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Loans Receivable (excluding Covered Loans) Loans Impaired, Loan Commitments and Loans Serviced (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2011
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Recorded investment in impaired loans | $ 565,553 | $ 476,822
Impaired loans with allocated reserves | 44,167 | 123,862
Reserves on impaired loans | 15,983 | 41,912
Average balance of impaired loans | 523,363 | 486,665
Interest income from impaired loans | 28,366 | 28,081
Outstanding fixed rate origination commitments | 151,990 | 67,542
Loans serviced for others | $ 58,673 | $ 102,775

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- Definition Amount of valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were individually evaluated for impairment. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 11B -Subparagraph (g) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7512638&loc=SL6953423-111524 + Details
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- Definition Amount of interest income recognized that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (c)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7512638&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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