Loans Held for Investment (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accretable yield on purchased credit impaired
Balance at the beginning of period	$ 1,403
Accretable yield at acquisition	602
Accretion	(77)
Disposals and other	(4)
Balance at the end of period	1,924
Canyon National
Accretable yield on purchased credit impaired
Balance at the beginning of period	1,351
Accretion	(47)
Balance at the end of period	1,304
Palm Desert National
Accretable yield on purchased credit impaired
Balance at the beginning of period		52
Balance at the end of period	52	52
Independence Bank
Accretable yield on purchased credit impaired
Accretable yield at acquisition	602
Accretion	(30)
Disposals and other	(4)
Balance at the end of period	$ 568

The sale or transfer or other adjustments of a loan during the period resulting in a reduction in the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment. This relates to loans not accounted for as a debt security, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that was acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

-Paragraph 2

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(2)

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