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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016
Concentration Risk
Loss contingency, accrual, payment			$ 32,000
Loss contingency, receivable, receipts			4,000
Revenues	$ 250,685	$ 255,799	491,168	$ 505,931
Escrow and Trust Balances
Amounts held in escrow and trust accounts	$ 39,100		$ 39,100		$ 64,100
Ocwen \| Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Segment
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer	58.00%	55.00%	58.00%	55.00%
Highly Correlated \| Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Segment
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer	16.00%		17.00%
NRZ \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Approximate payments from NRZ to Ocwen to acquire MSRs (up to)			$ 400,000
HLSS \| NRZ
Concentration Risk
Non-government sponsored enterprise servicing rights	78.00%		78.00%
Service revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 238,107	$ 241,324	$ 467,946	$ 475,604
REALServicing \| Service revenue \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 6,300	$ 7,600	$ 13,400	$ 17,500