Related Party Transaction, Additional Servicing Fee Per Month for Delinquent Loans

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Represents the base servicing fee per month for real estate in settlement of loans.

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Related Party Transaction, Base Servicing Fee Per Month for Subserviced Adjustable Rate Loans

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Related Party Transaction, Base Servicing Fee Per Month for Subserviced Fixed Rate Loans

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The rate is for distressed loans whose payment status is current.

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Related Party Transaction, Servicing Fee Per Month for Severely Delinquent Loans

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Related Party Transaction, Supplemental Fee Per Month for Each Distressed Whole Loan

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Amount of revenue from servicing real estate mortgages, and other financial assets held by others. Includes premiums received in lieu of regular servicing fee.

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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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Transactions with Related Parties - Mortgage Loan Servicing (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 12, 2016	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Summary of mortgage loan servicing fees earned
Loan servicing fees			$ 1,799,480,000	$ 1,484,946,000	$ 1,228,637,000
Loan Servicing Agreement
Transactions with Affiliates
Base servicing fees per month for REO	$ 75
Base servicing fees per month for fixed-rate non-distressed loans subserviced	7.5
Base servicing fees per month for adjustable rate non-distressed loans subserviced	8.5
Supplemental fee per month for each distressed whole loan	25
Minimum \| Loan Servicing Agreement
Transactions with Affiliates
Servicing fees amount per month for current loans	30
Servicing fees amount per month for severely delinquent loans		$ 18
Additional servicing fee amount per month for delinquent loans	10
Maximum \| Loan Servicing Agreement
Transactions with Affiliates
Servicing fees amount per month for current loans	95
Servicing fees amount per month for severely delinquent loans		$ 80
Additional servicing fee amount per month for delinquent loans	$ 55
Related Party \| PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
Summary of mortgage loan servicing fees earned
Loan servicing fees			83,252,000	81,347,000	81,915,000
Related Party \| Loans acquired for sale at fair value \| PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
Summary of mortgage loan servicing fees earned
Loan servicing fees			83,173,000	81,139,000	81,386,000
Related Party \| Distressed loans \| PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust
Summary of mortgage loan servicing fees earned
Loan servicing fees			$ 79,000	$ 208,000	$ 529,000