SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	[1],[2]	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	[1],[2]	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	[1],[2]	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)		Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	[1],[3],[4],[5]	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reporting segments | segment																	3
SEGMENT REPORTING
Revenue	$ 238,627	[1],[2]	$ 252,745		$ 255,799		$ 250,132		$ 269,887	[1],[3],[4],[5]	$ 272,776		$ 268,321		$ 240,482		$ 997,303	$ 1,051,466	$ 1,078,916
Cost of revenue																	690,045	687,327	707,180
Gross profit	65,818	[1],[2]	78,743		81,428		81,269		97,395	[1],[3],[4],[5]	98,926		100,162		67,656		307,258	364,139	371,736
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	214,155	220,868	201,733
Litigation settlement loss, net of $4,000 insurance recovery																	28,000	0	0
Impairment losses									71,800								0	71,785	37,473
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out																	0	(7,591)	(37,924)
Income from operations																	65,103	79,077	170,454
Other income (expense), net																	(20,782)	(26,017)	(23,189)
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests	(19,537)	[1],[2]	$ 18,796		$ 23,977		$ 21,085		(44,192)	[1],[3],[4],[5]	$ 41,200		$ 51,244		$ 4,808		44,321	53,060	147,265
Total Assets:
Total Assets	689,212								721,798								689,212	721,798
Operating Segment | Mortgage Services
SEGMENT REPORTING
Revenue																	804,539	786,648	793,143
Cost of revenue																	514,832	474,169	486,387
Gross profit																	289,707	312,479	306,756
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	108,987	105,153	94,686
Litigation settlement loss, net of $4,000 insurance recovery																	0
Impairment losses																		0	0
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out																		0	0
Income from operations																	180,720	207,326	212,070
Other income (expense), net																	43	506	204
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests																	180,763	207,832	212,274
Total Assets:
Total Assets	306,207								325,461								306,207	325,461
Operating Segment | Financial Services
SEGMENT REPORTING
Revenue																	74,352	88,448	98,499
Cost of revenue																	53,841	60,806	64,338
Gross profit																	20,511	27,642	34,161
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	17,768	18,707	18,791
Litigation settlement loss, net of $4,000 insurance recovery																	0
Impairment losses																		0	0
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out																		0	0
Income from operations																	2,743	8,935	15,370
Other income (expense), net																	92	58	62
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests																	2,835	8,993	15,432
Total Assets:
Total Assets	38,746								53,757								38,746	53,757
Operating Segment | Technology Services
SEGMENT REPORTING
Revenue																	160,101	215,482	227,300
Cost of revenue																	159,869	187,835	192,426
Gross profit																	232	27,647	34,874
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	27,811	29,902	32,393
Litigation settlement loss, net of $4,000 insurance recovery																	0
Impairment losses																		71,785	37,473
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out																		(7,591)	(37,924)
Income from operations																	(27,579)	(66,449)	2,932
Other income (expense), net																	66	61	(31)
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests																	(27,513)	(66,388)	2,901
Total Assets:
Total Assets	130,032								165,778								130,032	165,778
Corporate Items and Eliminations
SEGMENT REPORTING
Revenue																	(41,689)	(39,112)	(40,026)
Cost of revenue																	(38,497)	(35,483)	(35,971)
Gross profit																	(3,192)	(3,629)	(4,055)
Selling, general and administrative expenses																	59,589	67,106	55,863
Litigation settlement loss, net of $4,000 insurance recovery																	28,000
Impairment losses																		0	0
Change in the fair value of Equator Earn Out																		0	0
Income from operations																	(90,781)	(70,735)	(59,918)
Other income (expense), net																	(20,983)	(26,642)	(23,424)
Income before income taxes and non-controlling interests																	(111,764)	(97,377)	$ (83,342)
Total Assets:
Total Assets	$ 214,227								$ 176,802								$ 214,227	$ 176,802

[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).