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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Residential	Sep. 30, 2012 Residential	Sep. 30, 2013 Residential	Sep. 30, 2012 Residential	Sep. 30, 2013 AAMC	Sep. 30, 2012 AAMC	Sep. 30, 2013 AAMC	Sep. 30, 2012 AAMC	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen	Mar. 31, 2013 Ocwen Correspondent One	Feb. 15, 2013 Ocwen Senior unsecured term loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Senior unsecured term loan	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Senior unsecured term loan	Dec. 27, 2012 Ocwen Senior unsecured term loan	Dec. 27, 2012 Ocwen Senior unsecured term loan Eurodollar Rate	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Mortgage Services	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Mortgage Services	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Mortgage Services	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Mortgage Services	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Financial Services	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Financial Services	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Financial Services Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Financial Services Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Technology Services	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Technology Services	Sep. 30, 2013 Ocwen Technology Services	Sep. 30, 2012 Ocwen Technology Services	Sep. 30, 2013 Correspondent One	Sep. 30, 2012 Correspondent One	Sep. 30, 2013 Correspondent One	Sep. 30, 2012 Correspondent One	Sep. 30, 2013 Correspondent One Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Correspondent One Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 Correspondent One Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2013 Correspondent One Maximum Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2013 HLSS Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 HLSS Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2013 HLSS Support Services Agreement	Sep. 30, 2012 HLSS Support Services Agreement
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
Related party revenue as a percentage of segment revenue																												73.00%	68.00%	71.00%	69.00%	37.00%	25.00%	1.00%	1.00%	53.00%	39.00%	53.00%	40.00%
Related party revenue as a percentage of consolidated revenue														68.00%	60.00%	65.00%	60.00%
Amount billed to related party						$ 200,000	$ 0	$ 400,000	$ 0	$ 700,000	$ 0	$ 900,000	$ 0											$ 600,000	$ 600,000	$ 1,800,000	$ 2,000,000																	$ 0	$ 100,000	$ 200,000	$ 100,000	$ 200,000	$ 200,000	$ 500,000	$ 400,000
Amount billed by related party	720,000	621,000	2,133,000	1,801,000																				700,000	600,000	2,100,000	1,800,000
Revenue earned from related party	143,557,000	86,558,000	354,889,000	257,491,000																																				0	200,000	100,000	200,000
Amount of loan provided to related party					75,000,000																	75,000,000
Reference rate																							Eurodollar Rate
Interest rate margin (as a percent)																							6.75%
Interest rate, variable interest rate floor (as a percent)																							1.50%
Repayment of outstanding principal amount			75,000,000																75,000,000
Interest income																				800,000	0
Percentage of equity interest sold to the related party																		49.00%
Proceeds from sale of equity interest																		$ 12,600,000