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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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ACQUISITIONS ResCap Fee-Based (Details 2) (USD $)	0 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS ResCap Fee-Based (Details 2) (USD $)	Apr. 12, 2013	Nov. 15, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
ResCap \| Ocwen
Acquisitions
Amount paid	$ 128,800,000
Acquired tangible assets	0
Assumed liabilities in connection with the acquisition	0
Final allocation of the purchase price
Customer relationship	128,800,000
Estimated life
Customer relationship	7 years
Equator
Acquisitions
Amount paid		63,400,000
Assumed liabilities in connection with the acquisition		43,921,000	43,385,000
Final allocation of the purchase price
Customer relationship		$ 43,393,000	$ 43,393,000