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Loan-to-value at Origination in Order to Have Internal Risk Rating of Medium

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Maximum Credit Score to Be Given Internal Risk Rating of Medium

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Minimum Credit Score To Be Given Internal Risk Rating Of Low

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Percentage Of Mortgage Loan Portfolio Consisting Of Borrowers From Florida, California, New York, And Wisconsin

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Reflects the amount of loans and leases that have been removed, or charged off, from both loan receivables and the reserve for credit losses, typically because they are considered to be not salvageable or have been purchased by unconsolidated collection entities.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest earned but not received. Also called accrued interest or accrued interest receivable.

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Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2012	Apr. 30, 2011	Apr. 30, 2010
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Charge-offs	$ 89,914,000	$ 37,287,000	$ 38,376,000
Percentage of mortgage loan portfolio consisting of borrowers from Florida, California, New York, and Wisconsin	58.00%
Loans held for investment portfolio	177,500,000
Accrued interest on loans held for investment	1,600,000	2,100,000
HRB Bank Interest-Only Mortgage [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Percent of loans purchased	59.00%
Loans held for investment portfolio	$ 2,700,000
Minimum Credit Score [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Loan-to-value at origination in order to have internal risk rating of medium	80.00%
Minimum credit score to be given internal risk rating of low	700
Maximum Credit Score [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Loan-to-value at origination in order to have internal risk rating of medium	80.00%
Maximum credit score to be given internal risk rating of medium	700