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Organization and Investment Objective Narrative (Details) (Parent [Member])	Dec. 31, 2014
Parent [Member]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	99.40%efc_OwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember

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