10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-34436

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	27-0247747
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
591 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut	06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(203) 422-8100

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ☒	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The number of shares of the issuer’s common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of July 30, 2015 was 238,580,962.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain forward-looking statements, including without limitation, statements concerning our operations, economic performance and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are developed by combining currently available information with our beliefs and assumptions and are generally identified by the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate” and other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance, which may be materially different from that expressed in, or implied by, any such statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates.

These forward-looking statements are based largely on our current beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us or within our control, and which could materially affect actual results, performance or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to vary from our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

· factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, including those set forth under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Business”;

· defaults by borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding indebtedness;

· impairment in the value of real estate property securing our loans or in which we invest;

· availability of mortgage origination and acquisition opportunities acceptable to us;

· our ability to fully integrate LNR Property LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LNR”), which was acquired on April 19, 2013, into our business and achieve the benefits that we anticipate from this acquisition;

· potential mismatches in the timing of asset repayments and the maturity of the associated financing agreements;

· national and local economic and business conditions;

· general and local commercial and residential real estate property conditions;

· changes in federal government policies;

· changes in federal, state and local governmental laws and regulations;

· increased competition from entities engaged in mortgage lending and securities investing activities;

· changes in interest rates; and

· the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity.

In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurances that the results referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q will in fact occur. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, changes to future results over time or otherwise.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
Part I	Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	8
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	10
	Note 1 Business and Organization	10
	Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	11
	Note 3 Acquisitions and Divestitures	17
	Note 4 Loans	19
	Note 5 Investment Securities	24
	Note 6 Properties	28
	Note 7 Investment in Unconsolidated Entities	29
	Note 8 Goodwill and Intangible Assets	30
	Note 9 Secured Financing Agreements	31
	Note 10 Convertible Senior Notes	34
	Note 11 Loan Securitization/Sale Activities	35
	Note 12 Derivatives and Hedging Activity	36
	Note 13 Offsetting Assets and Liabilities	38
	Note 14 Variable Interest Entities	39
	Note 15 Related-Party Transactions	40
	Note 16 Stockholders’ Equity	41
	Note 17 Earnings per Share	43
	Note 18 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	44
	Note 19 Fair Value	45
	Note 20 Income Taxes	50
	Note 21 Commitments and Contingencies	52
	Note 22 Segment Data	52
	Note 23 Subsequent Events	59
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	60
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	86
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	88
Part II	Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	89
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	89
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	89
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	89
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	89
Item 5.	Other Information	89
Item 6.	Exhibits	91

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share data)

	As of		As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	446,478	$	255,187
Restricted cash		26,791		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,915,396		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale ($279,352 and $391,620 held at fair value)		367,408		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		129,427
Investment securities ($522,704 and $556,253 held at fair value)		877,238		998,248
Properties, net		397,016		39,854
Intangible assets ($128,109 and $132,303 held at fair value)		175,607		144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities		204,255		193,983
Goodwill		140,437		140,437
Derivative assets		25,026		26,628
Accrued interest receivable		38,354		40,102
Other assets		116,198		95,652
Variable interest entity (“VIE”) assets, at fair value		92,719,092		107,816,065
Total Assets	$	101,585,236	$	116,099,297
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	141,087	$	144,516
Related-party payable		24,559		40,751
Dividends payable		115,575		108,189
Derivative liabilities		6,290		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net		3,579,503		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net		1,315,245		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		137,302		129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value		92,046,550		107,232,201
Total Liabilities		97,366,111		112,216,385
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding		—		—
Common stock, $0.01 per share, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 240,194,174 issued and 238,580,424 outstanding as of June 30, 2015 and 224,752,053 issued and 223,538,303 outstanding as of December 31, 2014		2,402		2,248
Additional paid-in capital		4,173,869		3,835,725
Treasury stock (1,613,750 shares and 1,213,750 shares)		(32,464)		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		45,901		55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		4,123		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,193,831		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		25,294		22,056
Total Equity		4,219,125		3,882,912
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	101,585,236	$	116,099,297

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except per share data)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	118,292	$	105,455	$	236,721	$	210,365
Interest income from investment securities		23,810		27,620		51,554		57,074
Servicing fees		30,154		32,681		58,411		66,892
Rental income		5,014		2,552		7,686		3,135
Other revenues		1,390		2,442		3,137		5,263
Total revenues		178,660		170,750		357,509		342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		26,821		25,085		54,789		52,906
Interest expense		49,799		37,695		100,333		75,526
General and administrative		41,404		43,094		76,668		89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		4,867		771		6,053		1,165
Costs of rental operations		1,211		1,674		2,909		2,106
Depreciation and amortization		5,828		5,154		9,913		9,790
Loan loss allowance, net		2,661		(139)		2,978		358
Other expense		—		4,352		375		5,609
Total costs and expenses		132,591		117,686		254,018		236,655
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		46,069		53,064		103,491		106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		55,873		47,028		103,734		103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		(2,652)		(5,523)		(4,194)		(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		1,446		4,959		947		13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		10,831		11,608		31,962		32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		8,951		9,563		15,041		9,627
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209		10,078		17,407		11,633
(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments, net		(19,530)		(9,790)		5,093		(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		20,854		3,777		(9,453)		5,254
Total other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”)		—		(800)		—		(1,992)
Noncredit portion of OTTI recognized in other comprehensive income		—		3		—		982
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings		—		(797)		—		(1,010)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(629)		—		(5,921)		—
Other income, net		10		692		55		710
Total other income		75,363		71,595		154,671		146,637
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		121,432		124,659		258,162		252,711
Income tax provision		(3,792)		(4,277)		(19,743)		(9,897)
Income from continuing operations		117,640		120,382		238,419		242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 3)		—		—		—		(1,551)
Net income		117,640		120,382		238,419		241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(492)		(2,514)		(908)		(2,794)
Net income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	238,469
Earnings per share data attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.:
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.14
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.11
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.48	$	0.48	$	0.96	$	0.96

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Net income	$	117,640	$	120,382	$	238,419	$	241,263
Other comprehensive income (loss) (net change by component):
Cash flow hedges		123		(93)		(140)		29
Available-for-sale securities		(1,857)		(9,618)		(9,820)		(6,120)
Foreign currency remeasurement		8,273		4,558		(35)		5,604
Other comprehensive income (loss)		6,539		(5,153)		(9,995)		(487)
Comprehensive income		124,179		115,229		228,424		240,776
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests		(492)		(2,514)		(908)		(2,794)
Comprehensive income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	123,687	$	112,715	$	227,516	$	237,982

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands, except share data)

													Total
											Accumulated		Starwood
									(Accumulated		Other		Property
	Common stock			Additional					Deficit)		Comprehensive		Trust, Inc.		Non-
		Par		Paid-in		Treasury Stock			Retained		Income		Stockholders’		Controlling		Total
	Shares	Value		Capital		Shares	Amount		Earnings		(Loss)		Equity		Interests		Equity
Balance, January 1, 2015	224,752,053	$	2,248	$	3,835,725	1,213,750	$	(23,635)	$	(9,378)	$	55,896	$	3,860,856	$	22,056	$	3,882,912
Proceeds from public offering of common stock	13,800,000		138		326,004	—		—		—		—		326,142		—		326,142
Proceeds from DRIP Plan	6,404		—		154	—		—		—		—		154		—		154
Equity offering costs	—		—		(892)	—		—		—		—		(892)		—		(892)
Common stock repurchased	—		—		—	400,000		(8,829)		—		—		(8,829)		—		(8,829)
Equity component of 4.0% Convertible Senior Notes repurchase	—		—		(17,727)	—		—		—		—		(17,727)		—		(17,727)
Share-based compensation	1,112,157		11		17,871	—		—		—		—		17,882		—		17,882
Manager incentive fee paid in stock	523,560		5		12,734	—		—		—		—		12,739		—		12,739
Net income	—		—		—	—		—		237,511		—		237,511		908		238,419
Dividends declared, $0.96 per share	—		—		—	—		—		(224,010)		—		(224,010)		—		(224,010)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—		—	—		—		—		(9,995)		(9,995)		—		(9,995)
VIE non-controlling interests	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		1,045		1,045
Contributions from non-controlling interests	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		2,077		2,077
Distributions to non-controlling interests	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(792)		(792)
Balance, June 30, 2015	240,194,174	$	2,402	$	4,173,869	1,613,750	$	(32,464)	$	4,123	$	45,901	$	4,193,831	$	25,294	$	4,219,125
Balance, January 1, 2014	196,139,045	$	1,961	$	4,300,479	625,850	$	(10,642)	$	(84,719)	$	75,449	$	4,282,528	$	44,605	$	4,327,133
Proceeds from public offering of common stock	25,300,000		253		564,442	—		—		—		—		564,695		—		564,695
Proceeds from ATM Agreement	759,000		8		18,338	—		—		—		—		18,346		—		18,346
Proceeds from DRIP Plan	481		—		12	—		—		—		—		12		—		12
Equity offering costs	—		—		(1,636)	—		—		—		—		(1,636)		—		(1,636)
Share-based compensation	735,014		7		14,724	—		—		—		—		14,731		—		14,731
Manager incentive fee paid in stock	290,604		3		6,959	—		—		—		—		6,962		—		6,962
Net income	—		—		—	—		—		238,469		—		238,469		2,794		241,263
Dividends declared, $0.96 per share	—		—		—	—		—		(203,436)		—		(203,436)		—		(203,436)
Spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust	—		—		(1,118,743)	—		—		—		—		(1,118,743)		(1,594)		(1,120,337)
Other comprehensive loss, net	—		—		—	—		—		—		(487)		(487)		—		(487)
VIE non-controlling interests	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		996		996
Distributions to non-controlling interests	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(33,409)		(33,409)
Balance, June 30, 2014	223,224,144	$	2,232	$	3,784,575	625,850	$	(10,642)	$	(49,686)	$	74,962	$	3,801,441	$	13,392	$	3,814,833

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	238,419	$	241,263
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of deferred financing costs		7,159		5,543
Amortization of convertible debt discount and deferred fees		10,503		6,209
Accretion of net discount on investment securities		(16,314)		(11,680)
Accretion of net deferred loan fees and discounts		(18,139)		(10,147)
Amortization of net premium (discount) from secured borrowings on transferred loans		4		(824)
Share-based compensation		17,882		14,731
Share-based component of incentive fees		12,739		6,962
Change in fair value of fair value option investment securities		(947)		(13,320)
Change in fair value of consolidated VIEs		3,663		(25,610)
Change in fair value of servicing rights		4,194		10,774
Change in fair value of loans held-for-sale		(31,962)		(32,501)
Change in fair value of derivatives		(8,782)		16,494
Foreign currency loss (gain), net		9,659		(5,464)
Gain on sale of investments and other assets		(17,407)		(12,575)
Other-than-temporary impairment		—		1,010
Loan loss allowance, net		2,978		358
Depreciation and amortization		9,079		10,550
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		(15,041)		(9,627)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated entities		14,752		6,016
Loss on extinguishment of debt		5,921		—
Originations of loans held-for-sale, net of principal collections		(889,413)		(582,033)
Proceeds from sale of loans held-for-sale		1,033,644		666,793
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Related-party payable, net		(16,192)		6,682
Accrued and capitalized interest receivable, less purchased interest		(32,185)		(18,840)
Other assets		(11,452)		(10,535)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		(17,810)		(29,787)
Net cash provided by operating activities		294,952		230,442
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Origination and purchase of loans held-for-investment		(1,256,784)		(1,277,636)
Proceeds from principal collections on loans		698,901		587,018
Proceeds from loans sold		378,576		202,514
Purchase of investment securities		(147,423)		(53,453)
Proceeds from sales of investment securities		5,098		50,219
Proceeds from principal collections on investment securities		247,774		19,114
Real estate business combinations, net of cash acquired		(95,891)		—
Proceeds from sale of properties		33,056		1,784
Purchase of other assets		—		(15,502)
Investment in unconsolidated entities		(32,065)		(21,973)
Distribution of capital from unconsolidated entities		22,127		30,544
Payments for purchase or termination of derivatives		(13,894)		(14,253)
Proceeds from termination of derivatives		24,782		2,092
Return of investment basis in purchased derivative asset		177		798
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash, net		16,090		(5,941)
Spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust		—		(111,960)
Acquisition and improvement of single family homes		—		(61,901)
Proceeds from sale of non-performing loans		—		1,153
Net cash used in investing activities		(119,476)		(667,383)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Borrowings under financing agreements	$	2,464,018	$	1,807,229
Principal repayments on and repurchases of borrowings		(2,445,916)		(1,510,052)
Payment of deferred financing costs		(7,054)		(7,881)
Proceeds from common stock issuances		326,296		583,053
Payment of equity offering costs		(892)		(1,636)
Payment of dividends		(216,623)		(185,594)
Distributions to non-controlling interests		(792)		(33,409)
Purchase of treasury stock		(2,268)		—
Issuance of debt of consolidated VIEs		7,513		71,756
Repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs		(120,529)		(99,763)
Distributions of cash from consolidated VIEs		14,584		13,413
Net cash provided by financing activities		18,337		637,116
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		193,813		200,175
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		255,187		317,627
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(2,522)		825
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	446,478	$	518,627
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	81,208	$	65,229
Income taxes paid		17,663		14,792
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Fair value of assets acquired	$	393,774	$	—
Fair value of liabilities assumed		297,883		—
Assets acquired from consolidated VIEs, net		31,309		—
Unsettled common stock repurchased		6,561		—
Dividends declared, but not yet paid		115,575		108,012
Consolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability additions)		5,657,627		23,991,532
Deconsolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability reductions)		(3,481,363)		6,038,375
Net assets distributed in spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust		—		1,008,377
Unsettled trades and loans receivable		—		52,815

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Starwood Property Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

As of June 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

1. Business and Organization

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (“STWD” together with its subsidiaries, “we” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations in August 2009, upon the completion of our initial public offering (“IPO”). We are focused primarily on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), and other commercial real estate investments in both the U.S. and Europe. We refer to the following as our target assets:

· commercial real estate mortgage loans, including preferred equity interests;

· CMBS; and

· other commercial real estate-related debt investments.

Our target assets may also include residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), certain residential mortgage loans, distressed or non-performing commercial loans, commercial properties subject to net leases and equity interests in commercial real estate. As market conditions change over time, we may adjust our strategy to take advantage of changes in interest rates and credit spreads as well as economic and credit conditions.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we established a third business segment, real estate property (the “Property Segment”). We have three reportable business segments as of June 30, 2015:

· Real estate lending (the “Lending Segment”)—engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial first mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, CMBS, RMBS and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments in both the U.S. and Europe that are held-for-investment.

· Real estate investing and servicing (the “Investing and Servicing Segment”)—includes (i) servicing businesses in both the U.S. and Europe that manage and work out problem assets, (ii) an investment business that selectively acquires and manages unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS, including subordinated interests of securitization and resecuritization transactions, (iii) a mortgage loan business which originates conduit loans for the primary purpose of selling these loans into securitization transactions, and (iv) an investment business that selectively acquires commercial real estate assets, including properties acquired from CMBS trusts. This segment excludes the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

· Property Segment—engages primarily in acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties that are held for investment. 

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former single family residential (“SFR”) segment to our stockholders as discussed further in Note 3.

We are organized and conduct our operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As such, we will generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on that portion of our net income that is distributed to stockholders if we distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our stockholders by prescribed dates and comply with various other requirements.

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We are organized as a holding company and conduct our business primarily through our various wholly-owned subsidiaries. We are externally managed and advised by SPT Management, LLC (our “Manager”) pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Barry Sternlicht, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our Manager is an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, a privately-held private equity firm founded and controlled by Mr. Sternlicht.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Balance Sheet Presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s Variable Interest Entities

As noted above, the Investing and Servicing Segment operates an investment business that acquires unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS. These securities represent interests in securitization structures (commonly referred to as special purpose entities, or “SPEs”). These SPEs are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), SPEs typically qualify as variable interest entities (“VIEs”). These are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity investors that do not have the ability to make significant decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses, or do not have the right to receive the residual returns of the entity.

Because the Investing and Servicing Segment often serves as the special servicer of the trusts in which it invests, consolidation of these structures is required pursuant to GAAP as outlined in detail below. This results in a consolidated balance sheet which presents the gross assets and liabilities of the VIEs. The assets and other instruments held by these VIEs are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the VIEs do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the consolidator of these VIEs.

The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

Refer to the segment data in Note 22 for a presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment without consolidation of these VIEs.

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs. Intercompany amounts have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows have been included.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our recurring accounting policies. We have included disclosure in this Note 2 regarding principles of consolidation and other accounting policies that (i) are required to be disclosed quarterly, (ii) we view as critical, or (iii) became significant since December 31, 2014 due to a corporate action or increase in the significance of the underlying business activity.

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Variable Interest Entities

We evaluate all of our interests in VIEs for consolidation. When our interests are determined to be variable interests, we assess whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is required to consolidate the VIE. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation, defines the primary beneficiary as the party that has both (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could be potentially significant. We consider our variable interests as well as any variable interests of our related parties in making this determination. Where both of these factors are present, we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and we consolidate the VIE. Where either one of these factors is not present, we are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate the VIE.

To assess whether we have the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, we consider all facts and circumstances, including our role in establishing the VIE and our ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes first, identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and second, identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. In general, the parties that make the most significant decisions affecting the VIE or have the right to unilaterally remove those decision makers are deemed to have the power to direct the activities of a VIE.

To assess whether we have the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE, we consider all of our economic interests, including debt and equity investments, servicing fees, and other arrangements deemed to be variable interests in the VIE. This assessment requires that we apply judgment in determining whether these interests, in the aggregate, are considered potentially significant to the VIE. Factors considered in assessing significance include: the design of the VIE, including its capitalization structure; subordination of interests; payment priority; relative share of interests held across various classes within the VIE’s capital structure; and the reasons why the interests are held by us.

Our purchased investment securities include CMBS which are unrated and non-investment grade rated securities issued by CMBS trusts. In certain cases, we may contract to provide special servicing activities for these CMBS trusts, or, as holder of the controlling class, we may have the right to name and remove the special servicer for these trusts. In our role as special servicer, we provide services on defaulted loans within the trusts, such as foreclosure or work-out procedures, as permitted by the underlying contractual agreements. In exchange for these services, we receive a fee. These rights give us the ability to direct activities that could significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. However, in those instances where an unrelated third party has the right to unilaterally remove us as special servicer, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. We evaluated all of our positions in such investments for consolidation.

For VIEs in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary, all of the underlying assets, liabilities and equity of the structures are recorded on our books, and the initial investment, along with any associated unrealized holding gains and losses, are eliminated in consolidation. Similarly, the interest income earned from these structures, as well as the fees paid by these trusts to us in our capacity as special servicer, are eliminated in consolidation. Further, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible asset associated with the servicing fee streams, and the corresponding allocable amortization or change in fair value of the servicing intangible asset, are also eliminated in consolidation.

We perform ongoing reassessments of: (1) whether any entities previously evaluated under the majority voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework, and (2) whether changes in the facts and circumstances regarding our involvement with a VIE causes our consolidation conclusion regarding the VIE to change.

We elect the fair value option for initial and subsequent recognition of the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs.  Interest income and interest expense associated with these VIEs are no longer relevant on a standalone basis because these amounts are already reflected in the fair value changes.  We have elected to present these items in a single line on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The residual difference shown on our

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condensed consolidated statements of operations in the line item “Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs” represents our beneficial interest in the VIEs.

We separately present the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs as individual line items on our consolidated balance sheets.  The assets of our consolidated VIEs consist of loans and foreclosed loans which have been temporarily converted into real estate owned.  These assets are presented in the aggregate because they are similar in nature and can only be used to settle the obligations of our consolidated VIEs. Because the VIE liabilities are more reliably measurable than the VIE assets, our current measurement methodology utilizes this value to determine the fair value of our VIE assets as a whole.  Due to the inherent limitations and difficulties involved in valuing individual loans and real estate owned within this type of VIE structure, separately presenting the two different asset categories would result in an arbitrary assignment of value to each, with one asset category representing a residual amount, as opposed to its fair value.  However, as a pool, the fair value of the assets is equal to the fair value of the liabilities.  Further, it is important to understand that the VIE bondholders could not access these assets individually. 

The liabilities of our consolidated VIEs represent obligations to the bondholders of the related CMBS trusts. There is no recourse to the general credit of the Company for the obligations of our consolidated VIEs. 

Convertible Senior Notes

ASC 470, Debt, requires the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion to be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. ASC 470-20 requires that the initial proceeds from the sale of these notes be allocated between a liability component and an equity component in a manner that reflects interest expense at the interest rate of similar nonconvertible debt that could have been issued by the Company at such time. The equity components of the convertible notes have been reflected within additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period during which the convertible notes are expected to be outstanding (the maturity date) as additional non-cash interest expense.

Upon repurchase of convertible debt instruments, ASC 470-20 requires the issuer to allocate total settlement consideration inclusive of transaction costs amongst the liability and equity components of the instrument based on the fair value of the liability component immediately prior to repurchase.  The difference between the settlement consideration allocated to the liability component and the net carrying value of the liability component including unamortized debt issuance costs is recognized as gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The remaining settlement consideration allocated to the equity component is recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. 

Discontinued Operations

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former SFR segment to our stockholders as discussed in Note 3.  In accordance with ASC 205, Presentation of Financial Statements, the results of the SFR segment are presented within discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Fair Value Option

The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments, provides a fair value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument by instrument basis and must be applied to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to this guidance are required to be reported separately in our consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using another accounting method.

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We have elected the fair value option for eligible financial assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs, loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform, purchased CMBS issued by VIEs we could consolidate in the future and certain investments in marketable equity securities. The fair value elections for VIE and securitization related items were made in order to mitigate accounting mismatches between the carrying value of the instruments and the related assets and liabilities that we consolidate at fair value. The fair value elections for mortgage loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform were made due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value elections for investments in marketable equity securities were made because the shares are listed on an exchange, which allows us to determine the fair value using a quoted price from an active market.

Fair Value Measurements

We measure our mortgage‑backed securities, derivative assets and liabilities, domestic servicing rights intangible asset and any assets or liabilities where we have elected the fair value option at fair value. When actively quoted observable prices are not available, we either use implied pricing from similar assets and liabilities or valuation models based on net present values of estimated future cash flows, adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, market and/or other risk factors.

As discussed above, we measure the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs at fair value pursuant to our election of the fair value option. The VIEs in which we invest are “static”; that is, no reinvestment is permitted, and there is no active management of the underlying assets. In determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the VIE, we maximize the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. We also acknowledge that our principal market for selling CMBS assets is the securitization market where the market participant is considered to be a CMBS trust or a collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”). This methodology results in the fair value of the assets of a static CMBS trust being equal to the fair value of its liabilities. Refer to Note 19 for further information regarding our fair value measurements.

Loans Receivable and Provision for Loan Losses

In our Lending Segment we purchase and originate commercial real estate debt and related instruments generally to be held as long-term investments at amortized cost. We are required to periodically evaluate each of these loans for possible impairment. Impairment is indicated when it is deemed probable that we will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. If a loan is determined to be impaired, we write down the loan through a charge to the provision for loan losses. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates.

We perform a quarterly review of our portfolio of loans. In connection with this review, we assess the performance of each loan and assign a risk rating based on several factors including risk of loss, loan-to-value ratio, or LTV, collateral performance, structure, exit plan, and sponsorship. Loans are rated “1” through “5”, from less risk to greater risk in connection with this review.

Intangible Lease Assets

In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the acquirer in a business combination must recognize, with certain exceptions, the fair values of assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests when the acquisition constitutes a change in control of the acquired entity.  In connection with the Ireland portfolio acquisition (refer to Note 3 for further discussion), we recognized intangible lease assets and liabilities associated with certain noncancelable operating leases of the acquired properties. These intangible lease assets and liabilities include in-place lease intangible assets, favorable lease intangible assets and unfavorable lease liabilities.  In-place lease intangible assets reflect the acquired benefit of purchasing properties with in-place leases and are measured based on estimates of direct costs associated with leasing the property and lost rental income during projected lease-up and free rent periods, both of which are avoided due to the presence of in-place leases at the acquisition date. Favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities reflect the terms of in-place tenant leases being either favorable or unfavorable relative to market terms at the acquisition date.  The estimated fair values of our favorable and unfavorable lease assets and liabilities at the respective acquisition dates represent the discounted cash flow differential between the contractual cash

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flows of such leases and the estimated cash flows that comparable leases at market terms would generate. Our intangible lease assets and liabilities are recognized within intangible assets and other liabilities, respectively, in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.  Our in-place lease intangible assets are amortized to amortization expense while our favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities are amortized to rental income, both over the remaining noncancelable term of the respective leases on a straight-line basis.

Properties

Our properties consist of commercial real estate properties held-for-investment and are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairments, if any.  Properties consist of land, buildings and improvements.  Land is not depreciated, and buildings and improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  Ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred; major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  We review properties for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability is determined by comparing the carrying amount of the property to the undiscounted future net cash flows it is expected to generate. If such carrying amounts exceed the expected undiscounted future net cash flows, we adjust the carrying amount of the property to its estimated fair value.

Revenue Recognition

Rental Income

Rental income is recognized when earned from tenants. For leases that provide rent concessions or fixed escalations over the lease term, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the noncancelable term of the lease.  In net lease arrangements, costs reimbursable from tenants are recognized in rental income in the period in which the related expenses are incurred as we are generally the primary obligor with respect to purchasing goods and services for property operations.

Acquisition and Investment Pursuit Costs

Costs incurred in connection with acquiring properties, investments, loans and businesses, as well as in pursuing unsuccessful acquisitions and investments, are recorded within acquisition and investment pursuit costs in our condensed consolidated statements of operations when incurred.  These costs reflect services performed by third parties and principally include due diligence and legal services.

Earnings Per Share

We present both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts in our financial statements.  Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the maximum potential dilution that could occur from (i) our share-based compensation, consisting of unvested restricted stock (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), (ii) contingently issuable shares to our Manager, and (iii) the “in-the-money” conversion options associated with our outstanding convertible notes (see further discussion in Note 17). Potential dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation if they have an anti-dilutive effect in the period.

The Company’s unvested RSUs and RSAs contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends and thus are participating securities.  Due to the existence of these participating securities, the two-class method of computing EPS is required, unless another method is determined to be more dilutive. Under the two-class method, undistributed earnings are reallocated between shares of common stock and participating securities.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the two-class method resulted in the most dilutive EPS calculation.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant and subjective estimate that we make is the projection of cash flows we expect to receive on our loans, investment securities and intangible assets, which has a significant impact on the amounts of interest income, credit losses (if any), and fair values that we record and/or disclose. In addition, the fair value of financial assets and liabilities that are estimated using a discounted cash flows method is significantly impacted by the rates at which we estimate market participants would discount the expected cash flows.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to our current period presentation.  In that regard, we have reclassified $39.9 million of commercial real estate properties from other assets to properties, net on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.  Additionally, revenues of $2.6 million and $3.1 million previously reported in other revenue have been reclassified to rental income in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.  Expenses of $1.7 million and $2.1 million previously reported in other expense have been reclassified to costs of rental operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. 

Recent Accounting Developments

On February 18, 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which amends the criteria for determining which entities are considered VIEs, amends the criteria for determining if a service provider possesses a variable interest in a VIE and ends the deferral granted to investment companies for application of the VIE consolidation model. The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early application is permitted. We are in the process of assessing what impact this ASU will have on the Company. 

On April 7, 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), which requires entities to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts, rather than as a separate deferred asset as the previous guidance required.  The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which establishes key principles by which an entity determines the amount and timing of revenue recognized from customer contracts.  At issuance, the ASU was effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016. On July 9, 2015, the FASB decided to delay the effective date of this ASU by one year, resulting in the ASU becoming effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early application, which was not permissible under the initial effectiveness timeline, is now permissible though no earlier than as of the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

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3.  Acquisitions and Divestitures

Ireland Portfolio Acquisition

On May 8, 2015, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Cedar Real Estate Investments PLC (“Cedar Investments”), an investment fund which owns a portfolio of eight fully occupied office properties and one fully occupied multi-family property all subject to net lease arrangements and located in Dublin, Ireland.  Subsequent to this acquisition, in May 2015, Cedar Investments purchased three additional fully occupied office properties also located in Dublin, Ireland.  The aggregate cash purchase price for all 12 properties (collectively, the “Ireland Portfolio”), which collectively comprise approximately 520,000 square feet, was $106.7 million.   On the acquisition date, we executed a new secured financing facility to finance the Ireland Portfolio.  Refer to Note 9 for further discussion of this facility.

We applied the provisions of ASC 805, Business Combinations, in accounting for our acquisition of these properties.  In doing so, we have provisionally recorded all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value as of the acquisition date.  These provisional amounts may be retrospectively adjusted during the measurement period, which expires no later than one year from the acquisition date, if new information is obtained that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized as of the acquisition date.

The following table summarizes the provisional estimates of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the respective acquisition dates (in thousands):

Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,829
Properties		339,429
Intangible assets		43,217
Other assets		11,128
Total assets acquired		404,603
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		14,873
Secured financing agreements		283,010
Total liabilities assumed		297,883
Net assets acquired/purchase price	$	106,720

Since the May 2015 acquisition dates through June 30, 2015, we have recognized revenues of $3.5 million and net loss of $2.7 million related to the Ireland Portfolio.  Such net loss includes acquisition-related costs, such as legal and due diligence costs, of approximately $3.2 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, which are included in acquisition and investment pursuit costs within our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  No goodwill was recognized in connection with the Ireland Portfolio acquisition as the purchase price equaled the fair value of the net assets acquired.

The pro-forma revenues and net income attributable to STWD of the combined entity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, assuming the Ireland Portfolio acquisition occurred on January 1, 2014, are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues	$	181,977	$	177,384	$	367,460	$	355,997
Net income attributable to STWD		120,474		118,031		241,000		234,953
Net income per share - Basic		0.51		0.53		1.04		1.12
Net income per share - Diluted		0.51		0.52		1.04		1.10

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Pro-forma net income was adjusted to include the following estimated management fees the combined entity would have incurred (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Management fee expense addition	$	402	$	805	$	1,207	$	1,610

Subsequent to June 30, 2015 on July 24, 2015, Cedar Investments acquired one additional fully occupied office property subject to net lease arrangements also located in Dublin, Ireland.  As of August 4, 2015, the initial accounting for this acquisition was not sufficiently complete to allow for the inclusion of ASC 805, Business Combinations, disclosures herein. Refer to Note 23 for further discussion. 

SFR Spin-off

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former SFR segment to our stockholders. The real estate investment trust, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (“SWAY”), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and trades under the ticker symbol “SWAY.” Our stockholders received one common share of SWAY for every five shares of our common stock held at the close of business on January 24, 2014. As part of the spin-off, we contributed $100 million to the unlevered balance sheet of SWAY to fund its growth and operations. As of January 31, 2014, SWAY held net assets of $1.1 billion. The net assets of SWAY consisted of approximately 7,200 units of single-family homes and residential non-performing mortgage loans as of January 31, 2014. In connection with the spin-off, 40.1 million shares of SWAY were issued. The results of operations for the SFR segment are presented within discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014. We have no continuing involvement with the SFR segment following the spin-off.  Subsequent to the spin-off, SWAY entered into a management agreement with an affiliate of our Manager. The following table presents the summarized consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended		For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2014		June 30, 2014
Total revenues	$	—	$	3,876
Total costs and expenses		—		6,369
Loss before other income and income taxes		—		(2,493)
Total other income		—		942
Loss before income taxes		—		(1,551)
Income tax provision		—		—
Net loss	$	—	$	(1,551)

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4. Loans

Our loans held-for-investment are accounted for at amortized cost and our loans held-for-sale are accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, unless we have elected the fair value option. The following tables summarize our investments in mortgages and loans by subordination class as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Weighted
					Weighted		Average Life
	Carrying		Face		Average		(“WAL”)
June 30, 2015	Value		Amount		Coupon		(years)(3)
First mortgages (1)	$	4,723,760	$	4,787,264	6.2	%	3.3
Subordinated mortgages (2)		291,300		318,460	7.9	%	3.6
Mezzanine loans (1)		909,345		897,184	10.1	%	3.2
Total loans held-for-investment		5,924,405		6,002,908
Loans held-for-sale (carrying value of $279,352 under fair value option)		367,408		374,718	3.9	%	8.4
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		137,302	6.0	%	2.4
Total gross loans		6,427,753		6,514,928
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(9,009)		—
Total net loans	$	6,418,744	$	6,514,928
December 31, 2014
First mortgages (1)	$	4,538,961	$	4,609,526	6.2	%	3.5
Subordinated mortgages (2)		345,091		374,859	8.1	%	3.9
Mezzanine loans (1)		901,217		889,948	10.4	%	2.6
Total loans held-for-investment		5,785,269		5,874,333
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option elected		391,620		390,342	4.5	%	8.3
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		129,570	5.4	%	2.5
Total gross loans		6,306,316		6,394,245
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(6,031)		—
Total net loans	$	6,300,285	$	6,394,245

(1) During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we reclassified certain loans previously included in the mezzanine loan category to the first mortgage category.  Previously, first mortgage loans which contained a related contiguous mezzanine loan component were classified by their respective components as first mortgages and mezzanine loans.  These loans are now classified as first mortgage loans in their entirety because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $793.0 million and $704.2 million, respectively, being classified as first mortgages. Prior periods were reclassified to conform to this presentation.

(2) Subordinated mortgages include B-notes and junior participation in first mortgages where we do not own the senior A-note or senior participation. If we own both the A-note and B-note, we categorize the loan as a first mortgage loan.

(3) Represents the WAL of each respective group of loans as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual loan is calculated using amounts and timing of future principal payments, as projected at origination.

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As of June 30, 2015, approximately $4.8 billion, or 81.6%, of our loans held-for-investment were variable rate and paid interest principally at LIBOR plus a weighted-average spread of 6.1%. The following table summarizes our investments in floating rate loans (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
			Carrying				Carrying
Index	Base Rate		Value		Base Rate		Value
One Month LIBOR USD	0.1865	%	$	458,077	0.1713	%	$	138,576
Three Month LIBOR GBP	0.5785	%		426,233	0.5640	%		440,222
LIBOR floor	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,943,196	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,889,412
Total			$	4,827,506			$	4,468,210

(1) The weighted-average LIBOR Floor was 0.31% and 0.35% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Our loans are typically collateralized by real estate. As a result, we regularly evaluate the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the performance and/or value of the underlying collateral property, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. Specifically, a property’s operating results and any cash reserves are analyzed and used to assess (i) whether cash flow from operations is sufficient to cover the debt service requirements currently and into the future, (ii) the ability of the borrower to refinance the loan at maturity, and/or (iii) the property’s liquidation value. We also evaluate the financial wherewithal of any loan guarantors as well as the borrower’s competency in managing and operating the properties. In addition, we consider the overall economic environment, real estate sector, and geographic sub-market in which the borrower operates. Such impairment analyses are completed and reviewed by asset management and finance personnel who utilize various data sources, including (i) periodic financial data such as property operating statements, occupancy, tenant profile, rental rates, operating expenses, the borrower’s exit plan, and capitalization and discount rates, (ii) site inspections, and (iii) current credit spreads and discussions with market participants.

Our evaluation process as described above produces an internal risk rating between 1 and 5, which is a weighted average of the numerical ratings in the following categories: (i) sponsor capability and financial condition, (ii) loan and collateral performance relative to underwriting, (iii) quality and stability of collateral cash flows, and (iv) loan structure. We utilize the overall risk ratings as a concise means to monitor any credit migration on a loan as well as on the whole portfolio. While the overall risk rating is generally not the sole factor we use in determining whether a loan is impaired, a loan with a higher overall risk rating would tend to have more adverse indicators of impairment, and therefore would be more likely to experience a credit loss.

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The rating categories generally include the characteristics described below, but these are utilized as guidelines and therefore not every loan will have all of the characteristics described in each category:

Rating	Characteristics
1		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor is highly rated or investment grade or, if private, the equivalent thereof with significant management experience.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—The collateral has surpassed underwritten expectations.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized, the property has had a history of consistently high occupancy, and the property has a diverse and high quality tenant mix.
		Loan structure—Loan‑to‑collateral value ratio (“LTV”) does not exceed 65%. The loan has structural features that enhance the credit profile.
2		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Strong sponsorship with experienced management team and a responsibly leveraged portfolio.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Collateral performance equals or exceeds underwritten expectations and covenants and performance criteria are being met or exceeded.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized with a diverse tenant mix.
		Loan structure—LTV does not exceed 70% and unique property risks are mitigated by structural features.
3		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor has historically met its credit obligations, routinely pays off loans at maturity, and has a capable management team.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance is consistent with underwritten expectations.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized, near stabilized, or is on track with underwriting.
		Loan structure—LTV does not exceed 80%.
4		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor credit history includes missed payments, past due payment, and maturity extensions. Management team is capable but thin.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance lags behind underwritten expectations. Performance criteria and loan covenants have required occasional waivers. A sale of the property may be necessary in order for the borrower to pay off the loan at maturity.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is not stabilized and the property has a large amount of rollover.
		Loan structure—LTV is 80% to 90%.
5		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Credit history includes defaults, deeds‑in‑lieu, foreclosures, and/or bankruptcies.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance is significantly worse than underwritten expectations. The loan is not in compliance with loan covenants and performance criteria and may be in default. Sale proceeds would not be sufficient to pay off the loan at maturity.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—The property has material vacancy and significant rollover of remaining tenants.
		Loan structure—LTV exceeds 90%.

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As of June 30, 2015, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system, which excludes loans on the cost recovery method and loans for which the fair value option has been elected, by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	750	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	750	—	%
2		339,902		109,922		61,436		—		—		—		511,260	8.0	%
3		4,034,158		148,549		734,215		—		—		135,940		5,052,862	78.6	%
4		300,759		32,829		113,694		—		—		—		447,282	7.0	%
5		45,992		—		—		—		—		—		45,992	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		2,199		367,408		—		369,607	5.7	%
	$	4,721,561	$	291,300	$	909,345	$	2,199	$	367,408	$	135,940	$	6,427,753	100.0	%

As of December 31, 2014, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	822	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	822	—	%
2		258,822		116,168		148,582		—		—		—		523,572	8.3	%
3		4,120,562		196,476		645,778		—		—		129,427		5,092,243	80.7	%
4		109,489		32,447		106,857		—		—		—		248,793	4.0	%
5		45,974		—		—		—		—		—		45,974	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		3,292		391,620		—		394,912	6.3	%
	$	4,535,669	$	345,091	$	901,217	$	3,292	$	391,620	$	129,427	$	6,306,316	100.0	%

After completing our impairment evaluation process, we concluded that no impairment charges were required on any individual loans held-for-investment as of June 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.  As of June 30, 2015, the Lending Segment held a $58.9 million mezzanine loan on a luxury condominium project located in New York, of which $18.6 million is 90 to 120 days past due.  As of June 30, 2015, the Investing and Servicing Segment held $2.2 million of loans held-for-investment which are greater than 90 days past due, all of which were acquired as part of the acquisition of LNR Property LLC (“LNR”) in April 2013.  None of our held-for-sale loans where we have elected the fair value option were 90 days past due or greater or on nonaccrual status.

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In accordance with our policies, we record an allowance for loan losses equal to (i) 1.5% of the aggregate carrying amount of loans rated as a “4,” plus (ii) 5% of the aggregate carrying amount of loans rated as a “5.” The following table presents the activity in our allowance for loan losses (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Allowance for loan losses at January 1	$	6,031	$	3,984
Provision for loan losses		2,978		358
Charge-offs		—		—
Recoveries		—		—
Allowance for loan losses at June 30	$	9,009	$	4,342
Recorded investment in loans related to the allowance for loan loss	$	493,274	$	289,470

The activity in our loan portfolio was as follows (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Balance at January 1	$	6,300,285	$	4,750,804
Acquisitions/originations/additional funding		2,150,080		1,860,026
Capitalized interest(1)		33,509		19,022
Basis of loans sold(2)		(1,411,912)		(868,804)
Loan maturities/principal repayments		(695,750)		(633,425)
Discount accretion/premium amortization		18,139		10,147
Changes in fair value		31,962		32,501
Unrealized foreign currency remeasurement (loss) gain		(4,419)		16,462
Change in loan loss allowance, net		(2,978)		(358)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications		(172)		(3,242)
Balance at June 30	$	6,418,744	$	5,183,133

(1) Represents accrued interest income on loans whose terms do not require current payment of interest.

(2) See Note 11 for additional disclosure on these transactions.

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5. Investment Securities

Investment securities were comprised of the following as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value as of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
RMBS, available-for-sale	$	193,150	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS, available-for-sale		99,928		100,349
CMBS, fair value option (1)		829,687		753,553
Held-to-maturity (“HTM”) securities		354,534		441,995
Equity security, fair value option		15,402		15,120
Subtotal—Investment securities		1,492,701		1,518,070
VIE eliminations (1)		(615,463)		(519,822)
Total investment securities	$	877,238	$	998,248

(1) Certain fair value option CMBS are eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.

Purchases, sales and principal collections for all investment securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	250	$	79,926	$	—	$	80,176
Sales		—			—		385		—		—		385
Principal collections		7,127			—		—		228,910		—		236,037
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	43,563	$	—	$	—	$	43,563
Sales		53,236	(1)		—		13,548		—		—		66,784
Principal collections		10,466			421		—		—		—		10,887

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	8,988	$	138,435	$	—	$	147,423
Sales		—			—		5,098		—		—		5,098
Principal collections		18,614			224		1		228,935		—		247,774
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases		—			—		53,453		—		—		53,453
Sales		62,546	(1)		—		32,032		—		—		94,578
Principal collections		18,285			829		—		—		—		19,114

(1) Settlement of $44.4 million occurred subsequent to June 30, 2014.  We account for all investment securities transactions on a trade-date basis.

RMBS and Single-borrower CMBS, Available-for-Sale

With the exception of six CMBS classified as HTM, the Company classified all of its RMBS and CMBS investments where the fair value option has not been elected as available-for-sale as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. These RMBS and CMBS are reported at fair value in the balance sheet with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

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The tables below summarize various attributes of our investments in available-for-sale RMBS and single-borrower CMBS where the fair value option has not been elected as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Unrealized Gains or (Losses)
							Recognized in AOCI
	Purchase				Recorded				Gross		Gross		Net
	Amortized		Credit		Amortized		Non-Credit		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair Value
	Cost		OTTI		Cost		OTTI		Gains		Losses		Adjustment		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	158,594	$	(10,184)	$	148,410	$	(148)	$	44,888	$	—	$	44,740	$	193,150
Single-borrower CMBS		94,272		—		94,272		—		5,656		—		5,656		99,928
Total	$	252,866	$	(10,184)	$	242,682	$	(148)	$	50,544	$	—	$	50,396	$	293,078
December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	163,733	$	(10,197)	$	153,536	$	(197)	$	53,714	$	—	$	53,517	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS		93,685		—		93,685		—		6,664		—		6,664		100,349
Total	$	257,418	$	(10,197)	$	247,221	$	(197)	$	60,378	$	—	$	60,181	$	307,402

	Weighted Average		Weighted Average
	Coupon(1)		Rating (Standard & Poor’s)	WAL (Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
RMBS	1.2	%	B−	6.4
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	B	0.2
December 31, 2014
RMBS	1.1	%	B−	5.8
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	BB+	3.2

(1) Calculated using the June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 one-month LIBOR rate of 0.187% and 0.171%, respectively, for floating rate securities.

(2) Represents the WAL of each respective group of securities as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual security is calculated using projected amounts and projected timing of future principal payments.

As of June 30, 2015, there were no variable rate single-borrower CMBS. As of December 31, 2014, $0.2 million, or 0.2%, of the single-borrower CMBS were variable rate. As of June 30, 2015, approximately $134.2 million, or 69.5%, of the RMBS were variable rate and paid interest at LIBOR plus a weighted average spread of 0.44%. As of December 31, 2014, approximately $140.1 million, or 67.7%, of the RMBS were variable rate and paid interest at LIBOR plus a weighted average spread of 0.44%. We purchased all of the RMBS at a discount that will be accreted into income over the expected remaining life of the security. The majority of the income from this strategy is earned from the accretion of these discounts.

The following table contains a reconciliation of aggregate principal balance to amortized cost for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Principal balance	$	251,203	$	94,272	$	270,783	$	93,685
Accretable yield		(74,184)		—		(85,495)		—
Non-accretable difference		(28,609)		—		(31,752)		—
Total discount		(102,793)		—		(117,247)		—
Amortized cost	$	148,410	$	94,272	$	153,536	$	93,685

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The principal balance of credit deteriorated RMBS was $211.9 million and $222.9 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Accretable yield related to these securities totaled $62.1 million and $66.6 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The following table discloses the changes to accretable yield and non-accretable difference for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

					Non-Accretable
	Accretable Yield				Difference
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Balance as of April 1, 2015	$	82,242	$	—	$	25,018	$	—
Accretion of discount		(4,042)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(425)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		(4,016)		—		4,016		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	85,495	$	—	$	31,752	$	—
Accretion of discount		(13,487)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(967)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		2,176		—		(2,176)		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—

Subject to certain limitations on durations, we have allocated an amount to invest in RMBS that cannot exceed 10% of our total assets excluding Investing and Servicing Segment VIEs. We have engaged a third party manager who specializes in RMBS to execute the trading of RMBS, the cost of which was $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $0.7 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which has been recorded as management fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the available-for-sale securities (i) where we have not elected the fair value option, (ii) that were in an unrealized loss position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and (iii) for which OTTIs (full or partial) have not been recognized in earnings (amounts in thousands):

	Estimated Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
	Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a
	loss less than		loss greater than		loss less than		loss greater than
	12 months		12 months		12 months		12 months
As of June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
As of December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)

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As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there was one security with unrealized losses reflected in the table above. After evaluating this security and recording an adjustment for credit-related other-than-temporary impairment in 2014, we concluded that the remaining unrealized losses reflected above were noncredit-related and would be recovered from the security’s estimated future cash flows. We considered a number of factors in reaching this conclusion, including that we did not intend to sell the security, it was not considered more likely than not that we would be forced to sell the security prior to recovering our amortized cost, and there were no material credit events that would have caused us to otherwise conclude that we would not recover our cost. Credit losses, which represent most of the other-than-temporary impairments we record on securities, are calculated by comparing (i) the estimated future cash flows of each security discounted at the yield determined as of the initial acquisition date or, if since revised, as of the last date previously revised, to (ii) our amortized cost basis. Significant judgment is used in projecting cash flows for our non-agency RMBS. As a result, actual income and/or impairments could be materially different from what is currently projected and/or reported.

CMBS, Fair Value Option

As discussed in the “Fair Value Option” section of Note 2 herein, we elect the fair value option for the Investing and Servicing Segment’s CMBS in an effort to eliminate accounting mismatches resulting from the current or potential consolidation of securitization VIEs. As of June 30, 2015, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of CMBS where we have elected the fair value option, before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $829.7 million and $4.4 billion, respectively. These balances represent our economic interests in these assets. However, as a result of our consolidation of securitization VIEs, the vast majority of this fair value ($615.5 million at June 30, 2015) is eliminated against VIE liabilities before arriving at our GAAP balance for fair value option CMBS. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we purchased $37.9 million and $98.2 million of CMBS, respectively, for which we elected the fair value option. Due to our consolidation of securitization VIEs, $37.7 million and $89.2 million, respectively, of these amounts are eliminated and reflected primarily as repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

As of June 30, 2015, none of our CMBS where we have elected the fair value option were variable rate. The table below summarizes various attributes of our investment in fair value option CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Weighted		Weighted
	Average		Average Rating	WAL
	Coupon		(Standard & Poor’s) (1)	(Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
CMBS, fair value option	3.6	%	CCC	7.8
December 31, 2014
CMBS, fair value option	3.9	%	CCC−	7.7

(1) As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excludes $36.8 million and $41.7 million, respectively, in fair value option CMBS that are not rated.

(2) The WAL of each security is calculated based on the period of time over which we expect to receive principal cash flows. Expected principal cash flows are based on contractual payments net of expected losses.

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HTM Securities

The table below summarizes unrealized gains and losses of our investments in HTM securities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Net Carrying Amount		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
	(Amortized Cost)		Holding Gains		Holding Losses		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
Preferred interests	$	81,497	$	181	$	(677)	$	81,001
CMBS		273,037		—		(227)		272,810
Total	$	354,534	$	181	$	(904)	$	353,811
December 31, 2014
Preferred interests	$	307,465	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	306,099
CMBS		134,530		—		—		134,530
Total	$	441,995	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	440,629

The table below summarizes the maturities of our HTM preferred equity interests in limited liability companies that own commercial real estate and our HTM CMBS as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands):

	Preferred
	Interests		CMBS		Total
Less than one year	$	—	$	—	$	—
One to three years		—		273,037		273,037
Three to five years		62,357		—		62,357
Thereafter		19,140		—		19,140
Total	$	81,497	$	273,037	$	354,534

Equity Security, Fair Value Option

During 2012, we acquired 9,140,000 ordinary shares from a related-party (approximately a 4% interest) in Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (“SEREF”), a debt fund that is externally managed by an affiliate of our Manager and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. We have elected to report the investment using the fair value option because the shares are listed on an exchange, which allows us to determine the fair value using a quoted price from an active market, and also due to potential lags in reporting resulting from differences in the respective regulatory requirements. The fair value of the investment remeasured in USD was $15.4 million and $15.1 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

6. Properties

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, our Property Segment acquired a portfolio of 11 office properties and one multi-family residential property all located in Dublin, Ireland.  Refer to Note 3 for further discussion.Also during the three months ended June 30, 2015, our Investing and Servicing Segment acquired two multi-family properties and one retail property from CMBS trusts for $33.4 million.  These properties were acquired from CMBS trusts that are consolidated as VIEs on our balance sheet.  As a result, the acquisitions are reflected as repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. 

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The below table summarizes our properties held as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Depreciable Life	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Property Segment
Land	—	$	125,319	$	—
Buildings	30 years		214,836		—
Investing and Servicing Segment
Land	—		11,592		8,225
Buildings	30 years		46,042		30,637
Furniture & fixtures	10 years		680		1,635
Properties, cost			398,469		40,497
Less: accumulated depreciation			(1,453)		(643)
Properties, net		$	397,016	$	39,854

In March 2015, the Investing and Servicing Segment sold an operating property that we had previously acquired from a CMBS trust.  The sale resulted in a $17.1 million gain, which is included in gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operationsfor the six months ended June 30, 2015.

7. Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

The below table summarizes our investments in unconsolidated entities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

						Carrying value over (under)
	Participation /	Carrying value as of				equity in net assets as of
	Ownership %(1)	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015(2)
Equity method:
Retail Fund	33%	$	120,927	$	129,475	$	—
Investor entity which owns equity in two real estate services providers	50%		22,609		21,534		—
Equity interests in commercial real estate (3)	16% - 43%		28,107		—		—
Bridge loan venture	various		5,587		8,417		33
Various	25% - 50%		6,626		16,933		—
			183,856		176,359	$	33
Cost method:
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets	4% - 6%		9,225		9,225
Various	2% - 10%		11,174		8,399
			20,399		17,624
		$	204,255	$	193,983

(1) None of these investments are publicly traded and therefore quoted market prices are not available.

(2) Differences between the carrying value of our investment and the underlying equity in net assets of the investee are accounted for as if the investee were a consolidated entity in accordance with ASC 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures.

(3) During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we acquired $28.0 million of equity interests in limited liability companies that own ten office and student housing properties throughout the U.S.

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8. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets of LNR acquired on April 19, 2013. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in LNR’s existing platform, which includes an international network of commercial real estate asset managers, work-out specialists, underwriters and administrative support professionals as well as proprietary historical performance data on commercial real estate assets.

Intangible Assets

Servicing Rights Intangibles

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we identified domestic and European servicing rights that existed at the purchase date, based upon the expected future cash flows of the associated servicing contracts. All of our servicing fees are specified by these Pooling and Servicing Agreements. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the balance of the domestic servicing intangible was net of $37.0 million and $46.1 million, respectively, that was eliminated in consolidation pursuant to ASC 810 against VIE assets in connection with our consolidation of securitization VIEs. Before VIE consolidation, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 the domestic servicing intangible had a balance of $165.1 million and $178.4 million, respectively, which represents our economic interest in this asset.

Lease Intangibles

In connection with the Ireland Portfolio acquisition, we recognized in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets associated with certain noncancelable operating leases of the acquired properties. The weighted-average amortization periods for the in-place lease intangible assets and the favorable lease intangible assets were 6.8 years and 3.8 years, respectively, as of June 30, 2015.

The following table summarizes our intangible assets, which are comprised of servicing rights intangibles and lease intangibles, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	As of June 30, 2015						As of December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Value		Amortization		Value		Value		Amortization		Value
Domestic servicing rights, at fair value	$	128,109	$	—	$	128,109	$	132,303	$	—	$	132,303
European servicing rights (1)		33,681		(28,682)		4,999		33,392		(21,543)		11,849
In-place lease intangible assets		37,250		(691)		36,559		—		—		—
Favorable lease intangible assets		6,051		(111)		5,940		—		—		—
Total net intangible assets	$	205,091	$	(29,484)	$	175,607	$	165,695	$	(21,543)	$	144,152

(1) The fair value as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $8.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively.

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The following table summarizes the activity within intangible assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 (in thousands):

	Domestic		European		In-place Lease		Favorable Lease
	Servicing		Servicing		Intangible		Intangible
	Rights		Rights		Assets		Assets		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	132,303	$	11,849	$	—	$	—	$	144,152
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio		—		—		37,179		6,038		43,217
Amortization		—		(6,747)		(691)		(111)		(7,549)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain		—		(103)		71		13		(19)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions		(4,194)		—		—		—		(4,194)
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	128,109	$	4,999	$	36,559	$	5,940	$	175,607

The following table sets forth the estimated aggregate amortization of our European servicing rights, in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

2015 (remainder of)	$	5,059
2016		8,771
2017		6,748
2018		6,319
2019		6,204
Thereafter		14,397
Total	$	47,498

9. Secured Financing Agreements

The following table is a summary of our secured financing agreements in place as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):

					Pledged
					Asset		Maximum		Carrying Value at
	Current	Extended			Carrying		Facility		June 30,			December 31,
	Maturity	Maturity(a)	Pricing		Value		Size		2015			2014
Lender 1 Repo 1	(b)	(b)	LIBOR + 1.85% to 5.25%		$	1,571,235	$	1,250,000	$	1,085,871		$	875,111
Lender 1 Repo 2	(c)	N/A	LIBOR + 1.90%			193,150		125,000		65,948			101,886
Lender 2 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2018	LIBOR + 1.75% to 2.75%			398,363		325,000		294,869			240,188
Lender 3 Repo 1	May 2017	May 2019	LIBOR + 2.85%			176,866		122,470		122,470			124,250
Conduit Repo 1	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	LIBOR + 1.90%			32,283		150,000		24,712			94,727
Conduit Repo 2	Nov 2015	Nov 2016	LIBOR + 2.10%			102,288		150,000		77,868			113,636
Conduit Repo 3	Feb 2018	Feb 2019	LIBOR + 2.10%			30,289		150,000		23,100			—
Lender 4 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2017	LIBOR + 2.00%			420,581		329,952		329,952			327,117
Lender 5 Repo 1	(d)	N/A	N/A			—		—		—			58,079
Lender 6 Repo 1	Aug 2017	Aug 2018	LIBOR + 2.75% to 3.00%			557,574		500,000		376,500			296,967
Lender 6 Mortgage	May 2020	N/A	EURIBOR + 2.00%			381,744		327,722		245,609			—
Lender 7 Repo 1	Dec 2016	N/A	LIBOR + 2.60% to 2.70%			50,365		39,024		39,024			39,024
Investing and Servicing Segment Property Mortgages	June 2018 to Nov 2024	June 2020 to Nov 2024	Various			43,748		38,975		31,835			14,000
Lender 9 Repo 1	(e)	(e)	LIBOR + 1.40% to 1.85%			283,347		195,994		195,994			—
Borrowing Base	Sep 2015	Sep 2017	LIBOR + 3.25%	(f)		783,508		250,000		6,000			189,871
Term Loan	Apr 2020	N/A	LIBOR + 2.75%	(f)		2,695,747		661,655		659,751	(g)		662,933	(g)
					$	7,721,088	$	4,615,792	$	3,579,503		$	3,137,789

(a) Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

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(b) Maturity date for borrowings collateralized by loans of January 2017 before extension options and January 2019 assuming initial extension options. 

(c) The date that is 180 days after the buyer delivers notice to seller, subject to a maximum date of March 2017.

(d) Facility was terminated at our option in March 2015.

(e) Facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent. Current maturity is June 2016.  Facility carries no maximum borrowing capacity.  Amount herein reflects the outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015.

(f) Subject to borrower’s option to choose alternative benchmark based rates pursuant to the terms of the credit agreement. The Term Loan is also subject to a 75 basis point floor.

(g) Term loan outstanding balance is net of $1.9 million and $2.1 million of unamortized discount as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

In the normal course of business, the Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend or amend any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

In February 2015, we executed a $150.0 million repurchase facility (“Conduit Repo 3”) with an existing lender for our Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform.  The facility carries a three year initial term with a one year extension option and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +2.10%.

In March 2015, we executed a repurchase facility (“Lender 9 Repo 1”) with a new lender to finance certain CMBS holdings, including CMBS holdings previously financed under the Lender 5 Repo 1 facility which was terminated at our option in March 2015.  There is no maximum facility size specified under the facility as the lender will evaluate all eligible collateral on an individual basis.  The facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +1.40% to LIBOR +1.85% depending on the CMBS collateral.

In April 2015, we amended the Lender 4 Repo 1 facility to reduce pricing.

In May 2015, we executed a €294.0 million mortgage facility (“Lender 6 Mortgage”) to finance the acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio. The facility carries a five year term and an annual interest rate of EURIBOR + 2.00%.  As of June 30, 2015, only €220.5 million of this facility had been drawn down. The remaining balance was funded upon acquisition of the remaining asset in the Ireland portfolio in July 2015. Refer to Note 23 for further discussion of this acquisition. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we incurred deferred financing costs of $5.3 million associated with this facility.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we executed two mortgage facilities with aggregate borrowings of $17.8 million to finance commercial real estate acquired by our Investing and Servicing Segment. These facilities carry a weighted average term of 4.2 years and weighted average interest rate of LIBOR + 2.41%.

Our secured financing agreements contain certain financial tests and covenants. Should we breach certain of these covenants, it may restrict our ability to pay dividends in the future. As of June 30, 2015, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

The following table sets forth our five-year principal repayments schedule for secured financings, assuming no defaults and excluding loans transferred as secured borrowings. Our credit facilities generally require principal to be paid down prior to the facilities’ respective maturities if and when we receive principal payments on, or sell, the investment collateral that we have pledged. The amount reflected in each period includes principal repayments on our credit facilities that would be required if (i) we received the repayments that we expect to receive on the investments that have been pledged as collateral under the credit facilities, as applicable, and (ii) the credit facilities that are expected to have

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amounts outstanding at their current maturity dates are extended where extension options are available to us (amounts in thousands):

	Repurchase		Other Secured
	Agreements		Financing			Total
2015 (remainder of)	$	161,263	$	9,384		$	170,647
2016		184,387		6,769			191,156
2017		994,320		6,769			1,001,089
2018		547,724		19,054			566,778
2019		748,614		6,769			755,383
Thereafter		—		896,354	(1)		896,354
Total	$	2,636,308	$	945,099		$	3,581,407

(1) Principal paydown of the Term Loan through 2020 excludes $1.9 million of discount amortization.

Secured financing maturities for 2015 primarily relate to $125.7 million on the Conduit Repo facilities and $19.7 million on the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had approximately $26.6 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of deferred financing costs from secured financing agreements, net of amortization, which is included in other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, approximately $3.5 million and $7.0 million, respectively, of amortization was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, approximately $2.6 million and $5.3 million, respectively, of amortization was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the outstanding balance of our repurchase agreements related to the following asset collateral classes (amounts in thousands):

Class of Collateral	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-investment	$	2,209,662	$	1,863,633
Loans held-for-sale		125,680		208,363
Investment securities		300,966		198,989
	$	2,636,308	$	2,270,985

We seek to mitigate risks associated with our repurchase agreements by managing risk related to the credit quality of our assets, interest rates, liquidity, prepayment speeds and market value.  The margin call provisions under the majority of our repurchase facilities, consisting of 76% of these agreements, do not permit valuation adjustments based on capital markets activity.  Instead, margin calls on these facilities are limited to collateral-specific credit marks.  To monitor credit risk associated with the performance and value of our loans and investments, our asset management team regularly reviews our investment portfolios and is in regular contact with our borrowers, monitoring performance of the collateral and enforcing our rights as necessary.  For repurchase agreements containing margin call provisions for general capital markets activity, approximately half of these pertain to our loans held-for-sale, for which we manage credit risk through the purchase of credit index instruments.  We further seek to manage risks associated with our repurchase agreements by matching the maturities and interest rate characteristics of our loans with the related repurchase agreements.

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10. Convertible Senior Notes

On October 8, 2014, we issued $431.3 million of 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”). On February 15, 2013, we issued $600.0 million of 4.55% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). On July 3, 2013, we issued $460.0 million of 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). The following summarizes the unsecured convertible senior notes (collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) outstanding as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands, except rates):

									Remaining
	Principal		Coupon		Effective		Conversion	Maturity	Period of
	Amount		Rate		Rate(1)		Rate(2)	Date	Amortization
2017 Notes	$	431,250	3.75	%	5.87	%	41.7397	10/15/2017	2.3	years
2018 Notes	$	599,981	4.55	%	6.10	%	45.6167	3/1/2018	2.7	years
2019 Notes	$	341,363	4.00	%	5.37	%	48.4451	1/15/2019	3.5	years

	As of		As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total principal	$	1,372,594	$	1,491,228
Net unamortized discount		(57,349)		(73,206)
Carrying amount of debt components	$	1,315,245	$	1,418,022
Carrying amount of conversion option equity components recorded in additional paid-in capital	$	46,343	$	64,070

(1) Effective rate includes the effects of underwriter purchase discount and the adjustment for the conversion option, the value of which reduced the initial liability and was recorded in additional paid-in-capital.

(2) The conversion rate represents the number of shares of common stock issuable per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes converted, as adjusted in accordance with the applicable indentures as a result of the spin-off of the SFR segment and cash dividend payments. The if-converted value of the 2019 Notes exceeded their principal amount by $15.4 million at June 30, 2015 since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share exceeded the implicit conversion price of $20.64 per share. The if-converted values of the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes were less than their principal amounts by $43.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively, since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share was less than the implicit conversion prices of $23.96 and $21.92, respectively. The Company has asserted its intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Notes in cash.  As a result, conversion of this principal amount, totaling 61.3 million shares, was not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share (“EPS”).  However, the conversion spread value for the 2019 Notes, representing 0.6 million shares, was included in the computation of diluted EPS as the notes were “in-the-money”. No dilution related to the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes was included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as these notes were not “in-the-money”. See further discussion at Note 17.

Under the repurchase program approved by our board of directors (refer to Note 16), we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 2019 Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, for $16.5 million and $136.3 million plus transaction expenses of $0.1 million, respectively. The repurchase price was allocated between the fair value of the liability component and the fair value of the equity component of the convertible security. The portion of the repurchase price attributable to the equity component totaled $17.7 million and was recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital during the six months ended June 30, 2015. The remaining repurchase price was attributable to the liability component. The difference between this amount and the net carrying amount of the liability and debt issuance costs was reflected as a loss on extinguishment of debt in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the loss on extinguishment of debt totaled $0.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively, consisting principally of the write-off of unamortized debt discount.

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As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had approximately $1.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of deferred financing costs from our Convertible Senior Notes, net of amortization, which is included in other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Conditions for Conversion

Prior to April 15, 2017 for the 2017 Notes, September 1, 2017 for the 2018 Notes and July 15, 2018 for the 2019 Notes, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of one or more of the following conditions: (1) the closing market price of the Company’s common stock is at least 110% for the 2017 Notes or 130% for the 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes of the conversion price of the respective Convertible Notes for at least 20 out of 30 trading days prior to the end of the preceding fiscal quarter, (2) the trading price of the Convertible Notes is less than 98% of the product of (i) the conversion rate and (ii) the closing price of the Company’s common stock during any five consecutive trading day period, (3) the Company issues certain equity instruments at less than the 10-day average closing market price of its common stock or the per-share value of certain distributions exceeds the market price of the Company’s common stock by more than 10% or (4) other specified corporate events (significant consolidation, sale, merger, share exchange, fundamental change, etc.) occur.

On or after April 15, 2017 for the 2017 Notes, September 1, 2017 for the 2018 Notes and July 15, 2018 for the 2019 Notes, holders may convert each of their notes at the applicable conversion rate at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date.

11. Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

As described below, we regularly sell loans and notes under various strategies. We evaluate such sales as to whether they meet the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint, and transfer of control.

Within the Investing and Servicing Segment, we originate commercial mortgage loans with the intent to sell these mortgage loans to VIEs for the purposes of securitization. These VIEs then issue CMBS that are collateralized in part by these assets, as well as other assets transferred to the VIE. In certain instances, we retain a subordinated interest in the VIE and serve as special servicer for the VIE. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we sold $533.4 million and $998.0 million, respectively, par value of loans held-for-sale from our conduit platform for their fair values of $551.6 million and $1.0 billion, respectively. The sale proceeds were used in part to repay $400.1 million and $744.5 million, respectively, of the outstanding balance of the repurchase agreements associated with these loans. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we sold $348.0 million and $637.4 million, respectively, par value of loans held-for-sale from our conduit platform for their fair values of $364.3 million and $666.8 million, respectively. The sale proceeds were used in part to repay $261.0 million and $478.1 million, respectively, of the outstanding balance of the repurchase agreements associated with these loans.

Within the Lending Segment (refer to Note 22), we originate or acquire loans and then subsequently sell a portion, which can be in various forms including first mortgages, A-Notes, senior participations and mezzanine loans. Typically, our motivation for entering into these transactions is to effectively create leverage on the subordinated position that we will retain and hold for investment. In certain instances, we continue to service the loan following its

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sale. The following table summarizes our loans sold and loans transferred as secured borrowings by the Lending Segment net of expenses (in thousands):

					Loan Transfers
	Loan Transfers Accounted				Accounted for as Secured
	for as Sales				Borrowings
	Face Amount		Proceeds		Face Amount		Proceeds
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	295,961	$	293,455	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		56,975		56,124		—		—
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	381,461	$	378,576	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		204,859		202,524		—		—

12. Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. Refer to Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our risk management objectives and policies.

Designated Hedges

Our objective in using interest rate derivatives is to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, we primarily use interest rate swaps as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for us making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

In connection with our repurchase agreements, we have entered into eight outstanding interest rate swaps that have been designated as cash flow hedges of the interest rate risk associated with forecasted interest payments. As of June 30, 2015, the aggregate notional amount of our interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk totaled $90.4 million. Under these agreements, we will pay fixed monthly coupons at fixed rates ranging from 0.56% to 2.23% of the notional amount to the counterparty and receive floating rate LIBOR. Our interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk have maturities ranging from November 2015 to May 2021.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in AOCI and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 we did not recognize any hedge ineffectiveness in earnings.

Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the associated variable-rate debt. Over the next twelve months, we estimate that an additional $0.5 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense. We are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a maximum period of 71 months.

Non-designated Hedges

Derivatives not designated as hedges are derivatives that do not meet the criteria for hedge accounting under GAAP or which we have not elected to designate as hedges. We do not use these derivatives for speculative purposes but instead they are used to manage our exposure to foreign exchange rates, interest rate changes, and certain credit spreads. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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We have entered into a series of forward contracts whereby we agreed to sell an amount of foreign currency for an agreed upon amount of USD at various dates through June 2020. These forward contracts were executed to economically fix the USD amounts of foreign denominated cash flows expected to be received by us related to foreign denominated investments.

As of June 30, 2015, we had 68 foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell Euros (“EUR”) with total notional amounts of €287.5 million, 64 foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell pounds sterling (“GBP”) with total notional amounts of £301.5 million, two foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell Swedish Krona (“SEK”) with total notional amounts of SEK 19.7 million, one foreign exchange forward derivative to buy SEK with a notional amount of SEK 4.1 million, one foreign exchange forward derivative to sell Norwegian Krone (“NOK”) with a notional amount of NOK 1.3 million and one foreign exchange forward to sell Danish Krone (“DKK”) with a notional amount of DKK 3.2 million that were not designated as hedges in qualifying hedging relationships. Also as of June 30, 2015, there were 59 interest rate swaps where the Company is paying fixed rates, with maturities ranging from 1 to 10 years and total notional amounts of $396.4 million, two interest rate swaps where the Company is receiving fixed rates with maturities ranging from one to two years and total notional amounts of $9.0 million, one interest rate cap with a term of five years and a total notional amount of €220.5 million and 11 credit index instruments with a total notional amount of $40.0 million. 

Included in the above discussion of our non-designated derivative holdings as of June 30, 2015 are 40 foreign exchange contracts executed to hedge our Euro currency exposure created by our acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio.  As of June 30, 2015, these contracts have an aggregate notional of $216.4 million and varying maturities through June 2020.

The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Fair Value of Derivatives in an				Fair Value of Derivatives in a
	Asset Position(1) As of				Liability Position(2) As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	$	38	$	138	$	276	$	235
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		38		138		276		235
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps and caps		4,075		1,128		2,494		5,216
Foreign exchange contracts		19,854		24,388		3,520		15
Credit index instruments		1,059		974		—		10
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		24,988		26,490		6,014		5,241
Total derivatives	$	25,026	$	26,628	$	6,290	$	5,476

(1) Classified as derivative assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Classified as derivative liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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The tables below present the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

			Gain (Loss)
	Gain (Loss)		Reclassified		Gain (Loss)
Derivatives Designated as	Recognized		from AOCI		Recognized
Hedging Instruments	in OCI		into Income		in Income		Location of Gain (Loss)
For the Three Months Ended June 30,	(effective portion)		(effective portion)		(ineffective portion)		Recognized in Income
2015	$	(71)	$	(194)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(457)	$	(364)	$	—	Interest expense
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	(538)	$	(398)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(708)	$	(737)	$	—	Interest expense

		Amount of Gain (Loss)				Amount of Gain (Loss)
		Recognized in Income for the				Recognized in Income for the
Derivatives Not Designated	Location of Gain (Loss)	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
as Hedging Instruments	Recognized in Income	2015		2014		2015		2014
Interest rate swaps and caps	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments	$	7,958	$	(2,314)	$	(4,964)	$	(6,511)
Foreign exchange contracts	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		(27,799)		(6,965)		10,172		(10,012)
Credit index instruments	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		311		(511)		(115)		(1,133)
		$	(19,530)	$	(9,790)	$	5,093	$	(17,656)

13. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The following tables present the potential effects of netting arrangements on our financial position for financial assets and liabilities within the scope of ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet—Offsetting, which for us are derivative assets and liabilities as well as repurchase agreement liabilities (amounts in thousands):

							(iv)
							Gross Amounts Not
							Offset in the Statement
			(ii)		(iii) = (i) - (ii)		of Financial Position
			Gross Amounts		Net Amounts				Cash
	(i)		Offset in the		Presented in				Collateral
	Gross Amounts		Statement of		the Statement of		Financial		Received /		(v) = (iii) - (iv)
	Recognized		Financial Position		Financial Position		Instruments		Pledged		Net Amount
As of June 30, 2015
Derivative assets	$	25,026	$	—	$	25,026	$	4,264	$	—	$	20,762
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	4,264	$	2,026	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,636,308		—		2,636,308		2,636,308		—		—
	$	2,642,598	$	—	$	2,642,598	$	2,640,572	$	2,026	$	—
As of December 31, 2014
Derivative assets	$	26,628	$	—	$	26,628	$	2,016	$	—	$	24,612
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	2,016	$	3,460	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,270,985		—		2,270,985		2,270,985		—		—
	$	2,276,461	$	—	$	2,276,461	$	2,273,001	$	3,460	$	—

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14. Variable Interest Entities

Investment Securities

As discussed in Note 2, we evaluate all of our investments and other interests in entities for consolidation, including our investments in CMBS and our retained interests in securitization transactions we initiated, all of which are generally considered to be variable interests in VIEs.

The VIEs consolidated in accordance with ASC 810 are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. The assets and other instruments held by these securitization entities are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the securitization entities do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the primary beneficiary. The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

VIEs in which we are the Primary Beneficiary

The inclusion of the assets and liabilities of VIEs in which we are deemed the primary beneficiary has no economic effect on us. Our exposure to the obligations of VIEs is generally limited to our investment in these entities. We are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of these consolidated structures.

VIEs in which we are not the Primary Beneficiary

In certain instances, we hold a variable interest in a VIE in the form of CMBS, but either (i) we are not appointed, or do not serve as, special servicer or (ii) an unrelated third party has the rights to unilaterally remove us as special servicer. In these instances, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. In other cases, the variable interest we hold does not obligate us to absorb losses or provide us with the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could potentially be significant. For these structures, we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, and we do not consolidate these VIEs.

As of June 30, 2015, one of our CDO structures was in default, which pursuant to the underlying indentures, changes the rights of the variable interest holders. Upon default of a CDO, the trustee or senior note holders are allowed to exercise certain rights, including liquidation of the collateral, which at that time, is the activity which would most significantly impact the CDO’s economic performance. Further, when the CDO is in default, the collateral administrator no longer has the option to purchase securities from the CDO. In cases where the CDO is in default and we do not have the ability to exercise rights which would most significantly impact the CDO’s economic performance, we do not consolidate the VIE. As of June 30, 2015, this CDO structure was not consolidated.  During the three months ended March 31, 2014, one of our CDOs, which was previously in default as of December 31, 2013, ceased to be in default.  This event triggered the initial consolidation of the CDO and its underlying assets during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

As noted above, we are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of our securitization VIEs, whether or not we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. As such, the risk associated with our involvement in these VIEs is limited to the carrying value of our investment in the entity. As of June 30, 2015, our maximum risk of loss related to VIEs in which we were not the primary beneficiary was $214.2 million on a fair value basis.

As of June 30, 2015, the securitization VIEs which we do not consolidate had debt obligations to beneficial interest holders with unpaid principal balances of $40.8 billion. The corresponding assets are comprised primarily of

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commercial mortgage loans with unpaid principal balances corresponding to the amounts of the outstanding debt obligations.

15. Related-Party Transactions

Management Agreement

We are party to a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with our Manager. Under the Management Agreement, our Manager, subject to the oversight of our board of directors, is required to manage our day to day activities, for which our Manager receives a base management fee and is eligible for an incentive fee and stock awards. Our Manager’s personnel perform certain due diligence, legal, management and other services that outside professionals or consultants would otherwise perform. As such, in accordance with the terms of our Management Agreement, our Manager is paid or reimbursed for the documented costs of performing such tasks, provided that such costs and reimbursements are in amounts no greater than those which would be payable to outside professionals or consultants engaged to perform such services pursuant to agreements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis. Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of this agreement.

Base Management Fee.  For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized base management fees of $14.9 million and $13.6 million, respectively, within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized base management fees of $28.8 million and $26.8 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were $14.9 million and $13.9 million, respectively, of unpaid base management fees within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Incentive Fee.  For both the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized incentive fees of $4.1 million within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized incentive fees of $10.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $4.2 million and $18.9 million, respectively, of unpaid incentive fees were included within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Expense Reimbursement.  For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized expense reimbursements for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses of $1.5 million and $2.0 million, respectively, within general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized expense reimbursements for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses of $2.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately $2.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of unpaid reimbursable executive compensation and other expenses were included within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Manager Equity Plan

In May 2015, we granted 675,000 RSUs to our Manager under the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan (“Manager Equity Plan”).  In January 2014, we granted 2,489,281 RSUs to our Manager under the Manager Equity Plan.  In connection with these grants and prior similar grants, we recognized share-based compensation expense of $7.4 million and $6.8 million within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized $14.3 million and $13.6 million, respectively, related to these awards. Refer to Note 16 herein for further discussion of these grants.

Investments in Loans and Securities

In March 2015, we purchased a subordinate single-borrower CMBS from a third party for $58.6 million which is secured by 85 U.S. hotel properties.  The borrower is an affiliate of Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund IX (“Fund IX”), an affiliate of our Manager.  

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In March 2015, we sold our entire interest, consisting of a $35 million participation, in a subordinate loan (the “Mammoth Loan”) at par to Mammoth Mezz Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of our Manager. We purchased the Mammoth Loan in April 2011 from an independent third party and a syndicate of financial institutions and other entities acting as subordinate lenders to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, LLC (“Mammoth”). Mammoth is a single purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that is owned and controlled by Starwood Global Opportunity Fund VII‑A, L.P., Starwood Global Opportunity Fund VII‑B, L.P., Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII‑D, L.P. and Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII‑D‑2, L.P. (collectively, the “Sponsors”). Each of the Sponsors is indirectly wholly‑owned by Starwood Capital Group Global I, LLC and an affiliate of our Chief Executive Officer.

In January 2015, a junior mezzanine loan, which we co-originated with SEREF and an unaffiliated third party in 2012, was restructured to reduce both our and SEREF’s participation interests and margin. We now hold a participation interest in the junior mezzanine loan of £18 million, which bears interest at three-month LIBOR plus 8.81%.  Prior to the restructure, our participation interest was £30.0 million and carried an interest rate of three-month LIBOR plus 11.65%. The junior mezzanine loan is secured primarily by the ownership interest in entities that own a portfolio of three luxury hotels located in London, England.

Other Related-Party Arrangements

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we were required to cash collateralize certain obligations of LNR, including letters of credit and performance obligations. Fund IX funded $6.2 million of this obligation, but the account is within our name and is thus reflected within our restricted cash balance. We have recognized a corresponding payable to Fund IX of $3.4 million and $4.4 million within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of related-party agreements.

16. Stockholders’ Equity

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, our board of directors declared the following dividends:

Declare Date	Record Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Payment Date	Amount		Frequency
5/5/15	6/30/15	6/26/15	7/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly
2/25/15	3/31/15	3/27/15	4/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly

On April 20, 2015, we issued 12.0 million shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $283.6 million.  In connection with the offering, the underwriters had a 30-day option to purchase an additional 1.8 million shares of common stock, which they exercised in full, resulting in additional gross proceeds of $42.5 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, there were no shares issued under our At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”).  During the six months ended June 30, 2015, shares issued under the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (the “DRIP Plan”) were not material.

In September 2014, our board of directors authorized and announced the repurchase of up to $250 million of our outstanding common stock over a period of one year. In December 2014, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to include the repurchase of our outstanding Convertible Notes. In June 2015, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to increase the authorized purchase amount to $450 million and provide for a one-year extension through June 2016. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 2019 Notes for $16.5 million and $136.3 million, respectively (refer to Note 10).  Also during the three months ended June 30, 2015, we repurchased 400,000 shares of common stock for $8.8 million under the repurchase program. No common stock was repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2015.  As of June 30, 2015, we have $291.7 million of remaining capacity to repurchase common stock or Convertible Notes under the repurchase program.

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Equity Incentive Plans

The Company currently maintains the Manager Equity Plan, the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan”), and the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Non-Executive Director Stock Plan (“Non-Executive Director Stock Plan”).  Refer to Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further information regarding these plans.

The table below summarizes our share awards granted under the Manager Equity Plan that were not fully vested as of June 30, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Grant Date	Type	Amount Granted	Grant Date Fair Value		Vesting Period
May 2015	RSU	675,000	$	16,511	3 years
January 2014 (1)	RSU	489,281		14,776	3 years
January 2014	RSU	2,000,000		55,420	3 years
October 2012	RSU	875,000		19,854	3 years

(1) As part of the spin-off of our SFR segment, all holders of the Company’s common stock and vested restricted common stock received one SWAY common share for every five shares of the Company’s common stock.  At the time of the spin-off, the Manager held certain unvested RSUs that were not entitled to SWAY shares.  Under the legal documentation governing the outstanding RSUs, the Manager was entitled to receive additional RSUs in an amount equal to the number of such outstanding RSUs times the amount received in the spin-off by a holder of a share of the Company’s common stock (i.e., the price per share of a SWAY common share divided by five) divided by the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the spin-off.  In order to prevent dilution of the rights of our equity plan participants resulting from this make-whole issuance, the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan provide for, and, on August 12, 2014, our board of directors authorized, an increase of 489,281 shares to the maximum number of shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we granted 379,167 RSAs under the Equity Plan to a select group of eligible participants which includes our employees and employees of our Manager who perform services for us.  The awards were granted based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on the respective grant date and vest ratably over a three-year period. Expenses related to the vesting of these awards is reflected in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  

As of June 30, 2015, there were 2.7 million shares available for future grants under the Manager Equity Plan, the Equity Plan and the Non-Executive Director Stock Plan.

Schedule of Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents

					Weighted
					Average
	Non-Executive				Grant Date
	Director		Manager		Fair Value
	Stock Plan	Equity Plan	Equity Plan	Total	(per share)
Balance as of January 1, 2015	17,105	109,708	1,854,585	1,981,398	$	27.30
Granted	—	502,659	675,000	1,177,659		24.43
Vested	—	(27,348)	(628,806)	(656,154)		26.54
Forfeited	—	(19,308)	—	(19,308)		23.95
Balance as of June 30, 2015	17,105	565,711	1,900,779	2,483,595		26.17

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17. Earnings per Share

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income from continuing operations and the number of shares of common stock used in the computations of basic EPS and diluted EPS (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Basic Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Basic — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	236,920
Discontinued Operations:
Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Basic — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	235,369
Diluted Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Basic — Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Add: Undistributed earnings to unvested shares		15		128		126		480
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to unvested shares		(15)		(126)		(126)		(471)
Diluted — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	236,929
Discontinued Operations:
Basic — Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Diluted — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	235,378
Number of Shares:
Basic — Average shares outstanding		235,087		218,751		229,346		207,203
Effect of dilutive securities — Convertible Notes		649		4,056		644		3,906
Effect of dilutive securities — Contingently Issuable Shares		95		85		95		85
Diluted — Average shares outstanding		235,831		222,892		230,085		211,194
Earnings Per Share Attributable to STWD Common Stockholders:
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.14
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.11

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Earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 may not equal the sum of each quarter’s earnings per share due to rounding and other computational factors.

As of June 30, 2015 and 2014, unvested restricted shares of 2.5 million and 2.6 million, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted shares as their effect was already considered under the more dilutive two-class method used above.

Also as of June 30, 2015, there were 61.9 million potential shares of common stock contingently issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes.  The Company has asserted its intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Notes in cash.  As a result, this principal amount, representing 61.3 million shares at June 30, 2015, was not included in the computation of diluted EPS.  However, as discussed in Note 10, the conversion options associated with the 2019 Notes are “in-the-money” as the if-converted value of the Convertible Notes exceeded the principal amount by $15.4 million at June 30, 2015.  The dilutive effect to EPS is determined by dividing this “conversion spread value” by the average share price. The “conversion spread value” is the value that would be delivered to investors in shares based on the terms of the Convertible Notes, upon an assumed conversion. In calculating the dilutive effect of these shares, the treasury stock method was used and resulted in a dilution of 0.6 million shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. The conversion options associated with the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes are “out-of-the-money” because the if-converted values of those notes were less than their principal amounts by $43.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively, at June 30, 2015. Therefore, there was no dilutive effect to EPS for the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes.

18. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The changes in AOCI by component are as follows (in thousands):

			Cumulative
			Unrealized Gain
	Effective Portion of		(Loss) on		Foreign
	Cumulative Loss on		Available-for-		Currency
	Cash Flow Hedges		Sale Securities		Translation		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(360)	$	52,227	$	(12,505)	$	39,362
OCI before reclassifications		(71)		(1,857)		8,273		6,345
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		194		—		—		194
Net period OCI		123		(1,857)		8,273		6,539
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(482)	$	70,064	$	10,533	$	80,115
OCI before reclassifications		(457)		2,285		4,558		6,386
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		364		(11,903)		—		(11,539)
Net period OCI		(93)		(9,618)		4,558		(5,153)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	(97)	$	60,190	$	(4,197)	$	55,896
OCI before reclassifications		(538)		(4,424)		(35)		(4,997)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		398		(5,396)		—		(4,998)
Net period OCI		(140)		(9,820)		(35)		(9,995)
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	(604)	$	66,566	$	9,487	$	75,449
OCI before reclassifications		(708)		5,566		5,604		10,462
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		737		(11,686)		—		(10,949)
Net period OCI		29		(6,120)		5,604		(487)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962

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The reclassifications out of AOCI impacted the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 as follows (in thousands):

	Amounts Reclassified from				Amounts Reclassified from
	AOCI during the Three Months				AOCI during the Six Months				Affected Line Item
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,				in the Statements
Details about AOCI Components	2015		2014		2015		2014		of Operations
Losses on cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts	$	(194)	$	(364)	$	(398)	$	(737)	Interest expense
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
Interest realized upon collection		—		—		5,396		—	Interest income from investment securities
Net realized gain on sale of investments		—		11,903		—		11,899	Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net
OTTI		—		—		—		(213)	OTTI
Total		—		11,903		5,396		11,686
Total reclassifications for the period	$	(194)	$	11,539	$	4,998	$	10,949

19. Fair Value

GAAP establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs utilized in measuring financial assets and liabilities at fair value. GAAP establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The three levels of the hierarchy are described below:

Level I—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level II—Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level I) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level III—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

Valuation Process

We have valuation control processes in place to validate the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value including those derived from pricing models. These control processes are designed to assure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible.  Refer to Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our valuation process.

We determine the fair value of our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis in accordance with the methodology described in our Form 10-K.

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The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	$	—	$	—	$	279,352
RMBS		193,150		—		—		193,150
CMBS		314,152		—		—		314,152
Equity security		15,402		15,402		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		128,109		—		—		128,109
Derivative assets		25,026		—		25,026		—
VIE assets		92,719,092		—		—		92,719,092
Total	$	93,674,283	$	15,402	$	25,026	$	93,633,855
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	—
VIE liabilities		92,046,550		—		89,935,539		2,111,011
Total	$	92,052,840	$	—	$	89,941,829	$	2,111,011

	December 31, 2014
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	391,620	$	—	$	—	$	391,620
RMBS		207,053		—		—		207,053
CMBS		334,080		—		—		334,080
Equity security		15,120		15,120		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		132,303		—		—		132,303
Derivative assets		26,628		—		26,628		—
VIE assets		107,816,065		—		—		107,816,065
Total	$	108,922,869	$	15,120	$	26,628	$	108,881,121
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	—
VIE liabilities		107,232,201		—		102,339,081		4,893,120
Total	$	107,237,677	$	—	$	102,344,557	$	4,893,120

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The changes in financial assets and liabilities classified as Level III were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2015 balance	$	343,770	$	197,385	$	308,195	$	130,761	$	103,363,978	$	(2,145,458)	$	102,198,631
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		10,831		—		936		(2,652)		(8,425,383)		490,913		(7,925,355)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		4,042		—		—		—		—		4,042
Included in OCI		—		(1,150)		5,019		—		—		—		3,869
Purchases / Originations		476,699		—		250		—		—		—		476,949
Sales		(551,634)		—		(385)		—		—		—		(552,019)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(750)		(750)
Cash repayments / receipts		(314)		(7,127)		—		—		—		27,051		19,610
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(623,538)		(623,538)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		174,376		174,376
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		1,244,019		(34,133)		1,209,886
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,463,522)		528		(3,462,857)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	4,042	$	1,097	$	(2,652)	$	(8,425,383)	$	490,913	$	(7,934,365)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2014 balance	$	74,117	$	291,217	$	240,665	$	144,898	$	118,451,518	$	(3,482,922)	$	115,719,493
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		11,546		10,130		4,393		(5,523)		(3,332,084)		(1,664)		(3,313,202)
Net accretion		—		3,323		—		—		—		—		3,323
Included in OCI		—		(9,363)		2,740		—		—		—		(6,623)
Purchases / Originations		320,566		—		42,740		—		—		—		363,306
Sales		(251,612)		(53,236)		(13,457)		—		—		—		(318,305)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(25,995)		(25,995)
Cash repayments / receipts		(205)		(10,466)		(421)		—		—		50,984		39,892
Transfers into Level III		—		—		5,480		—		—		(1,983,525)		(1,978,045)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		(1,057)		—		293,115		292,058
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		3,720,885		(68,772)		3,652,113
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(4,749,161)		32,654		(4,716,286)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	2,804	$	4,513	$	(5,523)	$	(3,332,084)	$	(1,664)	$	(3,331,266)

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							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2015 balance	$	391,620	$	207,053	$	334,080	$	132,303	$	107,816,065	$	(4,893,120)	$	103,988,001
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		31,962		—		776		(4,194)		(17,273,237)		2,951,583		(14,293,110)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		13,487		—		—		—		—		13,487
Included in OCI		—		(8,776)		(198)		—		—		—		(8,974)
Purchases / Originations		889,919		—		8,988		—		—		—		898,907
Sales		(1,033,644)		—		(5,098)		—		—		—		(1,038,742)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(7,513)		(7,513)
Cash repayments / receipts		(505)		(18,614)		(223)		—		—		74,988		55,646
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(816,018)		(816,018)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		723,746		723,746
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(24,310)		—		5,657,627		(145,205)		5,488,112
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,481,363)		528		(3,480,698)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains  included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	7,994	$	981	$	(4,194)	$	(17,273,237)	$	2,951,583	$	(14,319,255)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2014 balance	$	206,672	$	296,236	$	208,006	$	150,149	$	103,151,624	$	(1,597,984)	$	102,414,703
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		32,439		11,141		9,600		(10,774)		(7,013,623)		99,837		(6,871,380)
OTTI		—		(213)		—		—		—		—		(213)
Net accretion		—		9,887		—		—		—		—		9,887
Included in OCI		—		(4,615)		2,207		—		—		—		(2,408)
Purchases / Originations		582,391		—		46,571		—		—		—		628,962
Sales		(554,073)		(62,546)		(29,301)		—		—		—		(645,920)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(71,756)		(71,756)
Cash repayments / receipts		(297)		(18,285)		(829)		—		—		86,349		66,938
Transfers into Level III		—		—		52,780		—		—		(2,555,137)		(2,502,357)
Transfers out of Level III		(112,720)		—		(179)		(1,057)		—		712,856		598,900
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(6,715)		—		23,991,532		(1,892,944)		22,091,873
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(6,038,375)		32,654		(6,005,500)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	7,971	$	9,018	$	(10,774)	$	(7,013,623)	$	99,837	$	(6,906,883)

Amounts were transferred from Level II to Level III due to a decrease in the observable relevant market activity and amounts were transferred from Level III to Level II due to an increase in the observable relevant market activity.

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The following table presents the fair values (all Level III) of our financial instruments not carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
	Value		Value		Value		Value
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale and loans transferred as secured borrowings	$	6,139,392	$	6,259,610	$	5,908,665	$	6,034,838
Securities, held-to-maturity		354,534		353,811		441,995		440,629
European servicing rights		4,999		8,804		11,849		12,741
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements and secured borrowings on transferred loans	$	3,716,805	$	3,711,026	$	3,267,230		3,251,035
Convertible senior notes		1,315,245		1,354,957		1,418,022		1,444,975

The following is quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs in our Level III measurements for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value at		Valuation	Unobservable	Range as of (1)
	June 30, 2015		Technique	Input	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	4.4% - 5.2%	4.2% - 4.9%
				Duration (c)	10.0 years	5.0 - 10.0 years
RMBS		193,150	Discounted cash flow	Constant prepayment rate (a)	2.5% - 14.9%	1.2% - 15.9%
				Constant default rate (b)	1.0% - 8.7%	1.1% - 8.9%
				Loss severity (b)	11% - 80% (e)	15% - 80% (e)
				Delinquency rate (c)	2% - 29%	2% - 43%
				Servicer advances (a)	30% - 92%	14% - 75%
				Annual coupon deterioration (b)	0% - 0.5%	0% - 0.6%
				Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (d)	0% - 11%	0% - 11%
CMBS		314,152	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 207.8%	0% - 421.4%
				Duration (c)	0 - 13.5 years	0 - 11.8 years
Domestic servicing rights		128,109	Discounted cash flow	Debt yield (a)	8.25%	8.25%
				Discount rate (b)	15%	15%
				Control migration (b)	0% - 80%	0% - 80%
VIE assets		92,719,092	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years
VIE liabilities		2,111,011	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years

(1) The ranges of significant unobservable inputs are represented in percentages and years.

Sensitivity of the Fair Value to Changes in the Unobservable Inputs

(a) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.

(b) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.

(c) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in either a significantly lower or higher (lower or higher) fair value measurement depending on the structural features of the security in question.

(d) Any delay in the putback recovery date leads to a decrease in fair value, for the majority of securities in our RMBS portfolio.

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(e) 82% and 85% of the portfolio falls within a range of 45%-80% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

20.  Income Taxes

Certain of our subsidiaries have elected to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). TRSs permit us to participate in certain activities from which REITs are generally precluded, as long as these activities meet specific criteria, are conducted within the parameters of certain limitations established by the Code, and are conducted in entities which elect to be treated as taxable subsidiaries under the Code. To the extent these criteria are met, we will continue to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Our TRSs engage in various real estate related operations, including special servicing of commercial real estate, originating and securitizing commercial mortgage loans, and investing in entities which engage in real estate related operations. The majority of our TRSs are held within the Investing and Servicing Segment.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately $857.9 million and $1.0 billion, respectively, of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s assets were owned by TRS entities, including $60.0 million and $88.6 million in cash, respectively. Our TRSs are not consolidated for federal income tax purposes, but are instead taxed as corporations. For financial reporting purposes, a provision for current and deferred taxes is established for the portion of earnings recognized by us with respect to our interest in TRSs.

Our income tax provision consisted of the following for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Current
Federal	$	4,245	$	5,484	$	15,751	$	10,624
Foreign		1,242		1,782		2,278		3,231
State		670		929		2,625		1,799
Total current		6,157		8,195		20,654		15,654
Deferred
Federal		(1,344)		(2,344)		615		(3,048)
Foreign		(834)		(1,192)		(1,623)		(2,198)
State		(187)		(382)		97		(511)
Total deferred		(2,365)		(3,918)		(911)		(5,757)
Total income tax provision	$	3,792	$	4,277	$	19,743	$	9,897

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Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented net by tax jurisdiction and are reported in other assets and other liabilities, respectively. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our U.S. tax jurisdiction was in a net deferred tax asset position, while our European tax jurisdiction was in a net deferred tax liability position. The following table presents each of these tax jurisdictions and the tax effects of temporary differences on their respective net deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands):

	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
U.S.
Deferred tax asset, net
Reserves and accruals	$	13,054	$	13,818
Domestic intangible assets		9,661		9,617
Investment securities and loans		(2,408)		(2,327)
Investment in unconsolidated entities		702		883
Deferred income		435		427
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		5,371		2,498
Valuation allowance		(5,371)		(2,498)
Other U.S. temporary differences		777		515
		22,221		22,933
Europe
Deferred tax liability, net
European servicing rights		(1,120)		(2,681)
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		8,214		8,702
Valuation allowance		(8,214)		(8,702)
Other European temporary differences		(204)		(337)
		(1,324)		(3,018)
Net deferred tax assets	$	20,897	$	19,915

Unrecognized tax benefits were not material as of and during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.

The following table is a reconciliation of our federal income tax determined using our statutory federal tax rate to our reported income tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,								For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015				2014				2015				2014
Federal statutory tax rate	$	42,501	35.0	%	$	43,631	35.0	%	$	90,357	35.0	%	$	87,906	35.0	%
REIT and other non-taxable income		(40,510)	(33.3)	%		(38,989)	(31.3)	%		(75,482)	(29.2)	%		(79,372)	(31.7)	%
State income taxes		179	0.1	%		753	0.6	%		2,180	0.8	%		1,203	0.5	%
Federal benefit of state tax deduction		(63)	(0.1)	%		(263)	(0.2)	%		(763)	(0.3)	%		(421)	(0.2)	%
Valuation allowance		1,618	1.3	%		(1,100)	(0.9)	%		2,873	1.1	%		412	0.2	%
Other		67	0.1	%		245	0.2	%		578	0.2	%		169	0.1	%
Effective tax rate	$	3,792	3.1	%	$	4,277	3.4	%	$	19,743	7.6	%	$	9,897	3.9	%

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21. Commitments and Contingencies

As of June 30, 2015, we had future funding commitments on 57 loans totaling $2.0 billion, of which we expect to fund $1.7 billion. These future funding commitments primarily relate to construction projects, capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Generally, funding commitments are subject to certain conditions that must be met, such as customary construction draw certifications, minimum debt service coverage ratios or executions of new leases before advances are made to the borrower.

In the ordinary course of business, we may provide various forms of guarantees.  In limited instances, specifically involving construction loans, the Company has guaranteed the future funding obligations of certain third party lenders in the event that such third parties fail to fund their proportionate share of the obligation in a timely manner.  We are currently unaware of any circumstances which would require us to make payments under any of these guarantees. 

Management is not aware of any other contractual obligations, legal proceedings, or any other contingent obligations incurred in the normal course of business that would have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

22.  Segment Data

In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, who is our Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis prior to the impact of consolidating VIEs under ASC 810. The segment information within this note is reported on that basis.  During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we established a separate presentation for corporate overhead which includes our corporate debt facilities and the associated expenses, management fee expenses and general and administrative expenses not directly allocable to our segments.  Also during the three months ended March 31, 2015, we transferred a performing loan with a balance of $25.0 million as of December 31, 2014 from our Investing and Servicing Segment to our Lending Segment.  During the three months ended June 30, 2015, upon our Ireland Portfolio acquisition discussed in Note 3, we established a third business segment, the Property Segment, and transferred our existing equity method investment in four regional shopping malls (the “Retail Fund”) from our Lending Segment to our Property Segment.  As of December 31, 2014, the carrying value of the Retail Fund was $129.5 million.  We have retrospectively reclassified prior periods to conform to these changes in presentation.

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The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	113,928	$	4,364	$	—	$	—	$	118,292	$	—	$	118,292
Interest income from investment securities		17,050		47,272		—		—		64,322		(40,512)		23,810
Servicing fees		98		54,349		—		—		54,447		(24,293)		30,154
Rental income		—		1,478		3,536		—		5,014		—		5,014
Other revenues		334		1,301		—		—		1,635		(245)		1,390
Total revenues		131,410		108,764		3,536		—		243,710		(65,050)		178,660
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		367		18		—		26,385		26,770		51		26,821
Interest expense		20,197		2,751		877		25,974		49,799		—		49,799
General and administrative		6,083		32,626		174		2,343		41,226		178		41,404
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		224		505		4,262		(124)		4,867		—		4,867
Costs of rental operations		—		878		333		—		1,211		—		1,211
Depreciation and amortization		—		4,213		1,615		—		5,828		—		5,828
Loan loss allowance, net		2,661		—		—		—		2,661		—		2,661
Total costs and expenses		29,532		40,991		7,261		54,578		132,362		229		132,591
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		101,878		67,773		(3,725)		(54,578)		111,348		(65,279)		46,069
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		55,873		55,873
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(8,381)		—		—		(8,381)		5,729		(2,652)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		510		(3,191)		—		—		(2,681)		4,127		1,446
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		10,831		—		—		10,831		—		10,831
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		1,361		5,328		2,554		—		9,243		(292)		8,951
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209		—		—		—		209		—		209
(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments, net		(23,954)		4,274		150		—		(19,530)		—		(19,530)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		21,181		(120)		(207)		—		20,854		—		20,854
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(629)		(629)		—		(629)
Other income, net		—		10		—		—		10		—		10
Total other (loss) income		(693)		8,751		2,497		(629)		9,926		65,437		75,363
Income (loss) before income taxes		101,185		76,524		(1,228)		(55,207)		121,274		158		121,432
Income tax provision		—		(3,792)		—		—		(3,792)		—		(3,792)
Net income (loss)		101,185		72,732		(1,228)		(55,207)		117,482		158		117,640
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)		—		—		—		(334)		(158)		(492)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	100,851	$	72,732	$	(1,228)	$	(55,207)	$	117,148	$	—	$	117,148

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The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing						Investing
	Lending		and Servicing						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	102,892	$	2,563	$	—	$	105,455	$	—	$	105,455
Interest income from investment securities		15,178		30,081		—		45,259		(17,639)		27,620
Servicing fees		153		57,834		—		57,987		(25,306)		32,681
Rental income		—		2,552		—		2,552		—		2,552
Other revenues		108		2,684		—		2,792		(350)		2,442
Total revenues		118,331		95,714		—		214,045		(43,295)		170,750
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		556		18		24,471		25,045		40		25,085
Interest expense		15,619		976		21,100		37,695		—		37,695
General and administrative		5,467		34,977		2,469		42,913		181		43,094
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		508		248		15		771		—		771
Costs of rental operations		—		1,674		—		1,674		—		1,674
Depreciation and amortization		—		5,154		—		5,154		—		5,154
Loan loss allowance, net		(139)		—		—		(139)		—		(139)
Other expense		66		4,286		—		4,352		—		4,352
Total costs and expenses		22,077		47,333		48,055		117,465		221		117,686
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		96,254		48,381		(48,055)		96,580		(43,516)		53,064
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		47,028		47,028
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(12,804)		—		(12,804)		7,281		(5,523)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		861		16,294		—		17,155		(12,196)		4,959
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		11,608		—		11,608		—		11,608
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		3,432		5,219		—		8,651		912		9,563
Gain on sale of investments, net		10,078		—		—		10,078		—		10,078
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(7,610)		(2,180)		—		(9,790)		—		(9,790)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		4,082		(305)		—		3,777		—		3,777
OTTI		—		(797)		—		(797)		—		(797)
Other income, net		35		657		—		692		—		692
Total other income		10,878		17,692		—		28,570		43,025		71,595
Income (loss) before income taxes		107,132		66,073		(48,055)		125,150		(491)		124,659
Income tax provision		(443)		(3,834)		—		(4,277)		—		(4,277)
Net income (loss)		106,689		62,239		(48,055)		120,873		(491)		120,382
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,005)		—		—		(3,005)		491		(2,514)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	103,684	$	62,239	$	(48,055)	$	117,868	$	—	$	117,868

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The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	227,400	$	9,321	$	—	$	—	$	236,721	$	—	$	236,721
Interest income from investment securities		39,346		71,968		—		—		111,314		(59,760)		51,554
Servicing fees		182		105,297		—		—		105,479		(47,068)		58,411
Rental income		—		4,150		3,536		—		7,686		—		7,686
Other revenues		413		3,231		—		—		3,644		(507)		3,137
Total revenues		267,341		193,967		3,536		—		464,844		(107,335)		357,509
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		755		36		—		53,897		54,688		101		54,789
Interest expense		41,720		4,870		877		52,866		100,333		—		100,333
General and administrative		10,941		61,815		176		3,372		76,304		364		76,668
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		997		718		4,262		76		6,053		—		6,053
Costs of rental operations		—		2,576		333		—		2,909		—		2,909
Depreciation and amortization		—		8,298		1,615		—		9,913		—		9,913
Loan loss allowance, net		2,978		—		—		—		2,978		—		2,978
Other expense		—		375		—		—		375		—		375
Total costs and expenses		57,391		78,688		7,263		110,211		253,553		465		254,018
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		209,950		115,279		(3,727)		(110,211)		211,291		(107,800)		103,491
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,734		103,734
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(13,256)		—		—		(13,256)		9,062		(4,194)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		171		5,122		—		—		5,293		(4,346)		947
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		31,962		—		—		31,962		—		31,962
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		2,216		8,052		5,195		—		15,463		(422)		15,041
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		307		17,100		—		—		17,407		—		17,407
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		8,909		(3,733)		(83)		—		5,093		—		5,093
Foreign currency loss, net		(8,155)		(1,291)		(7)		—		(9,453)		—		(9,453)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(5,921)		(5,921)		—		(5,921)
Other income, net		—		41		—		14		55		—		55
Total other income (loss)		3,448		43,997		5,105		(5,907)		46,643		108,028		154,671
Income (loss) before income taxes		213,398		159,276		1,378		(116,118)		257,934		228		258,162
Income tax benefit (provision)		30		(19,773)		—		—		(19,743)		—		(19,743)
Net income (loss)		213,428		139,503		1,378		(116,118)		238,191		228		238,419
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(680)		—		—		—		(680)		(228)		(908)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	212,748	$	139,503	$	1,378	$	(116,118)	$	237,511	$	—	$	237,511

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The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing				Single				Investing
	Lending		and Servicing				Family				and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Residential		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	204,979	$	5,386	$	—	$	—	$	210,365	$	—	$	210,365
Interest income from investment securities		33,467		53,089		—		—		86,556		(29,482)		57,074
Servicing fees		190		114,019		—		—		114,209		(47,317)		66,892
Rental income		—		3,135		—		—		3,135		—		3,135
Other revenues		188		5,698		—		—		5,886		(623)		5,263
Total revenues		238,824		181,327		—		—		420,151		(77,422)		342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		1,183		36		51,609		—		52,828		78		52,906
Interest expense		31,445		1,927		42,154		—		75,526		—		75,526
General and administrative		10,612		74,326		3,890		—		88,828		367		89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		720		430		15		—		1,165		—		1,165
Costs of rental operations		—		2,106		—		—		2,106		—		2,106
Depreciation and amortization		—		9,790		—		—		9,790		—		9,790
Loan loss allowance, net		358		—		—		—		358		—		358
Other expense		52		5,557		—		—		5,609		—		5,609
Total costs and expenses		44,370		94,172		97,668		—		236,210		445		236,655
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		194,454		87,155		(97,668)		—		183,941		(77,867)		106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,032		103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(24,979)		—		—		(24,979)		14,205		(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		705		53,246		—		—		53,951		(40,631)		13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		32,501		—		—		32,501		—		32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		4,972		3,836		—		—		8,808		819		9,627
Gain on sale of investments, net		11,633		—		—		—		11,633		—		11,633
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(10,398)		(7,258)		—		—		(17,656)		—		(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		5,643		(389)		—		—		5,254		—		5,254
OTTI		(213)		(797)		—		—		(1,010)		—		(1,010)
Other income, net		53		657		—		—		710		—		710
Total other income		12,395		56,817		—		—		69,212		77,425		146,637
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		206,849		143,972		(97,668)		—		253,153		(442)		252,711
Income tax provision		(526)		(9,371)		—		—		(9,897)		—		(9,897)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		—		243,256		(442)		242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		—		—		—		(1,551)		(1,551)		—		(1,551)
Net income (loss)		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		(1,551)		241,705		(442)		241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,236)		—		—		—		(3,236)		442		(2,794)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	203,087	$	134,601	$	(97,668)	$	(1,551)	$	238,469	$	—	$	238,469

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The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	158,795	$	47,694	$	1,161	$	238,072	$	445,722	$	756	$	446,478
Restricted cash		10,969		15,822		—		—		26,791		—		26,791
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,913,197		2,199		—		—		5,915,396		—		5,915,396
Loans held-for-sale		88,056		279,352		—		—		367,408		—		367,408
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		—		—		—		135,940		—		135,940
Investment securities		663,014		829,687		—		—		1,492,701		(615,463)		877,238
Properties, net		—		57,771		339,245		—		397,016		—		397,016
Intangible assets		—		170,100		42,499		—		212,599		(36,992)		175,607
Investment in unconsolidated entities		35,283		55,189		120,927		—		211,399		(7,144)		204,255
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		16,572		4,485		3,969		—		25,026		—		25,026
Accrued interest receivable		38,078		276		—		—		38,354		—		38,354
Other assets		20,084		65,478		19,459		12,918		117,939		(1,741)		116,198
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,719,092		92,719,092
Total Assets	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	16,293	$	80,485	$	15,261	$	28,493	$	140,532	$	555	$	141,087
Related-party payable		—		3,484		—		21,075		24,559		—		24,559
Dividends payable		—		—		—		115,575		115,575		—		115,575
Derivative liabilities		5,734		556		—		—		6,290		—		6,290
Secured financing agreements, net		2,379,372		294,771		245,609		659,751		3,579,503		—		3,579,503
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,315,245		1,315,245		—		1,315,245
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		137,302		—		—		—		137,302		—		137,302
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,046,550		92,046,550
Total Liabilities		2,538,701		379,296		260,870		2,140,139		5,319,006		92,047,105		97,366,111
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,402		2,402		—		2,402
Additional paid-in capital		2,918,478		1,174,898		262,513		(182,020)		4,173,869		—		4,173,869
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(32,464)		(32,464)		—		(32,464)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		46,668		(1,090)		323		—		45,901		—		45,901
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,564,327		113,309		3,554		(1,677,067)		4,123		—		4,123
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,529,473		1,287,117		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,193,831		—		4,193,831
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,814		2,077		—		—		13,891		11,403		25,294
Total Equity		4,541,287		1,289,194		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,207,722		11,403		4,219,125
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236

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The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,132	$	85,252	$	—	$	44,017	$	254,401	$	786	$	255,187
Restricted cash		34,941		13,763		—		—		48,704		—		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,771,307		7,931		—		—		5,779,238		—		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale		—		391,620		—		—		391,620		—		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		—		—		—		129,427		—		129,427
Investment securities		764,517		753,553		—		—		1,518,070		(519,822)		998,248
Properties, net		—		39,854		—		—		39,854		—		39,854
Intangible assets		—		190,207		—		—		190,207		(46,055)		144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities		22,537		48,693		129,475		—		200,705		(6,722)		193,983
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		23,579		3,049		—		—		26,628		—		26,628
Accrued interest receivable		39,188		914		—		—		40,102		—		40,102
Other assets		21,329		61,048		—		14,739		97,116		(1,464)		95,652
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,816,065		107,816,065
Total Assets	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	23,015	$	97,424	$	—	$	23,620	$	144,059	$	457	$	144,516
Related-party payable		—		4,405		—		36,346		40,751		—		40,751
Dividends payable		—		—		—		108,189		108,189		—		108,189
Derivative liabilities		3,662		1,814		—		—		5,476		—		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net		2,252,493		222,363		—		662,933		3,137,789		—		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,418,022		1,418,022		—		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		129,441		—		—		—		129,441		—		129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,232,201		107,232,201
Total Liabilities		2,408,611		326,006		—		2,249,110		4,983,727		107,232,658		112,216,385
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,248		2,248		—		2,248
Additional paid-in capital		3,126,845		1,413,608		127,299		(832,027)		3,835,725		—		3,835,725
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(23,635)		(23,635)		—		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		55,781		115		—		—		55,896		—		55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,328,794		(3,408)		2,176		(1,336,940)		(9,378)		—		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,511,420		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,860,856		—		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,926		—		—		—		11,926		10,130		22,056
Total Equity		4,523,346		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,872,782		10,130		3,882,912
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297

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23. Subsequent Events

Our significant events subsequent to June 30, 2015 were as follows:

Ireland Property Acquisition

On July 24, 2015, we acquired a fully occupied office property subject to a net lease arrangement located in Dublin, Ireland.  The gross purchase price for this additional property, which comprises approximately 103,000 square feet, was €111.0 million.

Secured Financing Agreements

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Conduit Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from September 2015 to September 2016.

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Lender 6 Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from August 2017 to August 2018.

In July 2015, we amended the Borrowing Base facility to (i) permanently upsize available borrowings from $250.0 million to $450.0 million; (ii) extend the maturity date to July 2019 assuming exercise of a one-year extension option; and (iii) reduce pricing.

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Lender 4 Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from October 2015 to October 2016.

In August 2015, we amended the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility to upsize available borrowings from $1.25 billion to $1.6 billion.

Dividend Declaration

On August 4, 2015, our board of directors declared a dividend of $0.48 per share for the third quarter of 2015, which is payable on October 15, 2015 to common stockholders of record as of September 30, 2015.

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Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.  See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (“STWD” together with its subsidiaries, “we” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations in August 2009, upon the completion of our initial public offering (“IPO”). We are focused primarily on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), and other commercial real estate investments in both the U.S. and Europe. We refer to the following as our target assets:

· commercial real estate mortgage loans, including preferred equity interests;

· CMBS; and

· other commercial real estate-related debt investments.

Our target assets may also include residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), certain residential mortgage loans, distressed or non-performing commercial loans, commercial properties subject to net leases and equity interests in commercial real estate. As market conditions change over time, we may adjust our strategy to take advantage of changes in interest rates and credit spreads as well as economic and credit conditions.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we established a third business segment, real estate property (the “Property Segment”). We have three reportable business segments as of June 30, 2015:

· Real estate lending (the “Lending Segment”)— engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial first mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, CMBS, RMBS and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments in both the U.S. and Europe that are held-for-investment.

· Real estate investing and servicing (the “Investing and Servicing Segment”)—includes (i) servicing businesses in both the U.S. and Europe that manage and work out problem assets, (ii) an investment business that selectively acquires and manages unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS, including subordinated interests of securitization and resecuritization transactions, (iii) a mortgage loan business which originates conduit loans for the primary purpose of selling these loans into securitization transactions, and (iv) an investment business that selectively acquires commercial real estate assets, including properties acquired from CMBS trusts. This segment excludes the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

· Property Segment—engages primarily in acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties that are heldforinvestment.

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Refer to Note 1 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further discussion of our business and organization.

Developments during the Second Quarter of 2015

· Acquired Cedar Real Estate Investments PLC (“Cedar Investments”), an investment fund which owned a portfolio of eight office properties and one multi-family residential property all located in Dublin, Ireland. Subsequent to this acquisition, Cedar Investments purchased three additional office properties also located in Dublin, Ireland. The aggregate purchase price for all twelve properties(the “Ireland Portfolio”), which collectively comprise approximately 520,000 square feet, was $106.7 million. We executed a €294.0 million, five year mortgage facility which carries an annual interest rate of EURIBOR + 2.00% to finance the acquisition, of which €220.5 million was drawn down during the quarter.

· The Lending Segment originated or acquired the following loans during the quarter:

· $257.9 million first mortgage for the development of a 194-acre coastal residential community in Orange County, California, of which the Company funded $76.3 million during the second quarter. 

· $175.0 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the refinancing of a 1,054-room, five-property hotel portfolio located in California, of which the Company funded $170.0 million during the second quarter.

· $83.5 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the refinancing and development of a 77-acre retail center located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, of which the Company funded $33.7 million during the second quarter.

· $82.8 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the refinancing of a 270-unit luxury condominium tower located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which the Company fully funded during the second quarter. 

· Funded $131.9 million of previously originated loan commitments during the second quarter.

· Received proceeds of $373.5 million and $228.9 million from maturities and principal repayments on loans and held-to-maturity investment securities, respectively, during the second quarter.

· Sold $293.2 million of loans and loan commitments during the second quarter.

· Named special servicer on one new issue CMBS deal with a total unpaid principal balance of $1.1 billion.

· Purchased $37.9 million of CMBS, including $17.5 million in new issue B-pieces.

· Originated new conduit loans of $476.7 million.

· Received proceeds of $551.6 million from sales of conduit loans.

· Sold 13.8 million shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $326.1 million. 

· Repurchased 400,000 shares of common stock at a total cost of $8.8 million.

· Repurchased $14.5 million par value of our 2019 Notes for $16.5 million, recognizing a loss on extinguishment of debt of$0.6 million.

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Developments during the First Quarter of 2015

· Entered into agreements to acquirethe Ireland Portfolio. 

· The Lending Segment originated or acquired the following loans during the quarter:

· $111.6 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the acquisition of a 129-acre office park in Boca Raton, Florida, of which the Company funded $85.0 million during the first quarter. 

· $105.6 million mezzanine loan secured by a 6,530-room, 24-property U.S. hotel portfolio.

· $73.3 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the acquisition of a 367-room full service hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, of which the Company funded $64.6 million during the first quarter. 

· $61.6 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the acquisition of a 499-room full service hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana, of which the Company funded $55.0 million during the first quarter. 

· $58.9 million first mortgage and mezzanine loan for the acquisition of an 11-building office portfolio in Sonoma County, California, of which the Company funded $55.7 million during the first quarter. 

· Funded $130.4 million of previously originated loan commitments during the first quarter.

· Sold $85.5 million of loans and loan commitments during the first quarter.

· Sold a commercial real estate asset from our Investing and Servicing Segment for a gain of $17.1 million.

· Named special servicer on three new issue CMBS deals with total unpaid principal balances of $3.0 billion.

· Purchased $60.3 million of CMBS, including $47.5 million in new issue B-pieces.

· Originated new conduit loans of $413.2 million.

· Received proceeds of $482.0 million from sales of conduit loans.

· Executed a $150.0 million repurchase facility with an existing lender to fund the origination of commercial mortgage loans for future securitization through the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform.  The facility carries a three year initial term with a one year extension option and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +2.10%.

· Executed a repurchase facility with a new lender to finance certain CMBS holdings.  There is no maximum facility size specified under the facility as the lender will evaluate all eligible collateral on an individual basis.  The facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +1.40% to LIBOR +1.85% depending on the CMBS collateral.

· Repurchased $104.1 million par value of our 2019 Notes for $119.9 million, recognizing a loss on extinguishment of debt of $5.3 million.

Subsequent Events

Refer to Note 23 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for disclosure regarding significant transactions that occurred subsequent to June 30, 2015.

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Results of Operations

The discussion below is based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and therefore reflects the elimination of certain key financial statement line items related to the consolidation of variable interest entities (“VIEs”), particularly within revenues and other income, as discussed in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein. For a discussion of our results of operations excluding the impact of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810 as it relates to the consolidation of VIEs, refer to the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section herein.

The following table compares our summarized results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2015		2014		$ Change		2015		2014		$ Change
Revenues:
Lending Segment	$	131,410	$	118,331	$	13,079	$	267,341	$	238,824	$	28,517
Investing and Servicing Segment		108,764		95,714		13,050		193,967		181,327		12,640
Property Segment		3,536		—		3,536		3,536		—		3,536
Investing and Servicing VIEs		(65,050)		(43,295)		(21,755)		(107,335)		(77,422)		(29,913)
		178,660		170,750		7,910		357,509		342,729		14,780
Costs and expenses (1):
Lending Segment		29,532		22,077		7,455		57,391		44,370		13,021
Investing and Servicing Segment		40,991		47,333		(6,342)		78,688		94,172		(15,484)
Property Segment		7,261		—		7,261		7,263		—		7,263
Corporate		54,578		48,055		6,523		110,211		97,668		12,543
Investing and Servicing VIEs		229		221		8		465		445		20
		132,591		117,686		14,905		254,018		236,655		17,363
Other income (expense):
Lending Segment		(693)		10,878		(11,571)		3,448		12,395		(8,947)
Investing and Servicing Segment		8,751		17,692		(8,941)		43,997		56,817		(12,820)
Property Segment		2,497		—		2,497		5,105		—		5,105
Corporate		(629)		—		(629)		(5,907)		—		(5,907)
Investing and Servicing VIEs		65,437		43,025		22,412		108,028		77,425		30,603
		75,363		71,595		3,768		154,671		146,637		8,034
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes:
Lending Segment		101,185		107,132		(5,947)		213,398		206,849		6,549
Investing and Servicing Segment		76,524		66,073		10,451		159,276		143,972		15,304
Property Segment		(1,228)		—		(1,228)		1,378		—		1,378
Corporate		(55,207)		(48,055)		(7,152)		(116,118)		(97,668)		(18,450)
Investing and Servicing VIEs		158		(491)		649		228		(442)		670
		121,432		124,659		(3,227)		258,162		252,711		5,451
Income tax provision		(3,792)		(4,277)		485		(19,743)		(9,897)		(9,846)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		—		—		—		—		(1,551)		1,551
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(492)		(2,514)		2,022		(908)		(2,794)		1,886
Net income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	(720)	$	237,511	$	238,469	$	(958)

(1) Allocations of certain prior period costs and expenses among segments have been reclassified to a newly-established separate presentation for corporate overhead to conform to our current period presentation of both GAAP and non- 63

GAAP financial measures. Refer to Note 22 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further information.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2014

Lending Segment

Revenues

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, revenues of our Lending Segment increased $13.1 million to $131.4 million, compared to $118.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. This increase was primarily due to (i) an $11.0 million increase in interest income from loans, which reflects a $1.1 billion net increase in loan investments of our Lending Segment between June 30, 2014 and 2015, mainly resulting from new loan originations exceeding maturities, and (ii) a $1.9 million increase in interest income from investment securities principally due to an increase in CMBS investments.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, costs and expenses of our Lending Segment increased $7.4 million to $29.5 million, compared to $22.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to a $4.6 million increase in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund the growth of our investment portfolio and a $2.8 million increase in our general loan loss allowance compared to a small reversal in the 2014 second quarter.  The outstanding balance under the secured financing facilities increased $574.3 million between June 30, 2014 and 2015. 

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)

	For the Three Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014		Change
Interest income from loans	$	113,928	$	102,892	$	11,036
Interest income from investment securities		17,050		15,178		1,872
Interest expense		(20,197)		(15,619)		(4,578)
Net interest income	$	110,781	$	102,451	$	8,330

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, net interest income of our Lending Segment increased $8.3 million to $110.8 million from $102.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014.  The increase primarily reflects a $1.0 billion net increase in investments of our Lending Segment between June 30, 2014 and 2015 which was financed in part by unallocated corporate-level debt. 

The weighted average unlevered yield on the Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities was 7.9% as of June 30, 2015 compared to 8.3% as of June 30, 2014. The slight decrease is primarily due to a gradual tightening of interest rate spreads due to increased lender competition in the credit markets over the last twelve months.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates, inclusive of interest rate hedging costs and the amortization of deferred financing fees, were 3.1% and 3.6%, respectively. This decrease in borrowing rates primarily reflects lower interest rate spreads on both our new and amended debt facilities over the last twelve months.

Other Income

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, other income (expense) of our Lending Segment decreased $11.6 million to $(0.7) million, from $10.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily due to a $9.9 million decrease in gain on sale of investments due to higher sales activity, particularly of RMBS, in the second quarter of 2014 and a $2.1 million decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities.  A $17.1 million increase in

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foreign currency gain due to a weakening of the U.S. dollar against the pound sterling was mostly offset by a $16.3 million increased loss on derivatives.  The increased loss on derivatives reflects a $20.7 million increase in loss on foreign currency hedges partially offset by a $4.4 million favorable change in gain (loss) on interest rate derivatives.  The foreign currency hedges are used to fix the U.S. dollar amounts of cash flows (both interest and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated loans and CMBS investments. 

Investing and Servicing Segment and VIEs

Revenues

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, revenues of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $8.7 million to $43.7 million after consolidated VIE eliminations of $65.0 million, compared to $52.4 million after consolidated VIE eliminations of $43.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The VIE eliminations are merely a function of the number of CMBS trusts consolidated in any given period, and as such, are not a meaningful indicator of the operating results for this segment.  The decrease in revenues in the second quarter of 2015 was due to decreases of $5.7 million in interest income from CMBS investments, $2.5 million in servicing fees and $2.3 million in rental and other revenues, all partially offset by an increase of $1.8 million in interest income from loans.  The $5.7 million decrease in CMBS interest income was due to a $22.9 million increase in VIE eliminations related to the CMBS trusts we consolidate.  Excluding the effect of these eliminations, CMBS interest income increased by $17.2 million.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, costs and expenses of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $6.3 million to $41.2 million, compared to $47.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The VIE eliminations were nominal for both periods. The decrease in costs and expenses was primarily due to accruals for contingencies and legal fees incurred in the second quarter of 2014 which did not recur in the second quarter of 2015 and a $1.7 million decrease in depreciation and costs of rental operations related to a commercial real estate asset we sold for a gain in the first quarter of 2015, all partially offset by a $1.8 million increase in interest expense related to higher balances under our conduit loan and CMBS financing facilities.

Other Income

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, other income of our Investing and Servicing Segment increased $13.5 million to $74.2 million including additive net VIE eliminations of $65.4 million, from $60.7 million including additive net VIE eliminations of $43.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in other income in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014 was primarily due to an $8.8 million increase in net assets related to consolidated VIEs and a $6.5 million favorable swing in gain (loss) on derivatives which are used to hedge interest rate risk and credit risk principally on the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit loans held-for-sale, both partially offset by a decrease of $3.2 million in the change in fair value of investment securities.  The change in fair value of our CMBS reflects a $0.9 million increase in the three months ended June 30, 2015 compared to a $4.1 million increase in the three months ended June 30, 2014.  Before VIE eliminations, there were (decreases) increases in fair value of these securities of $(3.2) million and $16.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.  Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs reflects amounts associated with the Investing and Servicing Segment’s variable interests in CMBS trusts it consolidates, including special servicing fees, interest income, and changes in fair value of CMBS and servicing rights. As noted above, this number is merely a function of the number of CMBS trusts consolidated in any given period, and as such, is not a meaningful indicator of the operating results for this segment. 

Income Tax Provision

Most of our consolidated income tax provision relates to the taxable nature of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s loan servicing and loan conduit businesses which are housed in TRSs.  Our tax provision for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as well as the overall effective tax rate, is slightly lower than for the three months ended June 30, 2014 primarily due to a decrease in our income from an investment in an unconsolidated entity held within a TRS.

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Property Segment

During the three months ended June 30, 2014, there was no activity in the Property Segment. Therefore a comparison of results of this segment for the three months ended June 30, 2014 to the three months ended June 30, 2015 is not meaningful.

Revenues

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, revenues of our Property Segment consisted of $3.5 million of rental income for the partial period subsequent to our May 2015 acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio.

Costs and Expenses

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, costs and expenses of our Property Segment of $7.3 million consisted of $4.3 million of acquisition and investment pursuit costs, of which $3.2 million related to the acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio, and $3.0 million of other rental related costs, including $1.6 million of depreciation and amortization and $0.9 million of interest expense on the secured financing for the Ireland Portfolio.

Other Income

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, other income of our Property Segment of $2.5 million consisted primarily of equity in earnings from our investment in four regional shopping malls (the “Retail Fund”) which we acquired in the fourth quarter of 2014.

Corporate

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, corporate expenses increased $6.5 million to $54.6 million, compared to $48.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to a $4.9 million increase in interest expense related to our October 2014 issuance of Convertible Notes due 2017 and a $1.9 million increase in management fees.  The increase in management fees reflects the impacts of (i) higher levels of invested capital which resulted in an increased base management fee and (ii) higher manager stock compensation expense resulting from awards granted during the second quarter of 2015.  Corporate other expense of $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 represents a loss on the repurchase of $14.5 million principal amount of our Convertible Notes due 2019.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

Lending Segment

Revenues

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, revenues of our Lending Segment increased $28.5 million to $267.3 million, compared to $238.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. This increase was primarily due to (i) a $22.4 million increase in interest income from loans, which reflects a $1.1 billion net increase in loan investments of our Lending Segment between June 30, 2014 and 2015, mainly resulting from new loan originations exceeding maturities, and (ii) a $5.9 million increase in interest income from investment securities, reflecting higher accretion of discount on RMBS as well as increased income from CMBS and preferred equity interests in real estate ventures.

Costs and Expenses

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, costs and expenses of our Lending Segment increased $13.0 million to $57.4 million, compared to $44.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to a $10.3 million increase in interest expense associated with the various secured financing facilities used to fund the growth

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of our investment portfolio and a $2.6 million increase in our general loan loss allowance.  The outstanding balance under the secured financing facilities increased $574.3 million between June 30, 2014 and 2015. 

Net Interest Income (amounts in thousands)

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014		Change
Interest income from loans	$	227,400	$	204,979	$	22,421
Interest income from investment securities		39,346		33,467		5,879
Interest expense		(41,720)		(31,445)		(10,275)
Net interest income	$	225,026	$	207,001	$	18,025

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, net interest income of our lending segment increased $18.0 million to $225.0 million from $207.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014.  The increase primarily reflects a $1.0 billion net increase in investments of our Lending Segment between June 30, 2014 and 2015 which was financed in part by unallocated corporate-level debt. 

Refer to the discussion of the Lending Segment’s results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 for a discussion of our weighted average unlevered yields on the Lending Segment’s loans and investment securities and the Lending Segment’s weighted average secured borrowing rates.

Other Income

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, other income of our Lending Segment decreased $8.9 million to $3.4 million, from $12.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The decrease was primarily due to a $13.8 million unfavorable swing in foreign currency gain (loss), an $11.3 million decrease in gain on sale of investments due to higher sales activity, particularly of RMBS, in the second half of 2014 and a $2.8 million decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities.  These decreases were partially offset by a $19.3 million favorable swing in gain (loss) on derivatives, mostly related to foreign currency hedges. The foreign currency hedges are used to fix the U.S. dollar amounts of cash flows (both interest and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated loans and CMBS investments. 

Investing and Servicing Segment and VIEs

Revenues

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, revenues of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $17.3 million to $86.6 million after consolidated VIE eliminations of $107.3 million, compared to $103.9 million after consolidated VIE eliminations of $77.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The VIE eliminations are merely a function of the number of CMBS trusts consolidated in any given period, and as such, are not a meaningful indicator of the operating results for this segment.  The decrease in revenues in the second half of 2015 was due to decreases of $11.4 million in interest income from CMBS investments, $8.5 million in servicing fees and $1.3 million in rental and other revenues, all partially offset by an increase of $3.9 million in interest income from loans.  The $11.4 million decrease in CMBS interest income was due to a $30.3 million increase in VIE eliminations related to the CMBS trusts we consolidate.  Excluding the effect of these eliminations, CMBS interest income increased by $18.9 million.

Costs and Expenses

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, costs and expenses of our Investing and Servicing Segment decreased $15.4 million to $79.2 million, compared to $94.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The VIE eliminations were nominal for both periods. The decrease in costs and expenses was primarily due to (i) lower incentive and other compensation, (ii) accruals for contingencies and legal fees incurred in the first half of 2014 which did not recur in the first half of 2015 and (iii) a $1.0 million net decrease in depreciation and costs of rental operations related to a

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commercial real estate asset we sold for a gain in the first quarter of 2015, all partially offset by a $2.9 million increase in interest expense related to higher balances under our conduit loan and CMBS financing facilities.

Other Income

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, other income of our Investing and Servicing Segment increased $17.8 million to $152.0 million including additive net VIE eliminations of $108.0 million, from $134.2 million including additive net VIE eliminations of $77.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The increase in other income in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014 was primarily due to (i) a $17.1 million gain on sale of a commercial real estate asset, (ii) a $6.6 million lesser reduction in the fair value of our domestic servicing rights intangible which reflects the expected amortization of this deteriorating asset net of increases in fair value due to the attainment of new servicing contracts, (iii) a $3.5 million lower loss from derivatives which are used to hedge interest rate risk and credit risk principally on the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit loans held-for-sale and (iv) a $3.0 million increase in earnings from unconsolidated entities, all partially offset by a decrease of $11.8 million in the change in fair value of investment securities.  The change in fair value of our CMBS reflects a $0.8 million increase in the six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to a $12.6 million increase in the six months ended June 30, 2014.  Before VIE eliminations, there were increases in fair value of these securities of $5.1 million and $53.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Income Tax Provision

Most of our consolidated income tax provision relates to the taxable nature of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s loan servicing and loan conduit businesses which are housed in TRSs.  Our tax provision for the six months ended June 30, 2015, as well as the overall effective tax rate, is higher than for the six months ended June 30, 2014 primarily due to the taxable gain on sale of a commercial real estate asset and other increases in our TRS income.

Property Segment

Refer to the discussion of the Property Segment’s results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as the Ireland Portfolio acquisition occurred during that period.  The results of operations for the Property Segment prior to the Ireland Portfolio acquisition relate solely to our equity method investment in the Retail Fund, which was acquired during the fourth quarter of 2014.

Corporate

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, corporate expenses increased $12.5 million to $110.2 million, compared to $97.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014.  The increase was primarily due to a $10.7 million increase in interest expense related to our October 2014 issuance of Convertible Notes due 2017 and a $2.3 million increase in management fees.  The increase in management fees reflects the impacts of (1) higher levels of invested capital which resulted in an increased base management fee and (2) higher manager stock compensation expense resulting from awards granted during the 2015 second quarter.  Corporate other expense of $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 represents a loss on the repurchase of $118.6 million principal amount of our Convertible Notes due 2019.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Core Earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure. We calculate Core Earnings as GAAP net income (loss) excluding non-cash equity compensation expense, the incentive fee due under our management agreement, depreciation and amortization of real estate, any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items recorded in net income for the period, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income. The amount is adjusted to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash adjustments as determined by our Manager and approved by a majority of our independent directors.

We believe that Core Earnings provides an additional measure of our core operating performance by eliminating the impact of certain non-cash expenses and facilitating a comparison of our financial results to those of other comparable REITs with fewer or no non-cash adjustments and comparison of our own operating results from period to period. Our management uses Core Earnings in this way, and also uses Core Earnings to compute the incentive fee due under our management agreement. The Company believes that its investors also use Core Earnings or a comparable supplemental performance measure to evaluate and compare the performance of the Company and its peers, and as such, the Company believes that the disclosure of Core Earnings is useful to (and expected by) its investors.

However, the Company cautions that Core Earnings does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (determined in accordance with GAAP), or an indication of our cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP), a measure of our liquidity, or an indication of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. In addition, our methodology for calculating Core Earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other REITs to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our reported Core Earnings may not be comparable to the Core Earnings reported by other REITs.

In assessing the appropriate weighted average diluted share count to apply to Core Earnings for purposes of determining Core earnings per share (“EPS”), management considered the following attributes of our current GAAP diluted share methodology: (i) our participating securities were determined to be anti-dilutive and were thus excluded from the denominator of the EPS calculation; and (ii) the portion of the convertible notes that are “in-the-money” (referred to as the “conversion spread value”), representing the value that would be delivered to investors in shares upon an assumed conversion, is included in the denominator.  Because compensation expense related to participating securities is added back for Core Earnings purposes pursuant to the definition above, there is no dilution to Core Earnings resulting from the associated expense recognition.  As a result, our GAAP EPS methodology was adjusted to include (instead of exclude) participating securities. Further, conversion of the convertible notes is an event that is contingent upon numerous factors, none of which are in our control, and is an event that may or may not occur.  Consistent with the treatment of other unrealized adjustments to Core Earnings, our GAAP EPS methodology was adjusted to exclude (instead of include) the conversion spread value in determining Core EPS until a conversion actually occurs. We have adjusted prior periods to conform to the above definition. The following table presents our diluted weighted average shares used in our GAAP EPS calculation reconciled to our diluted weighted average shares used in our Core EPS calculation (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended		For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,		June 30,
	2015	2014	2015	2014
Diluted weighted average shares - GAAP	235,831	222,892	230,085	211,194
Add: Participating securities	2,295	2,875	2,155	2,876
Less: Conversion spread value	(649)	(4,056)	(644)	(3,906)
Diluted weighted average shares - Core	237,477	221,711	231,596	210,164

The definition of Core Earnings allows management to make adjustments, subject to the approval of a majority of the independent directors, in situations where such adjustments are considered appropriate in order for Core Earnings to be calculated in a manner consistent with its definition and objective.  We encountered this type of situation during the first quarter of 2015 when we incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt associated with our convertible notes.  The definition of Core Earnings did not contemplate the treatment of a loss on extinguishment of debt, so we modified the definition during the first quarter of 2015 to incorporate this type of transaction.

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For the three and six months ended June  30, 2015, we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million, respectively, of our 2019 Notes for total consideration of $16.5 million and $136.3 million, respectively.  The resulting GAAP loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 of $0.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively, reflects the difference between the book value of the liability component and the related allocable liability component of the repurchase price.  The portion of the repurchase price attributable to the equity component during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 totaled $2.1 million, of which $0.5 million reflects a write-off of the unamortized conversion discount, and $17.7 million, of which $3.8 million reflects a write-off of the unamortized conversion discount, respectively.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the $0.5 million and $3.8 million write-offs, respectively, are already included in the GAAP loss of $0.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively, and as such, are already reflected in Core Earnings. 

For the remaining $1.6 millionand $13.9 million reduction to equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, we believe this amount is effectively a reduction of the $20.4 million equity balance that was recognized upon issuance of the 2019 Notes.  This portion will not be considered realized until the earlier of (i) the entire issuance of the 2019 Notes has been extinguished; or (2) the $20.4 million has been fully amortized.  As a result, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we reflected the $1.6 millionand $13.9 million, respectively, as accelerated amortization of our original $20.4 million.  If and when the original equity balance is fully amortized, the incremental equity component differential, if any, will be reflected as an adjustment to Core Earnings. 

The following table summarizes our quarterly Core Earnings per weighted average diluted share for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

	Core Earnings For the Three-Month Periods Ended
	March 31		June 30
2015	$	0.55	$	0.53
2014		0.61		0.52

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Three Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2014

The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Core Earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2015, by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	131,410	$	108,764	$	3,536	$	—	$	243,710
Costs and expenses		(29,532)		(40,991)		(7,261)		(54,578)		(132,362)
Other (loss) income		(693)		8,751		2,497		(629)		9,926
Income (loss) before income taxes		101,185		76,524		(1,228)		(55,207)		121,274
Income tax provision		—		(3,792)		—		—		(3,792)
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)		—		—		—		(334)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		100,851		72,732		(1,228)		(55,207)		117,148
Add / (Deduct):
Non-cash equity compensation expense		1,135		2,291		—		7,484		10,910
Management incentive fee		—		—		—		4,088		4,088
Depreciation and amortization		—		414		1,537		—		1,951
Loan loss allowance, net		2,661		—		—		—		2,661
Interest income adjustment for securities		(301)		(7,232)		—		—		(7,533)
Other non-cash items		—		—		—		—		—
Reversal of unrealized (gains) / losses on:
Loans held-for-sale		—		(10,831)		—		—		(10,831)
Securities		(510)		3,191		—		—		2,681
Derivatives		23,160		(5,067)		(150)		—		17,943
Foreign currency		(21,182)		120		207		—		(20,855)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		(5,328)		—		—		(5,328)
Recognition of realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans held-for-sale		—		18,188		—		—		18,188
Securities		—		(11,492)		—		—		(11,492)
Derivatives		8,578		(62)		—		—		8,516
Foreign currency		(6,282)		(120)		(7)		—		(6,409)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		4,274		—		—		4,274
Core Earnings (Loss)	$	108,110	$	61,078	$	359	$	(43,635)	$	125,912
Core Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	0.46	$	0.25	$	—	$	(0.18)	$	0.53

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Core Earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2014, by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing
	Lending		and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	118,331	$	95,714	$	—	$	214,045
Costs and expenses (1)		(22,077)		(47,333)		(48,055)		(117,465)
Other income		10,878		17,692		—		28,570
Income (loss) before income taxes		107,132		66,073		(48,055)		125,150
Income tax provision		(443)		(3,834)		—		(4,277)
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,005)		—		—		(3,005)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		103,684		62,239		(48,055)		117,868
Add / (Deduct):
Non-cash equity compensation expense		416		233		6,875		7,524
Management incentive fee		—		—		4,047		4,047
Depreciation and amortization		—		788		—		788
Loan loss allowance, net		(139)		—		—		(139)
Interest income adjustment for securities		(948)		396		—		(552)
Other non-cash items		—		250		—		250
Reversal of unrealized (gains) / losses on:
Loans held-for-sale		—		(11,608)		—		(11,608)
Securities		(10,991)		(16,293)		—		(27,284)
Derivatives		7,622		1,762		—		9,384
Foreign currency		(4,083)		—		—		(4,083)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		(522)		—		(522)
Recognition of realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans held for sale		—		11,096		—		11,096
Securities		10,301		(284)		—		10,017
Derivatives		(10,244)		(400)		—		(10,644)
Foreign currency		9,100		—		—		9,100
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		—		—		—
Core Earnings (Loss)	$	104,718	$	47,657	$	(37,133)	$	115,242
Core Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share (2)	$	0.47	$	0.22	$	(0.17)	$	0.52

(1) Allocations of certain prior period costs and expenses among segments have been reclassified to a newly-established separate presentation for corporate overhead to conform to our current period presentation of both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to Note 22 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further information.

(2) We have conformed our calculation of weighted average diluted shares to our current methodology of excluding the conversion spread value of our convertible notes.

Lending Segment

The Lending Segment’s Core Earnings increased by $3.4 million, from $104.7 million during the second quarter of 2014 to $108.1 million in the second quarter of 2015. After making adjustments for the calculation of Core Earnings, revenues were $131.1 million, costs and expenses were $25.7 million and other income was $3.0 million.

Core revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, increased by $13.7 million in the second quarter of 2015 due to growth of $1.1 billion in our loan portfolio since June 30, 2014 and, to a lesser extent, increased interest income on investment securities.

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Core costs and expenses increased by $3.9 million in the second quarter of 2015 due to an increase in interest expense associated with the various facilities utilized to fund the growth of our investment portfolio.  The outstanding balance of the Lending Segment’s secured financing agreements increased by $574.3 million since June 30, 2014.

Core other income decreased by $9.5 million, principally due to a decrease in gain on sale of investments due to higher sales activity, particularly of RMBS, in the second quarter of 2014.

Investing and Servicing Segment

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s Core Earnings increased by $13.4 million, from $47.7 million during the second quarter of 2014 to $61.1 million in the second quarter of 2015.  After making adjustments for the calculation of Core Earnings, revenues were $101.5 million, costs and expenses were $38.2 million, other income was $1.6 million and income taxes were $3.8 million.

Core revenues increased by $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2015 due to increases of $9.6 million in interest income from our CMBS portfolio and $1.8 million in interest income on our conduit loans partially offset by a decrease of $3.5 million in servicing fees and $2.5 million in rental and other revenues. 

Core costs and expenses decreased by $7.8 million in the second quarter of 2015, primarily due to accruals for contingencies and legal fees incurred in the second quarter of 2014, which did not recur in the second quarter of 2015, and lower incentive compensation, all partially offset by an increase of $1.8 million in interest expense on our conduit loan and CMBS financing facilities.

Core other income increased by $0.2 million in the second quarter of 2015, reflecting higher gains on sales of conduit loans into securitizations partially offset by lower gains on CMBS sales.

Income taxes, which principally relate to the operating results of our servicing and conduit businesses which are held in TRSs, decreased nominally.

Property Segment

During the three months ended June 30, 2014, there was no activity in the Property Segment. Therefore a comparison of results of this segment for the three months ended June 30, 2015 to the three months ended June 30, 2014 is not meaningful.

The Property Segment contributed Core Earnings of $0.4 million during the second quarter of 2015. After making adjustments for the calculation of Core Earnings, revenues were $3.5 million, costs and expenses were $5.6 million and other income was $2.5 million.

Core revenues consisted of $3.5 million of rental income from the Ireland Portfolio following its acquisition in May 2015.

Core costs and expenses of $5.6 million consisted of (i) acquisition and investment pursuit costs of $4.3 million, of which $3.2 million related to the Ireland Portfolio, (ii) $0.9 million of interest expense on secured financing for the Ireland Portfolio and (iii) $0.4 million of other rental related costs.

Core other income of $2.5 million consisted primarily of equity in earnings of the Retail Fund.

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Corporate

Core corporate costs and expenses increased by $6.5 million, from $37.1 million in the second quarter of 2014 to $43.6 million in the second quarter of 2015. This increase was primarily due to a $4.9 million increase in interest expense primarily related to our October 2014 issuance of Convertible Notes due 2017 and a $1.3 million increase in base management fees.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Core Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2015, by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Total
Revenues	$	267,341	$	193,967	$	3,536	$	—	$	464,844
Costs and expenses		(57,391)		(78,688)		(7,263)		(110,211)		(253,553)
Other income (loss)		3,448		43,997		5,105		(5,907)		46,643
Income (loss) before income taxes		213,398		159,276		1,378		(116,118)		257,934
Income tax benefit (provision)		30		(19,773)		—		—		(19,743)
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		(680)		—		—		—		(680)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		212,748		139,503		1,378		(116,118)		237,511
Add / (Deduct):
Non-cash equity compensation expense		1,312		2,554		—		14,535		18,401
Management incentive fee		—		—		—		10,767		10,767
Depreciation and amortization		—		856		1,537		—		2,393
Loan loss allowance, net		2,978		—		—		—		2,978
Interest income adjustment for securities		(364)		(3,445)		—		—		(3,809)
Other non-cash items		—		(775)		—		—		(775)
Reversal of unrealized (gains) / losses on:
Loans held-for-sale		—		(31,962)		—		—		(31,962)
Securities		(171)		(5,122)		—		—		(5,293)
Derivatives		(10,507)		1,642		83		—		(8,782)
Foreign currency		8,154		1,291		7		—		9,452
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		(8,052)		—		—		(8,052)
Recognition of realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans held-for-sale		—		35,623		—		—		35,623
Securities		—		(10,121)		—		—		(10,121)
Derivatives		11,506		(4,495)		—		—		7,011
Foreign currency		(10,239)		(1,565)		(7)		—		(11,811)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		6,063		—		—		6,063
Core Earnings (Loss)	$	215,417	$	121,995	$	2,998	$	(90,816)	$	249,594
Core Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share	$	0.94	$	0.52	$	0.01	$	(0.39)	$	1.08

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The following table presents our summarized results of operations and reconciliation to Core Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2014, by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing
	Lending		and Servicing				Single Family
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Residential		Total
Revenues	$	238,824	$	181,327	$	—	$	—	$	420,151
Costs and expenses (1)		(44,370)		(94,172)		(97,668)		—		(236,210)
Other income		12,395		56,817		—		—		69,212
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		206,849		143,972		(97,668)		—		253,153
Income tax provision		(526)		(9,371)		—		—		(9,897)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		—		—		—		(1,551)		(1,551)
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,236)		—		—		—		(3,236)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		203,087		134,601		(97,668)		(1,551)		238,469
Add / (Deduct):
Non-cash equity compensation expense		593		442		13,696		—		14,731
Management incentive fee		—		—		11,223		—		11,223
Change in Control Plan		—		1,279		—		—		1,279
Depreciation and amortization		—		1,070		—		1,540		2,610
Loan loss allowance, net		358		—		—		—		358
Interest income adjustment for securities		(1,350)		5,854		—		—		4,504
Other non-cash items		—		250		—		—		250
Reversal of unrealized (gains) / losses on:
Loans held for sale		—		(32,501)		—		—		(32,501)
Securities		(10,835)		(53,245)		—		—		(64,080)
Derivatives		10,410		6,082		—		—		16,492
Foreign currency		(5,644)		—		—		—		(5,644)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		(593)		—		—		(593)
Recognition of realized gains / (losses) on:
Loans held for sale		—		29,385		—		—		29,385
Securities		9,782		14,131		—		—		23,913
Derivatives		(10,590)		(2,757)		—		—		(13,347)
Foreign currency		9,716		—		—		—		9,716
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		—		—		—		—		—
Core Earnings (Loss)	$	205,527	$	103,998	$	(72,749)	$	(11)	$	236,765
Core Earnings (Loss) per Weighted Average Diluted Share (2)	$	0.98	$	0.50	$	(0.35)	$	—	$	1.13

(1) Allocations of certain prior period costs and expenses among segments have been reclassified to a newly-established separate presentation for corporate overhead to conform to our current period presentation of both GAAP and  non-GAAP financial measures. Refer to Note 22 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further information.

(2) We have conformed our calculation of weighted average diluted shares to our current methodology of excluding the conversion spread value of our convertible notes.

Lending Segment

The Lending Segment’s Core Earnings increased by $9.9 million, from $205.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014 to $215.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015. After making adjustments for the calculation of Core Earnings, revenues were $267.0 million, costs and expenses were $53.1 million and other income was $2.2 million.

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Core revenues, consisting principally of interest income on loans, increased by $29.5 million in the first half of 2015 due to growth of $1.1 billion in our loan portfolio since June 30, 2014 and, to a lesser extent, increased interest income on investment securities.

Core costs and expenses increased by $9.7 million due to an increase in interest expense associated with the various facilities utilized to fund the growth of our investment portfolio.  The outstanding balance of the Lending Segment’s secured financing agreements increased by $574.3 million since June 30, 2014.

Core other income decreased by $13.0 million, principally due to a decrease in gain on sale of investments due to higher sales activity, particularly of RMBS, in the second half of 2014.

Investing and Servicing Segment

The Investing and Servicing Segment’s Core Earnings increased by $18.0 million, from $104.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014 to $122.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015. After making adjustments for the calculation of Core Earnings, revenues were $190.5 million, costs and expenses were $75.5 million, other income was $26.8 million and income taxes were $19.8 million.

Core revenues increased by $3.3 million primarily due to increases of $9.6 million in interest income from our CMBS portfolio and $3.9 million in interest income on our conduit loans partially offset by a decrease of $8.7 million in servicing fees and $1.5 million in rental and other revenues.

Core costs and expenses decreased by $15.7 million, primarily due to accruals for contingencies and legal fees incurred in the second quarter of 2014, which did not recur in the second quarter of 2015, and lower incentive compensation, all partially offset by an increase of $2.9 million in interest expense on our conduit loan and CMBS financing facilities.

Core other income increased by $9.4 million, primarily due to a gain on the sale of a commercial real estate asset and increased gains on sales of conduit loans into securitizations, both partially offset by lower gains on CMBS sales. 

Income taxes, which principally relate to the operating results of our servicing and conduit businesses which are held in TRSs, increased $10.4 million due to a taxable gain on the sale of a commercial real estate asset as well as other increases in our TRS income.

Property Segment

The Property Segment contributed Core Earnings of $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015.  Refer to the discussion of the Property Segment’s core results for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as the Ireland Portfolio acquisition occurred during that period.  The results of operations for the Property Segment prior to the Ireland Portfolio acquisition relate solely to our equity method investment in the Retail Fund, which contributed $5.2 million to Core Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

Corporate

Core corporate costs and expenses increased by $18.1 million, from $72.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014 to $90.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015. This increase was primarily due to a $10.7 million increase in interest expense primarily related to our October 2014 issuance of Convertible Notes due 2017, a $5.9 million loss on extinguishment of a portion of our Convertible Notes due 2019 and a $2.0 million increase in base management fees.

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Single Family Residential Segment

As discussed in Note 3 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein, our former single family residential (“SFR”) segment was spun off to our stockholders on January 31, 2014.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet our cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, fund and maintain our assets and operations, make new investments where appropriate, pay dividends to our stockholders, and other general business needs. We closely monitor our liquidity position and believe that we have sufficient current liquidity and access to additional liquidity to meet our financial obligations for at least the next 12 months. Our strategy for managing liquidity and capital resources has not changed since December 31, 2014, other than as set forth below.  Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of these strategies.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

As of June 30, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of $446.5 million.

Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June  30, 2015 (amounts in thousands)

			VIE		Excluding Investing
	GAAP		Adjustments		and Servicing VIEs
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	294,952	$	30	$	294,982
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Origination and purchase of loans held-for-investment		(1,256,784)		—		(1,256,784)
Proceeds from principal collections and sale of loans		1,077,477		—		1,077,477
Purchase of investment securities		(147,423)		(89,220)		(236,643)
Proceeds from sales and collections of investment securities		252,872		22,097		274,969
Real estate business combinations, net of cash acquired		(95,891)		(31,309)		(127,200)
Proceeds from sale of properties		33,056		—		33,056
Net cash flows from other investments and assets		1,127		—		1,127
Decrease in restricted cash, net		16,090		—		16,090
Net cash used in investing activities		(119,476)		(98,432)		(217,908)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Borrowings under financing agreements		2,464,018		—		2,464,018
Principal repayments on and repurchases of borrowings		(2,445,916)		—		(2,445,916)
Payment of deferred financing costs		(7,054)		—		(7,054)
Proceeds from common stock issuances, net of offering costs		325,404		—		325,404
Payment of dividends		(216,623)		—		(216,623)
Distributions to non-controlling interests		(792)		—		(792)
Purchase of treasury stock		(2,268)		—		(2,268)
Issuance of debt of consolidated VIEs		7,513		(7,513)		—
Repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs		(120,529)		120,529		—
Distributions of cash from consolidated VIEs		14,584		(14,584)		—
Net cash provided by financing activities		18,337		98,432		116,769
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		193,813		30		193,843
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		255,187		(786)		254,401
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(2,522)		—		(2,522)
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	446,478	$	(756)	$	445,722

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The discussion below is on a non-GAAP basis, after removing adjustments principally resulting from the consolidation of Investing and Servicing Segment’s VIEs under ASC 810. These adjustments principally relate to (i) purchase of CMBS related to consolidated VIEs, which are reflected as repayments of VIE debt on a GAAP basis and (ii) sales of CMBS related to consolidated VIEs, which are reflected as VIE distributions on a GAAP basis. There is no significant net impact to cash flows from operations or to overall cash resulting from these consolidations. Refer to Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further discussion.

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $193.8 million during the six months ended June  30, 2015, reflecting net cash provided by operating activities of $295.0 million and net cash provided by financing activities of $116.7 million partially offset by net cash used in investing activities of $217.9 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities of $295.0 million for the six months ended June  30, 2015 related primarily to cash interest income of $329.6 million from our loan origination and conduit programs, plus cash interest income on investment securities of $96.0 million. Servicing fees provided cash of $105.5 million, rental income provided cash of $4.8 million and other revenues provided $15.0 million. Offsetting these revenues were cash interest expense of $81.2 million, general and administrative expenses of $58.1 million, a net change in operating assets and liabilities of $49.0 million, management fees of $43.8 million, income tax payments of $17.7 million and acquisition and investment pursuit costs of $6.1 million.

Net cash used in investing activities of $217.9 million for the six months ended June  30, 2015 related primarily to the origination and acquisition of new loans held-for-investment of $1.3 billion, the purchase of investment securities of $236.6 million and the purchase of real estate property of $127.2 million, partially offset by proceeds received from principal repayments and sales of loans of $1.1 billion and investment securities of $275.0 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $116.7 million for the six months ended June  30, 2015 related primarily to proceeds from the issuance of common stock of$325.4 million, net borrowings after repayments and repurchases of our secured debt and convertible notes of $18.1 million, partially offset by dividend distributions of $216.6 million, payment of deferred financing costs of $7.1 millionand share repurchases of $2.3 million.

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Our Investment Portfolio

Lending Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments we owned across various property types within our Lending Segment as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

										Unlevered
	Face		Carrying		Asset Specific		Net			Return on
	Amount		Value		Financing		Investment		Vintage	Asset
June 30, 2015
First mortgages (1)	$	4,784,004	$	4,721,561	$	2,171,744	$	2,549,817	1989-2015	7.0	%
Subordinated mortgages		318,460		291,300		2,000		289,300	1998-2013	11.3	%
Mezzanine loans (1)		897,184		909,345		—		909,345	2006-2015	10.9	%
Loans held-for-sale		92,984		88,056		41,917		46,139	2004-2015
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		137,302		135,940		137,302		(1,362)	N/A
Loan loss allowance		—		(9,009)		—		(9,009)	N/A
RMBS—AFS (2)		251,203		193,150		65,948		127,202	2003-2007	11.5	%
CMBS—AFS (2)		94,272		99,928		—		99,928	2012	12.3	%
HTM securities (3)		354,365		354,534		97,763		256,771	2013-2015	7.1	%
Equity security		14,361		15,402		—		15,402	N/A
Investments in unconsolidated entities		N/A		35,283		—		35,283	N/A
	$	6,944,135	$	6,835,490	$	2,516,674	$	4,318,816
December 31, 2014
First mortgages (1)	$	4,599,841	$	4,531,030	$	1,861,633	$	2,669,397	1989-2014	6.9	%
Subordinated mortgages		374,859		345,091		2,000		343,091	1998-2014	11.0	%
Mezzanine loans (1)		889,948		901,217		—		901,217	2006-2014	11.4	%
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,570		129,427		129,441		(14)	N/A
Loan loss allowance		—		(6,031)		—		(6,031)	N/A
RMBS—AFS (2)		270,783		207,053		101,886		105,167	2003-2007	12.3	%
CMBS—AFS (2)		93,686		100,349		—		100,349	2012-2013	12.1	%
HTM securities (3)		440,253		441,995		97,103		344,892	2013-2014	8.6	%
Equity security		14,237		15,120		—		15,120	N/A
Investments in unconsolidated entities (4)		N/A		22,537		—		22,537	N/A
	$	6,813,177	$	6,687,788	$	2,192,063	$	4,495,725

(1) During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we reclassified certain loans previously included in the mezzanine loan category to the first mortgage category.  Previously, first mortgage loans which contained a related contiguous mezzanine loan component were classified by their respective components as first mortgages and mezzanine loans.  These loans are now classified as first mortgage loans in their entirety because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015, the application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $793.0 million and $704.2 million, respectively, being classified as first mortgages. Prior periods were reclassified to conform to this presentation.

(2) RMBS and CMBS available-for-sale (“AFS”) securities.

(3) Mandatorily redeemable preferred equity interests in commercial real estate entities and CMBS held-to-maturity (“HTM”).

(4) Retrospectively reclassified our $129,475 investment in the Retail Fund to our newly established Property Segment.

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As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our Lending Segment’s investment portfolio, excluding RMBS and other investments, had the following characteristics based on carrying values:

Collateral Property Type	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Office	40.3	%	42.1	%
Hospitality	27.1	%	24.7	%
Multi-family	12.8	%	13.1	%
Mixed Use	9.0	%	8.8	%
Retail	6.4	%	8.3	%
Residential	2.4	%	1.1	%
Industrial	2.0	%	1.9	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

Geographic Location	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
West	28.6	%	25.6	%
North East	26.7	%	26.8	%
International	14.2	%	14.2	%
South East	12.9	%	12.4	%
Midwest	6.2	%	8.5	%
Mid Atlantic	5.8	%	6.4	%
South West	5.6	%	6.1	%
	100.0	%	100.0	%

Investing and Servicing Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments we owned within our Investing and Servicing Segment as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

						Asset
	Face		Carrying			Specific		Net
	Amount		Value			Financing		Investment
June 30, 2015
CMBS, fair value option	$	4,410,018	$	829,687	(1)	$	137,256	$	692,431
Intangible assets - servicing rights		N/A		170,100	(2)		—		170,100
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option		281,734		279,352			125,680		153,672
Loans held-for-investment		3,260		2,199			—		2,199
Investment in unconsolidated entities		N/A		55,189			—		55,189
Properties, net		N/A		57,771			31,835		25,936
	$	4,695,012	$	1,394,298		$	294,771	$	1,099,527
December 31, 2014
CMBS, fair value option	$	4,281,364	$	753,553	(1)	$	—	$	753,553
Intangible assets - servicing rights		N/A		190,207	(2)		—		190,207
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option		390,342		391,620			208,363		183,257
Loans held-for-investment		9,685		7,931			—		7,931
Investment in unconsolidated entities		N/A		48,693			—		48,693
Properties, net		N/A		39,854			14,000		25,854
	$	4,681,391	$	1,431,858		$	222,363	$	1,209,495

(1) Includes $615.5million and $519.8 million of CMBS reflected in “VIE liabilities” in accordance with ASC 810 as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

(2) Includes $37.0 million and $46.1 million of servicing rights intangibles reflected in “VIE assets” in accordance with ASC 810 as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

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Property Segment

The following table sets forth the amount of each category of investments, which are comprised of properties, the Retail Fund and intangible lease assets, held within our Property Segment as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Properties, net	$	339,245	$	—
Intangible assets - lease intangibles		42,499		—
Investment in unconsolidated entities		120,927		129,475
	$	502,671	$	129,475

The following table sets forth our net investment and other information regarding the Property Segment’s properties and intangible lease assets as of June 30, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Net		Asset						Weighted
	Carrying		Specific		Net		Occupancy		Average
	Value		Financing		Investment		Rate		Lease Term
Office	$	364,234	$	236,073	$	128,161	99.8	%	6.8 years
Multi-family residential		17,510		9,536		7,974	100.0	%	0.4 years
	$	381,744	$	245,609	$	136,135

New Credit Facilities and Amendments

Refer to Note 9 of our condensed consolidated financial statements herein for a detailed discussion of new credit facilities and amendments to existing credit facilities executed since December 31, 2014.

Borrowings under Various Secured Financing Arrangements

The following table is a summary of our secured financing facilities as of June 30, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

				Pledged							Approved
				Asset		Maximum					but		Unallocated
	Current	Extended		Carrying		Facility		Outstanding			Undrawn		Financing
	Maturity	Maturity(a)	Pricing	Value		Size		Balance			Capacity(b)		Amount(c)
Lender 1 Repo 1	(d)	(d)	LIBOR + 1.85% to 5.25%	$	1,571,235	$	1,250,000	$	1,085,871		$	83,086	$	81,043
Lender 1 Repo 2	(e)	N/A	LIBOR + 1.90%		193,150		125,000		65,948			45,725		13,327
Lender 2 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2018	LIBOR + 1.75% to 2.75%		398,363		325,000		294,869			—		30,131
Lender 3 Repo 1	May 2017	May 2019	LIBOR + 2.85%		176,866		122,470		122,470			—		—
Conduit Repo 1	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	LIBOR + 1.90%		32,283		150,000		24,712			—		125,288
Conduit Repo 2	Nov 2015	Nov 2016	LIBOR + 2.10%		102,288		150,000		77,868			—		72,132
Conduit Repo 3	Feb 2018	Feb 2019	LIBOR + 2.10%		30,289		150,000		23,100			—		126,900
Lender 4 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2017	LIBOR + 2.00%		420,581		329,952		329,952			—		—
Lender 6 Repo 1	Aug 2017	Aug 2018	LIBOR + 2.75% to 3.00%		557,574		500,000		376,500			—		123,500
Lender 6 Mortgage	May 2020	N/A	EURIBOR + 2.00%		381,744		327,722		245,609			—		82,113
Lender 7 Repo 1	Dec 2016	N/A	LIBOR + 2.60% to 2.70%		50,365		39,024		39,024			—		—
Investing and Servicing Segment Property Mortgages	June 2018 to Nov 2024	June 2020 to Nov 2024	Various		43,748		38,975		31,835			—		7,140
Lender 9 Repo 1	(f)	(f)	LIBOR + 1.40% to 1.85%		283,347		195,994		195,994			—		—
Borrowing Base	Sep 2015	Sep 2017	LIBOR + 3.25%(g)		783,508		250,000		6,000			—		244,000
Term Loan	Apr 2020	N/A	LIBOR + 2.75%(g)		2,695,747		661,655		659,751	(h)		—		—
				$	7,721,088	$	4,615,792	$	3,579,503		$	128,811	$	905,574

(a) Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

(b) Approved but undrawn capacity represents the total draw amount that has been approved by the lender related to those assets that have been pledged as collateral, less the drawn amount.

(c) Unallocated financing amount represents the maximum facility size less the total draw capacity that has been approved by the lender.

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(d) Maturity date for borrowings collateralized by loans of January 2017 before extension options and January 2019 assuming initial extension options. 

(e) The date that is 180 days after the buyer delivers notice to seller, subject to a maximum date of March 2017.

(f) Facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent. Current maturity is June 2016.

(g) Subject to borrower’s option to choose alternative benchmark based rates pursuant to the terms of the credit agreement. The Term Loan is also subject to a 75 basis point floor.

(h) Term loan outstanding balance is net of $1.9 million of unamortized discount.

As of June 30, 2015, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Lender 1”) is our largest creditor through two repurchase facilities.

Refer to Note 9 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further disclosure regarding the terms of our financing arrangements.

Borrowings under Convertible Senior Notes

The following table is a summary of our unsecured convertible senior notes outstanding as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands, except rates):

									Remaining
	Principal		Coupon		Effective		Conversion	Maturity	Period of
	Amount		Rate		Rate		Rate	Date	Amortization
2017 Notes	$	431,250	3.75	%	5.87	%	41.7397	10/15/2017	2.3	years
2018 Notes	$	599,981	4.55	%	6.10	%	45.6167	3/1/2018	2.7	years
2019 Notes	$	341,363	4.00	%	5.37	%	48.4451	1/15/2019	3.5	years

During both the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the weighted average effective borrowing rate on our convertible notes was 5.7%.  During both the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the weighted average effective borrowing rate on our convertible notes was 5.6%. These effective borrowing rates include the effects of underwriter purchase discount and the adjustment for the conversion option, the initial value of which reduced the balance of the notes.

Refer to Note 10 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further disclosure regarding the terms of our convertible senior notes.

Variance between Average and Quarter-End Credit Facility Borrowings Outstanding

The following table compares the average amount outstanding of our secured financing agreements during each quarter and the amount outstanding as of the end of each quarter, together with an explanation of significant variances (dollar amounts in thousands):

			Weighted-Average				Explanations
	Quarter-End		Balance During				for Significant
Quarter Ended	Balance		Quarter		Variance		Variances
December 31, 2014	$	3,137,789	$	2,745,631	$	392,158	(a)
March 31, 2015		3,711,834		3,455,082		256,752	(b)
June 30, 2015		3,579,503		3,509,209		70,294	(c)

(a) Variance primarily due to the following: (i) $125.8 million drawn on the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility in December 2014; (ii) $153.7 drawn on the Borrowing Base facility in December 2014; (iii) $87.0 million drawn on the Conduit Repo 2 facility in December 2014; and (iv) $71.0 million drawn on the Lender 6 Repo 1 facility in December 2014; offset by (v) $119.4 million repayment of the Lender 1 Repo 3 facility in December 2014; and (vi) $89.1 million repayment of the Borrowing Base facility in November 2014.

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(b) Variance primarily due to the following: (i) $131.7 million drawn on the Lender 9 Repo 1 facility in March 2015; (ii) $67.7 million drawn on the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility in March 2015; and (iii) $63.1 million drawn on Lender 2 Repo 1 facility in March 2015.

(c) Variance primarily due to the following: (i) $245.6 million drawn on the Lender 6 Mortgage in May 2015; partially offset by (ii) $82.0 million repaid on the Borrowing Base facility in May 2015.

Scheduled Principal Repayments on Investments and Overhang on Financing Facilities

The following scheduled and/or projected principal repayments on our investments were based upon the amounts outstanding and contractual terms of the financing facilities in effect as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands):

	Scheduled Principal		Scheduled/Projected		Projected/Required		Scheduled Principal
	Repayments on Loans		Principal Repayments		Repayments of		Inflows Net of
	and Preferred Interests		on RMBS and CMBS		Financing		Financing Outflows
Third Quarter 2015	$	386,398	$	111,203	$	(153,737)	$	343,864
Fourth Quarter 2015		27,745		30,227		(16,910)		41,062
First Quarter 2016		117,618		24,833		(5,738)		136,713
Second Quarter 2016		14,845		30,539		(5,737)		39,647
Total	$	546,606	$	196,802	$	(182,122)	$	561,286

In the normal course of business, the Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend or amend any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

Issuances of Equity Securities

We may raise funds through capital market transactions by issuing capital stock. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to access the capital markets at any particular time or on any particular terms. We have authorized 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock and 500,000,000 shares of common stock. At June 30, 2015, we had 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock available for issuance and 261,419,576 shares of common stock available for issuance.

Refer to Note 16 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for a discussion of our issuances of equity securities during the six months ended June 30, 2015.

Other Potential Sources of Financing

In the future, we may use other sources of financing to fund the acquisition of our target assets, including other secured as well as unsecured forms of borrowing and sale of certain investment securities which no longer meet our return requirements.

Repurchases of Equity Securities and Convertible Notes

In September 2014, our board of directors authorized and announced the repurchase of up to $250 million of our outstanding common stock over a period of one year. In December 2014, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to allow for the repurchase of our outstanding convertible senior notes.  In June 2015, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to increase the authorized purchase amount to $450 million and provide for a one year extension through June 2016. Purchases made pursuant to the program will be made in either the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases are discretionary and will be subject to economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million aggregate principal of our 2019 Notes, respectively, for $16.5 million and $136.3 million plus related transaction expenses of $0.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we also

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repurchased $8.8 million in common stock under the repurchase program. No common stock was repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2015.  As of June 30, 2015, we have $291.7 million of remaining capacity to repurchase common stock or convertible notes under the repurchase program.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have relationships with unconsolidated entities and financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as VIEs. We are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any VIEs. As such, the risk associated with our involvement is limited to the carrying value of our investment in the entity. Refer to Note 14 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for further discussion.

Dividends

We intend to continue to make regular quarterly distributions to holders of our common stock. U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its net taxable income. We intend to continue to pay regular quarterly dividends to our stockholders in an amount approximating our net taxable income, if and to the extent authorized by our board of directors. Before we pay any dividend, whether for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise, we must first meet both our operating and debt service requirements. If our cash available for distribution is less than our net taxable income, we could be required to sell assets or borrow funds to make cash distributions or we may make a portion of the required distribution in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution of debt securities. Refer to our Form 10-K for a detailed dividend history.

The Company’s board of directors declared the following dividend during the six months ended June 30, 2015:

Declare Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount		Frequency
5/5/15	6/30/15	7/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly
2/25/15	3/31/15	4/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly

On August 4, 2015, our board of directors declared a dividend of $0.48 per share for the third quarter of 2015, which is payable on October 15, 2015 to common stockholders of record as of September 30, 2015.

Leverage Policies

Our strategies with regards to use of leverage have not changed significantly since December 31, 2014.  Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our strategies regarding use of leverage.

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Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Contractual obligations as of June 30, 2015 are as follows (amounts in thousands):

			Less than						More than
	Total		1 year		1 to 3 years		3 to 5 years		5 years
Secured financings(a)	$	3,581,407	$	182,122	$	1,237,150	$	2,162,135	$	—
Convertible senior notes		1,372,594		—		1,031,231		341,363		—
Secured borrowings on transferred loans(b)		195,000		—		95,000		100,000		—
Loan funding commitments(c)		1,690,428		968,261		722,167		—		—
Future lease commitments		34,004		6,365		11,847		10,823		4,969
Total	$	6,873,433	$	1,156,748	$	3,097,395	$	2,614,321	$	4,969

(a) Includes available extension options.

(b) These amounts relate to financial asset sales that were required to be accounted for as secured borrowings. As a result, the assets we sold remain on our consolidated balance sheet for financial reporting purposes. Such assets are expected to provide match funding for these liabilities.

(c) Excludes $303.9 million of loan funding commitments which management projects the Company will not be obligated to fund in the future due to repayments made by the borrower either earlier than, or in excess of, expectations.  In addition, this amount excludes any funding commitments which may be required pursuant to Company guarantees.  In certain instances, particularly with loans involving multiple construction lenders, the Company has guaranteed the future funding obligations of third party lenders in the event that such third parties fail to fund their proportionate share of the obligation in a timely manner.  We are currently unaware of any circumstances which would require us to make payments under any of these guarantees and, as a result, have not included any such amounts in the above table. 

The table above does not include interest payable, amounts due under our management agreement or derivative agreements as those contracts do not have fixed and determinable payments.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Refer to the section of our Form 10-K entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates” for a full discussion of our critical accounting estimates.  Our critical accounting estimates have not materially changed since December 31, 2014 with the exception of the following:

Acquisition of Properties

When we acquire properties, we allocate the purchase price to its tangible and intangible components. Our process for determining the allocation to these components requires various estimates and assumptions, including: (1) market rental rates; (2) period of time to fully lease the property; (3) rental incentives; (4) property operating expenses; (5) other leasing costs and (6) if-vacant land value. A change in any of the above key assumptions could materially change not only the presentation of acquired properties in our consolidated financial statements but also our reported results of operations.

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Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We seek to manage our risks related to the credit quality of our assets, interest rates, liquidity, prepayment speeds and market value while, at the same time, seeking to provide an opportunity to stockholders to realize attractive risk-adjusted returns through ownership of our capital stock. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we believe the risk can be quantified from historical experience and seek to actively manage that risk, to earn sufficient compensation to justify taking those risks and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we undertake.  Our strategies for managing risk and our exposure to such risks have not changed materially since December 31, 2014.  Refer to our Form 10-K Item 7A for further discussion.

Credit Risk

Our loans and investments are subject to credit risk. The performance and value of our loans and investments depend upon the owners’ ability to operate the properties that serve as our collateral so that they produce cash flows adequate to pay interest and principal due to us. To monitor this risk, our Manager’s asset management team reviews our investment portfolios and is in regular contact with our borrowers, monitoring performance of the collateral and enforcing our rights as necessary.

We seek to further manage credit risk associated with our Investing and Servicing Segment loans held-for-sale through the purchase of credit index instruments.  The following table presents our credit index instruments as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Face Value of		Aggregate Notional Value of		Number of
	Loans Held-for-Sale		Credit Index Instruments		Credit Index Instruments
June 30, 2015	$	281,734	$	40,000	11
December 31, 2014	$	390,342	$	45,000	12

Refer to Note 5 of our condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of weighted average ratings of our investment securities.

Capital Market Risk

We are exposed to risks related to the equity capital markets, and our related ability to raise capital through the issuance of our common stock or other equity instruments. We are also exposed to risks related to the debt capital markets, and our related ability to finance our business through borrowings under repurchase obligations or other debt instruments. As a REIT, we are required to distribute a significant portion of our taxable income annually, which constrains our ability to accumulate operating cash flow and therefore requires us to utilize debt or equity capital to finance our business. We seek to mitigate these risks by monitoring the debt and equity capital markets to inform our decisions on the amount, timing, and terms of capital we raise.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including fiscal and monetary policies and domestic and international economic and political considerations, as well as other factors beyond our control. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with our investments and the related financing obligations. In general, we seek to match the interest rate characteristics of our investments with the interest rate characteristics of any related financing obligations such as repurchase agreements, bank credit facilities, term loans, revolving facilities and securitizations. In instances where the interest rate characteristics of an investment and the related financing obligation are not matched, we mitigate such interest rate risk through the utilization of interest rate swaps of the same duration. The following table

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presents financial instruments where we have utilized interest rate derivatives to hedge interest rate risk and the related interest rate derivatives as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

			Aggregate Notional
	Face Value of		Value of Interest		Number of Interest
	Hedged Instruments		Rate Derivatives		Rate Derivatives
Instrument hedged as of June 30, 2015
Loans held-for-investment	$	9,000	$	9,000	2
Loans held-for-sale		281,734		233,300	55
RMBS, available-for-sale		251,203		74,000	3
Secured financing agreements		435,520		425,259	10
	$	977,457	$	741,559	70
Instrument hedged as of December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-investment	$	9,000	$	9,000	2
Loans held-for-sale		390,342		338,500	54
RMBS, available-for-sale		270,783		74,000	3
Secured financing agreements		220,729		218,165	8
	$	890,854	$	639,665	67

The following table summarizes the estimated annual change in net investment income for our LIBOR-based investments and our LIBOR-based debt assuming increases or a decrease in LIBOR and adjusted for the effects of our interest rate hedging activities (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Variable-rate
	investments and		3.0%		2.0%		1.0%		1.0%
Income (Expense) Subject to Interest Rate Sensitivity	indebtedness		Increase		Increase		Increase		Decrease (1)
Investment income from variable-rate investments	$	5,209,407	$	169,887	$	110,919	$	52,067	$	(8,654)
Interest expense from variable-rate debt		(3,567,407)		(103,934)		(68,260)		(32,585)		6,485
Net investment income from variable rate instruments	$	1,642,000	$	65,953	$	42,659	$	19,482	$	(2,169)
Impact per diluted average shares outstanding			$	0.28	$	0.18	$	0.08	$	(0.01)

(1) Assumes LIBOR does not go below 0%.

Foreign Currency Risk

We intend to hedge our currency exposures in a prudent manner. However, our currency hedging strategies may not eliminate all of our currency risk due to, among other things, uncertainties in the timing and/or amount of payments received on the related investments, and/or unequal, inaccurate, or unavailability of hedges to perfectly offset changes in future exchange rates. Additionally, we may be required under certain circumstances to collateralize our currency hedges for the benefit of the hedge counterparty, which could adversely affect our liquidity.

Consistent with our strategy of hedging foreign currency exposure on certain investments, we typically enter into a series of forwards to fix the U.S. dollar amount of foreign currency denominated cash flows (interest income, rental income and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated investments. Accordingly, the notional values and expiration dates of our foreign currency hedges approximate the amounts and timing of future payments we expect to receive on the related investments. 

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we entered into 40 foreign exchange contracts to hedge our Euro currency exposure created by our acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio.  As of June 30, 2015, these contracts have an aggregate notional of $216.4 million and varying maturities through June 2020.

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The following table represents our currency hedge exposure as it relates to our investments denominated in foreign currencies, along with the aggregate notional amount of the hedges in place (amounts in thousands except for number of contracts, using the June 30, 2015 pound sterling (“GBP”) closing rate of 1.5712, Euro (“EUR”) closing rate of 1.1147, Swedish Krona (“SEK”) closing rate of 0.1206, Norwegian Krone (“NOK”) closing rate of 0.1273, Danish Krone (“DKK”) closing rate of 0.1493):

Carrying Value of		Local	Number of Foreign	Aggregate Notional Value
Investment		Currency	Exchange Contracts	of Hedges Applied		Expiration Range of Contracts
$	115,849	GBP	6	$	135,176	July 2016
	23,486	GBP	7		29,478	January 2017
	10,748	GBP	12		11,041	July 2015 – March 2016
	99,928	GBP	2		105,231	September 2015 – March 2016
	24,163	GBP	7		28,170	July 2015 – January 2018
	6,635	EUR, DKK, NOK, SEK	6		11,564	December 2015
	93,460	GBP	8		110,352	July 2015 – April 2017
	27,402	GBP	7		32,553	August 2015 – February 2017
	3,563	GBP	3		4,602	June 2016 – March 2018
	140,796	EUR	40		216,415	September 2015 – June 2020
	15,402	GBP	12		17,125	July 2015 – January 2018
	46,112	EUR	14		46,163	July 2015 – October 2016
	44,264	EUR	13		49,902	February 2016 – October 2016
$	651,808		137	$	797,772

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.  No change in internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings.

Currently, no material legal proceedings are pending or, to our knowledge, threatened or contemplated against us, that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes to the risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides information regarding our purchases of common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2015:

				Number of shares	Value of shares available
		Average		purchased as part of	for purchase
	Total number of	repurchase		publicly announced	under the program
Period	shares purchased	price per share		program (1)	(in thousands)
June 2015	400,000	$	22.07	400,000	$	291,734

(1)In September 2014, our board of directors authorized and announced the repurchase of up to $250 million of our outstanding common stock over a period of one year. In December 2014, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to include the repurchase of our outstanding convertible senior notes. In June 2015, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to increase the authorized purchase amount to $450 million and provide for a one-year extension through June 2016.

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5.    Other Information.

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Date: August 4, 2015	By:	/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT
		Barry S. Sternlicht Chief Executive Officer Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 4, 2015	By:	/s/ RINA PANIRY
		Rina Paniry Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer

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Item 6.  Exhibits.

(a)Index to Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
10.1	Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 19, 2015, to the Co-Investment and Allocation Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2009, by and among Starwood Property Trust, Inc., SPT Management, LLC and Starwood Capital Group Global, L.P. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25, 2015)
31.1	Certification pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	Certification pursuant to Section 302(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Barry S. Sternlicht, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. for the period ended June 30, 2015;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 4, 2015	/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT
	Barry S. Sternlicht
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification Pursuant to

Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Rina Paniry, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Starwood Property Trust, Inc. for the period endedJune 30, 2015;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August4, 2015	/s/ RINA PANIRY
	Rina Paniry
	Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with Starwood Property Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015 (the “Report”), I, Barry S. Sternlicht, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 4, 2015	/s/ BARRY S. STERNLICHT
	Barry S. Sternlicht
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification Pursuant to

18 U.S.C. Section 1350,

As Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with Starwood Property Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015 (the “Report”), I, Rina Paniry, do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 4, 2015	/s/ RINA PANIRY
	Rina Paniry
	Chief Financial Officer

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Secured Financing Agreements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Secured Financing Agreements.

Summary of secured financing agreements

The following table is a summary of our secured financing agreements in place as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):

					Pledged
					Asset		Maximum		Carrying Value at
	Current	Extended			Carrying		Facility		June 30,			December 31,
	Maturity	Maturity(a)	Pricing		Value		Size		2015			2014
Lender 1 Repo 1	(b)	(b)	LIBOR + 1.85% to 5.25%		$	1,571,235	$	1,250,000	$	1,085,871		$	875,111
Lender 1 Repo 2	(c)	N/A	LIBOR + 1.90%			193,150		125,000		65,948			101,886
Lender 2 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2018	LIBOR + 1.75% to 2.75%			398,363		325,000		294,869			240,188
Lender 3 Repo 1	May 2017	May 2019	LIBOR + 2.85%			176,866		122,470		122,470			124,250
Conduit Repo 1	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	LIBOR + 1.90%			32,283		150,000		24,712			94,727
Conduit Repo 2	Nov 2015	Nov 2016	LIBOR + 2.10%			102,288		150,000		77,868			113,636
Conduit Repo 3	Feb 2018	Feb 2019	LIBOR + 2.10%			30,289		150,000		23,100			—
Lender 4 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2017	LIBOR + 2.00%			420,581		329,952		329,952			327,117
Lender 5 Repo 1	(d)	N/A	N/A			—		—		—			58,079
Lender 6 Repo 1	Aug 2017	Aug 2018	LIBOR + 2.75% to 3.00%			557,574		500,000		376,500			296,967
Lender 6 Mortgage	May 2020	N/A	EURIBOR + 2.00%			381,744		327,722		245,609			—
Lender 7 Repo 1	Dec 2016	N/A	LIBOR + 2.60% to 2.70%			50,365		39,024		39,024			39,024
Investing and Servicing Segment Property Mortgages	June 2018 to Nov 2024	June 2020 to Nov 2024	Various			43,748		38,975		31,835			14,000
Lender 9 Repo 1	(e)	(e)	LIBOR + 1.40% to 1.85%			283,347		195,994		195,994			—
Borrowing Base	Sep 2015	Sep 2017	LIBOR + 3.25%	(f)		783,508		250,000		6,000			189,871
Term Loan	Apr 2020	N/A	LIBOR + 2.75%	(f)		2,695,747		661,655		659,751	(g)		662,933	(g)
					$	7,721,088	$	4,615,792	$	3,579,503		$	3,137,789

(a) Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

(b) Maturity date for borrowings collateralized by loans of January 2017 before extension options and January 2019 assuming initial extension options. 

(c) The date that is 180 days after the buyer delivers notice to seller, subject to a maximum date of March 2017.

(d) Facility was terminated at our option in March 2015.

(e) Facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent. Current maturity is June 2016.  Facility carries no maximum borrowing capacity.  Amount herein reflects the outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015.

(f) Subject to borrower’s option to choose alternative benchmark based rates pursuant to the terms of the credit agreement. The Term Loan is also subject to a 75 basis point floor.

(g) Term loan outstanding balance is net of $1.9 million and $2.1 million of unamortized discount as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

Schedule of five-year principal repayments for secured financings

The amount reflected in each period includes principal repayments on our credit facilities that would be required if (i) we received the repayments that we expect to receive on the investments that have been pledged as collateral under the credit facilities, as applicable, and (ii) the credit facilities that are expected to have amounts outstanding at their current maturity dates are extended where extension options are available to us (amounts in thousands):

	Repurchase		Other Secured
	Agreements		Financing			Total
2015 (remainder of)	$	161,263	$	9,384		$	170,647
2016		184,387		6,769			191,156
2017		994,320		6,769			1,001,089
2018		547,724		19,054			566,778
2019		748,614		6,769			755,383
Thereafter		—		896,354	(1)		896,354
Total	$	2,636,308	$	945,099		$	3,581,407

(1) Principal paydown of the Term Loan through 2020 excludes $1.9 million of discount amortization.

Schedule of outstanding balance of our repurchase agreements related to the following asset collateral classes

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the outstanding balance of our repurchase agreements related to the following asset collateral classes (amounts in thousands):

Class of Collateral	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-investment	$	2,209,662	$	1,863,633
Loans held-for-sale		125,680		208,363
Investment securities		300,966		198,989
	$	2,636,308	$	2,270,985

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details 2) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions			6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($) item shares	Jan. 24, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Summarized consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off
Net loss			$ (1,551)
Single Family Residential
Summarized consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off
Total revenues			3,876
Total costs and expenses			6,369
Loss before other income and income taxes			(2,493)
Total other income			942
Loss before income taxes			(1,551)
Net loss			$ (1,551)
SWAY
Spin-off transaction
Net assets	$ 1,100,000
Number of units of single-family homes | item	7,200
Shares issued | shares	40.1
Spin off | Single Family Residential
Spin-off transaction
Share exchange ratio		0.20
Cash contribution	$ 100,000

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Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Taxes

Schedule of income tax provision

Our income tax provision consisted of the following for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Current
Federal	$	4,245	$	5,484	$	15,751	$	10,624
Foreign		1,242		1,782		2,278		3,231
State		670		929		2,625		1,799
Total current		6,157		8,195		20,654		15,654
Deferred
Federal		(1,344)		(2,344)		615		(3,048)
Foreign		(834)		(1,192)		(1,623)		(2,198)
State		(187)		(382)		97		(511)
Total deferred		(2,365)		(3,918)		(911)		(5,757)
Total income tax provision	$	3,792	$	4,277	$	19,743	$	9,897

Schedule of tax jurisdictions and the tax effects of temporary differences on their respective net deferred tax assets and liabilities

The following table presents each of these tax jurisdictions and the tax effects of temporary differences on their respective net deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands):

	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
U.S.
Deferred tax asset, net
Reserves and accruals	$	13,054	$	13,818
Domestic intangible assets		9,661		9,617
Investment securities and loans		(2,408)		(2,327)
Investment in unconsolidated entities		702		883
Deferred income		435		427
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		5,371		2,498
Valuation allowance		(5,371)		(2,498)
Other U.S. temporary differences		777		515
		22,221		22,933
Europe
Deferred tax liability, net
European servicing rights		(1,120)		(2,681)
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		8,214		8,702
Valuation allowance		(8,214)		(8,702)
Other European temporary differences		(204)		(337)
		(1,324)		(3,018)
Net deferred tax assets	$	20,897	$	19,915

Schedule of reconciliation of federal income tax determined using statutory federal tax rate to reported income tax provision

The following table is a reconciliation of our federal income tax determined using our statutory federal tax rate to our reported income tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,								For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015				2014				2015				2014
Federal statutory tax rate	$	42,501	35.0	%	$	43,631	35.0	%	$	90,357	35.0	%	$	87,906	35.0	%
REIT and other non-taxable income		(40,510)	(33.3)	%		(38,989)	(31.3)	%		(75,482)	(29.2)	%		(79,372)	(31.7)	%
State income taxes		179	0.1	%		753	0.6	%		2,180	0.8	%		1,203	0.5	%
Federal benefit of state tax deduction		(63)	(0.1)	%		(263)	(0.2)	%		(763)	(0.3)	%		(421)	(0.2)	%
Valuation allowance		1,618	1.3	%		(1,100)	(0.9)	%		2,873	1.1	%		412	0.2	%
Other		67	0.1	%		245	0.2	%		578	0.2	%		169	0.1	%
Effective tax rate	$	3,792	3.1	%	$	4,277	3.4	%	$	19,743	7.6	%	$	9,897	3.9	%

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Derivatives and Hedging Activity (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	$ 25,026	$ 26,628
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	6,290	5,476
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	38	138
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	276	235
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	24,988	26,490
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	6,014	5,241
Interest rate swap | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	38	138
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	276	235
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	4,075	1,128
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	2,494	5,216
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	19,854	24,388
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position	3,520	15
Credit spread instrument | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair value of derivative instruments
Fair Value of Derivatives in an Asset Position	$ 1,059	974
Fair Value of Derivatives in a Liability Position		$ 10

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Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 6,427,753	$ 6,306,316
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)	(9,009)	(6,031)	$ (4,342)	$ (3,984)
Carrying Value	6,418,744	6,300,285
Face Amount	6,514,928	6,394,245
Loans with variable rates of interest	$ 4,827,506	4,468,210
Loans with variable rates of interest (as a percent)	81.60%
Variable rate basis of loans	LIBOR
Weighted average spread of loans (as a percent)	6.10%
Amount of loan impairment charges on individual loans held-for-investment	$ 0	0
1-month LIBOR
Investments in loans
Loans with variable rates of interest	$ 458,077	$ 138,576
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)	0.1865%	0.1713%
3 Month LIBOR
Investments in loans
Loans with variable rates of interest	$ 426,233	$ 440,222
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)	0.5785%	0.564%
LIBOR floor
Investments in loans
Loans with variable rates of interest	$ 3,943,196	$ 3,889,412
LIBOR floor | Minimum
Investments in loans
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)	0.15%	0.15%
LIBOR floor | Maximum
Investments in loans
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)		3.00%
LIBOR floor | Weighted-average
Investments in loans
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)	0.31%	0.35%
Total loans held-for-investment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 5,924,405	$ 5,785,269
Face Amount	6,002,908	5,874,333
Loans held-for-sale
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	367,408	391,620
Face Amount	$ 374,718	$ 390,342
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	3.90%	4.50%
Weighted Average Life	8 years 4 months 24 days	8 years 3 months 18 days
Loans transferred as secured borrowings
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 135,940	$ 129,427
Face Amount	$ 137,302	$ 129,570
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	6.00%	5.40%
Weighted Average Life	2 years 4 months 24 days	2 years 6 months
First Mortgages: | Total loans held-for-investment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 4,723,760	$ 4,538,961
Face Amount	$ 4,787,264	$ 4,609,526
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	6.20%	6.20%
Weighted Average Life	3 years 3 months 18 days	3 years 6 months
Subordinated mortgages | Total loans held-for-investment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 291,300	$ 345,091
Face Amount	$ 318,460	$ 374,859
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	7.90%	8.10%
Weighted Average Life	3 years 7 months 6 days	3 years 10 months 24 days
Mezzanine Loans
Investments in loans
Carrying Value	$ 793,000	$ 704,200
Mezzanine Loans | Total loans held-for-investment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	909,345	901,217
Face Amount	$ 897,184	$ 889,948
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	10.10%	10.40%
Weighted Average Life	3 years 2 months 12 days	2 years 7 months 6 days

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Stockholders' Equity (Details 3) - Jun. 30, 2015 - $ / shares	Total	Total
Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents activity
Beginning Balance (in shares)		1,981,398
Granted (in shares)		1,177,659
Vested (in shares)		(656,154)
Forfeited (in shares)		(19,308)
Balance at the end of period (in shares)	2,483,595	2,483,595
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per share)
Balance at the beginning of period (in dollars per share)		$ 27.30
Granted (in dollars per share)		24.43
Vested (in dollars per share)		26.54
Forfeited (in dollars per share)		23.95
Balance at the end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 26.17	$ 26.17
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan
Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents activity
Beginning Balance (in shares)		17,105
Granted (in shares)	379,167
Balance at the end of period (in shares)	17,105	17,105
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan
Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents activity
Beginning Balance (in shares)		109,708
Granted (in shares)		502,659
Vested (in shares)		(27,348)
Forfeited (in shares)		(19,308)
Balance at the end of period (in shares)	565,711	565,711
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan
Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents activity
Beginning Balance (in shares)		1,854,585
Granted (in shares)		675,000
Vested (in shares)		(628,806)
Balance at the end of period (in shares)	1,900,779	1,900,779

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Schedule of changes in AOCI by component

The changes in AOCI by component are as follows (in thousands):

			Cumulative
			Unrealized Gain
	Effective Portion of		(Loss) on		Foreign
	Cumulative Loss on		Available-for-		Currency
	Cash Flow Hedges		Sale Securities		Translation		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(360)	$	52,227	$	(12,505)	$	39,362
OCI before reclassifications		(71)		(1,857)		8,273		6,345
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		194		—		—		194
Net period OCI		123		(1,857)		8,273		6,539
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(482)	$	70,064	$	10,533	$	80,115
OCI before reclassifications		(457)		2,285		4,558		6,386
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		364		(11,903)		—		(11,539)
Net period OCI		(93)		(9,618)		4,558		(5,153)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	(97)	$	60,190	$	(4,197)	$	55,896
OCI before reclassifications		(538)		(4,424)		(35)		(4,997)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		398		(5,396)		—		(4,998)
Net period OCI		(140)		(9,820)		(35)		(9,995)
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	(604)	$	66,566	$	9,487	$	75,449
OCI before reclassifications		(708)		5,566		5,604		10,462
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		737		(11,686)		—		(10,949)
Net period OCI		29		(6,120)		5,604		(487)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962

Schedule of reclassifications out of AOCI that impacted the consolidated statements of operations

	Amounts Reclassified from				Amounts Reclassified from
	AOCI during the Three Months				AOCI during the Six Months				Affected Line Item
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,				in the Statements
Details about AOCI Components	2015		2014		2015		2014		of Operations
Losses on cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts	$	(194)	$	(364)	$	(398)	$	(737)	Interest expense
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
Interest realized upon collection		—		—		5,396		—	Interest income from investment securities
Net realized gain on sale of investments		—		11,903		—		11,899	Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net
OTTI		—		—		—		(213)	OTTI
Total		—		11,903		5,396		11,686
Total reclassifications for the period	$	(194)	$	11,539	$	4,998	$	10,949

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Tables) - Jun. 30, 2015

Total

Total

Acquisitions and Divestitures

Summary of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Ireland Portfolio acquisition

The following table summarizes the provisional estimates of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the respective acquisition dates (in thousands):

Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,829
Properties		339,429
Intangible assets		43,217
Other assets		11,128
Total assets acquired		404,603
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		14,873
Secured financing agreements		283,010
Total liabilities assumed		297,883
Net assets acquired/purchase price	$	106,720

Schedule of unaudited pro forma revenue and net income assuming the business combination was consummated on January 1, 2012

The pro-forma revenues and net income attributable to STWD of the combined entity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, assuming the Ireland Portfolio acquisition occurred on January 1, 2014, are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues	$	181,977	$	177,384	$	367,460	$	355,997
Net income attributable to STWD		120,474		118,031		241,000		234,953
Net income per share - Basic		0.51		0.53		1.04		1.12
Net income per share - Diluted		0.51		0.52		1.04		1.10

Schedule of adjustments related to pro forma revenue and net income

Pro-forma net income was adjusted to include the following estimated management fees the combined entity would have incurred (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Management fee expense addition	$	402	$	805	$	1,207	$	1,610

Summary of consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off

The following table presents the summarized consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended		For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2014		June 30, 2014
Total revenues	$	—	$	3,876
Total costs and expenses		—		6,369
Loss before other income and income taxes		—		(2,493)
Total other income		—		942
Loss before income taxes		—		(1,551)
Income tax provision		—		—
Net loss	$	—	$	(1,551)

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Earnings per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common stockholders	$ 117,148	$ 117,868	$ 237,511	$ 240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares	(1,207)	(1,367)	(2,183)	(3,100)
Basic - Income from continuing operations	115,941	116,501	235,328	236,920
Discontinued Operations:
Loss from discontinued operations				(1,551)
Basic - Net income attributable to STWD common stockholders after allocation to participating securities	115,941	116,501	235,328	235,369
Continuing Operations:
Basic - Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common stockholders	117,148	117,868	237,511	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares	(1,207)	(1,367)	(2,183)	(3,100)
Add: Undistributed earnings to unvested shares	15	128	126	480
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to unvested shares	(15)	(126)	(126)	(471)
Diluted - Income from continuing operations	115,941	116,503	235,328	236,929
Discontinued Operations:
Basic - Loss from discontinued operations				(1,551)
Diluted - Net income attributable to STWD common stockholders after allocation to participating securities	$ 115,941	$ 116,503	$ 235,328	$ 235,378
Number of Shares:
Basic - Average shares outstanding	235,087	218,751	229,346	207,203
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)	649	4,056	644	3,906
Effect of dilutive securities - Contingently Issuable Shares (in shares)	95	85	95	85
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted, Total	235,831	222,892	230,085	211,194
Basic:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.53	$ 1.03	$ 1.14
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)				(0.01)
Net income (in dollars per share)	0.49	0.53	1.03	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.49	0.52	1.02	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)				(0.01)
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.52	$ 1.02	$ 1.11

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Variable Interest Entities (Details) - Not primary beneficiary $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 item	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) item
Variable interest entities
Number of CDO structures currently in default | item		1
Number of CDO structures currently ceased to be in default | item	1
Maximum risk of loss related to VIEs, on fair value basis		$ 214.2
Securitization SPEs
Variable interest entities
Debt obligations to beneficial interest holders, unpaid principal balances		$ 40,800.0

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Income Taxes (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Reconciliation of statutory tax to effective tax
Federal statutory tax rate	$ 42,501	$ 43,631	$ 90,357	$ 87,906
REIT and other non-taxable income	(40,510)	(38,989)	(75,482)	(79,372)
State income taxes	179	753	2,180	1,203
Federal benefit of state tax deduction	(63)	(263)	(763)	(421)
Valuation allowance	1,618	(1,100)	2,873	412
Other	67	245	578	169
Total income tax provision	$ 3,792	$ 4,277	$ 19,743	$ 9,897
Reconciliation of statutory tax rate to effective tax rate
Federal statutory tax rate (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
REIT and other non-taxable income (as a percent)	(33.30%)	(31.30%)	(29.20%)	(31.70%)
State income taxes (as a percent)	0.10%	0.60%	0.80%	0.50%
Federal benefit of state tax deduction (as a percent)	(0.10%)	(0.20%)	(0.30%)	(0.20%)
Valuation allowance (as a percent)	1.30%	(0.90%)	1.10%	0.20%
Other (as a percent)	0.10%	0.20%	0.20%	0.10%
Effective tax rate (as a percent)	3.10%	3.40%	7.60%	3.90%

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Loans (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Activity in allowance for loan losses
Allowance for loan losses at the beginning of the period			$ 6,031	$ 3,984
Provision for loan losses			2,978	358
Allowance for loan losses at the end of the period	$ 9,009	$ 4,342	9,009	4,342
Recorded investment in loans related to the allowance for loan loss	493,274	289,470	493,274	289,470
Activity in loan portfolio
Balance at the beginning of the period			6,300,285	4,750,804
Acquisitions/origination/additional funding			2,150,080	1,860,026
Capitalized Interest			33,509	19,022
Basis of loans sold			(1,411,912)	(868,804)
Loan maturities/principal repayments			(695,750)	(633,425)
Discount accretion			18,139	10,147
Changes in fair value	10,831	11,608	31,962	32,501
Unrealized foreign currency remeasurement (loss) gain			(4,419)	16,462
Change in loan loss allowance, net			(2,978)	(358)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications			(172)	(3,242)
Balance at the end of the period	$ 6,418,744	$ 5,183,133	$ 6,418,744	$ 5,183,133

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands						1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2015	May. 05, 2015	Apr. 20, 2015	Feb. 25, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 29, 2015
Stockholders' Equity
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)		$ 0.48		$ 0.48				$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.96	$ 0.96
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock										$ 326,296	$ 583,053
Number of days for which the option is given into the underwriters			30 days
Value of shares that may be issued under the ATM Agreement						$ 0		$ 0		0
Authorized amount of share repurchases						$ 450,000	$ 250,000	450,000		$ 450,000
Period for repurchase of common stock						1 year	1 year
Common stock repurchased (in shares)										400,000
Cost of common stock repurchased										$ 8,829
Remaining capacity under repurchase program						$ 291,700		291,700		291,700
Proceeds from ATM Agreement											18,346
Underwriting and offering costs										892	$ 1,636
Subsequent event
Stockholders' Equity
Dividend declared (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.48
Public offering
Stockholders' Equity
Shares issued			12,000,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock			$ 283,600
Underwriters option
Stockholders' Equity
Shares issued			1,800,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock			$ 42,500
SWAY
Stockholders' Equity
Shares issued					40,100,000
2019 Notes
Stockholders' Equity
Face amount of debt repurchased						118,600		118,600		118,600		$ 14,500
Debt repurchased amount						$ 136,300		$ 136,300		$ 136,300		$ 16,500

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Fair Value (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 101,585,236	$ 116,099,297
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Loans held-for-sale | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 279,352
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Loans held-for-sale | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	4.40%	4.20%
Duration	10 years	5 years
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Loans held-for-sale | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	5.20%	4.90%
Duration		10 years
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | RMBS | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 193,150
Portfolio percentage	82.00%	85.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | RMBS | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Constant prepayment rate (as a percent)	2.50%	1.20%
Constant default rate (as a percent)	1.00%	1.10%
Loss severity (as a percent)	11.00%	15.00%
Delinquency rate (as a percent)	2.00%	2.00%
Servicer advances (as a percent)	30.00%	14.00%
Annual coupon deterioration (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Loss severity for specified percentage of portfolio (as a percent)	45.00%	45.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | RMBS | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Constant prepayment rate (as a percent)	14.90%	15.90%
Constant default rate (as a percent)	8.70%	8.90%
Loss severity (as a percent)	80.00%	80.00%
Delinquency rate (as a percent)	29.00%	43.00%
Servicer advances (as a percent)	92.00%	75.00%
Annual coupon deterioration (as a percent)	0.50%	0.60%
Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (as a percent)	11.00%	11.00%
Loss severity for specified percentage of portfolio (as a percent)	80.00%	80.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | CMBS | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 314,152
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | CMBS | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Duration
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | CMBS | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	207.80%	421.40%
Duration	13 years 6 months	11 years 9 months 18 days
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Domestic Servicing Rights | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 128,109
Yield (as a percent)	8.25%	8.25%
Discount rate (as a percent)	15.00%	15.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Domestic Servicing Rights | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Control migration (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Domestic Servicing Rights | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Control migration (as a percent)	80.00%	80.00%
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE Assets | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Carrying Value	$ 92,719,092
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE Assets | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Duration
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE Assets | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis
Yield (as a percent)	889.40%	925.00%
Duration	19 years 1 month 6 days	21 years

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Changes in AOCI by component
Beginning balance	$ 39,362	$ 80,115	$ 55,896	$ 75,449
OCI before reclassifications	6,345	6,386	(4,997)	10,462
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	194	(11,539)	(4,998)	(10,949)
Net period OCI	6,539	(5,153)	(9,995)	(487)
Ending balance	45,901	74,962	45,901	74,962
Effective Portion of Cumulative Loss on Cash Flow Hedges
Changes in AOCI by component
Beginning balance	(360)	(482)	(97)	(604)
OCI before reclassifications	(71)	(457)	(538)	(708)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	194	364	398	737
Net period OCI	123	(93)	(140)	29
Ending balance	(237)	(575)	(237)	(575)
Cumulative Unrealized Gain on Available-for-Sale Securities
Changes in AOCI by component
Beginning balance	52,227	70,064	60,190	66,566
OCI before reclassifications	(1,857)	2,285	(4,424)	5,566
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		(11,903)	(5,396)	(11,686)
Net period OCI	(1,857)	(9,618)	(9,820)	(6,120)
Ending balance	50,370	60,446	50,370	60,446
Foreign Currency Translation
Changes in AOCI by component
Beginning balance	(12,505)	10,533	(4,197)	9,487
OCI before reclassifications	8,273	4,558	(35)	5,604
Net period OCI	8,273	4,558	(35)	5,604
Ending balance	$ (4,232)	$ 15,091	$ (4,232)	$ 15,091

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Fair Value (Details 5) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Liabilities
Carrying Value	$ 97,366,111	$ 112,216,385
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE liabilities | Discounted cash flow
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Liabilities
Carrying Value	$ 2,111,011
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE liabilities | Discounted cash flow | Minimum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Liabilities
Yield (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%
Duration
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | VIE liabilities | Discounted cash flow | Maximum
Quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements Liabilities
Yield (as a percent)	889.40%	925.00%
Duration	19 years 1 month 6 days	21 years

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Stockholders' Equity (Details 2)		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2014 shares	May. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 shares	Jun. 30, 2015 shares
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards granted (in shares)						1,177,659
Award vesting period		3 years
Spin off | Single Family Residential
Equity Incentive Plans
Share exchange ratio			0.20
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan
Equity Incentive Plans
Number of additional shares authorized	489,281
Awards granted (in shares)					379,167
Number of shares available for future grants					2,700,000	2,700,000
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards granted (in shares)						502,659
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards granted (in shares)						675,000
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan | Restricted stock units
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards granted (in shares)		675,000	2,000,000	875,000
Awards granted, fair value | $		$ 16,511,000	$ 55,420,000	$ 19,854,000
Award vesting period			3 years	3 years
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan | Restricted stock units | Spin off
Equity Incentive Plans
Awards granted (in shares)			489,281
Awards granted, fair value | $			$ 14,776,000
Award vesting period			3 years

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Derivatives and Hedging Activity (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Derivatives
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	$ (19,530)	$ (9,790)	$ 5,093	$ (17,656)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	(19,530)	(9,790)	5,093	(17,656)
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	7,958	(2,314)	(4,964)	(6,511)
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	(27,799)	(6,965)	10,172	(10,012)
Credit spread instrument | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net	311	(511)	(115)	(1,133)
Cash flow hedges | Interest rate swap | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
(Loss) Gain Recognized in OCI (effective portion)	(71)	(457)	(538)	(708)
(Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income (effective portion)	$ (194)	$ (364)	$ (398)	$ (737)

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Earnings per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Earnings per Share

Earnings per Share

17. Earnings per Share

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income from continuing operations and the number of shares of common stock used in the computations of basic EPS and diluted EPS (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Basic Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Basic — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	236,920
Discontinued Operations:
Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Basic — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	235,369
Diluted Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Basic — Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Add: Undistributed earnings to unvested shares		15		128		126		480
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to unvested shares		(15)		(126)		(126)		(471)
Diluted — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	236,929
Discontinued Operations:
Basic — Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Diluted — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	235,378
Number of Shares:
Basic — Average shares outstanding		235,087		218,751		229,346		207,203
Effect of dilutive securities — Convertible Notes		649		4,056		644		3,906
Effect of dilutive securities — Contingently Issuable Shares		95		85		95		85
Diluted — Average shares outstanding		235,831		222,892		230,085		211,194
Earnings Per Share Attributable to STWD Common Stockholders:
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.14
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.11

Earnings per share for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 may not equal the sum of each quarter’s earnings per share due to rounding and other computational factors.

As of June 30, 2015 and 2014, unvested restricted shares of 2.5 million and 2.6 million, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted shares as their effect was already considered under the more dilutive two-class method used above.

Also as of June 30, 2015, there were 61.9 million potential shares of common stock contingently issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes.  The Company has asserted its intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Notes in cash.  As a result, this principal amount, representing 61.3 million shares at June 30, 2015, was not included in the computation of diluted EPS.  However, as discussed in Note 10, the conversion options associated with the 2019 Notes are “in-the-money” as the if-converted value of the Convertible Notes exceeded the principal amount by $15.4 million at June 30, 2015.  The dilutive effect to EPS is determined by dividing this “conversion spread value” by the average share price. The “conversion spread value” is the value that would be delivered to investors in shares based on the terms of the Convertible Notes, upon an assumed conversion. In calculating the dilutive effect of these shares, the treasury stock method was used and resulted in a dilution of 0.6 million shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. The conversion options associated with the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes are “out-of-the-money” because the if-converted values of those notes were less than their principal amounts by $43.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively, at June 30, 2015. Therefore, there was no dilutive effect to EPS for the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes.

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Business and Organization (Details) - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2015 - item	Total
Business and Organization
Number of reportable business segments	3
Minimum annual REIT taxable income distributable to stockholders (as a percent)	90.00%

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Derivatives and Hedging Activity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Schedule of fair values of derivative financial instruments

Included in the above discussion of our non-designated derivative holdings as of June 30, 2015 are 40 foreign exchange contracts executed to hedge our Euro currency exposure created by our acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio.  As of June 30, 2015, these contracts have an aggregate notional of $216.4 million and varying maturities through June 2020.

The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Fair Value of Derivatives in an				Fair Value of Derivatives in a
	Asset Position(1) As of				Liability Position(2) As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	$	38	$	138	$	276	$	235
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		38		138		276		235
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps and caps		4,075		1,128		2,494		5,216
Foreign exchange contracts		19,854		24,388		3,520		15
Credit index instruments		1,059		974		—		10
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		24,988		26,490		6,014		5,241
Total derivatives	$	25,026	$	26,628	$	6,290	$	5,476

(1) Classified as derivative assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Classified as derivative liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Schedule of effect of derivative financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations and of comprehensive income

			Gain (Loss)
	Gain (Loss)		Reclassified		Gain (Loss)
Derivatives Designated as	Recognized		from AOCI		Recognized
Hedging Instruments	in OCI		into Income		in Income		Location of Gain (Loss)
For the Three Months Ended June 30,	(effective portion)		(effective portion)		(ineffective portion)		Recognized in Income
2015	$	(71)	$	(194)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(457)	$	(364)	$	—	Interest expense
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	(538)	$	(398)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(708)	$	(737)	$	—	Interest expense

Schedule of Gain / (Loss) recognized in Income for Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

		Amount of Gain (Loss)				Amount of Gain (Loss)
		Recognized in Income for the				Recognized in Income for the
Derivatives Not Designated	Location of Gain (Loss)	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
as Hedging Instruments	Recognized in Income	2015		2014		2015		2014
Interest rate swaps and caps	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments	$	7,958	$	(2,314)	$	(4,964)	$	(6,511)
Foreign exchange contracts	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		(27,799)		(6,965)		10,172		(10,012)
Credit index instruments	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		311		(511)		(115)		(1,133)
		$	(19,530)	$	(9,790)	$	5,093	$	(17,656)

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Related-Party Transactions (Details 2) - Real Estate Properties [Domain] - Range [Domain] $ in Thousands, € in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 shares	Jan. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Related-Party Transactions
Variable rate basis of loans				LIBOR
Spread on interest rate basis (as a percent)		6.10%		6.10%
Originations of mortgage financing				$ 2,150,080	$ 1,860,026
Purchase price of notes				1,256,784	1,277,636
Equity method, Carrying value		$ 183,856		183,856					$ 176,359
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		8,951	$ 9,563	15,041	$ 9,627
Co-origination of loan with SEREF | Junior Mezzanine Loan
Related-Party Transactions
Participation interest in security | €							€ 18.0	€ 30.0
Spread on interest rate basis (as a percent)							8.81%	11.65%	11.65%
SEREF
Related-Party Transactions
Number of shares acquired | shares						9,140,000
Ownership percentage						4.00%
Retail fund
Related-Party Transactions
Equity method, Carrying value		$ 120,927		$ 120,927					$ 129,475
Equity interest acquired (as a percent)		33.00%		33.00%
Fund IX | CMBS
Related-Party Transactions
Payments to acquire security	$ 58,600
Number of properties by which investment is secured | property	85
Fund IX | LNR
Related-Party Transactions
Obligation funded by an affiliate		$ 6,200		$ 6,200
Related party payable		$ 3,400		$ 3,400					$ 4,400
Mammoth Mezz Holdings, LLC | Mammoth Loan Investment
Related-Party Transactions
Sale of participation interest in subordinated loan	$ 35,000

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

Summary of investments in unconsolidated entities

The below table summarizes our investments in unconsolidated entities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

						Carrying value over (under)
	Participation /	Carrying value as of				equity in net assets as of
	Ownership %(1)	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015(2)
Equity method:
Retail Fund	33%	$	120,927	$	129,475	$	—
Investor entity which owns equity in two real estate services providers	50%		22,609		21,534		—
Equity interests in commercial real estate (3)	16% - 43%		28,107		—		—
Bridge loan venture	various		5,587		8,417		33
Various	25% - 50%		6,626		16,933		—
			183,856		176,359	$	33
Cost method:
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets	4% - 6%		9,225		9,225
Various	2% - 10%		11,174		8,399
			20,399		17,624
		$	204,255	$	193,983

(1) None of these investments are publicly traded and therefore quoted market prices are not available.

(2) Differences between the carrying value of our investment and the underlying equity in net assets of the investee are accounted for as if the investee were a consolidated entity in accordance with ASC 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures.

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we acquired $28.0 million of equity interests in limited liability companies that own ten office and student housing properties throughout the U.S.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Reclassifications to financial statements
Other assets	$ 116,198		$ 116,198		$ 95,652
Other revenues	$ 1,390	$ 2,442	3,137	$ 5,263
Other expense		4,352	$ 375	5,609
Reclassification Adjustment
Reclassifications to financial statements
Other assets					$ 39,900
Other revenues		2,600		3,100
Other expense		$ 1,700		$ 2,100

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Convertible Senior Notes (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2014 shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2014 shares	Jun. 29, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 08, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2013 USD ($)
Convertible Senior Notes
Portion of repurchase price attributable to equity component recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in-capital			$ 17,727,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	$ (629,000)		$ (5,921,000)
Conversion spread included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares) | shares	649	4,056	644	3,906
Conversion upon satisfaction of closing market price condition
Convertible Senior Notes
Minimum number of conditions to be satisfied for conversion of debt | item			1
Minimum trading period as a basis for debt conversion | item	20
Consecutive trading period as a basis for debt conversion			30 days
Conversion upon satisfaction of closing market price condition | Minimum
Convertible Senior Notes
Percentage of per share value of distributions that exceeds the market price of the entity's common stock as a basis for debt conversion			10.00%
Conversion upon satisfaction of closing market price condition | Maximum
Convertible Senior Notes
Period of average closing market price of common stock as a basis for debt conversion			10 days
Conversion upon satisfaction of trading price condition
Convertible Senior Notes
Consecutive trading period as a basis for debt conversion			5 days
Conversion upon satisfaction of trading price condition | Maximum
Convertible Senior Notes
Percentage of conversion price and last reported sales price as a basis for debt conversion			98.00%
2017 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Amount issued	$ 431,250,000		$ 431,250,000				$ 431,300,000
Coupon Rate (as a percent)	3.75%		3.75%
Effective Rate (as a percent)	5.87%		5.87%
Conversion Rate			41.7397
Remaining Period of Amortization			2 years 3 months 18 days
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount			$ 43,000,000
Conversion price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 23.96		$ 23.96
2017 Notes | Conversion upon satisfaction of closing market price condition | Minimum
Convertible Senior Notes
Percentage of conversion price as a basis for debt conversion			110.00%
2018 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Amount issued	$ 599,981,000		$ 599,981,000						$ 600,000,000
Coupon Rate (as a percent)	4.55%		4.55%
Effective Rate (as a percent)	6.10%		6.10%
Conversion Rate			45.6167
Remaining Period of Amortization			2 years 8 months 12 days
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount			$ 9,600,000
Conversion price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 21.92		$ 21.92
2019 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Amount issued	$ 341,363,000		$ 341,363,000					$ 460,000,000
Coupon Rate (as a percent)	4.00%		4.00%
Effective Rate (as a percent)	5.37%		5.37%
Conversion Rate			48.4451
Remaining Period of Amortization			3 years 6 months
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes exceed principal amount			$ 15,400,000
Conversion price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 20.64		$ 20.64
Amount of debt repurchased	$ 118,600,000		$ 118,600,000		$ 14,500,000
Debt repurchased amount	136,300,000		136,300,000		$ 16,500,000
Repurchase expenses			100,000
Portion of repurchase price attributable to equity component recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in-capital			17,700,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	600,000		$ 5,900,000
2018 Notes and 2019 Notes | Conversion upon satisfaction of closing market price condition | Minimum
Convertible Senior Notes
Percentage of conversion price as a basis for debt conversion			130.00%
Convertible Senior Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Principal Amount	1,372,594,000		$ 1,372,594,000			$ 1,491,228,000
Net unamortized discount	(57,349,000)		(57,349,000)			(73,206,000)
Carrying amount of debt components	1,315,245,000		1,315,245,000			1,418,022,000
Carrying amount of conversion option equity components recorded in additional paid-in capital	$ 46,343,000		$ 46,343,000			64,070,000
Principal amount of notes, basis for conversion						1,000
Closing share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 21.57		$ 21.57
Conversion of principal not included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares | shares			61,300
Conversion spread included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares) | shares			600
Deferred financing costs, net of amortization	$ 1,800,000		$ 1,800,000			$ 2,300,000
Convertible Senior Notes | 2017 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Conversion spread included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares) | shares			0
Convertible Senior Notes | 2018 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount			$ 9,600,000
Conversion spread included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares) | shares			0
Convertible Senior Notes | 2019 Notes
Convertible Senior Notes
Closing share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 21.57		$ 21.57
Conversion spread included in computation of diluted EPS (in shares) | shares	600

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Investment Securities (Details 4) - SEREF - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Residential Real Estate
Number of shares acquired	9,140,000
Ownership percentage	4.00%
Fair value of investment		$ 15.4	$ 15.1

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Fair Value (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Fair Value

Schedule of financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis

The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	$	—	$	—	$	279,352
RMBS		193,150		—		—		193,150
CMBS		314,152		—		—		314,152
Equity security		15,402		15,402		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		128,109		—		—		128,109
Derivative assets		25,026		—		25,026		—
VIE assets		92,719,092		—		—		92,719,092
Total	$	93,674,283	$	15,402	$	25,026	$	93,633,855
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	—
VIE liabilities		92,046,550		—		89,935,539		2,111,011
Total	$	92,052,840	$	—	$	89,941,829	$	2,111,011

	December 31, 2014
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	391,620	$	—	$	—	$	391,620
RMBS		207,053		—		—		207,053
CMBS		334,080		—		—		334,080
Equity security		15,120		15,120		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		132,303		—		—		132,303
Derivative assets		26,628		—		26,628		—
VIE assets		107,816,065		—		—		107,816,065
Total	$	108,922,869	$	15,120	$	26,628	$	108,881,121
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	—
VIE liabilities		107,232,201		—		102,339,081		4,893,120
Total	$	107,237,677	$	—	$	102,344,557	$	4,893,120

Schedule of changes in financial assets and liabilities classified as Level III

The changes in financial assets and liabilities classified as Level III were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2015 balance	$	343,770	$	197,385	$	308,195	$	130,761	$	103,363,978	$	(2,145,458)	$	102,198,631
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		10,831		—		936		(2,652)		(8,425,383)		490,913		(7,925,355)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		4,042		—		—		—		—		4,042
Included in OCI		—		(1,150)		5,019		—		—		—		3,869
Purchases / Originations		476,699		—		250		—		—		—		476,949
Sales		(551,634)		—		(385)		—		—		—		(552,019)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(750)		(750)
Cash repayments / receipts		(314)		(7,127)		—		—		—		27,051		19,610
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(623,538)		(623,538)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		174,376		174,376
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		1,244,019		(34,133)		1,209,886
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,463,522)		528		(3,462,857)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	4,042	$	1,097	$	(2,652)	$	(8,425,383)	$	490,913	$	(7,934,365)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2014 balance	$	74,117	$	291,217	$	240,665	$	144,898	$	118,451,518	$	(3,482,922)	$	115,719,493
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		11,546		10,130		4,393		(5,523)		(3,332,084)		(1,664)		(3,313,202)
Net accretion		—		3,323		—		—		—		—		3,323
Included in OCI		—		(9,363)		2,740		—		—		—		(6,623)
Purchases / Originations		320,566		—		42,740		—		—		—		363,306
Sales		(251,612)		(53,236)		(13,457)		—		—		—		(318,305)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(25,995)		(25,995)
Cash repayments / receipts		(205)		(10,466)		(421)		—		—		50,984		39,892
Transfers into Level III		—		—		5,480		—		—		(1,983,525)		(1,978,045)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		(1,057)		—		293,115		292,058
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		3,720,885		(68,772)		3,652,113
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(4,749,161)		32,654		(4,716,286)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	2,804	$	4,513	$	(5,523)	$	(3,332,084)	$	(1,664)	$	(3,331,266)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2015 balance	$	391,620	$	207,053	$	334,080	$	132,303	$	107,816,065	$	(4,893,120)	$	103,988,001
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		31,962		—		776		(4,194)		(17,273,237)		2,951,583		(14,293,110)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		13,487		—		—		—		—		13,487
Included in OCI		—		(8,776)		(198)		—		—		—		(8,974)
Purchases / Originations		889,919		—		8,988		—		—		—		898,907
Sales		(1,033,644)		—		(5,098)		—		—		—		(1,038,742)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(7,513)		(7,513)
Cash repayments / receipts		(505)		(18,614)		(223)		—		—		74,988		55,646
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(816,018)		(816,018)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		723,746		723,746
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(24,310)		—		5,657,627		(145,205)		5,488,112
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,481,363)		528		(3,480,698)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains  included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	7,994	$	981	$	(4,194)	$	(17,273,237)	$	2,951,583	$	(14,319,255)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2014 balance	$	206,672	$	296,236	$	208,006	$	150,149	$	103,151,624	$	(1,597,984)	$	102,414,703
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		32,439		11,141		9,600		(10,774)		(7,013,623)		99,837		(6,871,380)
OTTI		—		(213)		—		—		—		—		(213)
Net accretion		—		9,887		—		—		—		—		9,887
Included in OCI		—		(4,615)		2,207		—		—		—		(2,408)
Purchases / Originations		582,391		—		46,571		—		—		—		628,962
Sales		(554,073)		(62,546)		(29,301)		—		—		—		(645,920)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(71,756)		(71,756)
Cash repayments / receipts		(297)		(18,285)		(829)		—		—		86,349		66,938
Transfers into Level III		—		—		52,780		—		—		(2,555,137)		(2,502,357)
Transfers out of Level III		(112,720)		—		(179)		(1,057)		—		712,856		598,900
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(6,715)		—		23,991,532		(1,892,944)		22,091,873
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(6,038,375)		32,654		(6,005,500)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	7,971	$	9,018	$	(10,774)	$	(7,013,623)	$	99,837	$	(6,906,883)

Schedule of fair value of financial instruments not carried at fair value

The following table presents the fair values (all Level III) of our financial instruments not carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
	Value		Value		Value		Value
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale and loans transferred as secured borrowings	$	6,139,392	$	6,259,610	$	5,908,665	$	6,034,838
Securities, held-to-maturity		354,534		353,811		441,995		440,629
European servicing rights		4,999		8,804		11,849		12,741
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements and secured borrowings on transferred loans	$	3,716,805	$	3,711,026	$	3,267,230		3,251,035
Convertible senior notes		1,315,245		1,354,957		1,418,022		1,444,975

Schedule of quantitative information for Level 3 Fair Value Measurements for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis

The following is quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs in our Level III measurements for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value at		Valuation	Unobservable	Range as of (1)
	June 30, 2015		Technique	Input	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	4.4% - 5.2%	4.2% - 4.9%
				Duration (c)	10.0 years	5.0 - 10.0 years
RMBS		193,150	Discounted cash flow	Constant prepayment rate (a)	2.5% - 14.9%	1.2% - 15.9%
				Constant default rate (b)	1.0% - 8.7%	1.1% - 8.9%
				Loss severity (b)	11% - 80% (e)	15% - 80% (e)
				Delinquency rate (c)	2% - 29%	2% - 43%
				Servicer advances (a)	30% - 92%	14% - 75%
				Annual coupon deterioration (b)	0% - 0.5%	0% - 0.6%
				Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (d)	0% - 11%	0% - 11%
CMBS		314,152	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 207.8%	0% - 421.4%
				Duration (c)	0 - 13.5 years	0 - 11.8 years
Domestic servicing rights		128,109	Discounted cash flow	Debt yield (a)	8.25%	8.25%
				Discount rate (b)	15%	15%
				Control migration (b)	0% - 80%	0% - 80%
VIE assets		92,719,092	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years
VIE liabilities		2,111,011	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years

(1) The ranges of significant unobservable inputs are represented in percentages and years.

Sensitivity of the Fair Value to Changes in the Unobservable Inputs

(a) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.

(b) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.

(c) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in either a significantly lower or higher (lower or higher) fair value measurement depending on the structural features of the security in question.

(d) Any delay in the putback recovery date leads to a decrease in fair value, for the majority of securities in our RMBS portfolio.

82% and 85% of the portfolio falls within a range of 45%-80% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

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Business and Organization

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Business and Organization

Business and Organization

1. Business and Organization

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (“STWD” together with its subsidiaries, “we” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation that commenced operations in August 2009, upon the completion of our initial public offering (“IPO”). We are focused primarily on originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate debt investments, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), and other commercial real estate investments in both the U.S. and Europe. We refer to the following as our target assets:

· commercial real estate mortgage loans, including preferred equity interests;

· CMBS; and

· other commercial real estate-related debt investments.

Our target assets may also include residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), certain residential mortgage loans, distressed or non-performing commercial loans, commercial properties subject to net leases and equity interests in commercial real estate. As market conditions change over time, we may adjust our strategy to take advantage of changes in interest rates and credit spreads as well as economic and credit conditions.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we established a third business segment, real estate property (the “Property Segment”). We have three reportable business segments as of June 30, 2015:

· Real estate lending (the “Lending Segment”)—engages primarily in originating, acquiring, financing and managing commercial first mortgages, subordinated mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, CMBS, RMBS and other real estate and real estate-related debt investments in both the U.S. and Europe that are held-for-investment.

· Real estate investing and servicing (the “Investing and Servicing Segment”)—includes (i) servicing businesses in both the U.S. and Europe that manage and work out problem assets, (ii) an investment business that selectively acquires and manages unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS, including subordinated interests of securitization and resecuritization transactions, (iii) a mortgage loan business which originates conduit loans for the primary purpose of selling these loans into securitization transactions, and (iv) an investment business that selectively acquires commercial real estate assets, including properties acquired from CMBS trusts. This segment excludes the consolidation of securitization variable interest entities (“VIEs”).

· Property Segment—engages primarily in acquiring and managing equity interests in stabilized commercial real estate properties that are held for investment. 

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former single family residential (“SFR”) segment to our stockholders as discussed further in Note 3.

We are organized and conduct our operations to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As such, we will generally not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on that portion of our net income that is distributed to stockholders if we distribute at least 90% of our taxable income to our stockholders by prescribed dates and comply with various other requirements.

We are organized as a holding company and conduct our business primarily through our various wholly-owned subsidiaries. We are externally managed and advised by SPT Management, LLC (our “Manager”) pursuant to the terms of a management agreement. Our Manager is controlled by Barry Sternlicht, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our Manager is an affiliate of Starwood Capital Group, a privately-held private equity firm founded and controlled by Mr. Sternlicht.

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Properties (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 08, 2015 property	May. 31, 2015 property	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Properties
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net				$ 209	$ 10,078	$ 17,407	$ 11,633
Summary of properties
Total properties, at cost				398,469		398,469		$ 40,497
Less: accumulated depreciation				(1,453)		(1,453)		(643)
Properties, net				397,016		397,016		39,854
Property Segment
Summary of properties
Land				125,319		125,319
Building				214,836		$ 214,836
Building, useful life						30 years
Investment and Servicing Segment
Properties
Purchase price				33,400
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net			$ 17,100
Summary of properties
Land				11,592		$ 11,592		8,225
Building				46,042		46,042		30,637
Furniture & fixtures				$ 680		$ 680		$ 1,635
Building, useful life						30 years
Furniture & fixtures, useful life						10 years
Ireland Portfolio
Properties
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	12
Office Properties | Ireland Portfolio
Properties
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	8	3
Office Properties | Ireland Portfolio | Property Segment
Properties
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property				11
Residential Properties | Investment and Servicing Segment
Properties
Number of properties acquired | property				2
Residential Properties | Ireland Portfolio
Properties
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	1
Residential Properties | Ireland Portfolio | Property Segment
Properties
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property				1
Retail Properties | Investment and Servicing Segment
Properties
Number of properties acquired | property				1

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Schedule of offsetting assets and liabilities

The following tables present the potential effects of netting arrangements on our financial position for financial assets and liabilities within the scope of ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet—Offsetting, which for us are derivative assets and liabilities as well as repurchase agreement liabilities (amounts in thousands):

							(iv)
							Gross Amounts Not
							Offset in the Statement
			(ii)		(iii) = (i) - (ii)		of Financial Position
			Gross Amounts		Net Amounts				Cash
	(i)		Offset in the		Presented in				Collateral
	Gross Amounts		Statement of		the Statement of		Financial		Received /		(v) = (iii) - (iv)
	Recognized		Financial Position		Financial Position		Instruments		Pledged		Net Amount
As of June 30, 2015
Derivative assets	$	25,026	$	—	$	25,026	$	4,264	$	—	$	20,762
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	4,264	$	2,026	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,636,308		—		2,636,308		2,636,308		—		—
	$	2,642,598	$	—	$	2,642,598	$	2,640,572	$	2,026	$	—
As of December 31, 2014
Derivative assets	$	26,628	$	—	$	26,628	$	2,016	$	—	$	24,612
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	2,016	$	3,460	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,270,985		—		2,270,985		2,270,985		—		—
	$	2,276,461	$	—	$	2,276,461	$	2,273,001	$	3,460	$	—

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Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies.

Commitments and Contingencies

21. Commitments and Contingencies

As of June 30, 2015, we had future funding commitments on 57 loans totaling $2.0 billion, of which we expect to fund $1.7 billion. These future funding commitments primarily relate to construction projects, capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing commissions. Generally, funding commitments are subject to certain conditions that must be met, such as customary construction draw certifications, minimum debt service coverage ratios or executions of new leases before advances are made to the borrower.

In the ordinary course of business, we may provide various forms of guarantees.  In limited instances, specifically involving construction loans, the Company has guaranteed the future funding obligations of certain third party lenders in the event that such third parties fail to fund their proportionate share of the obligation in a timely manner.  We are currently unaware of any circumstances which would require us to make payments under any of these guarantees. 

Management is not aware of any other contractual obligations, legal proceedings, or any other contingent obligations incurred in the normal course of business that would have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

20.  Income Taxes

Certain of our subsidiaries have elected to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”). TRSs permit us to participate in certain activities from which REITs are generally precluded, as long as these activities meet specific criteria, are conducted within the parameters of certain limitations established by the Code, and are conducted in entities which elect to be treated as taxable subsidiaries under the Code. To the extent these criteria are met, we will continue to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Our TRSs engage in various real estate related operations, including special servicing of commercial real estate, originating and securitizing commercial mortgage loans, and investing in entities which engage in real estate related operations. The majority of our TRSs are held within the Investing and Servicing Segment.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately $857.9  million and $1.0 billion, respectively, of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s assets were owned by TRS entities, including $60.0 million and $88.6 million in cash, respectively. Our TRSs are not consolidated for federal income tax purposes, but are instead taxed as corporations. For financial reporting purposes, a provision for current and deferred taxes is established for the portion of earnings recognized by us with respect to our interest in TRSs.

Our income tax provision consisted of the following for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Current
Federal	$	4,245	$	5,484	$	15,751	$	10,624
Foreign		1,242		1,782		2,278		3,231
State		670		929		2,625		1,799
Total current		6,157		8,195		20,654		15,654
Deferred
Federal		(1,344)		(2,344)		615		(3,048)
Foreign		(834)		(1,192)		(1,623)		(2,198)
State		(187)		(382)		97		(511)
Total deferred		(2,365)		(3,918)		(911)		(5,757)
Total income tax provision	$	3,792	$	4,277	$	19,743	$	9,897

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented net by tax jurisdiction and are reported in other assets and other liabilities, respectively. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our U.S. tax jurisdiction was in a net deferred tax asset position, while our European tax jurisdiction was in a net deferred tax liability position. The following table presents each of these tax jurisdictions and the tax effects of temporary differences on their respective net deferred tax assets and liabilities (in thousands):

	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
U.S.
Deferred tax asset, net
Reserves and accruals	$	13,054	$	13,818
Domestic intangible assets		9,661		9,617
Investment securities and loans		(2,408)		(2,327)
Investment in unconsolidated entities		702		883
Deferred income		435		427
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		5,371		2,498
Valuation allowance		(5,371)		(2,498)
Other U.S. temporary differences		777		515
		22,221		22,933
Europe
Deferred tax liability, net
European servicing rights		(1,120)		(2,681)
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards		8,214		8,702
Valuation allowance		(8,214)		(8,702)
Other European temporary differences		(204)		(337)
		(1,324)		(3,018)
Net deferred tax assets	$	20,897	$	19,915

Unrecognized tax benefits were not material as of and during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.

The following table is a reconciliation of our federal income tax determined using our statutory federal tax rate to our reported income tax provision for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,								For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015				2014				2015				2014
Federal statutory tax rate	$	42,501	35.0	%	$	43,631	35.0	%	$	90,357	35.0	%	$	87,906	35.0	%
REIT and other non-taxable income		(40,510)	(33.3)	%		(38,989)	(31.3)	%		(75,482)	(29.2)	%		(79,372)	(31.7)	%
State income taxes		179	0.1	%		753	0.6	%		2,180	0.8	%		1,203	0.5	%
Federal benefit of state tax deduction		(63)	(0.1)	%		(263)	(0.2)	%		(763)	(0.3)	%		(421)	(0.2)	%
Valuation allowance		1,618	1.3	%		(1,100)	(0.9)	%		2,873	1.1	%		412	0.2	%
Other		67	0.1	%		245	0.2	%		578	0.2	%		169	0.1	%
Effective tax rate	$	3,792	3.1	%	$	4,277	3.4	%	$	19,743	7.6	%	$	9,897	3.9	%

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Loans (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 6,427,753	$ 6,306,316
Total gross loans (as a percent)	100.00%	100.00%
Amount of loan impairment charges on individual loans held-for-investment	$ 0	$ 0
Rating 1
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 750	822
Rating 1 | Maximum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	65.00%
Rating 2
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 511,260	$ 523,572
Total gross loans (as a percent)	8.00%	8.30%
Rating 2 | Maximum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	70.00%
Rating 3
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 5,052,862	$ 5,092,243
Total gross loans (as a percent)	78.60%	80.70%
Rating 3 | Maximum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	80.00%
Rating 4
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 447,282	$ 248,793
Total gross loans (as a percent)	7.00%	4.00%
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of carrying amount	1.50%
Rating 4 | Minimum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	80.00%
Rating 4 | Maximum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	90.00%
Rating 5
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 45,992	$ 45,974
Total gross loans (as a percent)	0.70%	0.70%
Allowance for loan losses as a percent of carrying amount	5.00%
Rating 5 | Minimum
Investments in loans
LTV (as a percent)	90.00%
N/A
Investments in loans
Total gross loans		$ 394,912
Total gross loans (as a percent)		6.30%
Mezzanine Loans | Lending Segment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 58,900
Carrying amount of loans 90 days or more past due	18,600
Total loans held-for-investment
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	5,924,405	$ 5,785,269
Total loans held-for-investment | Investment and Servicing Segment
Investments in loans
Carrying amount of loans 90 days or more past due	2,200
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	4,721,561	4,535,669
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans | Rating 1
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	750	822
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans | Rating 2
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	339,902	258,822
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans | Rating 3
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	4,034,158	4,120,562
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans | Rating 4
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	300,759	109,489
Total loans held-for-investment | First Mortgages, excluding Cost Recovery Loans | Rating 5
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	45,992	45,974
Total loans held-for-investment | Subordinated mortgages
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	291,300	345,091
Total loans held-for-investment | Subordinated mortgages | Rating 2
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	109,922	116,168
Total loans held-for-investment | Subordinated mortgages | Rating 3
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	148,549	196,476
Total loans held-for-investment | Subordinated mortgages | Rating 4
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	32,829	32,447
Total loans held-for-investment | Mezzanine Loans
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	909,345	901,217
Total loans held-for-investment | Mezzanine Loans | Rating 2
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	61,436	148,582
Total loans held-for-investment | Mezzanine Loans | Rating 3
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	734,215	645,778
Total loans held-for-investment | Mezzanine Loans | Rating 4
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	113,694	106,857
Total loans held-for-investment | Cost Recovery Loans
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	2,199	3,292
Total loans held-for-investment | Cost Recovery Loans | N/A
Investments in loans
Total gross loans		3,292
Loans held-for-sale
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	367,408	391,620
Loans held-for-sale | N/A
Investments in loans
Total gross loans		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	135,940	129,427
Loans transferred as secured borrowings | Rating 3
Investments in loans
Total gross loans	$ 135,940	$ 129,427

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Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Stockholders' Equity

Schedule of dividends declared by board of directors

Declare Date	Record Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Payment Date	Amount		Frequency
5/5/15	6/30/15	6/26/15	7/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly
2/25/15	3/31/15	3/27/15	4/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly

Summary of share awards granted under the Manager Equity Plan

The table below summarizes our share awards granted under the Manager Equity Plan that were not fully vested as of June 30, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Grant Date	Type	Amount Granted	Grant Date Fair Value		Vesting Period
May 2015	RSU	675,000	$	16,511	3 years
January 2014 (1)	RSU	489,281		14,776	3 years
January 2014	RSU	2,000,000		55,420	3 years
October 2012	RSU	875,000		19,854	3 years

(1) As part of the spin-off of our SFR segment, all holders of the Company’s common stock and vested restricted common stock received one SWAY common share for every five shares of the Company’s common stock.  At the time of the spin-off, the Manager held certain unvested RSUs that were not entitled to SWAY shares.  Under the legal documentation governing the outstanding RSUs, the Manager was entitled to receive additional RSUs in an amount equal to the number of such outstanding RSUs times the amount received in the spin-off by a holder of a share of the Company’s common stock (i.e., the price per share of a SWAY common share divided by five) divided by the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the spin-off.  In order to prevent dilution of the rights of our equity plan participants resulting from this make-whole issuance, the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan provide for, and, on August 12, 2014, our board of directors authorized, an increase of 489,281 shares to the maximum number of shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan.

Schedule of Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents

					Weighted
					Average
	Non-Executive				Grant Date
	Director		Manager		Fair Value
	Stock Plan	Equity Plan	Equity Plan	Total	(per share)
Balance as of January 1, 2015	17,105	109,708	1,854,585	1,981,398	$	27.30
Granted	—	502,659	675,000	1,177,659		24.43
Vested	—	(27,348)	(628,806)	(656,154)		26.54
Forfeited	—	(19,308)	—	(19,308)		23.95
Balance as of June 30, 2015	17,105	565,711	1,900,779	2,483,595		26.17

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Segment Data

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Data

Segment Data

22.  Segment Data

In its operation of the business, management, including our chief operating decision maker, who is our Chief Executive Officer, reviews certain financial information, including segmented internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis prior to the impact of consolidating VIEs under ASC 810. The segment information within this note is reported on that basis.  During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we established a separate presentation for corporate overhead which includes our corporate debt facilities and the associated expenses, management fee expenses and general and administrative expenses not directly allocable to our segments.  Also during the three months ended March 31, 2015, we transferred a performing loan with a balance of $25.0 million as of December 31, 2014 from our Investing and Servicing Segment to our Lending Segment.  During the three months ended June 30, 2015, upon our Ireland Portfolio acquisition discussed in Note 3, we established a third business segment, the Property Segment, and transferred our existing equity method investment in four regional shopping malls (the “Retail Fund”) from our Lending Segment to our Property Segment.  As of December 31, 2014, the carrying value of the Retail Fund was $129.5 million.  We have retrospectively reclassified prior periods to conform to these changes in presentation.

The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	113,928	$	4,364	$	—	$	—	$	118,292	$	—	$	118,292
Interest income from investment securities		17,050		47,272		—		—		64,322		(40,512)		23,810
Servicing fees		98		54,349		—		—		54,447		(24,293)		30,154
Rental income		—		1,478		3,536		—		5,014		—		5,014
Other revenues		334		1,301		—		—		1,635		(245)		1,390
Total revenues		131,410		108,764		3,536		—		243,710		(65,050)		178,660
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		367		18		—		26,385		26,770		51		26,821
Interest expense		20,197		2,751		877		25,974		49,799		—		49,799
General and administrative		6,083		32,626		174		2,343		41,226		178		41,404
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		224		505		4,262		(124)		4,867		—		4,867
Costs of rental operations		—		878		333		—		1,211		—		1,211
Depreciation and amortization		—		4,213		1,615		—		5,828		—		5,828
Loan loss allowance, net		2,661		—		—		—		2,661		—		2,661
Total costs and expenses		29,532		40,991		7,261		54,578		132,362		229		132,591
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		101,878		67,773		(3,725)		(54,578)		111,348		(65,279)		46,069
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		55,873		55,873
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(8,381)		—		—		(8,381)		5,729		(2,652)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		510		(3,191)		—		—		(2,681)		4,127		1,446
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		10,831		—		—		10,831		—		10,831
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		1,361		5,328		2,554		—		9,243		(292)		8,951
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209		—		—		—		209		—		209
(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments, net		(23,954)		4,274		150		—		(19,530)		—		(19,530)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		21,181		(120)		(207)		—		20,854		—		20,854
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(629)		(629)		—		(629)
Other income, net		—		10		—		—		10		—		10
Total other (loss) income		(693)		8,751		2,497		(629)		9,926		65,437		75,363
Income (loss) before income taxes		101,185		76,524		(1,228)		(55,207)		121,274		158		121,432
Income tax provision		—		(3,792)		—		—		(3,792)		—		(3,792)
Net income (loss)		101,185		72,732		(1,228)		(55,207)		117,482		158		117,640
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)		—		—		—		(334)		(158)		(492)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	100,851	$	72,732	$	(1,228)	$	(55,207)	$	117,148	$	—	$	117,148

The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing						Investing
	Lending		and Servicing						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	102,892	$	2,563	$	—	$	105,455	$	—	$	105,455
Interest income from investment securities		15,178		30,081		—		45,259		(17,639)		27,620
Servicing fees		153		57,834		—		57,987		(25,306)		32,681
Rental income		—		2,552		—		2,552		—		2,552
Other revenues		108		2,684		—		2,792		(350)		2,442
Total revenues		118,331		95,714		—		214,045		(43,295)		170,750
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		556		18		24,471		25,045		40		25,085
Interest expense		15,619		976		21,100		37,695		—		37,695
General and administrative		5,467		34,977		2,469		42,913		181		43,094
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		508		248		15		771		—		771
Costs of rental operations		—		1,674		—		1,674		—		1,674
Depreciation and amortization		—		5,154		—		5,154		—		5,154
Loan loss allowance, net		(139)		—		—		(139)		—		(139)
Other expense		66		4,286		—		4,352		—		4,352
Total costs and expenses		22,077		47,333		48,055		117,465		221		117,686
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		96,254		48,381		(48,055)		96,580		(43,516)		53,064
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		47,028		47,028
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(12,804)		—		(12,804)		7,281		(5,523)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		861		16,294		—		17,155		(12,196)		4,959
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		11,608		—		11,608		—		11,608
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		3,432		5,219		—		8,651		912		9,563
Gain on sale of investments, net		10,078		—		—		10,078		—		10,078
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(7,610)		(2,180)		—		(9,790)		—		(9,790)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		4,082		(305)		—		3,777		—		3,777
OTTI		—		(797)		—		(797)		—		(797)
Other income, net		35		657		—		692		—		692
Total other income		10,878		17,692		—		28,570		43,025		71,595
Income (loss) before income taxes		107,132		66,073		(48,055)		125,150		(491)		124,659
Income tax provision		(443)		(3,834)		—		(4,277)		—		(4,277)
Net income (loss)		106,689		62,239		(48,055)		120,873		(491)		120,382
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,005)		—		—		(3,005)		491		(2,514)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	103,684	$	62,239	$	(48,055)	$	117,868	$	—	$	117,868

The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	227,400	$	9,321	$	—	$	—	$	236,721	$	—	$	236,721
Interest income from investment securities		39,346		71,968		—		—		111,314		(59,760)		51,554
Servicing fees		182		105,297		—		—		105,479		(47,068)		58,411
Rental income		—		4,150		3,536		—		7,686		—		7,686
Other revenues		413		3,231		—		—		3,644		(507)		3,137
Total revenues		267,341		193,967		3,536		—		464,844		(107,335)		357,509
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		755		36		—		53,897		54,688		101		54,789
Interest expense		41,720		4,870		877		52,866		100,333		—		100,333
General and administrative		10,941		61,815		176		3,372		76,304		364		76,668
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		997		718		4,262		76		6,053		—		6,053
Costs of rental operations		—		2,576		333		—		2,909		—		2,909
Depreciation and amortization		—		8,298		1,615		—		9,913		—		9,913
Loan loss allowance, net		2,978		—		—		—		2,978		—		2,978
Other expense		—		375		—		—		375		—		375
Total costs and expenses		57,391		78,688		7,263		110,211		253,553		465		254,018
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		209,950		115,279		(3,727)		(110,211)		211,291		(107,800)		103,491
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,734		103,734
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(13,256)		—		—		(13,256)		9,062		(4,194)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		171		5,122		—		—		5,293		(4,346)		947
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		31,962		—		—		31,962		—		31,962
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		2,216		8,052		5,195		—		15,463		(422)		15,041
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		307		17,100		—		—		17,407		—		17,407
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		8,909		(3,733)		(83)		—		5,093		—		5,093
Foreign currency loss, net		(8,155)		(1,291)		(7)		—		(9,453)		—		(9,453)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(5,921)		(5,921)		—		(5,921)
Other income, net		—		41		—		14		55		—		55
Total other income (loss)		3,448		43,997		5,105		(5,907)		46,643		108,028		154,671
Income (loss) before income taxes		213,398		159,276		1,378		(116,118)		257,934		228		258,162
Income tax benefit (provision)		30		(19,773)		—		—		(19,743)		—		(19,743)
Net income (loss)		213,428		139,503		1,378		(116,118)		238,191		228		238,419
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(680)		—		—		—		(680)		(228)		(908)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	212,748	$	139,503	$	1,378	$	(116,118)	$	237,511	$	—	$	237,511

The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing				Single				Investing
	Lending		and Servicing				Family				and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Residential		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	204,979	$	5,386	$	—	$	—	$	210,365	$	—	$	210,365
Interest income from investment securities		33,467		53,089		—		—		86,556		(29,482)		57,074
Servicing fees		190		114,019		—		—		114,209		(47,317)		66,892
Rental income		—		3,135		—		—		3,135		—		3,135
Other revenues		188		5,698		—		—		5,886		(623)		5,263
Total revenues		238,824		181,327		—		—		420,151		(77,422)		342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		1,183		36		51,609		—		52,828		78		52,906
Interest expense		31,445		1,927		42,154		—		75,526		—		75,526
General and administrative		10,612		74,326		3,890		—		88,828		367		89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		720		430		15		—		1,165		—		1,165
Costs of rental operations		—		2,106		—		—		2,106		—		2,106
Depreciation and amortization		—		9,790		—		—		9,790		—		9,790
Loan loss allowance, net		358		—		—		—		358		—		358
Other expense		52		5,557		—		—		5,609		—		5,609
Total costs and expenses		44,370		94,172		97,668		—		236,210		445		236,655
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		194,454		87,155		(97,668)		—		183,941		(77,867)		106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,032		103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(24,979)		—		—		(24,979)		14,205		(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		705		53,246		—		—		53,951		(40,631)		13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		32,501		—		—		32,501		—		32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		4,972		3,836		—		—		8,808		819		9,627
Gain on sale of investments, net		11,633		—		—		—		11,633		—		11,633
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(10,398)		(7,258)		—		—		(17,656)		—		(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		5,643		(389)		—		—		5,254		—		5,254
OTTI		(213)		(797)		—		—		(1,010)		—		(1,010)
Other income, net		53		657		—		—		710		—		710
Total other income		12,395		56,817		—		—		69,212		77,425		146,637
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		206,849		143,972		(97,668)		—		253,153		(442)		252,711
Income tax provision		(526)		(9,371)		—		—		(9,897)		—		(9,897)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		—		243,256		(442)		242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		—		—		—		(1,551)		(1,551)		—		(1,551)
Net income (loss)		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		(1,551)		241,705		(442)		241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,236)		—		—		—		(3,236)		442		(2,794)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	203,087	$	134,601	$	(97,668)	$	(1,551)	$	238,469	$	—	$	238,469

The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	158,795	$	47,694	$	1,161	$	238,072	$	445,722	$	756	$	446,478
Restricted cash		10,969		15,822		—		—		26,791		—		26,791
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,913,197		2,199		—		—		5,915,396		—		5,915,396
Loans held-for-sale		88,056		279,352		—		—		367,408		—		367,408
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		—		—		—		135,940		—		135,940
Investment securities		663,014		829,687		—		—		1,492,701		(615,463)		877,238
Properties, net		—		57,771		339,245		—		397,016		—		397,016
Intangible assets		—		170,100		42,499		—		212,599		(36,992)		175,607
Investment in unconsolidated entities		35,283		55,189		120,927		—		211,399		(7,144)		204,255
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		16,572		4,485		3,969		—		25,026		—		25,026
Accrued interest receivable		38,078		276		—		—		38,354		—		38,354
Other assets		20,084		65,478		19,459		12,918		117,939		(1,741)		116,198
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,719,092		92,719,092
Total Assets	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	16,293	$	80,485	$	15,261	$	28,493	$	140,532	$	555	$	141,087
Related-party payable		—		3,484		—		21,075		24,559		—		24,559
Dividends payable		—		—		—		115,575		115,575		—		115,575
Derivative liabilities		5,734		556		—		—		6,290		—		6,290
Secured financing agreements, net		2,379,372		294,771		245,609		659,751		3,579,503		—		3,579,503
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,315,245		1,315,245		—		1,315,245
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		137,302		—		—		—		137,302		—		137,302
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,046,550		92,046,550
Total Liabilities		2,538,701		379,296		260,870		2,140,139		5,319,006		92,047,105		97,366,111
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,402		2,402		—		2,402
Additional paid-in capital		2,918,478		1,174,898		262,513		(182,020)		4,173,869		—		4,173,869
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(32,464)		(32,464)		—		(32,464)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		46,668		(1,090)		323		—		45,901		—		45,901
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,564,327		113,309		3,554		(1,677,067)		4,123		—		4,123
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,529,473		1,287,117		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,193,831		—		4,193,831
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,814		2,077		—		—		13,891		11,403		25,294
Total Equity		4,541,287		1,289,194		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,207,722		11,403		4,219,125
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236

The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,132	$	85,252	$	—	$	44,017	$	254,401	$	786	$	255,187
Restricted cash		34,941		13,763		—		—		48,704		—		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,771,307		7,931		—		—		5,779,238		—		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale		—		391,620		—		—		391,620		—		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		—		—		—		129,427		—		129,427
Investment securities		764,517		753,553		—		—		1,518,070		(519,822)		998,248
Properties, net		—		39,854		—		—		39,854		—		39,854
Intangible assets		—		190,207		—		—		190,207		(46,055)		144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities		22,537		48,693		129,475		—		200,705		(6,722)		193,983
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		23,579		3,049		—		—		26,628		—		26,628
Accrued interest receivable		39,188		914		—		—		40,102		—		40,102
Other assets		21,329		61,048		—		14,739		97,116		(1,464)		95,652
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,816,065		107,816,065
Total Assets	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	23,015	$	97,424	$	—	$	23,620	$	144,059	$	457	$	144,516
Related-party payable		—		4,405		—		36,346		40,751		—		40,751
Dividends payable		—		—		—		108,189		108,189		—		108,189
Derivative liabilities		3,662		1,814		—		—		5,476		—		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net		2,252,493		222,363		—		662,933		3,137,789		—		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,418,022		1,418,022		—		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		129,441		—		—		—		129,441		—		129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,232,201		107,232,201
Total Liabilities		2,408,611		326,006		—		2,249,110		4,983,727		107,232,658		112,216,385
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,248		2,248		—		2,248
Additional paid-in capital		3,126,845		1,413,608		127,299		(832,027)		3,835,725		—		3,835,725
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(23,635)		(23,635)		—		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		55,781		115		—		—		55,896		—		55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,328,794		(3,408)		2,176		(1,336,940)		(9,378)		—		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,511,420		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,860,856		—		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,926		—		—		—		11,926		10,130		22,056
Total Equity		4,523,346		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,872,782		10,130		3,882,912
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

23. Subsequent Events

Our significant events subsequent to June 30, 2015 were as follows:

Ireland Property Acquisition

On July 24, 2015, we acquired a fully occupied office property subject to a net lease arrangement located in Dublin, Ireland.  The gross purchase price for this additional property, which comprises approximately 103,000 square feet, was €111.0 million.

Secured Financing Agreements

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Conduit Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from September 2015 to September 2016.

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Lender 6 Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from August 2017 to August 2018.

In July 2015, we amended the Borrowing Base facility to (i) permanently upsize available borrowings from $250.0 million to $450.0 million; (ii) extend the maturity date to July 2019 assuming exercise of a one-year extension option; and (iii) reduce pricing.

In July 2015, we exercised a one-year extension option on the Lender 4 Repo 1 facility extending the maturity from October 2015 to October 2016.

In August 2015, we amended the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility to upsize available borrowings from $1.25 billion to $1.6 billion.

Dividend Declaration

On August 4, 2015, our board of directors declared a dividend of $0.48 per share for the third quarter of 2015, which is payable on October 15, 2015 to common stockholders of record as of September 30, 2015.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 238,419	$ 241,263
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of deferred financing costs	7,159	5,543
Amortization of convertible debt discount and deferred fees	10,503	6,209
Accretion of net discount on investment securities	(16,314)	(11,680)
Accretion of net deferred loan fees and discounts	(18,139)	(10,147)
Amortization of net premium (discount) from secured borrowings on transferred loans	4	(824)
Share-based compensation	17,882	14,731
Share-based component of incentive fees	12,739	6,962
Change in fair value of fair value option investment securities	(947)	(13,320)
Change in fair value of consolidated VIEs	3,663	(25,610)
Change in fair value of servicing rights	4,194	10,774
Change in fair value of loans held-for-sale	(31,962)	(32,501)
Change in fair value of derivatives	(8,782)	16,494
Foreign currency loss (gain), net	9,659	(5,464)
Gain on sale of investments and other assets	(17,407)	(12,575)
Other-than-temporary impairment		1,010
Loan allowance, net	2,978	358
Depreciation and amortization	9,079	10,550
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	(15,041)	(9,627)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated entities	14,752	6,016
Loss on extinguishment of debt	5,921
Originations of loans held-for-sale, net of principal collections	(889,413)	(582,033)
Proceeds from sale of loans held-for-sale	1,033,644	666,793
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Related-party payable, net	(16,192)	6,682
Accrued and capitalized interest receivable, less purchased interest	(32,185)	(18,840)
Other assets	(11,452)	(10,535)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	(17,810)	(29,787)
Net cash provided by operating activities	294,952	230,442
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Origination and purchase of loans held-for-investment	(1,256,784)	(1,277,636)
Proceeds from principal collections on loans	698,901	587,018
Proceeds from loans sold	378,576	202,514
Purchase of investment securities	(147,423)	(53,453)
Proceeds from sales of investment securities	5,098	50,219
Proceeds from principal collections on investment securities	247,774	19,114
Real estate business combinations, net of cash acquired	(95,891)
Proceeds from sale of properties	33,056	1,784
Purchase of other assets		(15,502)
Investment in unconsolidated entities	(32,065)	(21,973)
Distribution of capital from unconsolidated entities	22,127	30,544
Payments for purchase or termination of derivatives	(13,894)	(14,253)
Proceeds from termination of derivatives	24,782	2,092
Return of investment basis in purchased derivative asset	177	798
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash, net	16,090	(5,941)
Spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust		(111,960)
Acquisition and improvement of single family homes		(61,901)
Proceeds from sale of non-performing loans		1,153
Net cash used in investing activities	(119,476)	(667,383)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Borrowings under financing agreements	2,464,018	1,807,229
Principal repayments on and repurchases of borrowings	(2,445,916)	(1,510,052)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(7,054)	(7,881)
Proceeds from common stock issuances	326,296	583,053
Payment of equity offering costs	(892)	(1,636)
Payment of dividends	(216,623)	(185,594)
Distributions to non-controlling interests	(792)	(33,409)
Purchase of treasury stock	(2,268)
Issuance of debt of consolidated VIEs	7,513	71,756
Repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs	(120,529)	(99,763)
Distributions of cash from consolidated VIEs	14,584	13,413
Net cash provided by financing activities	18,337	637,116
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	193,813	200,175
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	255,187	317,627
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(2,522)	825
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	446,478	518,627
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	81,208	65,229
Income taxes paid	17,663	14,792
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Fair value of assets acquired	393,774
Fair value of liabilities assumed	297,883
Assets acquired from consolidated VIEs	31,309
Unsettled common stock repurchased	6,561
Dividends declared, but not yet paid	115,575	108,012
Consolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability additions)	5,657,627	23,991,532
Deconsolidation of VIEs (VIE asset/liability reductions)	$ (3,481,363)	6,038,375
Net assets distributed in spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust		1,008,377
Unsettled trades and loans receivable		$ 52,815

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Balance Sheet Presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment"s Variable Interest Entities

Balance Sheet Presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s Variable Interest Entities

As noted above, the Investing and Servicing Segment operates an investment business that acquires unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS. These securities represent interests in securitization structures (commonly referred to as special purpose entities, or “SPEs”). These SPEs are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), SPEs typically qualify as variable interest entities (“VIEs”). These are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity investors that do not have the ability to make significant decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses, or do not have the right to receive the residual returns of the entity.

Because the Investing and Servicing Segment often serves as the special servicer of the trusts in which it invests, consolidation of these structures is required pursuant to GAAP as outlined in detail below. This results in a consolidated balance sheet which presents the gross assets and liabilities of the VIEs. The assets and other instruments held by these VIEs are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the VIEs do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the consolidator of these VIEs.

The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

Refer to the segment data in Note 22 for a presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment without consolidation of these VIEs.

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs. Intercompany amounts have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows have been included.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our recurring accounting policies. We have included disclosure in this Note 2 regarding principles of consolidation and other accounting policies that (i) are required to be disclosed quarterly, (ii) we view as critical, or (iii) became significant since December 31, 2014 due to a corporate action or increase in the significance of the underlying business activity.

Variable Interest Entities

Variable Interest Entities

We evaluate all of our interests in VIEs for consolidation. When our interests are determined to be variable interests, we assess whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is required to consolidate the VIE. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation, defines the primary beneficiary as the party that has both (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could be potentially significant. We consider our variable interests as well as any variable interests of our related parties in making this determination. Where both of these factors are present, we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and we consolidate the VIE. Where either one of these factors is not present, we are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate the VIE.

To assess whether we have the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, we consider all facts and circumstances, including our role in establishing the VIE and our ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes first, identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and second, identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. In general, the parties that make the most significant decisions affecting the VIE or have the right to unilaterally remove those decision makers are deemed to have the power to direct the activities of a VIE.

To assess whether we have the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE, we consider all of our economic interests, including debt and equity investments, servicing fees, and other arrangements deemed to be variable interests in the VIE. This assessment requires that we apply judgment in determining whether these interests, in the aggregate, are considered potentially significant to the VIE. Factors considered in assessing significance include: the design of the VIE, including its capitalization structure; subordination of interests; payment priority; relative share of interests held across various classes within the VIE’s capital structure; and the reasons why the interests are held by us.

Our purchased investment securities include CMBS which are unrated and non-investment grade rated securities issued by CMBS trusts. In certain cases, we may contract to provide special servicing activities for these CMBS trusts, or, as holder of the controlling class, we may have the right to name and remove the special servicer for these trusts. In our role as special servicer, we provide services on defaulted loans within the trusts, such as foreclosure or work-out procedures, as permitted by the underlying contractual agreements. In exchange for these services, we receive a fee. These rights give us the ability to direct activities that could significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. However, in those instances where an unrelated third party has the right to unilaterally remove us as special servicer, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. We evaluated all of our positions in such investments for consolidation.

For VIEs in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary, all of the underlying assets, liabilities and equity of the structures are recorded on our books, and the initial investment, along with any associated unrealized holding gains and losses, are eliminated in consolidation. Similarly, the interest income earned from these structures, as well as the fees paid by these trusts to us in our capacity as special servicer, are eliminated in consolidation. Further, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible asset associated with the servicing fee streams, and the corresponding allocable amortization or change in fair value of the servicing intangible asset, are also eliminated in consolidation.

We perform ongoing reassessments of: (1) whether any entities previously evaluated under the majority voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework, and (2) whether changes in the facts and circumstances regarding our involvement with a VIE causes our consolidation conclusion regarding the VIE to change.

We elect the fair value option for initial and subsequent recognition of the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs.  Interest income and interest expense associated with these VIEs are no longer relevant on a standalone basis because these amounts are already reflected in the fair value changes.  We have elected to present these items in a single line on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The residual difference shown on our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the line item “Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs” represents our beneficial interest in the VIEs.

We separately present the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs as individual line items on our consolidated balance sheets.  The assets of our consolidated VIEs consist of loans and foreclosed loans which have been temporarily converted into real estate owned.  These assets are presented in the aggregate because they are similar in nature and can only be used to settle the obligations of our consolidated VIEs. Because the VIE liabilities are more reliably measurable than the VIE assets, our current measurement methodology utilizes this value to determine the fair value of our VIE assets as a whole.  Due to the inherent limitations and difficulties involved in valuing individual loans and real estate owned within this type of VIE structure, separately presenting the two different asset categories would result in an arbitrary assignment of value to each, with one asset category representing a residual amount, as opposed to its fair value.  However, as a pool, the fair value of the assets is equal to the fair value of the liabilities.  Further, it is important to understand that the VIE bondholders could not access these assets individually. 

The liabilities of our consolidated VIEs represent obligations to the bondholders of the related CMBS trusts. There is no recourse to the general credit of the Company for the obligations of our consolidated VIEs.

Convertible Senior Notes

Convertible Senior Notes

ASC 470, Debt, requires the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion to be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. ASC 470-20 requires that the initial proceeds from the sale of these notes be allocated between a liability component and an equity component in a manner that reflects interest expense at the interest rate of similar nonconvertible debt that could have been issued by the Company at such time. The equity components of the convertible notes have been reflected within additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period during which the convertible notes are expected to be outstanding (the maturity date) as additional non-cash interest expense.

Upon repurchase of convertible debt instruments, ASC 470-20 requires the issuer to allocate total settlement consideration inclusive of transaction costs amongst the liability and equity components of the instrument based on the fair value of the liability component immediately prior to repurchase.  The difference between the settlement consideration allocated to the liability component and the net carrying value of the liability component including unamortized debt issuance costs is recognized as gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The remaining settlement consideration allocated to the equity component is recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. 

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former SFR segment to our stockholders as discussed in Note 3.  In accordance with ASC 205, Presentation of Financial Statements, the results of the SFR segment are presented within discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Fair Value Option

Fair Value Option

The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments, provides a fair value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument by instrument basis and must be applied to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to this guidance are required to be reported separately in our consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using another accounting method.

We have elected the fair value option for eligible financial assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs, loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform, purchased CMBS issued by VIEs we could consolidate in the future and certain investments in marketable equity securities. The fair value elections for VIE and securitization related items were made in order to mitigate accounting mismatches between the carrying value of the instruments and the related assets and liabilities that we consolidate at fair value. The fair value elections for mortgage loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform were made due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value elections for investments in marketable equity securities were made because the shares are listed on an exchange, which allows us to determine the fair value using a quoted price from an active market.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

We measure our mortgage‑backed securities, derivative assets and liabilities, domestic servicing rights intangible asset and any assets or liabilities where we have elected the fair value option at fair value. When actively quoted observable prices are not available, we either use implied pricing from similar assets and liabilities or valuation models based on net present values of estimated future cash flows, adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, market and/or other risk factors.

As discussed above, we measure the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs at fair value pursuant to our election of the fair value option. The VIEs in which we invest are “static”; that is, no reinvestment is permitted, and there is no active management of the underlying assets. In determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the VIE, we maximize the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. We also acknowledge that our principal market for selling CMBS assets is the securitization market where the market participant is considered to be a CMBS trust or a collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”). This methodology results in the fair value of the assets of a static CMBS trust being equal to the fair value of its liabilities. Refer to Note 19 for further information regarding our fair value measurements.

Loans Receivable and Provision for Loan Losses

Loans Receivable and Provision for Loan Losses

In our Lending Segment we purchase and originate commercial real estate debt and related instruments generally to be held as long-term investments at amortized cost. We are required to periodically evaluate each of these loans for possible impairment. Impairment is indicated when it is deemed probable that we will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. If a loan is determined to be impaired, we write down the loan through a charge to the provision for loan losses. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates.

We perform a quarterly review of our portfolio of loans. In connection with this review, we assess the performance of each loan and assign a risk rating based on several factors including risk of loss, loan-to-value ratio, or LTV, collateral performance, structure, exit plan, and sponsorship. Loans are rated “1” through “5”, from less risk to greater risk in connection with this review.

Intangible Lease Assets

Intangible Lease Assets

In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the acquirer in a business combination must recognize, with certain exceptions, the fair values of assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests when the acquisition constitutes a change in control of the acquired entity.  In connection with the Ireland portfolio acquisition (refer to Note 3 for further discussion), we recognized intangible lease assets and liabilities associated with certain noncancelable operating leases of the acquired properties. These intangible lease assets and liabilities include in-place lease intangible assets, favorable lease intangible assets and unfavorable lease liabilities.  In-place lease intangible assets reflect the acquired benefit of purchasing properties with in-place leases and are measured based on estimates of direct costs associated with leasing the property and lost rental income during projected lease-up and free rent periods, both of which are avoided due to the presence of in-place leases at the acquisition date. Favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities reflect the terms of in-place tenant leases being either favorable or unfavorable relative to market terms at the acquisition date.  The estimated fair values of our favorable and unfavorable lease assets and liabilities at the respective acquisition dates represent the discounted cash flow differential between the contractual cash flows of such leases and the estimated cash flows that comparable leases at market terms would generate. Our intangible lease assets and liabilities are recognized within intangible assets and other liabilities, respectively, in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.  Our in-place lease intangible assets are amortized to amortization expense while our favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities are amortized to rental income, both over the remaining noncancelable term of the respective leases on a straight-line basis.

Properties

Properties

Our properties consist of commercial real estate properties held-for-investment and are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairments, if any.  Properties consist of land, buildings and improvements.  Land is not depreciated, and buildings and improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  Ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred; major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  We review properties for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability is determined by comparing the carrying amount of the property to the undiscounted future net cash flows it is expected to generate. If such carrying amounts exceed the expected undiscounted future net cash flows, we adjust the carrying amount of the property to its estimated fair value.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Rental Income

Rental income is recognized when earned from tenants. For leases that provide rent concessions or fixed escalations over the lease term, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the noncancelable term of the lease.  In net lease arrangements, costs reimbursable from tenants are recognized in rental income in the period in which the related expenses are incurred as we are generally the primary obligor with respect to purchasing goods and services for property operations.

Earnings Per Share

Acquisition and Investment Pursuit Costs

Costs incurred in connection with acquiring properties, investments, loans and businesses, as well as in pursuing unsuccessful acquisitions and investments, are recorded within acquisition and investment pursuit costs in our condensed consolidated statements of operations when incurred.  These costs reflect services performed by third parties and principally include due diligence and legal services.

Earnings Per Share

We present both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts in our financial statements.  Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the maximum potential dilution that could occur from (i) our share-based compensation, consisting of unvested restricted stock (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), (ii) contingently issuable shares to our Manager, and (iii) the “in-the-money” conversion options associated with our outstanding convertible notes (see further discussion in Note 17). Potential dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation if they have an anti-dilutive effect in the period.

The Company’s unvested RSUs and RSAs contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends and thus are participating securities.  Due to the existence of these participating securities, the two-class method of computing EPS is required, unless another method is determined to be more dilutive. Under the two-class method, undistributed earnings are reallocated between shares of common stock and participating securities.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the two-class method resulted in the most dilutive EPS calculation.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant and subjective estimate that we make is the projection of cash flows we expect to receive on our loans, investment securities and intangible assets, which has a significant impact on the amounts of interest income, credit losses (if any), and fair values that we record and/or disclose. In addition, the fair value of financial assets and liabilities that are estimated using a discounted cash flows method is significantly impacted by the rates at which we estimate market participants would discount the expected cash flows.

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to our current period presentation.  In that regard, we have reclassified $39.9 million of commercial real estate properties from other assets to properties, net on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.  Additionally, revenues of $2.6 million and $3.1 million previously reported in other revenue have been reclassified to rental income in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.  Expenses of $1.7 million and $2.1 million previously reported in other expense have been reclassified to costs of rental operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.

Recent Accounting Developments

Recent Accounting Developments

On February 18, 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which amends the criteria for determining which entities are considered VIEs, amends the criteria for determining if a service provider possesses a variable interest in a VIE and ends the deferral granted to investment companies for application of the VIE consolidation model. The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early application is permitted. We are in the process of assessing what impact this ASU will have on the Company. 

On April 7, 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), which requires entities to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts, rather than as a separate deferred asset as the previous guidance required.  The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which establishes key principles by which an entity determines the amount and timing of revenue recognized from customer contracts.  At issuance, the ASU was effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016. On July 9, 2015, the FASB decided to delay the effective date of this ASU by one year, resulting in the ASU becoming effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early application, which was not permissible under the initial effectiveness timeline, is now permissible though no earlier than as of the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

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Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Marketable securities	$ 877,238	$ 998,248
Intangible assets - servicing rights held at fair value	128,109	132,303
Derivative assets	25,026	26,628
VIE Assets	92,719,092	107,816,065
Derivative liabilities	6,290	5,476
VIE Liabilities	92,046,550	107,232,201
Fair value measurements on recurring basis
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	279,352	391,620
Derivative assets	25,026	26,628
VIE Assets	92,719,092	107,816,065
Total	93,674,283	108,922,869
Derivative liabilities	6,290	5,476
VIE Liabilities	92,046,550	107,232,201
Total	92,052,840	107,237,677
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Domestic Servicing Rights
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Intangible assets - servicing rights held at fair value	128,109	132,303
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | RMBS
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Available-for-sale securities	193,150	207,053
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | CMBS
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Available-for-sale securities	314,152	334,080
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Equity security
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Marketable securities	15,402	15,120
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level I
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Total	15,402	15,120
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level I | Equity security
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Marketable securities	15,402	15,120
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level II
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Derivative assets	25,026	26,628
Total	25,026	26,628
Derivative liabilities	6,290	5,476
VIE Liabilities	89,935,539	102,339,081
Total	89,941,829	102,344,557
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	279,352	391,620
VIE Assets	92,719,092	107,816,065
Total	93,633,855	108,881,121
VIE Liabilities	2,111,011	4,893,120
Total	2,111,011	4,893,120
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | Domestic Servicing Rights
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Intangible assets - servicing rights held at fair value	128,109	132,303
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | RMBS
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Available-for-sale securities	193,150	207,053
Fair value measurements on recurring basis | Level III | CMBS
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value
Available-for-sale securities	$ 314,152	$ 334,080

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Convertible Senior Notes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Convertible Senior Notes.

Schedule of the unsecured convertible senior notes outstanding

The following summarizes the unsecured convertible senior notes (collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) outstanding as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands, except rates):

									Remaining
	Principal		Coupon		Effective		Conversion	Maturity	Period of
	Amount		Rate		Rate(1)		Rate(2)	Date	Amortization
2017 Notes	$	431,250	3.75	%	5.87	%	41.7397	10/15/2017	2.3	years
2018 Notes	$	599,981	4.55	%	6.10	%	45.6167	3/1/2018	2.7	years
2019 Notes	$	341,363	4.00	%	5.37	%	48.4451	1/15/2019	3.5	years

	As of		As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total principal	$	1,372,594	$	1,491,228
Net unamortized discount		(57,349)		(73,206)
Carrying amount of debt components	$	1,315,245	$	1,418,022
Carrying amount of conversion option equity components recorded in additional paid-in capital	$	46,343	$	64,070

(1) Effective rate includes the effects of underwriter purchase discount and the adjustment for the conversion option, the value of which reduced the initial liability and was recorded in additional paid-in-capital.

(2) The conversion rate represents the number of shares of common stock issuable per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes converted, as adjusted in accordance with the applicable indentures as a result of the spin-off of the SFR segment and cash dividend payments. The if-converted value of the 2019 Notes exceeded their principal amount by $15.4 million at June 30, 2015 since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share exceeded the implicit conversion price of $20.64 per share. The if-converted values of the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes were less than their principal amounts by $43.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively, since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share was less than the implicit conversion prices of $23.96 and $21.92, respectively. The Company has asserted its intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Notes in cash.  As a result, conversion of this principal amount, totaling 61.3 million shares, was not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share (“EPS”).  However, the conversion spread value for the 2019 Notes, representing 0.6 million shares, was included in the computation of diluted EPS as the notes were “in-the-money”. No dilution related to the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes was included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as these notes were not “in-the-money”. See further discussion at Note 17.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 08, 2015 USD ($) ft² property	May. 31, 2015 property	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Liabilities assumed:
Revenues				$ 178,660	$ 170,750	$ 357,509	$ 342,729
Net loss				117,640	120,382	238,419	241,263
Goodwill			$ 140,437	140,437		140,437		$ 140,437
Ireland Portfolio
Acquisition
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	12
Area of property | ft²	520,000
Initial aggregate purchase price to be transferred	$ 106,700
Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents			10,829	10,829		10,829
Properties			339,429	339,429		339,429
Intangible assets			43,217	43,217		43,217
Other assets			11,128	11,128		11,128
Total assets acquired			404,603	404,603		404,603
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			14,873	14,873		14,873
Secured financing agreements			283,010	283,010		283,010
Total liabilities assumed			297,883	297,883		297,883
Net assets acquired/purchase price			106,720	106,720		106,720
Revenues			3,500
Net loss			2,700
Acquisition related costs				3,200		3,200
Goodwill			$ 0	0		0
Pro forma revenue and net income
Revenues				181,977	177,384	367,460	355,997
Net income attributable to STWD				$ 120,474	$ 118,031	$ 241,000	$ 234,953
Net income per share - Basic | $ / shares				$ 0.51	$ 0.53	$ 1.04	$ 1.12
Net income per share - Diluted | $ / shares				$ 0.51	$ 0.52	$ 1.04	$ 1.10
Management fee expense addition				$ 402	$ 805	$ 1,207	$ 1,610
Office Properties | Ireland Portfolio
Acquisition
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	8	3
Residential Properties | Ireland Portfolio
Acquisition
Number of properties in portfolio investment | property	1

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets
Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Financial Position	$ 25,026	$ 26,628
Liabilities
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities	2,642,598	2,276,461
Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Financial	2,642,598	2,276,461
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
Financial Instruments	2,640,572	2,273,001
Cash Collateral Pledged	2,026	3,460
Derivatives
Assets
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets	25,026	26,628
Net Amounts of Assets Presented in the Statement of Financial Position	25,026	26,628
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
Financial Instruments	4,264	2,016
Net Amount	20,762	24,612
Liabilities
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities	6,290	5,476
Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Financial	6,290	5,476
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
Financial Instruments	4,264	2,016
Cash Collateral Pledged	2,026	3,460
Repurchase agreements
Liabilities
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities	2,636,308	2,270,985
Net Amounts of Liabilities Presented in the Statement of Financial	2,636,308	2,270,985
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position
Financial Instruments	$ 2,636,308	$ 2,270,985

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 446,478	$ 255,187
Restricted cash	26,791	48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net	5,915,396	5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale ($279,352 and $391,620 held at fair value)	367,408	391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings	135,940	129,427
Investment securities ($522,704 and $556,253 held at fair value)	877,238	998,248
Properties, net	397,016	39,854
Intangible assets ($128,109 and $132,303 held at fair value)	175,607	144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities	204,255	193,983
Goodwill	140,437	140,437
Derivative assets	25,026	26,628
Accrued interest receivable	38,354	40,102
Other assets	116,198	95,652
Variable interest entity ("VIE") assets, at fair value	92,719,092	107,816,065
Total Assets	101,585,236	116,099,297
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	141,087	144,516
Related-party payable	24,559	40,751
Dividends payable	115,575	108,189
Derivative liabilities	6,290	5,476
Secured financing agreements, net	3,579,503	3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net	1,315,245	1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans	137,302	129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value	92,046,550	107,232,201
Total Liabilities	$ 97,366,111	$ 112,216,385
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 per share, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 240,194,174 issued and 238,580,424 outstanding as of June 30, 2015 and 224,752,053 issued and 223,538,303 outstanding as of December 31, 2014	$ 2,402	$ 2,248
Additional paid-in capital	4,173,869	3,835,725
Treasury stock (1,613,750 shares and 1,213,750 shares)	(32,464)	(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	45,901	55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	4,123	(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	4,193,831	3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	25,294	22,056
Total Equity	4,219,125	3,882,912
Total Liabilities and Equity	$ 101,585,236	$ 116,099,297

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Earnings per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Earnings per Share

Reconciliation of net income from continuing operations and the number of shares of common stock used in the computation of basic EPS and diluted EPS

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income from continuing operations and the number of shares of common stock used in the computations of basic EPS and diluted EPS (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Basic Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Basic — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	236,920
Discontinued Operations:
Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Basic — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,501	$	235,328	$	235,369
Diluted Earnings
Continuing Operations:
Basic — Income from continuing operations attributable to STWD common shareholders	$	117,148	$	117,868	$	237,511	$	240,020
Less: Income attributable to unvested shares		(1,207)		(1,367)		(2,183)		(3,100)
Add: Undistributed earnings to unvested shares		15		128		126		480
Less: Undistributed earnings reallocated to unvested shares		(15)		(126)		(126)		(471)
Diluted — Income from continuing operations	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	236,929
Discontinued Operations:
Basic — Loss from discontinued operations	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(1,551)
Diluted — Net income attributable to STWD common shareholders after allocation to participating securities	$	115,941	$	116,503	$	235,328	$	235,378
Number of Shares:
Basic — Average shares outstanding		235,087		218,751		229,346		207,203
Effect of dilutive securities — Convertible Notes		649		4,056		644		3,906
Effect of dilutive securities — Contingently Issuable Shares		95		85		95		85
Diluted — Average shares outstanding		235,831		222,892		230,085		211,194
Earnings Per Share Attributable to STWD Common Stockholders:
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.14
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.53	$	1.03	$	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01)
Net income	$	0.49	$	0.52	$	1.02	$	1.11

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	Common stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Treasury Stock	(Accumulated Deficit) Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Non-Controlling Interests	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 4,282,528	$ 1,961	$ 4,300,479	$ (10,642)	$ (84,719)	$ 75,449	$ 44,605	$ 4,327,133
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		196,139,045		625,850
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Proceeds from public offering of common stock	564,695	$ 253	564,442					564,695
Proceeds from public offering of common stock (in shares)		25,300,000
Proceeds from ATM Agreement	18,346	$ 8	18,338					18,346
Proceeds from ATM Agreement (in shares)		759,000
Proceeds from DRIP Plan	12		12					12
Proceeds from DRIP Plan (in shares)		481
Equity offering costs	(1,636)		(1,636)					(1,636)
Share-based compensation	14,731	$ 7	14,724					14,731
Share-based compensation (in shares)		735,014
Manager incentive fee paid in stock	6,962	$ 3	6,959					6,962
Manager incentive fee paid in stock (in shares)		290,604
Net income	238,469				238,469		2,794	241,263
Dividends declared, $0.96 per share	(203,436)				(203,436)			(203,436)
Spin-off of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust	(1,118,743)		(1,118,743)				(1,594)	(1,120,337)
Other comprehensive loss, net	(487)					(487)		(487)
VIE non-controlling interests							996	996
Distribution to non-controlling interests							(33,409)	(33,409)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2014	3,801,441	$ 2,232	3,784,575	$ (10,642)	(49,686)	74,962	13,392	3,814,833
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2014		223,224,144		625,850
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	3,860,856	$ 2,248	3,835,725	$ (23,635)	(9,378)	55,896	22,056	$ 3,882,912
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		224,752,053		1,213,750				224,752,053
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Proceeds from public offering of common stock	326,142	$ 138	326,004					$ 326,142
Proceeds from public offering of common stock (in shares)		13,800,000
Proceeds from DRIP Plan	154		154					154
Proceeds from DRIP Plan (in shares)		6,404
Equity offering costs	(892)		(892)					(892)
Common stock repurchased	(8,829)			$ (8,829)				$ (8,829)
Common stock repurchased (in shares)				400,000				400,000
Equity component of 4.0% Convertible Senior Notes repurchase	(17,727)		(17,727)					$ (17,727)
Share-based compensation	17,882	$ 11	17,871					17,882
Share-based compensation (in shares)		1,112,157
Manager incentive fee paid in stock	12,739	$ 5	12,734					12,739
Manager incentive fee paid in stock (in shares)		523,560
Net income	237,511				237,511		908	238,419
Dividends declared, $0.96 per share	(224,010)				(224,010)			(224,010)
Other comprehensive loss, net	(9,995)					(9,995)		(9,995)
VIE non-controlling interests							1,045	1,045
Contributions from non-controlling interests							2,077	2,077
Distribution to non-controlling interests							(792)	(792)
Balance at Jun. 30, 2015	$ 4,193,831	$ 2,402	$ 4,173,869	$ (32,464)	$ 4,123	$ 45,901	$ 25,294	$ 4,219,125
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2015		240,194,174		1,613,750				240,194,174

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Investment Securities (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Available-for-sale
Estimated Fair Value
Securities with a loss greater than 12 months	$ 697		$ 697		$ 682
Unrealized Losses
Securities with a loss greater than 12 months	(148)		$ (148)		(197)
RMBS | Available-for-sale
Investment Securities
Maximum investment in available-for-sale securities with aggregate expected modified durations of less than 12 months (as a percent)			10.00%
Cost of third party management	400	$ 500	$ 700	$ 1,100
Estimated Fair Value
Securities with a loss greater than 12 months	697		697		682
Unrealized Losses
Securities with a loss greater than 12 months	(148)		(148)		$ (197)
CMBS | Fair value option
Unrealized Losses
Unpaid principal balance of investment securities before consolidation of VIEs	4,400,000		4,400,000
Purchases in which fair value option was elected	37,900		98,200
Purchase amount reflected as repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs	$ 37,700		$ 89,200

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Investment Securities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Schedule of investment securities

Investment securities were comprised of the following as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value as of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
RMBS, available-for-sale	$	193,150	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS, available-for-sale		99,928		100,349
CMBS, fair value option (1)		829,687		753,553
Held-to-maturity (“HTM”) securities		354,534		441,995
Equity security, fair value option		15,402		15,120
Subtotal—Investment securities		1,492,701		1,518,070
VIE eliminations (1)		(615,463)		(519,822)
Total investment securities	$	877,238	$	998,248

(1) Certain fair value option CMBS are eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.

Schedule of purchases, sales and principal collections for all investment securities

Purchases, sales and principal collections for all investment securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	250	$	79,926	$	—	$	80,176
Sales		—			—		385		—		—		385
Principal collections		7,127			—		—		228,910		—		236,037
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	43,563	$	—	$	—	$	43,563
Sales		53,236	(1)		—		13,548		—		—		66,784
Principal collections		10,466			421		—		—		—		10,887

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	8,988	$	138,435	$	—	$	147,423
Sales		—			—		5,098		—		—		5,098
Principal collections		18,614			224		1		228,935		—		247,774
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases		—			—		53,453		—		—		53,453
Sales		62,546	(1)		—		32,032		—		—		94,578
Principal collections		18,285			829		—		—		—		19,114

Settlement of $44.4 million occurred subsequent to June 30, 2014.  We account for all investment securities transactions on a trade-date basis.

Summary of investments in available-for-sale RMBS and single-borrower CMBS where the fair value option has not been elected

The tables below summarize various attributes of our investments in available-for-sale RMBS and single-borrower CMBS where the fair value option has not been elected as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Unrealized Gains or (Losses)
							Recognized in AOCI
	Purchase				Recorded				Gross		Gross		Net
	Amortized		Credit		Amortized		Non-Credit		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair Value
	Cost		OTTI		Cost		OTTI		Gains		Losses		Adjustment		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	158,594	$	(10,184)	$	148,410	$	(148)	$	44,888	$	—	$	44,740	$	193,150
Single-borrower CMBS		94,272		—		94,272		—		5,656		—		5,656		99,928
Total	$	252,866	$	(10,184)	$	242,682	$	(148)	$	50,544	$	—	$	50,396	$	293,078
December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	163,733	$	(10,197)	$	153,536	$	(197)	$	53,714	$	—	$	53,517	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS		93,685		—		93,685		—		6,664		—		6,664		100,349
Total	$	257,418	$	(10,197)	$	247,221	$	(197)	$	60,378	$	—	$	60,181	$	307,402

	Weighted Average		Weighted Average
	Coupon(1)		Rating (Standard & Poor’s)	WAL (Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
RMBS	1.2	%	B−	6.4
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	B	0.2
December 31, 2014
RMBS	1.1	%	B−	5.8
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	BB+	3.2

(1) Calculated using the June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 one-month LIBOR rate of 0.187% and 0.171%, respectively, for floating rate securities.

(2) Represents the WAL of each respective group of securities as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual security is calculated using projected amounts and projected timing of future principal payments.

Reconciliation of aggregate principal balance to amortized cost for RMBS and single-borrower CMBS, excluding CMBS where the fair value option is elected

The following table contains a reconciliation of aggregate principal balance to amortized cost for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Principal balance	$	251,203	$	94,272	$	270,783	$	93,685
Accretable yield		(74,184)		—		(85,495)		—
Non-accretable difference		(28,609)		—		(31,752)		—
Total discount		(102,793)		—		(117,247)		—
Amortized cost	$	148,410	$	94,272	$	153,536	$	93,685

Schedule of changes to accretable yield and non-accretable difference for RMBS and single-borrower CMBS, excluding CMBS where the fair value option is elected

The following table discloses the changes to accretable yield and non-accretable difference for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

					Non-Accretable
	Accretable Yield				Difference
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Balance as of April 1, 2015	$	82,242	$	—	$	25,018	$	—
Accretion of discount		(4,042)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(425)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		(4,016)		—		4,016		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	85,495	$	—	$	31,752	$	—
Accretion of discount		(13,487)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(967)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		2,176		—		(2,176)		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—

Schedule of gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position, excluding CMBS where the fair value option is elected

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the available-for-sale securities (i) where we have not elected the fair value option, (ii) that were in an unrealized loss position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and (iii) for which OTTIs (full or partial) have not been recognized in earnings (amounts in thousands):

	Estimated Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
	Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a
	loss less than		loss greater than		loss less than		loss greater than
	12 months		12 months		12 months		12 months
As of June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
As of December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)

Schedule of investment in fair value option CMBS

The table below summarizes various attributes of our investment in fair value option CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Weighted		Weighted
	Average		Average Rating	WAL
	Coupon		(Standard & Poor’s) (1)	(Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
CMBS, fair value option	3.6	%	CCC	7.8
December 31, 2014
CMBS, fair value option	3.9	%	CCC−	7.7

(1) As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excludes $36.8 million and $41.7 million, respectively, in fair value option CMBS that are not rated.

(2) The WAL of each security is calculated based on the period of time over which we expect to receive principal cash flows. Expected principal cash flows are based on contractual payments net of expected losses.

Held-to-maturity

Schedule of gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position, excluding CMBS where the fair value option is elected

The table below summarizes unrealized gains and losses of our investments in HTM securities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Net Carrying Amount		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
	(Amortized Cost)		Holding Gains		Holding Losses		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
Preferred interests	$	81,497	$	181	$	(677)	$	81,001
CMBS		273,037		—		(227)		272,810
Total	$	354,534	$	181	$	(904)	$	353,811
December 31, 2014
Preferred interests	$	307,465	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	306,099
CMBS		134,530		—		—		134,530
Total	$	441,995	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	440,629

Summary of investments in HTM securities

The table below summarizes the maturities of our HTM preferred equity interests in limited liability companies that own commercial real estate and our HTM CMBS as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands):

	Preferred
	Interests		CMBS		Total
Less than one year	$	—	$	—	$	—
One to three years		—		273,037		273,037
Three to five years		62,357		—		62,357
Thereafter		19,140		—		19,140
Total	$	81,497	$	273,037	$	354,534

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details 2) - Jun. 30, 2015 - Segments [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total
Summary of activity within intangible assets
Balance as of beginning of period	$ 144,152
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio	43,217
Amortization	(7,549)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	(19)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions	(4,194)
Balance as of end of period	175,607
Future amortization expense for the European servicing rights, in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets
2015 (reminder of)	5,059
2016	8,771
2017	6,748
2018	6,319
2019	6,204
Thereafter	14,397
Total	47,498
European servicing rights
Summary of activity within intangible assets
Balance as of beginning of period	11,849
Amortization	(6,747)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	(103)
Balance as of end of period	4,999
In-place lease
Summary of activity within intangible assets
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio	37,179
Amortization	(691)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	71
Balance as of end of period	36,559
Favorable lease
Summary of activity within intangible assets
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio	6,038
Amortization	(111)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	13
Balance as of end of period	5,940
Domestic Servicing Rights
Summary of activity within intangible assets
Balance as of beginning of period	132,303
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions	(4,194)
Balance as of end of period	$ 128,109

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Variable Interest Entities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Variable Interest Entities

Variable Interest Entities

14. Variable Interest Entities

Investment Securities

As discussed in Note 2, we evaluate all of our investments and other interests in entities for consolidation, including our investments in CMBS and our retained interests in securitization transactions we initiated, all of which are generally considered to be variable interests in VIEs.

The VIEs consolidated in accordance with ASC 810 are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. The assets and other instruments held by these securitization entities are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the securitization entities do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the primary beneficiary. The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

VIEs in which we are the Primary Beneficiary

The inclusion of the assets and liabilities of VIEs in which we are deemed the primary beneficiary has no economic effect on us. Our exposure to the obligations of VIEs is generally limited to our investment in these entities. We are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of these consolidated structures.

VIEs in which we are not the Primary Beneficiary

In certain instances, we hold a variable interest in a VIE in the form of CMBS, but either (i) we are not appointed, or do not serve as, special servicer or (ii) an unrelated third party has the rights to unilaterally remove us as special servicer. In these instances, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance. In other cases, the variable interest we hold does not obligate us to absorb losses or provide us with the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could potentially be significant. For these structures, we are not deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE, and we do not consolidate these VIEs.

As of June 30, 2015, one of our CDO structures was in default, which pursuant to the underlying indentures, changes the rights of the variable interest holders. Upon default of a CDO, the trustee or senior note holders are allowed to exercise certain rights, including liquidation of the collateral, which at that time, is the activity which would most significantly impact the CDO’s economic performance. Further, when the CDO is in default, the collateral administrator no longer has the option to purchase securities from the CDO. In cases where the CDO is in default and we do not have the ability to exercise rights which would most significantly impact the CDO’s economic performance, we do not consolidate the VIE. As of June 30, 2015, this CDO structure was not consolidated.  During the three months ended March 31, 2014, one of our CDOs, which was previously in default as of December 31, 2013, ceased to be in default.  This event triggered the initial consolidation of the CDO and its underlying assets during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

As noted above, we are not obligated to provide, nor have we provided, any financial support for any of our securitization VIEs, whether or not we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary. As such, the risk associated with our involvement in these VIEs is limited to the carrying value of our investment in the entity. As of June 30, 2015, our maximum risk of loss related to VIEs in which we were not the primary beneficiary was $214.2 million on a fair value basis.

As of June 30, 2015, the securitization VIEs which we do not consolidate had debt obligations to beneficial interest holders with unpaid principal balances of $40.8 billion. The corresponding assets are comprised primarily of commercial mortgage loans with unpaid principal balances corresponding to the amounts of the outstanding debt obligations.

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Properties (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Properties

Summary of properties

	Depreciable Life	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Property Segment
Land	—	$	125,319	$	—
Buildings	30 years		214,836		—
Investing and Servicing Segment
Land	—		11,592		8,225
Buildings	30 years		46,042		30,637
Furniture & fixtures	10 years		680		1,635
Properties, cost			398,469		40,497
Less: accumulated depreciation			(1,453)		(643)
Properties, net		$	397,016	$	39,854

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Stockholders' Equity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders' Equity

16. Stockholders’ Equity

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, our board of directors declared the following dividends:

Declare Date	Record Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Payment Date	Amount		Frequency
5/5/15	6/30/15	6/26/15	7/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly
2/25/15	3/31/15	3/27/15	4/15/15	$	0.48	Quarterly

On April 20, 2015, we issued 12.0 million shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $283.6 million.  In connection with the offering, the underwriters had a30-day option to purchase an additional 1.8 million shares of common stock, which they exercised in full, resulting in additional gross proceeds of $42.5 million.

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, there were no shares issued under our At-The-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”).  During the six months ended June 30, 2015, shares issued under the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (the “DRIP Plan”) were not material.

In September 2014, our board of directors authorized and announced the repurchase of up to $250 million of our outstanding common stock over a period of one year. In December 2014, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to include the repurchase of our outstanding Convertible Notes. In June 2015, our board of directors amended the repurchase program to increase the authorized purchase amount to $450 million and provide for a one-year extension through June 2016. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 2019 Notes for $16.5 million and $136.3 million, respectively (refer to Note 10).  Also during the three months ended June 30, 2015, we repurchased 400,000 shares of common stock for $8.8 million under the repurchase program. No common stock was repurchased during the three months ended March 31, 2015.  As of June 30, 2015, we have $291.7 million of remaining capacity to repurchase common stock or Convertible Notes under the repurchase program.

Equity Incentive Plans

The Company currently maintains the Manager Equity Plan, the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan”), and the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Non-Executive Director Stock Plan (“Non-Executive Director Stock Plan”).  Refer to Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further information regarding these plans.

The table below summarizes our share awards granted under the Manager Equity Plan that were not fully vested as of June 30, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Grant Date	Type	Amount Granted	Grant Date Fair Value		Vesting Period
May 2015	RSU	675,000	$	16,511	3 years
January 2014 (1)	RSU	489,281		14,776	3 years
January 2014	RSU	2,000,000		55,420	3 years
October 2012	RSU	875,000		19,854	3 years

(1) As part of the spin-off of our SFR segment, all holders of the Company’s common stock and vested restricted common stock received one SWAY common share for every five shares of the Company’s common stock.  At the time of the spin-off, the Manager held certain unvested RSUs that were not entitled to SWAY shares.  Under the legal documentation governing the outstanding RSUs, the Manager was entitled to receive additional RSUs in an amount equal to the number of such outstanding RSUs times the amount received in the spin-off by a holder of a share of the Company’s common stock (i.e., the price per share of a SWAY common share divided by five) divided by the fair market value of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of the spin-off.  In order to prevent dilution of the rights of our equity plan participants resulting from this make-whole issuance, the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan provide for, and, on August 12, 2014, our board of directors authorized, an increase of 489,281 shares to the maximum number of shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan and Manager Equity Plan.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we granted 379,167 RSAs under the Equity Plan to a select group of eligible participants which includes our employees and employees of our Manager who perform services for us.  The awards were granted based on the market price of the Company’s common stock on the respective grant date and vest ratably over a three-year period. Expenses related to the vesting of these awards is reflected in general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  

As of June 30, 2015, there were 2.7 million shares available for future grants under the Manager Equity Plan, the Equity Plan and the Non-Executive Director Stock Plan.

Schedule of Non-Vested Shares and Share Equivalents

					Weighted
					Average
	Non-Executive				Grant Date
	Director		Manager		Fair Value
	Stock Plan	Equity Plan	Equity Plan	Total	(per share)
Balance as of January 1, 2015	17,105	109,708	1,854,585	1,981,398	$	27.30
Granted	—	502,659	675,000	1,177,659		24.43
Vested	—	(27,348)	(628,806)	(656,154)		26.54
Forfeited	—	(19,308)	—	(19,308)		23.95
Balance as of June 30, 2015	17,105	565,711	1,900,779	2,483,595		26.17

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Loan Securitization/Sale Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Loan Transfer Activities
Par value of loans held-for-sale, sold during period	$ 533,400	$ 348,000	$ 998,000	$ 637,400
Fair value of loans held-for-sale, sold during period	551,600	364,300	1,000	666,800
Amount repaid for outstanding balance	400,100	261,000	744,500	478,100
Loan Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings
Face Amount	38,925		38,925
Proceeds	38,925		38,925
Repurchase agreements
Loan Transfer Activities
Amount repaid for outstanding balance	400,100
Repurchase agreements | Lending Segment
Loan Transfers Accounted for as Sales
Face Amount	295,961	56,975	381,461	204,859
Proceeds	$ 293,455	$ 56,124	$ 378,576	$ 202,524

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 05, 2015	Feb. 25, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Equity
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.96	$ 0.96

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Loans-held-for-sale held at fair value	$ 279,352	$ 391,620
Investment securities held at fair value	522,704,000	556,253,000
Intangible assets - servicing rights held at fair value	$ 128,109,000	$ 132,303,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	240,194,174	224,752,053
Common stock, shares outstanding	238,580,424	223,538,303
Treasury stock, shares	1,613,750	1,213,750

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Secured Financing Agreements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Secured financing agreements

Secured Financing Agreements

Secured Financing Agreements

9. Secured Financing Agreements

The following table is a summary of our secured financing agreements in place as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):

					Pledged
					Asset		Maximum		Carrying Value at
	Current	Extended			Carrying		Facility		June 30,			December 31,
	Maturity	Maturity(a)	Pricing		Value		Size		2015			2014
Lender 1 Repo 1	(b)	(b)	LIBOR + 1.85% to 5.25%		$	1,571,235	$	1,250,000	$	1,085,871		$	875,111
Lender 1 Repo 2	(c)	N/A	LIBOR + 1.90%			193,150		125,000		65,948			101,886
Lender 2 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2018	LIBOR + 1.75% to 2.75%			398,363		325,000		294,869			240,188
Lender 3 Repo 1	May 2017	May 2019	LIBOR + 2.85%			176,866		122,470		122,470			124,250
Conduit Repo 1	Sep 2015	Sep 2016	LIBOR + 1.90%			32,283		150,000		24,712			94,727
Conduit Repo 2	Nov 2015	Nov 2016	LIBOR + 2.10%			102,288		150,000		77,868			113,636
Conduit Repo 3	Feb 2018	Feb 2019	LIBOR + 2.10%			30,289		150,000		23,100			—
Lender 4 Repo 1	Oct 2015	Oct 2017	LIBOR + 2.00%			420,581		329,952		329,952			327,117
Lender 5 Repo 1	(d)	N/A	N/A			—		—		—			58,079
Lender 6 Repo 1	Aug 2017	Aug 2018	LIBOR + 2.75% to 3.00%			557,574		500,000		376,500			296,967
Lender 6 Mortgage	May 2020	N/A	EURIBOR + 2.00%			381,744		327,722		245,609			—
Lender 7 Repo 1	Dec 2016	N/A	LIBOR + 2.60% to 2.70%			50,365		39,024		39,024			39,024
Investing and Servicing Segment Property Mortgages	June 2018 to Nov 2024	June 2020 to Nov 2024	Various			43,748		38,975		31,835			14,000
Lender 9 Repo 1	(e)	(e)	LIBOR + 1.40% to 1.85%			283,347		195,994		195,994			—
Borrowing Base	Sep 2015	Sep 2017	LIBOR + 3.25%	(f)		783,508		250,000		6,000			189,871
Term Loan	Apr 2020	N/A	LIBOR + 2.75%	(f)		2,695,747		661,655		659,751	(g)		662,933	(g)
					$	7,721,088	$	4,615,792	$	3,579,503		$	3,137,789

(a) Subject to certain conditions as defined in the respective facility agreement.

(b) Maturity date for borrowings collateralized by loans of January 2017 before extension options and January 2019 assuming initial extension options. 

(c) The date that is 180 days after the buyer delivers notice to seller, subject to a maximum date of March 2017.

(d) Facility was terminated at our option in March 2015.

(e) Facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent. Current maturity is June 2016.  Facility carries no maximum borrowing capacity.  Amount herein reflects the outstanding balance as of June 30, 2015.

(f) Subject to borrower’s option to choose alternative benchmark based rates pursuant to the terms of the credit agreement. The Term Loan is also subject to a 75 basis point floor.

(g) Term loan outstanding balance is net of $1.9 million and $2.1 million of unamortized discount as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

In the normal course of business, the Company is in discussions with its lenders to extend or amend any financing facilities which contain near term expirations.

In February 2015, we executed a $150.0 million repurchase facility (“Conduit Repo 3”) with an existing lender for our Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform.  The facility carries a three year initial term with a one year extension option and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +2.10%.

In March 2015, we executed a repurchase facility (“Lender 9 Repo 1”) with a new lender to finance certain CMBS holdings, including CMBS holdings previously financed under the Lender 5 Repo 1 facility which was terminated at our option in March 2015.  There is no maximum facility size specified under the facility as the lender will evaluate all eligible collateral on an individual basis.  The facility carries a rolling twelve month term which may reset monthly with the lender’s consent and an annual interest rate of LIBOR +1.40% to LIBOR +1.85% depending on the CMBS collateral.

In April 2015, we amended the Lender 4 Repo 1 facility to reduce pricing.

In May 2015, we executed a €294.0 million mortgage facility (“Lender 6 Mortgage”) to finance the acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio. The facility carries a five year term and an annual interest rate of EURIBOR + 2.00%.  As of June 30, 2015, only €220.5 million of this facility had been drawn down. The remaining balance was funded upon acquisition of the remaining asset in the Ireland portfolio in July 2015. Refer to Note 23 for further discussion of this acquisition. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we incurred deferred financing costs of $5.3 million associated with this facility.

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we executed two mortgage facilities with aggregate borrowings of $17.8 million to finance commercial real estate acquired by our Investing and Servicing Segment. These facilities carry a weighted average term of 4.2 years and weighted average interest rate of LIBOR + 2.41%.

Our secured financing agreements contain certain financial tests and covenants. Should we breach certain of these covenants, it may restrict our ability to pay dividends in the future. As of June 30, 2015, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

The following table sets forth our five-year principal repayments schedule for secured financings, assuming no defaults and excluding loans transferred as secured borrowings. Our credit facilities generally require principal to be paid down prior to the facilities’ respective maturities if and when we receive principal payments on, or sell, the investment collateral that we have pledged. The amount reflected in each period includes principal repayments on our credit facilities that would be required if (i) we received the repayments that we expect to receive on the investments that have been pledged as collateral under the credit facilities, as applicable, and (ii) the credit facilities that are expected to have amounts outstanding at their current maturity dates are extended where extension options are available to us (amounts in thousands):

	Repurchase		Other Secured
	Agreements		Financing			Total
2015 (remainder of)	$	161,263	$	9,384		$	170,647
2016		184,387		6,769			191,156
2017		994,320		6,769			1,001,089
2018		547,724		19,054			566,778
2019		748,614		6,769			755,383
Thereafter		—		896,354	(1)		896,354
Total	$	2,636,308	$	945,099		$	3,581,407

(1) Principal paydown of the Term Loan through 2020 excludes $1.9 million of discount amortization.

Secured financing maturities for 2015 primarily relate to $125.7 million on the Conduit Repo facilities and $19.7 million on the Lender 1 Repo 1 facility.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had approximately $26.6 million and $26.5 million, respectively, of deferred financing costs from secured financing agreements, net of amortization, which is included in other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, approximately $3.5 million and $7.0 million, respectively, of amortization was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, approximately $2.6 million and $5.3 million, respectively, of amortization was included in interest expense on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the outstanding balance of our repurchase agreements related to the following asset collateral classes (amounts in thousands):

Class of Collateral	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-investment	$	2,209,662	$	1,863,633
Loans held-for-sale		125,680		208,363
Investment securities		300,966		198,989
	$	2,636,308	$	2,270,985

We seek to mitigate risks associated with our repurchase agreements by managing risk related to the credit quality of our assets, interest rates, liquidity, prepayment speeds and market value.  The margin call provisions under the majority of our repurchase facilities, consisting of 76% of these agreements, do not permit valuation adjustments based on capital markets activity.  Instead, margin calls on these facilities are limited to collateral-specific credit marks.  To monitor credit risk associated with the performance and value of our loans and investments, our asset management team regularly reviews our investment portfolios and is in regular contact with our borrowers, monitoring performance of the collateral and enforcing our rights as necessary.  For repurchase agreements containing margin call provisions for general capital markets activity, approximately half of these pertain to our loans held-for-sale, for which we manage credit risk through the purchase of credit index instruments.  We further seek to manage risks associated with our repurchase agreements by matching the maturities and interest rate characteristics of our loans with the related repurchase agreements.

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Subsequent Events (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, € in Millions					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 04, 2015 $ / shares	Jul. 24, 2015 EUR (€) ft²	May. 05, 2015 $ / shares	Feb. 25, 2015 $ / shares	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Subsequent Events
Maximum Facility Size						$ 4,615,792		$ 4,615,792
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.48	$ 0.48		$ 0.48	$ 0.48	$ 0.96	$ 0.96
Conduit Repo 1 Facility
Subsequent Events
Maximum Facility Size						$ 150,000		$ 150,000
Borrowing Base
Subsequent Events
Maximum Facility Size						250,000		250,000
Lender 1 Repo 1 Facility
Subsequent Events
Maximum Facility Size						$ 1,250,000		$ 1,250,000
Subsequent event
Subsequent Events
Dividend declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.48		$ 0.48
Subsequent event | Conduit Repo 1 Facility
Subsequent Events
Extended term					1 year
Subsequent event | Borrowing Base
Subsequent Events
Extended term					1 year
Maximum Facility Size					$ 450,000
Subsequent event | Lender 1 Repo 1 Facility
Subsequent Events
Maximum Facility Size										$ 1,600,000
Office Property Located in Dublin, Ireland | Subsequent event
Subsequent Events
Area of property | ft²		103,000
Purchase price | €		€ 111.0

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Segment Data (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment data
Balance of the performing loan that was transferred from the Investing and Servicing Segment to the Lending Segment						$ 25,000
Revenues:
Interest income from loans		$ 118,292	$ 105,455	$ 236,721	$ 210,365
Interest income from investment securities		23,810	27,620	51,554	57,074
Servicing fees		30,154	32,681	58,411	66,892
Rental income		5,014	2,552	7,686	3,135
Other revenues		1,390	2,442	3,137	5,263
Total revenues		178,660	170,750	357,509	342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		26,821	25,085	54,789	52,906
Interest expense		49,799	37,695	100,333	75,526
General and administrative		41,404	43,094	76,668	89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		4,867	771	6,053	1,165
Costs of rental operations		1,211	1,674	2,909	2,106
Depreciation and amortization		5,828	5,154	9,913	9,790
Loan allowance, net		2,661	(139)	2,978	358
Other expense			4,352	375	5,609
Total costs and expenses		132,591	117,686	254,018	236,655
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		46,069	53,064	103,491	106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		55,873	47,028	103,734	103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		(2,652)	(5,523)	(4,194)	(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		1,446	4,959	947	13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		10,831	11,608	31,962	32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		8,951	9,563	15,041	9,627
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209	10,078	17,407	11,633
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		(19,530)	(9,790)	5,093	(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		20,854	3,777	(9,453)	5,254
OTTI			(797)		(1,010)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(629)		(5,921)
Other income, net		10	692	55	710
Total other income		75,363	71,595	154,671	146,637
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		121,432	124,659	258,162	252,711
Income tax benefit (provision)		(3,792)	(4,277)	(19,743)	(9,897)
Income from continuing operations		117,640	120,382	238,419	242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax					(1,551)
Net income		117,640	120,382	238,419	241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(492)	(2,514)	(908)	(2,794)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		117,148	117,868	237,511	238,469
Investment and Servicing Segment
Other income:
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	$ 17,100
Operating Segments and Corporate
Revenues:
Interest income from loans		118,292	105,455	236,721	210,365
Interest income from investment securities		64,322	45,259	111,314	86,556
Servicing fees		54,447	57,987	105,479	114,209
Rental income		5,014	2,552	7,686	3,135
Other revenues		1,635	2,792	3,644	5,886
Total revenues		243,710	214,045	464,844	420,151
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		26,770	25,045	54,688	52,828
Interest expense		49,799	37,695	100,333	75,526
General and administrative		41,226	42,913	76,304	88,828
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		4,867	771	6,053	1,165
Costs of rental operations		1,211	1,674	2,909	2,106
Depreciation and amortization		5,828	5,154	9,913	9,790
Loan allowance, net		2,661	(139)	2,978	358
Other expense			4,352	375	5,609
Total costs and expenses		132,362	117,465	253,553	236,210
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		111,348	96,580	211,291	183,941
Other income:
Change in fair value of servicing rights		(8,381)	(12,804)	(13,256)	(24,979)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		(2,681)	17,155	5,293	53,951
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		10,831	11,608	31,962	32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		9,243	8,651	15,463	8,808
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209	10,078	17,407	11,633
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		(19,530)	(9,790)	5,093	(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		20,854	3,777	(9,453)	5,254
OTTI			(797)		(1,010)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(629)		(5,921)
Other income, net		10	692	55	710
Total other income		9,926	28,570	46,643	69,212
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		121,274	125,150	257,934	253,153
Income tax benefit (provision)		(3,792)	(4,277)	(19,743)	(9,897)
Income from continuing operations					243,256
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax					(1,551)
Net income		117,482	120,873	238,191	241,705
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)	(3,005)	(680)	(3,236)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		117,148	117,868	237,511	238,469
Operating segment | Lending Segment
Revenues:
Interest income from loans		113,928	102,892	227,400	204,979
Interest income from investment securities		17,050	15,178	39,346	33,467
Servicing fees		98	153	182	190
Other revenues		334	108	413	188
Total revenues		131,410	118,331	267,341	238,824
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		367	556	755	1,183
Interest expense		20,197	15,619	41,720	31,445
General and administrative		6,083	5,467	10,941	10,612
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		224	508	997	720
Loan allowance, net		2,661	(139)	2,978	358
Other expense			66		52
Total costs and expenses		29,532	22,077	57,391	44,370
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		101,878	96,254	209,950	194,454
Other income:
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		510	861	171	705
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		1,361	3,432	2,216	4,972
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209	10,078	307	11,633
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		(23,954)	(7,610)	8,909	(10,398)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		21,181	4,082	(8,155)	5,643
OTTI					(213)
Other income, net			35		53
Total other income		(693)	10,878	3,448	12,395
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		101,185	107,132	213,398	206,849
Income tax benefit (provision)			(443)	30	(526)
Income from continuing operations					206,323
Net income		101,185	106,689	213,428	206,323
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)	(3,005)	(680)	(3,236)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		100,851	103,684	212,748	203,087
Operating segment | Investment and Servicing Segment
Revenues:
Interest income from loans		4,364	2,563	9,321	5,386
Interest income from investment securities		47,272	30,081	71,968	53,089
Servicing fees		54,349	57,834	105,297	114,019
Rental income		1,478	2,552	4,150	3,135
Other revenues		1,301	2,684	3,231	5,698
Total revenues		108,764	95,714	193,967	181,327
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		18	18	36	36
Interest expense		2,751	976	4,870	1,927
General and administrative		32,626	34,977	61,815	74,326
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		505	248	718	430
Costs of rental operations		878	1,674	2,576	2,106
Depreciation and amortization		4,213	5,154	8,298	9,790
Other expense			4,286	375	5,557
Total costs and expenses		40,991	47,333	78,688	94,172
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		67,773	48,381	115,279	87,155
Other income:
Change in fair value of servicing rights		(8,381)	(12,804)	(13,256)	(24,979)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		(3,191)	16,294	5,122	53,246
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		10,831	11,608	31,962	32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		5,328	5,219	8,052	3,836
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net				17,100
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		4,274	(2,180)	(3,733)	(7,258)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		(120)	(305)	(1,291)	(389)
OTTI			(797)		(797)
Other income, net		10	657	41	657
Total other income		8,751	17,692	43,997	56,817
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		76,524	66,073	159,276	143,972
Income tax benefit (provision)		(3,792)	(3,834)	(19,773)	(9,371)
Income from continuing operations					134,601
Net income		72,732	62,239	139,503	134,601
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		72,732	62,239	139,503	134,601
Operating segment | Property Segment
Revenues:
Rental income		3,536		3,536
Total revenues		3,536		3,536
Costs and expenses:
Interest expense		877		877
General and administrative		174		176
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		4,262		4,262
Costs of rental operations		333		333
Depreciation and amortization		1,615		1,615
Total costs and expenses		7,261		7,263
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		(3,725)		(3,727)
Other income:
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		2,554		5,195
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		150		(83)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		(207)		(7)
Total other income		2,497		5,105
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		(1,228)		1,378
Net income		(1,228)		1,378
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		(1,228)		1,378
Operating segment | Single Family Residential
Other income:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax					(1,551)
Net income					(1,551)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.					(1,551)
Corporate
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		26,385	24,471	53,897	51,609
Interest expense		25,974	21,100	52,866	42,154
General and administrative		2,343	2,469	3,372	3,890
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		(124)	15	76	15
Total costs and expenses		54,578	48,055	110,211	97,668
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		(54,578)	(48,055)	(110,211)	(97,668)
Other income:
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(629)		(5,921)
Other income, net				14
Total other income		(629)		(5,907)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		(55,207)	(48,055)	(116,118)	(97,668)
Income from continuing operations					(97,668)
Net income		(55,207)	(48,055)	(116,118)	(97,668)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.		(55,207)	(48,055)	(116,118)	(97,668)
Investment and Servicing VIEs
Revenues:
Interest income from investment securities		(40,512)	(17,639)	(59,760)	(29,482)
Servicing fees		(24,293)	(25,306)	(47,068)	(47,317)
Other revenues		(245)	(350)	(507)	(623)
Total revenues		(65,050)	(43,295)	(107,335)	(77,422)
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		51	40	101	78
General and administrative		178	181	364	367
Total costs and expenses		229	221	465	445
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		(65,279)	(43,516)	(107,800)	(77,867)
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		55,873	47,028	103,734	103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		5,729	7,281	9,062	14,205
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		4,127	(12,196)	(4,346)	(40,631)
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		(292)	912	(422)	819
Total other income		65,437	43,025	108,028	77,425
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		158	(491)	228	(442)
Income from continuing operations					(442)
Net income		158	(491)	228	(442)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		$ (158)	$ 491	$ (228)	$ 442
Retail fund
Segment data
Balance of the equity methond investment that was transferred from the Lending Segment to the Property Segment						$ 129,500

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Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jul. 30, 2015
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001465128
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2015
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		238,580,962
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2

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Convertible Senior Notes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Convertible Senior Notes

Convertible Senior Notes

Convertible Senior Notes

10. Convertible Senior Notes

On October 8, 2014, we issued $431.3 million of 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”). On February 15, 2013, we issued $600.0 million of 4.55% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). On July 3, 2013, we issued $460.0 million of 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). The following summarizes the unsecured convertible senior notes (collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) outstanding as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands, except rates):

									Remaining
	Principal		Coupon		Effective		Conversion	Maturity	Period of
	Amount		Rate		Rate(1)		Rate(2)	Date	Amortization
2017 Notes	$	431,250	3.75	%	5.87	%	41.7397	10/15/2017	2.3	years
2018 Notes	$	599,981	4.55	%	6.10	%	45.6167	3/1/2018	2.7	years
2019 Notes	$	341,363	4.00	%	5.37	%	48.4451	1/15/2019	3.5	years

	As of		As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Total principal	$	1,372,594	$	1,491,228
Net unamortized discount		(57,349)		(73,206)
Carrying amount of debt components	$	1,315,245	$	1,418,022
Carrying amount of conversion option equity components recorded in additional paid-in capital	$	46,343	$	64,070

(1) Effective rate includes the effects of underwriter purchase discount and the adjustment for the conversion option, the value of which reduced the initial liability and was recorded in additional paid-in-capital.

(2) The conversion rate represents the number of shares of common stock issuable per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes converted, as adjusted in accordance with the applicable indentures as a result of the spin-off of the SFR segment and cash dividend payments. The if-converted value of the 2019 Notes exceeded their principal amount by $15.4 million at June 30, 2015 since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share exceeded the implicit conversion price of $20.64 per share. The if-converted values of the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes were less than their principal amounts by $43.0 million and $9.6 million, respectively, since the closing market price of the Company’s common stock of $21.57 per share was less than the implicit conversion prices of $23.96 and $21.92, respectively. The Company has asserted its intent and ability to settle the principal amount of the Convertible Notes in cash.  As a result, conversion of this principal amount, totaling 61.3 million shares, was not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share (“EPS”).  However, the conversion spread value for the 2019 Notes, representing 0.6 million shares, was included in the computation of diluted EPS as the notes were “in-the-money”. No dilution related to the 2017 Notes and 2018 Notes was included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 as these notes were not “in-the-money”. See further discussion at Note 17.

Under the repurchase program approved by our board of directors (refer to Note 16), we repurchased $14.5 million and $118.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 2019 Notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively, for $16.5 million and $136.3 million plus transaction expenses of $0.1 million, respectively. The repurchase price was allocated between the fair value of the liability component and the fair value of the equity component of the convertible security. The portion of the repurchase price attributable to the equity component totaled $17.7 million and was recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital during the six months ended June 30, 2015. The remaining repurchase price was attributable to the liability component. The difference between this amount and the net carrying amount of the liability and debt issuance costs was reflected as a loss on extinguishment of debt in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the loss on extinguishment of debt totaled $0.6 million and $5.9 million, respectively, consisting principally of the write-off of unamortized debt discount.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had approximately $1.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of deferred financing costs from our Convertible Senior Notes, net of amortization, which is included in other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Conditions for Conversion

Prior to April 15, 2017 for the 2017 Notes, September 1, 2017 for the 2018 Notes and July 15, 2018 for the 2019 Notes, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of one or more of the following conditions: (1) the closing market price of the Company’s common stock is at least 110% for the 2017 Notes or 130% for the 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes of the conversion price of the respective Convertible Notes for at least 20 out of 30 trading days prior to the end of the preceding fiscal quarter, (2) the trading price of the Convertible Notes is less than 98% of the product of (i) the conversion rate and (ii) the closing price of the Company’s common stock during any five consecutive trading day period, (3) the Company issues certain equity instruments at less than the 10-day average closing market price of its common stock or the per-share value of certain distributions exceeds the market price of the Company’s common stock by more than 10% or (4) other specified corporate events (significant consolidation, sale, merger, share exchange, fundamental change, etc.) occur.

On or after April 15, 2017 for the 2017 Notes, September 1, 2017 for the 2018 Notes and July 15, 2018 for the 2019 Notes, holders may convert each of their notes at the applicable conversion rate at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date.

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Earnings per Share (Details 2) shares in Thousands, instrument in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 shares	Jun. 30, 2014 shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) instrument shares	Jun. 30, 2014 shares
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)	649	4,056	644	3,906
2017 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount | $			$ 43.0
2018 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount | $			9.6
2019 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes exceed principal amount | $			$ 15.4
Convertible Senior Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Potential shares of common stock contingently issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes | instrument			61.9
Shares excluded from diluted EPS calculations			61,300
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)			600
Convertible Senior Notes | 2017 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)			0
Convertible Senior Notes | 2018 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Amount by which if-converted value of the Notes are less than principal amount | $			$ 9.6
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)			0
Convertible Senior Notes | 2019 Notes
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Effect of dilutive securities - Convertible Notes (in shares)	600
Restricted stock
Antidilutive securities and effect of dilutive securities
Number of anti-dilutive common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share			2,500	2,600

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Jun. 30, 2015 - Commitments $ in Billions	USD ($) loan
Operating leases
Number of loans with future funding commitments | loan	57
Value of loans with future funding commitments	$ 2.0
Value of loans with future funding commitments expected to fund	$ 1.7

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$ 105,455	$ 210,365
Interest income from investment securities	27,620	57,074
Servicing fees	32,681	66,892
Rental income	2,552	3,135
Other revenues	2,442	5,263
Total revenues	170,750	342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees	25,085	52,906
Interest expense	37,695	75,526
General and administrative	43,094	89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs	771	1,165
Costs of rental operations	1,674	2,106
Depreciation and amortization	5,154	9,790
Loan allowance, net	(139)	358
Other expense	4,352	5,609
Total costs and expenses	117,686	236,655
Income before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests	53,064	106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs	47,028	103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights	(5,523)	(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net	4,959	13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net	11,608	32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities	9,563	9,627
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net	10,078	11,633
(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments, net	(9,790)	(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net	3,777	5,254
Total other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI")	(800)	(1,992)
Noncredit portion of OTTI recognized in other comprehensive income	3	982
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings	(797)	(1,010)
Other income, net	692	710
Total other income	71,595	146,637
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	124,659	252,711
Income tax provision	(4,277)	(9,897)
Income from continuing operations	120,382	242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 3)		(1,551)
Net income	120,382	241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(2,514)	(2,794)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$ 117,868	$ 238,469
Basic:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.53	$ 1.14
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		(0.01)
Net income (in dollars per share)	0.53	1.13
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.52	1.12
Loss from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		(0.01)
Net income (in dollars per share)	0.52	1.11
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 0.96

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Loans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Loans

Loans

4. Loans

Our loans held-for-investment are accounted for at amortized cost and our loans held-for-sale are accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, unless we have elected the fair value option. The following tables summarize our investments in mortgages and loans by subordination class as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Weighted
					Weighted		Average Life
	Carrying		Face		Average		(“WAL”)
June 30, 2015	Value		Amount		Coupon		(years)(3)
First mortgages (1)	$	4,723,760	$	4,787,264	6.2	%	3.3
Subordinated mortgages (2)		291,300		318,460	7.9	%	3.6
Mezzanine loans (1)		909,345		897,184	10.1	%	3.2
Total loans held-for-investment		5,924,405		6,002,908
Loans held-for-sale (carrying value of $279,352 under fair value option)		367,408		374,718	3.9	%	8.4
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		137,302	6.0	%	2.4
Total gross loans		6,427,753		6,514,928
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(9,009)		—
Total net loans	$	6,418,744	$	6,514,928
December 31, 2014
First mortgages (1)	$	4,538,961	$	4,609,526	6.2	%	3.5
Subordinated mortgages (2)		345,091		374,859	8.1	%	3.9
Mezzanine loans (1)		901,217		889,948	10.4	%	2.6
Total loans held-for-investment		5,785,269		5,874,333
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option elected		391,620		390,342	4.5	%	8.3
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		129,570	5.4	%	2.5
Total gross loans		6,306,316		6,394,245
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(6,031)		—
Total net loans	$	6,300,285	$	6,394,245

(1) During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we reclassified certain loans previously included in the mezzanine loan category to the first mortgage category.  Previously, first mortgage loans which contained a related contiguous mezzanine loan component were classified by their respective components as first mortgages and mezzanine loans.  These loans are now classified as first mortgage loans in their entirety because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $793.0 million and $704.2 million, respectively, being classified as first mortgages. Prior periods were reclassified to conform to this presentation.

(2) Subordinated mortgages include B-notes and junior participation in first mortgages where we do not own the senior A-note or senior participation. If we own both the A-note and B-note, we categorize the loan as a first mortgage loan.

(3) Represents the WAL of each respective group of loans as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual loan is calculated using amounts and timing of future principal payments, as projected at origination.

As of June 30, 2015, approximately $4.8 billion, or 81.6%, of our loans held-for-investment were variable rate and paid interest principally at LIBOR plus a weighted-average spread of 6.1%.  The following table summarizes our investments in floating rate loans (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
			Carrying				Carrying
Index	Base Rate		Value		Base Rate		Value
One Month LIBOR USD	0.1865	%	$	458,077	0.1713	%	$	138,576
Three Month LIBOR GBP	0.5785	%		426,233	0.5640	%		440,222
LIBOR floor	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,943,196	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,889,412
Total			$	4,827,506			$	4,468,210

(1) The weighted-average LIBOR Floor was 0.31% and 0.35% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Our loans are typically collateralized by real estate. As a result, we regularly evaluate the extent and impact of any credit deterioration associated with the performance and/or value of the underlying collateral property, as well as the financial and operating capability of the borrower. Specifically, a property’s operating results and any cash reserves are analyzed and used to assess (i) whether cash flow from operations is sufficient to cover the debt service requirements currently and into the future, (ii) the ability of the borrower to refinance the loan at maturity, and/or (iii) the property’s liquidation value. We also evaluate the financial wherewithal of any loan guarantors as well as the borrower’s competency in managing and operating the properties. In addition, we consider the overall economic environment, real estate sector, and geographic sub-market in which the borrower operates. Such impairment analyses are completed and reviewed by asset management and finance personnel who utilize various data sources, including (i) periodic financial data such as property operating statements, occupancy, tenant profile, rental rates, operating expenses, the borrower’s exit plan, and capitalization and discount rates, (ii) site inspections, and (iii) current credit spreads and discussions with market participants.

Our evaluation process as described above produces an internal risk rating between 1 and 5, which is a weighted average of the numerical ratings in the following categories: (i) sponsor capability and financial condition, (ii) loan and collateral performance relative to underwriting, (iii) quality and stability of collateral cash flows, and (iv) loan structure. We utilize the overall risk ratings as a concise means to monitor any credit migration on a loan as well as on the whole portfolio. While the overall risk rating is generally not the sole factor we use in determining whether a loan is impaired, a loan with a higher overall risk rating would tend to have more adverse indicators of impairment, and therefore would be more likely to experience a credit loss.

The rating categories generally include the characteristics described below, but these are utilized as guidelines and therefore not every loan will have all of the characteristics described in each category:

Rating	Characteristics
1		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor is highly rated or investment grade or, if private, the equivalent thereof with significant management experience.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—The collateral has surpassed underwritten expectations.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized, the property has had a history of consistently high occupancy, and the property has a diverse and high quality tenant mix.
		Loan structure—Loan‑to‑collateral value ratio (“LTV”) does not exceed 65%. The loan has structural features that enhance the credit profile.
2		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Strong sponsorship with experienced management team and a responsibly leveraged portfolio.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Collateral performance equals or exceeds underwritten expectations and covenants and performance criteria are being met or exceeded.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized with a diverse tenant mix.
		Loan structure—LTV does not exceed 70% and unique property risks are mitigated by structural features.
3		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor has historically met its credit obligations, routinely pays off loans at maturity, and has a capable management team.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance is consistent with underwritten expectations.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is stabilized, near stabilized, or is on track with underwriting.
		Loan structure—LTV does not exceed 80%.
4		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Sponsor credit history includes missed payments, past due payment, and maturity extensions. Management team is capable but thin.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance lags behind underwritten expectations. Performance criteria and loan covenants have required occasional waivers. A sale of the property may be necessary in order for the borrower to pay off the loan at maturity.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—Occupancy is not stabilized and the property has a large amount of rollover.
		Loan structure—LTV is 80% to 90%.
5		Sponsor capability and financial condition—Credit history includes defaults, deeds‑in‑lieu, foreclosures, and/or bankruptcies.
		Loan collateral and performance relative to underwriting—Property performance is significantly worse than underwritten expectations. The loan is not in compliance with loan covenants and performance criteria and may be in default. Sale proceeds would not be sufficient to pay off the loan at maturity.
		Quality and stability of collateral cash flows—The property has material vacancy and significant rollover of remaining tenants.
		Loan structure—LTV exceeds 90%.

As of June 30, 2015, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system, which excludes loans on the cost recovery method and loans for which the fair value option has been elected, by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	750	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	750	—	%
2		339,902		109,922		61,436		—		—		—		511,260	8.0	%
3		4,034,158		148,549		734,215		—		—		135,940		5,052,862	78.6	%
4		300,759		32,829		113,694		—		—		—		447,282	7.0	%
5		45,992		—		—		—		—		—		45,992	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		2,199		367,408		—		369,607	5.7	%
	$	4,721,561	$	291,300	$	909,345	$	2,199	$	367,408	$	135,940	$	6,427,753	100.0	%

As of December 31, 2014, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	822	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	822	—	%
2		258,822		116,168		148,582		—		—		—		523,572	8.3	%
3		4,120,562		196,476		645,778		—		—		129,427		5,092,243	80.7	%
4		109,489		32,447		106,857		—		—		—		248,793	4.0	%
5		45,974		—		—		—		—		—		45,974	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		3,292		391,620		—		394,912	6.3	%
	$	4,535,669	$	345,091	$	901,217	$	3,292	$	391,620	$	129,427	$	6,306,316	100.0	%

After completing our impairment evaluation process, we concluded that no impairment charges were required on any individual loans held-for-investment as of June 30, 2015 or December 31, 2014.  As of June 30, 2015, the Lending Segment held a $58.9 million mezzanine loan on a luxury condominium project located in New York, of which $18.6 million is 90 to 120 days past due.  As of June 30, 2015, the Investing and Servicing Segment held $2.2 million of loans held-for-investment which are greater than 90 days past due, all of which were acquired as part of the acquisition of LNR Property LLC (“LNR”) in April 2013.  None of our held-for-sale loans where we have elected the fair value option were 90 days past due or greater or on nonaccrual status.

In accordance with our policies, we record an allowance for loan losses equal to (i) 1.5% of the aggregate carrying amount of loans rated as a “4,” plus (ii) 5% of the aggregate carrying amount of loans rated as a “5.” The following table presents the activity in our allowance for loan losses (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Allowance for loan losses at January 1	$	6,031	$	3,984
Provision for loan losses		2,978		358
Charge-offs		—		—
Recoveries		—		—
Allowance for loan losses at June 30	$	9,009	$	4,342
Recorded investment in loans related to the allowance for loan loss	$	493,274	$	289,470

The activity in our loan portfolio was as follows (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Balance at January 1	$	6,300,285	$	4,750,804
Acquisitions/originations/additional funding		2,150,080		1,860,026
Capitalized interest(1)		33,509		19,022
Basis of loans sold(2)		(1,411,912)		(868,804)
Loan maturities/principal repayments		(695,750)		(633,425)
Discount accretion/premium amortization		18,139		10,147
Changes in fair value		31,962		32,501
Unrealized foreign currency remeasurement (loss) gain		(4,419)		16,462
Change in loan loss allowance, net		(2,978)		(358)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications		(172)		(3,242)
Balance at June 30	$	6,418,744	$	5,183,133

(1) Represents accrued interest income on loans whose terms do not require current payment of interest.

(2) See Note 11 for additional disclosure on these transactions.

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Jun. 30, 2015

Acquisitions and Divestitures

Acquisitions and Divestitures

3.  Acquisitions and Divestitures

Ireland Portfolio Acquisition

On May 8, 2015, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Cedar Real Estate Investments PLC (“Cedar Investments”), an investment fund which owns a portfolio of eight fully occupied office properties and one fully occupied multi-family property all subject to net lease arrangements and located in Dublin, Ireland.  Subsequent to this acquisition, in May 2015, Cedar Investments purchased three additional fully occupied office properties also located in Dublin, Ireland.  The aggregate cash purchase price for all 12 properties (collectively, the “Ireland Portfolio”), which collectively comprise approximately 520,000 square feet, was $106.7 million.   On the acquisition date, we executed a new secured financing facility to finance the Ireland Portfolio.  Refer to Note 9 for further discussion of this facility.

We applied the provisions of ASC 805, Business Combinations, in accounting for our acquisition of these properties.  In doing so, we have provisionally recorded all identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value as of the acquisition date.  These provisional amounts may be retrospectively adjusted during the measurement period, which expires no later than one year from the acquisition date, if new information is obtained that, if known, would have affected the amounts recognized as of the acquisition date.

The following table summarizes the provisional estimates of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the respective acquisition dates (in thousands):

Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,829
Properties		339,429
Intangible assets		43,217
Other assets		11,128
Total assets acquired		404,603
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		14,873
Secured financing agreements		283,010
Total liabilities assumed		297,883
Net assets acquired/purchase price	$	106,720

Since the May 2015 acquisition dates through June 30, 2015, we have recognized revenues of $3.5 million and net loss of $2.7 million related to the Ireland Portfolio.  Such net loss includes acquisition-related costs, such as legal and due diligence costs, of approximately $3.2 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, which are included in acquisition and investment pursuit costs within our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  No goodwill was recognized in connection with the Ireland Portfolio acquisition as the purchase price equaled the fair value of the net assets acquired.

The pro-forma revenues and net income attributable to STWD of the combined entity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, assuming the Ireland Portfolio acquisition occurred on January 1, 2014, are as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Revenues	$	181,977	$	177,384	$	367,460	$	355,997
Net income attributable to STWD		120,474		118,031		241,000		234,953
Net income per share - Basic		0.51		0.53		1.04		1.12
Net income per share - Diluted		0.51		0.52		1.04		1.10

Pro-forma net income was adjusted to include the following estimated management fees the combined entity would have incurred (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
Management fee expense addition	$	402	$	805	$	1,207	$	1,610

Subsequent to June 30, 2015 on July 24, 2015, Cedar Investments acquired one additional fully occupied office property subject to net lease arrangements also located in Dublin, Ireland.  As of August 4, 2015, the initial accounting for this acquisition was not sufficiently complete to allow for the inclusion of ASC 805, Business Combinations, disclosures herein. Refer to Note 23 for further discussion. 

SFR Spin-off

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former SFR segment to our stockholders. The real estate investment trust, Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (“SWAY”), is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and trades under the ticker symbol “SWAY.” Our stockholders received one common share of SWAY for every five shares of our common stock held at the close of business on January 24, 2014. As part of the spin-off, we contributed $100 million to the unlevered balance sheet of SWAY to fund its growth and operations. As of January 31, 2014, SWAY held net assets of $1.1 billion. The net assets of SWAY consisted of approximately 7,200 units of single-family homes and residential non-performing mortgage loans as of January 31, 2014. In connection with the spin-off, 40.1 million shares of SWAY were issued. The results of operations for the SFR segment are presented within discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014. We have no continuing involvement with the SFR segment following the spin-off.  Subsequent to the spin-off, SWAY entered into a management agreement with an affiliate of our Manager. The following table presents the summarized consolidated results of discontinued operations for the SFR segment prior to the spin-off (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended		For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2014		June 30, 2014
Total revenues	$	—	$	3,876
Total costs and expenses		—		6,369
Loss before other income and income taxes		—		(2,493)
Total other income		—		942
Loss before income taxes		—		(1,551)
Income tax provision		—		—
Net loss	$	—	$	(1,551)

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Related-Party Transactions

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Jun. 30, 2015

Related-Party Transactions

Related-Party Transactions

15. Related-Party Transactions

Management Agreement

We are party to a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with our Manager. Under the Management Agreement, our Manager, subject to the oversight of our board of directors, is required to manage our day to day activities, for which our Manager receives a base management fee and is eligible for an incentive fee and stock awards. Our Manager’s personnel perform certain due diligence, legal, management and other services that outside professionals or consultants would otherwise perform. As such, in accordance with the terms of our Management Agreement, our Manager is paid or reimbursed for the documented costs of performing such tasks, provided that such costs and reimbursements are in amounts no greater than those which would be payable to outside professionals or consultants engaged to perform such services pursuant to agreements negotiated on an arm’s-length basis. Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of this agreement.

Base Management Fee.  For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized base management fees of $14.9 million and $13.6 million, respectively, within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized base management fees of $28.8 million and $26.8 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were $14.9 million and $13.9 million, respectively, of unpaid base management fees within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Incentive Fee.  For both the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized incentive fees of $4.1million within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized incentive fees of $10.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $4.2 million and $18.9 million, respectively, of unpaid incentive fees were included within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Expense Reimbursement.  For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized expense reimbursements for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses of $1.5 million and $2.0 million, respectively, within general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized expense reimbursements for executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses of $2.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, approximately $2.0 million and $3.4 million, respectively, of unpaid reimbursable executive compensation and other expenses were included within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Manager Equity Plan

In May 2015, we granted 675,000 RSUs to our Manager under the Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan (“Manager Equity Plan”).  In January 2014, we granted 2,489,281 RSUs to our Manager under the Manager Equity Plan.  In connection with these grants and prior similar grants, we recognized share-based compensation expense of $7.4 million and $6.8 million within management fees in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we recognized $14.3 million and $13.6 million, respectively, related to these awards. Refer to Note 16 herein for further discussion of these grants.

Investments in Loans and Securities

In March 2015, we purchased a subordinate single-borrower CMBS from a third party for $58.6 million which is secured by 85 U.S. hotel properties.  The borrower is an affiliate of Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund IX (“Fund IX”), an affiliate of our Manager.  

In March 2015, we sold our entire interest, consisting of a $35 million participation, in a subordinate loan (the “Mammoth Loan”) at par to Mammoth Mezz Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of our Manager. We purchased the Mammoth Loan in April 2011 from an independent third party and a syndicate of financial institutions and other entities acting as subordinate lenders to Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, LLC (“Mammoth”). Mammoth is a single purpose, bankruptcy remote entity that is owned and controlled by Starwood Global Opportunity Fund VII‑A, L.P., Starwood Global Opportunity Fund VII‑B, L.P., Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII‑D, L.P. and Starwood U.S. Opportunity Fund VII‑D‑2, L.P. (collectively, the “Sponsors”). Each of the Sponsors is indirectly wholly‑owned by Starwood Capital Group Global I, LLC and an affiliate of our Chief Executive Officer.

In January 2015, a junior mezzanine loan, which we co-originated with SEREF and an unaffiliated third party in 2012, was restructured to reduce both our and SEREF’s participation interests and margin. We now hold a participation interest in the junior mezzanine loan of £18 million, which bears interest at three-month LIBOR plus 8.81%.  Prior to the restructure, our participation interest was £30.0 million and carried an interest rate of three-month LIBOR plus 11.65%. The junior mezzanine loan is secured primarily by the ownership interest in entities that own a portfolio of three luxury hotels located in London, England.

Other Related-Party Arrangements

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we were required to cash collateralize certain obligations of LNR, including letters of credit and performance obligations. Fund IX funded $6.2 million of this obligation, but the account is within our name and is thus reflected within our restricted cash balance. We have recognized a corresponding payable to Fund IX of $3.4 million and $4.4 million within related-party payable in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Refer to Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of related-party agreements.

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Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

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Jun. 30, 2015

Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

11. Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

As described below, we regularly sell loans and notes under various strategies. We evaluate such sales as to whether they meet the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint, and transfer of control.

Within the Investing and Servicing Segment, we originate commercial mortgage loans with the intent to sell these mortgage loans to VIEs for the purposes of securitization. These VIEs then issue CMBS that are collateralized in part by these assets, as well as other assets transferred to the VIE. In certain instances, we retain a subordinated interest in the VIE and serve as special servicer for the VIE. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we sold $533.4million and $998.0 million, respectively, par value of loans held-for-sale from our conduit platform for their fair values of $551.6million and $1.0 billion, respectively. The sale proceeds were used in part to repay $400.1million and $744.5 million, respectively, of the outstanding balance of the repurchase agreements associated with these loans. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we sold $348.0 million and $637.4 million, respectively, par value of loans held-for-sale from our conduit platform for their fair values of $364.3 million and $666.8 million, respectively. The sale proceeds were used in part to repay $261.0 million and $478.1 million, respectively, of the outstanding balance of the repurchase agreements associated with these loans.

Within the Lending Segment (refer to Note 22), we originate or acquire loans and then subsequently sell a portion, which can be in various forms including first mortgages, A-Notes, senior participations and mezzanine loans. Typically, our motivation for entering into these transactions is to effectively create leverage on the subordinated position that we will retain and hold for investment. In certain instances, we continue to service the loan following its sale. The following table summarizes our loans sold and loans transferred as secured borrowings by the Lending Segment net of expenses (in thousands):

					Loan Transfers
	Loan Transfers Accounted				Accounted for as Secured
	for as Sales				Borrowings
	Face Amount		Proceeds		Face Amount		Proceeds
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	295,961	$	293,455	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		56,975		56,124		—		—
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	381,461	$	378,576	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		204,859		202,524		—		—

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Fair Value (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
OTTI		$ (797)		$ (1,010)
Net accretion			$ 16,314	11,680
Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ 102,198,631	115,719,493	103,988,001	102,414,703
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale	(7,925,355)	(3,313,202)	(14,293,110)	(6,871,380)
OTTI				(213)
Net accretion	4,042	3,323	13,487	9,887
Included in OCI	3,869	(6,623)	(8,974)	(2,408)
Purchases / Originations	476,949	363,306	898,907	628,962
Sales	(552,019)	(318,305)	(1,038,742)	(645,920)
Consolidations of VIEs	1,209,886	3,652,113	5,488,112	22,091,873
Deconsolidations of VIEs	(3,462,857)	(4,716,286)	(3,480,698)	(6,005,500)
Balance at the end of the period	91,522,844	109,711,729	91,522,844	109,711,729
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	(7,934,365)	(3,331,266)	(14,319,255)	(6,906,883)
Total realized and unrealized (losses) gains:
Issuances	(750)	(25,995)	(7,513)	(71,756)
Cash repayments / receipts	19,610	39,892	55,646	66,938
Transfers into Level III	(623,538)	(1,978,045)	(816,018)	(2,502,357)
Transfers out of Level III	174,376	292,058	723,746	598,900
VIE liabilities | Level III
Changes in financial liabilities classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	(2,145,458)	(3,482,922)	(4,893,120)	(1,597,984)
Total realized and unrealized (losses) gains:
Included in earnings: Change in fair value/ gain on sale	490,913	(1,664)	2,951,583	99,837
Issuances	(750)	(25,995)	(7,513)	(71,756)
Cash repayments / receipts	27,051	50,984	74,988	86,349
Transfers into Level III	(623,538)	(1,983,525)	(816,018)	(2,555,137)
Transfers out of Level III	174,376	293,115	723,746	712,856
Consolidations of VIEs	(34,133)	(68,772)	(145,205)	(1,892,944)
Deconsolidations of VIEs	528	32,654	528	32,654
Balance at the end of the period	(2,111,011)	(5,186,125)	(2,111,011)	(5,186,125)
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	490,913	(1,664)	2,951,583	99,837
Loans held-for-sale | Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	343,770	74,117	391,620	206,672
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale	10,831	11,546	31,962	32,439
Purchases / Originations	476,699	320,566	889,919	582,391
Sales	(551,634)	(251,612)	(1,033,644)	(554,073)
Cash repayments / receipts	(314)	(205)	(505)	(297)
Transfers out of Level III				(112,720)
Balance at the end of the period	279,352	154,412	279,352	154,412
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	(2,382)	688	(2,382)	688
RMBS | Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	197,385	291,217	207,053	296,236
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale		10,130		11,141
OTTI				(213)
Net accretion	4,042	3,323	13,487	9,887
Included in OCI	(1,150)	(9,363)	(8,776)	(4,615)
Sales		(53,236)		(62,546)
Cash repayments / receipts	(7,127)	(10,466)	(18,614)	(18,285)
Balance at the end of the period	193,150	231,605	193,150	231,605
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	4,042	2,804	7,994	7,971
CMBS | Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	308,195	240,665	334,080	208,006
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale	936	4,393	776	9,600
Included in OCI	5,019	2,740	(198)	2,207
Purchases / Originations	250	42,740	8,988	46,571
Sales	(385)	(13,457)	(5,098)	(29,301)
Cash repayments / receipts		(421)	(223)	(829)
Transfers into Level III		(5,480)		52,780
Transfers out of Level III				(179)
Consolidations of VIEs			(24,310)	(6,715)
Deconsolidations of VIEs	137	221	137	221
Balance at the end of the period	314,152	282,361	314,152	282,361
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	1,097	4,513	981	9,018
Domestic Servicing Rights | Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	130,761	144,898	132,303	150,149
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale	(2,652)	(5,523)	(4,194)	(10,774)
Transfers out of Level III		(1,057)		(1,057)
Balance at the end of the period	128,109	138,318	128,109	138,318
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	(2,652)	(5,523)	(4,194)	(10,774)
VIE Assets | Level III
Changes in financial assets classified as Level III
Balance at the beginning of the period	103,363,978	118,451,518	107,816,065	103,151,624
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings: Change in fair value / gain on sale	(8,425,383)	(3,332,084)	(17,273,237)	(7,013,623)
Consolidations of VIEs	1,244,019	3,720,885	5,657,627	23,991,532
Deconsolidations of VIEs	(3,463,522)	(4,749,161)	(3,481,363)	(6,038,375)
Balance at the end of the period	92,719,092	114,091,158	92,719,092	114,091,158
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at period end	$ (8,425,383)	$ (3,332,084)	$ (17,273,237)	$ (7,013,623)

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

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Jun. 30, 2015

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

7. Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

The below table summarizes our investments in unconsolidated entities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

						Carrying value over (under)
	Participation /	Carrying value as of				equity in net assets as of
	Ownership %(1)	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015(2)
Equity method:
Retail Fund	33%	$	120,927	$	129,475	$	—
Investor entity which owns equity in two real estate services providers	50%		22,609		21,534		—
Equity interests in commercial real estate (3)	16% - 43%		28,107		—		—
Bridge loan venture	various		5,587		8,417		33
Various	25% - 50%		6,626		16,933		—
			183,856		176,359	$	33
Cost method:
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets	4% - 6%		9,225		9,225
Various	2% - 10%		11,174		8,399
			20,399		17,624
		$	204,255	$	193,983

(1) None of these investments are publicly traded and therefore quoted market prices are not available.

(2) Differences between the carrying value of our investment and the underlying equity in net assets of the investee are accounted for as if the investee were a consolidated entity in accordance with ASC 323, Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures.

(3) During the six months ended June 30, 2015, we acquired $28.0 million of equity interests in limited liability companies that own ten office and student housing properties throughout the U.S.

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Investment Securities (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
HTM Securities
Net Carrying Amount (Amortized Cost)	$ 354,534	$ 441,995
Gross Unrealized Holdings Gains	181
Gross Unrealized Holdings Losses	(904)	(1,366)
Fair Value	353,811	440,629
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Net Carrying Amount [Abstract]
One to three years	273,037
Three to five years	62,357
Thereafter	19,140
Total	354,534	441,995
Preferred Equity Investment
HTM Securities
Net Carrying Amount (Amortized Cost)	81,497	307,465
Gross Unrealized Holdings Gains	181
Gross Unrealized Holdings Losses	(677)	(1,366)
Fair Value	81,001	306,099
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Net Carrying Amount [Abstract]
Three to five years	62,357
Thereafter	19,140
Total	81,497	307,465
CMBS
HTM Securities
Net Carrying Amount (Amortized Cost)	273,037	134,530
Gross Unrealized Holdings Losses	(227)
Fair Value	272,810	134,530
Held-to-maturity Securities, Debt Maturities, Net Carrying Amount [Abstract]
One to three years	273,037
Total	$ 273,037	$ 134,530

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Investment Securities

Investment Securities

5. Investment Securities

Investment securities were comprised of the following as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value as of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
RMBS, available-for-sale	$	193,150	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS, available-for-sale		99,928		100,349
CMBS, fair value option (1)		829,687		753,553
Held-to-maturity (“HTM”) securities		354,534		441,995
Equity security, fair value option		15,402		15,120
Subtotal—Investment securities		1,492,701		1,518,070
VIE eliminations (1)		(615,463)		(519,822)
Total investment securities	$	877,238	$	998,248

(1) Certain fair value option CMBS are eliminated in consolidation against VIE liabilities pursuant to ASC 810.

Purchases, sales and principal collections for all investment securities were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	250	$	79,926	$	—	$	80,176
Sales		—			—		385		—		—		385
Principal collections		7,127			—		—		228,910		—		236,037
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	43,563	$	—	$	—	$	43,563
Sales		53,236	(1)		—		13,548		—		—		66,784
Principal collections		10,466			421		—		—		—		10,887

	Available-for-sale					CMBS, fair		HTM		Equity
	RMBS			CMBS		value option		Securities		Security		Total
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Purchases	$	—		$	—	$	8,988	$	138,435	$	—	$	147,423
Sales		—			—		5,098		—		—		5,098
Principal collections		18,614			224		1		228,935		—		247,774
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Purchases		—			—		53,453		—		—		53,453
Sales		62,546	(1)		—		32,032		—		—		94,578
Principal collections		18,285			829		—		—		—		19,114

(1) Settlement of $44.4 million occurred subsequent to June 30, 2014.  We account for all investment securities transactions on a trade-date basis.

RMBS and Single-borrower CMBS, Available-for-Sale

With the exception of six CMBS classified as HTM, the Company classified all of its RMBS and CMBS investments where the fair value option has not been elected as available-for-sale as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. These RMBS and CMBS are reported at fair value in the balance sheet with changes in fair value recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

The tables below summarize various attributes of our investments in available-for-sale RMBS and single-borrower CMBS where the fair value option has not been elected as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Unrealized Gains or (Losses)
							Recognized in AOCI
	Purchase				Recorded				Gross		Gross		Net
	Amortized		Credit		Amortized		Non-Credit		Unrealized		Unrealized		Fair Value
	Cost		OTTI		Cost		OTTI		Gains		Losses		Adjustment		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	158,594	$	(10,184)	$	148,410	$	(148)	$	44,888	$	—	$	44,740	$	193,150
Single-borrower CMBS		94,272		—		94,272		—		5,656		—		5,656		99,928
Total	$	252,866	$	(10,184)	$	242,682	$	(148)	$	50,544	$	—	$	50,396	$	293,078
December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	163,733	$	(10,197)	$	153,536	$	(197)	$	53,714	$	—	$	53,517	$	207,053
Single-borrower CMBS		93,685		—		93,685		—		6,664		—		6,664		100,349
Total	$	257,418	$	(10,197)	$	247,221	$	(197)	$	60,378	$	—	$	60,181	$	307,402

	Weighted Average		Weighted Average
	Coupon(1)		Rating (Standard & Poor’s)	WAL (Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
RMBS	1.2	%	B−	6.4
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	B	0.2
December 31, 2014
RMBS	1.1	%	B−	5.8
Single-borrower CMBS	11.6	%	BB+	3.2

(1) Calculated using the June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 one-month LIBOR rate of 0.187% and 0.171%, respectively, for floating rate securities.

(2) Represents the WAL of each respective group of securities as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual security is calculated using projected amounts and projected timing of future principal payments.

As of June 30, 2015, there were no variable rate single-borrower CMBS. As of December 31, 2014, $0.2 million, or 0.2%, of the single-borrower CMBS were variable rate. As of June 30, 2015, approximately $134.2 million, or 69.5%, of the RMBS were variable rate and paid interest at LIBOR plus a weighted average spread of 0.44%. As of December 31, 2014, approximately $140.1 million, or 67.7%, of the RMBS were variable rate and paid interest at LIBOR plus a weighted average spread of 0.44%. We purchased all of the RMBS at a discount that will be accreted into income over the expected remaining life of the security. The majority of the income from this strategy is earned from the accretion of these discounts.

The following table contains a reconciliation of aggregate principal balance to amortized cost for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Principal balance	$	251,203	$	94,272	$	270,783	$	93,685
Accretable yield		(74,184)		—		(85,495)		—
Non-accretable difference		(28,609)		—		(31,752)		—
Total discount		(102,793)		—		(117,247)		—
Amortized cost	$	148,410	$	94,272	$	153,536	$	93,685

The principal balance of credit deteriorated RMBS was $211.9 million and $222.9 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Accretable yield related to these securities totaled $62.1 million and $66.6 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The following table discloses the changes to accretable yield and non-accretable difference for our RMBS and single-borrower CMBS during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, excluding CMBS where we have elected the fair value option (amounts in thousands):

					Non-Accretable
	Accretable Yield				Difference
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	RMBS		CMBS		RMBS		CMBS
Balance as of April 1, 2015	$	82,242	$	—	$	25,018	$	—
Accretion of discount		(4,042)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(425)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		(4,016)		—		4,016		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	85,495	$	—	$	31,752	$	—
Accretion of discount		(13,487)		—		—		—
Principal write-downs		—		—		(967)		—
Purchases		—		—		—		—
Sales		—		—		—		—
OTTI		—		—		—		—
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference		2,176		—		(2,176)		—
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	74,184	$	—	$	28,609	$	—

Subject to certain limitations on durations, we have allocated an amount to invest in RMBS that cannot exceed 10% of our total assets excluding Investing and Servicing Segment VIEs. We have engaged a third party manager who specializes in RMBS to execute the trading of RMBS, the cost of which was $0.4million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $0.7 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which has been recorded as management fees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the available-for-sale securities (i) where we have not elected the fair value option, (ii) that were in an unrealized loss position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and (iii) for which OTTIs (full or partial) have not been recognized in earnings (amounts in thousands):

	Estimated Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
	Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a		Securities with a
	loss less than		loss greater than		loss less than		loss greater than
	12 months		12 months		12 months		12 months
As of June 30, 2015
RMBS	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	697	$	—	$	(148)
As of December 31, 2014
RMBS	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)
Single-borrower CMBS		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	682	$	—	$	(197)

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there was one security with unrealized losses reflected in the table above. After evaluating this security and recording an adjustment for credit-related other-than-temporary impairment in 2014, we concluded that the remaining unrealized losses reflected above were noncredit-related and would be recovered from the security’s estimated future cash flows. We considered a number of factors in reaching this conclusion, including that we did not intend to sell the security, it was not considered more likely than not that we would be forced to sell the security prior to recovering our amortized cost, and there were no material credit events that would have caused us to otherwise conclude that we would not recover our cost. Credit losses, which represent most of the other-than-temporary impairments we record on securities, are calculated by comparing (i) the estimated future cash flows of each security discounted at the yield determined as of the initial acquisition date or, if since revised, as of the last date previously revised, to (ii) our amortized cost basis. Significant judgment is used in projecting cash flows for our non-agency RMBS. As a result, actual income and/or impairments could be materially different from what is currently projected and/or reported.

CMBS, Fair Value Option

As discussed in the “Fair Value Option” section of Note 2 herein, we elect the fair value option for the Investing and Servicing Segment’s CMBS in an effort to eliminate accounting mismatches resulting from the current or potential consolidation of securitization VIEs. As of June 30, 2015, the fair value and unpaid principal balance of CMBS where we have elected the fair value option, before consolidation of securitization VIEs, were $829.7 million and $4.4billion, respectively. These balances represent our economic interests in these assets. However, as a result of our consolidation of securitization VIEs, the vast majority of this fair value ($615.5 million at June 30, 2015) is eliminated against VIE liabilities before arriving at our GAAP balance for fair value option CMBS. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, we purchased $37.9 million and $98.2 million of CMBS, respectively, for which we elected the fair value option. Due to our consolidation of securitization VIEs, $37.7 million and $89.2 million, respectively, of these amounts are eliminated and reflected primarily as repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.

As of June 30, 2015, none of our CMBS where we have elected the fair value option were variable rate. The table below summarizes various attributes of our investment in fair value option CMBS as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Weighted		Weighted
	Average		Average Rating	WAL
	Coupon		(Standard & Poor’s) (1)	(Years)(2)
June 30, 2015
CMBS, fair value option	3.6	%	CCC	7.8
December 31, 2014
CMBS, fair value option	3.9	%	CCC−	7.7

(1) As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, excludes $36.8 million and $41.7 million, respectively, in fair value option CMBS that are not rated.

(2) The WAL of each security is calculated based on the period of time over which we expect to receive principal cash flows. Expected principal cash flows are based on contractual payments net of expected losses.

HTM Securities

The table below summarizes unrealized gains and losses of our investments in HTM securities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Net Carrying Amount		Gross Unrealized		Gross Unrealized
	(Amortized Cost)		Holding Gains		Holding Losses		Fair Value
June 30, 2015
Preferred interests	$	81,497	$	181	$	(677)	$	81,001
CMBS		273,037		—		(227)		272,810
Total	$	354,534	$	181	$	(904)	$	353,811
December 31, 2014
Preferred interests	$	307,465	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	306,099
CMBS		134,530		—		—		134,530
Total	$	441,995	$	—	$	(1,366)	$	440,629

The table below summarizes the maturities of our HTM preferred equity interests in limited liability companies that own commercial real estate and our HTM CMBS as of June 30, 2015 (amounts in thousands):

	Preferred
	Interests		CMBS		Total
Less than one year	$	—	$	—	$	—
One to three years		—		273,037		273,037
Three to five years		62,357		—		62,357
Thereafter		19,140		—		19,140
Total	$	81,497	$	273,037	$	354,534

Equity Security, Fair Value Option

During 2012, we acquired 9,140,000 ordinary shares from a related-party (approximately a 4% interest) in Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited (“SEREF”), a debt fund that is externally managed by an affiliate of our Manager and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. We have elected to report the investment using the fair value option because the shares are listed on an exchange, which allows us to determine the fair value using a quoted price from an active market, and also due to potential lags in reporting resulting from differences in the respective regulatory requirements. The fair value of the investment remeasured in USD was $15.4  million and $15.1 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

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Properties

Properties

6. Properties

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, our Property Segment acquired a portfolio of 11 office properties and one multi-family residential property all located in Dublin, Ireland.  Refer to Note 3 for further discussion.Also during the three months ended June 30, 2015, our Investing and Servicing Segment acquired two multi-family properties and one retail property from CMBS trusts for $33.4 million.  These properties were acquired from CMBS trusts that are consolidated as VIEs on our balance sheet.  As a result, the acquisitions are reflected as repayment of debt of consolidated VIEs in our condensed consolidated statement of cash flows. 

The below table summarizes our properties held as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Depreciable Life	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Property Segment
Land	—	$	125,319	$	—
Buildings	30 years		214,836		—
Investing and Servicing Segment
Land	—		11,592		8,225
Buildings	30 years		46,042		30,637
Furniture & fixtures	10 years		680		1,635
Properties, cost			398,469		40,497
Less: accumulated depreciation			(1,453)		(643)
Properties, net		$	397,016	$	39,854

In March 2015, the Investing and Servicing Segment sold an operating property that we had previously acquired from a CMBS trust.  The sale resulted in a $17.1 million gain, which is included in gain on sale of investments and other assets in our condensed consolidated statement of operationsfor the six months ended June 30, 2015.

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Jun. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

8. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 represents the excess of consideration transferred over the fair value of net assets of LNR acquired on April 19, 2013. The goodwill recognized is attributable to value embedded in LNR’s existing platform, which includes an international network of commercial real estate asset managers, work-out specialists, underwriters and administrative support professionals as well as proprietary historical performance data on commercial real estate assets.

Intangible Assets

Servicing Rights Intangibles

In connection with the LNR acquisition, we identified domestic and European servicing rights that existed at the purchase date, based upon the expected future cash flows of the associated servicing contracts. All of our servicing fees are specified by these Pooling and Servicing Agreements. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the balance of the domestic servicing intangible was net of $37.0 million and $46.1 million, respectively, that was eliminated in consolidation pursuant to ASC 810 against VIE assets in connection with our consolidation of securitization VIEs. Before VIE consolidation, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 the domestic servicing intangible had a balance of $165.1 million and $178.4 million, respectively, which represents our economic interest in this asset.

Lease Intangibles

In connection with the Ireland Portfolio acquisition, we recognized in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets associated with certain noncancelable operating leases of the acquired properties. The weighted-average amortization periods for the in-place lease intangible assets and the favorable lease intangible assets were 6.8 years and 3.8 years, respectively, as of June 30, 2015.

The following table summarizes our intangible assets, which are comprised of servicing rights intangibles and lease intangibles, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	As of June 30, 2015						As of December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Value		Amortization		Value		Value		Amortization		Value
Domestic servicing rights, at fair value	$	128,109	$	—	$	128,109	$	132,303	$	—	$	132,303
European servicing rights (1)		33,681		(28,682)		4,999		33,392		(21,543)		11,849
In-place lease intangible assets		37,250		(691)		36,559		—		—		—
Favorable lease intangible assets		6,051		(111)		5,940		—		—		—
Total net intangible assets	$	205,091	$	(29,484)	$	175,607	$	165,695	$	(21,543)	$	144,152

(1) The fair value as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $8.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively.

The following table summarizes the activity within intangible assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 (in thousands):

	Domestic		European		In-place Lease		Favorable Lease
	Servicing		Servicing		Intangible		Intangible
	Rights		Rights		Assets		Assets		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	132,303	$	11,849	$	—	$	—	$	144,152
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio		—		—		37,179		6,038		43,217
Amortization		—		(6,747)		(691)		(111)		(7,549)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain		—		(103)		71		13		(19)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions		(4,194)		—		—		—		(4,194)
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	128,109	$	4,999	$	36,559	$	5,940	$	175,607

The following table sets forth the estimated aggregate amortization of our European servicing rights, in-place lease intangible assets and favorable lease intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):

2015 (remainder of)	$	5,059
2016		8,771
2017		6,748
2018		6,319
2019		6,204
Thereafter		14,397
Total	$	47,498

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Summary of Intangible Assets
Gross carrying value	$ 205,091	$ 165,695
Accumulated amortization	(29,484)	(21,543)
Net carrying value	175,607	144,152
European servicing rights
Summary of Intangible Assets
Gross carrying value	33,681	33,392
Accumulated amortization	(28,682)	(21,543)
Net carrying value	4,999	11,849
Fair value at the end of the period	8,800
In-place lease
Summary of Intangible Assets
Gross carrying value	37,250
Accumulated amortization	(691)
Net carrying value	$ 36,559
In-place lease | Weighted-average
Intangible Assets
Amortization period (in years)	6 years 9 months 18 days
Favorable lease
Summary of Intangible Assets
Gross carrying value	$ 6,051
Accumulated amortization	(111)
Net carrying value	$ 5,940
Favorable lease | Weighted-average
Intangible Assets
Amortization period (in years)	3 years 9 months 18 days
Domestic Servicing Rights
Summary of Intangible Assets
Gross carrying value	$ 128,109	132,303
Net carrying value	128,109	132,303
Domestic Servicing Rights | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Intangible Assets
Servicing rights intangibles	165,100	178,400
Domestic Servicing Rights | VIE eliminations
Intangible Assets
Servicing rights intangibles	$ 37,000	$ 46,100

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Fair Value (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Securities, held-to-maturity	$ 354,534	$ 441,995
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Convertible senior notes	1,315,245	1,418,022
Carrying Value
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale and loans transferred as secured borrowings	6,139,392	5,908,665
Securities, held-to-maturity	354,534	441,995
European servicing rights	4,999	11,849
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements and secured borrowings on transferred loans	3,716,805	3,267,230
Convertible senior notes	1,315,245	1,418,022
Fair Value.
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale and loans transferred as secured borrowings	6,259,610	6,034,838
Securities, held-to-maturity	353,811	440,629
European servicing rights	8,804	12,741
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements and secured borrowings on transferred loans	3,711,026	3,251,035
Convertible senior notes	$ 1,354,957	$ 1,444,975

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Secured Financing Agreements (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									$ 7,721,088
Maximum Facility Size									4,615,792
Carrying Value									3,579,503		$ 3,137,789
Repayment of secured financings
Percentage Of Repurchase Agreements For Which Margin Calls Are Limited To Collateral Specific Credit Marks						76.00%
Lender 1 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									1,571,235
Maximum Facility Size									1,250,000
Carrying Value									1,085,871		875,111
Lender 1 Repo 1 Facility | Minimum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						1.85%
Lender 1 Repo 1 Facility | Maximum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						5.25%
Lender 1 Repo 2 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									193,150
Maximum Facility Size									125,000
Carrying Value									65,948		101,886
Current maturity period, relative to when the buyer delivers notice to the seller				180 days
Lender 1 Repo 2 Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						1.90%
Lender 2 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									398,363
Maximum Facility Size									325,000
Carrying Value									294,869		240,188
Lender 2 Repo 1 Facility | Minimum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						1.75%
Lender 2 Repo 1 Facility | Maximum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.75%
Lender 3 Repo I Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									176,866
Maximum Facility Size									122,470
Carrying Value									122,470		124,250
Lender 3 Repo I Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.85%
Conduit Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									32,283
Maximum Facility Size									150,000
Carrying Value									24,712		94,727
Repayment of secured financings
2015 (remainder of)									125,700
Conduit Repo 1 Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						1.90%
Conduit Repo 2 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									102,288
Maximum Facility Size									150,000
Carrying Value									77,868		113,636
Conduit Repo 2 Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.10%
Conduit Repo 3 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									30,289
Maximum Facility Size			$ 150,000						150,000
Carrying Value									23,100
Maturity period			3 years
Extended term			1 year
Conduit Repo 3 Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)			2.10%			2.10%
Lender 4 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									420,581
Maximum Facility Size									329,952
Carrying Value									329,952		327,117
Lender 4 Repo 1 Facility | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.00%
Lender 5 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Carrying Value											58,079
Lender 6 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									557,574
Maximum Facility Size									500,000
Carrying Value									376,500		296,967
Lender 6 Repo 1 Facility | Minimum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.75%
Lender 6 Repo 1 Facility | Maximum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						3.00%
Lender 6 Mortgage Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									381,744
Maximum Facility Size	€ 294.0								327,722
Carrying Value								€ 220.0	245,609
Maturity period	5 years
Repayment of secured financings
Deferred financing costs, net of amortization										$ 5,300
Lender 6 Mortgage Facility | Eurodollar
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)	2.00%					2.00%
Lender 7 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									50,365
Maximum Facility Size									39,024
Carrying Value									39,024		39,024
Lender 7 Repo 1 Facility | Minimum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.60%
Lender 7 Repo 1 Facility | Maximum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.70%
Investing and Servicing Segment Property Mortgages
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									43,748
Maximum Facility Size									38,975
Carrying Value									31,835		14,000
Lender 9 Repo 1 Facility
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									283,347
Maximum Facility Size									195,994
Carrying Value									195,994
Maturity period		12 months
Lender 9 Repo 1 Facility | Minimum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)		1.40%				1.40%
Lender 9 Repo 1 Facility | Maximum | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)		1.85%				1.85%
Borrowing Base
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									783,508
Maximum Facility Size									250,000
Carrying Value									6,000		189,871
Floor interest rate (as a percent)				0.75%
Repayment of secured financings
2015 (remainder of)									19,700
Borrowing Base | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						3.25%
Term Loan
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									2,695,747
Maximum Facility Size									661,655
Carrying Value									659,751		662,933
Floor interest rate (as a percent)				0.75%
Unamortized discount									1,900		2,100
Term Loan | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)						2.75%
Secured financing agreements
Secured Financing Agreements
Maximum Facility Size									17,800
Unamortized discount									1,900
Number of investment securities financed | item				2
Repayment of secured financings
2015 (remainder of)									170,647
2016									191,156
2017									1,001,089
2018									566,778
2019									755,383
Thereafter									896,354
Total									3,581,407
Deferred financing costs, net of amortization									26,600		26,500
Additional non-cash interest expense				$ 3,500	$ 2,600	$ 7,000	$ 5,300
Secured financing agreements | LIBOR
Secured Financing Agreements
Pricing margin (as a percent)				2.41%
Secured financing agreements | Weighted-average
Secured Financing Agreements
Maturity period				4 years 2 months 12 days
Repurchase Agreements
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									2,636,308		2,270,985
Repayment of secured financings
2015 (remainder of)									161,263
2016									184,387
2017									994,320
2018									547,724
2019									748,614
Total									2,636,308
Repurchase Agreements | Loan held for investment
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									2,209,662		1,863,633
Repurchase Agreements | Loans held-for-sale
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									125,680		208,363
Repurchase Agreements | Investment securities
Secured Financing Agreements
Pledged Asset Carrying Value									300,966		$ 198,989
Other Secured Financing
Repayment of secured financings
2015 (remainder of)									9,384
2016									6,769
2017									6,769
2018									19,054
2019									6,769
Thereafter									896,354
Total									$ 945,099

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 183,856		$ 183,856		$ 176,359
Carrying value over (under) equity in net assets	33		33
Cost method, Carrying value	20,399		20,399		17,624
Investment in unconsolidated entities	204,255		204,255		193,983
Income recognized	$ 8,951	$ 9,563	$ 15,041	$ 9,627
Minimum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Ownership %	2.00%		2.00%
Maximum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Ownership %	10.00%		10.00%
Retail fund
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	33.00%		33.00%
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 120,927		$ 120,927		129,475
Investor entity which owns equity in two real estate services providers
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	50.00%		50.00%
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 22,609		$ 22,609		21,534
Equity interests in commercial real estate
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 28,107		$ 28,107
Equity interests in commercial real estate | Properties of unconsolidated entities
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Number of properties | property	10		10
Equity interests in commercial real estate | Minimum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	16.00%		16.00%
Equity interests in commercial real estate | Maximum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	43.00%		43.00%
Bridge loan venture
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 5,587		$ 5,587		8,417
Carrying value over (under) equity in net assets	33		33
Various - Equity method
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Carrying value	$ 6,626		$ 6,626		16,933
Various - Equity method | Minimum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	25.00%		25.00%
Various - Equity method | Maximum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Equity method, Participation / Ownership %	50.00%		50.00%
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Carrying value	$ 9,225		$ 9,225		9,225
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets | Minimum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Ownership %	4.00%		4.00%
Investment funds which own equity in a loan servicer and other real estate assets | Maximum
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Ownership %	6.00%		6.00%
Various - Cost method
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
Cost method, Carrying value	$ 11,174		$ 11,174		$ 8,399

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Segment Data (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 446,478		$ 255,187	$ 518,627		$ 317,627
Restricted cash	26,791		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net	5,915,396		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale	367,408		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings	135,940		129,427
Investment securities	877,238		998,248
Properties, net	397,016		39,854
Intangible assets	175,607		144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities	204,255		193,983
Goodwill	140,437		140,437
Derivative assets	25,026		26,628
Accrued interest receivable	38,354		40,102
Other assets	116,198		95,652
VIE assets, at fair value	92,719,092		107,816,065
Total Assets	101,585,236		116,099,297
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	141,087		144,516
Related-party payable	24,559		40,751
Dividends payable	115,575		108,189	108,012
Derivative liabilities	6,290		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net	3,579,503		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net	1,315,245		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans	137,302		129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value	92,046,550		107,232,201
Total Liabilities	97,366,111		112,216,385
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock	2,402		2,248
Additional paid-in capital	4,173,869		3,835,725
Treasury stock	(32,464)		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	45,901	$ 39,362	55,896	74,962	$ 80,115	75,449
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	4,123		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	4,193,831		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	25,294		22,056
Total Equity	4,219,125		3,882,912	$ 3,814,833		$ 4,327,133
Total Liabilities and Equity	101,585,236		116,099,297
Operating Segments and Corporate
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	445,722		254,401
Restricted cash	26,791		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net	5,915,396		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale	367,408		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings	135,940		129,427
Investment securities	1,492,701		1,518,070
Properties, net	397,016		39,854
Intangible assets	212,599		190,207
Investment in unconsolidated entities	211,399		200,705
Goodwill	140,437		140,437
Derivative assets	25,026		26,628
Accrued interest receivable	38,354		40,102
Other assets	117,939		97,116
Total Assets	9,526,728		8,856,509
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	140,532		144,059
Related-party payable	24,559		40,751
Dividends payable	115,575		108,189
Derivative liabilities	6,290		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net	3,579,503		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net	1,315,245		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans	137,302		129,441
Total Liabilities	5,319,006		4,983,727
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock	2,402		2,248
Additional paid-in capital	4,173,869		3,835,725
Treasury stock	(32,464)		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	45,901		55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	4,123		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	4,193,831		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	13,891		11,926
Total Equity	4,207,722		3,872,782
Total Liabilities and Equity	9,526,728		8,856,509
Operating segment | Lending Segment
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	158,795		125,132
Restricted cash	10,969		34,941
Loans held-for-investment, net	5,913,197		5,771,307
Loans held-for-sale	88,056
Loans transferred as secured borrowings	135,940		129,427
Investment securities	663,014		764,517
Investment in unconsolidated entities	35,283		22,537
Derivative assets	16,572		23,579
Accrued interest receivable	38,078		39,188
Other assets	20,084		21,329
Total Assets	7,079,988		6,931,957
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	16,293		23,015
Derivative liabilities	5,734		3,662
Secured financing agreements, net	2,379,372		2,252,493
Secured borrowings on transferred loans	137,302		129,441
Total Liabilities	2,538,701		2,408,611
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Additional paid-in capital	2,918,478		3,126,845
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	46,668		55,781
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	1,564,327		1,328,794
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	4,529,473		4,511,420
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	11,814		11,926
Total Equity	4,541,287		4,523,346
Total Liabilities and Equity	7,079,988		6,931,957
Operating segment | Investment and Servicing Segment
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	47,694		85,252
Restricted cash	15,822		13,763
Loans held-for-investment, net	2,199		7,931
Loans held-for-sale	279,352		391,620
Investment securities	829,687		753,553
Properties, net	57,771		39,854
Intangible assets	170,100		190,207
Investment in unconsolidated entities	55,189		48,693
Goodwill	140,437		140,437
Derivative assets	4,485		3,049
Accrued interest receivable	276		914
Other assets	65,478		61,048
Total Assets	1,668,490		1,736,321
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	80,485		97,424
Related-party payable	3,484		4,405
Derivative liabilities	556		1,814
Secured financing agreements, net	294,771		222,363
Total Liabilities	379,296		326,006
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Additional paid-in capital	1,174,898		1,413,608
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,090)		115
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	113,309		(3,408)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	1,287,117		1,410,315
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	2,077
Total Equity	1,289,194		1,410,315
Total Liabilities and Equity	1,668,490		1,736,321
Operating segment | Property Segment
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1,161
Properties, net	339,245
Intangible assets	42,499
Investment in unconsolidated entities	120,927		129,475
Derivative assets	3,969
Other assets	19,459
Total Assets	527,260		129,475
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	15,261
Secured financing agreements, net	245,609
Total Liabilities	260,870
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Additional paid-in capital	262,513		127,299
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	323
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	3,554		2,176
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	266,390		129,475
Total Equity	266,390		129,475
Total Liabilities and Equity	527,260		129,475
Corporate
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	238,072		44,017
Other assets	12,918		14,739
Total Assets	250,990		58,756
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	28,493		23,620
Related-party payable	21,075		36,346
Dividends payable	115,575		108,189
Secured financing agreements, net	659,751		662,933
Convertible senior notes, net	1,315,245		1,418,022
Total Liabilities	2,140,139		2,249,110
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock	2,402		2,248
Additional paid-in capital	(182,020)		(832,027)
Treasury stock	(32,464)		(23,635)
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)	(1,677,067)		(1,336,940)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	(1,889,149)		(2,190,354)
Total Equity	(1,889,149)		(2,190,354)
Total Liabilities and Equity	250,990		58,756
Investment and Servicing VIEs
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	756		786
Investment securities	(615,463)		(519,822)
Intangible assets	(36,992)		(46,055)
Investment in unconsolidated entities	(7,144)		(6,722)
Other assets	(1,741)		(1,464)
VIE assets, at fair value	92,719,092		107,816,065
Total Assets	92,058,508		107,242,788
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	555		457
VIE liabilities, at fair value	92,046,550		107,232,201
Total Liabilities	92,047,105		107,232,658
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders' Equity:
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries	11,403		10,130
Total Equity	11,403		10,130
Total Liabilities and Equity	$ 92,058,508		$ 107,242,788

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Loans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Loans

Summary of investments in mortgages and loans by subordination class

The following tables summarize our investments in mortgages and loans by subordination class as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Weighted
					Weighted		Average Life
	Carrying		Face		Average		(“WAL”)
June 30, 2015	Value		Amount		Coupon		(years)(3)
First mortgages (1)	$	4,723,760	$	4,787,264	6.2	%	3.3
Subordinated mortgages (2)		291,300		318,460	7.9	%	3.6
Mezzanine loans (1)		909,345		897,184	10.1	%	3.2
Total loans held-for-investment		5,924,405		6,002,908
Loans held-for-sale (carrying value of $279,352 under fair value option)		367,408		374,718	3.9	%	8.4
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		137,302	6.0	%	2.4
Total gross loans		6,427,753		6,514,928
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(9,009)		—
Total net loans	$	6,418,744	$	6,514,928
December 31, 2014
First mortgages (1)	$	4,538,961	$	4,609,526	6.2	%	3.5
Subordinated mortgages (2)		345,091		374,859	8.1	%	3.9
Mezzanine loans (1)		901,217		889,948	10.4	%	2.6
Total loans held-for-investment		5,785,269		5,874,333
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option elected		391,620		390,342	4.5	%	8.3
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		129,570	5.4	%	2.5
Total gross loans		6,306,316		6,394,245
Loan loss allowance (loans held-for-investment)		(6,031)		—
Total net loans	$	6,300,285	$	6,394,245

(1) During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we reclassified certain loans previously included in the mezzanine loan category to the first mortgage category.  Previously, first mortgage loans which contained a related contiguous mezzanine loan component were classified by their respective components as first mortgages and mezzanine loans.  These loans are now classified as first mortgage loans in their entirety because as a whole, the expected credit quality of these loans is more similar to that of a first mortgage loan.  As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the application of this methodology resulted in mezzanine loans with carrying values of $793.0 million and $704.2 million, respectively, being classified as first mortgages. Prior periods were reclassified to conform to this presentation.

(2) Subordinated mortgages include B-notes and junior participation in first mortgages where we do not own the senior A-note or senior participation. If we own both the A-note and B-note, we categorize the loan as a first mortgage loan.

(3) Represents the WAL of each respective group of loans as of the respective balance sheet date. The WAL of each individual loan is calculated using amounts and timing of future principal payments, as projected at origination.

Summary of investments in floating rate loans

The following table summarizes our investments in floating rate loans (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
			Carrying				Carrying
Index	Base Rate		Value		Base Rate		Value
One Month LIBOR USD	0.1865	%	$	458,077	0.1713	%	$	138,576
Three Month LIBOR GBP	0.5785	%		426,233	0.5640	%		440,222
LIBOR floor	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,943,196	0.15 - 3.00	% (1)		3,889,412
Total			$	4,827,506			$	4,468,210

The weighted-average LIBOR Floor was 0.31% and 0.35% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Schedule of internal rating categories

As of June 30, 2015, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system, which excludes loans on the cost recovery method and loans for which the fair value option has been elected, by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	750	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	750	—	%
2		339,902		109,922		61,436		—		—		—		511,260	8.0	%
3		4,034,158		148,549		734,215		—		—		135,940		5,052,862	78.6	%
4		300,759		32,829		113,694		—		—		—		447,282	7.0	%
5		45,992		—		—		—		—		—		45,992	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		2,199		367,408		—		369,607	5.7	%
	$	4,721,561	$	291,300	$	909,345	$	2,199	$	367,408	$	135,940	$	6,427,753	100.0	%

As of December 31, 2014, the risk ratings for loans subject to our rating system by class of loan were as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Balance Sheet Classification
	Loans Held-For-Investment										Loans
							Cost				Transferred				% of
Risk Rating	First		Subordinated		Mezzanine		Recovery		Loans Held-		As Secured				Total
Category	Mortgages		Mortgages		Loans		Loans		For-Sale		Borrowings		Total		Loans
1	$	822	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	822	—	%
2		258,822		116,168		148,582		—		—		—		523,572	8.3	%
3		4,120,562		196,476		645,778		—		—		129,427		5,092,243	80.7	%
4		109,489		32,447		106,857		—		—		—		248,793	4.0	%
5		45,974		—		—		—		—		—		45,974	0.7	%
N/A		—		—		—		3,292		391,620		—		394,912	6.3	%
	$	4,535,669	$	345,091	$	901,217	$	3,292	$	391,620	$	129,427	$	6,306,316	100.0	%

Schedule of activity in allowance for loan losses

The following table presents the activity in our allowance for loan losses (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Allowance for loan losses at January 1	$	6,031	$	3,984
Provision for loan losses		2,978		358
Charge-offs		—		—
Recoveries		—		—
Allowance for loan losses at June 30	$	9,009	$	4,342
Recorded investment in loans related to the allowance for loan loss	$	493,274	$	289,470

Schedule of activity in loan portfolio

The activity in our loan portfolio was as follows (amounts in thousands):

	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30,
	2015		2014
Balance at January 1	$	6,300,285	$	4,750,804
Acquisitions/originations/additional funding		2,150,080		1,860,026
Capitalized interest(1)		33,509		19,022
Basis of loans sold(2)		(1,411,912)		(868,804)
Loan maturities/principal repayments		(695,750)		(633,425)
Discount accretion/premium amortization		18,139		10,147
Changes in fair value		31,962		32,501
Unrealized foreign currency remeasurement (loss) gain		(4,419)		16,462
Change in loan loss allowance, net		(2,978)		(358)
Transfer to/from other asset classifications		(172)		(3,242)
Balance at June 30	$	6,418,744	$	5,183,133

(1) Represents accrued interest income on loans whose terms do not require current payment of interest.

See Note 11 for additional disclosure on these transactions.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Fair Value Measurements
Permitted reinvestment under static investment in VIEs	$ 0

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

6 Months Ended

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

13. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The following tables present the potential effects of netting arrangements on our financial position for financial assets and liabilities within the scope of ASC 210-20, Balance Sheet—Offsetting, which for us are derivative assets and liabilities as well as repurchase agreement liabilities (amounts in thousands):

							(iv)
							Gross Amounts Not
							Offset in the Statement
			(ii)		(iii) = (i) - (ii)		of Financial Position
			Gross Amounts		Net Amounts				Cash
	(i)		Offset in the		Presented in				Collateral
	Gross Amounts		Statement of		the Statement of		Financial		Received /		(v) = (iii) - (iv)
	Recognized		Financial Position		Financial Position		Instruments		Pledged		Net Amount
As of June 30, 2015
Derivative assets	$	25,026	$	—	$	25,026	$	4,264	$	—	$	20,762
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	4,264	$	2,026	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,636,308		—		2,636,308		2,636,308		—		—
	$	2,642,598	$	—	$	2,642,598	$	2,640,572	$	2,026	$	—
As of December 31, 2014
Derivative assets	$	26,628	$	—	$	26,628	$	2,016	$	—	$	24,612
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	2,016	$	3,460	$	—
Repurchase agreements		2,270,985		—		2,270,985		2,270,985		—		—
	$	2,276,461	$	—	$	2,276,461	$	2,273,001	$	3,460	$	—

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

18. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The changes in AOCI by component are as follows (in thousands):

			Cumulative
			Unrealized Gain
	Effective Portion of		(Loss) on		Foreign
	Cumulative Loss on		Available-for-		Currency
	Cash Flow Hedges		Sale Securities		Translation		Total
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(360)	$	52,227	$	(12,505)	$	39,362
OCI before reclassifications		(71)		(1,857)		8,273		6,345
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		194		—		—		194
Net period OCI		123		(1,857)		8,273		6,539
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(482)	$	70,064	$	10,533	$	80,115
OCI before reclassifications		(457)		2,285		4,558		6,386
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		364		(11,903)		—		(11,539)
Net period OCI		(93)		(9,618)		4,558		(5,153)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	(97)	$	60,190	$	(4,197)	$	55,896
OCI before reclassifications		(538)		(4,424)		(35)		(4,997)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		398		(5,396)		—		(4,998)
Net period OCI		(140)		(9,820)		(35)		(9,995)
Balance at June 30, 2015	$	(237)	$	50,370	$	(4,232)	$	45,901
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	(604)	$	66,566	$	9,487	$	75,449
OCI before reclassifications		(708)		5,566		5,604		10,462
Amounts reclassified from AOCI		737		(11,686)		—		(10,949)
Net period OCI		29		(6,120)		5,604		(487)
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(575)	$	60,446	$	15,091	$	74,962

The reclassifications out of AOCI impacted the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 as follows (in thousands):

	Amounts Reclassified from				Amounts Reclassified from
	AOCI during the Three Months				AOCI during the Six Months				Affected Line Item
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,				in the Statements
Details about AOCI Components	2015		2014		2015		2014		of Operations
Losses on cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts	$	(194)	$	(364)	$	(398)	$	(737)	Interest expense
Unrealized gains (losses) on available for sale securities:
Interest realized upon collection		—		—		5,396		—	Interest income from investment securities
Net realized gain on sale of investments		—		11,903		—		11,899	Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net
OTTI		—		—		—		(213)	OTTI
Total		—		11,903		5,396		11,686
Total reclassifications for the period	$	(194)	$	11,539	$	4,998	$	10,949

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Segment Data (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Data

Schedule of results of operations by business segment

The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	113,928	$	4,364	$	—	$	—	$	118,292	$	—	$	118,292
Interest income from investment securities		17,050		47,272		—		—		64,322		(40,512)		23,810
Servicing fees		98		54,349		—		—		54,447		(24,293)		30,154
Rental income		—		1,478		3,536		—		5,014		—		5,014
Other revenues		334		1,301		—		—		1,635		(245)		1,390
Total revenues		131,410		108,764		3,536		—		243,710		(65,050)		178,660
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		367		18		—		26,385		26,770		51		26,821
Interest expense		20,197		2,751		877		25,974		49,799		—		49,799
General and administrative		6,083		32,626		174		2,343		41,226		178		41,404
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		224		505		4,262		(124)		4,867		—		4,867
Costs of rental operations		—		878		333		—		1,211		—		1,211
Depreciation and amortization		—		4,213		1,615		—		5,828		—		5,828
Loan loss allowance, net		2,661		—		—		—		2,661		—		2,661
Total costs and expenses		29,532		40,991		7,261		54,578		132,362		229		132,591
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		101,878		67,773		(3,725)		(54,578)		111,348		(65,279)		46,069
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		55,873		55,873
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(8,381)		—		—		(8,381)		5,729		(2,652)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		510		(3,191)		—		—		(2,681)		4,127		1,446
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		10,831		—		—		10,831		—		10,831
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		1,361		5,328		2,554		—		9,243		(292)		8,951
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		209		—		—		—		209		—		209
(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments, net		(23,954)		4,274		150		—		(19,530)		—		(19,530)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		21,181		(120)		(207)		—		20,854		—		20,854
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(629)		(629)		—		(629)
Other income, net		—		10		—		—		10		—		10
Total other (loss) income		(693)		8,751		2,497		(629)		9,926		65,437		75,363
Income (loss) before income taxes		101,185		76,524		(1,228)		(55,207)		121,274		158		121,432
Income tax provision		—		(3,792)		—		—		(3,792)		—		(3,792)
Net income (loss)		101,185		72,732		(1,228)		(55,207)		117,482		158		117,640
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(334)		—		—		—		(334)		(158)		(492)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	100,851	$	72,732	$	(1,228)	$	(55,207)	$	117,148	$	—	$	117,148

The table below presents our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing						Investing
	Lending		and Servicing						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	102,892	$	2,563	$	—	$	105,455	$	—	$	105,455
Interest income from investment securities		15,178		30,081		—		45,259		(17,639)		27,620
Servicing fees		153		57,834		—		57,987		(25,306)		32,681
Rental income		—		2,552		—		2,552		—		2,552
Other revenues		108		2,684		—		2,792		(350)		2,442
Total revenues		118,331		95,714		—		214,045		(43,295)		170,750
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		556		18		24,471		25,045		40		25,085
Interest expense		15,619		976		21,100		37,695		—		37,695
General and administrative		5,467		34,977		2,469		42,913		181		43,094
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		508		248		15		771		—		771
Costs of rental operations		—		1,674		—		1,674		—		1,674
Depreciation and amortization		—		5,154		—		5,154		—		5,154
Loan loss allowance, net		(139)		—		—		(139)		—		(139)
Other expense		66		4,286		—		4,352		—		4,352
Total costs and expenses		22,077		47,333		48,055		117,465		221		117,686
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		96,254		48,381		(48,055)		96,580		(43,516)		53,064
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		47,028		47,028
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(12,804)		—		(12,804)		7,281		(5,523)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		861		16,294		—		17,155		(12,196)		4,959
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		11,608		—		11,608		—		11,608
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		3,432		5,219		—		8,651		912		9,563
Gain on sale of investments, net		10,078		—		—		10,078		—		10,078
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(7,610)		(2,180)		—		(9,790)		—		(9,790)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		4,082		(305)		—		3,777		—		3,777
OTTI		—		(797)		—		(797)		—		(797)
Other income, net		35		657		—		692		—		692
Total other income		10,878		17,692		—		28,570		43,025		71,595
Income (loss) before income taxes		107,132		66,073		(48,055)		125,150		(491)		124,659
Income tax provision		(443)		(3,834)		—		(4,277)		—		(4,277)
Net income (loss)		106,689		62,239		(48,055)		120,873		(491)		120,382
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,005)		—		—		(3,005)		491		(2,514)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	103,684	$	62,239	$	(48,055)	$	117,868	$	—	$	117,868

The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	227,400	$	9,321	$	—	$	—	$	236,721	$	—	$	236,721
Interest income from investment securities		39,346		71,968		—		—		111,314		(59,760)		51,554
Servicing fees		182		105,297		—		—		105,479		(47,068)		58,411
Rental income		—		4,150		3,536		—		7,686		—		7,686
Other revenues		413		3,231		—		—		3,644		(507)		3,137
Total revenues		267,341		193,967		3,536		—		464,844		(107,335)		357,509
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		755		36		—		53,897		54,688		101		54,789
Interest expense		41,720		4,870		877		52,866		100,333		—		100,333
General and administrative		10,941		61,815		176		3,372		76,304		364		76,668
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		997		718		4,262		76		6,053		—		6,053
Costs of rental operations		—		2,576		333		—		2,909		—		2,909
Depreciation and amortization		—		8,298		1,615		—		9,913		—		9,913
Loan loss allowance, net		2,978		—		—		—		2,978		—		2,978
Other expense		—		375		—		—		375		—		375
Total costs and expenses		57,391		78,688		7,263		110,211		253,553		465		254,018
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		209,950		115,279		(3,727)		(110,211)		211,291		(107,800)		103,491
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,734		103,734
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(13,256)		—		—		(13,256)		9,062		(4,194)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		171		5,122		—		—		5,293		(4,346)		947
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		31,962		—		—		31,962		—		31,962
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		2,216		8,052		5,195		—		15,463		(422)		15,041
Gain on sale of investments and other assets, net		307		17,100		—		—		17,407		—		17,407
Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments, net		8,909		(3,733)		(83)		—		5,093		—		5,093
Foreign currency loss, net		(8,155)		(1,291)		(7)		—		(9,453)		—		(9,453)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		—		(5,921)		(5,921)		—		(5,921)
Other income, net		—		41		—		14		55		—		55
Total other income (loss)		3,448		43,997		5,105		(5,907)		46,643		108,028		154,671
Income (loss) before income taxes		213,398		159,276		1,378		(116,118)		257,934		228		258,162
Income tax benefit (provision)		30		(19,773)		—		—		(19,743)		—		(19,743)
Net income (loss)		213,428		139,503		1,378		(116,118)		238,191		228		238,419
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(680)		—		—		—		(680)		(228)		(908)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	212,748	$	139,503	$	1,378	$	(116,118)	$	237,511	$	—	$	237,511

The table below presents our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing				Single				Investing
	Lending		and Servicing				Family				and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Corporate		Residential		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Revenues:
Interest income from loans	$	204,979	$	5,386	$	—	$	—	$	210,365	$	—	$	210,365
Interest income from investment securities		33,467		53,089		—		—		86,556		(29,482)		57,074
Servicing fees		190		114,019		—		—		114,209		(47,317)		66,892
Rental income		—		3,135		—		—		3,135		—		3,135
Other revenues		188		5,698		—		—		5,886		(623)		5,263
Total revenues		238,824		181,327		—		—		420,151		(77,422)		342,729
Costs and expenses:
Management fees		1,183		36		51,609		—		52,828		78		52,906
Interest expense		31,445		1,927		42,154		—		75,526		—		75,526
General and administrative		10,612		74,326		3,890		—		88,828		367		89,195
Acquisition and investment pursuit costs		720		430		15		—		1,165		—		1,165
Costs of rental operations		—		2,106		—		—		2,106		—		2,106
Depreciation and amortization		—		9,790		—		—		9,790		—		9,790
Loan loss allowance, net		358		—		—		—		358		—		358
Other expense		52		5,557		—		—		5,609		—		5,609
Total costs and expenses		44,370		94,172		97,668		—		236,210		445		236,655
Income (loss) before other income, income taxes and non-controlling interests		194,454		87,155		(97,668)		—		183,941		(77,867)		106,074
Other income:
Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs		—		—		—		—		—		103,032		103,032
Change in fair value of servicing rights		—		(24,979)		—		—		(24,979)		14,205		(10,774)
Change in fair value of investment securities, net		705		53,246		—		—		53,951		(40,631)		13,320
Change in fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale, net		—		32,501		—		—		32,501		—		32,501
Earnings from unconsolidated entities		4,972		3,836		—		—		8,808		819		9,627
Gain on sale of investments, net		11,633		—		—		—		11,633		—		11,633
Loss on derivative financial instruments, net		(10,398)		(7,258)		—		—		(17,656)		—		(17,656)
Foreign currency gain (loss), net		5,643		(389)		—		—		5,254		—		5,254
OTTI		(213)		(797)		—		—		(1,010)		—		(1,010)
Other income, net		53		657		—		—		710		—		710
Total other income		12,395		56,817		—		—		69,212		77,425		146,637
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		206,849		143,972		(97,668)		—		253,153		(442)		252,711
Income tax provision		(526)		(9,371)		—		—		(9,897)		—		(9,897)
Income (loss) from continuing operations		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		—		243,256		(442)		242,814
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		—		—		—		(1,551)		(1,551)		—		(1,551)
Net income (loss)		206,323		134,601		(97,668)		(1,551)		241,705		(442)		241,263
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		(3,236)		—		—		—		(3,236)		442		(2,794)
Net income (loss) attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$	203,087	$	134,601	$	(97,668)	$	(1,551)	$	238,469	$	—	$	238,469

Schedule of condensed consolidated balance sheet by business segment

The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	158,795	$	47,694	$	1,161	$	238,072	$	445,722	$	756	$	446,478
Restricted cash		10,969		15,822		—		—		26,791		—		26,791
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,913,197		2,199		—		—		5,915,396		—		5,915,396
Loans held-for-sale		88,056		279,352		—		—		367,408		—		367,408
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		135,940		—		—		—		135,940		—		135,940
Investment securities		663,014		829,687		—		—		1,492,701		(615,463)		877,238
Properties, net		—		57,771		339,245		—		397,016		—		397,016
Intangible assets		—		170,100		42,499		—		212,599		(36,992)		175,607
Investment in unconsolidated entities		35,283		55,189		120,927		—		211,399		(7,144)		204,255
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		16,572		4,485		3,969		—		25,026		—		25,026
Accrued interest receivable		38,078		276		—		—		38,354		—		38,354
Other assets		20,084		65,478		19,459		12,918		117,939		(1,741)		116,198
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,719,092		92,719,092
Total Assets	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	16,293	$	80,485	$	15,261	$	28,493	$	140,532	$	555	$	141,087
Related-party payable		—		3,484		—		21,075		24,559		—		24,559
Dividends payable		—		—		—		115,575		115,575		—		115,575
Derivative liabilities		5,734		556		—		—		6,290		—		6,290
Secured financing agreements, net		2,379,372		294,771		245,609		659,751		3,579,503		—		3,579,503
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,315,245		1,315,245		—		1,315,245
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		137,302		—		—		—		137,302		—		137,302
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		92,046,550		92,046,550
Total Liabilities		2,538,701		379,296		260,870		2,140,139		5,319,006		92,047,105		97,366,111
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,402		2,402		—		2,402
Additional paid-in capital		2,918,478		1,174,898		262,513		(182,020)		4,173,869		—		4,173,869
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(32,464)		(32,464)		—		(32,464)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		46,668		(1,090)		323		—		45,901		—		45,901
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,564,327		113,309		3,554		(1,677,067)		4,123		—		4,123
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,529,473		1,287,117		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,193,831		—		4,193,831
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,814		2,077		—		—		13,891		11,403		25,294
Total Equity		4,541,287		1,289,194		266,390		(1,889,149)		4,207,722		11,403		4,219,125
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	7,079,988	$	1,668,490	$	527,260	$	250,990	$	9,526,728	$	92,058,508	$	101,585,236

The table below presents our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 by business segment (amounts in thousands):

			Investing								Investing
	Lending		and Servicing		Property						and Servicing
	Segment		Segment		Segment		Corporate		Subtotal		VIEs		Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	125,132	$	85,252	$	—	$	44,017	$	254,401	$	786	$	255,187
Restricted cash		34,941		13,763		—		—		48,704		—		48,704
Loans held-for-investment, net		5,771,307		7,931		—		—		5,779,238		—		5,779,238
Loans held-for-sale		—		391,620		—		—		391,620		—		391,620
Loans transferred as secured borrowings		129,427		—		—		—		129,427		—		129,427
Investment securities		764,517		753,553		—		—		1,518,070		(519,822)		998,248
Properties, net		—		39,854		—		—		39,854		—		39,854
Intangible assets		—		190,207		—		—		190,207		(46,055)		144,152
Investment in unconsolidated entities		22,537		48,693		129,475		—		200,705		(6,722)		193,983
Goodwill		—		140,437		—		—		140,437		—		140,437
Derivative assets		23,579		3,049		—		—		26,628		—		26,628
Accrued interest receivable		39,188		914		—		—		40,102		—		40,102
Other assets		21,329		61,048		—		14,739		97,116		(1,464)		95,652
VIE assets, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,816,065		107,816,065
Total Assets	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	$	23,015	$	97,424	$	—	$	23,620	$	144,059	$	457	$	144,516
Related-party payable		—		4,405		—		36,346		40,751		—		40,751
Dividends payable		—		—		—		108,189		108,189		—		108,189
Derivative liabilities		3,662		1,814		—		—		5,476		—		5,476
Secured financing agreements, net		2,252,493		222,363		—		662,933		3,137,789		—		3,137,789
Convertible senior notes, net		—		—		—		1,418,022		1,418,022		—		1,418,022
Secured borrowings on transferred loans		129,441		—		—		—		129,441		—		129,441
VIE liabilities, at fair value		—		—		—		—		—		107,232,201		107,232,201
Total Liabilities		2,408,611		326,006		—		2,249,110		4,983,727		107,232,658		112,216,385
Equity:
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity:
Common stock		—		—		—		2,248		2,248		—		2,248
Additional paid-in capital		3,126,845		1,413,608		127,299		(832,027)		3,835,725		—		3,835,725
Treasury stock		—		—		—		(23,635)		(23,635)		—		(23,635)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		55,781		115		—		—		55,896		—		55,896
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)		1,328,794		(3,408)		2,176		(1,336,940)		(9,378)		—		(9,378)
Total Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity		4,511,420		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,860,856		—		3,860,856
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries		11,926		—		—		—		11,926		10,130		22,056
Total Equity		4,523,346		1,410,315		129,475		(2,190,354)		3,872,782		10,130		3,882,912
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	6,931,957	$	1,736,321	$	129,475	$	58,756	$	8,856,509	$	107,242,788	$	116,099,297

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Loan Securitization/Sale Activities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Loan Securitization/Sale Activities

Summary of loans sold and loans transferred as secured borrowings by the Real Estate Lending segment net of expenses

The following table summarizes our loans sold and loans transferred as secured borrowings by the Lending Segment net of expenses (in thousands):

					Loan Transfers
	Loan Transfers Accounted				Accounted for as Secured
	for as Sales				Borrowings
	Face Amount		Proceeds		Face Amount		Proceeds
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	295,961	$	293,455	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		56,975		56,124		—		—
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	381,461	$	378,576	$	38,925	$	38,925
2014		204,859		202,524		—		—

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Net income	$ 117,640	$ 120,382	$ 238,419	$ 241,263
Other comprehensive income (loss) (net change by component):
Cash flow hedges	123	(93)	(140)	29
Available-for-sale securities	(1,857)	(9,618)	(9,820)	(6,120)
Foreign currency remeasurement	8,273	4,558	(35)	5,604
Other comprehensive income (loss)	6,539	(5,153)	(9,995)	(487)
Comprehensive income	124,179	115,229	228,424	240,776
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	(492)	(2,514)	(908)	(2,794)
Comprehensive income attributable to Starwood Property Trust, Inc.	$ 123,687	$ 112,715	$ 227,516	$ 237,982

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current
Federal	$ 4,245	$ 5,484	$ 15,751	$ 10,624
Foreign	1,242	1,782	2,278	3,231
State	670	929	2,625	1,799
Total current	6,157	8,195	20,654	15,654
Deferred
Federal	(1,344)	(2,344)	615	(3,048)
Foreign	(834)	(1,192)	(1,623)	(2,198)
State	(187)	(382)	97	(511)
Total deferred	(2,365)	(3,918)	(911)	(5,757)
Total income tax provision	3,792	4,277	19,743	9,897
Income Taxes
Assets owned	101,585,236		101,585,236		$ 116,099,297
Cash	446,478	$ 518,627	446,478	$ 518,627	255,187	$ 317,627
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities)	20,897		20,897		19,915
U.S.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
Reserves and accruals	13,054		13,054		13,818
Domestic intangible assets	9,661		9,661		9,617
Investment securities and loans	(2,408)		(2,408)		(2,327)
Investment in unconsolidated entities	702		702		883
Deferred income	435		435		427
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards	5,371		5,371		2,498
Valuation allowance	(5,371)		(5,371)		(2,498)
Other temporary differences (asset)	777		777		515
Net deferred tax assets	22,221		22,221		22,933
Europe
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
European servicing rights	(1,120)		(1,120)		(2,681)
Net operating and capital loss carryforwards	8,214		8,214		8,702
Valuation allowance	(8,214)		(8,214)		(8,702)
Other temporary differences (liability)	(204)		(204)		(337)
Net deferred tax liabilities	(1,324)		(1,324)		(3,018)
Investment and Servicing Segment | TRS entities
Income Taxes
Assets owned	857,900		857,900		1,000,000
Cash	$ 60,000		$ 60,000		$ 88,600

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Balance Sheet Presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment’s Variable Interest Entities

As noted above, the Investing and Servicing Segment operates an investment business that acquires unrated, investment grade and non-investment grade rated CMBS. These securities represent interests in securitization structures (commonly referred to as special purpose entities, or “SPEs”). These SPEs are structured as pass through entities that receive principal and interest on the underlying collateral and distribute those payments to the certificate holders. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), SPEs typically qualify as variable interest entities (“VIEs”). These are entities that, by design, either (1) lack sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties, or (2) have equity investors that do not have the ability to make significant decisions relating to the entity’s operations through voting rights, or do not have the obligation to absorb the expected losses, or do not have the right to receive the residual returns of the entity.

Because the Investing and Servicing Segment often serves as the special servicer of the trusts in which it invests, consolidation of these structures is required pursuant to GAAP as outlined in detail below. This results in a consolidated balance sheet which presents the gross assets and liabilities of the VIEs. The assets and other instruments held by these VIEs are restricted and can only be used to fulfill the obligations of the entity. Additionally, the obligations of the VIEs do not have any recourse to the general credit of any other consolidated entities, nor to us as the consolidator of these VIEs.

The VIE liabilities initially represent investment securities on our balance sheet (pre-consolidation). Upon consolidation of these VIEs, our associated investment securities are eliminated, as is the interest income related to those securities. Similarly, the fees we earn in our roles as special servicer of the bonds issued by the consolidated VIEs or as collateral administrator of the consolidated VIEs are also eliminated. Finally, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible associated with the eliminated fee streams is eliminated in consolidation.

Refer to the segment data in Note 22 for a presentation of the Investing and Servicing Segment without consolidation of these VIEs.

Basis of Accounting and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts and those of our consolidated subsidiaries and VIEs. Intercompany amounts have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows have been included.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “Form 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

Refer to our Form 10-K for a description of our recurring accounting policies. We have included disclosure in this Note 2 regarding principles of consolidation and other accounting policies that (i) are required to be disclosed quarterly, (ii) we view as critical, or (iii) became significant since December 31, 2014 due to a corporate action or increase in the significance of the underlying business activity.

Variable Interest Entities

We evaluate all of our interests in VIEs for consolidation. When our interests are determined to be variable interests, we assess whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is required to consolidate the VIE. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation, defines the primary beneficiary as the party that has both (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the VIE which could be potentially significant. We consider our variable interests as well as any variable interests of our related parties in making this determination. Where both of these factors are present, we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and we consolidate the VIE. Where either one of these factors is not present, we are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate the VIE.

To assess whether we have the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, we consider all facts and circumstances, including our role in establishing the VIE and our ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes first, identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and second, identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. In general, the parties that make the most significant decisions affecting the VIE or have the right to unilaterally remove those decision makers are deemed to have the power to direct the activities of a VIE.

To assess whether we have the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE, we consider all of our economic interests, including debt and equity investments, servicing fees, and other arrangements deemed to be variable interests in the VIE. This assessment requires that we apply judgment in determining whether these interests, in the aggregate, are considered potentially significant to the VIE. Factors considered in assessing significance include: the design of the VIE, including its capitalization structure; subordination of interests; payment priority; relative share of interests held across various classes within the VIE’s capital structure; and the reasons why the interests are held by us.

Our purchased investment securities include CMBS which are unrated and non-investment grade rated securities issued by CMBS trusts. In certain cases, we may contract to provide special servicing activities for these CMBS trusts, or, as holder of the controlling class, we may have the right to name and remove the special servicer for these trusts. In our role as special servicer, we provide services on defaulted loans within the trusts, such as foreclosure or work-out procedures, as permitted by the underlying contractual agreements. In exchange for these services, we receive a fee. These rights give us the ability to direct activities that could significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. However, in those instances where an unrelated third party has the right to unilaterally remove us as special servicer, we do not have the power to direct activities that most significantly impact the trust’s economic performance. We evaluated all of our positions in such investments for consolidation.

For VIEs in which we are determined to be the primary beneficiary, all of the underlying assets, liabilities and equity of the structures are recorded on our books, and the initial investment, along with any associated unrealized holding gains and losses, are eliminated in consolidation. Similarly, the interest income earned from these structures, as well as the fees paid by these trusts to us in our capacity as special servicer, are eliminated in consolidation. Further, an allocable portion of the identified servicing intangible asset associated with the servicing fee streams, and the corresponding allocable amortization or change in fair value of the servicing intangible asset, are also eliminated in consolidation.

We perform ongoing reassessments of: (1) whether any entities previously evaluated under the majority voting interest framework have become VIEs, based on certain events, and therefore subject to the VIE consolidation framework, and (2) whether changes in the facts and circumstances regarding our involvement with a VIE causes our consolidation conclusion regarding the VIE to change.

We elect the fair value option for initial and subsequent recognition of the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs.  Interest income and interest expense associated with these VIEs are no longer relevant on a standalone basis because these amounts are already reflected in the fair value changes.  We have elected to present these items in a single line on our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The residual difference shown on our condensed consolidated statements of operations in the line item “Change in net assets related to consolidated VIEs” represents our beneficial interest in the VIEs.

We separately present the assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs as individual line items on our consolidated balance sheets.  The assets of our consolidated VIEs consist of loans and foreclosed loans which have been temporarily converted into real estate owned.  These assets are presented in the aggregate because they are similar in nature and can only be used to settle the obligations of our consolidated VIEs. Because the VIE liabilities are more reliably measurable than the VIE assets, our current measurement methodology utilizes this value to determine the fair value of our VIE assets as a whole.  Due to the inherent limitations and difficulties involved in valuing individual loans and real estate owned within this type of VIE structure, separately presenting the two different asset categories would result in an arbitrary assignment of value to each, with one asset category representing a residual amount, as opposed to its fair value.  However, as a pool, the fair value of the assets is equal to the fair value of the liabilities.  Further, it is important to understand that the VIE bondholders could not access these assets individually. 

The liabilities of our consolidated VIEs represent obligations to the bondholders of the related CMBS trusts. There is no recourse to the general credit of the Company for the obligations of our consolidated VIEs.

Convertible Senior Notes

ASC 470, Debt, requires the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion to be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. ASC 470-20 requires that the initial proceeds from the sale of these notes be allocated between a liability component and an equity component in a manner that reflects interest expense at the interest rate of similar nonconvertible debt that could have been issued by the Company at such time. The equity components of the convertible notes have been reflected within additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the period during which the convertible notes are expected to be outstanding (the maturity date) as additional non-cash interest expense.

Upon repurchase of convertible debt instruments, ASC 470-20 requires the issuer to allocate total settlement consideration inclusive of transaction costs amongst the liability and equity components of the instrument based on the fair value of the liability component immediately prior to repurchase.  The difference between the settlement consideration allocated to the liability component and the net carrying value of the liability component including unamortized debt issuance costs is recognized as gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The remaining settlement consideration allocated to the equity component is recognized as a reduction of additional paid-in capital in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. 

Discontinued Operations

On January 31, 2014, we completed the spin-off of our former SFR segment to our stockholders as discussed in Note 3.  In accordance with ASC 205, Presentation of Financial Statements, the results of the SFR segment are presented within discontinued operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Fair Value Option

The guidance in ASC 825, Financial Instruments, provides a fair value option election that allows entities to make an irrevocable election of fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain eligible financial assets and liabilities. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The decision to elect the fair value option is determined on an instrument by instrument basis and must be applied to an entire instrument and is irrevocable once elected. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value pursuant to this guidance are required to be reported separately in our consolidated balance sheets from those instruments using another accounting method.

We have elected the fair value option for eligible financial assets and liabilities of our consolidated VIEs, loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform, purchased CMBS issued by VIEs we could consolidate in the future and certain investments in marketable equity securities. The fair value elections for VIE and securitization related items were made in order to mitigate accounting mismatches between the carrying value of the instruments and the related assets and liabilities that we consolidate at fair value. The fair value elections for mortgage loans held-for-sale originated by the Investing and Servicing Segment’s conduit platform were made due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The fair value elections for investments in marketable equity securities were made because the shares are listed on an exchange, which allows us to determine the fair value using a quoted price from an active market.

Fair Value Measurements

We measure our mortgage‑backed securities, derivative assets and liabilities, domestic servicing rights intangible asset and any assets or liabilities where we have elected the fair value option at fair value. When actively quoted observable prices are not available, we either use implied pricing from similar assets and liabilities or valuation models based on net present values of estimated future cash flows, adjusted as appropriate for liquidity, credit, market and/or other risk factors.

As discussed above, we measure the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs at fair value pursuant to our election of the fair value option. The VIEs in which we invest are “static”; that is, no reinvestment is permitted, and there is no active management of the underlying assets. In determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the VIE, we maximize the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. We also acknowledge that our principal market for selling CMBS assets is the securitization market where the market participant is considered to be a CMBS trust or a collateralized debt obligation (“CDO”). This methodology results in the fair value of the assets of a static CMBS trust being equal to the fair value of its liabilities. Refer to Note 19 for further information regarding our fair value measurements.

Loans Receivable and Provision for Loan Losses

In our Lending Segment we purchase and originate commercial real estate debt and related instruments generally to be held as long-term investments at amortized cost. We are required to periodically evaluate each of these loans for possible impairment. Impairment is indicated when it is deemed probable that we will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan. If a loan is determined to be impaired, we write down the loan through a charge to the provision for loan losses. Actual losses, if any, could ultimately differ from these estimates.

We perform a quarterly review of our portfolio of loans. In connection with this review, we assess the performance of each loan and assign a risk rating based on several factors including risk of loss, loan-to-value ratio, or LTV, collateral performance, structure, exit plan, and sponsorship. Loans are rated “1” through “5”, from less risk to greater risk in connection with this review.

Intangible Lease Assets

In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the acquirer in a business combination must recognize, with certain exceptions, the fair values of assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and non-controlling interests when the acquisition constitutes a change in control of the acquired entity.  In connection with the Ireland portfolio acquisition (refer to Note 3 for further discussion), we recognized intangible lease assets and liabilities associated with certain noncancelable operating leases of the acquired properties. These intangible lease assets and liabilities include in-place lease intangible assets, favorable lease intangible assets and unfavorable lease liabilities.  In-place lease intangible assets reflect the acquired benefit of purchasing properties with in-place leases and are measured based on estimates of direct costs associated with leasing the property and lost rental income during projected lease-up and free rent periods, both of which are avoided due to the presence of in-place leases at the acquisition date. Favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities reflect the terms of in-place tenant leases being either favorable or unfavorable relative to market terms at the acquisition date.  The estimated fair values of our favorable and unfavorable lease assets and liabilities at the respective acquisition dates represent the discounted cash flow differential between the contractual cash flows of such leases and the estimated cash flows that comparable leases at market terms would generate. Our intangible lease assets and liabilities are recognized within intangible assets and other liabilities, respectively, in our condensed consolidated balance sheet.  Our in-place lease intangible assets are amortized to amortization expense while our favorable and unfavorable lease intangible assets and liabilities are amortized to rental income, both over the remaining noncancelable term of the respective leases on a straight-line basis.

Properties

Our properties consist of commercial real estate properties held-for-investment and are recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairments, if any.  Properties consist of land, buildings and improvements.  Land is not depreciated, and buildings and improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  Ordinary repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred; major replacements and betterments are capitalized and depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.  We review properties for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability is determined by comparing the carrying amount of the property to the undiscounted future net cash flows it is expected to generate. If such carrying amounts exceed the expected undiscounted future net cash flows, we adjust the carrying amount of the property to its estimated fair value.

Revenue Recognition

Rental Income

Rental income is recognized when earned from tenants. For leases that provide rent concessions or fixed escalations over the lease term, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the noncancelable term of the lease.  In net lease arrangements, costs reimbursable from tenants are recognized in rental income in the period in which the related expenses are incurred as we are generally the primary obligor with respect to purchasing goods and services for property operations.

Acquisition and Investment Pursuit Costs

Costs incurred in connection with acquiring properties, investments, loans and businesses, as well as in pursuing unsuccessful acquisitions and investments, are recorded within acquisition and investment pursuit costs in our condensed consolidated statements of operations when incurred.  These costs reflect services performed by third parties and principally include due diligence and legal services.

Earnings Per Share

We present both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) amounts in our financial statements.  Basic EPS excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the maximum potential dilution that could occur from (i) our share-based compensation, consisting of unvested restricted stock (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”), (ii) contingently issuable shares to our Manager, and (iii) the “in-the-money” conversion options associated with our outstanding convertible notes (see further discussion in Note 17). Potential dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation if they have an anti-dilutive effect in the period.

The Company’s unvested RSUs and RSAs contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends and thus are participating securities.  Due to the existence of these participating securities, the two-class method of computing EPS is required, unless another method is determined to be more dilutive. Under the two-class method, undistributed earnings are reallocated between shares of common stock and participating securities.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the two-class method resulted in the most dilutive EPS calculation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant and subjective estimate that we make is the projection of cash flows we expect to receive on our loans, investment securities and intangible assets, which has a significant impact on the amounts of interest income, credit losses (if any), and fair values that we record and/or disclose. In addition, the fair value of financial assets and liabilities that are estimated using a discounted cash flows method is significantly impacted by the rates at which we estimate market participants would discount the expected cash flows.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to our current period presentation.  In that regard, we have reclassified $39.9 million of commercial real estate properties from other assets to properties, net on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014.  Additionally, revenues of $2.6 million and $3.1 million previously reported in other revenue have been reclassified to rental income in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.  Expenses of $1.7 million and $2.1 million previously reported in other expense have been reclassified to costs of rental operations in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively.

Recent Accounting Developments

On February 18, 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which amends the criteria for determining which entities are considered VIEs, amends the criteria for determining if a service provider possesses a variable interest in a VIE and ends the deferral granted to investment companies for application of the VIE consolidation model. The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early application is permitted. We are in the process of assessing what impact this ASU will have on the Company. 

On April 7, 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), which requires entities to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts, rather than as a separate deferred asset as the previous guidance required.  The ASU is effective for annual periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2015.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which establishes key principles by which an entity determines the amount and timing of revenue recognized from customer contracts.  At issuance, the ASU was effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016. On July 9, 2015, the FASB decided to delay the effective date of this ASU by one year, resulting in the ASU becoming effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2017.  Early application, which was not permissible under the initial effectiveness timeline, is now permissible though no earlier than as of the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2016.  We do not expect the application of this ASU to materially impact the Company.

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Investment Securities (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) item
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ 877,238		$ 877,238		$ 998,248
Purchases	80,176	$ 43,563	147,423	$ 53,453
Sales	385	66,784	5,098	94,578
Principal collections	236,037	10,887	$ 247,774	19,114
Number of CMBS classified as HTM | item			6		6
Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	1,492,701		$ 1,492,701		$ 1,518,070
Available-for-sale
Investment Securities
Purchase Amortized Cost	252,866		252,866		257,418
Credit OTTI	(10,184)		(10,184)		(10,197)
Recorded Amortized Cost	242,682		242,682		247,221
Non-Credit OTTI	(148)		(148)		(197)
Gross Unrealized Gains	50,544		50,544		60,378
Net Fair Value Adjustment	50,396		50,396		60,181
Fair Value	$ 293,078		$ 293,078		$ 307,402
Description of variable rate basis			one-month LIBOR		one-month LIBOR
Effective variable rate basis (as a percent)	0.187%		0.187%		0.171%
Fair value option | VIE eliminations
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ (615,463)		$ (615,463)		$ (519,822)
Held-to-maturity
Investment Securities
Purchases	79,926		138,435
Principal collections	228,910		228,935
Held-to-maturity | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ 354,534		354,534		$ 441,995
RMBS
Investment Securities
Description of variable rate basis	LIBOR				LIBOR
Portion of securities with variable rate	$ 134,200		134,200
Changes to non accretable difference
Settlement received on sales of investment securities				44,400
RMBS | Available-for-sale
Investment Securities
Sales		53,236		62,546
Principal collections	7,127	10,466	18,614	18,285
Purchase Amortized Cost	158,594		158,594		$ 163,733
Credit OTTI	(10,184)		(10,184)		(10,197)
Recorded Amortized Cost	148,410		148,410		153,536
Non-Credit OTTI	(148)		(148)		(197)
Gross Unrealized Gains	44,888		44,888		53,714
Net Fair Value Adjustment	44,740		44,740		53,517
Fair Value	$ 193,150		$ 193,150		207,053
Portion of securities with variable rate					$ 140,100
Portion of securities with variable rate (as a percent)	69.50%		69.50%		67.70%
Variable rate, weighted average spread (as a percent)			0.44%		0.44%
Principal balance	$ 251,203		$ 251,203		$ 270,783
Accretable yield	(74,184)		(74,184)		(85,495)
Non-accretable difference	(28,609)		(28,609)		(31,752)
Total discount	(102,793)		(102,793)		(117,247)
Amortized cost	148,410		148,410		153,536
Credit deteriorated RMBS	211,900		211,900		222,900
Accretable yield related to credit deteriorated RMBS	62,100		62,100		66,600
Changes to accretable yield
Balance at the beginning of the period	82,242			85,495	85,495
Accretion of discount	(4,042)		(13,487)
Principal write-downs	(425)		(967)
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference	(4,016)		2,176
Balance at the end of the period	74,184		74,184
Changes to non accretable difference
Balance at the beginning of the period	25,018			31,752	$ 31,752
Accretion of discount	(4,042)		(13,487)
Principal write-downs	(425)		(967)
Transfer to/from non-accretable difference	4,016		(2,176)
Balance at the end of the period	$ 28,609		$ 28,609
RMBS | Available-for-sale | B-
Investment Securities
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	1.20%		1.20%		1.10%
WAL			6 years 4 months 24 days		5 years 9 months 18 days
RMBS | Available-for-sale | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ 193,150		$ 193,150		$ 207,053
CMBS | Available-for-sale
Investment Securities
Principal collections		421	224	829
Purchase Amortized Cost	94,272		94,272		93,685
Recorded Amortized Cost	94,272		94,272		93,685
Gross Unrealized Gains	5,656		5,656		6,664
Net Fair Value Adjustment	5,656		5,656		6,664
Fair Value	99,928		99,928		100,349
Portion of securities with variable rate	0		0		$ 200
Portion of securities with variable rate (as a percent)					0.20%
Principal balance	94,272		94,272		$ 93,685
Amortized cost	$ 94,272		$ 94,272		$ 93,685
CMBS | Available-for-sale | BB+
Investment Securities
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	11.60%		11.60%		11.60%
WAL			2 months 12 days		3 years 2 months 12 days
CMBS | Available-for-sale | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ 99,928		$ 99,928		$ 100,349
CMBS | Fair value option
Investment Securities
Purchases	250	43,563	8,988	53,453
Sales	$ 385	$ 13,548	5,098	$ 32,032
Principal collections			$ 1
Weighted Average Coupon (as a percent)	3.60%		3.60%		3.90%
WAL			7 years 9 months 18 days		7 years 8 months 12 days
CMBS | Fair value option | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	$ 829,687		$ 829,687		$ 753,553
Equity security | Fair value option | Before consolidation of securitization VIEs
Investment Securities
Investment securities	15,402		15,402		15,120
CMBS, fair value option
Investment Securities
Amount not rated	$ 36,800		$ 36,800		$ 41,700

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Interest expense	$ (49,799)	$ (37,695)	$ (100,333)	$ (75,526)
Interest income from investment securities	23,810	27,620	51,554	57,074
OTTI		(797)		(1,010)
Net income	117,640	120,382	238,419	241,263
Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Net income	(194)	11,539	4,998	10,949
Effective Portion of Cumulative Loss on Cash Flow Hedges | Interest rate contracts | Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Interest expense	$ (194)	(364)	(398)	(737)
Cumulative Unrealized Gain on Available-for-Sale Securities | Amounts Reclassified from AOCI
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Interest income from investment securities			5,396
Gain on sale of investments, net		11,903		11,899
OTTI				(213)
Net income		$ 11,903	$ 5,396	$ 11,686

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Derivatives and Hedging Activity (Details) - Jun. 30, 2015 € in Millions, £ in Millions, SEK in Millions, NOK in Millions, DKK in Millions, $ in Millions	SEK instrument	SEK instrument	NOK instrument	GBP (£) instrument	EUR (€) instrument	DKK instrument	USD ($) instrument
Interest rate swap | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Notional amount of derivative instruments | $							$ 90.4
Fixed monthly coupons at fixed rate, low end of range (as a percent)	0.56%	0.56%	0.56%	0.56%	0.56%	0.56%	0.56%
Fixed monthly coupons at fixed rate, high end of range (as a percent)	2.23%	2.23%	2.23%	2.23%	2.23%	2.23%	2.23%
Amount expected to be reclassified from other comprehensive income to interest expense over the next twelve months | $							$ 0.5
Hedging period for covering exposure to the variability in future cash flows		71 months
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	59	59	59	59	59	59	59
Notional amount of derivative instruments | $							$ 396.4
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long | Minimum
Derivatives
Maturity period		1 year
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Long | Maximum
Derivatives
Maturity period	10 years
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Notional amount of derivative instruments | $							$ 9.0
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Short | Minimum
Derivatives
Maturity period		1 year
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Short | Maximum
Derivatives
Maturity period		2 years
Interest rate swap | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Notional amount of derivative instruments | €					€ 220.5
Maturity period		5 years
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | GBP | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	64	64	64	64	64	64	64
Notional amount of derivative instruments | £				£ 301.5
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	68	68	68	68	68	68	68
Notional amount of derivative instruments | €					€ 287.5
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SEK | Long
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Notional amount of derivative instruments | SEK	SEK 4.1	SEK 4.1
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SEK | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Notional amount of derivative instruments | SEK	SEK 19.7	SEK 19.7
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | NOK | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Notional amount of derivative instruments | NOK			NOK 1.3
Foreign exchange contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | DKK | Short
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Notional amount of derivative instruments | DKK						DKK 3.2
Credit spread instrument | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Derivatives
Number of derivative instruments held	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Notional amount of derivative instruments | $							$ 40.0

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Fair Value

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Fair Value

Fair Value

19. Fair Value

GAAP establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs utilized in measuring financial assets and liabilities at fair value. GAAP establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The three levels of the hierarchy are described below:

Level I—Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

Level II—Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level I) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

Level III—Inputs reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. Consideration is given to the risk inherent in the valuation technique and the risk inherent in the inputs to the model.

Valuation Process

We have valuation control processes in place to validate the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value including those derived from pricing models. These control processes are designed to assure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible.  Refer to Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our valuation process.

We determine the fair value of our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring and nonrecurring basis in accordance with the methodology described in our Form 10-K.

The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	$	—	$	—	$	279,352
RMBS		193,150		—		—		193,150
CMBS		314,152		—		—		314,152
Equity security		15,402		15,402		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		128,109		—		—		128,109
Derivative assets		25,026		—		25,026		—
VIE assets		92,719,092		—		—		92,719,092
Total	$	93,674,283	$	15,402	$	25,026	$	93,633,855
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	6,290	$	—	$	6,290	$	—
VIE liabilities		92,046,550		—		89,935,539		2,111,011
Total	$	92,052,840	$	—	$	89,941,829	$	2,111,011

	December 31, 2014
	Total		Level I		Level II		Level III
Financial Assets:
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	391,620	$	—	$	—	$	391,620
RMBS		207,053		—		—		207,053
CMBS		334,080		—		—		334,080
Equity security		15,120		15,120		—		—
Domestic servicing rights		132,303		—		—		132,303
Derivative assets		26,628		—		26,628		—
VIE assets		107,816,065		—		—		107,816,065
Total	$	108,922,869	$	15,120	$	26,628	$	108,881,121
Financial Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	5,476	$	—	$	5,476	$	—
VIE liabilities		107,232,201		—		102,339,081		4,893,120
Total	$	107,237,677	$	—	$	102,344,557	$	4,893,120

The changes in financial assets and liabilities classified as Level III were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2015 balance	$	343,770	$	197,385	$	308,195	$	130,761	$	103,363,978	$	(2,145,458)	$	102,198,631
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		10,831		—		936		(2,652)		(8,425,383)		490,913		(7,925,355)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		4,042		—		—		—		—		4,042
Included in OCI		—		(1,150)		5,019		—		—		—		3,869
Purchases / Originations		476,699		—		250		—		—		—		476,949
Sales		(551,634)		—		(385)		—		—		—		(552,019)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(750)		(750)
Cash repayments / receipts		(314)		(7,127)		—		—		—		27,051		19,610
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(623,538)		(623,538)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		174,376		174,376
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		1,244,019		(34,133)		1,209,886
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,463,522)		528		(3,462,857)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	4,042	$	1,097	$	(2,652)	$	(8,425,383)	$	490,913	$	(7,934,365)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Three Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
April 1, 2014 balance	$	74,117	$	291,217	$	240,665	$	144,898	$	118,451,518	$	(3,482,922)	$	115,719,493
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		11,546		10,130		4,393		(5,523)		(3,332,084)		(1,664)		(3,313,202)
Net accretion		—		3,323		—		—		—		—		3,323
Included in OCI		—		(9,363)		2,740		—		—		—		(6,623)
Purchases / Originations		320,566		—		42,740		—		—		—		363,306
Sales		(251,612)		(53,236)		(13,457)		—		—		—		(318,305)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(25,995)		(25,995)
Cash repayments / receipts		(205)		(10,466)		(421)		—		—		50,984		39,892
Transfers into Level III		—		—		5,480		—		—		(1,983,525)		(1,978,045)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		(1,057)		—		293,115		292,058
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		—		—		3,720,885		(68,772)		3,652,113
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(4,749,161)		32,654		(4,716,286)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	2,804	$	4,513	$	(5,523)	$	(3,332,084)	$	(1,664)	$	(3,331,266)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2015	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2015 balance	$	391,620	$	207,053	$	334,080	$	132,303	$	107,816,065	$	(4,893,120)	$	103,988,001
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		31,962		—		776		(4,194)		(17,273,237)		2,951,583		(14,293,110)
OTTI		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Net accretion		—		13,487		—		—		—		—		13,487
Included in OCI		—		(8,776)		(198)		—		—		—		(8,974)
Purchases / Originations		889,919		—		8,988		—		—		—		898,907
Sales		(1,033,644)		—		(5,098)		—		—		—		(1,038,742)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(7,513)		(7,513)
Cash repayments / receipts		(505)		(18,614)		(223)		—		—		74,988		55,646
Transfers into Level III		—		—		—		—		—		(816,018)		(816,018)
Transfers out of Level III		—		—		—		—		—		723,746		723,746
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(24,310)		—		5,657,627		(145,205)		5,488,112
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		137		—		(3,481,363)		528		(3,480,698)
June 30, 2015 balance	$	279,352	$	193,150	$	314,152	$	128,109	$	92,719,092	$	(2,111,011)	$	91,522,844
Amount of total (losses) gains  included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2015	$	(2,382)	$	7,994	$	981	$	(4,194)	$	(17,273,237)	$	2,951,583	$	(14,319,255)

							Domestic
	Loans						Servicing				VIE
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014	Held‑for‑sale		RMBS		CMBS		Rights		VIE Assets		Liabilities		Total
January 1, 2014 balance	$	206,672	$	296,236	$	208,006	$	150,149	$	103,151,624	$	(1,597,984)	$	102,414,703
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings:
Change in fair value / gain on sale		32,439		11,141		9,600		(10,774)		(7,013,623)		99,837		(6,871,380)
OTTI		—		(213)		—		—		—		—		(213)
Net accretion		—		9,887		—		—		—		—		9,887
Included in OCI		—		(4,615)		2,207		—		—		—		(2,408)
Purchases / Originations		582,391		—		46,571		—		—		—		628,962
Sales		(554,073)		(62,546)		(29,301)		—		—		—		(645,920)
Issuances		—		—		—		—		—		(71,756)		(71,756)
Cash repayments / receipts		(297)		(18,285)		(829)		—		—		86,349		66,938
Transfers into Level III		—		—		52,780		—		—		(2,555,137)		(2,502,357)
Transfers out of Level III		(112,720)		—		(179)		(1,057)		—		712,856		598,900
Consolidations of VIEs		—		—		(6,715)		—		23,991,532		(1,892,944)		22,091,873
Deconsolidations of VIEs		—		—		221		—		(6,038,375)		32,654		(6,005,500)
June 30, 2014 balance	$	154,412	$	231,605	$	282,361	$	138,318	$	114,091,158	$	(5,186,125)	$	109,711,729
Amount of total gains (losses) included in earnings attributable to assets still held at June 30, 2014	$	688	$	7,971	$	9,018	$	(10,774)	$	(7,013,623)	$	99,837	$	(6,906,883)

Amounts were transferred from Level II to Level III due to a decrease in the observable relevant market activity and amounts were transferred from Level III to Level II due to an increase in the observable relevant market activity.

The following table presents the fair values (all Level III) of our financial instruments not carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets (amounts in thousands):

	June 30, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
	Value		Value		Value		Value
Financial assets not carried at fair value:
Loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale and loans transferred as secured borrowings	$	6,139,392	$	6,259,610	$	5,908,665	$	6,034,838
Securities, held-to-maturity		354,534		353,811		441,995		440,629
European servicing rights		4,999		8,804		11,849		12,741
Financial liabilities not carried at fair value:
Secured financing agreements and secured borrowings on transferred loans	$	3,716,805	$	3,711,026	$	3,267,230		3,251,035
Convertible senior notes		1,315,245		1,354,957		1,418,022		1,444,975

The following is quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs in our Level III measurements for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis (dollar amounts in thousands):

	Carrying Value at		Valuation	Unobservable	Range as of (1)
	June 30, 2015		Technique	Input	June 30, 2015	December 31, 2014
Loans held-for-sale, fair value option	$	279,352	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	4.4% - 5.2%	4.2% - 4.9%
				Duration (c)	10.0 years	5.0 - 10.0 years
RMBS		193,150	Discounted cash flow	Constant prepayment rate (a)	2.5% - 14.9%	1.2% - 15.9%
				Constant default rate (b)	1.0% - 8.7%	1.1% - 8.9%
				Loss severity (b)	11% - 80% (e)	15% - 80% (e)
				Delinquency rate (c)	2% - 29%	2% - 43%
				Servicer advances (a)	30% - 92%	14% - 75%
				Annual coupon deterioration (b)	0% - 0.5%	0% - 0.6%
				Putback amount per projected total collateral loss (d)	0% - 11%	0% - 11%
CMBS		314,152	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 207.8%	0% - 421.4%
				Duration (c)	0 - 13.5 years	0 - 11.8 years
Domestic servicing rights		128,109	Discounted cash flow	Debt yield (a)	8.25%	8.25%
				Discount rate (b)	15%	15%
				Control migration (b)	0% - 80%	0% - 80%
VIE assets		92,719,092	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years
VIE liabilities		2,111,011	Discounted cash flow	Yield (b)	0% - 889.4%	0% - 925.0%
				Duration (c)	0 - 19.1 years	0 - 21.0 years

(1) The ranges of significant unobservable inputs are represented in percentages and years.

Sensitivity of the Fair Value to Changes in the Unobservable Inputs

(a) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.

(b) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement.

(c) Significant increase (decrease) in the unobservable input in isolation would result in either a significantly lower or higher (lower or higher) fair value measurement depending on the structural features of the security in question.

(d) Any delay in the putback recovery date leads to a decrease in fair value, for the majority of securities in our RMBS portfolio.

(e) 82% and 85% of the portfolio falls within a range of 45%-80% as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

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Related-Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Related-Party Transactions
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod						1,177,659
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan
Related-Party Transactions
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod						675,000
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan | Restricted stock units
Related-Party Transactions
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	675,000	2,000,000	875,000
Manager
Related-Party Transactions
Base management fee incurred				$ 14.9	$ 13.6	$ 28.8	$ 26.8
Base management fee payable				14.9		14.9		$ 13.9
Incentive fee incurred				4.1	4.1	10.8	11.3
Incentive fees payable				4.2		4.2		18.9
Executive compensation and other reimbursable expenses				1.5	2.0	2.9	3.9
Executive compensation and other reimbursable expense payable				2.0		2.0		$ 3.4
Manager | Starwood Property Trust, Inc. Manager Equity Plan | Restricted stock units
Related-Party Transactions
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod	675,000	2,489,281
Share-based compensation expense				$ 7.4	$ 6.8	$ 14.3	$ 13.6

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Label	Element	Value
European Servicing Rights [Member]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsFairValueDisclosure	$ 12.7

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Schedule of summary of intangibles assets

The following table summarizes our intangible assets, which are comprised of servicing rights intangibles and lease intangibles, as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	As of June 30, 2015						As of December 31, 2014
	Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross Carrying		Accumulated		Net Carrying
	Value		Amortization		Value		Value		Amortization		Value
Domestic servicing rights, at fair value	$	128,109	$	—	$	128,109	$	132,303	$	—	$	132,303
European servicing rights (1)		33,681		(28,682)		4,999		33,392		(21,543)		11,849
In-place lease intangible assets		37,250		(691)		36,559		—		—		—
Favorable lease intangible assets		6,051		(111)		5,940		—		—		—
Total net intangible assets	$	205,091	$	(29,484)	$	175,607	$	165,695	$	(21,543)	$	144,152

The fair value as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 was $8.8 million and $12.7 million, respectively.

Summary of activity within intangible assets

The following table summarizes the activity within intangible assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 (in thousands):

	Domestic		European		In-place Lease		Favorable Lease
	Servicing		Servicing		Intangible		Intangible
	Rights		Rights		Assets		Assets		Total
Balance as of January 1, 2015	$	132,303	$	11,849	$	—	$	—	$	144,152
Acquisition of Ireland Portfolio		—		—		37,179		6,038		43,217
Amortization		—		(6,747)		(691)		(111)		(7,549)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain		—		(103)		71		13		(19)
Changes in fair value due to changes in inputs and assumptions		(4,194)		—		—		—		(4,194)
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	128,109	$	4,999	$	36,559	$	5,940	$	175,607

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Derivatives and Hedging Activity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Derivatives and Hedging Activity

12. Derivatives and Hedging Activity

Risk Management Objective of Using Derivatives

We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. Refer to Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for further discussion of our risk management objectives and policies.

Designated Hedges

Our objective in using interest rate derivatives is to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, we primarily use interest rate swaps as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for us making fixed-rate payments over the life of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount.

In connection with our repurchase agreements, we have entered into eight outstanding interest rate swaps that have been designated as cash flow hedges of the interest rate risk associated with forecasted interest payments. As of June 30, 2015, the aggregate notional amount of our interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk totaled $90.4 million. Under these agreements, we will pay fixed monthly coupons at fixed rates ranging from 0.56% to 2.23% of the notional amount to the counterparty and receive floating rate LIBOR. Our interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk have maturities ranging from November 2015 to May 2021.

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in AOCI and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 we did not recognize any hedge ineffectiveness in earnings.

Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the associated variable-rate debt. Over the next twelve months, we estimate that an additional $0.5 million will be reclassified as an increase to interest expense. We are hedging our exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions over a maximum period of 71 months.

Non-designated Hedges

Derivatives not designated as hedges are derivatives that do not meet the criteria for hedge accounting under GAAP or which we have not elected to designate as hedges. We do not use these derivatives for speculative purposes but instead they are used to manage our exposure to foreign exchange rates, interest rate changes, and certain credit spreads. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.

We have entered into a series of forward contracts whereby we agreed to sell an amount of foreign currency for an agreed upon amount of USD at various dates through June 2020. These forward contracts were executed to economically fix the USD amounts of foreign denominated cash flows expected to be received by us related to foreign denominated investments.

As of June 30, 2015, we had 68 foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell Euros (“EUR”) with total notional amounts of €287.5 million, 64 foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell pounds sterling (“GBP”) with total notional amounts of £301.5 million, two foreign exchange forward derivatives to sell Swedish Krona (“SEK”) with total notional amounts of SEK 19.7 million, one foreign exchange forward derivative to buy SEK with a notional amount of SEK 4.1million, one foreign exchange forward derivative to sell Norwegian Krone (“NOK”) with a notional amount of NOK 1.3 million and one foreign exchange forward to sell Danish Krone (“DKK”) with a notional amount of DKK 3.2 million that were not designated as hedges in qualifying hedging relationships. Also as of June 30, 2015, there were 59 interest rate swaps where the Company is paying fixed rates, with maturities ranging from 1 to 10 years and total notional amounts of $396.4 million, two interest rate swaps where the Company is receiving fixed rates with maturities ranging from one to two years and total notional amounts of $9.0 million, one interest rate cap with a term of five years and a total notional amount of €220.5 million and 11 credit index instruments with a total notional amount of $40.0 million. 

Included in the above discussion of our non-designated derivative holdings as of June 30, 2015 are 40 foreign exchange contracts executed to hedge our Euro currency exposure created by our acquisition of the Ireland Portfolio.  As of June 30, 2015, these contracts have an aggregate notional of $216.4 million and varying maturities through June 2020.

The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):

	Fair Value of Derivatives in an				Fair Value of Derivatives in a
	Asset Position(1) As of				Liability Position(2) As of
	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014		June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps	$	38	$	138	$	276	$	235
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments		38		138		276		235
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Interest rate swaps and caps		4,075		1,128		2,494		5,216
Foreign exchange contracts		19,854		24,388		3,520		15
Credit index instruments		1,059		974		—		10
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments		24,988		26,490		6,014		5,241
Total derivatives	$	25,026	$	26,628	$	6,290	$	5,476

(1) Classified as derivative assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Classified as derivative liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The tables below present the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (amounts in thousands):

			Gain (Loss)
	Gain (Loss)		Reclassified		Gain (Loss)
Derivatives Designated as	Recognized		from AOCI		Recognized
Hedging Instruments	in OCI		into Income		in Income		Location of Gain (Loss)
For the Three Months Ended June 30,	(effective portion)		(effective portion)		(ineffective portion)		Recognized in Income
2015	$	(71)	$	(194)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(457)	$	(364)	$	—	Interest expense
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
2015	$	(538)	$	(398)	$	—	Interest expense
2014	$	(708)	$	(737)	$	—	Interest expense

		Amount of Gain (Loss)				Amount of Gain (Loss)
		Recognized in Income for the				Recognized in Income for the
Derivatives Not Designated	Location of Gain (Loss)	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
as Hedging Instruments	Recognized in Income	2015		2014		2015		2014
Interest rate swaps and caps	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments	$	7,958	$	(2,314)	$	(4,964)	$	(6,511)
Foreign exchange contracts	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		(27,799)		(6,965)		10,172		(10,012)
Credit index instruments	Gain (loss) on derivative financial instruments		311		(511)		(115)		(1,133)
		$	(19,530)	$	(9,790)	$	5,093	$	(17,656)