VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Schedule of Carrying Value of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated VIEs) (Details) RSO (RSO [Member], USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
ASSETS
Restricted cash	$ 61,372,000	$ 90,108,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	105,846,000	135,566,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	1,219,569,000	1,678,719,000
Loans held for sale	2,376,000	14,894,000
Interest receivable	5,627,000	5,986,000
Prepaid assets	247,000	328,000
Principal receivable	6,821,000	25,570,000
Other assets	0	333,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,401,858,000	1,951,504,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	1,070,339,000	1,614,882,000
Accrued interest expense	918,000	2,666,000
Derivatives, at fair value	10,191,000	14,078,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,604,000	698,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,083,052,000	1,632,324,000
RSO [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	61,372,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	105,846,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	1,219,569,000
Loans held for sale	2,376,000
Interest receivable	5,627,000
Prepaid assets	247,000
Principal receivable	6,821,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,401,858,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	1,070,339,000
Accrued interest expense	918,000
Derivatives, at fair value	10,191,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,604,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,083,052,000
Restricted cash available for reinvestment in certain of the CDOs	35,100,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CDO I Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	12,432,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	8,187,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	82,573,000
Loans held for sale	536,000
Interest receivable	(153,000)
Prepaid assets	35,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	103,610,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	87,131,000
Accrued interest expense	269,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	162,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	87,562,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CDO III Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	9,477,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	5,394,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	129,435,000
Loans held for sale	651,000
Interest receivable	639,000
Prepaid assets	26,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	145,622,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	133,209,000
Accrued interest expense	62,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	19,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	133,290,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos Cinco CDO Ltd [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	30,009,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	15,537,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	299,923,000
Loans held for sale	1,189,000
Interest receivable	1,034,000
Prepaid assets	43,000
Principal receivable	1,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	347,736,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	321,147,000
Accrued interest expense	313,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	25,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	321,485,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CLO VIII Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	849,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	0
Loans, pledged as collateral	0
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	0
Prepaid assets	0
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	849,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	0
Accrued interest expense	0
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	973,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	973,000
RSO [Member] | Whitney CLO I, Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	1,009,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	0
Loans, pledged as collateral	71,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	7,000
Prepaid assets	0
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,087,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	440,000
Accrued interest expense	0
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	394,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	834,000
RSO [Member] | Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2006-1 [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	20,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	10,178,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	158,938,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	1,628,000
Prepaid assets	83,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	170,847,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	94,004,000
Accrued interest expense	44,000
Derivatives, at fair value	1,186,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	30,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	95,264,000
RSO [Member] | Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1 [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	430,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	66,550,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	250,155,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	2,068,000
Prepaid assets	60,000
Principal receivable	6,820,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	326,083,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	177,837,000
Accrued interest expense	113,000
Derivatives, at fair value	9,005,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	186,956,000
RSO [Member] | CRE Notes 2013 [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	7,146,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	0
Loans, pledged as collateral	298,474,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	404,000
Prepaid assets	0
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	306,024,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	256,571,000
Accrued interest expense	117,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	0
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	$ 256,688,000