Mortgage Servicing Rights - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Moving average of weekly prepayment assumption (months)	3 months
Prepayment speed	7.92%
Discount rate adjustment rate	9.50%
Servicing rights capitalized	$ 62	$ 102
Servicing rights amortized	50	95
Mortgage servicing rights	2,518	1,853	$ 2,321
Residential mortgage loans serviced for others, principal	$ 258,475	$ 251,865	$ 260,258

Dollar amount of principal outstanding on loans being serviced for others at the balance sheet date.

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The amount of rate spread added to the ten-year US Treasury rate to derive the discount rate used in the fair value calculation for the loan servicing portfolio.

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Servicing Assets and Servicing Liabilities at Fair Value, Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value, Loan Prepayments, Rolling Period of Weekly Prepayment Data

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The periodic amortization (in proportion to and over the period of estimated net servicing income or loss) of capitalized servicing rights, which contractually entitle the servicer to receive fees and ancillary revenues for performing billing, collection, disbursement and recordkeeping services in connection with a mortgage portfolio. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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The value of new servicing assets, subsequently measured at fair value, acquired or created during the current period through purchases or from transfers of financial assets.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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Estimated rate of prepayments of principal on servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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