Minimum amount the entity has agreed to expend funds to purchase an interest in Excess MSRs.

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Variable Interest Entity, Amount of Distributed Capital Recallable

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Variable Interest Entity, Amount of Distributed Capital Recallable From Co-Investor

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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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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SERVICER ADVANCE INVESTMENTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021
The Buyer
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Capital distributed to third-party co-investors	$ 71.5
Capital distributed to new residential	597.9
Servicer Advance Investments
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Funded capital commitments	$ 627.4
Servicer Advance Investments \| The Buyer
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Rithm Capital’s percentage ownership	89.30%	89.30%	73.20%
Servicer Advance Investments \| Noncontrolling Third-party Investors
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Funded capital commitments	$ 25.0