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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of interest payable on debt, including, but not limited to, trade payables.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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Carrying value, as of the balance sheet date, of securities sold under agreements to repurchase where the transferor maintains effective control over the assets, accounting for them as secured debt.

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DEBT OBLIGATIONS - Schedule of Debt Obligations (Footnote) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued interest payable	7,857,000	$ 4,010,000
Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Total Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued interest payable	2,400,000
Notes Payable [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread	2.875%
Notes Payable [Member] \| Servicer Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of fixed rate debt	1,100,000,000.0
Notes Payable [Member] \| Servicer Advances [Member] \| Lower Range [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread	1.50%
Notes Payable [Member] \| Servicer Advances [Member] \| Upper Range [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread	2.10%
Bank of America [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	407,300,000
Bank of America [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	105,100,000
Bank of America [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	198,500,000
Bank of America [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Real Estate Owned [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	2,600,000
Daiwa [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	347,800,000
Jefferies [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	341,000,000
Mizuho [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	293,600,000
Barclays [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	240,800,000
Barclays [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	6,000,000
Morgan Stanley [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	77,200,000
UBS [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	165,600,000
Goldman Sachs [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	72,100,000
Royal Bank of Canada [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	55,700,000
Credit Suisse [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	134,500,000
Credit Suisse [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	345,700,000
Credit Suisse [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Real Estate Owned [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	1,700,000
Nomura [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	299,500,000
Nomura [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Real Estate Owned [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	13,700,000
Citibank [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	19,400,000
Royal Bank of Scotland [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	4,200,000
Royal Bank of Scotland [Member] \| Repurchase Agreements [Member] \| Real Estate Owned [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	17,100,000