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Mortgage loans (Details 2) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Loan
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		2,619	1,339
Carrying value	[1]	$ 444,408	$ 211,159
Unpaid principal balance		$ 596,288	$ 298,573
Current
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		1,123	439
Carrying value		$ 209,046	$ 72,727
Unpaid principal balance		$ 267,983	$ 94,993
30
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		406	237
Carrying value		$ 66,969	$ 36,954
Unpaid principal balance		$ 87,292	$ 53,739
60
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		194	99
Carrying value		$ 29,611	$ 13,849
Unpaid principal balance		$ 39,647	$ 17,766
90
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		534	352
Carrying value		$ 77,407	$ 53,987
Unpaid principal balance		$ 107,345	$ 76,691
Foreclosure
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of loans | Loan		362	212
Carrying value		$ 61,375	$ 33,642
Unpaid principal balance		$ 94,021	$ 55,384
[1] Mortgage loans includes $179,808 and $127,559 of loans at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, transferred to securitization trusts that are variable interest entities ("VIEs"); these loans can only be used to settle obligations of the VIEs. Secured borrowings consist of notes issued by VIEs that can only be settled with the assets and cash flows of the VIEs. The creditors do not have recourse to the primary beneficiary (Great Ajax Corp.). See Note 8-Debt.

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