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, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 8,670	$ 8,724	$ 9,744	$ 14,935
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	1,715	1,387	3,380
Recoveries	2,069	996	929
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	408	629
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	20	98
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	8,650	8,626
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	7,447	12,003
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	848,029	810,976
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 855,476	$ 822,979
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	1.02%	1.06%
Mortgage loans, Single-family
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 4,933	$ 5,280	5,476
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	480	279
Recoveries	539	635
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	406	552
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	78
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	4,933	5,202
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	6,969	7,949
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	317,528	358,012
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 324,497	$ 365,961
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	1.52%	1.44%
Mortgage loans, Multi-family
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 2,800	$ 2,616	3,142
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	1,044	882
Recoveries	1,228	360
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	2,800	2,616
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	382	2,246
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	415,245	344,774
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 415,627	$ 347,020
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.67%	0.75%
Mortgage loans, Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 848	$ 734	989
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	102	182
Recoveries	216	0
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0	73
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	848	734
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	1,699
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	99,528	99,198
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 99,528	$ 100,897
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.85%	0.73%
Construction Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 31	$ 42	35
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	11	(7)
Recoveries	0	0
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	31	42
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	14,653	8,191
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 14,653	$ 8,191
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	0.21%	0.51%
Mortgage Loans, Other [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 7	$ 0
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	7
Recoveries	0
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	7
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	332
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 332
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	2.11%
Commercial Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 43	43	92
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	85	49
Recoveries	85	0
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	20	20
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	23	23
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	96	109
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	540	557
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 636	$ 666
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	6.76%	6.46%
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses on Loans held for investment	$ 8	$ 9	$ 10
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses	0	2
Recoveries	1	1
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Write-offs, Net	2	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	8	9
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	203	244
Loans Held For Investment, Gross	$ 203	$ 244
Allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment	3.94%	3.69%

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