Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	[1]	$ 175,230	$ 92,661
Restricted cash	[1]	0	175
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)	[1],[2]	1,522,772	2,087,360
Loans, at fair value	[1],[2]	3,822,895	2,415,321
Investment in unconsolidated entities, at fair value	[1]	171,379	195,643
Real estate owned	[1],[2]	20,738	24,681
Financial derivatives—assets, at fair value		160,043	18,894
Reverse repurchase agreements		204,654	123,250
Due from brokers		86,957	93,549
Investment related receivables	[1]	172,826	122,175
Other assets	[1]	5,215	3,710
Total Assets		6,342,709	5,177,419
Liabilities
Securities sold short, at fair value		199,542	120,525
Repurchase agreements	[1]	2,895,019	2,469,763
Financial derivatives—liabilities, at fair value		50,418	12,298
Due to brokers		61,978	2,233
Investment related payables		48,860	39,048
Other secured borrowings	[1]	40,900	96,622
Other secured borrowings, at fair value	[1]	1,635,829	984,168
Senior notes, net		0	85,802
Senior notes, at fair value		193,515	0
Base management fee payable to affiliate		3,950	3,115
Incentive Fee Payable		0	3,246
Dividends payable		11,732	10,375
Interest payable	[1]	11,687	4,570
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	[1]	8,650	22,098
Total Liabilities		5,162,080	3,853,863
Commitments and contingencies
ANALYSIS OF EQUITY:
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized;6.750% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable; 4,600,000 shares issued and outstanding ($115,000 liquidation preference)		227,432	226,939
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 43,781,684 and 43,781,684 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		61	58
Additional paid-in-capital		1,213,493	1,161,603
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		(285,680)	(97,279)
Total Stockholders' Equity		1,155,306	1,291,321
Non-controlling interests	[1]	25,323	32,235
Total Equity		1,180,629	1,323,556
Total Liabilities and Equity		$ 6,342,709	$ 5,177,419

[1] Ellington Financial Inc.'s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet includes assets and liabilities of variable interest entities it has consolidated. See Note 9 for additional details on Ellington Financial Inc.'s consolidated variable interest entities.

[2] Includes assets pledged as collateral to counterparties. See Note 11 for additional details on the Company's borrowings and related collateral.