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NON COVERED LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES, Impaired Loans (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011 | Jun. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010
Impaired Loans [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of days past due or matured before loan is considered impaired (in days) | 90D | 90D |
Minimum threshold for modified or restructured loans to trigger a review for possible impairment | $ 5,000,000 | $ 5,000,000 |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 209,513,000 | 209,513,000 | 195,526,000
Recorded investment | 135,475,000 | 135,475,000 | 158,867,000
Average recorded investment | 148,385,000 | 156,033,000 | 177,229,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 415,000 | 830,000 | 7,204,000
Residential [Member] | Single-family [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 9,089,000 | 9,089,000 | 8,272,000
Recorded investment | 8,539,000 | 8,539,000 | 7,413,000
Average recorded investment | 8,648,000 | 8,884,000 | 9,046,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 3,000 | 6,000 | 209,000
Residential [Member] | Single-family [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 355,000
Related allowance | 0 | 0 | 219,000
Residential [Member] | Single-family [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 8,539,000 | 8,539,000 | 7,058,000
Residential [Member] | Multifamily [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 17,002,000 | 17,002,000 | 19,065,000
Recorded investment | 14,883,000 | 14,883,000 | 17,382,000
Average recorded investment | 15,257,000 | 15,542,000 | 18,835,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 44,000 | 87,000 | 540,000
Residential [Member] | Multifamily [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 404,000 | 404,000 | 631,000
Related allowance | 91,000 | 91,000 | 90,000
Residential [Member] | Multifamily [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 14,479,000 | 14,479,000 | 16,751,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Income Producing [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 53,805,000 | 53,805,000 | 53,615,000
Recorded investment | 29,131,000 | 29,131,000 | 46,416,000
Average recorded investment | 29,983,000 | 30,333,000 | 53,678,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 68,000 | 137,000 | 2,174,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Income Producing [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 1,451,000 | 1,451,000 | 6,354,000
Related allowance | 342,000 | 342,000 | 1,557,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Income Producing [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 27,680,000 | 27,680,000 | 40,062,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Construction [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 52,704,000 | 52,704,000 | 41,200,000
Recorded investment | 33,526,000 | 33,526,000 | 35,466,000
Average recorded investment | 42,360,000 | 45,325,000 | 39,076,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 54,000 | 108,000 | 1,728,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Construction [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 2,695,000 | 2,695,000 | 2,436,000
Related allowance | 1,187,000 | 1,187,000 | 1,366,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Construction [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 30,831,000 | 30,831,000 | 33,030,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Land (Commercial Real Estate) [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 37,932,000 | 37,932,000 | 39,840,000
Recorded investment | 24,150,000 | 24,150,000 | 28,899,000
Average recorded investment | 24,808,000 | 26,807,000 | 32,722,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 89,000 | 178,000 | 1,326,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Land (Commercial Real Estate) [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 6,196,000 | 6,196,000 | 6,920,000
Related allowance | 552,000 | 552,000 | 4,324,000
Commercial Real Estate [Member] | Land (Commercial Real Estate) [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 17,954,000 | 17,954,000 | 21,979,000
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Commercial Business [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 34,295,000 | 34,295,000 | 32,273,000
Recorded investment | 23,060,000 | 23,060,000 | 22,671,000
Average recorded investment | 24,196,000 | 25,635,000 | 22,800,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 141,000 | 283,000 | 1,199,000
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Commercial Business [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 2,689,000 | 2,689,000 | 3,897,000
Related allowance | 1,574,000 | 1,574,000 | 2,468,000
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Commercial Business [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 20,371,000 | 20,371,000 | 18,774,000
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Trade Finance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 2,998,000 | 2,998,000 | 0
Recorded investment | 1,109,000 | 1,109,000 | 0
Average recorded investment | 2,055,000 | 2,370,000 | 0
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 15,000 | 30,000 | 0
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Trade Finance [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 0
Related allowance | 0 | 0 | 0
Commercial and Industrial [Member] | Trade Finance [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 1,109,000 | 1,109,000 | 0
Consumer [Member] | Student Loans [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 0 | 0 | 0
Recorded investment | 1,077,000 | 1,077,000 | 0
Average recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 0
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer [Member] | Student Loans [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 0
Related allowance | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer [Member] | Student Loans [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 1,077,000 | 1,077,000 | 0
Consumer [Member] | Other Consumer [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Unpaid principal balance | 1,688,000 | 1,688,000 | 1,261,000
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 620,000
Average recorded investment | 1,078,000 | 1,137,000 | 1,072,000
Interest income recognized (cash basis) | 1,000 | 1,000 | 28,000
Consumer [Member] | Other Consumer [Member] | With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 0
Related allowance | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer [Member] | Other Consumer [Member] | No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 0 | 0 | 620,000
With Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | 13,435,000 | 13,435,000 | 20,593,000
Related allowance | 3,746,000 | 3,746,000 | 10,024,000
No Related Allowance [Member] |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |
Recorded investment | $ 122,040,000 | $ 122,040,000 | $ 138,274,000

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