Mortgage Warehouse Loans Held For Sale

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Multi Family Commercial Loans Held For Sale

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Amount classified as commercial mortgage loans attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans classified as debt securities.

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Amount classified as mortgage loans attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans classified as debt securities.

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Value of loans held-for-sale transferred to loans held in the entity's portfolio in noncash transactions.

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Loans Held for Sale - Composition of Loans Held for Sale (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total Commercial Loans Held for Sale		$ 1,431,810	$ 740,694
Residential mortgage loans at fair value		3,649us-gaap_LoansHeldForSaleMortgages	6,899us-gaap_LoansHeldForSaleMortgages
Loans held for sale		1,435,459us-gaap_LoansReceivableHeldForSaleNet	747,593us-gaap_LoansReceivableHeldForSaleNet
Transfer of Portfolio Loans and Leases to Held-for-sale	164,700	164,681	0	0
Transfer of Loans Held-for-sale to Portfolio Loans		18,826
Loans held for sale – fair value option
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Mortgage Warehouse Loans Held For Sale		1,332,019	740,694
Multi-family
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Multi Family Commercial Loans Held For Sale		$ 99,791	$ 0