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Allowance for Losses on Loans - Loans Evaluated for Impairment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 127,155	$ 123,073	$ 118,456	$ 113,494
Loans receivable, gross	12,456,216	12,201,387
Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	126,520	122,947
Loans receivable, gross	$ 11,193,552	$ 11,000,212
Ratio	1.10%	1.10%
Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 635	$ 126
Loans receivable, gross	$ 66,888	$ 28,553
Ratio	0.90%	0.40%
Single-family residential
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 35,928	$ 36,892	38,206	37,796
Loans receivable, gross	5,693,318	5,711,004
Single-family residential | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	35,928	36,893
Loans receivable, gross	$ 5,676,565	$ 5,713,576
Ratio	0.60%	0.70%
Single-family residential | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 24,083	$ 5,552
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 25,214	$ 24,556	21,934	19,838
Loans receivable, gross	1,710,418	1,597,996
Construction | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	25,214	24,556
Loans receivable, gross	$ 851,800	$ 793,958
Ratio	3.00%	3.10%
Construction | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 364	$ 0
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Construction - custom
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 2,052	$ 1,944	1,110	1,080
Loans receivable, gross	583,580	602,631
Construction - custom | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	2,052	1,944
Loans receivable, gross	$ 292,255	$ 277,495
Ratio	0.70%	0.70%
Construction - custom | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 0	$ 105
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Land - acquisition & development
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 7,355	$ 6,829	6,665	6,023
Loans receivable, gross	136,938	124,308
Land - acquisition & development | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	7,355	6,828
Loans receivable, gross	$ 110,884	$ 104,767
Ratio	6.60%	6.50%
Land - acquisition & development | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 1
Loans receivable, gross	$ 1,376	$ 89
Ratio	0.00%	1.00%
Land - consumer lot loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 2,906	$ 2,649	2,501	2,535
Loans receivable, gross	105,086	104,405
Land - consumer lot loans | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	2,906	2,649
Loans receivable, gross	$ 97,291	$ 96,337
Ratio	3.00%	2.80%
Land - consumer lot loans | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 416	$ 171
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Multi-family
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 7,904	$ 7,862	7,629	6,925
Loans receivable, gross	1,312,695	1,303,148
Multi-family | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	7,899	7,857
Loans receivable, gross	$ 1,311,943	$ 1,302,625
Ratio	0.60%	0.60%
Multi-family | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 5	$ 5
Loans receivable, gross	$ 730	$ 493
Ratio	0.70%	1.00%
Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 11,625	$ 11,818	10,168	8,588
Loans receivable, gross	1,436,508	1,434,610
Commercial real estate | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	11,519	11,697
Loans receivable, gross	$ 1,389,749	$ 1,391,668
Ratio	0.80%	0.80%
Commercial real estate | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 106	$ 120
Loans receivable, gross	$ 27,535	$ 21,765
Ratio	0.40%	0.60%
Commercial & industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 29,268	$ 28,524	27,736	28,008
Loans receivable, gross	1,120,707	1,093,360
Commercial & industrial | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	28,744	28,524
Loans receivable, gross	$ 1,108,961	$ 1,093,210
Ratio	2.60%	2.60%
Commercial & industrial | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 524	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 11,694	$ 81
Ratio	4.50%	0.00%
HELOC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 808	$ 855	832	813
Loans receivable, gross	136,995	144,850
HELOC | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	808	855
Loans receivable, gross	$ 134,320	$ 141,689
Ratio	0.60%	0.60%
HELOC | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 620	$ 215
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 4,095	$ 1,144	$ 1,675	$ 1,888
Loans receivable, gross	219,971	85,075
Consumer | Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	4,095	1,144
Loans receivable, gross	$ 219,784	$ 84,887
Ratio	1.90%	1.40%
Consumer | Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable, gross	$ 70	$ 82
Ratio	0.00%	0.00%

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