LOANS RECEIVABLE AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Newly Restructured Loans) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) contract
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,714	$ 272
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,714	$ 272
Commercial real estate - investment properties [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,714	$ 194
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 3,714	$ 194
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructurings [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 78
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 78

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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