Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for loan losses	$ 10,033,000	$ 14,320,000
Receivables at fair value	25,201,000	43,545,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable	112,427,000	62,542,000
Servicing rights at fair value	1,599,541,000us-gaap_ServicingAssetAtFairValueAmount	1,131,124,000us-gaap_ServicingAssetAtFairValueAmount
Other assets	68,151,000	62,365,000
Payables and accrued liabilities at fair value	30,024,000	11,782,000
Mortgage-backed debt at fair value (unpaid principal balance of $657,174 and $735,379 at December 31, 2014 and 2013 respectively)	653,167,000wac_BeneficialInterestAtFairValue	684,778,000wac_BeneficialInterestAtFairValue
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
Preferred stock, shares issued	0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued	0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	90,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized	90,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
Common stock, shares issued	37,711,623us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	37,377,274us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Common stock, shares outstanding	37,711,623us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding	37,377,274us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
VIE Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Mortgage-backed debt at fair value (unpaid principal balance of $657,174 and $735,379 at December 31, 2014 and 2013 respectively)	$ 653,167,000	$ 684,778,000

Fair value portion of amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties.

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-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3)

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph a, b

-Article 5