VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Schedule of Carrying Value of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated VIEs) (Details) RSO (RSO [Member], USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
ASSETS
Restricted cash	$ 88,762,000	$ 61,372,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	114,641,000	105,846,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	1,234,382,000	1,219,569,000
Loans held for sale	1,808,000	2,376,000
Interest receivable	6,955,000	5,627,000
Prepaid assets	154,000	247,000
Principal receivable	31,950,000	6,821,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,478,652,000	1,401,858,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	1,111,314,000	1,070,339,000
Accrued interest expense	1,295,000	918,000
Derivatives, at fair value	9,071,000	10,191,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,958,000	1,604,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,123,638,000	1,083,052,000
RSO [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	88,762,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	114,641,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	1,234,382,000
Loans held for sale	1,808,000
Interest receivable	6,955,000
Prepaid assets	154,000
Principal receivable	31,950,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,478,652,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	1,111,314,000
Accrued interest expense	1,295,000
Derivatives, at fair value	9,071,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,958,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	1,123,638,000
Restricted cash available for reinvestment in certain of the CDOs	4,300,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CDO I Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	7,323,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	7,227,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	59,177,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	(235,000)
Prepaid assets	8,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	73,500,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	56,922,000
Accrued interest expense	234,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	12,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	57,168,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CDO III Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	2,374,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	3,933,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	102,046,000
Loans held for sale	932,000
Interest receivable	495,000
Prepaid assets	10,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	109,790,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	97,458,000
Accrued interest expense	49,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	19,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	97,526,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos Cinco CDO Ltd [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	30,731,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	13,045,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	302,247,000
Loans held for sale	876,000
Interest receivable	932,000
Prepaid assets	23,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	347,854,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	319,639,000
Accrued interest expense	307,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	29,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	319,975,000
RSO [Member] | Apidos CLO VIII Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	7,000
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	7,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	0
Accrued interest expense	0
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	198,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	198,000
RSO [Member] | Whitney CLO I, Ltd. [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	80,000
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	80,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	0
Accrued interest expense	0
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	0
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	0
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	10,112,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	154,012,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	1,995,000
Prepaid assets	18,000
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	166,157,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	106,029,000
Accrued interest expense	44,000
Derivatives, at fair value	1,290,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	9,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	107,372,000
RSO [Member] | Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1 [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	250,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	67,702,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	218,384,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	2,322,000
Prepaid assets	95,000
Principal receivable	9,300,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	298,053,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	126,004,000
Accrued interest expense	94,000
Derivatives, at fair value	7,781,000
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	133,880,000
RSO [Member] | CRE Notes 2013 [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	4,097,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	0
Loans, pledged as collateral	277,750,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	1,446,000
Prepaid assets	0
Principal receivable	22,650,000
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	305,943,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	256,807,000
Accrued interest expense	190,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	0
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	256,997,000
RSO [Member] | Moselle [Member]
ASSETS
Restricted cash	43,880,000
Investment securities available-for-sale, pledged as collateral, at fair value	12,622,000
Loans, pledged as collateral	120,766,000
Loans held for sale	0
Interest receivable	0
Prepaid assets	0
Principal receivable	0
Total assets of consolidated VIE - RSO	177,268,000
LIABILITIES
Borrowings	148,455,000
Accrued interest expense	377,000
Derivatives, at fair value	0
Accounts payable and other liabilities	1,690,000
Total liabilities of consolidated VIE - RSO	$ 150,522,000