Mortgage-Backed Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Mortgage Backed Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgage-Backed Securities Reconciliation

(in thousands)
		December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Pass-Through RMBS Certificates:
	Hybrid Adjustable-rate Mortgages	$	52,238	$	70,400
	Adjustable-rate Mortgages		2,976		3,794
	Fixed-rate Mortgages		2,000,623		1,412,593
	Total Pass-Through Certificates		2,055,837		1,486,787
Structured RMBS Certificates:
	Interest-Only Securities		61,574		46,611
	Inverse Interest-Only Securities		40,599		15,773
	Total Structured RMBS Certificates		102,173		62,384
Total		$	2,158,010	$	1,549,171

Schedule Of Mortgage-Backed Securities by Contractual Maturity

(in thousands)
	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Greater than five years and less than ten years	$	835	$	967
Greater than or equal to ten years		2,157,175		1,548,204
Total	$	2,158,010	$	1,549,171