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Asset-Backed Securities Issued - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
ABS issued principal | [1],[2] | $ 859,628 | $ 1,049,415
Asset-backed Securities | Contractual maturities of over five years |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
ABS issued principal |  | $ 860,000 |
Contractual maturities of ABS (in years) |  | 5 years |
Asset-backed Securities | Certificates With Principal Value | Contractual maturities of over five years |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Principal value |  | $ 987,000 |
[1] | At June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, Asset-backed securities issued, net included $0 and $542, respectively, of deferred debt issuance costs, and long-term debt, net included $8,702 and $10,438, respectively, of deferred debt issuance costs.
[2] | Our consolidated balance sheets include assets of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that can only be used to settle obligations of these VIEs and liabilities of consolidated VIEs for which creditors do not have recourse to Redwood Trust, Inc. or its affiliates. At June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, assets of consolidated VIEs totaled $888,026 and $1,195,574, respectively. At June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, liabilities of consolidated VIEs totaled $860,256 and $1,050,861, respectively. See Note 4 for further discussion.

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