Loans Receivable - Non-accrual Loans and Loans 90 Days or More Past Due and Accruing (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual percent of total loans	0.34%	0.33%
Financial Asset Originated
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	$ 72,487	$ 69,541
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	1,083
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	52,956	46,299
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	1,083
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans \| Multi-family
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	24,077	18,743
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	26,292	26,362
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans \| Commercial & industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	1,963	0
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	1,083
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans \| Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	624	1,120
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Commercial loans \| Land - acquisition & development
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	0	74
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	19,531	23,242
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans \| Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	848	848
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans \| Single-family residential
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	17,440	21,488
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans \| Land - consumer lot loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	8	0
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans \| HELOC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	786	596
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	0	0
Financial Asset Originated \| Consumer loans \| Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Non-accrual	449	310
Non-accrual with no ACL	0	0
90 days or more past due and accruing	$ 0	$ 0

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