Business Acquisition, Percentage of Total Consideration Paid

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Business Acquisition, Term for Funds Held in Escrow

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Business Acquisition, Term for Payment to Escrow Account

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Business Acquisition, Voting Interests Acquired as a Percentage of Gross Voting Interests Available for Sale

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Percent of Net Assets Used In Gross Purchase Price

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Gain (Loss) on Remeasurement of Consumer Loans Investment

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of investments accounted under the equity method.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow associated with other payments to acquire businesses including deposit on pending acquisitions and preacquisition costs.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - SpringCastle Transaction (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 30, 2016
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Gain on remeasurement of consumer loans investment		$ 0	$ 0	$ 71,250,000	$ 0
Consumer Loan Companies [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners		46.50%		46.50%
SpringCastle [Member] \| Consumer Loan Companies [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners						30.00%
Equity method investments, fair value						$ 71,300,000
SpringCastle [Member] \| New Residential Investment Corp. [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Parent's ownership percentage		53.50%		53.50%
Consumer Loan Companies [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Total consideration	$ 237,500,000
Gain on remeasurement of consumer loans investment				$ 71,300,000
Consumer Loan Companies [Member] \| New Residential Investment Corp. [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Total consideration	$ 237,500,000
Percent of net assets used in gross purchase price	100.00%
SpringCastle Sellers [Member] \| SpringCastle [Member] \| SpringCastle Buyers [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	47.00%
Total consideration	$ 111,625,000
Cash consideration	100,462,500
Other Payments to Acquire Businesses	$ 11,162,500
Term for payment to escrow account (in days)	120 days
Term for funds held in escrow (in years)	5 years
SpringCastle Sellers [Member] \| SpringCastle [Member] \| NRZ SpringCastle Buyers [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	23.50%
Voting interests acquired as a percentage of gross voting interests available for sale	50.00%
Percentage of total consideration paid	50.00%
Blackstone SpringCastle Buyers [Member] \| SpringCastle [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners		46.50%		46.50%
Voting interests acquired as a percentage of gross voting interests available for sale	50.00%