Loan Sales And Securitizations (Schedule Of Cash Flows Received And Paid Related To Loan Sales And Securitizations) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010
Proceeds from initial sales and securitizations	$ 143,620,000	[1]	$ 195,612,000	[1]	$ 339,736,000	[1]	$ 556,510,000	[1]
Servicing fees retained	17,304,000	[2]	22,253,000	[2]	58,639,000	[2]	78,143,000	[2]
Purchase of GNMA guaranteed mortgages	7,162,000		16,810,000		45,073,000		53,416,000
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets	60,760,000	[3],[4]	54,679,000	[3],[4]	202,396,000	[3],[4]	242,083,000	[3],[4]
Other cash flows received on retained interests	2,117,000		2,590,000		6,205,000		7,573,000
Proceeds related to bulk sales of nonperforming permanent mortgages					89,200,000
FHN [Member]
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets					$ 32,700,000

[1] Includes $89.2 million of proceeds related to bulk sales of nonperforming permanent mortgages.

[2] Includes servicing fees on MSR associated with loan sales and purchased MSR.

[3] Includes repurchases of both delinquent and performing loans, foreclosed assets, and make-whole payments for economic losses incurred by purchaser. Also includes buy outs from GSEs in order to facilitate foreclosures.

[4] Nine months ended September 30, 2011 includes $32.7 million related to clean-up calls exercised by FHN in second quarter.