SEGMENT REPORTING - Summary of Segment Financial Data (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 84,373	$ 71,490
Interest expense	33,979us-gaap_InterestExpense	38,997us-gaap_InterestExpense
Net interest income (expense)	50,394us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	32,493us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Impairment	2,048nrz_TotalImpairmentCharges	492nrz_TotalImpairmentCharges
Other income	12,295us-gaap_NonoperatingGainsLosses	35,050us-gaap_NonoperatingGainsLosses
Operating expenses	22,270us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	9,899us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	38,371	57,152
Income tax expense (benefit)	(3,427)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	287us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net Income (Loss)	41,798us-gaap_ProfitLoss	56,865us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	5,823	8,093
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	35,975	48,772
Investments	6,903,191us-gaap_Investments
Cash and cash equivalents	459,334us-gaap_Cash
Restricted cash	28,325		29,418
Derivative assets	71us-gaap_DerivativeAssets		32,597us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
Other assets	76,701us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssets		99,869us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssets
Total assets	7,467,622us-gaap_Assets		8,093,690us-gaap_Assets
Debt	5,338,807		6,062,299
Other liabilities	314,401us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
Total liabilities	5,653,208us-gaap_Liabilities		6,243,765us-gaap_Liabilities
Total equity	1,814,414		1,849,925
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	246,899us-gaap_MinorityInterest		253,836us-gaap_MinorityInterest
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	1,567,515us-gaap_StockholdersEquity		1,596,089us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Investments in equity method investees	225,111nrz_EquityMethodInvestmentsConsolidated
Operating Segments [Member] \| Excess MSRs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	15,037	13,816
Interest expense	0	1,291
Net interest income (expense)	15,037	12,525
Impairment	0	0
Other income	3,890	12,976
Operating expenses	88	65
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	18,839	25,436
Income tax expense (benefit)	0	0
Net Income (Loss)	18,839	25,436
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	18,839	25,436
Investments	751,773
Cash and cash equivalents	267
Restricted cash	37
Derivative assets	0
Other assets	34
Total assets	752,111
Debt	0
Other liabilities	2,921
Total liabilities	2,921
Total equity	749,190
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	749,190
Investments in equity method investees	225,111
Operating Segments [Member] \| Servicer Advances [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	42,349	45,716
Interest expense	23,637	31,956
Net interest income (expense)	18,712	13,760
Impairment	0	0
Other income	(10,727)	0
Operating expenses	575	250
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	7,410	13,510
Income tax expense (benefit)	(3,240)	287
Net Income (Loss)	10,650	13,223
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	5,823	8,093
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	4,827	5,130
Investments	3,245,457
Cash and cash equivalents	69,180
Restricted cash	28,288
Derivative assets	71
Other assets	6,622
Total assets	3,349,618
Debt	2,875,412
Other liabilities	19,642
Total liabilities	2,895,054
Total equity	454,564
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	246,899
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	207,665
Investments in equity method investees	0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Real Estate Securities [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	14,263	11,238
Interest expense	3,480	4,069
Net interest income (expense)	10,783	7,169
Impairment	1,071	328
Other income	(5,090)	5,042
Operating expenses	(102)	60
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	4,724	11,823
Income tax expense (benefit)	0	0
Net Income (Loss)	4,724	11,823
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	4,724	11,823
Investments	2,324,915
Cash and cash equivalents	5,288
Restricted cash	0
Derivative assets	0
Other assets	51,610
Total assets	2,381,813
Debt	1,928,891
Other liabilities	219,603
Total liabilities	2,148,494
Total equity	233,319
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	233,319
Investments in equity method investees	0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Real Estate Loans [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	12,724	720
Interest expense	6,093	198
Net interest income (expense)	6,631	522
Impairment	977	164
Other income	13,775	671
Operating expenses	6,104	90
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	13,325	939
Income tax expense (benefit)	(187)	0
Net Income (Loss)	13,512	939
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	13,512	939
Investments	581,046
Cash and cash equivalents	5,895
Restricted cash	0
Derivative assets	0
Other assets	15,925
Total assets	602,866
Debt	434,504
Other liabilities	5,680
Total liabilities	440,184
Total equity	162,682
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	162,682
Investments in equity method investees	0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Consumer Loans [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	0	0
Interest expense	0	1,483
Net interest income (expense)	0	(1,483)
Impairment	0	0
Other income	10,447	16,360
Operating expenses	57	23
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	10,390	14,854
Income tax expense (benefit)	0	0
Net Income (Loss)	10,390	14,854
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	10,390	14,854
Investments	0
Cash and cash equivalents	0
Restricted cash	0
Derivative assets	0
Other assets	543
Total assets	543
Debt	0
Other liabilities	58
Total liabilities	58
Total equity	485
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	485
Investments in equity method investees	0
Operating Segments [Member] \| Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income	0	0
Interest expense	769	0
Net interest income (expense)	(769)	0
Impairment	0	0
Other income	0	1
Operating expenses	15,548	9,411
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	(16,317)	(9,410)
Income tax expense (benefit)	0	0
Net Income (Loss)	(16,317)	(9,410)
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	0	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	(16,317)	(9,410)
Investments	0
Cash and cash equivalents	378,704
Restricted cash	0
Derivative assets	0
Other assets	1,967
Total assets	380,671
Debt	100,000
Other liabilities	66,497
Total liabilities	166,497
Total equity	214,174
Noncontrolling interests in equity of consolidated subsidiaries	0
Total New Residential stockholders’ equity	214,174
Investments in equity method investees	$ 0

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