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Servicing Asset at Fair Value, Amount, Held-For-Sale

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Rate at which loans or a loan portfolio are expected to prepay principal balances, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value	$ 31,852	$ 76,121	$ 49,939	$ 19,082
Servicing rights, held-for-sale, fair value	29,793
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value	2,059	76,121
Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value	31,852
Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value	$ 2,059	$ 76,121
Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Mortgage Servicing Rights \| Discounted cash flow \| Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	13.00%	9.11%
Prepayment Rate	10.04%	7.00%
Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Mortgage Servicing Rights \| Discounted cash flow \| Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	13.00%	15.00%
Prepayment Rate	49.97%	39.90%
Recurring \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Mortgage Servicing Rights \| Discounted cash flow \| Weighted Average
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	13.00%	10.18%
Prepayment Rate	16.54%	11.84%
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Banc Home Loan
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Servicing rights carried at fair value	$ 0	$ 37,681	$ 22,900	$ 10,700