Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Collectively Evaluated for Impairment

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Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Indivudally Evaluated for Impairment

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Loans and Leases Receivable, Allowance as percent of principal

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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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This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any gains (losses) realized during the period from the sale of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting and losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments.

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Value of loans and leases held in the entity's portfolio transferred to loans and leases held-for-sale in noncash transactions.

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Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Transfer of mortgage loans held for investment to held for sale	$ 7,608	$ 0
Allowance as Percent of Principal	4.00%	4.60%	4.10%
Percentage of mortgage loan portfolio consisting of borrowers from Florida, California, New York, and Wisconsin	59.00%
Minimum Credit Score
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
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
Maximum [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	60 days
Minimum [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Losses, Period at Which Indivudally Evaluated for Impairment	60 days
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Member]
Mortgage Loans Held For Investment And Related Assets [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Investments	$ 2,900