Loans Held For Investment Loans Held For Investment: Schedule of Allowance For Loan Losses and Recorded Investment in Gross Loans, by Portfolio Type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2010
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 8,724	$ 9,744	$ 14,935	$ 21,483
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	1,387	3,380	1,499
Recoveries	996	929	762
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	629	2,740
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	98	41
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	8,626	9,703
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	12,003	11,032
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	810,976	769,176
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 822,979	$ 780,208
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	1.06%	1.25%
Mortgage loans, Single-family
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 5,280	$ 5,476	9,062
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	279	3,183
Recoveries	635	562
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	552	965
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	78	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	5,202	5,476
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	7,949	6,067
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	358,012	371,757
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 365,961	$ 377,824
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	1.44%	1.45%
Mortgage loans, Multi-family
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 2,616	$ 3,142	4,689
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	882	130
Recoveries	360	345
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	4	1,762
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	2,616	3,142
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	2,246	2,491
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	344,774	298,700
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 347,020	$ 301,191
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.75%	1.04%
Mortgage loans, Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 734	$ 989	1,053
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	182	64
Recoveries	0	0
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	73	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	734	989
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	1,699	2,352
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	99,198	94,429
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 100,897	$ 96,781
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.73%	1.02%
Construction Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 42	$ 35	0
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	(7)	(15)
Recoveries	0	20
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	42	35
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	8,191	2,869
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 8,191	$ 2,869
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.51%	1.22%
Commercial Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 43	$ 92	119
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	49	18
Recoveries	0	0
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0	9
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	20	41
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	23	51
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	109	122
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	557	1,115
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 666	$ 1,237
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	6.46%	7.44%
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 9	$ 10	$ 12
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	2	0
Recoveries	1	2
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0	4
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	9	10
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	244	306
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 244	$ 306
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	3.69%	3.27%

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