Guarantees and Indemnifications Guarantees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Guarantees [Abstract]
Total of Loans Covered by Guarantees	$ 687,600	$ 936,000
Total of Guaranteed Loans Inquired About	3,600	4,700
Loan Repurchase Guarantee Liability	1,000	1,300
Guarantor Obligations, Current Carrying Value	$ 2,800	$ 2,400

Maximum potential amount of future payments the guarantor could be required to make under the Company's subsidiary loan repurchase guarantees.

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Total of loans covered by the guarantees discussed for which inquiries were made by the purchasers of the loans.

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The total amount of loans covered by guarantees that said loans could potentially be repurchased in the case certain conditions occur.

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482425/460-10-50-4

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