Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information) (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Investment securities held-to-maturity	$ 84,433,000	$ 86,380,000
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Investment securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.0631	0.0950
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs, measurement input	0.0743	0.0720
Assets held for sale, measurement input	0.1039	0.0959
Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Default Rate [Member]
Investment in unconsolidated entity, measurement input	0.01	0.01
Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Investment securities held-to-maturity, measurement input	0.0822	0.08
Investment in unconsolidated entity, measurement input	0.0546	0.0475
Available For Sale Securities [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Investment securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.0488	0.0700
Loans, Net Of Deferred Loan Fees And Costs [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs, measurement input	0.0421	0.0350
Commercial Loan Held For Sale SBA [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Offered Price [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	100	100
Commercial Loan Held For Sale SBA [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Offered Price [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	115.125	117.25
Commercial Loan Held For Sale Fixed [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	0.0554	0.0485
Commercial Loan Held For Sale Fixed [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	0.0729	0.0705
Commercial Loan Held For Sale Floating [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	0.0615	0.0553
Commercial Loan Held For Sale Floating [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	0.0744	0.0604
Assets Held For Sale [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Assets held for sale, measurement input	0.05	0.0389
Subordinated Debentures [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Subordinated debentures, measurement input	0.0822	0.07
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Investment securities available-for-sale	$ 52,046,000	$ 40,644,000
Investment securities held-to-maturity	7,388,000	6,600,000
Federal Home Loan Bank And Atlantic Central Bankers Bank stock	1,113,000	991,000
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs	1,494,821,000	1,391,701,000
Commercial loans held for sale	308,470,000	503,316,000
Investment in unconsolidated entity	64,212,000	74,473,000
Assets held for sale	226,026,000	304,313,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial Loan Held For Sale SBA [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale	193,372,000	165,176,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial Loan Held For Sale Fixed [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale	94,351,000	118,608,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial Loan Held For Sale Floating [Member]
Commercial loans held for sale	20,747,000	219,532,000
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Subordinated Debentures [Member]
Subordinated debentures	$ 10,091,000	$ 9,173,000

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Federal Home Loan Bank And Atlantic Central Bankers Bank Stock, Fair Value

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Fair value portion of assets classified as held for sale.

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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