Document and entity information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jul. 29, 2016
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity registrant name	Altisource Residential Corporation
Entity central index key	0001555039
Current fiscal year end date	--12-31
Entity filer category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document type	10-Q
Document period end date	Jun. 30, 2016
Document fiscal year focus	2016
Document fiscal period focus	Q2
Amendment flag	false
Entity common stock, shares outstanding		54,465,184