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Investment in Securities (Maturities of Securities) (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Mar. 31, 2026
Dec. 31, 2025
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) [1],[2] $ 1,136,825 $ 1,034,882
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 876,281 $ 789,184
Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 5.05% 5.21%
Long    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 1,136,825 $ 1,034,882
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 1,176,557 $ 1,061,196
Long | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 5.43% 5.61%
Long | Agency RMBS    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 197,315  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 209,973  
Long | Agency RMBS | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 3.91%  
Long | Agency RMBS | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 3,711  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 3,705  
Long | Agency RMBS | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 3.50%  
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 76,299  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 79,085  
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.73%  
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 117,305  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 127,183  
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 3.43%  
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 256,339 $ 273,322
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 257,200 $ 268,649
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.83% 4.85%
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 146,647 $ 146,952
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 133,428 $ 131,966
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.04% 4.28%
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 68,595 $ 63,801
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 70,444 $ 63,710
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 6.68% 5.50%
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 29,271 $ 33,728
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 41,597 $ 45,339
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.76% 4.78%
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than eleven year [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 11,826 $ 28,841
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 11,731 $ 27,634
Long | Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS | Greater than eleven year [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 6.60% 6.78%
Long | Non-Agency RMBS    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 228,797 $ 248,165
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 213,755 $ 228,392
Long | Non-Agency RMBS | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 5.03% 5.09%
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 297,655 $ 291,430
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 320,950 $ 308,408
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.16% 4.31%
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 142,853 $ 131,748
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 156,824 $ 143,309
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.54% 4.65%
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 98,247 $ 97,330
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 98,434 $ 96,852
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 4.54% 4.54%
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 55,916 $ 54,507
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 65,078 $ 58,027
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.02% 1.97%
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than eleven year [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 639 $ 7,845
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 614 $ 10,220
Long | CLOs And Other Securities [Member] | Greater than eleven year [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 5.80% 0.48%
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 15,011 $ 14,734
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 13,985 $ 13,012
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.50% 1.21%
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 4,585 $ 1,893
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 4,266 $ 1,599
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.65% 1.19%
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 7,742 $ 7,141
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 7,177 $ 6,611
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.86% 1.75%
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 2,684 $ 2,452
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 2,542 $ 1,989
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 0.64% 0.77%
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than eleven year [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 3,248
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 2,813
Long | Agency Interest Only Securities | Greater than eleven year [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   0.75%
Long | Agency RMBS    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 203,633
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 215,354
Long | Agency RMBS | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   3.92%
Long | Agency RMBS | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 4,100
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 4,164
Long | Agency RMBS | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   3.52%
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 73,318
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 74,182
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   5.03%
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 126,215
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 137,008
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   3.34%
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than eleven year [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2)   $ 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost   $ 0
Long | Agency RMBS | Greater than eleven year [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon   0.00%
Long | Non-Agency IOs    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 259,333 $ 206,780
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 263,794 $ 212,700
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 0.80% 0.76%
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Less than three years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 181,228 $ 163,836
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 193,427 $ 174,260
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Less than three years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.53% 1.49%
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 60,850 $ 27,982
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 58,612 $ 29,167
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than three years less than seven years [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 0.35% 0.22%
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 16,540 $ 14,715
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 11,057 $ 9,083
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than seven years less than eleven [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 0.18% 0.14%
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than eleven year [Member]    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Securities, at fair value(1)(2) $ 715 $ 247
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost $ 698 $ 190
Long | Non-Agency IOs | Greater than eleven year [Member] | Weighted Average    
Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Weighted Average Coupon 1.10% 1.24%
[1] Ellington Financial Inc.'s Consolidated Balance Sheets include assets and liabilities of variable interest entities it has consolidated. See Note 12 for additional details on Ellington Financial Inc.'s consolidated variable interest entities.
[2] Includes assets pledged as collateral to counterparties. See Note 14 for additional details on the Company's borrowings and related collateral.