FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT (Commitments) (Details)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) commitment	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) commitment
Commitments to originate loans held for sale [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	$ 67,909,000	$ 29,851,000
Commitments to sell loans [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	31,559,000	8,714,000
Commitments to originate loans [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	47,500,000	20,988,000
Commitment to fund loans [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	1,386,000,000	1,197,000,000
Commitment to fund loans [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, carrying value	0	0
Commitments to purchase securities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	$ 0	$ 0
Number of commitments to purchase securities \| commitment	0	0
Commitments to sell mortgage backed securities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Commitments to fund loans, notional amount	$ 42,874,000	$ 25,000,000

Fair Value Disclosure, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Number of Commitments to Purchase Securities

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 10

-Subparagraph (a)

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