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Amount of loans whose forbearance by the entity pursuant to COVID-19 hardship requests, is remaining.

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Number of loans whose forbearance by the entity pursuant to COVID-19 hardship requests, is remaining.

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

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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment, Extending Beyond Initial Maturity

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Fixed Rate Loans as a Percentage of Total Loans

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Loan Deemed Uncollectible, Period of Delinquency

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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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Amount of financing receivable on nonaccrual status.

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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 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 - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) property loan	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) property loan	Dec. 31, 2019 loan	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan
Fixed-rate loans as a percentage of total loans held for investment	1.00%
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency	90 days			90 days
Loans held for investment	$ 886,849,000			$ 904,466,000
Interest income, non-performing loans, cash basis	50,000	$ 153,000
Interest lost on non-performing Loans	10,000	24,000
Average investment in non-performing loans	5,425,000	$ 5,414,000
Loans receivable, modified and extended beyond initial maturity	$ 0
Number of modified loans \| loan	8			8
Number of loans modified, extended beyond initial maturity \| loan			0
Restructured loans on non-accrual status	$ 2,448,000			$ 2,643,000
Number of Properties Acquired in Settlement of Loans \| property	0	0
Number of Previously Foreclosed Properties Sold \| property	0	0
Forbearance Remaining, Number of Loans	45
Forbearance Remaining, Amount	$ 17,619,000
First Trust Deed Loans
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency	150 days
Mortgage loans, Commercial real estate
Loans held for investment	$ 105,207,000			105,235,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family
Restructured loans on non-accrual status	2,421,000			2,612,000
Commercial business loans
Restructured loans on non-accrual status	$ 27,000			31,000
Bankruptcy [Member]
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency	60 days
Troubled Debt Restructurings [Member]
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency	90 days
Loans held for investment	$ 2,600,000
Commercial Real Estate Or Second Mortgage [Member]
Loans deemed uncollectible, period of delinquency	120 days
Restructured loans on accrual status
Loans held for investment	$ 2,400,000
Maximum
Segregated restructured loans, period of delinquency	90 days
Maximum \| Bankruptcy [Member]
Allowance for loan losses, pooling method, period of delinquency	60 days
Substandard
Loans held for investment	$ 5,053,000			5,783,000
Number of modified loans \| loan		2
Substandard \| Restructured loans on accrual status
Number of modified loans \| loan	1
Pass
Loans held for investment	$ 875,866,000			890,083,000
Number of modified loans \| loan	1
Special Mention
Loans held for investment	$ 5,930,000			8,600,000
Current
Loans held for investment				$ 1,100,000
Percent of total restructured loans on current status				44.00%
Interest income
Interest income, non-performing loans, cash basis	40,000	$ 129,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family
Loans held for investment	288,790,000			$ 298,810,000
Loans receivable, modified and extended beyond initial maturity	$ 264,000
Percent of total restructured loans on current status	1.94%
Forbearance Remaining, Number of Loans	44
Forbearance Remaining, Amount	$ 17,164,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family \| Substandard
Loans held for investment	5,022,000			5,748,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family \| Pass
Loans held for investment	281,593,000			289,942,000
Mortgage loans, Single-family \| Special Mention
Loans held for investment	2,175,000			3,120,000
Mortgage Loans, Multi Family
Loans held for investment	$ 482,900,000			491,903,000
Percent of total restructured loans on current status	0.05%
Forbearance Remaining, Number of Loans	1
Forbearance Remaining, Amount	$ 455,000
Mortgage Loans, Multi Family \| Pass
Loans held for investment	479,145,000			488,126,000
Mortgage Loans, Multi Family \| Special Mention
Loans held for investment	$ 3,755,000			$ 3,777,000