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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 loans	Dec. 31, 2011 loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	24	25
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	$ 76,008	$ 68,641
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(13,343)	(10,360)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	62,665	58,281
Troubled Debt Restructurings, East Region [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	1	3
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	4,208	8,489
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(1,425)	(2,115)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	2,783	6,374
Troubled Debt Restructurings, Mountain Region [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	10	10
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	32,222	29,539
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(2,193)	(1,637)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	30,029	27,902
Troubled Debt Restructurings, South Atlantic Region [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	7	11
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	20,690	28,676
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(4,309)	(6,339)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	16,381	22,337
Troubled Debt Restructurings, East North Central Region [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	4
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	11,914
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(4,116)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	7,798
Troubled Debt Restructurings, West North Central Region [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Troubled Debt Restructurings During Period	2	1
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	6,974	1,937
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable	(1,300)	(269)
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment	$ 5,674	$ 1,668

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