DEBT OBLIGATIONS - Schedule of Debt Obligations (Footnote) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013	[2]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued interest payable		$ 18,268		$ 7,857
Carrying Value		11,292,622	[1]	6,057,853	[1],[2]	$ 4,109,329
Servicer Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[3]	7,047,061		2,885,784	[2]	2,390,778
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value		1,004,980		925,418	[2]	$ 22,840
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Total Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Accrued interest payable		4,800
Carrying Value	[4]	4,043,054		3,149,090	[1]
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Agency RMBS Repurchase Agreements [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[4],[5]	1,683,305		1,707,602
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Agency RMBS Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Trade and Other Receivables [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Collateral amount		1,500,000
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[4],[6]	1,333,852		539,049
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Retained Servicer Advance Bonds [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value		145,800
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Consumer Loan Investment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[7]	$ 40,446		0
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Consumer Loan Investment [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread		3.50%
Repurchase Agreements [Member] | Residential Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[4],[8]	$ 907,993		867,334
Notes Payable [Member] | Secured Corporate Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[9]	$ 182,978		0
Notes Payable [Member] | Secured Corporate Note [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread		5.25%
Notes Payable [Member] | Servicer Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[10]	$ 7,047,061		2,885,784
Face amount of fixed rate debt		$ 2,700,000
Notes Payable [Member] | Servicer Advances [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Lower Range [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread		1.70%
Notes Payable [Member] | Servicer Advances [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Upper Range [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread		2.20%
Notes Payable [Member] | Residential Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	[1],[11]	$ 19,529		$ 22,194
Notes Payable [Member] | Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate spread		2.875%

[1] Net of deferred financing costs associated with the adoption of ASU No. 2015-03 (Note 2).

[2] Excludes debt related to linked transactions (Note 10).

[3] New Residential net settles daily borrowings and repayments of the Notes Payable on its Servicer Advances.

[4] These repurchase agreements had approximately $4.8 million of associated accrued interest payable as of December 31, 2015.

[5] All of the Agency RMBS repurchase agreements have a fixed rate. Collateral amounts include approximately $1.5 billion of related trade and other receivables.

[6] All of the Non-Agency RMBS repurchase agreements have LIBOR-based floating interest rates. This includes repurchase agreements of $145.8 million on retained servicer advance bonds.

[7] The repurchase agreement bears interest equal to three-month LIBOR plus 3.50% and is collateralized by New Residential’s interest in consumer loans (Note 9).

[8] All of these repurchase agreements have LIBOR-based floating interest rates.

[9] The loan bears interest equal to the sum of (i) a floating rate index equal to one-month LIBOR and (ii) a margin of 5.25%. The outstanding face amount of the collateral represents the UPB of the residential mortgage loans underlying the Excess MSRs that secure this corporate note.

[10] $2.7 billion face amount of the notes have a fixed rate while the remaining notes bear interest equal to the sum of (i) a floating rate index rate equal to one-month LIBOR or a cost of funds rate, as applicable, and (ii) a margin ranging from 1.7% to 2.2%.

[11] The note is payable to Nationstar and bears interest equal to one-month LIBOR plus 2.875%.