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Organization
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Organization

Note 1 – Organization

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to throughout this report as the “Company,” “ARI,” “we,” “us” and “our”) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that primarily originates, acquires, invests in and manages performing commercial first mortgage loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), subordinate financings and other commercial real estate-related debt investments in the United States. These asset classes are referred to as the Company’s target assets.