Fair Value Measurements - Level 3 Reconciliation (Details) - Recurring Fair Value Measurements - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Excess spread financing
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	$ 934	$ 1,311
Changes in fair value included in earnings	6	(132)
Other changes	0	0
Purchases/Additions	0	0
Issuances	0	24
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	(118)	(159)
Balance - end of period	822	1,044
Mortgage servicing rights financing
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	33	37
Changes in fair value included in earnings	(13)	10
Other changes	0	0
Purchases/Additions	0	0
Issuances	0	0
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	0	0
Balance - end of period	20	47
LPCs
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	1
Changes in fair value included in earnings	12
Other changes	0
Purchases/Additions	0
Issuances	0
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	0
Balance - end of period	13
Forward mortgage servicing rights
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	2,703	3,496
Changes in fair value included in earnings	(296)	(1,332)
Other changes	44	57
Purchases/Additions	438	30
Issuances	790	412
Sales	(13)
Settlements and repayments	0	0
Balance - end of period	3,666	2,663
Equity securities
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	0
Changes in fair value included in earnings	0
Other changes	0
Purchases/Additions	50
Issuances	0
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	0
Balance - end of period	50
IRLCs
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	414	135
Changes in fair value included in earnings	(247)	279
Other changes	0	0
Purchases/Additions	0	0
Issuances	0	0
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	0	0
Balance - end of period	167	414
LPCs
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance - beginning of period	38	12
Changes in fair value included in earnings	(32)	26
Other changes	0	0
Purchases/Additions	0	0
Issuances	0	0
Sales	0
Settlements and repayments	0	0
Balance - end of period	$ 6	$ 38

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