Completed securities trade of a shorted U.S. Treasury security.

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Represents fair value of amended warrant that was reclassified into shareholders' equity during the period.

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- Definition

Termination fees associated with pay-fixed interest rate swaps.

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- Definition

Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on the derivative asset.

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Average remaining period until maturity of the derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Apr. 16, 2013
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	$ 81,164,000	$ 51,166,000
Average Maturity	0 years 8 months 12 days	0 years 1 month 6 days
Fair Value	416,000	494,000
Fair value of amended warrant was reclassified into shareholders' equity				1,500,000
Termination fee			600,000
Completed securities trade	13,000,000
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	741,000	494,000
Liability Derivatives	325,000	0
No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Rate-Lock Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member]
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	21,138,000	15,754,000
Average Maturity	0 years 1 month 6 days	0 years 1 month 6 days
Fair Value	590,000	366,000
No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Mandatory Commitments to Sell Mortgage Loans [Member]
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	42,308,000	35,412,000
Average Maturity	0 years 1 month 6 days	0 years 1 month 6 days
Fair Value	(226,000)	128,000
No Hedge Designation [Member] \| U.S. Treasury short position [Member]
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	13,000,000
Average Maturity	0 years 7 months 6 days
Fair Value	52,000
Variable Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	2,359,000
Average Maturity	9 years 8 months 12 days
Fair Value	99,000
Fixed Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative financial instrument according to type of hedge[ Abstract]
Notional Amount	2,359,000
Average Maturity	9 years 8 months 12 days
Fair Value	(99,000)
Other Assets [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Rate-Lock Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	590,000	366,000
Other Assets [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Mandatory Commitments to Sell Mortgage Loans [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	0	128,000
Other Assets [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| U.S. Treasury short position [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	52,000	0
Other Assets [Member] \| Variable Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	99,000	0
Other Assets [Member] \| Fixed Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Asset Derivatives	0	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Rate-Lock Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Liability Derivatives	0	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Mandatory Commitments to Sell Mortgage Loans [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Liability Derivatives	226,000	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| U.S. Treasury short position [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Liability Derivatives	0	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Variable Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Liability Derivatives	0	0
Other Liabilities [Member] \| Fixed Income Interest Rate [Member] \| No Hedge Designation [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Fair value of derivative instruments, balance sheet location [Abstract]
Liability Derivatives	$ 99,000	$ 0