BENEFIT PLANS (Restricted Stock) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2011 Outstanding Restrickted Stock of LEAF Financial to Restrictes Stock of LEAF [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member] LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member] LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Restricted Stock [Member] LEAF and LEAF Financial Corporation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock [Member] Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Restricted Stock [Member] Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Restricted Stock [Member] Accelerated Vesting of Awards for Certain Terminated Employees [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Outstanding Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awarded shares of restricted stock		33,143	214,568	399,156
Value of restricted stock awarded		$ 214,000	$ 1,400,000	$ 1,700,000
Equity-based compensation issued					0	94,000	57,000				1,200,000	1,900,000	2,700,000
Accelerated vesting of awards								$ 38,000	$ 33,000	$ 232,000
Restricted stock exchanged	1,000