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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Details) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) office_lease letter_of_credit	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Concentration Risk
Loss (gain) related to sales tax exposure		$ (300)	$ (6,200)
Net reimbursement from third party		1,700
Right-to-use assets		29,074	0		$ 42,100
Operating lease liabilities					$ 45,500
Sublease income		1,700	1,600	$ 1,300
Amounts held in escrow and trust accounts		$ 12,300	$ 23,600
Ocwen \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer		56.00%	52.00%	58.00%
Highly Correlated - Ocwen \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer		6.00%
NRZ \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk
Subservice transferred subject MSRs, initial term		5 years
NRZ \| Ocwen \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Revenue
Concentration Risk
Percentage of revenue from largest customer		56.00%
Percentage of loans serviced and subserviced by largest customer's largest client	56.00%
Standby Letters of Credit
Concentration Risk
Standby letters of credit, number \| letter_of_credit		4
Standby letters of credit, amount		$ 1,000
Number of office leases \| office_lease		4
Minimum
Concentration Risk
Lease term	1 year
Maximum
Concentration Risk
Lease term	6 years