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Fair Values (Schedule of Fair Value Measurement Assumptions) (Details) (Non-recurring basis, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Loans and Other Lending Investments Discounted Cash Flow loans	Mar. 31, 2014 Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)		Dec. 31, 2013 Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
Quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measures
Number of impaired loans	3
Impaired loans		$ 136,536	[1]	$ 115,423
Fair value assumptions, expected term	1 year 2 months 12 days
Weighted average discount rate	7.30%
[1] The Company recorded a recovery on three loans with a combined fair value of $136.5 million based on the loans' remaining weighted average term of 1.2 years and weighted average discount rate of 7.3% using discounted cash flow analysis.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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

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