Commercial Mortgage Banking - Unpaid Principal Balance of Loans (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Unpaid principal balance of loans	$ 4,134,894	$ 3,885,437

This is the sum of principal amount outstanding for both securitized and unsecuritized loans of all types.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (e)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=13989330&loc=d3e107314-111719

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