INVESTMENT SECURITIES AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE (Estimated Maturities of Available-For-Sale Securities) (Details) RSO (Resource Capital Corp [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Fair Value
Less than one year	$ 42,618	$ 44,255
Greater than one year and less than five years	122,509	103,989
Greater than five years and less than ten years	61,780	40,000
Greater than ten years	4,683	0
Total	231,590	188,244
Amortized Cost
Less than one year	46,522	45,662
Greater than one year and less than five years	131,076	117,739
Greater than five years and less than ten years	60,801	40,704
Greater than ten years	4,675	0
Total	$ 243,074	$ 204,105
Weighted Average Coupon
Less than one year	4.09%	4.68%
Greater than one year and less than five years	4.55%	4.83%
Greater than five years	3.31%	3.50%
Weighted average coupon rate, greater than ten years	4.03%	0.00%
Total	4.12%	4.51%