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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
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Receivables [Abstract]
Recorded investment in impaired loans	$ 454,557	$ 565,553
Troubled Debt Restructuring included in impaired loans	415,696	433,278
Impaired loans with allocated reserves	6,035	44,167
Reserves on impaired loans	3,473	15,983
Average balance of impaired loans	495,472	523,363
Interest income from impaired loans	24,798	28,366
Outstanding fixed-rate origination commitments	190,363	151,990
Loans serviced for others	$ 55,589	$ 58,673

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Amount of valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were individually evaluated for impairment.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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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.

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