Other Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Other Liabilities [Abstract]
Accrued interest payable		$ 13,259	$ 16,949
Swaps, at fair value		131,971	70,526
Dividends and dividend equivalents declared and unpaid		74,584	74,575	$ 74,584
Securitized debt		0	21,868
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		13,205	19,610
Total Other Liabilities	[1]	$ 233,019	$ 203,528

[1] Other liabilities includes $21.9 million of Securitized debt at December 31, 2015. Securitized debt represents third-party liabilities of consolidated VIEs and excludes liabilities of the VIEs acquired by the Company that eliminate on consolidation. The third-party beneficial interest holders in the VIEs have no recourse to the general credit of the Company. (See Notes 13, 14 and 19 for further discussion.)