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Percentage Of Loan Portfolio

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of mortgage loans within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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Amount of the collateral pledged in support of federal home loan bank advances outstanding.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans held for sale.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered.

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Residential Loans - Additional Information (Details)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Residential Loans - Additional Information (Details)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Transfers from loans held-for-sale to loans held-for-investment					$ 518,521,000	$ 1,069,326,000
Transfers from loans held-for-investment to loans held-for-sale					22,808,000	0
Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	$ 7,283,365,000	$ 7,254,742,000	$ 7,283,365,000		7,283,365,000
Held-for-sale residential loans \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	457,750,000	519,958,000	457,750,000		457,750,000
Held-for-sale residential loans \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	2,147,356,000	2,079,382,000	2,147,356,000		2,147,356,000
Held-for-sale residential loans \| Freddie Mac SLST
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	1,235,089,000	1,222,669,000	1,235,089,000		1,235,089,000
Redwood \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	$ 3,443,170,000	$ 3,432,733,000	$ 3,443,170,000		$ 3,443,170,000
Redwood \| Fixed rate residential mortgage
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Weighted average coupon rate	4.16%		4.16%		4.16%
Residential Loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan		1,484			1,417
Loan principal	$ 1,030,000,000.00	$ 1,030,000,000.00	$ 1,030,000,000.00		$ 1,030,000,000.00
Residential loans	$ 1,060,000,000.00	$ 1,050,000,000.00	$ 1,060,000,000.00		$ 1,060,000,000.00
Number of loans in foreclosure \| loan	0	0	0		0
Principal value of loans purchased			$ 1,530,000,000	$ 1,930,000,000	$ 2,490,000,000	3,730,000,000
Principal balance of loans sold during period			1,230,000,000	1,920,000,000	2,390,000,000	3,930,000,000
Gain (loss) on assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis			3,000,000	6,000,000	7,000,000	11,000,000
Loan pledged as collateral	$ 712,000,000	$ 935,000,000	712,000,000		712,000,000
Loans held-for-investment, in foreclosure	2,000,000		2,000,000		2,000,000
Residential Loans \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	1,056,178,000	1,048,690,000	1,056,178,000		1,056,178,000
Residential Loans \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
Residential Loans \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
Residential Loans \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Freddie Mac SLST
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
Residential Loans \| Jumbo Loans \| Redwood \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	$ 1,056,178,000	$ 1,048,690,000	$ 1,056,178,000		$ 1,056,178,000
Residential Loans \| Financing Receivables, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans past due \| loan	1	1	1		1
Loans held-for-investment, delinquent greater than 90 days	$ 600,000	$ 600,000	$ 600,000		$ 600,000
At lower of cost or fair value
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan		2			2
Loan principal	100,000	$ 100,000	100,000		$ 100,000
Residential loans	100,000	100,000	100,000		100,000
At lower of cost or fair value \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	109,000	111,000	109,000		109,000
At lower of cost or fair value \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
At lower of cost or fair value \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
At lower of cost or fair value \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Freddie Mac SLST
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	0	0	0		0
At lower of cost or fair value \| Redwood \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	$ 109,000	$ 111,000	$ 109,000		$ 109,000
At lower of cost or fair value \| Financing Receivables, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans past due \| loan	0	0	0		0
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Valuation adjustment gain (loss)			$ 1,000,000	4,000,000	$ 5,000,000	33,000,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Transfers from loans held-for-sale to loans held-for-investment			0		350,000,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	2,400	2,641
Loan principal	$ 475,000,000	$ 545,000,000	475,000,000		475,000,000
Residential loans	458,000,000	520,000,000	458,000,000		458,000,000
Loans held-for-investment, delinquent greater than 90 days	$ 13,000,000	14,000,000	$ 13,000,000		$ 13,000,000
Weighted average original Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score	727		727		727
Weighted average original loan-to-value (LTV)	66.00%		66.00%		66.00%
Loans held-for-investment, in foreclosure	$ 5,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 5,000,000		$ 5,000,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	2,912	2,800
Loan principal	$ 2,080,000,000.00	$ 2,040,000,000.00	2,080,000,000.00		2,080,000,000.00
Residential loans	$ 2,150,000,000	$ 2,080,000,000.00	$ 2,150,000,000		$ 2,150,000,000
Number of loans past due \| loan	6	3	6		6
Loans held-for-investment, delinquent greater than 90 days	$ 3,000,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 3,000,000		$ 3,000,000
Number of loans in foreclosure \| loan	0	0	0		0
Weighted average original Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score	745		745		745
Weighted average original loan-to-value (LTV)	75.00%		75.00%		75.00%
Valuation adjustment gain (loss)			$ 6,000,000		$ 16,000,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Freddie Mac SLST
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan		7,900			7,744
Loan principal	$ 1,270,000,000	$ 1,310,000,000	1,270,000,000		$ 1,270,000,000
Residential loans	$ 1,240,000,000	$ 1,220,000,000	$ 1,240,000,000		$ 1,240,000,000
Number of loans past due \| loan	301	306	301		301
Loans held-for-investment, delinquent greater than 90 days	$ 78,000,000	$ 51,000,000	$ 78,000,000		$ 78,000,000
Number of loans in foreclosure \| loan	101	0	101		101
Weighted average original Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score	597		597		597
Weighted average original loan-to-value (LTV)	69.00%		69.00%		69.00%
Valuation adjustment gain (loss)			$ 31,000,000		$ 55,000,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Redwood
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	3,262	3,296
Loan principal	$ 2,320,000,000	$ 2,390,000,000	$ 2,320,000,000		$ 2,320,000,000
Residential loans		$ 2,380,000,000
Number of loans in foreclosure \| loan	0	0	0		0
Principal value of loans purchased			$ 0		$ 39,000,000
Gain (loss) on assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis			36,000,000	(15,000,000)	64,000,000	(54,000,000)
Transfers from loans held-for-sale to loans held-for-investment			30,000,000	32,000,000	69,000,000	88,000,000
Transfers from loans held-for-investment to loans held-for-sale			$ 0	$ 0	$ 23,000,000	$ 0
Weighted average original Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) score	768		768		768
Weighted average original loan-to-value (LTV)	66.00%		66.00%		66.00%
Percentage of fixed-rate loans	88.00%		88.00%		88.00%
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Redwood \| Originated Between 2013 and 2019
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Percentage of loan portfolio originated in year	90.00%		90.00%		90.00%
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Redwood \| Originated 2012 and prior years
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Percentage of loan portfolio originated in year	1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Redwood \| Hybrid or ARM Loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Weighted average coupon rate	4.20%		4.20%		4.20%
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	$ 6,227,078,000	$ 6,205,941,000	$ 6,227,078,000		$ 6,227,078,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Legacy Sequoia
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	457,750,000	519,958,000	457,750,000		457,750,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Sequoia Choice
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	2,147,356,000	2,079,382,000	2,147,356,000		2,147,356,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Jumbo Loans \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| Freddie Mac SLST
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	1,235,089,000	1,222,669,000	1,235,089,000		1,235,089,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Jumbo Loans \| Redwood \| Held-for-sale residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Residential loans	2,386,883,000	2,383,932,000	2,386,883,000		2,386,883,000
Held-for-investment at fair value \| Financing Receivables, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due \| Redwood
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Loan principal	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000
Number of loans past due \| loan	2	2	2		2
MSRs
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, at amortized cost	$ 2,650,000,000		$ 2,650,000,000		$ 2,650,000,000
Residential Real Estate \| Redwood \| Held-for-sale residential loans \| FHLB Chicago
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral under borrowing agreement with FHLBC	$ 2,390,000,000		$ 2,390,000,000		$ 2,390,000,000