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Securities Sold Under Agreements Available Borrowing Capacity

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Securities Sold Under Agreements Available Borrowing Capacity Uncommitted

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Securities sold under agreements to repurchase weighted average interest rate at period end.

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Securities sold under agreements to repurchase weighted average interest rate during period.

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Assets Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase - Summary of Financial Information Relating to Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2026	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2026	Sep. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2025
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	4.66%	5.16%	4.64%	5.19%
Average balance	$ 8,074,731,000	$ 6,670,245,000	$ 7,792,572,000	$ 6,408,372,000
Total interest expense	95,883,000	88,587,000	275,351,000	254,071,000
Maximum daily amount outstanding	8,817,164,000	$ 8,082,484,000	9,146,860,000	$ 8,733,460,000
Assets Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase	8,383,792,000		8,383,792,000		$ 8,023,156,000
Assets sold under agreements to repurchase, At year end	8,381,973,000		$ 8,381,973,000		$ 8,018,601,000
Weighted average interest rate			4.63%		4.71%
Available borrowing capacity, Committed			$ 311,299,000		$ 595,085,000
Available borrowing capacity, Uncommitted			5,127,775,000		5,032,598,000
Available borrowing capacity			5,439,074,000		5,627,683,000
Margin deposits placed with counterparties included in Other assets, net	177,806,000		177,806,000		174,598,000
Assets Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(1,819,000)		(1,819,000)		(4,555,000)
Mortgage Backed Securities at Fair Value [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	4,305,991,000		4,305,991,000		4,452,859,000
Loans Held for Sale at Fair Value [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	2,843,528,000		2,843,528,000		2,676,700,000
Loans Held for Investment at Fair Value [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	1,214,056,000		1,214,056,000		648,159,000
Servicing advances [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	27,940,000		27,940,000		44,653,000
Derivative Assets [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	9,542,000		9,542,000		12,622,000
Deposits Securing Credit Risk Transfer Arrangements [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	110,227,000		110,227,000		176,694,000
Mortgage Service Rights at Fair Value [Member]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase, Market Value	$ 1,640,068,000		$ 1,640,068,000		$ 1,765,572,000