Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended								6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 BBX Capital [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 JRG/BBX Development, LLC (“North Flagler”) [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2013 JRG/BBX Development, LLC (“North Flagler”) [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Variable Interest Entity [Member] Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member] Class R Units [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member] BBX Capital Asset Management, LLC [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member] Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member] Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Class A Units in FAR [Member] Variable Interest Entity [Member] Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member] Class A Units [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Principal amount of TruPS											$ 285,400,000			$ 16,400,000	$ 27,000,000
Preferred membership interest					5.00%						95.00%
Preference amount									285,000,000
Basis points per annum											2.00%
Initial preferred membership interest								100.00%								5.00%
Period in which VIE assets are expected to be monetized	7 years										7 years
Incremental Guarantee											35,000,000
Principal balance of commercial loans serviced for FAR										13,000,000
Company's maximum loss exposure in VIE						675,000									111,000,000
Investment in joint venture				500,000		10,800,000
Area of real estate property						4.5
Percent of proceeds from joint venture entitlement						80.00%
Percent of proceeds from joint venture after capital investment is recovered						70.00%
Percent of losses absorbed						80.00%
Trust Preferred Securities					27,000,000
Percent of net cash flows received from monetization of assets									5.00%
Assets	$ 399,295,000	$ 431,147,000	$ 442,031,000			$ 897,000	$ 625,000				$ 124,276,000	$ 167,889,000	$ 84,000,000