Secured Debt Agreements - Summary of Key Terms of Revolving Repurchase Facilities (Detail) - Revolving Repurchase Facilities [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Advance Rate	79.14%
Wells Fargo [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.78 %
Guarantee	25.00%
Advance Rate	79.40%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	Term matched
Wells Fargo [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.78%
Bank of America [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.69 %
Guarantee	50.00%
Advance Rate	79.50%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	May 21, 2019
Bank of America [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.69%
JP Morgan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.82 %
Guarantee	25.00%
Advance Rate	80.40%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	Term matched
JP Morgan [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.82%
Citibank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.92 %
Guarantee	25.00%
Advance Rate	77.70%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	Term matched
Citibank [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.92%
MetLife [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.75 %
Guarantee	50.00%
Advance Rate	78.10%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	February 24, 2021
MetLife [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.75%
Morgan Stanley [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+2.35 %
Guarantee	25.00%
Advance Rate	78.70%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	March 3, 2017
Morgan Stanley [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	2.35%
Societe Generale [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument variable rate basis	L+1.60 %
Guarantee	25.00%
Advance Rate	80.00%
Margin Call	Collateral marks only
Term/Maturity	July 13, 2018
Societe Generale [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Rate	1.60%

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Description of the maturity date of the debt instrument including whether the debt matures serially and, if so, a brief description of the serial maturities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(2))
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