SERVICER ADVANCE INVESTMENTS - Summary of Investments in Servicer Advances - Components of Funded Advances (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Investment [Line Items]
Total	[1]	$ 735,846	$ 4,027,379
Corporate Joint Venture
Investment [Line Items]
Principal and interest advances		108,317	909,133
Escrow advances (taxes and insurance advances)		238,349	1,636,381
Foreclosure advances		273,384	1,036,362
Total		$ 620,050	$ 3,581,876

[1] New Residential’s Consolidated Balance Sheets include the assets and liabilities of certain consolidated VIEs, Advance Purchaser LLC (the “Buyer”) (Note 6), the RPL Borrowers, Shellpoint Asset Funding Trust 2013-1 (“SAFT 2013-1”) and the Shelter retail mortgage origination joint ventures (“Shelter JVs”) (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, SAFT 2013-1, Shelter JVs and the Consumer Loan SPVs are included in Notes 6, 8 and 9, respectively. The creditors of the Buyer, the RPL Borrowers, SAFT 2013-1, Shelter JVs 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, SAFT 2013-1, Shelter JVs and the Consumer Loan SPVs are not directly available to satisfy New Residential’s obligations. See Note 8 regarding deconsolidation of the RPL Borrowers during 2018.