Document And Entity Information - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Mar. 16, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-K/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	As used in the in this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 10-K/A”), the terms “Company”, “our” or “we” refer to Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc. (known as Five Oaks Investment Corp at the time of the filing of the Original Filing, as defined below), a Maryland Corporation. This Form 10-K/A amends the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 16, 2018 (the “Original Filing”). This Form 10-K/A is being filed to restate our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and to make related revisions to certain other disclosures in the Original Filing as a result of the concurrent filing of our Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. The following sections in the Original Filing are revised in this Form 10-K/A to reflect the restatement of: Part I - Item 1A - Risk Factors Part II - Item 6 - Selected Financial Data Part II - Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Part II - Item 8 - Financial Statements and Supplementary Data Part II - Item 9A - Controls and Procedures Part IV - Item 15 - Exhibits, Financial Statements and Schedules Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have also provided new certifications as required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The certifications are included in this Form 10-K/A as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2. For the convenience of the reader, this Form 10-K/A sets forth the information in the Original Filing in its entirety, as such information is modified and superseded where necessary to reflect the restatement and other revisions. Except as provided above, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original Filing and does not amend or otherwise update any information in the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with our filings with the SEC subsequent to the date on which we filed the Original Filing with the SEC.
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Entity Registrant Name	Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001547546
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 87.3
Trading Symbol	OAKS
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		23,683,164