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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis | The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments segregated by the hierarchy level of the fair value estimate that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of the dates indicated:
| December 31, 2017
| Fair Value |  | Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices in Active Markets |  | Level 2 - Observable Inputs |  | Level 3 - Unobservable Inputs
Assets carried at fair value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments in securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage-backed securities | $ | 3,026,989 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,019,746 |  |  | $ | 7,243 |
U.S. Treasuries | 146,530 |  |  | 146,530 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Derivative assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | 791 |  |  | — |  |  | 791 |  |  | — |
Eurodollar futures | 666 |  |  | 666 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
TBA securities | 1,483 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,483 |  |  | — |
Total assets carried at fair value | $ | 3,176,459 |  |  | $ | 147,196 |  |  | $ | 3,022,020 |  |  | $ | 7,243 |
Liabilities carried at fair value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TBA securities | 269 |  |  | — |  |  | 269 |  |  | — |
Total liabilities carried at fair value | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 269 |  |  | $ | — |
| December 31, 2016
| Fair Value |  | Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices in Active Markets |  | Level 2 - Observable Inputs |  | Level 3 - Unobservable Inputs
Assets carried at fair value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage-backed securities | $ | 3,212,084 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,201,157 |  |  | $ | 10,927 |
Interest rate swaps | 28,534 |  |  | — |  |  | 28,534 |  |  | — |
Total assets carried at fair value | $ | 3,240,618 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,229,691 |  |  | $ | 10,927 |
Liabilities carried at fair value: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | $ | 6,922 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,922 |  |  | $ | — |
Total liabilities carried at fair value | $ | 6,922 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,922 |  |  | $ | — |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation | The activity of the Company’s non-Agency MBS measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 3 inputs is presented in the following table for the periods indicated:
| Year Ended
| December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance as of beginning of period | $ | 10,927 |  |  | $ | 16,435 |  |  | $ | 43,957 |
Unrealized (loss) gain included in OCI (1) | (1,733 | ) |  | (1,057 | ) |  | 2,608 |
Principal payments | (4,351 | ) |  | (6,019 | ) |  | (30,602 | )
Accretion | 2,400 |  |  | 1,568 |  |  | 472 |
Balance as of end of period | $ | 7,243 |  |  | $ | 10,927 |  |  | $ | 16,435 |
(1) | Amount included in “unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments, net” on consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping | The following table presents a summary of the carrying value and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of the dates indicated:
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| Carrying Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage-backed securities | $ | 3,026,989 |  |  | $ | 3,026,989 |  |  | $ | 3,212,084 |  |  | $ | 3,212,084 |
U.S. Treasuries | 146,530 |  |  | 146,530 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Mortgage loans held for investment, net (1) | 15,738 |  |  | 12,973 |  |  | 19,036 |  |  | 15,971 |
Derivative assets | 2,940 |  |  | 2,940 |  |  | 28,534 |  |  | 28,534 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreements (2) | $ | 2,565,902 |  |  | $ | 2,565,902 |  |  | $ | 2,898,952 |  |  | $ | 2,898,952 |
Non-recourse collateralized financing (1) | 5,520 |  |  | 5,554 |  |  | 6,440 |  |  | 6,357 |
Derivative liabilities | 269 |  |  | 269 |  |  | 6,922 |  |  | 6,922 |
(1) | The Company determines the fair value of its mortgage loans held for investment, net and its non-recourse collateralized financing using internally developed cash flow models with inputs similar to those used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 non-Agency MBS.
(2) | The carrying value of repurchase agreements generally approximates fair value due to their short term maturities.

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