Loans Receivable And Loans Held For Sale (Average Recorded Investment And Interest Income Recognized On Impaired Loans) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With a related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment	$ 735	$ 3,921	$ 31,227
With no related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment	17,361	53,088	208,085
With a related allowance recorded, Unpaid Principal Balance	1,664	6,700	44,653
With no related allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	35,812	88,739	331,458
With an allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	837	4,055	31,291
With no related allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	23,161	55,027	214,677
With an allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	7	121	1,205
With no related allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	1,111	1,478	5,332
Unpaid Principal Balance	37,476	95,439	376,111
Related Allowance	735	1,874	1,621
Average Recorded Investment	23,998	59,082	245,968
Interest Income Recognized	1,118	1,599	6,537
Commercial Non-Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With a related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment		3,001	3,032
With no related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment	1,326	330	330
With a related allowance recorded, Unpaid Principal Balance		4,472	3,287
With no related allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	3,061	634	634
With an allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment		3,015	3,032
With no related allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	1,368	330	330
With an allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized		119	137
With no related allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	121
Unpaid Principal Balance	3,061	5,106	3,921
Related Allowance		954	784
Average Recorded Investment	1,368	3,345	3,362
Interest Income Recognized	121	119	137
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With a related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment			28,195
With no related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment			143,388
With a related allowance recorded, Unpaid Principal Balance			41,366
With no related allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance			232,695
With an allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment			28,259
With no related allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	17,575	47,524	139,684
With an allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized		2	1,068
With no related allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	839	1,278	4,873
Unpaid Principal Balance	30,546	79,186	274,061
Related Allowance			837
Average Recorded Investment	17,575	47,524	167,943
Interest Income Recognized	839	1,280	5,941
Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With a related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment	735	920
With no related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment	1,571	7,165	16,050
With a related allowance recorded, Unpaid Principal Balance	1,664	2,228
With no related allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	2,205	8,730	20,501
With an allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	837	1,040
With no related allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment	4,218	7,118	17,887
With an allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	7
With no related allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized	151	200	282
Unpaid Principal Balance	3,869	10,958	20,501
Related Allowance	735	920
Average Recorded Investment	5,055	8,158	17,887
Interest Income Recognized	158	200	282
Residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
With no related allowance recorded, Recorded Investment			48,317
With no related allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance			77,628
With no related allowance recorded, Average Recorded Investment		55	56,776
With no related allowance recorded, Interest Income Recognized			177
Unpaid Principal Balance		189	77,628
Average Recorded Investment		55	56,776
Interest Income Recognized			$ 177

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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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