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Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - First Lien Mortgages (Details)

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Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - First Lien Mortgages (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2011
Jun. 30, 2012
Jun. 30, 2011
Dec. 31, 2011
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Weighted average remaining life of bonds held in the trusts in years     8 years 10 months 24 days    
In Text Details [Abstract]          
Fair value of securities connection with agency first lien residential mortgage securitizations $ 21,000,000 $ 455,000,000 $ 21,000,000 $ 455,000,000  
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
          
In Text Details [Abstract]          
Servicing Fee And Ancillary Fee Income 8,000,000 (1,000,000) 9,000,000 2,000,000  
Servicing Advance 173,000,000   173,000,000   152,000,000
Consumer Mortgage [Member]
          
In Text Details [Abstract]          
Servicing Fee And Ancillary Fee Income 1,200,000,000 1,500,000,000 2,500,000,000 3,100,000,000  
Servicing Advance 24,600,000,000   24,600,000,000   26,000,000,000
First Lien Mortgages [Member]
          
Table Details [Abstract]          
Gain on Sale of Mortgage Loans 395,000,000 765,000,000 714,000,000 1,800,000,000  
In Text Details [Abstract]          
Loans repurchased from investors and securitization trusts 2,500,000,000 1,800,000,000 2,700,000,000 7,600,000,000  
First Lien Mortgages [Member] | Agency Securities [Member]
          
Securitizations Related Information [Abstract]          
Cash proceeds from new securitizations 8,889,000,000 [1] 36,222,000,000 [1] 15,227,000,000 [1] 96,976,000,000 [1]  
Loss on securitizations, net of hedges (45,000,000) [2] (227,000,000) [2] (62,000,000) [2] (55,000,000) [2]  
First Lien Mortgages [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
          
Securitizations Related Information [Abstract]          
Cash proceeds from new securitizations 0 [1] 1,802,000,000 [1] 325,000,000 [1] 1,802,000,000 [1]  
Loss on securitizations, net of hedges $ 0 [2] $ 0 [2] $ 0 [2] $ 0 [2]  
[1] The Corporation sells residential mortgage loans to GSEs in the normal course of business and receives MBS in exchange which may then be sold into the market to third-party investors for cash proceeds.
[2] Substantially all of the first-lien residential mortgage loans securitized are initially classified as LHFS and accounted for under the fair value option. As such, gains are recognized on these LHFS prior to securitization. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, the Corporation recognized $395 million and $714 million of gains on these LHFS compared to $765 million and $1.8 billion for the same periods in 2011, net of hedges.