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Amount of contractual principal due at origination of mortgage loan within investment in mortgage loan on real estate by entity with substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate or interest in real estate.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Feb. 20, 2020	Feb. 03, 2020	Jul. 01, 2019	Oct. 04, 2018
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity									$ 300,000,000
UPB of rights to MSRs sold			$ 76,100,000,000	$ 76,100,000,000
Service fee collected on behalf of counterparty				577,015,000	$ 539,039,000	$ 549,411,000
Other financing liabilities			972,595,000	$ 972,595,000	1,062,090,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock repurchase program, authorized aggregate amount								$ 5,000,000
Estimated deboarding fees receivable							$ 6,100,000
Senior Secured Term Loan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Periodic prepayment of SSTL		$ 4,200,000	6,400,000
Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	$ 126,100,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000,000.0
Debt instrument, prepayment premium until January 27, 2022 (percentage)	2.00%
Periodic prepayment of SSTL	$ 5,000,000.0
Eurodollar \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)				5.00%
Until January 27, 2021 \| Eurodollar \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	6.00%
Until January 27, 2021 \| Base Rate \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	5.00%
Subsequent to January 27, 2021 \| Eurodollar \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	6.50%
Subsequent to January 27, 2021 \| Base Rate \| Senior Secured Term Loan \| Secured Debt \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percentage)	5.50%
NRZ
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
UPB of rights to MSRs sold			18,500,000,000	$ 18,500,000,000
PHH Corporation
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Service fee collected on behalf of counterparty				28,800,000	$ 7,400,000
PHH Corporation \| NRZ
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
UPB of rights to MSRs sold			35,500,000,000	35,500,000,000
Unpaid principal balance on servicing assets acquired										$ 42,300,000,000
PHH Corporation \| NRZ \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
UPB of rights to MSRs sold							$ 42,100,000,000
NRZ \| Unrelated Party
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance on servicing assets acquired			$ 6,600,000,000	$ 6,600,000,000
Servicing Portfolio \| Customer Concentration Risk \| NRZ
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Concentration risk (percentage)				20.00%
Servicing Portfolio \| Customer Concentration Risk \| NRZ \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of initial mortgage loans (percentage)							25.00%
Loan Servicing And Subservicing Fees \| Customer Concentration Risk \| NRZ
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Concentration risk (percentage)				4.00%
Total Assets \| Customer Concentration Risk \| NRZ
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Concentration risk (percentage)				3.00%