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Offsetting of Assets and Liabilities (Details) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Securities Collateral Relating To Repurchase Agreements $ 1,390,000,000earn_SecuritiesCollateralRelatingToRepurchaseAgreements $ 1,360,000,000earn_SecuritiesCollateralRelatingToRepurchaseAgreements
Financial derivatives–assets, at fair value 3,072,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets [1] 34,963,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets [1]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Amount Offset Against Collateral (2,722,000)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral (1,042,000)us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral
Reverse repurchase agreements 13,987,000us-gaap_SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResell [1] 0us-gaap_SecuritiesPurchasedUnderAgreementsToResell
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase available for offset (13,987,000)earn_Securitiessoldunderagreementstorepurchaseavailableforoffset  
Financial derivatives-liabilities, at fair value (8,700,000)us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities [1] (1,069,000)us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities [1]
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Amount Offset Against Collateral 2,722,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral 1,042,000us-gaap_DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountOffsetAgainstCollateral
Repurchase agreements (1,323,080,000)us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase [1] (1,310,347,000)us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchase [1]
Securities purchased under agreements to resell available for offset 13,987,000earn_Securitiespurchasedunderagreementstoresellavailableforoffset 0earn_Securitiespurchasedunderagreementstoresellavailableforoffset
Derivative Financial Instruments, Assets [Member]    
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Derivatives and related collateral, net 350,000earn_Derivativesandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
11,561,000earn_Derivativesandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
Financial Instruments Pledged as Collateral 0us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
[2],[3] 0us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
[2],[4]
Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged 0us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
[2],[3] (22,360,000)us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
[2],[4]
Excess cash collateral 500,000earn_Excesscashcollateral
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
300,000earn_Excesscashcollateral
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsAssetsMember
Reverse Repurchase Agreements [Member]    
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Financial Instruments Pledged as Collateral 0us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= earn_SecuritiesPurchasedunderAgreementstoResellMemberMember
[2],[3]  
Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged 0us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= earn_SecuritiesPurchasedunderAgreementstoResellMemberMember
[2],[3]  
Reverse Repurchase Agreements and Related Collateral Net 0earn_ReverseRepurchaseAgreementsandRelatedCollateralNet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= earn_SecuritiesPurchasedunderAgreementstoResellMemberMember
 
Derivative Financial Instruments, Liabilities [Member]    
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Derivatives and related collateral, net (195,000)earn_Derivativesandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
(1,000)earn_Derivativesandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
Financial Instruments Pledged as Collateral 0us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
[2],[3] 0us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
[2],[4]
Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged 5,783,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
[2],[3] 26,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
[2],[4]
Excess cash collateral 6,300,000earn_Excesscashcollateral
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
3,100,000earn_Excesscashcollateral
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_DerivativeFinancialInstrumentsLiabilitiesMember
Repurchase Agreements [Member]    
Offsetting Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]    
Repurchse agreements and related collateral, net 0earn_Repurchseagreementsandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
0earn_Repurchseagreementsandrelatedcollateralnet
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
Financial Instruments Pledged as Collateral 1,303,360,000us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
[2],[3] 1,295,567,000us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
[2],[4]
Cash Collateral (Received) Pledged $ 5,733,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
[2],[3] $ 14,780,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= us-gaap_SecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementsToRepurchaseMember
[2],[4]
[1] In the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet, all balances associated with the repurchase agreements and financial derivatives are presented on a gross basis.
[2] When collateral is pledged to or pledged by a counterparty, it is often pledged or posted with respect to all positions with such counterparty, and in such cases such collateral cannot be specifically identified as relating to a specific asset or liability. As a result, in preparing the above table, the Company has made assumptions in allocating pledged or posted collateral among the various rows.
[3] For the purpose of this presentation, for each row the total amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged and cash collateral (received) or pledged may not exceed the applicable gross amount of assets or (liabilities) as presented here. Therefore, the Company has reduced the amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral related to the Company's repurchase agreements and cash collateral pledged on the Company's financial derivative assets and liabilities. Total financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral on the Company's repurchase agreements as of December 31, 2014 were $1.39 billion. As of December 31, 2014 total cash collateral on financial derivative assets and financial derivative liabilities excludes $0.5 million and $6.3 million of net excess cash collateral.
[4] For the purpose of this presentation, for each row the total amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged and cash collateral (received) or pledged may not exceed the applicable gross amount of assets or (liabilities) as presented here. Therefore the Company has reduced the amount of financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral related to the Company's repurchase agreements and cash collateral pledged on the Company's financial derivative assets and liabilities. Total financial instruments transferred or pledged as collateral on the Company's repurchase agreements as of December 31, 2013 were $1.36 billion. As of December 31, 2013 total cash collateral on financial derivative assets and liabilities excludes $0.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively of net excess cash collateral.