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Reverse Mortgage Interest, Unpaid Principal Balance, Purchase Discount

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Reverse Mortgage Interest, Unpaid Principal Balance, Securitized

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Reverse Mortgage Interest, Unpaid Principal Balance, Sold

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Reverse Mortgage Interest, Unsecuritized, Repurchase of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages

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Reverse Mortgage Interest, Unsecuritized, Repurchase of Home Equity Conversion Mortgages Funded by Prior Servicer

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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, after accumulated amortization, of debt premium.

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Interest and fee income from mortgage loans considered to be held-for-sale.

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Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017	Aug. 01, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB, purchase discount	$ 82	$ 42	$ 82	$ 46	$ 89
Unsecuritized HECM
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest earned on HECM loans	274	206		307	$ 490
Participating Interests in HMBS
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized		107	198	265
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) Insured Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized				61
Trust 2019-1 and Trust 2019-2
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized				751
Trust 2017-2 and Trust 2018-1
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized				476
Trust 2018-3
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized		364
Unpaid principal balance sold				20
Trust 2017-1
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized		188
Reverse Mortgage Interests, Unsecuritized \| HECM
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Repurchase of HECM loans		1,429	2,439	2,333
Repurchase of HECM loans funded by prior servicer		328	512	616
Housing And Urban Development, Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
HECM loans assigned to HUD		1,493	1,712	1,819
Other Interest Securitized and Unsecuritized Interests
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB, purchase discount						$ 298
Mortgage-backed debt
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unamortized premium		58		10
Mortgage-backed debt \| Participating Interests in HMBS
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unamortized premium	$ 58	$ 58	58	$ 10		$ 42
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. \| Trust 2018-1 and Trust 2018-2
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized			760
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. \| Trust 2016-2 and Trust 2016-3
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB securitized			$ 284