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Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013 | Apr. 30, 2012
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Allowance as Percent of Principal | 4.10% | 6.20%
Percentage of mortgage loan portfolio consisting of borrowers from Florida, California, New York, and Wisconsin | 57.00% |
Accrued interest on loans held for investment | $ 1.3 | $ 1.6
HRB Bank Interest-Only Mortgage |  |
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Loans held for investment portfolio | $ 2.4 | $ 2.7
Minimum Credit Score |  |
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Loan-to-value at origination in order to have internal risk rating of medium | 80.00% |
Minimum credit score to be given internal risk rating of low | 700 |
Maximum Credit Score |  |
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Loan-to-value at origination in order to have internal risk rating of medium | 80.00% |
Maximum credit score to be given internal risk rating of medium | 700 |
Maximum [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Mortgage loan's past due, in days | 180 days |
Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Collectively Evaluated for Impairment | 60 days |
Minimum [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items] |  |
Mortgage loan's past due, in days | 60 days |
Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Indivudally Evaluated for Impairment | 60 days |

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