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Principles of Consolidation - Summary of Redwood's Interest in Third-Party Variable Interest Entity's (Detail) - Real Estate Securities $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	$ 701,845
Senior Securities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	285,033
Re-REMIC
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	165,064
Subordinate Securities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	$ 251,748

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph a
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=52262685&loc=d3e5728-111685

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