Amount of income tax expense (benefit) from change in state statutory tax rate.

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Amount of deferred tax liability for noncontrolling interest adjustment.

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The previous domestic state statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations.

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Income Taxes - Returns Currently Under Examination (Details) item in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 item	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Deferred tax liability attributable to noncontrolling interest, net	$ 320.5
Returns currently under examination \| item			0.0
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent			21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
Amount of income tax benefit from change in stat statutory tax rate	$ 8.5
Amount of income tax benefit from effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017		$ 13.7
Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC
Reduction in payable to exchanged Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC		$ 32.0			$ 32.0
CA
Adjusted state statutory rate (as a percent)	8.84%
Previous state statutory rate (as a percent)	10.84%