OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Schedule of Other Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Other Assets
Margin receivable, net		$ 256,186	$ 358,041
Servicing fee receivables		123,269	117,935
Principal and interest receivable		95,709	85,084
Equity investments		63,839	81,052
Other receivables		193,856	233,342
REO		17,052	21,641
Goodwill		85,199	85,199
Notes receivable, at fair value		52,692	60,549
Warrants, at fair value		21,090	27,354
Property and equipment		44,803	56,617
Intangible assets		145,700	143,133
Prepaid expenses		69,866	115,110
Operating lease right-of-use assets		98,504	117,131
Derivative assets		194,507	138,173
Loans receivable, at fair value		164,901	229,631
Credit facilities receivable		34,419	41,351
Loans in process and settlements in process		105,818	11,681
Other assets		161,488	105,728
Other assets	[1]	1,928,898	2,028,752
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
Margin payable		41,410	9,821
Interest payable		40,586	30,931
Accounts payable		199,886	345,901
Termination fee payable (Note 25)		200,000	0
Derivative liabilities		57,224	34,583
Accrued compensation and benefits		114,955	201,057
Operating lease liabilities		117,730	142,620
Deferred tax liability		716,148	440,690
Other liabilities		283,061	153,165
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	[1]	$ 1,771,000	$ 1,358,768

[1] The Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets include assets of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) that can only be used to settle obligations and liabilities of the VIE for which creditors do not have recourse to the primary beneficiary (Rithm Capital). As of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, total assets of consolidated VIEs were $3.6 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively, and total liabilities of consolidated VIEs were $2.9 billion and $2.1 billion, respectively. See Note 20 for further details.