MORTGAGE LOANS RECEIVABLE	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Commercial and Consumer, Net, (Investment Based Operations Presentation) [Abstract]
MORTGAGE LOANS RECEIVABLE	MORTGAGE LOANS RECEIVABLE As of December 31, 2017, EastGroup had two mortgage loans receivable, both of which were classified as first mortgage loans, with effective interest rates of 5.15% and maturity dates in December 2022. In March of 2018, one of the notes was repaid in full. As of December 31, 2018 and 2019, the Company had one mortgage loan receivable which was classified as a first mortgage loan with an effective interest rate of 5.15% and a maturity date in December 2022. Mortgage loans receivable are included in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 5 for a summary of Other assets.

The entire disclosure for claims held for amounts due a entity, excluding financing receivables. Examples include, but are not limited to, trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables. Includes disclosure for allowance for credit losses.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2196772

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