Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses (Details 8) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) Number	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Number
Number of loans - restructured accruing \| Number	9	7
Number of loans - restructured nonaccruing \| Number	4	2
Number of loans \| Number	13	9
Restructed accruing	$ 12,293	$ 2,881
Restructed nonaccruing	912	5,147
Troubled debt restructings	13,205	8,028
Specific allowance	2,026	456
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	237	4,948
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Restructed accruing	2,761	1,725
Restructed nonaccruing	776	199
Troubled debt restructings	3,537	1,924
Specific allowance	685	456
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	237
Commercial Real Estate - Income Producing Portfolio Segment [Member]
Restructed accruing	9,212	742
Restructed nonaccruing	136
Troubled debt restructings	9,348	742
Specific allowance	1,341
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member]
Restructed accruing	320	414
Troubled debt restructings	$ 320	414
Construction Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Restructed nonaccruing		4,948
Troubled debt restructings		4,948
Restructured and subsequently defaulted		$ 4,948

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82895541&loc=d3e18845-111554

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