Residential Mortgage Loans, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain (Loss), Before Tax

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Residential Mortgage Loans, Premium (Discount) Amount

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Amount of contractual principal due at origination of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 12
-Paragraph Column F
-Subsection 29

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29(Column F))
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29(Column G))
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Residential Loans, at Fair Value - Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal	$ 3,898,260
Discount	(88,739)
Unrealized (losses) gains	(284,441)
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	3,525,080	$ 3,575,601	$ 3,049,166	$ 20,780,548
Consolidated SLST \| VIE, Primary Beneficiary
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal	955,579	1,071,228
Discount	(5,815)	(2,998)
Unrealized (losses) gains	(122,182)	2,652
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	827,582	1,070,882
Residential Loans at Fair Value
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal		3,529,804
Discount		(84,265)
Unrealized (losses) gains		130,062
Fair Value of Loans Pledged		3,575,601
Residential loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal	1,152,502	1,682,138
Discount	(22,179)	(44,256)
Unrealized (losses) gains	(48,939)	65,408
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	1,081,384	1,703,290
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trust, at fair value
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal	1,790,179	776,438
Discount	(60,745)	(37,011)
Unrealized (losses) gains	(113,320)	62,002
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	$ 1,616,114	$ 801,429