VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES LOANS HELD FOR INVESTMENT (Details) RSO (RSO [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans foreclosed		1
Loans held for sale, net	$ 21,916,000	$ 48,894,000
Allowance for loan loss	13,807,000	17,691,000
Loans, allowances	13,800,000	17,700,000
North Carolina [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Held for Investment, Percentage of Loans Originated	9.00%
Georgia [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Held for Investment, Percentage of Loans Originated	66.00%
Tennessee and Virginia [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Held for Investment, Percentage of Loans Originated	7.00%
Alabama [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Held for Investment, Percentage of Loans Originated	6.00%
Bank Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, net	548,400,000	1,200,000,000
Allowance for loan loss	3,391,000	9,705,000
Loans, allowances	3,400,000	9,700,000
Number of loans impaired	3	5
(Decrease) increase in allowance for loan losses	(6,300,000)
Bank Loans [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Variable rate basis	three month LIBOR	three month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate	1.50%	1.50%
Bank Loans [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Variable rate basis	three month LIBOR	three month LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate	10.50%	8.80%
Whole Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, net		34,000,000
Allowance for loan loss	9,683,000	6,920,000
Loans, allowances	9,700,000	6,900,000
(Decrease) increase in allowance for loan losses	2,800,000
Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Allowance for loan loss	3,400,000	9,700,000
Loans, allowances	$ 10,400,000	$ 8,000,000
Number of loans impaired	1	1
Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member] | California [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration of loan portfolio risk (in hundredths)	39.00%	47.70%
Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member] | Arizona [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration of loan portfolio risk (in hundredths)	6.40%	7.90%
Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member] | Texas [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration of loan portfolio risk (in hundredths)	14.60%	11.10%
Commercial Real Estate Loans [Member] | Industry Grouping of Healthcare, Education and Childcare [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Concentration of loan portfolio risk (in hundredths)	15.80%	13.90%
Foreclosed Coconut Grove Florida Property [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of units in real estate property		179