ORGANIZATION - Summary of Total Consideration (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Oct. 23, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 06, 2015 USD ($) right $ / shares $ / right shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
New Residential's 4/6/2015 share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 15.72
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01
HLSS [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Share Issuance Consideration (in shares) | shares		28,286,980	28,286,980
New Residential's 4/6/2015 share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 15.3460
Dollar Value of Share Issuance			$ 434,092
Cash Consideration			621,982
HLSS Seller Financing			385,174
HLSS New Merger Payment (71,016,771 @ $0.704059)	$ 50,000		$ 50,000
Number of rights exercisable (in shares) | right			71,016,771
Exercisable rights, per right amount in cash (in dollars per share) | $ / right			0.704059
Total Consideration			$ 1,491,248
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 0.01
Purchase price		$ 1,000,000	1,000,000
Contingent consideration paid	$ 5,100
Lower Range [Member] | HLSS [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
HLSS New Merger Payment (71,016,771 @ $0.704059)			0
Upper Range [Member] | HLSS [Member]
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
HLSS New Merger Payment (71,016,771 @ $0.704059)			$ 50,000