CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Real estate and other securities	$ 9,201,474	$ 8,289,277
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale, at fair value	2,740,599	3,297,271
Secured notes and bonds payable, at fair value	$ 552,920	$ 632,404
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	100,000,000	100,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	51,964,122	51,964,122
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	51,964,122	51,964,122
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 1,299,104	$ 1,299,104
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	2,000,000,000	2,000,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	483,214,061	473,715,100
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	483,214,061	473,715,100
Assets	$ 34,745,528	$ 32,479,336
Liabilities	27,477,565	25,469,268
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale, at fair value	1,094,978	844,000
Assets	2,198,122	2,257,091
Liabilities	$ 1,830,237	$ 1,778,901