Debt Instrument, Regulatory Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Number Of Existing Lenders

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Regulatory Capital

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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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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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)		3 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)	Apr. 25, 2025 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2025 $ / shares	Apr. 17, 2025 USD ($)	Apr. 09, 2025 USD ($) lender	Apr. 08, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 12, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 11, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 07, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 06, 2023 USD ($)	Aug. 02, 2023 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2023 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.64
Corporate Credit Facility \| Corporate Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Accordion feature increase limit						$ 25,000,000		$ 25,000,000		$ 750,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 485,000,000	$ 460,000,000	$ 460,000,000	$ 435,000,000	$ 435,000,000	$ 400,000,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.64
Subsequent Event \| O 2026 Q1 Dividends
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	0.58
Subsequent Event \| S 2026 Q1 Dividends
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.06
Subsequent Event \| Corporate Credit Facility \| Corporate Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Accordion feature increase limit				$ 25,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 510,000,000	$ 485,000,000
Number of existing lenders \| lender				2
Subsequent Event \| SBA Debentures \| Unsecured Debt \| SBIC II
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Regulatory maximum borrowing capacity			$ 175,000,000
Regulatory capital			$ 87,500,000