Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Deferred Finance Costs, Net

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The total amount of repossession that is available under the repurchase agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Carrying amount of assets sold under agreements to repurchase when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under repurchase agreements exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(i))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395691&loc=d3e23780-122690

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(ii)(A)(i))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395691&loc=d3e23780-122690

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Interest rate on the amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(ii)(A)(ii))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395691&loc=d3e23780-122690

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(i))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395691&loc=d3e23780-122690

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Amount of investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29(Column G))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120402547&loc=d3e617274-123014

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Weighted average maturity (weighted by amount of the agreement) of repurchase agreements with the counterparty, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Repurchase Agreements - Schedule of Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Outstanding Repurchase Agreements	$ 50,077
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	3,525,080	$ 3,575,601	$ 3,049,166	$ 20,780,548
Repurchase agreements
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Outstanding Repurchase Agreements	50,077
Carrying Value of Repurchase Agreements	737,023	554,259
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	$ 170,551
Weighted average months to maturity	9 days
Residential loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Maximum Aggregate Uncommitted Principal Amount	$ 2,030,879	1,252,352
Outstanding Repurchase Agreements	688,487	554,784
Net Deferred Finance Costs	(1,541)	(525)
Fair Value of Loans Pledged	$ 867,033	$ 729,649
Weighted Average Rate	6.65%	2.79%
Weighted average months to maturity	16 years 8 months 8 days	4 years 4 months 17 days
Residential loans \| Repurchase agreements
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying Value of Repurchase Agreements	$ 686,946	$ 554,259
Residential loans \| Non-mark-to-market repurchase agreement
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Outstanding Repurchase Agreements	$ 446,800	$ 15,600
Weighted Average Rate	6.77%	4.00%
Weighted average months to maturity	23 years 11 months 15 days	2 years 10 days