ORGANIZATION - Summary of Total Consideration (Footnote) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		Oct. 23, 2015	Apr. 06, 2015		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)					$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Share price (in dollars per share)					$ 12.16
HLSS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares issued (in shares)			28,286,980
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)			$ 0.01
Share price (in dollars per share)			$ 15.3460
Purchase price			$ 1,000,000
Note payable	[1]		385,174
Non-cash contingent consideration		$ 50,000	50,000	[2]
Contingent consideration paid		$ 5,100
HLSS [Member] | Upper Range [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Non-cash contingent consideration			50,000
HLSS [Member] | Lower Range [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Non-cash contingent consideration			$ 0

[1] 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.

[2] HLSS New Merger PaymentThe HLSS 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 HLSS New Merger was approved by HLSS shareholders and other factors. As of the HLSS New Merger Effective Time, the net contingent consideration paid was fixed at $5.1 million.