The amount of invested in mortgage servicing rights during the period.

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Minimum amount the entity has agreed to expend funds to purchase an interest in Excess MSRs.

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The percentage of non-conforming loans in private label securitizations within the portfolio.

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- Definition

The percentage of investment co-ownership by Nationstar.

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The percentage of investment ownership by New Residential.

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The additional percentage of investment ownership by New Residential acquired during the period.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph (b)

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This is the sum of principal amount outstanding for both securitized and unsecuritized loans of all types.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (e)

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INVESTMENTS IN EXCESS MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS EQUITY METHOD INVESTEES (Details Narrative) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 04, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Apr. 02, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 MSRs Pool 6	Nov. 07, 2013 MSRs Pool 10	May 20, 2013 MSRs Pool 11	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees	Jan. 04, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 6	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 6	Jan. 06, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pools 7, 8, 9, 10	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 10	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 10 Fortress-managed Affiliate	Mar. 31, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pools 7, 9 and 10	Mar. 31, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 8	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 8	Jun. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 7	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 7	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 9	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSR Pools 7 and 10	Sep. 30, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 11	May 20, 2013 Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights Investees MSRs Pool 11
Amount contributed to acquire joint venture	$ 27,300	$ 285,200						$ 28,900
Amount committed to invest in joint venture										340,000	4,100						1,000				37,800
Percentage ownership acquired in joint venture	50.00%		30.00%	50.00%			50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%	50.00%				50.00%		50.00%	50.00%		50.00%	50.00%
Percentage of Investment co-owned by Nationstar	33.00%							33.00%		33.00%											33.00%
Percentage of Investment owned by New Residential	67.00%					66.70%		67.00%		67.00%											67.00%
Loans in private label securitizations portfolio (percent)										53.00%
Amount invested						2,400					13,900	13,900	45,500	35,200		31,500		65,400	107,600
Increase in outstanding principal balance after new investments					$ 1,300,000						$ 10,100,000
Additional percentage interest acquired by New Residential											5.00%	5.00%