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Capital Commitments By Noncontrolling Interests Funded

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Incremental Percentage To Earn On All Operating Cash Flows Attributable To Capital Account Net

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Preferred Return To General Partners Of Fund

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Amount, before tax, of income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, income (loss) from continuing operations, discontinued operations and equity method investments.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related-Party Transactions - Other Related-Party Arrangements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fund Participants \| Reo Portfolio
Related-Party Transactions
Aggregate commitment	$ 15.0
Capital commitments funded	$ 4.9
Additional earning increments of operating cash flows	60.00%
Preferred return rate	5.00%
Non-controlling interest income	$ 0.2	$ 1.8	$ 1.3
Fund Participants \| Reo Portfolio \| Fund Participants
Related-Party Transactions
Ownership percentage	10.00%
Highmark Residential
Related-Party Transactions
Payments to related party	$ 4.2	$ 2.1	$ 1.6