For the six months ended June 30, noninterest income increased $1.3 million to $6.2 million from $4.9 million in 2020. The primary contributors to the overall increase were the premium on the deposit sale offset partially by a decrease of $542 thousand in gains on the sale of investment securities. Trust commissions and wealth management income increased $131 thousand and $36 thousand which were offset by a $163 thousand decrease in mortgage banking income comparing the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
Noninterest expense decreased $24.5 million to $9.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, from $34.0 million for the same period last year. The decrease was primarily due to the noncash goodwill impairment charge of $24.8 million recorded in the second quarter of 2020. For the six months ended June 30, noninterest expense decreased to $17.9 million in 2021 compared to $43.2 million for the same period in 2020. In addition to the goodwill impairment charge, noninterest expense decreased in 2021 from implementing efficiency initiatives and selective cost reduction measures.
BALANCE SHEET REVIEW
Total assets, loans, net, and deposits totaled $1.2 billion, $948.7 million, and $1.0 billion, respectively, at June 30, 2021. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, total assets, loans, net and deposits decreased $160.1 million, $143.1 million and $36.4 million, respectively. Loans, net decreased in the second quarter of 2021 as business lending, including commercial and commercial real estate loans, decreased $117.1 million due primarily to SBA forgiveness payments on PPP loans. For this same period, construction lending decreased $22.8 million while retail lending, which includes residential mortgage, home equity and consumer loans, decreased $3.2 million. Total investments decreased $7.8 million in the second quarter of 2021. The reduction in total deposits consisted of decreases in noninterest-bearing deposits of $13.5 million and interest-bearing deposits of $22.9 million. As a percentage of total deposits, noninterest-bearing deposits amounted to 17.6% at June 30, 2021 and 17.1% at December 31, 2020. Long term debt decreased $128.7 million primarily through the repayment of the Federal Reserve Bank’s PPPLF program as PPP loans were forgiven in the second quarter of 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, total assets and loans, net decreased $142.9 million and $190.5 million, respectively, while deposits increased $29.1 million. Total investments increased to $148.0 million at June 30, 2021, compared to $103.7 million at December 31, 2020 as security purchases more than offset payments and prepayments.
Stockholders’ equity totaled $104.4 million, or $11.15 per share, at June 30, 2021 and $97.4 million, or $10.47 per share, at December 31, 2020. The increase in stockholders’ equity for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was due primarily to recognizing earnings partially offset by a change in accumulated other comprehensive income. Tangible stockholders’ equity per common share increased to $10.97 at June 30, 2021, compared to $10.26 at December 31, 2020.
ASSET QUALITY REVIEW
Nonperforming assets were $12.0 million, or 1.26% of loans, net, and foreclosed assets at June 30, 2021, $13.2 million, or 1.20%, at March 31, 2021, and $13.4 million, or 1.15%, at June 30, 2020. All major categories of nonperforming loans decreased in the second quarter of 2021. Nonaccrual loans, accruing troubled debt restructured loans and accruing loans past due 90 days or more decreased $432 thousand, $663 thousand, and $74 thousand, respectively, in the three months ended June 30, 2021. The majority of the $9.3 million balance in accruing troubled debt restructured loans at the end of the second quarter 2020 was due primarily to one commercial real estate relationship. Adjusting for accruing restructured loans, nonperforming assets were $2.7 million, or 0.29% of loans, net and foreclosed assets at June 30, 2021, and $3.2 million, or 0.29%, at March 31, 2021. The allowance for loan losses balance equaled $10.9 million, or 1.15%, of loans, net, and 1.25% excluding 100% SBA guaranteed PPP loan balances outstanding, at June 30, 2021, compared to $12.1 million, or 1.11%, of loans, net, at March 31, 2021. The coverage ratio, the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming assets, was 90.7% at June 30, 2021 and 92.3% at March 31, 2021. Loans charged-off, net of recoveries, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 equaled $598 thousand or 0.11% of average loans compared to $1.6 million or 0.33% for the same period last year.