COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014 Ground lease for one of the project	Mar. 31, 2013 Ground lease for one of the project	Dec. 31, 2013 Ground lease for one of the project	Mar. 31, 2014 Office space in Dallas, Texas	Jan. 28, 2014 REIT Redux, L.P. et al v. PMC Commercial Trust, et al CIM Service Provider Maximum	Mar. 31, 2014 Executive officers item	Mar. 31, 2014 Executive officers Restricted share awards
Commitments and contingencies
Outstanding loan commitments and approvals to fund loans	$ 40,200,000
Number of employees covered under employment agreement							2
Multiplier used for the calculation of severance compensation or change in control payments							2.99
Period of annual compensation paid to employee used to calculate severance compensation or change in control payments							3 years
Multiplier used for the calculation of payments in the event of death of employee							2
Multiplier used for the calculation of payments in the event of disability to employee							1
Share awards to be granted as retention bonus under employment agreement								525,000
Number of common shares agreed to be purchased as a part of litigation settlement						2,750,000
Market price (in dollars per share)						$ 5.00
Attorney's fees and counselor expenses						772,000
Number of common shares agreed to be purchase which are owned by REIT Redux						500,000
Current annual rent		437,000
Period after which the annual rental payment will be increased by greater of 15% or 50% of the increase in the Consumer Price Index		5 years
Increase in annual rental payment after every 5 years, option one (as a percent)		15.00%
Increase in annual rental payment after every 5 years, option two (as a percent)		50.00%
Adjustment period used to calculate increase in the Consumer Price Index		5 years
Increase in rent payable during the balance of the lease term expressed as a percentage of rent payable during the immediately preceding lease year commencing on June 1, 2040 and 2065		10.00%
Rent expense	16,000	438,000	438,000
Straight line rent liability		10,157,000		9,863,000
Future noncancelable minimum lease payments
2014 (Nine months ending December 31, 2014)	491,000
2015	512,000
2015					16,000
2016	503,000
2017	503,000
2018	503,000
Thereafter	129,031,000
Total	$ 131,543,000