Loans Receivable Held for Investment - Aging of recorded investment in past due loans by loan type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	$ 989	$ 1,345
60-89 Days Past Due, Loans receivable		180
Greater than 90 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	456	987
Total Past Due, Loans receivable	1,445	2,512
Current	307,554	282,596
Loans receivable held for investment \| Single family
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	103
Total Past Due, Loans receivable	103
Current	131,492	40,055
Loans receivable held for investment \| Multi-family
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	291	455
Total Past Due, Loans receivable	291	455
Current	119,335	173,095
Loans receivable held for investment \| Commercial real estate
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable		856
Total Past Due, Loans receivable		856
Current	11,412	15,863
Loans receivable held for investment \| Church
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	595
60-89 Days Past Due, Loans receivable		180
Greater than 90 Days Past Due, Loans receivable	456	987
Total Past Due, Loans receivable	1,051	1,167
Current	44,698	52,960
Loans receivable held for investment \| Construction
Past due receivable
Current	343	387
Loans receivable held for investment \| Commercial - other
Past due receivable
30-59 Days Past Due, Loans receivable		34
Total Past Due, Loans receivable		34
Current	270	227
Loans receivable held for investment \| Consumer
Past due receivable
Current	$ 4	$ 9

Financing receivables that are less than 60 days past due but more than 29 days past due.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=SL6953401-111524

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