RSO BORROWINGS (Schedule of Debt) (Details) (Resource Capital Corp [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	$ 1,422,430	$ 1,785,600
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	1.73%	1.62%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	9 years 7 months	12 years 6 months
Value of Collateral	1,754,093	2,089,296
RREF CDO 2006-1 Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	95,151	145,664
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	1.86%	1.42%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	32 years 11 months	33 years 7 months
Value of Collateral	170,255	295,759
RREF CDO 2007-1 Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	178,575	225,983
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	0.85%	0.81%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	33 years 0 months	33 years 9 months
Value of Collateral	325,551	292,980
Apidos CDO I Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	101,827	202,969
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	1.53%	1.07%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	3 years 9 months	4 years 7 months
Value of Collateral	117,827	217,745
Apidos CDO III Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	145,875	221,304
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	0.86%	0.80%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	6 years 8 months	7 years 6 months
Value of Collateral	157,009	232,655
Apidos Cinco CDO Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	320,997	320,550
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	0.77%	0.82%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	6 years 7 months	7 years 5 months
Value of Collateral	339,154	344,105
Apidos CLO VIII Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	302,916	300,951
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	2.09%	2.16%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	17 days	8 years 9 months
Value of Collateral	351,434	351,014
Apidos CLO VIII Securitized Borrowings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	18,444	20,047
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	14.13%	15.27%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	17 days	8 years 9 months
Value of Collateral	0	0
Whitney CLO I Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	0	171,555
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	0.00%	1.82%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity		4 years 2 months
Value of Collateral	8,573	191,704
Whitney CLO I Securitized Borrowings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	2,424	5,860
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	5.78%	9.50%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity		4 years 2 months
Value of Collateral	0	0
Unsecured Junior Subordinated Debentures [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	50,956	50,814
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	4.22%	4.26%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	22 years 11 months	23 years 8 months
Value of Collateral	0	0
Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings	205,265	106,303
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate	2.29%	2.28%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	18 days	18 days
Value of Collateral	284,290	145,234
Mortgage Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding Borrowings		13,600
Weighted Average Borrowing Rate		4.17%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity		5 years 7 months
Value of Collateral		$ 18,100