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Borrowings - Other (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Borrowings - Other (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Apr. 24, 2019
Borrowings
Amount outstanding	$ 181,439	$ 195,453
Mortgage loans pledged as collateral	1,400	88,100
Available for sale securities and securities purchased under agreements to resell pledged as collateral	276,700	269,300
Excess borrowing capacity with the FHLB based on FHLB Stock	425,000
Excess borrowing capacity with the FHLB based on current collateral	$ 1,500
Merchants Bank
Borrowings
Ownership in subsidiary (as a percent)	100.00%
Lines of credit
Borrowings
Amount outstanding	$ 6,540	33,150
Short-term subordinated debt
Borrowings
Amount outstanding	$ 12,200	10,582
Short-term subordinated debt \| Home point \| LIBOR
Borrowings
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	3.50%
Short-term subordinated debt \| Customer
Borrowings
Amount outstanding	$ 12,200	10,600
Additional interest as a percentage of earnings	50.00%
Notice period of Non-renewal	180 days
Maximum investment by counterparty in Company's subordinated debt			$ 30,000
FHLB advances
Borrowings
Amount outstanding	$ 162,699	$ 151,721
FHLB advances \| Minimum
Borrowings
FHLB advances interest rate	1.58%	1.79%
FHLB advances \| Maximum
Borrowings
FHLB advances interest rate	4.74%	4.74%
Bank \| Lines of credit
Borrowings
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 25,000
Amount outstanding		$ 25,000
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio (as a percent)	8.00%
Bank \| Lines of credit \| Minimum \| LIBOR
Borrowings
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	1.85%
Bank \| Lines of credit \| Maximum \| LIBOR
Borrowings
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)		4.20%
Federal Home Loan Bank \| Lines of credit
Borrowings
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 6,500	$ 8,200
Interest rate of preferred stock	1.77%	2.61%