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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses - Credit Risk Ratings and/or Vintage Years for Loans Held-for-Investment by Portfolio Segment (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | $ 9,030,294,000 | $ 12,464,897,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 10,960,065,000 | 8,204,714,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 6,936,329,000 | 4,810,435,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,082,547,000 | 3,871,740,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,402,102,000 | 2,936,646,000 |
Prior | 5,723,462,000 | 4,261,980,000 |
Revolving Loans | 11,860,890,000 | 11,460,495,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 215,093,000 | 191,523,000 |
Total | 52,210,782,000 | 48,202,430,000 |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 5,000,000 | 3,000,000 | $ 12,000,000
Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 8,877,690,000 | 12,365,799,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 10,839,026,000 | 8,084,723,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 6,723,921,000 | 4,590,045,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,010,720,000 | 3,791,578,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,326,731,000 | 2,786,218,000 |
Prior | 5,504,224,000 | 4,158,181,000 |
Revolving Loans | 11,739,785,000 | 11,359,948,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 210,475,000 | 169,958,000 |
Total | 51,232,572,000 | 47,306,450,000 |
Pass | Federal Housing Administration Loan |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 145,219,000 | 80,235,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 111,430,000 | 96,150,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 207,962,000 | 208,970,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 64,855,000 | 76,486,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 67,738,000 | 142,072,000 |
Prior | 158,049,000 | 76,117,000 |
Revolving Loans | 119,744,000 | 99,447,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 1,089,000 | 17,795,000 |
Total | 876,086,000 | 797,272,000 |
Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 7,385,000 | 18,863,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 9,609,000 | 23,841,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,446,000 | 11,420,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 6,972,000 | 3,676,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 7,633,000 | 8,356,000 |
Prior | 61,189,000 | 27,682,000 |
Revolving Loans | 1,361,000 | 1,100,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 3,529,000 | 3,770,000 |
Total | 102,124,000 | 98,708,000 |
YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 350,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 10,454,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 424,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,758,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 9,748,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 4,021,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 1,593,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 6,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 30,354,000 |  |
Consumer Loan |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Converted to term loan | 44,000,000 | 0 | 54,000,000
Commercial Lending |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 5,827,011,000 | 8,898,251,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 7,589,913,000 | 5,745,996,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,647,905,000 | 3,020,575,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,481,175,000 | 2,761,676,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,414,789,000 | 2,111,867,000 |
Prior | 3,719,778,000 | 2,719,920,000 |
Revolving Loans | 10,280,425,000 | 9,462,895,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 84,195,000 | 59,273,000 |
Total | 37,045,191,000 | 34,780,453,000 |
Converted to term loan | 29,000,000 | 26,000,000 | $ 6,000,000
Commercial Lending | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 350,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 10,454,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 424,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,758,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 9,748,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 3,980,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 1,593,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 30,307,000 |  |
Commercial Lending | C&I |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,421,686,000 | 2,922,766,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 1,704,375,000 | 2,092,308,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,417,641,000 | 682,520,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 351,865,000 | 426,477,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 289,072,000 | 170,234,000 |
Prior | 204,394,000 | 120,853,000 |
Revolving Loans | 10,171,903,000 | 9,275,389,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 20,143,000 | 20,548,000 |
Total | 16,581,079,000 | 15,711,095,000 |
Commercial Lending | C&I | Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,314,463,000 | 2,831,834,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 1,628,560,000 | 2,053,215,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,296,936,000 | 623,026,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 331,982,000 | 392,013,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 245,173,000 | 143,970,000 |
Prior | 164,159,000 | 97,605,000 |
Revolving Loans | 10,053,757,000 | 9,177,401,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 20,143,000 | 20,548,000 |
Total | 16,055,173,000 | 15,339,612,000 |
Commercial Lending | C&I | Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 105,119,000 | 72,210,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 67,899,000 | 34,296,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 120,574,000 | 48,761,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 15,064,000 | 34,221,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 40,920,000 | 20,646,000 |
Prior | 22,098,000 | 12,933,000 |
Revolving Loans | 117,196,000 | 97,988,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 488,870,000 | 321,055,000 |
Commercial Lending | C&I | Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,104,000 | 18,722,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 7,916,000 | 4,797,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 131,000 | 10,733,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,819,000 | 243,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,979,000 | 5,618,000 |
Prior | 18,137,000 | 10,315,000 |
Revolving Loans | 950,000 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 37,036,000 | 50,428,000 |
Commercial Lending | C&I | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 350,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 10,454,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 424,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,758,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 9,748,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 2,648,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 1,593,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 28,975,000 |  |
Commercial Lending | CRE |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,529,770,000 | 4,182,298,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 4,120,870,000 | 2,484,251,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,246,593,000 | 1,664,574,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,476,974,000 | 1,811,774,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,625,725,000 | 1,562,842,000 |
Prior | 2,621,527,000 | 1,946,298,000 |
Revolving Loans | 92,851,000 | 167,108,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 62,771,000 | 38,725,000 |
Total | 14,777,081,000 | 13,857,870,000 |
Commercial Lending | CRE | Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,492,915,000 | 4,178,780,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 4,086,385,000 | 2,404,634,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,216,257,000 | 1,505,150,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,428,724,000 | 1,771,679,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,600,844,000 | 1,471,710,000 |
Prior | 2,494,382,000 | 1,909,925,000 |
Revolving Loans | 92,851,000 | 165,653,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 62,771,000 | 22,009,000 |
Total | 14,475,129,000 | 13,429,540,000 |
Commercial Lending | CRE | Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 36,855,000 | 3,518,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 34,485,000 | 60,573,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 30,336,000 | 159,424,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 48,250,000 | 40,095,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 24,437,000 | 91,132,000 |
Prior | 104,340,000 | 32,173,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 1,455,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 16,716,000 |
Total | 278,703,000 | 405,086,000 |
Commercial Lending | CRE | Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 19,044,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 444,000 | 0 |
Prior | 22,805,000 | 4,200,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 23,249,000 | 23,244,000 |
Commercial Lending | CRE | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 1,329,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 1,329,000 |  |
Commercial Lending | Real estate loan | Multifamily Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 665,780,000 | 1,500,289,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 1,484,517,000 | 892,598,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 862,947,000 | 641,677,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 612,408,000 | 520,321,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 499,184,000 | 354,320,000 |
Prior | 888,356,000 | 652,538,000 |
Revolving Loans | 8,690,000 | 11,325,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 1,281,000 | 0 |
Total | 5,023,163,000 | 4,573,068,000 |
Commercial Lending | Real estate loan | Pass | Multifamily Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 665,780,000 | 1,500,289,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 1,481,161,000 | 892,598,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 808,333,000 | 641,677,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 612,408,000 | 519,614,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 498,491,000 | 350,044,000 |
Prior | 857,713,000 | 625,293,000 |
Revolving Loans | 8,690,000 | 11,325,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 1,281,000 | 0 |
Total | 4,933,857,000 | 4,540,840,000 |
Commercial Lending | Real estate loan | Criticized (accrual) | Multifamily Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,356,000 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 54,614,000 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 707,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 693,000 | 4,276,000 |
Prior | 25,974,000 | 27,076,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 84,637,000 | 32,059,000 |
Commercial Lending | Real estate loan | Criticized (nonaccrual) | Multifamily Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 4,669,000 | 169,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4,669,000 | 169,000 |
Commercial Lending | Real estate loan | YTD gross write-offs | Multifamily Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 3,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 3,000 |  |
Commercial Lending | Construction and land |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 209,775,000 | 292,898,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 280,151,000 | 276,839,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 120,724,000 | 31,804,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 39,928,000 | 3,104,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 808,000 | 24,471,000 |
Prior | 5,501,000 | 231,000 |
Revolving Loans | 6,981,000 | 9,073,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 663,868,000 | 638,420,000 |
Commercial Lending | Construction and land | Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 209,775,000 | 288,394,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 280,151,000 | 276,839,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 120,724,000 | 31,804,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 39,928,000 | 3,104,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 808,000 | 2,805,000 |
Prior | 5,501,000 | 231,000 |
Revolving Loans | 6,981,000 | 9,073,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 663,868,000 | 612,250,000 |
Commercial Lending | Construction and land | Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 4,504,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 21,666,000 |
Prior | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 26,170,000 |
Commercial Lending | Construction and land | Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 |
Commercial Lending | Construction and land | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 0 |  |
Commercial Lending | Total CRE |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,405,325,000 | 5,975,485,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 5,885,538,000 | 3,653,688,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,230,264,000 | 2,338,055,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,129,310,000 | 2,335,199,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,125,717,000 | 1,941,633,000 |
Prior | 3,515,384,000 | 2,599,067,000 |
Revolving Loans | 108,522,000 | 187,506,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 64,052,000 | 38,725,000 |
Total | 20,464,112,000 | 19,069,358,000 |
Commercial Lending | Total CRE | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 1,332,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 1,332,000 |  |
Consumer Lending |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,203,283,000 | 3,566,646,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,370,152,000 | 2,458,718,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,288,424,000 | 1,789,860,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,601,372,000 | 1,110,064,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 987,313,000 | 824,779,000 |
Prior | 2,003,684,000 | 1,542,060,000 |
Revolving Loans | 1,580,465,000 | 1,997,600,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 130,898,000 | 132,250,000 |
Total | 15,165,591,000 | 13,421,977,000 |
Consumer Lending | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 41,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 6,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 47,000 |  |
Consumer Lending | Real estate loan | Single-Family Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,195,976,000 | 3,549,035,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,346,097,000 | 2,454,992,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,284,270,000 | 1,776,685,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,598,046,000 | 1,106,630,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 985,815,000 | 823,237,000 |
Prior | 1,972,856,000 | 1,512,448,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13,383,060,000 | 11,223,027,000 |
Consumer Lending | Real estate loan | Pass | Single-Family Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,188,830,000 | 3,548,894,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,340,789,000 | 2,453,717,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,279,802,000 | 1,775,696,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,594,525,000 | 1,101,965,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 980,686,000 | 817,164,000 |
Prior | 1,959,974,000 | 1,500,359,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 13,344,606,000 | 11,197,795,000 |
Consumer Lending | Real estate loan | Criticized (accrual) | Single-Family Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,680,000 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 4,471,000 | 1,275,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 566,000 | 785,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,440,000 | 1,463,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,503,000 | 4,352,000 |
Prior | 4,167,000 | 3,935,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 14,827,000 | 11,810,000 |
Consumer Lending | Real estate loan | Criticized (nonaccrual) | Single-Family Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 4,466,000 | 141,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 837,000 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,902,000 | 204,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,081,000 | 3,202,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,626,000 | 1,721,000 |
Prior | 8,715,000 | 8,154,000 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 23,627,000 | 13,422,000 |
Consumer Lending | Real estate loan | YTD gross write-offs | Single-Family Residential |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 0 |  |
Consumer Lending | HELOCs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 5,021,000 | 520,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 5,957,000 | 3,589,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 4,019,000 | 7,819,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,326,000 | 3,434,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,498,000 | 1,542,000 |
Prior | 17,584,000 | 13,804,000 |
Revolving Loans | 1,553,901,000 | 1,959,697,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 130,898,000 | 132,250,000 |
Total | 1,722,204,000 | 2,122,655,000 |
Consumer Lending | HELOCs | Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,641,000 | 520,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,882,000 | 3,583,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,734,000 | 7,336,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 3,153,000 | 3,203,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 729,000 | 525,000 |
Prior | 9,251,000 | 8,960,000 |
Revolving Loans | 1,551,074,000 | 1,958,692,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 126,280,000 | 127,401,000 |
Total | 1,699,744,000 | 2,110,220,000 |
Consumer Lending | HELOCs | Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 565,000 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 1,219,000 | 6,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,872,000 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 101,000 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 185,000 | 0 |
Prior | 1,470,000 | 0 |
Revolving Loans | 2,548,000 | 4,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 1,089,000 | 1,079,000 |
Total | 9,049,000 | 1,089,000 |
Consumer Lending | HELOCs | Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 815,000 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 856,000 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 413,000 | 483,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 72,000 | 231,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 584,000 | 1,017,000 |
Prior | 6,863,000 | 4,844,000 |
Revolving Loans | 279,000 | 1,001,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 3,529,000 | 3,770,000 |
Total | 13,411,000 | 11,346,000 |
Consumer Lending | HELOCs | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 41,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 6,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 47,000 |  |
Consumer Lending | Total residential mortgage |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 3,200,997,000 | 3,549,555,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 3,352,054,000 | 2,458,581,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 2,288,289,000 | 1,784,504,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 1,601,372,000 | 1,110,064,000 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 987,313,000 | 824,779,000 |
Prior | 1,990,440,000 | 1,526,252,000 |
Revolving Loans | 1,553,901,000 | 1,959,697,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 130,898,000 | 132,250,000 |
Total | 15,105,264,000 | 13,345,682,000 |
Consumer Lending | Total residential mortgage | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 41,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 6,000 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | 47,000 |  |
Consumer Lending | Other consumer |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,286,000 | 17,091,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 18,098,000 | 137,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 135,000 | 5,356,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 13,244,000 | 15,808,000 |
Revolving Loans | 26,564,000 | 37,903,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 60,327,000 | 76,295,000 |
Consumer Lending | Other consumer | Pass |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 2,286,000 | 17,088,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 18,098,000 | 137,000 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 135,000 | 5,356,000 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 13,244,000 | 15,808,000 |
Revolving Loans | 26,432,000 | 37,804,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 60,195,000 | 76,193,000 |
Consumer Lending | Other consumer | Criticized (accrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 3,000 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 3,000 |
Consumer Lending | Other consumer | Criticized (nonaccrual) |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 | 0 |
Prior | 0 | 0 |
Revolving Loans | 132,000 | 99,000 |
Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 | 0 |
Total | 132,000 | $ 99,000 |
Consumer Lending | Other consumer | YTD gross write-offs |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |  |
YTD gross write-offs Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs One Year before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Two Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Three Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Four Years before Current Fiscal Year | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Prior | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Revolving Loans Converted to Term Loans | 0 |  |
YTD gross write-offs Total | $ 0 |  |

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