Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Stock (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012
Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Stock [Abstract]
Minimum percentage of the unpaid principal balances (in hundredths)	1.00%
Ratio of outstanding advances from FHLB	1/20

Minimum percentage of the unpaid principal balances of the Bank's residential mortgage loans which amount Bank is required to maintain an investment in the stock of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta ("FHLB").

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