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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Additional Shares Available In award Pool

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Estimated Value Granted During Period

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Value of stock related to Restricted Stock Awards issued during the period, net of the stock value of such awards forfeited.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	May 19, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 8,732,000	$ 8,086,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period	10 years
Employee Stock Purchase Plan Percent of Stock Price At Closing Date	85.00%
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	6,015,000	5,473,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	693,584	657,932
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	23,800,000	20,200,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	3 years
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	37,000,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	2 years 4 months 23 days
PBRSU [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	1,780,000	1,243,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	14,300,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	2 years 6 months 16 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	219,378	330,075
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures	7,400,000	10,400,000
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	563,000	1,105,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Estimated Value Granted During Period		7,700,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures	0	242,687
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	2,800,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 7 months 11 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value	2,500,000	1,000,000
CoreLogic 2011 Performance Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Number Of Additional Shares Available In award Pool			21,930,000
Discontinued Operations [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense		100,000
Cost of Services [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 600,000	$ 300,000