BORROWINGS (Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1) (Details) RSO (USD $)														3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Jun. 30, 2007 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-1 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2 [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class A-2b [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class B [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class C [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class D [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class E [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Jun. 21, 2011 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class F [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class G [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class H [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class J [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class K [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 RCC Real Estate [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member] Senior Notes Class J and K [Member]	Aug. 31, 2006 Resource Real Estate Funding 2006-1 CDO Investor LLC [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member] Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Closing transaction amount													$ 345,000,000
Face amount of debt issued	57,500,000.0	22,500,000.0	7,000,000.0	26,800,000.0	11,900,000.0	11,900,000.0	11,300,000.0	11,300,000.0	11,300,000.0	10,000,000.0			308,700,000			129,400,000		17,400,000	5,000,000			6,900,000			20,700,000			15,500,000			20,700,000			19,800,000		17,300,000		12,900,000	14,700,000	28,400,000	43,100,000
Percentage of senior notes acquired by the parent																																									100.00%
Purchased equity interests																																										36,300,000
Percentage of total preference shares (in hundredths)																																										100.00%
Repayments of debt															29,700,000
Description of variable rate basis														one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR			one-month LIBOR					one-month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate (in hundredths)														0.32%	0.32%		0.35%			0.40%			0.62%			0.80%			1.30%			1.60%			1.90%		3.75%
Interest rate at period end (in hundredths)																			5.842%																				6.00%	6.00%
Weighted average interest rate on all notes issued to outside investors and net of repurchased notes (in hundredths)											1.42%	1.42%
Debt surrendered for cancelation without consideration																					$ 6,900,000			$ 7,700,000			$ 5,520,000			$ 7,000,000			$ 5,250,000