Loans From Held For Sale Transferred To Portfolio Loans, Remaining Maturity

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Loans Held-for-sale Transferred to Portfolio Loans, Carrying Amount

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Loans Held-for-sale Transferred to Portfolio Loans, Fair Value

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Represents the amount of accretion/ amortization of discount, premium and other fees on mortgage loans on real estate accreted/ amortized during the reporting period.

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Amount of the contractual principal due as of the balance sheet date of the mortgage loan (face amount).

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Gross, Commercial and Consumer, Net

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Purchases of Mortgage Loans

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Transfer To (From) Loans Held-for-sale to Portfolio Loans

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Amount of increase (decrease) of allowance reserve for credit loss.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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Total carrying amount of mortgage loans as of the balance sheet date.

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The amount of principal collected on mortgage loans on real estate during the reporting period.

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The carrying amount of mortgage loans on real estate that were sold during the reporting period.

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Total amount of new mortgage loans on real estate during the reporting period.

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Indicates the number of mortgages under each classification.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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The cumulative amount of credit losses recognized in earnings related to debt securities held for which a portion of an other than temporary impairment (OTTI) was recognized in other comprehensive income (a component of shareholders' equity).

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Amount of expense related to estimated loss from loan and lease transactions.

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Amount of deferred fees paid by borrowers and unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of loans that are being amortized into income as an adjustment to yield. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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MORTGAGE LOAN RECEIVABLES - Activity in Loan Portfolio (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Jun. 29, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Activity in loan portfolio
Realized gain on sale of mortgage loan receivables			$ (775)	$ 19,640	$ (1,774)	$ 30,265
Transfer between held for investment and held for sale					719,465	0
Loan loss provision			0	0	0	(300)
Loans held for sale transferred loan held for investment, book value	$ 120,000		120,000		120,000
Loans held for sale transferred to loans held for investments, fair value	119,900		119,900		$ 119,900
Loans transferred from held for sale to held for investments, remaining maturity					3 years
Outstanding Face Amount	3,989,046		3,989,046		$ 3,989,046		$ 2,371,827
Unamortized discounts included in mortgage loan receivables held for investment, at amortized cost	2,300		2,300		2,300		600
Mortgage loan receivables held for investment, net, at amortized cost
Activity in loan portfolio
Balance at the beginning of the period					1,996,095	1,738,645
Origination of mortgage loan receivables					869,981	531,000
Purchases of mortgage loan receivables					94,079
Repayment of mortgage loan receivables					(246,060)	(632,825)
Proceeds from sales of mortgage loan receivables					0	0
Realized gain on sale of mortgage loan receivables					0	0
Transfer between held for investment and held for sale					719,465
Accretion/amortization of discount, premium and other fees					7,905	6,515
Loan loss provision						(300)
Balance at the end of the period	3,441,465		3,441,465	1,643,035	3,441,465	1,643,035
Provision for loan losses					4,000	4,000
Outstanding Face Amount	3,462,961		3,462,961		3,462,961		2,011,309
Mortgage loan receivables held for sale
Activity in loan portfolio
Balance at the beginning of the period					357,882	571,764
Origination of mortgage loan receivables					887,978	887,164
Purchases of mortgage loan receivables					0
Repayment of mortgage loan receivables					(1,655)	(1,161)
Proceeds from sales of mortgage loan receivables					(5)	(703,846)
Realized gain on sale of mortgage loan receivables					(1,774)	30,265
Transfer between held for investment and held for sale					(719,465)
Accretion/amortization of discount, premium and other fees					0	0
Loan loss provision						0
Balance at the end of the period	522,961		522,961	$ 784,186	522,961	$ 784,186
Realized losses on loans recorded as other than temporary impairments	1,800		1,800		1,800
Outstanding Face Amount	$ 526,085		526,085		526,085		360,518
First mortgage loan, held for investment
Activity in loan portfolio
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Number of Loans \| loan	34	34
Outstanding Face Amount	$ 2,703,936	$ 549,000	2,703,936		2,703,936		$ 1,843,006
Carrying Value	$ 546,700	$ 547,700	$ 546,700		$ 546,700