Document And Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	May 10, 2018
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q/A
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	As used in the in this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 (the “Form 10-Q/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-Q/A amends the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 10, 2018 (the “Original Filing”). This Form 10-Q/A is being filed to restate our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and to make related revisions to certain other disclosures in the Original Filing as a result of the concurrent filing of our Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Further explanation regarding the restatement is set forth in Note 19 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q/A. The following sections in the Original Filing are revised in this Form 10-Q/A to reflect the restatement of: Part I - Item 1 - Financial Statements (Unaudited) Part I - Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Part I - Item 4 - Controls and Procedures Part II - Item 6 - Exhibits 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-Q/A as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2, 32.1 and 32.2. For the convenience of the reader, this Form 10-Q/A sets forth the information in the Original Filing in its entirety, as such information is modified and superseded where necessary to reflect the restatement and other revisions.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-Q/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	Mar. 31, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	Hunt Companies Finance Trust, Inc.
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		23,683,164