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Loans And Allowance For Credit Losses (Loans Held For Investment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | Sep. 30, 2024
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Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans, net |  | $ 15,741,688 | $ 15,663,312 |  |
Other Loans |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 8,515 | 8,153 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 8,515 | 8,153 |  |
Deferred Loan Expense |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 70,317 | 69,943 |  |
Real Estate Loans |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 15,745,924 | 15,664,394 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 15,808,157 | 15,729,403 |  |
Loan in Process |  | 8,084 | 4,934 |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | (74,984) | (74,244) | $ (70,559) | $ (70,002)
Real Estate Loans | Residential Core |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 10,649,895 | 10,803,813 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 10,676,463 | 10,830,505 |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | (38,365) | (39,939) | (42,476) | (44,402)
Real Estate Loans | Residential Home Today |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 34,772 | 35,933 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net | [1] | 34,323 | 35,471 |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | 2,139 | 2,438 | 2,529 | 2,672
Real Estate Loans | Home Equity Line of Credit |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 4,238,904 | 4,062,798 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 4,276,940 | 4,100,665 |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | (23,045) | (22,069) | (18,194) | (16,590)
Real Estate Loans | Home Equity Loan |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | 809,425 | 749,548 |  |
Deferred loan expenses, net |  | 815,684 | 755,490 |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | (15,701) | (14,645) | (12,375) | (11,642)
Real Estate Loans | Construction |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for credit losses on loans |  | (12) | (29) | $ (43) | $ (40)
Real Estate Loans | Construction |  |  |  |  |
Loan Portfolio [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans held for investment |  | $ 12,928 | $ 12,302 |  |
[1] | No new originations of Home Today loans since fiscal year 2016.

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