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Loans Receivable - Loans Impaired, Loan Commitments and Loans Serviced (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015
Receivables [Abstract] |  |
Recorded investment in impaired loans | $ 285,243 | $ 341,579
TDRs included in impaired loans | 261,531 | 302,713
Allocated reserves on impaired loans | 1,980 | 2,323
Specific reserves on impaired loans | 366 | 275
Average balance of impaired loans for year ended | 265,771 | 333,815
Interest income from impaired loans for year ended | 11,314 | 14,855
Outstanding fixed-rate origination commitments | 331,947 | 230,869
Gross loans serviced for others | $ 80,896 | $ 72,083

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- Definition Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18845-111554 + 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=66008989&loc=d3e5212-111524 + Details
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