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Acquisitions - Acquisition of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions				2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 12, 2018 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill							$ 120	$ 23
Reduction in payables and accrued liabilities				$ 159			69
Goodwill adjustment							55
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration	$ 1,226
Estimated consideration	1,777
Stock consideration	551
Goodwill	$ 65						65	$ 10
Reduction in reverse mortgage interests					$ 24
Reduction in reverse mortgage servicing rights					6
Increase in mortgage servicing liabilities					37
Reduction in payables and accrued liabilities					12
Goodwill adjustment					55		$ 55
Accounting adjustments					8
WMIH Corp And Wand Merger Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Right to receive in shares (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 18				$ 18
Right to receive in shares (shares) \| shares		12.7793				12.7793
Stock split conversion		0.0833
Acquisition costs, incurred				$ 7
8.125% Due July 2023
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issued			$ 950
Interest rate			8.125%
9.125% Due July 2026
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt issued			$ 750
Interest rate			9.125%
Service related, net revenue \| Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Accounting adjustments					7
Interest income \| Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Accounting adjustments					$ 1
WMIH Corp \| WMIH Corp And Wand Merger Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs									$ 92
Debt issuance costs									38
WMIH Corp \| KCM \| WMIH Corp And Wand Merger Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs									7
Payment for conversion fee			$ 8
WMIH Corp \| KKR Capital Markets LLC \| WMIH Corp And Wand Merger Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs									$ 25
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Reduction in payables and accrued liabilities						$ (151)
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. \| WMIH Corp And Wand Merger Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs		$ 27				$ 27