The amount of invested in mortgage servicing rights during the period.

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Minimum amount the entity has agreed to expend funds to purchase an interest in Excess MSRs.

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The percentage of non-conforming loans in private label securitizations within the portfolio.

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The percentage of investment co-ownership by Nationstar.

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The percentage of investment ownership by the company.

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The additional percentage of investment ownership by New Residential acquired during the period.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph (b)

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The average discount rate applied to insurance contracts to determine future policy benefits to be paid to or on behalf of policyholders.

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-SubTopic 40

-Section 50

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INVESTMENTS IN EXCESS MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS EQUITY, METHOD INVESTEES (Details Narrative) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended				0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	May 20, 2013 MSR Pool 11	Jun. 30, 2014 MSR Pool 11	Jun. 30, 2014 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees	Dec. 31, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees	Jan. 04, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 6	Jun. 30, 2014 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 6	Jan. 06, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pools 7, 8, 9, 10	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 10	Jun. 30, 2014 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 10	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 10 Fortress-managed Affiliate	Jun. 30, 2014 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pool 11	May 20, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pool 11	Jun. 30, 2014 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Amount contributed to acquire joint venture					$ 28.9
Amount committed to invest in joint venture							340.0					37.8
Percentage ownership acquired in joint venture			50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%		50.00%		50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Percentage of Investment co-owned by Nationstar	33.30%				33.00%		33.00%					33.00%
Percentage of Investment owned by New Residential	66.70%	66.70%			67.00%		67.00%					67.00%
Percentage of loans in private label securitizations portfolio							53.00%
Amount invested	$ 2.4							$ 13.9		$ 13.9
Additional percentage interest acquired by New Residential								10.00%		10.00%
Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent													12.00%