Document And Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 02, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Five Oaks Investment Corp.
Entity Central Index Key	0001547546
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	OAKS
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		14,718,750
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	true
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Public Float			$ 122.5
Amendment Description	Five Oaks Investment Corp. (the “Company” or “we”) is filing this Amendment No.1 on Form 10-K (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 16, 2015 (the “Original Filing”). The sole purposes of this Amendment are (i) to provide previously omitted financial information and statements for our short, pre-IPO year from May 16, 2012 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2012, including an updated auditor’s report and notes thereto as well as updated XBRL exhibits reflecting the foregoing; (ii) to amend Item 9A to reflect the current determination of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2014 by reason of such omission; and (iii) to amend the section of the cover page captioned “Documents Incorporated by Reference” to delete the phrase expected to be. This Form 10-K/A includes: Part II. Item 6. Selected Financial Data. Part II. Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. Part IV. Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statements and Schedules. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 12b-15”), each Item of the Original Filing that is affected by this Amendment has been amended and restated in its entirety. All other Items of the Original Filing are unaffected by this Amendment and such Items have not been included in this Amendment. Except as described in this Explanatory Note, the information contained in the Original Filing has not been updated to reflect any events or developments that have occurred since the date of the Original Filing.