Mortgage-Backed Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Mortgage Backed Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgage-Backed Securities Reconciliation

(in thousands)
		December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Pass-Through RMBS Certificates:
	Hybrid Adjustable-rate Mortgages	$	45,459	$	52,238
	Adjustable-rate Mortgages		2,062		2,976
	Fixed-rate Mortgages		2,826,694		2,000,623
	Total Pass-Through Certificates		2,874,215		2,055,837
Structured RMBS Certificates:
	Interest-Only Securities		69,726		61,574
	Inverse Interest-Only Securities		78,233		40,599
	Total Structured RMBS Certificates		147,959		102,173
Total		$	3,022,174	$	2,158,010

Schedule Of Mortgage-Backed Securities by Contractual Maturity

(in thousands)
	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Greater than one year and less than five years	$	157	$	-
Greater than five years and less than ten years		277		835
Greater than or equal to ten years		3,021,740		2,157,175
Total	$	3,022,174	$	2,158,010