LOANS (Schedule of Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) N	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) N
Number of Contracts \| N	1	2	5
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 766	$ 16,117	$ 1,148
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 766	$ 16,117	$ 1,148
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N	1	1	5
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 766	$ 766	$ 1,148
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 766	$ 766	$ 1,148
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Investment Property [Member]
Number of Contracts \| N		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 15,351
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 15,351

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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