for					Securities in a loss position  for
	less than twelve months					twelve months or more					Total
			Unrealized					Unrealized					Unrealized
	Fair value		losses			Fair value		losses			Fair value		losses
Mortgage-backed securities	$	15,384	$	(151	)	$	40,643	$	(919	)	$	56,027	$	(1,070	)
Total	$	15,384	$	(151	)	$	40,643	$	(919	)	$	56,027	$	(1,070	)

Securities Held to Maturity

There were no securities classified as held to maturity in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2014.

The Company’s available for sale portfolio had fifteen (15) investment securities at September 30, 2015 that were in an unrealized loss position for longer than twelve months. At December 31, 2014, the Company had twenty-one investment securities that were in an unrealized loss position for longer than twelve months. The Company reviews these securities for other-than-temporary impairment on a quarterly basis by monitoring their credit support and coverage, constant payment of the contractual principal and interest, loan to value and delinquencies ratios.

We use prices from third party pricing services and, to a lesser extent, indicative (non-binding) quotes from third party brokers, to measure fair value of our investment securities. Fair values of the investment securities portfolio could decline in the future if the underlying performance of the collateral for collateralized mortgage obligations or other securities deteriorates and the levels do not provide sufficient protection for contractual principal and interest. As a result, there is risk that an other-than-temporary impairment may occur in the future particularly in light of the current economic environment.

As of the date of its evaluation, the Company did not intend to sell and has the ability to hold these securities and it is more likely than not that the Company will not be required to sell those securities before recovery of its amortized cost or the security matures. The Company believes, based on industry analyst reports and credit ratings, that it will continue to receive scheduled interest payments as well as the entire principal balance, and the deterioration in value is attributable to changes in market interest rates and is not in the credit quality of the issuer and therefore, these losses are not considered other-than-temporary.