SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 Loan	Dec. 31, 2011 Loan JointVenture	Dec. 31, 2010 JointVenture	Dec. 31, 2009 Interest Rate Swap [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Securities Issued By Government Sponsored Entities [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial Real Estate [Member] Non-accrual Loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Commercial Loans [Member] Non-accrual Loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Construction and Land Loans [Member] Non-accrual Loans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Crusader Servicing Corporation [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Royal Tax Lien Services, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Royal Asian [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Royal Bank America Leasing, LP [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest in subsidiary (in hundredths)									60.00%	60.00%		60.00%
Gain on sale of investments			$ 8,000
Dividend paid			2,000,000
Remaining funds after paying dividend			500,000
Royal Asian net loss											953,000
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage (in hundredths)					95.00%	52.00%	22.00%	19.00%
Non performing loans	23,004,000	51,324,000	65,800,000
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]
Investment in and receivables due from the partnership		325,000
Increase in outstanding debt included in other assets	774,000
Other investments, notice period to redeem funds	60 days
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank stock	6,011,000	8,474,000
Loans Held-for-sale [Abstract]
Non-accrual loans held for sale	1,600,000	12,600,000
Credit losses at time of transfer to LHFS	1,400,000
Additional impairment recorded on loans held for sale	2,000,000
Loans and Leases [Abstract]
Number of TDR Loans	12	12
Number of TDRs on non-accrual status	8	7
TDRs, total carrying value	21,090,000	14,200,000
Number of TDRs already classified as impaired	7	8
Allowance For Loan and Lease Losses [Abstract]
Rolling average period used to determine historical loss rates	3 years
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Security pledged as collateral for Lehman Swap cost in Lehman Bankruptcy				5,000,000
Gain on sale of security claim	0	0	1,656,000
Investment in Real Estate Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Income from real estate joint ventures	0	1,750,000	0
Number of real estate joint ventures			1
Impairment of real estate joint venture			2,500,000
Recovery on investment in another real estate joint venture			968,000
Bank Owned Life Insurance [Abstract]
Purchase of additional bank owned life insurance	0	5,000,000	0
Advertising Cost [Abstract]
Advertising costs	127,000	116,000	109,000
Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Highest consecutive years of employee compensation used to compute benefit	3 years
Years of employment used in benefit computation	10 years
Employer matching contribution to employee's contributions between 1% and 5% (in hundredths)	100.00%
Employee contribution matched by employer, lower range (in hundredths)	1.00%
Employer matching contribution to employees contribution that are within the specified limit (in hundredths)	5.00%
Maximum annual contribution per employee	2,500
Employer contribution to plan	0	128,000	0
Stock Compensation [Abstract]
Compensation expense	42,000	93,000	35,000
Income Taxes [Abstract]
Unrecognized tax benefits	0	0
Accrued interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits	0	0
Net loss per common share
Rate class B shares may be converted to class A shares	1.15 to 1
Restrictions on Cash and Amounts Due From Banks [Abstract]
Average balances on hand with the Federal Reserve Bank	$ 100,000	$ 100,000