EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	[1],[2]	Sep. 30, 2016	[1],[2]	Jun. 30, 2016	[1],[2]	Mar. 31, 2016	[1],[2]	Dec. 31, 2015	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Sep. 30, 2015	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Jun. 30, 2015	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Mar. 31, 2015	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income attributable to Altisource	$ (20,384)		$ 10,589		$ 19,994		$ 18,494		$ (45,096)		$ 37,046		$ 45,950		$ 3,698		$ 28,693	$ 41,598	$ 134,484
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic	18,788		18,715		18,437		18,855		19,196		19,091		19,571		20,172		18,696	19,504	21,625
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted shares																	916	1,115	2,009
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted	18,788		19,568		19,604		20,040		19,196		20,411		20,669		20,995		19,612	20,619	23,634
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (1.08)		$ 0.57		$ 1.08		$ 0.98		$ (2.35)		$ 1.94		$ 2.35		$ 0.18		$ 1.53	$ 2.13	$ 6.22
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (1.08)		$ 0.54		$ 1.02		$ 0.92		$ (2.35)		$ 1.82		$ 2.22		$ 0.18		$ 1.46	$ 2.02	$ 5.69
Employee and non employee stock option
Anti-dilutive securities
Options excluded from the computation of diluted EPS, approximate (in shares) (less than 0.1 million shares in 2014)																	400	600	100
Options for shares issuable upon achievement of market and performance criteria
Anti-dilutive securities
Options excluded from the computation of diluted EPS, approximate (in shares) (less than 0.1 million shares in 2014)																	400	300	100

[1] The sum of quarterly amounts, including per share amounts, may not equal amounts reported for year-to-date periods. This is due to the effects of rounding and changes in the number of weighted average shares outstanding for each period.

[2] We acquired Granite on July 29, 2016 (see Note 5).

[3] During the fourth quarter of 2015, Altisource recorded an estimated loss in connection with an anticipated payment to Ocwen for obtaining a release of liability for Altisource related to Ocwen’s settlement of a particular case.

[4] In the fourth quarter of 2015, we recorded impairment losses of $71.8 million in our Technology Services segment primarily driven by the Company’s projected Technology Services revenue from Ocwen and investment in technologies provided to Ocwen (see Note 9 and Note 10).

[5] We acquired CastleLine on July 17, 2015 and RentRange and Investability on October 9, 2015 (see Note 5).