Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The effective income tax rate (provision for income taxes as a percentage of income from continuing operations before equity in earnings of affiliates and income taxes) was 36.9% and 220.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 40.9% and 66.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The change in the effective rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is primarily attributable to the 2011 excess tax gain recognized upon the sale of Corelogic Global Services Private Limited ("Corelogic India"). The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is primarily attributable to the reversal of deferred taxes related to our interest in Dorado when it was held as an equity method investment in 2011 and the 2011 excess tax gain recognized upon the sale of Corelogic Global Services Private Limited ("Corelogic India"). Income taxes included in equity in earnings of affiliates were $5.2 million and $5.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $18.7 million and $13.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. For the purpose of segment reporting, these amounts are not reflected at the segment level but are recorded as a component of the corporate and eliminations group. As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions was $52.7 million and $19.3 million, respectively. The increase in the liability as of September 30, 2012 relates primarily to the Company's claim, on behalf of FAFC, for a timing adjustment in a prior year tax return. The claim is for FAFC losses reported and is subject to indemnification from FAFC under the Tax Sharing Agreement. As of September 30, 2012, the liability can be reduced by $1.8 million of offsets related to state income taxes and timing adjustments. The net amount of $50.9 million, if recognized, would favorably affect the Company's effective tax rate and after considering the impact of the agreement with FAFC, the impact to net income would be $6.7 million. The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state jurisdictions, and various non-U.S. jurisdictions. With a few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, and non-U.S. income tax examinations by taxing authorities for years prior to 2006. It is reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized benefit with respect to certain of our unrecognized tax positions could significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. These changes may be the result of items such as ongoing audits, competent authority proceedings related to transfer pricing, or the expiration of federal and state statutes of limitation for the assessment of taxes. We entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with FAFC in connection with the Separation. The Tax Sharing Agreement governs ours and FAFC’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the Distribution with respect to taxes, including ordinary course of business taxes and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the Distribution to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and taxes incurred in connection with certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the Separation. Our rights, responsibilities and obligations under the Tax Sharing Agreement are discussed in our Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as amended.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate (provision for income taxes as a percentage of income from continuing operations before equity in earnings of affiliates and income taxes) was 36.9% and 220.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and 40.9% and 66.1% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The change in the effective rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is primarily attributable to the 2011 excess tax gain recognized upon the sale of Corelogic Global Services Private Limited ("Corelogic India"). The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 is primarily attributable to the reversal of deferred taxes related to our interest in Dorado when it was held as an equity method investment in 2011 and the 2011 excess tax gain recognized upon the sale of Corelogic Global Services Private Limited ("Corelogic India"). Income taxes included in equity in earnings of affiliates were $5.2 million and $5.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and $18.7 million and $13.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. For the purpose of segment reporting, these amounts are not reflected at the segment level but are recorded as a component of the corporate and eliminations group.

As of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the liability for income taxes associated with uncertain tax positions was $52.7 million and $19.3 million, respectively. The increase in the liability as of September 30, 2012 relates primarily to the Company's claim, on behalf of FAFC, for a timing adjustment in a prior year tax return. The claim is for FAFC losses reported and is subject to indemnification from FAFC under the Tax Sharing Agreement. As of September 30, 2012, the liability can be reduced by $1.8 million of offsets related to state income taxes and timing adjustments. The net amount of $50.9 million, if recognized, would favorably affect the Company's effective tax rate and after considering the impact of the agreement with FAFC, the impact to net income would be $6.7 million.

The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state jurisdictions, and various non-U.S. jurisdictions. With a few exceptions, we are no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, and non-U.S. income tax examinations by taxing authorities for years prior to 2006.

It is reasonably possible that the amount of the unrecognized benefit with respect to certain of our unrecognized tax positions could significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. These changes may be the result of items such as ongoing audits, competent authority proceedings related to transfer pricing, or the expiration of federal and state statutes of limitation for the assessment of taxes.

We entered into a Tax Sharing Agreement with FAFC in connection with the Separation. The Tax Sharing Agreement governs ours and FAFC’s respective rights, responsibilities and obligations after the Distribution with respect to taxes, including ordinary course of business taxes and taxes, if any, incurred as a result of any failure of the Distribution to qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and taxes incurred in connection with certain internal transactions undertaken in anticipation of the Separation. Our rights, responsibilities and obligations under the Tax Sharing Agreement are discussed in our Annual Report filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as amended.