Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Loans and Leases Receivable, Allowance	$ 10,660	$ 10,033
Receivables, net at fair value	22,935	25,201
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable	116,874	112,427
Servicing rights at fair value	1,570,320us-gaap_ServicingAssetAtFairValueAmount	1,599,541us-gaap_ServicingAssetAtFairValueAmount
Other assets at fair value	100,735	68,151
Payables and accrued liabilities at fair value	37,937	30,024
Mortgage-backed debt at fair value	635,239wac_BeneficialInterestAtFairValue	653,167wac_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	37,732,229us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued	37,711,623us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Common stock, shares outstanding	37,732,229us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding	37,711,623us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
VIE Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Mortgage-backed debt at fair value	$ 635,239	$ 653,167

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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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 14

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-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