Debt Instrument, Covenant Requirement, Maximum Judgment Allowed Against Subsidiary

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Requirement, Maximum Judgment Allowed Against Subsidiary or Guarantor

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Minimum Maintenance Balance Account Required to be Maintained

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Number of Amendments to Facility

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 20, 22

-Article 5

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.16)

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19, 22

-Article 5

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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - BORROWINGS (Residential Mortgage Financing Agreements) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014
LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	300.00%
Primary Capital Advisors LC [Member] \| ViewPoint Bank, NA [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability	15,000,000.0
Number of amendments to facility	5
Basis spread on variable rate	4.00%
Primary Capital Advisors LC [Member] \| New Century Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Availability	30,000,000.0
Number of amendments to facility	7
Covenant Requirement, maximum judgment allowed against subsidiary	10,000
Covenant requirement, maximum judgment allowed against subsidiary or guarantor	50,000
Minimum maintenance balance account required to be maintained	1,500,000.0
Primary Capital Advisors LC [Member] \| New Century Bank [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.63%
Primary Capital Advisors LC [Member] \| New Century Bank [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	4.875%
Primary Capital Advisors LLC [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding		75,000,000
Primary Capital Advisors LLC [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| Jumbo Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		3.00%
Primary Capital Advisors LLC [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| Other Debt Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.50%
Primary Capital Advisors LLC [Member] \| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Jumbo Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument term		180 days
RSO [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Covenant requirement, maximum judgment allowed against subsidiary or guarantor	250,000