Available-for-sale Debt Securities, Face Amount

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Area of Real Estate Property

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Loan to Value Ratio

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Number of Units in Real Estate Property

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Mortgage Loans, Option to Extend Loan Agreement, Term

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Mortgage Loans, Term of Loan

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Number of Options to Extend Loan Agreement

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Fair value of securitized, pay-through debt securities collateralized by real estate mortgage loans classified as available-for-sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Mortgage-Backed Securities

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Amount of the contractual principal due at the origination of the mortgage loan (face amount).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 29

-Article 12

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph c

-Subparagraph Schedule IV

-Article 5

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 948

-SubTopic 310

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29)

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The aggregate amount of the participating mortgage obligation at the end of the accounting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 470

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a)

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Debt Securities - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2014 room	Dec. 31, 2014 option	Dec. 31, 2013	Aug. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, face amount		544,190,000	$ 188,643,000
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, face amount		17,013,000	33,066,000
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member] \| CMBS - UBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, face amount		387,100,000
Aggregate purchase price of CMBS		375,006,000
Subordinate Loans [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Original Face Amount		562,434,000	495,319,000
Subordinate Loans [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Hotel - Aruba [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Property Size, Number of Units/Rooms	442
Property Size, Area	131,500
Term of loan		3 years
Number of options to extend loan agreement		2
Option to extend loan agreement, term		1 year
Appraised loan to value ratio		60.00%
Subordinate Loans [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Hotel - Aruba [Member] \| First Mortgage [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Original Face Amount	155,000,000
Senior Participation [Member] \| Subordinate Loans [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Hotel - Aruba [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Participating mortgage loans, amount				90,000,000	90,000,000
Junior Participation [Member] \| Subordinate Loans [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Hotel - Aruba [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Participating mortgage loans, amount				$ 65,000,000	$ 65,000,000