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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans - Loans Balance (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	$ 2,838,588		$ 2,625,987
Deferred loan fees, net	(5,729)		(6,726)
Loans, net of deferred fees	2,832,859		2,619,261	$ 2,697,016
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(43,680)	$ (43,956)	(44,400)	(45,422)	$ (45,444)	$ (31,855)	$ (23,285)
Loans, net	2,789,179		2,574,861
Commercial \| SBA Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP")
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans	0		0
Loans, net	164,506		290,679
Commercial
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	743,450		846,386
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(10,233)	(10,857)	(11,587)	(12,800)	(13,179)
Commercial \| Commercial
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	743,450		846,386
Commercial Loans excluding SBA Paycheck Protection Program [Member] \| Commercial
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	743,450		846,386
CRE
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans				(12,800)		(6,790)	(10,453)
CRE - owner occupied
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	580,624		560,362
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(8,267)	(8,206)	(8,560)	(9,283)	(8,547)	(6,994)	(3,825)
CRE - owner occupied \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	580,624		560,362
CRE - non-owner occupied
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	829,022		693,103
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(17,150)	(16,485)	(16,416)	(15,325)	(15,449)	(11,672)	(3,760)
CRE - non-owner occupied \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	829,022		693,103
Land and construction
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	141,277		144,594
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(2,024)	(2,136)	(2,509)	(2,544)	(2,552)	(1,458)	(2,621)
Land and construction \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	141,277		144,594
Home equity
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	106,690		111,885
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(1,011)	(1,069)	(1,297)	(1,881)	(1,851)	(1,321)	(2,244)
Home equity \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	106,690		111,885
Multi-family
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	205,952		166,425
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(2,889)	(2,950)	(2,804)	(1,849)	(1,828)	(1,253)	(57)
Multi-family \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	205,952		166,425
Residential mortgages
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	211,467		85,116
Allowance for credit losses on loans	$ (1,871)	$ (1,968)	(943)	(779)	(825)	(678)	(243)
Number of loan portfolios purchased \| loan	1	2
Value of loan portfolios purchased	$ 41,938	$ 140,030
Average principal balance	$ 974	$ 585
Weighted average yield	2.92%	3.37%
Residential mortgages \| Real estate
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	$ 211,467		85,116
Consumer and other
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	20,106		18,116
Allowance for credit losses on loans	(235)	$ (285)	(284)	$ (961)	$ (1,213)	$ (1,689)	(82)
Consumer and other \| Consumer
Loans held-for-investment:
Total loan balance	$ 20,106		$ 18,116
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							(8,570)
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| CRE
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							3,663
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| CRE - owner occupied
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							(3,169)
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| CRE - non-owner occupied
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							(7,912)
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| Land and construction
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							1,163
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| Home equity
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							923
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| Multi-family
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							(1,196)
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| Residential mortgages
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							(435)
ASU 2016-03 - Topic 326 \| Consumer and other
Loans held-for-investment:
Allowance for credit losses on loans							$ (1,607)