CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Total Rithm Capital Stockholders’ Equity	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	Noncontrolling Interests in Equity of Consolidated Subsidiaries
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021			52,210,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2021				466,758,266,000
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2021	$ 6,669,380	$ 6,604,032	$ 1,262,481	$ 4,669	$ 6,059,671	$ (813,042)	$ 90,253	$ 65,348
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared on common stock	(351,840)	(351,840)				(351,840)
Dividends declared on preferred stock	(67,315)	(67,315)				(67,315)
Capital distributions	(21,391)							(21,391)
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants (in shares)				6,858,347,000
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants	0			$ 69	(69)
Preferred stock repurchase (in shares)			(171,658,000)
Preferred stock repurchase	(3,814)	(3,814)	$ (3,814)
Director share grants (in shares)				98,487,000
Director share grants	1,070	1,070		$ 1	1,069
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)	877,452	850,354				850,354		27,098
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net	(41,916)	(41,916)					(41,916)
Comprehensive income	835,536	808,438						27,098
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022			52,038,342,000
Common stock, shares outstanding ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022				473,715,100,000
Equity, ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	7,061,626	6,990,571	$ 1,258,667	$ 4,739	6,060,671	(381,843)	48,337	71,055
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2022			52,038,342,000
Common stock, shares outstanding beginning balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2022				466,856,753,000
Equity, beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2022	7,062,998	6,993,827	$ 1,258,667	$ 4,670	6,060,740	(387,870)	57,620	69,171
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared on common stock	(118,429)	(118,429)				(118,429)
Dividends declared on preferred stock	(22,427)	(22,427)				(22,427)
Capital distributions	(5,423)							(5,423)
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants (in shares)				6,858,347,000
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants		0	$ 0	$ 69	(69)
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)	154,190	146,883				146,883		7,307
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net	(9,283)	(9,283)					(9,283)
Comprehensive income	144,907	137,600						7,307
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022			52,038,342,000
Common stock, shares outstanding ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2022				473,715,100,000
Equity, ending balance at Sep. 30, 2022	$ 7,061,626	6,990,571	$ 1,258,667	$ 4,739	6,060,671	(381,843)	48,337	71,055
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022	51,964,122		51,964,122,000
Common stock, shares outstanding beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022	473,715,100			473,715,100,000
Equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022	$ 7,010,068	6,943,001	$ 1,257,254	$ 4,739	6,062,019	(418,662)	37,651	67,067
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared on common stock	(362,388)	(362,388)				(362,388)
Dividends declared on preferred stock	(67,185)	(67,185)				(67,185)
Capital contributions	0
Capital distributions	(17,597)							(17,597)
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants (in shares)				9,287,347,000
Cashless exercise of 2020 Warrants	0			$ 93	(93)
Director share grants and employee non-cash stock-based compensation (in shares)				211,614,000
Director share grants and employee non-cash stock-based compensation	5,882	5,882		$ 1	9,044	(3,163)
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)	697,825	687,388				687,388		10,437
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net	1,358	1,358					1,358
Comprehensive income	$ 699,183	688,746						10,437
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023	51,964,122		51,964,122,000
Common stock, shares outstanding ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023	483,214,061			483,214,061,000
Equity, ending balance at Sep. 30, 2023	$ 7,267,963	7,208,056	$ 1,257,254	$ 4,833	6,070,970	(164,010)	39,009	59,907
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023			51,964,122,000
Common stock, shares outstanding beginning balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023				483,320,606,000
Equity, beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2023	7,194,684	7,134,433	$ 1,257,254	$ 4,834	6,068,613	(236,222)	39,954	60,251
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Dividends declared on common stock	(120,804)	(120,804)				(120,804)
Dividends declared on preferred stock	(22,395)	(22,395)				(22,395)
Capital distributions	(5,192)							(5,192)
Director share grants and employee non-cash stock-based compensation (in shares)				(106,545,000)
Director share grants and employee non-cash stock-based compensation	1,424	1,424		$ (1)	2,357	(932)
Comprehensive income (loss)
Net income (loss)	221,191	216,343				216,343	0	4,848
Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net	(945)	(945)					(945)
Comprehensive income	$ 220,246	215,398						4,848
Preferred stock, shares outstanding, ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023	51,964,122		51,964,122,000
Common stock, shares outstanding ending balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023	483,214,061			483,214,061,000
Equity, ending balance at Sep. 30, 2023	$ 7,267,963	$ 7,208,056	$ 1,257,254	$ 4,833	$ 6,070,970	$ (164,010)	$ 39,009	$ 59,907