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Percentage Of Consenting Term Lenders To Restructuring Agreement

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Schedule I Financial Information - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)				1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2019	Feb. 11, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Feb. 09, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Feb. 08, 2019	Jan. 16, 2019
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash payments made for reorganization items				$ 5,700,000	$ 11,800,000	$ 0
Parent Company [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash payments made for reorganization items				5,700,000	11,800,000	$ 0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of Consenting Term Lenders to Restructuring Agreement		75.00%
Expected reduction to corporate debt from recapitalization		$ 800,000,000
Trading capacity for hedging facility	$ 1,900,000,000
Second Lien Notes [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 250,000,000.0
Second Lien Notes [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of Noteholders to forbearance agreements								75.00%
2018 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of Noteholders to forbearance agreements							50.00%	50.00%
Forecast [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Percentage of New Common Stock to be issued to Noteholders		100.00%
Forecast [Member] \| 2018 Credit Agreement [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount		$ 400,000,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member] \| Debtor-in-Possession Warehouse Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing	1,900,000,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member] \| Borrowings to Fund Purchase or Origination of Residential Loans [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing			$ 1,000,000,000		1,000,000,000
Interest rate spread			2.25%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member] \| Borrowings to Fund Purchase or Origination of Residential Loans [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing	$ 650,000,000
Variable interest rate basis	3-month LIBOR
Interest rate spread	2.25%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member] \| Borrowings to Fund Repurchase of HECMs and Real Estate Owned [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing			$ 800,000,000		$ 800,000,000
Interest rate spread			3.25%
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Member] \| Borrowings to Fund Repurchase of HECMs and Real Estate Owned [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing	$ 1,000,000,000
Variable interest rate basis	3-month LIBOR
Interest rate spread	3.25%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Debtor-In-Possession Advance Financing Facility [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Available financing	$ 250,000,000
Variable interest rate basis	3-month LIBOR
Interest rate spread	2.25%