Loan, Mortgage, Held-for-Sale, Average Days Loans Held for Sale

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Loan, Mortgage, Held For Sale, Cash Remitted Directly To Lender

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Loan, Mortgage, Held for Sale, Consideration

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The amount of a specific compensating balance arrangement that is maintained under an agreement for a bank loan or future credit availability.

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-Topic 210
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The cash inflow from sales of loans that are secured with real estate mortgages and are held with the intention to resell in the near future.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Weighted average interest rate of short-term debt outstanding calculated over time.

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Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Warehouse Lines of Credit - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Short-Term Debt [Line Items]
Cash remitted directly to lender	$ 98,400
Proceeds from sale of mortgage loans held for sale	14,800	$ 3,042,526	$ 12,035,915
Collateral Pledged
Short-Term Debt [Line Items]
Average days loans held for sale		22 days	18 days
Uncollateralized \| Company-funded LHFS
Short-Term Debt [Line Items]
Total sales price of LHFS	$ 113,200
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings
Short-Term Debt [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)		7.43%	6.00%
Compensating balances		$ 18,800	$ 15,000