Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)						1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Aug. 17, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 13, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 07, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 extension	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 09, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 29, 2016 series_of_preferred_stock shares	May 26, 2016 $ / shares
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Receivable from Front Yard						$ 5,014,000				$ 34,967,000
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						$ 1,165,000				$ 2,920,000
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				$ 11,000
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				1,100
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 | Termination agreement | Front Yard
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Receivable from Front Yard		$ 46,000,000.0								$ 31,000,000.0
Due from Front Yard	$ 15,000,000.0
Disposition of certain assets	$ 3,200,000
Revenue from related parties		$ 3,600,000
Period for voting recommendations		1 year
Affiliated entity | Termination agreement | Front Yard | Forecast
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Due from Front Yard									$ 15,000,000.0
Due from Front Yard, subject to conditions, restrictions, and limitations									16,000,000.0
Disposition of certain assets									8,200,000
Affiliated entity | Termination agreement | Front Yard | Common Stock | Forecast
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Disposition of certain assets									$ 5,000,000.0
Affiliated entity | Amended AMA | Front Yard
Organization and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Automatic renewal term				1 year
Contract term				5 years
Revenue from related parties				$ 3,584,000
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