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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
	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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