Mortgage Servicing Rights - Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Mortgage servicing rights	$ 5,489	$ 5,428	$ 4,491
Accumulated amortization	(4,209)	(4,160)	(3,415)
Impairment reserve	0	0	(22)
Total servicing asset at fair value	$ 1,280	$ 1,268	$ 1,054

The cumulative amount of amortization for mortgage servicing rights that has been recognized in the income statement.

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of mortgage servicing rights.

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A reserve for the amount of expected decrease in the value of mortgage servicing rights which cannot be physically measured.

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Fair value of contract to service financial assets under which the benefits of servicing are expected to more than adequately compensate the servicer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68078379&loc=d3e122739-111746

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7516967&loc=d3e66267-113978

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