Financing Receivable Impairment Minimum Performance Requirement Period

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Financing Receivable Impairment Modification Minimum Period

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Funds For Reimbursement Relating To Purchased Manufactured Housing

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Loans Held-for-investment, Purchase Price as a Percentage of Loans Outstanding

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Loans Held-for-investment, Term

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Loans Receivables Gross Troubled Debt Restructurings

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Loans Acquired

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Number Of Commitments To Lend Additional Funds For Troubled Debt Restructurings

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Other Real Estate And Foreclosed Assets, Residential

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Specific Allowance, Loans Modified In Troubled Debt Restructurings

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The effect of a change in method or methods for calculating the allowance for credit losses on the current period provision.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans held for sale.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums over and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Allowance Commitment Loan	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Allowance Loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Commitment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Funds for reimbursement	$ 600,000
Loans reported as TDR	$ 19,000,000		$ 20,400,000
Minimum performance requirement	6 months
Sustained performance period	9 months
Number of commitments to lend additional funds (commitment) \| Commitment	0		0
Loans modified as TDR allowance (allowance) \| Allowance	0	0
Residential mortgage loans acquired		$ 0
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses	$ 6,904,067,000		$ 6,730,243,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans	1,361,000	$ 1,328,000
Term of fixed rate residential mortgage loans		30 years
Purchase price as a percentage of loans outstanding		98.50%
Residential real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Residential real estate held in other real estate owned	300,000
Loans in process of foreclosure	$ 1,200,000		$ 1,600,000
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of loans modified as TDR (loan) \| Loan	1
Loans modified as TDR	$ 2,100,000
Manufactured housing
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of loans modified as TDR (loan) \| Loan	1	5
Loans modified as TDR	$ 29,000	$ 200,000
Loans modified as TDR allowance (allowance) \| Allowance	1
Allowance for credit losses, effect of change in method	$ 1,000
Small Business Administration Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses	15,000,000	8,700,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans	1,400,000	800,000
Residential Mortgage Loan Commitments
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses		174,200,000
Multi-family
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses		94,900,000
Loans receivable, net		95,400,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans		$ 500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	$ 5,500,000,000