Real Estate Securities - Fair Values of Real Estate Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Trading		$ 173,684	$ 170,619
Available-for-sale		185,198	206,792
Total Real Estate Securities	[1]	$ 358,882	$ 377,411

[1] Our consolidated balance sheets include assets of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that can only be used to settle obligations of these VIEs and liabilities of consolidated VIEs for which creditors do not have recourse to Redwood Trust, Inc. or its affiliates. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, assets of consolidated VIEs totaled $10,250,802 and $10,661,081, respectively. At March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, liabilities of consolidated VIEs totaled $9,202,156 and $9,619,347, respectively. See Note 4 for further discussion.