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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts, Extending Beyond Initial Maturity

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Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Accrual Status

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Fixed Rate Loans as a Percentage of Total Loans

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Segregated Restructured Loans, Period of Delinquency

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Recorded investment in financing receivables that are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of interest income recognized on a cash-basis method of accounting that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired.

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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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Reflects the unfunded portion of contractual agreements to lend funds to borrowers for loans whose terms have been modified by troubled debt restructuring.

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Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period).

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Loans Held For Investment: Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Loans Held For Investment: Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan property	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2016 loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan property	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan
Number of Previously Foreclosed Properties Sold \| property	0	2		2	3
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan				12		10
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	$ 3,477,000			$ 3,477,000		$ 3,126,000
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Accrual Status	962,000			962,000		506,000
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	$ 4,439,000			4,439,000		3,632,000
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts, Extending Beyond Initial Maturity \| loan	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, Average Recorded Investment	$ 8,163,000	$ 10,591,000		8,378,000	$ 11,035,000
Loans held for investment	$ 896,041,000			$ 896,041,000		$ 916,432,000
Loan interest income added to negative amortization loan balance		0
Fixed-rate loans as a percentage of total loans held for investment	2.00%		2.00%	2.00%
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Cash Basis Method	$ 10,000	34,000		$ 170,000	103,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired, Interest Lost on Nonaccrual Loans	$ 35,000	$ 37,000		$ 84,000	$ 76,000
Percent of Total Restructured Loans on Current Status	64.00%			64.00%		46.00%
Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired, Commitment to Lend	$ 0			$ 0		$ 0
First Trust Deed Loans
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency				150 days
Commercial Business or Second Trust Deed Loans
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency				120 days
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency				90 days
Bankruptcy
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency				60 days
Maximum
Segregated restructured loans, period of delinquency				90 days
Maximum \| Bankruptcy
Allowance for loan losses, pooling method, period of delinquency				60 days
Mortgage loans, Multi-family
Loans held for investment	463,786,000			$ 463,786,000		479,959,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family
Loans held for investment	313,837,000			313,837,000		322,197,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Loans held for investment	103,366,000			103,366,000		97,562,000
Special Mention [Member]
Loans held for investment	$ 3,768,000			3,768,000		3,715,000
Special Mention [Member] \| Restructured loans on accrual status
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan	2		1
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Accrual Status	$ 962,000			962,000		506,000
Special Mention [Member] \| Mortgage loans, Multi-family
Loans held for investment	0			0		272,000
Special Mention [Member] \| Mortgage loans, Single-family
Loans held for investment	2,842,000			2,842,000		3,443,000
Special Mention [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Loans held for investment	$ 0			0		0
Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan	10		9
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Nonaccrual Status	$ 3,477,000			3,477,000		3,100,000
Loans held for investment	10,973,000			10,973,000		8,297,000
Substandard [Member] \| Mortgage loans, Multi-family
Loans held for investment	0			0		0
Substandard [Member] \| Mortgage loans, Single-family
Loans held for investment	8,127,000			8,127,000		8,016,000
Substandard [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Loans held for investment	0			0		201,000
Current [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	$ 2,825,000			$ 2,825,000		$ 1,700,000