Bank of America Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Outstanding Loans and Leases - Consumer Real Estate - Impaired Loans (Details)

Outstanding Loans and Leases - Consumer Real Estate - Impaired Loans (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 877,956,000,000		$ 881,391,000,000
Chapter Seven Bankruptcy
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Loans and leases	2,300,000,000
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Chapter Seven Bankruptcy
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Loans and leases	1,100,000,000
Federal Housing Administration \| Fully Insured Loans \| Chapter Seven Bankruptcy
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Loans and leases	996,000,000
Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Minimum period for modified payments under trial modification	3 months
Maximum period for modified payments under trial modification	4 months
Real estate acquired through foreclosure	632,000,000		630,000,000
Loans with formal foreclosure proceeding in process	6,900,000,000
Consumer Real Estate \| Residential Mortgage
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	18,524,000,000		19,710,000,000
With an allowance recorded	8,058,000,000		7,861,000,000
Total	26,582,000,000		27,571,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	14,662,000,000		15,605,000,000
With an allowance recorded	7,892,000,000		7,665,000,000
Total	22,554,000,000		23,270,000,000
Related Allowance	537,000,000		531,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Average Recorded Investment [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	15,393,000,000	16,360,000,000
With an allowance recorded	7,586,000,000	12,332,000,000
Total	22,979,000,000	28,692,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Accrual and Cash Basis Method [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	108,000,000	160,000,000
With an allowance recorded	64,000,000	131,000,000
Total	172,000,000	291,000,000
Consumer Real Estate \| Home equity
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Threshold period past due for write-off of financing receivable	180 days
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	3,636,000,000		3,540,000,000
With an allowance recorded	861,000,000		852,000,000
Total	4,497,000,000		4,392,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	1,705,000,000		1,630,000,000
With an allowance recorded	732,000,000		728,000,000
Total	2,437,000,000		2,358,000,000
Related Allowance	190,000,000		196,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Average Recorded Investment [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	1,692,000,000	1,401,000,000
With an allowance recorded	714,000,000	751,000,000
Total	2,406,000,000	2,152,000,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Accrual and Cash Basis Method [Abstract]
With no recorded allowance	25,000,000	22,000,000
With an allowance recorded	7,000,000	8,000,000
Total	$ 32,000,000	$ 30,000,000