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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Concentration Risk
Loss contingency, accrual, payment	$ 32,000
Loss contingency, receivable, receipts	$ 4,000
Other portfolio servicing revenue, percentage	17.00%
Revenues	$ 240,483	$ 250,132
Escrow and Trust Balances
Amounts held in escrow and trust accounts	$ 49,200		$ 64,100
Ocwen \| Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Segment
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer	59.00%	56.00%
HLSS \| NRZ
Concentration Risk
Non-government sponsored enterprise servicing rights			78.00%
Service revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 229,839	$ 234,280
Service revenue \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 7,043
REALServicing \| Service revenue \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Revenues		$ 9,934