First Interstate Earnings

First Interstate earned $212 mil lion, compared with $169.4 million in the year-earlier first quarter.

Real estate loans rose 77 percent and consumer loans were up 13 percent from a year ago, the Los Angeles-based bank said. Total loans increased 27 percent.

The company’s five-state Northwest region, which includes Washington and Idaho, reported $55.8 million in net income for the quarter.