2.4.0.81050 - Disclosure - Real Estate Securities, Available for Saletruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001455650duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_InvestmentsDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Real Estate Securities, Available for Sale2false 2us-gaap_InvestmentsInDebtAndMarketableEquitySecuritiesAndCertainTradingAssetsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> 5. Real Estate Securities, Available for Sale         CRE securities are comprised of CMBS backed by a pool of CRE loans which are typically well-diversified by type and geography. The following table presents CRE securities (dollars in thousands): <div style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 54%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 10%; PADDING-TOP: 0pt;">   <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="150%" style="text-align:left;"> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="40"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="51"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="49"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="55"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="55"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="45"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="51"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="7" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="59"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" width="12"></td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2" colspan="5" align="center">Cumulative Unrealized on Investments</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="5" align="center">Weighted Average</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center">Principal Amount(1)</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center">Amortized Cost</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center">Fair Value</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="left">  </th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" align="center">Unleveraged Current Yield</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> <div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 26pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt;">CMBS: </div></th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center">Number</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center">Gain</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center">(Loss)</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times;" colspan="2" align="center">Coupon(2)</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: times;"> </th></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> June 30, 2013</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">8</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">104,542</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">52,844</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">2,838</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">(393</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom">)</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">55,289</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">4.53</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom">%</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">9.11</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom">%</td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> December 31, 2012</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">4</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">30,575</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">29,124</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">458</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">—</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">29,582</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">5.39</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom">%</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom" align="right">5.71</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: times;" valign="bottom">%</td></tr></table></div>  <hr style="COLOR: #000000;" align="left" size="1" width="26%" noshade="noshade" /></div> <div style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 10%; PADDING-TOP: 0pt;"> <dl compact="compact"> <dt style="FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -11pt;">(1)</dt> <dd style="FONT-FAMILY: times;">Certain CRE securities serve as collateral for financing transactions including carrying value of $17.8 million for the CMBS Facilities (refer to Note 6). The remainder is unleveraged. </dd> <dt style="FONT-FAMILY: times; MARGIN-BOTTOM: -11pt;">(2)</dt> <dd style="FONT-FAMILY: times;">All CMBS are fixed rate.</dd></dl></div>         The Company recorded unrealized gains in OCI for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 of $1.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The Company recorded unrealized gains (losses) in OCI for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 of ($0.2) million and $0.2 million, respectively.         As of June 30, 2013, the weighted average contractual maturity of CRE securities was 34 years with an expected maturity of 8.1 years. </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for investments in certain debt and equity securities.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27290-111563 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27357-111563 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -Glossary Debt Security -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6509901 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27232-111563 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 320 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957658&loc=d3e62557-112803 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27161-111563 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27724398&loc=d3e27405-111563 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 320 -Glossary Equity Security -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6511694 false0Real Estate Securities, Available for SalefalseReal Estate Securities, Available for SaleUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.northstarreit.com/role/DisclosureRealEstateSecuritiesAvailableForSale12