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LOANS RECEIVABLE AND INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Loans Receivable And Investments [Abstract] |
Summary of Net Loans Receivable and Investments | The following is a summary of our net loans receivable and investments as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, including amortized cost, fair value and unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale investments:
|  | September 30, 2016
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Amortized Cost |  | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Gain
|  | (In thousands)
Secured mortgage loans and other |  | $ | 757,107 |  |  | $ | 757,107 |  |  | $ | 776,410 |  |  | $ | — |
Government-sponsored pooled loan investments (1) |  | 64,556 |  |  | 62,849 |  |  | 64,556 |  |  | 1,707 |
Total investments reported as Secured loans receivable and investments, net |  | 821,663 |  |  | 819,956 |  |  | 840,966 |  |  | 1,707 |
Non-mortgage loans receivable |  | 52,664 |  |  | 52,664 |  |  | 53,736 |  |  | — |
Total investments reported as Other assets |  | 52,664 |  |  | 52,664 |  |  | 53,736 |  |  | — |
Total loans receivable and investments, net |  | $ | 874,327 |  |  | $ | 872,620 |  |  | $ | 894,702 |  |  | $ | 1,707 |
|  | December 31, 2015
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Amortized Cost |  | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Gain
|  | (In thousands)
Secured mortgage loans and other |  | $ | 793,433 |  |  | $ | 793,433 |  |  | $ | 816,849 |  |  | $ | — |
Government-sponsored pooled loan investments (1) |  | 63,679 |  |  | 62,130 |  |  | 63,679 |  |  | 1,549 |
Total investments reported as Secured loans receivable and investments, net |  | 857,112 |  |  | 855,563 |  |  | 880,528 |  |  | 1,549 |
Non-mortgage loans receivable |  | 37,926 |  |  | 37,926 |  |  | 38,806 |  |  | — |
Total investments reported as Other assets |  | 37,926 |  |  | 37,926 |  |  | 38,806 |  |  | — |
Total loans receivable and investments, net |  | $ | 895,038 |  |  | $ | 893,489 |  |  | $ | 919,334 |  |  | $ | 1,549 |
(1) Investments in government-sponsored pool loans have contractual maturity dates in 2023 for September 30, 2016 and 2022 and 2023 for December 31, 2015.

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