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Subsequent Events (Detail) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |  | 1 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Minimum [Member] | Mar. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member] | Feb. 28, 2013 Line of Credit [Member] JP Morgan Chase [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Commercial mortgage loans [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Deutsche Bank AG [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Deutsche Bank AG [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Deutsche Bank AG [Member] Three Month LIBOR [Member] Minimum [Member] | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Line of Credit [Member] Deutsche Bank AG [Member] Three Month LIBOR [Member] Maximum [Member] | Apr. 25, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Line of Credit [Member] JP Morgan Chase [Member] subsidiary | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] GBP (£) | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] First Mortgage [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Single Family and Condominium [Member] | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] First Mortgage [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Single Family and Condominium [Member] USD ($) home | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] First Mortgage [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] First Mortgage [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] GBP (£) | Apr. 28, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Mezzanine Loan [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] sqft | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Mezzanine Loan [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] USD ($) | Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Mezzanine Loan [Member] Commercial mortgage loans [Member] Office Building [Member] GBP (£)
Stock Transactions, Parenthetical Disclosures [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend declared per share of common stock | $ 0.40 | $ 0.40 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.40 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage loan, face amount |  |  |  |  |  | $ 189,000 | $ 164,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 126,060 | £ 75,000 |  | $ 210,000 | $ 72,106 | £ 42,900 |  | $ 53,954 | £ 32,100
Mortgage loan, terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of homes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 229 |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage loan, syndicated amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 104,000 |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage loan, retained amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 106,000 |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage loan, loan to value ratio |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.00% |  |  |  | 78.00% |  |
Mortgage loan, IRR on unlevered basis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.20% |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage loan, IRR on levered basis |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00% |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate property expected redevelopment are (in square feet) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 173,000 |  |
Mortgage loan IRR |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.00% |  |
Equity deployed to acquire CMBS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24,676 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate purchase price of CMBS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 123,378 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Borrowings under term repurchase facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 98,702 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted Average Life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years 2 months 12 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Internal rate of return |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreement, current borrowing capacity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreement, term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreement, basis point |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.80% | 2.32% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreement, margin ratio |  |  | 125.00% | 181.82% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repurchase agreement, covenant, shareholder's equity of gross capital proceeds, percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of subsidiaries subject to letter agreement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary waiver term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liquidity ratio, percentage |  |  |  |  | 10.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consolidated recourse indebtedness covenant |  |  |  |  | $ 12,500 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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