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Maximum Borrowing Availability under all Credit Lines

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Third Amendment to Repurchase Agreement Initiation Date

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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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Date the credit facility terminates, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a rate subject to change from time to time.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the outstanding short-term borrowings under a revolving line of credit used by mortgage bankers to finance the origination or purchase of loans.

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Debt MIF Warehousing Agreement (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Nov. 15, 2020	Sep. 25, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum Borrowing Availability under all Credit Lines	$ 225,000			$ 225,000
Notes payable bank - financial service operations	136,119			$ 136,904
Warehousing Agreement - Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 125,000	$ 185,000	$ 160,000
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date	May 28, 2021
Basis point spread on variable rate under warehouse	2.00%
Libor Floor	1.00%
Repurchase Agreement -Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 65,000
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date	Oct. 26, 2020
Repurchase Agreement-Third Amendment to Second Amendment and Restated [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 90,000
Libor Floor	1.00%
Third Amendment to Repurchase Agreement Initiation Date	Oct. 26, 2020
Minimum [Member] \| Repurchase Agreement -Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis point spread on variable rate under warehouse	1.75%
Maximum [Member] \| Repurchase Agreement -Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis point spread on variable rate under warehouse	2.00%