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Residential Collateralized Debt Obligations - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) securitization	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) securitization
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Number of residential CDO securitizations | securitization	3	3
Net investment in residential securitization trusts	$ 4.4	$ 4.4
Residential collateralized debt obligations
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Collateralized debt obligations	$ 70.3	$ 91.7
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)	2.16%	1.37%
ARM Loans
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	$ 77.5	$ 98.3

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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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Number of Residential Collateralized Debt Obligation Securitizations

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66007379&loc=d3e113888-111728

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(16))
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