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Contingencies And Other Disclosures (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
[CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureAbstract] |
Schedule Of Original Purchase And Ending Balance Amount Of Investments Subject To Litigation |
|  | Alt-A |  | Jumbo |
(Dollars in thousands) | Senior |  | Junior |  | Senior |  | Junior |
Vintage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Original Purchase Price: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2005 (a) | $ | 200,118 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 30,000 |  | $ | - |
| 2006 (a) |  | 77,906 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 9,793 |
| 2007 |  | 204,061 |  |  | - |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | 7,084 |
| Total | $ | 482,085 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 80,000 |  | $ | 16,877 |
Ending Balance per the March 25, 2014, trust statements: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2005 | $ | 59,230 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 10,665 |  | $ | - |
| 2006 |  | 36,254 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 1,614 |
| 2007 |  | 94,604 |  |  | - |  |  | 15,960 |  |  | - |
| Total | $ | 190,088 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 26,625 |  | $ | 1,614 |
Excluded from t he amounts shown in the table are certificates which were the subject of the FHFA litigation; $230,020 of Senior A lt-A loans from 2006 and $643,751 of Senior Alt-A loans from 2005. The FHFA litigation was pending at quarter-end but was settled in April 2014.

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