INVESTMENTS IN CONSUMER LOANS - Assets and Liabilities Related to Variable Interest Entities (Details) - VIE - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Assets
Total assets	$ 1,056,042,000	$ 1,789,286,000
Liabilities
Notes and bonds payable	789,979,000	1,464,851,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	3,308,000	5,187,000
Total liabilities	793,287,000	1,470,038,000
Consumer Loan Companies
Assets
Consumer loans, held-for-investment	1,289,010,000	1,638,357,000
Restricted cash	11,563,000	13,393,000
Accrued interest receivable	19,360,000	24,528,000
Total assets	1,319,933,000	1,676,278,000
Liabilities
Notes and bonds payable	1,284,436,000	1,648,488,000
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	4,007,000	951,000
Total liabilities	1,288,443,000	$ 1,649,439,000
Face amount of bonds retained by New Residential issued by VIEs	$ 120,981,000.000