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Distressed and Other Residential Mortgage Loans, Net - Activity in Accretable Yield (Details) - Distressed residential mortgage loans - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 195,560	$ 303,949
Additions	1,784	7,972
Disposals	(53,624)	(99,603)
Accretion	(7,015)	(16,758)
Balance at end of period	$ 136,705	$ 195,560

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Current period recognition due to accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Increases in the aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan due to the acquisition of similar loans accounted for as debt securities during the period. This relates to loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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