Variable Interest Entities (Details) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) entity	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Assets:
Restricted cash		$ 218,228	$ 608,233	$ 396,866	$ 713,808
Loans and investments, net		11,603,944	12,377,806
Other assets		490,885	490,281
Total assets	[1]	14,197,212	15,738,636
Liabilities:
Securitized debt		5,716,513	6,935,010
Other liabilities		303,865	343,072
Total liabilities	[1]	11,010,573	12,484,031
CLOs and Debt Fund
Assets:
Restricted cash		202,210	593,956
Loans and investments, net		6,850,746	7,826,793
Other assets		101,797	193,822
Total assets		7,154,753	8,614,571
Liabilities:
Securitized debt		5,716,513	6,935,010
Other liabilities		17,300	32,867
Total liabilities		5,733,813	$ 6,967,877
Unconsolidated VIEs
Assets:
Total assets		$ 1,009,692
Liabilities:
Number of VIEs where the reporting entity is not VIE's primary beneficiary and VIEs have variable interest | entity		38
Carrying amount of loans and investments before reserves related to VIEs		$ 186,800
Loan loss reserves related to VIEs		88,100
Exposure to real estate debt		4,160,000
Unconsolidated VIEs | Loans
Assets:
Total assets		816,004
Unconsolidated VIEs | APL certificates
Assets:
Total assets		133,766
Unconsolidated VIEs | Equity investments
Assets:
Total assets		28,359
Unconsolidated VIEs | B Piece bonds
Assets:
Total assets		31,446
Unconsolidated VIEs | Agency interest only strips
Assets:
Total assets		$ 117

[1] Our consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities, or VIEs, as we are the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. At June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, assets of our consolidated VIEs totaled $7,154,753 and $8,614,571, respectively, and the liabilities of our consolidated VIEs totaled $5,733,813 and $6,967,877, respectively. See Note 14 for discussion of our VIEs