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Other Borrowings (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Maximum line of credit with FHLB	$ 227,300,000	$ 220,900,000
Outstanding advances from FHLB	135,500,000	119,000,000	83,066,000
Unused credit facility with another financial institution	50,000,000
Single Family Residential Mortgages
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Investments pledged as collateral for FHLB advances	171,700,000	170,600,000
Commercial Real Estate
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Investments pledged as collateral for FHLB advances	105,800,000	89,600,000
Mulitfamily Loans Under Blanket Lien Arrangement
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Investments pledged as collateral for FHLB advances	74,200,000	66,300,000
Zero Point Seven One Advance Due October Two Thousand Fifteen [Member] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	10,000,000	10,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	0.71%	0.71%
Zero Point Eight One Percent Advance Maturing Due March Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] [Domain] [Domain] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	34,000,000	34,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	0.81%	0.81%
Zero Point Seventy Percent Advance Maturing Due May Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] [Domain] [Domain] [Domain] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	20,000,000	20,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	0.70%	0.70%
One Point Zero Two Percent Advance Maturing Due October Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	10,000,000	10,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	1.02%	1.02%
Zero Point Eight Four Percent Advance Maturing Due November Two Thousand Sixteen [Member] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	20,000,000	20,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	0.84%	0.84%
Zero Point Eight Seven Percent Advance Maturing Due April Two Thousand Seventeen [Member] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	20,000,000	20,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	0.87%	0.87%
One Point Seven Six Percent Advance Maturing Due November Two Thousand Eighteen [Member] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	5,000,000	5,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	1.76%	1.76%
One Point five Two Percent Advance Due June Two Thousand Eighteen [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	6,500,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	1.52%
One Point Seven Zero Percent Advance Due May Two Thousand Nineteen [Domain] [Domain]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB	10,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate	1.70%
Two Point One Seven Percent Advance Maturing January Two Thousand and Thirteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			50,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			2.17%
Three Point Three Eight Percent Advance Maturing December Two Thousand and Thirteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			7,450,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			3.38%
Two Point Nine Four Percent Advance Maturing December Two Thousand and Thirteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			20,000,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			2.94%
Two Point Six Four Percent Advance Maturing December Two Thousand and Thirteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			700,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			2.64%
Two Point Nine Eight Percent Advance Maturing April Two Thousand and Fourteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			1,750,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			2.98%
One Point Eight Nine Percent Advance Maturing July Two Thousand and Fifteen [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Outstanding advances from FHLB			$ 3,166,000
Advances, Fixed Interest Rate			1.89%