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LOAN SALES AND MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2025 | Sep. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2024
LOAN SALES AND MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS |  |  |
Mortgage servicing rights | $ 7,400 |  | $ 6,400
Mortgage servicing rights, valuation allowance | 0 |  | 0
Loans serviced for other financial institution | 1,700,000 |  | $ 1,300,000
Servicing fees earned on loans | $ 3,300 | $ 1,800 |
Sale of multifamily loans through securitization |  | $ 0 |

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- Definition All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147481229/860-50-50-2 + Details
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- Definition The cash inflow from the securitization of loans held for investment. Securitization is the structured process whereby interests in loans and other receivables are packaged, underwritten, and sold in the form of asset-backed securities. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-12 + Details
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