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Amount paid to to settle the remaining contingent consideration liability with the Equator sellers

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Value of Equator contingent consideration after payment to sellers

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as trading securities nor held-to-maturity securities and intended be sold or mature one year or operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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FAIR VALUE (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
FAIR VALUE (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Available for sale securities	$ 45,174,000		$ 45,174,000		$ 0
Fair value of acquisition related contingent consideration	2,757,000		2,757,000		3,932,000
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ (7,591,000)
Equator LLC
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Payment made to extinguish contingent consideration				$ 500,000
Value of contingent consideration after payment to sellers					$ 0
Residential
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, number of shares	4.1		4.1