Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 03, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 07, 2019	Mar. 31, 2015 extension	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 29, 2016 series_of_preferred_stock shares	May 26, 2016 $ / shares
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) | shares				250,000		250,000	250,000
Issuance of convertible preferred stock						$ 250,000,000.0
Redemption price per share (usd per share) | $ / shares						$ 1,000
Preferred stock, conversion price per share (usd per share) | $ / shares						$ 1,250
Exchange ratio for preferred stock to common stock						0.8
Preferred stock, par value (usd per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.01			$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Number of additional series of preferred stock authorized | series_of_preferred_stock								14
New series preferred stock, maximum number of shares, each series authorized | shares								1,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				$ 1,328,000			$ 1,380,000
Dividends declared and paid on preferred stock				1,000,000.0	$ 1,100,000
Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Redemption price per share (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 1,000
Preferred stock, if converted
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities				$ 10,000			$ 10,000
Series A Preferred Stock
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 250,000,000.0
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) | shares				1,000			1,000
Affiliated entity | Asset Management Agreement (AMA) | Front Yard
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Asset management agreement, term			15 years
Number of potential renewal extensions | extension			2
Automatic renewal term			5 years			5 years
Affiliated entity | Amended AMA | Front Yard
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Automatic renewal term		1 year
Contract term		5 years
Luxor and Putnam | Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Damages sought	231,800,000
Luxor and Putnam | Minimum | Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Damages sought	226,012,000
Luxor | Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Damages sought	150,000,000
Luxor | Minimum | Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Damages sought	$ 144,212,000
Putnam | Series A Preferred Stock | Luxor Capital Group, LP, et al. v. Altisource Asset Management Corporation
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Preferred stock held (in shares) | shares	81,800