Short-Term Debt - Collateral for Short-Term Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Total real estate securities owned	$ 459,895	$ 1,491,986
Total Collateral for Short-Term Debt	2,356,681	2,698,366
Cash collateraas for borrowing counterparties	74,000
Residential Loans
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Loan pledged as collateral	881,607	201,949
Business purpose residential loans
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Loan pledged as collateral	908,712	988,179
On balance sheet
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities pledged as collateral	78,909	618,881
Sequoia Choice \| Sequoia securities \| Short Term Borrowing Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Trading securities pledged as collateral	51,026	111,341
Freddie Mac SLST \| Sequoia securities \| Short Term Borrowing Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Trading securities pledged as collateral	307,175	381,640
Freddie Mac K-Series \| Sequoia securities \| Short Term Borrowing Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Trading securities pledged as collateral	22,785	252,284
CAFL \| Sequoia securities \| Short Term Borrowing Agreement
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Trading securities pledged as collateral	$ 0	$ 127,840

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Amount of restricted investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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