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Real Estate Owned (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Real Estate Owned, Disclosure of Detailed Components [Abstract]

Schedule of Real Estate Owned

The following tables detail activity in the Company's carrying value of REO for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:

						Year Ended
						December 31, 2020												December 31, 2019
						Number of Properties						Carrying Value						Number of Properties						Carrying Value
												(In thousands)												(In thousands)
Beginning Balance (December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2019, respectively)						15						$	30,584					20						$	30,778
Transfers from mortgage loans						10						3,384						8						22,577
Capital expenditures and other adjustments to cost												191												240
Adjustments to record at the lower of cost or fair value												(1,053)												(1,002)
Disposals						(12)						(9,508)						(13)						(22,009)
Ending Balance (December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively)						13						$	23,598					15						$	30,584

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