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LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT, NET - TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (81,935)	$ (81,255)	$ (83,853)	$ (79,426)	$ (92,760)	$ (41,461)
Number of Loans \| loan	9	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 35,801	$ 10,506
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	35,801	10,538
TDRs
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Modifications recorded investment	21,200		942
Allowance for credit losses	(10,700)		(483)
Commitments to lend additional amounts	$ 0	$ 0	0
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
One-to-four family residential and cooperative/condominium apartment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (5,058)	$ (6,104)	(5,932)	(4,514)	(5,522)	(644)
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 762	$ 50
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	762	50
Commercial real estate ("CRE")
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (28,551)	$ (29,603)	(29,166)	(26,247)	(41,201)	(9,059)
Number of Loans \| loan	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 991	$ 10,000
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	991	10,000
Acquisition, development, and construction
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (3,619)	(5,019)	(4,857)	(3,788)	(5,158)	(1,993)
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 13,500
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	13,500
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (36,448)	$ (31,545)	(35,331)	(37,588)	(30,095)	(12,737)
Number of Loans \| loan	4	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 20,272	$ 456
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	20,272	488
Other Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses	$ (205)	$ (677)	$ (751)	$ (286)	$ (499)	$ (12)
Number of Loans \| loan	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 276
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 276