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Residential Whole Loans (Residential Whole Loans, at Carrying Value) (Details) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan
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Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchased performing loans |  | $ 5,367,871 | $ 2,218,728
Purchased credit impaired loans |  | 698,474 | 797,987
Total Residential whole loans, at carrying value | [1] | $ 6,066,345 | $ 3,016,715
Number of loans | loan |  | 17,082 | 11,149
Non-QM loans |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchased performing loans |  | $ 3,706,857 | $ 1,354,774
Rehabilitation loans |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchased performing loans |  | 1,023,766 | 494,576
Single-family rental loans |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchased performing loans |  | 460,679 | 145,327
Seasoned performing loans |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Purchased performing loans |  | $ 176,569 | $ 224,051
[1] | Includes approximately $186.4 million and $209.4 million of Residential whole loans, at carrying value and $567.4 million and $694.7 million of Residential whole loans, at fair value transferred to consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Such assets can be used only to settle the obligations of each respective VIE.

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- Definition The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118939070&loc=d3e15032-111544 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118938799&loc=d3e13503-111538 + Details
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