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Residential Loans - Carrying Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Residential loans, carrying value | $ 3,049,166 | $ 2,961,396
Distressed residential mortgage loans | Financial Asset Acquired and No Credit Deterioration |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Distressed residential mortgage loans, net, held in securitization trusts |  | 158,700
Residential loans, at fair value |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Residential loans, carrying value | 3,049,166 | 2,758,640
Residential Mortgage Loans |  |
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Residential loans, carrying value | $ 0 | $ 202,756

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- Definition The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and other-than-temporary impairments), 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. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121585399&loc=d3e13503-111538 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121614798&loc=d3e15032-111544 + Details
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- Definition The fair value as of the balance sheet date of firm holdings in mortgages, mortgage backed securities (investment instruments that represent ownership of an undivided interest in a group of mortgages, where principal and interest from the individual mortgages are used to pay investors' principal and interest on the mortgage backed security) and asset-backed securities that are primarily paid from the cash flows of a discrete pool of receivables or other financial assets (such as credit-card receivables), either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period. Includes both pledged (to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions) and unpledged holdings. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 940 -SubTopic 320 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35711157&loc=d3e42546-110969 + Details
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