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Principles of Consolidation - Securitization Activity Related to Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entity's Sponsored by Redwood (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
MSRs recognized	$ 3,463	$ 15,675
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Principal balance of loans transferred	0	338,796
MSRs recognized	0	1,872
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | Trading Securities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Securities retained, at fair value	0	3,423
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | Available-for-sale Securities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Securities retained, at fair value	$ 0	$ 2,859

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The value of new servicing assets, subsequently measured at fair value, acquired or created during the current period through purchases or from transfers of financial assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56950315&loc=d3e122625-111746

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