Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed, Mortgage Loans Held For Sale

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Fair Value, Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfer To Mortgage Loans Held For Sale

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Fair Value, Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Transfer To Real Estate Owned

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Gain on Sale of Mortgage Loans

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mortgage loans held for investment in foreclosure, amount

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Servicing Assets [Line Items]

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Amount of sale of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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The cash inflow from sales of loans that are secured with real estate mortgages and are held with the intention to resell in the near future.

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Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Feb. 01, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Mortgage loans held for sale in foreclosure	$ 21			$ 21		$ 21		$ 33
Sale of mortgage loans held for sale			$ 3,543			27,778
Gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale			35			367
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale			83	360		788
Mortgage loans held for investment in foreclosure								$ 15
Mortgage loans held for investment
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Sale of mortgage loans			0			94
Transfers to mortgage loans held for sale			0			12
Transfers to real estate owned			$ 0			5
Trust 2009-A
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Sale of mortgage loans held for sale	130
Sale of mortgage loans	94
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale	32
Transfers to mortgage loans held for sale	12
Transfers to real estate owned	5
Pacific Union
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Mortgage loans held for sale	536			$ 536		536	$ 536
Servicing Segment
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale						$ 90
Servicing Segment \| Trust 2009-A
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale	21
Corporate/Other \| Trust 2009-A
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale	$ 11
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Sale of mortgage loans held for sale					$ 13,382
Gain on sale of mortgage loans held for sale					127
Net gain on mortgage loans held for sale		$ 44			$ 295