BENEFIT PLANS (Restricted Stock) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Jan. 31, 2011 Outstanding Restrickted Stock of LEAF Financial to Restrictes Stock of LEAF [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member] Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded shares of restricted stock	33,143	214,568	399,156
Value of restricted stock awarded	$ 214,000	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,700,000
Share-based compensation	1,286,000	2,525,000	3,573,000		1,200,000	1,900,000	2,700,000				0	94,000	57,000
Accelerated vesting of awards								$ 38,000	$ 33,000	$ 232,000
Restricted stock exchanged				1,000