RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS - Fair Value and Unpaid Principal of Residential Mortgage Loan Portfolio (Details) - Residential Mortgage - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 1,438,322	$ 342,289
Unpaid principal balance	$ 1,419,807	$ 338,323

This is the result of the principal amount outstanding of total loans managed or securitized less securitized loans and loans that are in the process of being securitized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82924980&loc=d3e107314-111719

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