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Subservice Transferred Subject Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR), Initial Term

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount due from customers or clients for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to their estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Concentration Risk
Revenue		$ 141,493	$ 204,575	$ 507,963	$ 620,569
Service revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenue		133,781	$ 196,906	$ 489,300	$ 594,533
Ocwen \| NRZ
Concentration Risk
Subservice transferred subject MSRs, initial term				5 years
Customer Concentration Risk \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Accounts receivable		32,900		$ 32,900		$ 15,200
Customer Concentration Risk \| Ocwen \| Billed
Concentration Risk
Accounts receivable		29,000		29,000		11,600
Customer Concentration Risk \| Ocwen \| Unbilled
Concentration Risk
Accounts receivable		$ 3,900		$ 3,900		$ 3,600
Customer Concentration Risk \| Ocwen \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer		63.00%	56.00%	54.00%	53.00%
Revenue		$ 89,800	$ 115,000	$ 275,100	$ 325,800
Customer Concentration Risk \| Ocwen \| Revenue \| NRZ
Concentration Risk
Percentage of loans serviced and subserviced by largest customer's largest client	53.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Highly Correlated - Ocwen \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer		6.00%		6.00%
Revenue		$ 8,100	11,100	$ 28,300	37,300
Customer Concentration Risk \| NRZ \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenue		2,600	5,000	9,600	24,100
Customer Concentration Risk \| Highly Correlated - NRZ \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenue		11,400	21,600	45,500	64,400
REAL Servicing \| Ocwen \| Service revenue
Concentration Risk
Revenue		$ 2,500	$ 10,300	$ 13,800	$ 27,800