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Number Of Bridge Entities

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Number Of Modified Build For Rent Loans

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The cash inflow from repayments of the balance excluding interest (principal) on real estate securities.

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Real Estate Owned, Held-For-Investment, Original Maturity, Term

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Real Estate Owned, Held-For-Investment, Original Maturity, Variable Rate

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Securitization Entity

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amortized cost of financing receivable modified during period for debtor experiencing financial difficulty.

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Percentage, after modification, of weighted-average interest rate of financing receivable for debtor experiencing financial difficulty.

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Period of increase in weighted average maturity of financing receivable modified for debtor experiencing financial difficulty, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of decrease in financing receivable from sale. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amortized cost, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement and net investment in lease.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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

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Residential Investor Loans - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
Residential Investor Loans - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) entity loan securitization_entity	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Principal payments on real estate securities	$ 8,526,000	$ 1,122,000	$ 32,735,000
Number of bridge entities \| entity	1
Securitization entity \| securitization_entity	2
Weighted average modification term (in months)	10 months
Commitment to Fund Residential Bridge Loan
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Other commitment	$ 397,000,000
SOFR
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)	53.00%
Fixed Rate
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Variable rate (as a percent)	47.00%
Residential Investor Term Loans \| Financial Instrument, Term One
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable term (in years)	3 years
Residential Investor Term Loans \| Financial Instrument, Term Two
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable term (in years)	5 years
Residential Investor Term Loans \| Financial Instrument, Term Three
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable term (in years)	7 years
Residential Investor Term Loans \| Financial Instrument, Term Four
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable term (in years)	10 years
Residential Investor Bridge
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Sale of residential investor bridge loans	$ 789,000,000
Principal payments on real estate securities	49,000,000
Financing receivable, modified amount	$ 1,940,000,000	2,100,000,000
Weighted average contractual interest rate (as a percent)	9.09%
UPB	$ 151,000,000	340,000,000
Fair value of loans	104,000,000	312,000,000
Residential Investor Bridge \| Financing Receivables Less than 90 Days Past Due
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
UPB	0	$ 207,000,000
Residential Investor Bridge \| Payment Deferral
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable, modified amount	$ 848,000,000
Weighted average contractual interest rate (as a percent)	4.46%
Residential Investor Bridge \| Interest Rate Below Market Reduction
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable, modified amount	$ 663,000,000
Residential Investor Bridge \| Interest Rate Below Market Reduction \| Estimated Fair Value
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable, modified amount	645,000,000
Build For Rent Loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable, modified amount	$ 142,000,000
Number of modified build for rent loans \| loan	4
Build For Rent Loans \| Estimated Fair Value
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Financing receivable, modified amount	$ 140,000,000
Minimum \| Bridge Loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original maturity (in months)	6 months
Maximum \| Bridge Loans
SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]
Original maturity (in months)	36 months