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Borrowings - Schedule of Match Funded Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Aug. 14, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 288,394,000
Match funded liabilities	679,109,000		$ 778,284,000
Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 9,445,000
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	2.79%		3.56%
Match funded liabilities	$ 660,555,000		$ 751,559,000
Advance Receivables Backed Notes - Series 2015-VF5
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	1.36%
Advance Receivables Backed Notes - Series 2015-VF5 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 9,445,000
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	3.36%		4.06%
Match funded liabilities	$ 190,555,000		$ 216,559,000
Advance Receivables Backed Notes - Series 2016-T2 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	0.00%		2.99%
Match funded liabilities	$ 0		$ 235,000,000
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2018-T1 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	0.00%		3.50%
Match funded liabilities	$ 0		$ 150,000,000
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2018-T2 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	0.00%		3.81%
Match funded liabilities	$ 0		$ 150,000,000
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2019-T1 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	2.62%		0.00%
Match funded liabilities	$ 185,000,000	$ 185,000,000.0	$ 0
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2019-T2 \| Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust (OMART)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 0
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	2.53%		0.00%
Match funded liabilities	$ 285,000,000	$ 285,000,000.0	$ 0
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2015-VF1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	1.57%
Advance Receivables Backed Notes, Series 2015-VF1 \| Total Ocwen Freddie Advance Funding (OFAF)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 41,446,000
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	3.53%		5.03%
Match funded liabilities	$ 18,554,000		$ 26,725,000
Match Funded Liabilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Available borrowing capacity	$ 50,891,000
Weighted average interest rate (percentage)	2.81%		3.61%
Match funded liabilities	$ 679,109,000		$ 778,284,000