Average Period to Securitization

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- Definition

Percentage of loan transferred through securitization 60 days or more past due.

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- Definition

Amount of secured borrowings recognized in the transferor's statement of financial position at the end of the period presented that are associated with the transfers of reverse mortgages where the transfers are accounted for as a financing.

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- Definition

Servicing Assets at Amortized Cost, Additions Recognized from Securitization Trusts Related To Transfers Accounted For As Sales

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- Definition

Amount, after recoveries, of loans and leases that have been written-off.

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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

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

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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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Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Average period to securitization			30 days
Percentage of loan transferred through securitization 60 days or more past due			5.90%		5.10%
Charge-offs, net of recoveries associated with transferred loans	$ 0		$ 0
Mortgage Servicing Rights - Amortized Costs [Member]
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Acquisitions	9,800,000	$ 9,800,000	18,300,000	$ 21,400,000
HMBS - Related Borrowings [Member]
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Secured borrowings	2,000,000,000		2,000,000,000		$ 1,400,000,000
Lending [Member] \| HECM [Member]
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	$ 2,100,000,000		$ 2,100,000,000		$ 1,600,000,000