Payments to Acquire Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR), Purchase Price Holdback

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Payments to Acquire Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR), Servicer Advances

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Servicing Asset at Fair Value, Subservicer Percent of Unpaid Principal Balance

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The unpaid principal balance of underlying loans.

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The cash outflow to obtain servicing rights, which contractually entitle the servicer to receive fees and ancillary revenues for performing billing, collection, disbursement and recordkeeping services in connection with a mortgage portfolio. Rights may be obtained via (1) acquisition or assumption of a servicing obligation that does not relate to financial assets of the servicer or its consolidated affiliates; or (2) by originating mortgage loans and then (a) transferring the loans to a Variable Interest Entity (VIE) in a transaction that meets the necessary transfer and classification requirements, or (b) transferring the loans in a transaction that meets the requirements for sale accounting.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
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Discount rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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-SubTopic 50
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INVESTMENTS IN MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS AND MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS FINANCING RECEIVABLE - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 27, 2017	Dec. 28, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
Ditech Financial LLC [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB						37.20%
Ditech Financial LLC [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs						$ 40.4
Ditech Financial LLC [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages					$ 5,000.0	$ 5,000.0
Nationstar [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB						21.40%
Nationstar [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages					24,100.0	$ 24,100.0
CitiMortgage, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB						33.20%
CitiMortgage, Inc. [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs			$ 906.0
Purchase price holdback			45.3
CitiMortgage, Inc. [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages			$ 92,500.0
Flagstar [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB						1.50%
PHH Mortgage Corporation [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB						6.70%
PHH Mortgage Corporation [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages				$ 61,100.0	$ 13,200.0	$ 13,200.0
PHH Mortgage Corporation [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Seasoned Agency Loans [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs				509.9
PHH Mortgage Corporation [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Private-label Residential Mortgage Loans [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSR, servicer advances				$ 221.9
United Shore Financial Services, LLC [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs		$ 94.8
Purchase price holdback		9.5
United Shore Financial Services, LLC [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages		$ 9,800.0
Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs	$ 48.6
Payments to acquire MSR, servicer advances	1.3
Purchase price holdback	4.9
Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. [Member] \| New Residential Mortgage LLC [Member] \| Mortgage Servicing Rights [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 5,200.0
Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Member] \| PHH Mortgage Corporation [Member]
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Discount rate					11.00%