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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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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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Amount of increase (decrease) from adjustments after acquisition date under purchase accounting 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.

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Amount of transfers into (out 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.

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Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill			$ 1,889,072
Accumulated impairment losses			(7,525)
Goodwill					$ 2,107,255	$ 1,881,547
Acquisitions					129,505	226,907
Translation adjustments					13,839	(1,199)
Goodwill			1,881,547		2,250,599	2,107,255
Rental Property Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					0
Valuation Solutions Business [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					0
PIRM Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill			963,680
Accumulated impairment losses			(600)
Goodwill					1,188,788	963,080
Acquisitions					127,805	226,907
Translation adjustments					13,839	(1,199)
Goodwill			963,080		1,028,623	1,188,788
PIRM Segment [Member] \| Rental Property Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					5,521
PIRM Segment [Member] \| Valuation Solutions Business [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					(307,330)
UWS Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill			925,392
Accumulated impairment losses			(6,925)
Goodwill					918,467	918,467
Acquisitions					1,700	0
Translation adjustments					0	0
Goodwill			$ 918,467		1,221,976	918,467
UWS Segment [Member] \| Rental Property Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					(5,521)
UWS Segment [Member] \| Valuation Solutions Business [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Reclassifications of solutions					307,330
FNC, Inc. [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions		$ 220,300
Adjustments recorded to goodwill					5,400
FNC, Inc. [Member] \| PIRM Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions						225,700
Adjustments recorded to goodwill					5,400
FNC, Inc. [Member] \| UWS Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions					1,700
Mercury, Inc. [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions	$ 105,300
Adjustments recorded to goodwill				$ 5,800
Mercury, Inc. [Member] \| UWS Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill					105,300
Myriad Development, Inc. and Clareity Ventures, Inc. [Member] \| PIRM Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill					28,100
Insignificant Acquisition [Member] \| PIRM Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Acquisitions						$ 1,200
Adjustments recorded to goodwill					$ 200
Minimum [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount rate used in weighted average cost of capital calculation					8.50%
Maximum [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Discount rate used in weighted average cost of capital calculation					9.00%