CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	$ 1,210,450	$ 841,561
Total revenues	1,286,310	841,561
Expenses
Interest expense and warehouse line fees	414,365	309,068
General and administrative	195,118	167,155
Compensation and benefits	235,778	188,880
Total operating expenses	845,261	665,103
Other Income (Loss)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses), net	(68,134)	(78,149)
Other income (loss), net	7,984	(25,166)
Total other income (loss)	(60,150)	(103,315)
Income (loss) before income taxes	380,899	73,143
Income tax expense (benefit)	93,412	(16,806)
Net income (loss)	287,487	89,949
Noncontrolling interests in income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries	3,452	(1,300)
Dividends on preferred stock	22,395	22,395
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders - basic	$ 261,640	$ 68,854
Net Income (loss) per share of common stock
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.54	$ 0.14
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.54	$ 0.14
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding
Basic (in shares)	483,336,777	478,167,178
Diluted (in shares)	485,931,501	482,846,911
Dividends declared per share of common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.25	$ 0.25
Servicing fee revenue, net and interest income from MSRs and MSR financing receivables
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	$ 470,203	$ 469,839
Change in fair value of MSRs and MSR financing receivables (includes realization of cash flows of $(116,839) and $(105,691) respectively)
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	84,175	(142,304)
Servicing revenue, net
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	554,378	327,535
Interest income
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	448,179	346,614
Gain on originated residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale, net
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	149,545	109,268
Other revenues
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate	58,348	58,144
Asset management revenues
Origination and Servicing, Investment Portfolio, Mortgage Loans Receivable and Corporate
Total revenues	$ 75,860	$ 0