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Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment with No Prior-Modifications

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Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Loans Receivable - Modified TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
Loans Receivable - Modified TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) contract	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan contract	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan contract	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan contract	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	$ 3,225	$ 3,225	$ 3,225		$ 3,225		$ 2,734
Commercial Business
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	2,941	2,941	2,941		2,941		2,507
Commercial Business \| Commercial and Industrial
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	1,338	1,338	1,338		1,338		1,199
Commercial Business \| Owner-occupied Commercial Real Estate
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	696	696	696		696		511
Commercial Business \| Non-owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	907	907	907		907		797
Real Estate Construction and Land Development
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	123	123	123		123		66
Real Estate Construction and Land Development \| One-to-four Family Real Estate Construction
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	59	59	59		59		6
Real Estate Construction and Land Development \| Five or More Family Residential and Commercial Properties
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	64	64	64		64		60
Consumer
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	66	$ 66	$ 66		$ 66		$ 64
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts		9	9	8	18	25
Outstanding Principal Balance	5,141			$ 1,986	$ 7,822	$ 6,108
Number of contracts with no modifications \| loan		6		3	11	10
Total outstanding principal balance with no prior modifications	2,800			$ 61	$ 4,000	$ 571
Number of contracts modified \| loan				0		0
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Modified During the Quarter
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Related specific valuation allowance	776	$ 776	$ 776		$ 776
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial Business
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			6	5	12	14
Outstanding Principal Balance	4,386			$ 325	$ 5,915	$ 2,059
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial Business \| Commercial and Industrial
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			5	5	10	13
Outstanding Principal Balance	3,439			$ 325	$ 4,913	$ 1,225
Number of contracts modified \| loan		1
Outstanding principal balance of contracts modified	234
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial Business \| Owner-occupied Commercial Real Estate
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract					1	0
Outstanding Principal Balance					$ 54	$ 0
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Commercial Business \| Non-owner Occupied Commercial Real Estate
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			1	0	1	1
Outstanding Principal Balance	947			$ 0	$ 948	$ 834
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Real Estate Construction and Land Development
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			2	1	4	6
Outstanding Principal Balance	745			$ 1,633	$ 1,889	$ 3,982
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Real Estate Construction and Land Development \| One-to-four Family Real Estate Construction
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			2	0	4	5
Outstanding Principal Balance	745			$ 0	$ 1,889	$ 2,349
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Real Estate Construction and Land Development \| Five or More Family Residential and Commercial Properties
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			0	1	0	1
Outstanding Principal Balance	0			$ 1,633	$ 0	$ 1,633
Troubled Debt Restructured Loans \| Consumer
Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings [Abstract]
Number of Contracts \| contract			1	2	2	5
Outstanding Principal Balance	$ 10			$ 28	$ 18	$ 67
Total outstanding principal balance with no prior modifications					0
Outstanding principal balance of contracts modified					$ 36