Loans Receivable Held for Investment - Recorded investment in nonaccrual loans by loan type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Loans 90 days or more delinquent that were accruing interest	$ 0	$ 0
Loans receivable held for investment
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans	4,227	8,862
Loans receivable held for investment \| Single family
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans	302	736
Loans receivable held for investment \| Multi-family
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans	779	1,618
Loans receivable held for investment \| Commercial real estate
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans	259	1,174
Loans receivable held for investment \| Church
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans	$ 2,887	5,232
Loans receivable held for investment \| Commercial - other
Investment in non-accrual loans by type of loans
Total non-accrual loans		$ 102

Recorded investment in financing receivables that are 90 days or more past due and still accruing.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 7
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=d3e5111-111524

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