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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

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Amount of transfers of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized among segments.

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Goodwill, Net Goodwill, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount rate used in weighted average cost of capital calculation					9.50%
Acquisitions					$ 119,589	$ 324,941
Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions					119,589	285,801
Risk Management & Workflow Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions					0	39,140
RELS LLC [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions	$ 23,100
Cordell Information Pty Ltd [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions	$ 31,900
Landsafe [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions		$ 64,600
MSB/DQ Member [Domain] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions						277,800
MSB/DQ Member [Domain] \| Risk Management & Workflow Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions						29,900
Terralink [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions				$ 2,300
BofA's credit services [Member] \| Risk Management & Workflow Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions			$ 9,200
Insignificant Acquisition [Domain] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions						$ 5,700
Multifamily [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers					0
Multifamily [Member] \| Property Intelligence [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers					(101,786)
Multifamily [Member] \| Risk Management & Workflow Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Transfers					$ 101,786