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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 234,979	$ 252,745	$ 726,147	$ 758,676
Escrow and Trust Balances
Amounts held in escrow and trust accounts	39,200		$ 39,200			$ 64,100
NRZ
Concentration Risk
Unpaid principal balance of non-GSE MSRs (approximate)					$ 6,000,000
NRZ \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Segment
Concentration Risk
Estimated percentage of revenue from largest customer			50.00%
Service revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenues	224,308	239,782	$ 692,254	715,386
REALServicing \| Service revenue \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Revenues	$ 6,700	$ 8,200	$ 20,100	$ 25,700
NRZ \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Unpaid principal balance of non-GSE MSRs (approximate)					$ 110,000,000
HLSS [Member] \| NRZ
Concentration Risk
Non-government-sponsored enterprise servicing rights (approximate)					78.00%