Represents the weighted average accrual rate of interest of impaired financing receivables.

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Number of loans with principal due that have been delinquent.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without related allowance for credit losses.

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Loans and Investments - Charge-offs and Recoveries Narratives (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
SCHEDULE IV
Allowance for credit losses	$ 132,559	$ 113,241	$ 148,329
Six loans collateralized by a land development project \| Maturity date of September 2020
SCHEDULE IV
Number of loans with unpaid principal balance \| loan	6
Unpaid principal balance on loans	$ 121,400
Five loans collateralized by a land development project \| Maturity date of September 2020
SCHEDULE IV
Number of loans with unpaid principal balance \| loan	5
Unpaid principal balance on loans	$ 112,000
Weighted average accrual rate of interest (as a percent)	7.91%
Allowance for credit losses	$ 71,400	$ 71,400