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| Schedule of Residential Mortgage Loans Held-for-Investment Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | 
The following table presents the carrying value of the Company’s residential mortgage loans held-for-investment in securitization trusts as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
 
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- Definition Residential Mortgage Loans Held-for-Investment [Abstract] No definition available. 
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation of residential mortgage loans held-for-investment from unpaid principal balance to fair value. No definition available. 
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