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Real estate assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Real Estate Held For Sale [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 13,380	$ 5,541	$ 10,333	$ 1,316
Transfers from mortgage loans	5,019	3,574	9,851	7,669
Adjustments to record at lower of cost or fair value	(154)		(200)
Disposals	(2,324)	(326)	(4,137)	(363)
Other	630	229	704	396
Balance at end of period	$ 16,551	$ 9,018	$ 16,551	$ 9,018

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Adjustments made to real estate held for sale to record at lower of cost or fair value.

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Disposals of real estate held for sale.

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Represents other real estate held for sale.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of investments in land and buildings held for sale, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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Value transferred from mortgage loans to real estate owned (REO) in noncash transactions.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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