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Summary of Activity in Allowance for Losses on Residential Loans (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Provision for loan losses	$ 961us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	$ 4,737us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	$ 3,648us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses
Residential Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period	25,427us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	28,504us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	66,881us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember
Charge-offs, net	(4,966)us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	(4,525)us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	(11,903)us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember
Provision for loan losses	877us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	1,448us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	171us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember
Deconsolidation adjustment			(26,645)rwt_AllowanceForLoanLossesOtherAdjustments / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember
Balance at End of Period	$ 21,338us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	$ 25,427us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember	$ 28,504us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember

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Adjustment to allowance for loan losses due to deconsolidation of VIE.

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The reserve to cover probable credit losses related to specifically identified fixed maturity real estate loans as well as probable credit losses inherent in the remainder of that loan portfolio.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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