Represents the individual components of residential mortgage loans held for sale

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Credit losses recognized on residential mortgage loans held for sale

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Represents the fair value of residential mortgage loans held for sale as of the balance sheet, exclusive of mortgage commitments and forward sales contracts

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Represents represents the typical maximum period for commitment to originate a residential mortgage loan to when the closed loan is sold to an investor.

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Represents represents the typical maximum number of days from the point pricing is set to delivery of forward sales contracts.

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Represents represents the typical minimum period for commitment to originate a residential mortgage loan to when the closed loan is sold to an investor.

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Represents the minimum number of days from the point of pricing being set to delivery of forward sales contracts.

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Represents the number of days past due for residential mortgage loans held for sale to be reported as delinquent.

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Residential mortgage loans held for sale, 90 days past due or impaired.

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Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale.

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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 the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Amount, after valuation allowance, of financing receivable held for sale and not part of disposal group. Excludes loan covered under loss sharing agreement and loan classified as investment in debt security.

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Mortgage Banking Activities, Components of Loans Held For Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Schedule of Residential Mortgage Loans Held For Sale [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans held for sale, nonperforming		$ 0		$ 0
Number of days for past due for loan to be considered nonperforming (in days)		90 days		90 days
Credit losses recognized on residential mortgage loans held for sale		$ 0	$ 0
Components of Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Abstract]
Unpaid principal balance		71,304		$ 74,941
Residential mortgage loans held for sale, Fair value		69,653		73,938
Residential mortgage loans held for sale		$ 72,489		75,272
Residential Mortgage Loan Commitments [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Schedule of Residential Mortgage Loans Held For Sale [Line Items]
General number of days outstanding for residential mortgage commitments, minimum (in days)	60 days	60 days
General number of days outstanding for residential mortgage commitments, maximum (in days)	90 days	90 days
Components of Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Abstract]
Derivative, Notional Amount		$ 49,285		45,492
Derivative, Net fair value		$ 1,541		1,054
Forward sales contracts [Member] \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Schedule of Residential Mortgage Loans Held For Sale [Line Items]
General number of days for delivery of loans, for which the price is set by forward sales contracts, minimum (in days)		60 days
General number of days for delivery for loans, for which the price is set by forward sales contracts, maximum (in days)		90 days
Components of Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale [Abstract]
Derivative, Notional Amount		$ 102,529		109,469
Derivative, Net fair value		$ 1,295		$ 280