Mortgage Servicing Rights, Financing Receivable, at Fair Value

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The unpaid principal balance of underlying loans.

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Weighted average expected timing of the receipt of expected cash flows for this investment.

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Amortized amount of contract to service financial assets under which the benefits of servicing are expected to more than adequately compensate the servicer.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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Discount rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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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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INVESTMENTS IN MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS AND MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS FINANCING RECEIVABLES - Schedule of Investment in MSRs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 2 months 2 days
Mortgage servicing rights financing receivables, at fair value	$ 598,728	$ 0
MSRs
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 172,454,150
Weighted Average Life (Years)	6 years 3 months 22 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 1,476,330
Carrying Value	$ 1,735,504
Discount rate	9.10%	12.00%
Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Discount rate	9.40%
Agency \| MSRs
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 172,392,496	$ 79,935,302
Weighted Average Life (Years)	6 years 3 months 22 days	7 years 10 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 1,476,330	$ 555,804
Carrying Value	1,735,504	659,483
Non-Agency \| MSRs
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 61,654
Weighted Average Life (Years)	5 years 7 months 22 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 0
Carrying Value	0
MSRs
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying Value	1,735,504	$ 659,483	$ 0
MSRs \| Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 64,344,893
Weighted Average Life (Years)	5 years 10 months 4 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 489,144
Mortgage servicing rights financing receivables, at fair value	598,728
MSRs \| Agency \| Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 49,498,415
Weighted Average Life (Years)	5 years 10 months 26 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 428,657
Mortgage servicing rights financing receivables, at fair value	476,206
MSRs \| Non-Agency \| Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable
Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 14,846,478
Weighted Average Life (Years)	5 years 7 months 22 days
Amortized Cost Basis	$ 60,487
Mortgage servicing rights financing receivables, at fair value	$ 122,522