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Real Estate Securities - Trading Securities by Collateral Type (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	$ 221,571	$ 404,011
Senior Securities
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	27,591	254,351
Senior Securities | Prime
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	22,177	248,570
Senior Securities | Non-prime
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	5,414	5,781
Subordinate Securities
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	193,980	149,660
Subordinate Securities | Non-prime
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	1,000	1,000
Subordinate Securities | Prime mezzanine
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	144,317	136,140
Subordinate Securities | Prime subordinate
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	49,663	13,520
Subordinate Securities | CRT securities
Investment Holdings [Line Items]
Trading securities	$ 62,000	$ 25,000

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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