INVESTMENTS IN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES - Summary of the Geographic Distribution of the Collateral Securing Non-Agency RMBS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Non-Agency RMBS [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 5,219,334	$ 3,102,973
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	100.00%	100.00%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Western U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 1,877,755	$ 1,097,609
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	36.00%	35.30%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Southeastern U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 1,218,436	$ 758,167
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	23.30%	24.40%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Northeastern U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 1,066,861	$ 583,366
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	20.40%	18.80%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Midwestern U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 573,616	$ 335,406
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	11.00%	10.80%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Southwestern U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1]	$ 430,924	$ 309,236
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1]	8.30%	10.00%
Non-Agency RMBS [Member] | Other U.S. [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Outstanding Face Amount	[1],[2]	$ 51,742	$ 19,189
Percentage of Total Outstanding	[1],[2]	1.00%	0.70%
Servicer Advances [Member] | Bonds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Face amount of investment		$ 406,000

[1] Excludes $406.0 million face amount of bonds backed by servicer advances.

[2] Represents collateral for which New Residential was unable to obtain geographic information.