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Capital Stock - Summary of Company's Restricted Shares Issued and Subject to Repurchase (Detail) (Restricted shares subject to repurchase [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Restricted shares subject to repurchase [Member]
     
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Number of Restricted Stock Awards Outstanding, Beginning balance 1,456,987us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
1,156,078us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
 
Shares issued subject to vesting during the period 500,894us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
686,273us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
1,156,078us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
Shares vested during the period (614,117)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
(385,364)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
 
Number of Restricted Stock Awards Outstanding, Ending balance 1,343,764us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
1,456,987us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember
1,156,078us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= wmih_UnvestedRestrictedCommonStockSubjectToRepurchaseMember