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Mortgage Servicing Rights - Schedule of Fair Value of MSRs and Aggregate Principal Amounts of Associated Loans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
MSR Fair Value	[1]	$ 110,046		$ 191,976
Associated Principal		15,337,249		18,266,472
Mortgage servicing rights
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
MSR Fair Value		110,046	$ 126,620	191,976	$ 168,462	$ 120,324	$ 139,293
Mortgage servicing rights | Conforming Loan
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
MSR Fair Value		78,296		133,838
Associated Principal		9,825,344		12,560,533
Mortgage servicing rights | Jumbo Loan
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
MSR Fair Value		31,750		58,138
Associated Principal		$ 5,511,905		$ 5,705,939
[1] 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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Aggregate amount of servicing assets that are subsequently measured at fair value and servicing assets that are subsequently measured using the amortization method.

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