Investment securities, consisting entirely of securities available for sale, increased $20.3 million, or 16.1%, to $146.3 million at June 30, 2019 from $126.0 million at June 30, 2018. We had noheld-to-maturity securities at June 30, 2019 or June 30, 2018.
Net loans receivable, including loans held for sale, increased by $11.3 million, or 2.4%, to $487.8 million at June 30, 2019 from $476.5 million at June 30, 2018. The increase in net loans receivable during this period was due primarily to a $15.5 million, or 22.6%, increase in commercial business loans, a $2.4 million, or 17.1% increase in construction loans, and a $2.4 million, or 1.7%, increase in commercial real estate loans, partially offset by a $2.8 million, or 2.6%, decrease in multi-family loans, a $5.7 million, or 4.2%, decrease inone- to four-family loans, a $120,000, or 1.3%, decrease in home equity lines of credit, and a $230,000, or 3.1%, decrease in consumer loans.
Compared to June 30, 2018, as of June 30, 2019, premises and equipment increased $480,000 to $10.7 million, accrued interest receivable increased $321,000 to $2.1 million, foreclosed assets held for sale increased $559,000 to $778,000, and bank-owned life insurance increased $269,000 to $9.1 million, while deferred income taxes decreased $1.9 million to $2.1 million, Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock decreased $2.1 million to $1.2 million, and other assets decreased $306,000 to $414,000. The increase in premises and equipment was mostly due to the opening of a new office building in Champaign, Illinois, and the increase in accrued interest receivable was due to increases in the average balance of both loans and securities. The increase in foreclosed assets held for sale was due to the large credit discussed in “Overview” above that resulted in 45one- to four-family properties with an aggregate value of $6.3 million being transferred to foreclosed assets held for sale. During the year ended June 30, 2019, 43 of those 45 properties were sold. The increase in bank-owned life insurance was the result of regular accruals of the cash surrender value. The decrease in deferred income taxes was mostly due to an increase in unrealized gains on the sale ofavailable-for sale securities, while the decrease in FHLB stock was the result of a lower stock requirement due to a reduced balance of FHLB advances, and the decrease in other assets resulted from a lower accounts receivable general at June 30, 2019.
At June 30, 2019, our investment in bank-owned life insurance was $9.1 million, an increase of $269,000 from $8.8 million at June 30, 2018. We invest in bank-owned life insurance to provide us with a funding source for our benefit plan obligations. Bank-owned life insurance also generally provides us noninterest income that isnon-taxable. Federal regulations generally limit our investment in bank-owned life insurance to 25% of the Association’s Tier 1 capital plus our allowance for loan losses. At June 30, 2019, our investment of $9.1 million in bank-owned life insurance was 11.1% of our Tier 1 capital plus our allowance for loan losses.
Deposits increased $126.6 million, or 26.4%, to $607.0 million at June 30, 2019 from $480.4 million at June 30, 2018. Savings, NOW, and money market accounts increased $805,000, or 0.4%, to $196.3 million, noninterest bearing demand accounts increased $59.1 million, or 276.8%, to $80.4 million, certificates of deposit, excluding brokered certificates of deposit, increased $61.5 million, or 26.8%, to $290.8 million, and brokered certificates of deposit increased $5.2 million, or 15.1%, to $39.5 million. Repurchase agreements decreased $266,000 to $2.0 million. The increase in noninterest bearing demand deposits includes approximately $55.3 million in deposits from a public entity that collects real estate taxes in two installments, due June and September. These deposits are temporary in nature as distributions are made in early July and September.
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago decreased $43.5 million, or 64.4%, to $24.0 million at June 30, 2019 from $67.5 million at June 30, 2018 as the new deposit funds were used to reduce our borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
Total equity increased $786,000, or 1.0%, to $82.5 million at June 30, 2019 from $81.7 million at June 30, 2018. Equity increased due to net income of $3.6 million, an increase of $3.7 million in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, and ESOP and stock equity plan activity of $645,000, partially offset by the repurchase of 293,156 shares of common stock at an aggregate cost of approximately $6.2 million, and the payment of approximately $868,000 in dividends to our shareholders. The Company announced a stock repurchase plan on December 5, 2018, whereby the Company could repurchase up to 290,356 shares of its common stock, or approximately 7.5% of its then current outstanding shares. All 290,356 shares of the Company’s common stock were repurchased by the Company at an average price of $21.23 per share. The Company announced another repurchase plan on June 12, 2019, which allowed the Company to repurchase up to 89,526 shares of it common stock, or approximately 2.5% of its then current outstanding shares. As of June 30, 2019, 2,800 shares had been repurchased at an average price of $21.02 per share, and there were 86,726 shares yet to be repurchased under the plan.
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