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Other Portfolio Servicing Revenue

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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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This item represents disclosure of all significant concentrations of credit risk or market risk arising from the subject financial instrument (as defined), whether from an individual counterparty or groups of counterparties.

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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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CUSTOMER CONENTRATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
CUSTOMER CONENTRATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Revenue		$ 666,800	$ 502,087
Other Portfolio Servicing Revenue	$ 216,900	256,000	161,900
Ocwen
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Revenue		$ 650,700	$ 499,300
Concentration Risk, Revenue	631,600
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current	38,200
Ocwen \| Billed Revenues
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current	20,400
Ocwen \| Unbilled Revenues
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Accounts Receivable, Related Parties, Current	$ 17,800
Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Segment [Member] \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Concentration Risk, Percentage	60.00%	60.00%	65.00%
Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Services \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Concentration Risk, Percentage	63.00%	67.00%	70.00%
Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Segment [Member] \| Financial Services \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Concentration Risk, Percentage	21.00%	27.00%	30.00%
Revenue from Rights Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Segment [Member] \| Technology Services \| Ocwen
Concentration Risk(2014 Values with Related Party Entity)
Concentration Risk, Percentage	54.00%	42.00%	50.00%