SEPARATION OF RESIDENTIAL ASSET BUSINESSES (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended
	Dec. 21, 2012 item	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 21, 2012 Residential and AAMC	Dec. 21, 2012 Residential	Dec. 31, 2012 Residential	Dec. 17, 2012 Residential	Dec. 21, 2012 AAMC	Dec. 31, 2012 AAMC	Dec. 17, 2012 AAMC	Dec. 31, 2012 AAMC Maximum
Separation of residential asset businesses
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries included in spin-off	2
Pro rata distribution ratio (in shares)						0.33			0.10
Carrying value of the net assets transferred
Cash		$ 105,000,000	$ 105,000,000	$ 100,000,000			$ 5,000,000
Reduction in Altisource retained earnings		(105,000,000)	105,000,000	100,000,000			5,000,000
Amount of expenses incurred in connection with the separation		$ 2,700,000
Number of options held by the resulting company's employees to purchase common stock of the reporting entity										0.1
Number of options held by the reporting entity's employees to purchase common stock of the resulting company					0.5			0.2
Number of options held by the reporting entity's chairman to purchase common stock of the resulting company					0.3			0.1