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Secured Debt, Repurchase Agreements And Loan Agreements

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Secured Debt, Repurchase Agreements And Loan Agreements, Before Deducting Debt Issuance Costs

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Cap rate on an interest rate derivative such as an interest rate cap or collar. If market rates exceed the cap rate, a payment or receipt is triggered on the contract.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered.

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The interest rate applicable to the portion of the carrying amount of long-term borrowings outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including current maturities, which accrues interest at a rate subject to change from time to time.

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Borrowings - Schedule of repurchase and loan agreements (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) extension	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2018	Oct. 16, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,734,237,000	$ 2,014,679,000
Amount of Available Funding	101,451,000	357,327,000
Book Value of Collateral	1,867,226,000	1,922,105,000
Repurchase and loan agreements	1,620,968,000	1,644,230,000
Repurchase and loan agreements
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	1,632,786,000	1,657,352,000
Less: unamortized loan discounts	(2,684,000)	(3,632,000)
Less: deferred debt issuance costs	(9,134,000)	(9,490,000)
Repurchase and loan agreements	1,620,968,000	1,644,230,000
Repurchase agreements \| CS Repurchase Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	118,549,000	109,002,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	200,000,000	250,000,000
Amount of Available Funding	81,451,000	140,998,000
Book Value of Collateral	$ 125,834,000	111,593,000
Loan agreement \| Nomura Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs		33,671,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity		250,000,000
Amount of Available Funding		216,329,000
Book Value of Collateral		38,423,000
Loan agreement \| HOME II And III Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of potential renewal extensions \| extension	3
Length of loan term extension option, years	1 year
Loan agreement \| HOME II Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	$ 83,270,000	83,270,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	83,270,000	83,270,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	96,207,000	98,150,000
Loan agreement \| HOME III Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	89,149,000	89,150,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	89,149,000	89,150,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	$ 106,619,000	$ 108,860,000
Loan agreement \| HOME IV Loan Agreement (A)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	4.00%	4.00%
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	$ 114,201,000	$ 114,201,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	114,201,000	114,201,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	$ 139,095,000	$ 141,787,000
Loan agreement \| HOME IV Loan Agreement (B)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	4.00%	4.00%
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	$ 114,590,000	$ 114,590,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	114,590,000	114,590,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	$ 139,983,000	$ 142,620,000
Loan agreement \| Term Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.00%	5.00%
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	$ 99,782,000	$ 99,782,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	99,782,000	99,782,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	$ 108,820,000	$ 111,061,000
Loan agreement \| FYR SFR Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	4.65%	4.65%
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	$ 508,700,000	$ 508,700,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	508,700,000	508,700,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	566,466,000	573,961,000
Loan agreement \| MS Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	504,545,000	504,986,000
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	504,545,000	504,986,000
Amount of Available Funding	0	0
Book Value of Collateral	584,202,000	$ 595,650,000
Loan agreement \| Amherst Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding, before unamortized loan discounts and debt issuance costs	0
Maximum Borrowing Capacity	20,000,000
Amount of Available Funding	20,000,000
Book Value of Collateral	$ 0
LIBOR \| Repurchase agreements \| CS Repurchase Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.50%	2.30%
LIBOR \| Repurchase agreements \| CS Repurchase Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	0.50%
LIBOR \| Loan agreement \| Nomura Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate		2.30%
LIBOR \| Loan agreement \| HOME II Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.10%	2.10%
LIBOR \| Loan agreement \| HOME III Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	2.10%	2.10%
LIBOR \| Loan agreement \| MS Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	1.80%	1.80%
LIBOR \| Loan agreement \| Amherst Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate	5.00%
Interest rate caps \| LIBOR \| HOME II And III Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate cap, strike rate	4.40%
Interest rate caps \| LIBOR \| HOME II Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate cap, strike rate				2.30%
Interest rate caps \| LIBOR \| HOME III Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate cap, strike rate				2.30%
Interest rate caps \| LIBOR \| MS Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate cap, strike rate	4.30%		2.50%