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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]      
Loss on deconsolidation $ (8,615,000)us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount $ 200,283,000us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount  
Income accrual, description Income accrual is generally suspended for loans at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90 days past due or when, in the opinion of our Manager, recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful.    
Cash and cash equivalents, Description Cash and cash equivalents represent cash held in banks, cash on hand, and liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.    
Consolidation Variable Interest Entities [Member]      
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]      
Other assets     49,800,000us-gaap_OtherAssets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedEntitiesMember
Other liabilities     40,200,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedEntitiesMember
Loss on deconsolidation 8,600,000us-gaap_DeconsolidationGainOrLossAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedEntitiesMember
   
Impairment of residual interests 100.00%bxmt_ImpairedFinancingReceivableCoveragePercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ConsolidatedEntitiesMember
   
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Member]      
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]      
Expected loss $ 0bxmt_ExpectedLossOnInvestment
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsMember