Note 4 - Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (Net) and Real Estate Owned (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
Unpaid principal balance	$	155,272		$	165,173
Deferred origination costs – net		984			1,053
Reserve for loan losses		(3,354	)		(2,989	)
Total	$	152,902		$	163,237

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	Nine months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,989		$	2,978
Provisions for loan losses		654			568
Transfer to real estate owned		(289	)		(268	)
Charge-offs		—			(109	)
Balance at the end of period	$	3,354		$	3,169

Real Estate Owned Through Foreclosure [Table Text Block]

	Nine months Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	1,108		$	732
Write downs		(103	)		(209	)
Transfer from mortgage loans held in securitization trusts		241			621
Disposal		(577	)		(374	)
Balance at the end of period	$	669		$	770

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

Days Late			Number of Delinquent Loans		Total Unpaid Principal		% of Loan Portfolio
30	-	60		1	$	234		0.15	%
61	-	90		2	$	492		0.31	%
	90 +			30	$	17,306		11.02	%
Real estate owned through foreclosure				5	$	1,799		1.15	%

Days Late			Number of Delinquent Loans		Total Unpaid Principal		% of Loan Portfolio
30	-	60		3	$	601		0.36	%
61	-	90		1	$	239		0.14	%
	90 +			30	$	18,036		10.76	%
Real estate owned through foreclosure				5	$	2,381		1.42	%

Schedules of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
New York		35.6	%		35.9	%
Massachusetts		24.8	%		24.6	%
New Jersey		10.8	%		10.4	%
Florida		6.1	%		5.8	%
Connecticut		5.9	%		5.6	%