Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Deferred (benefit) expense:
Mortgage servicing rights	$ 231,892		$ 186,628	$ 326,378
Net operating loss	(181,759)		(111,496)	(160,605)
Reserves and losses	39,071		(41,641)	13,480
Compensation accruals	(451)		7,403	10,473
Additional tax basis in partnership from exchanges of partnership units into the Company's common stock	3,841		3,803	4,517
California franchise taxes				4,447
Other	(3,205)		(7,778)	(5,757)
Total provision for deferred income taxes	89,389		36,919	192,933
Components of income taxes payable:
Current income tax (receivable) payable	(45)
Income taxes currently payable			1,230
Deferred income tax liabilities, net	1,131,045		1,041,656
Income taxes payable	1,131,000		1,042,886
Deferred income tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforward	454,936		273,178
Compensation accruals	35,718		35,266
Additional tax basis in partnership from exchanges of partnership units into the Company's common stock	18,116		21,957
Reserves and losses	36,365		75,436
Other	8,588		9,943
Gross deferred income tax assets	553,723		415,780
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Mortgage servicing rights	1,678,702		1,446,810
Other	6,066		10,626
Gross deferred income tax liabilities	1,684,768		1,457,436
Deferred income tax liabilities, net	1,131,045		1,041,656
Net operating losses incurred in 2024	181,300
Net operating losses incurred between 2018 and 2023	273,600
Net operating loss no expiration date subject to standard limitations	355,700
Net operating loss carryforwards with most having no expiration or expiring 2037	99,200
Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring Between 2032 and 2037	12,300
Operating Loss Carryforwards Expiring 2042	68,900
Net operating loss carryforward, no expiration date	18,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	0		0
Accrual of interest or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits	0		0
Common stock dividends	$ 52,160	[1]	$ 41,446	$ 54,621

[1] For tax purposes, the entire dividend amount is a return of capital to the stockholders.