FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Inputs Servicer Advances (Details) (Servicer Advances)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Servicer Advances
Fair Value Inputs, Equity, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Outstanding Servicer Advances to UPB of Underlying Residential Mortgage Loans	2.20%	2.70%
Prepayment Speed	14.60%	13.30%
Delinquency	16.30%	20.00%
Mortgage Servicing Amount	1960.00%	2120.00%
Discount Rate	5.60%	5.60%

Ratio of servicer advances to unpaid principal balance of underlying residential loans.

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- Definition

The weighted average mortgage servicing amount in excess of the base mortgage servicing fee, as used within fair value valuation methodology for excess MSRs.

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- Definition

Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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- Definition

Rate at which loans or a loan portfolio are expected to prepay principal balances, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Percentage of likelihood a loan will not be repaid and instead default, used as an input to measure fair value.

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