ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Narrative (Details)					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
		Oct. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 06, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares $ / right shares	Oct. 17, 2014 shares	Oct. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 08, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares				141,400,000		230,458,866		230,458,866	230,458,866				141,434,905
Reverse stock split				0.5	0.5
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares						$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01				$ 0.01
Amount retained						$ 165,039,000		$ 165,039,000	$ 165,039,000				$ 29,418,000
Contingent cash consideration									50,000,000	$ 0
HLSS Seller Financing									133,300,000
Compensation expense									300,000	328,000
Debt issuance costs	[1]					0		0	0				0
Interest income						104,783,000	$ 64,280,000		251,483,000	152,917,000
Income before income taxes						55,823,000	$ 159,899,000		187,777,000	420,654,000
Servicer advances, at fair value						7,499,775,000		7,499,775,000	7,499,775,000				$ 3,270,839,000
HLSS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest income								184,300,000
Income before income taxes								69,400,000
HLSS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase price			$ 1,000,000,000
Shares issued (in shares) | shares			28,286,980
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.01
Exercisable rights, per right amount in cash (in dollars per share) | $ / right			0.704059
Contingent cash consideration	[2]		$ 50,000,000
Fair value of stock issued	[3]		434,092,000
Cash consideration			621,982,000
HLSS Seller Financing	[4]		385,174,000
Goodwill			0
Debt issuance costs			27,000,000
Acquisition related costs incurred									$ 26,100,000
HLSS [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contingent cash consideration			0
HLSS [Member] | Ocwen [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance												$ 156,400,000,000
Servicer basic fee, percent												12.00%
Servicing fee basis points												2.75%
Fee arrangement, term									8 years
Servicer advances, at fair value			$ 5,600,000,000
Contractual term			8 years
Contract extension notification period, prior to end of term			6 months
Outstanding loan balance fee, percent			0.50%
Professional and contract services fee, additional markup percent			15.00%
HLSS [Member] | Ocwen [Member] | Other Income [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Purchase agreement contract clause accrual						8,500,000		8,500,000	$ 8,500,000
HLSS [Member] | Ocwen [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contractual term			6 years
HLSS [Member] | Retention Bonus Payments [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation expense									3,000,000
HLSS [Member] | Employee Severance Payments [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation expense									2,800,000
HLSS [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contingent cash consideration		$ 50,000,000
HLSS [Member] | HLSS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.01
Amount retained						$ 45,100,000		$ 45,100,000	$ 45,100,000		$ 50,000,000
Exercisable rights, per right amount in cash (in dollars per share) | $ / right			0.704059
Percentage of HLSS's issued and outstanding shares			10.00%
Cash Flow Reclassification, Investing To Operating [Member] | Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Gross cash inflows										249,700,000
Gross cash outflows										$ 737,200,000
Fortress [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) | shares						2,400,000		2,400,000	2,400,000
Stock options outstanding (in shares) | shares						10,900,000		10,900,000	10,900,000

[1] Deferred financing costs were reclassified as an offset to the related debt obligation in June 2015 pursuant to ASU No. 2015-03 (Note 1).

[2] New Merger PaymentThe New Merger Agreement, and the $50.0 million consideration related thereto, is included as a part of the business combination in conjunction with the Share and Asset Purchase Agreement. The range of outcomes for this contingent consideration was from $0.0 million to $50.0 million, dependent on whether the New Merger was approved by HLSS shareholders and other factors.

[3] Share Issuance ConsiderationThe share issuance consideration consists of 28.3 million newly issued shares of New Residential common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. The fair value of the common stock at the date of the acquisition was $15.3460 per share, which was New Residential’s volume weighted average share price on April 6, 2015.

[4] HLSS Seller FinancingNew Residential agreed to deliver $1.0 billion of cash purchase price, including a promise to pay an amount of $385.2 million immediately after closing from the proceeds of financing that was committed in anticipation of the HLSS Acquisition and is collateralized by certain of the HLSS assets acquired.