Loans Receivable, Net - Recorded Investment in Residential and Consumer Loans Based on Payment Activity Excluding PCI Loans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Non-performing	$ 21,679	$ 13,566
Total loans	3,848,923	3,821,886
Residential Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Non-performing	11,993	8,126
Total loans	1,713,482	1,712,473
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Non-performing	1,954	2,064
Total loans	286,537	290,555
Residential Real Estate \| Residential Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Performing	1,701,489	1,704,347
Non-performing	11,993	8,126
Total loans	1,713,482	1,712,473
Residential Real Estate \| Consumer
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Performing	284,583	288,491
Non-performing	1,954	2,064
Total loans	$ 286,537	$ 290,555

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65884687&loc=d3e4428-111522

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Reflects the carrying amount of loans deemed to be questionable as to collection on which no interest is continuing to be recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5111-111524

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