Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$ 467,195	$ 477,931	$ 434,662
Interest income from investment securities	70,848	93,665	112,016
Servicing fees	88,956	117,068	135,565
Rental income	152,760	36,622	9,831
Other revenues	4,908	10,591	10,801
Total revenues	784,667	735,877	702,875
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	117,451	124,733	117,732
Interest expense	230,799	202,550	161,104
General and administrative	152,941	154,628	169,661
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	13,462	13,429	3,681
Costs of rental operations	65,101	11,542	5,938
Depreciation and amortization	66,786	29,010	16,627
Loan loss allowance, net	3,759	(2)	2,047
Other expense	100	389	7,219
Total costs and expenses	650,399	536,279	484,009
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests	134,268	199,598	218,866
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	151,593	185,490	212,506
Change in fair value of servicing rights	(47,149)	(12,605)	(16,787)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	(1,401)	3,084	15,077
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net	74,251	64,320	70,420
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	21,723	26,674	19,932
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	1,942	22,664	12,886
Gain on derivative financial instruments, net	70,734	21,598	20,451
Foreign currency loss, net	(33,967)	(37,221)	(29,942)
Total other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI")	(782)	(12)	(1,788)
Noncredit portion of OTTI recognized in other comprehensive income	54	12	732
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings	(728)		(1,056)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(8,781)	(5,921)
Other income, net	13,510	1,708	3,832
Total other income	241,727	269,791	307,319
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	375,995	469,389	526,185
Income tax provision	(8,344)	(17,206)	(24,096)
Income from continuing operations	367,651	452,183	502,089
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 3)			(1,551)
Net income	367,651	452,183	500,538
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(2,465)	(1,486)	(5,517)
Net income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$ 365,186	$ 450,697	$ 495,021
Basic:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 1.52	$ 1.92	$ 2.29
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)			(0.01)
Basic (in dollars per share)	1.52	1.92	2.28
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	1.50	1.91	2.25
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)			(0.01)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.50	$ 1.91	$ 2.24