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SEGMENT REPORTING AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details Narrative)

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SEGMENT REPORTING AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details Narrative) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Investments, net $ 1,591,118us-gaap_Investments [1]  
Debt Face Amount 1,286,504us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount  
Golf    
Investments, net 316,049us-gaap_Investments
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_GolfBusinessSegmentMember
[1]  
Rental expense - carts and equipment 1,100us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_GolfBusinessSegmentMember
1,400us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_GolfBusinessSegmentMember
Other [Member] | Unlevered Real Estate Securities [Member]    
Investments, net 12,252us-gaap_Investments
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= nct_RealEstateSecurities1Member
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_OtherOtherSegmentMember
[2]  
Excluded from face amount of unlevered real estate securities 113,800nct_ExcludedFromFaceAmountOfUnleveredRealEstateSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= nct_RealEstateSecurities1Member
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_OtherOtherSegmentMember
 
Number of securities 8us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceContracts
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= nct_RealEstateSecurities1Member
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= nct_OtherOtherSegmentMember
 
Inter-segment Elimination [Member]    
Investments, net 36,600us-gaap_Investments
/ us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis
= us-gaap_IntersegmentEliminationMember
 
Non Recourse VIE Financing Structures [Member] | CDO V [Member]    
Debt Face Amount 42,400us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= nct_CDOVMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
 
Debt Carrying Value $ 8,500nct_DebtGrossSegmentDisclosure
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= nct_CDOVMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
 
[1] Net of $36.6 million of inter-segment eliminations.
[2] Excludes eight securities with a zero value, which had an aggregate face amount of $113.8 million.