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Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (Net) and Real Estate Owned - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Allowance for loan losses	$ 3,725	$ 3,782	$ 3,833	$ 3,399
Allowance for loan losses, basis points	4.48%	3.85%
CDOs outstanding	$ 4,600	$ 4,400
Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts and Real Estate Owned Held in Residential Securitization
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Number of delinquent loans | loan	24	31
Principal amount of delinquent loans	$ 15,400	$ 18,700
Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts and Real Estate Owned Held in Residential Securitization | Payment Deferral
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal amount of delinquent loans	$ 10,300	$ 11,200
Delinquent loans under modified payment, percent	67.00%	60.00%

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Represents Company’s net investment in the residential securitization trusts, which is the maximum amount of the Company’s investment that is at risk to loss and represents the difference between (i) the carrying amount of the mortgage loans and real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts and (ii) the amount of Residential CDOs outstanding.

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Represents allowance for loan losses expressed as basis points of the outstanding principal balance of residential loans held in securitization trusts.

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Represents the percentage of delinquent loans that are currently under some form of modified payment plan.

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The aggregate number of delinquent loans.

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A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
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Amount of principal due on loans that have been delinquent, which may exclude loans having interest delinquent for three months or less, as of the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27047687&loc=d3e5864-122674

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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