INVESTMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS - Variable Interest Entities, Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale	[1]	$ 1,426,751	$ 696,665
Other assets		323,375	244,498
Total assets		21,404,833	18,399,529
Liabilities
Notes and bonds payable	[1]	7,236,967	7,990,605
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		331,243	205,444
Total liabilities		16,725,629	14,931,352
Real estate securities, available-for-sale		6,714,846	$ 5,073,858
RPL Borrowers | VIE, consolidated
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale		193,010
Other assets		0
Total assets		193,010
Liabilities
Notes and bonds payable		189,843
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		16
Total liabilities		189,859
Real estate securities, available-for-sale		$ 78,200

[1] New Residential’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets include the assets and liabilities of certain consolidated VIEs, the Buyer (Note 6), the RPL Borrowers (Note 8), and the Consumer Loan SPVs (Note 9), which primarily hold investments in Servicer Advance Investments, residential mortgage loans, and consumer loans, respectively, financed with notes and bonds payable. The balance sheets of the Buyer, the RPL Borrowers and the Consumer Loan SPVs are included in Notes 6, 8 and 9, respectively. The creditors of the Buyer, the RPL Borrowers, and the Consumer Loan SPVs do not have recourse to the general credit of New Residential and the assets of the Buyer, the RPL Borrowers, and the Consumer Loan SPVs are not directly available to satisfy New Residential’s obligations.