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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Jan. 05, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Feb. 25, 2015
Jan. 06, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Restricted cash received from WMMRC   $ 2,447,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents $ 115,000us-gaap_RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents    
Notes payable - principal   31,220,000wmih_NotesPayablePrincipalAmount 105,502,000wmih_NotesPayablePrincipalAmount    
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued   1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued    
2012 Plan          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Number of shares authorized and available for awards   3,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Subsequent Event          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Escrow deposit 598,500,000us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
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Loans Outstanding under financing agreement 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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Subsequent Event | 2012 Plan          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Number of shares authorized and available for awards       12,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Subsequent Event | Runoff Notes [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Repayment of notes payable-principal         2,300,000wmih_RepaymentOfNotesPayablePrincipalAmount
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Repayment of notes payable-interest         29,000wmih_RepaymentOfNotesPayableInterestAmount
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= wmih_RunoffNotesMember
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= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Subsequent Event | First Lien Runoff Notes [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Notes payable - principal         665,000wmih_NotesPayablePrincipalAmount
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= wmih_FirstLienRunoffNotesMember
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Subsequent Event | Second Lien Runoff Notes [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Notes payable - principal         $ 28,300,000wmih_NotesPayablePrincipalAmount
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= wmih_SecondLienRunoffNotesMember
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Subsequent Event | Series B Preferred Stock [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Issuance of common stock, Shares 600,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
       
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued 600,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesBPreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
       
Subsequent Event | Series B Preferred Stock [Member] | Affiliates of KKR [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued 200,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
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Subsequent Event | Series B Preferred Stock [Member] | Citi          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued 400,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= wmih_CitigroupGlobalMarketsIncMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesBPreferredStockMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
       
Subsequent Event | Series B Preferred Stock [Member] | Scenario, Previously Reported | Affiliates of KKR [Member]          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued 400,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= us-gaap_OtherAffiliatesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
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/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPreviouslyReportedMember
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= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
       
Subsequent Event | Series B Preferred Stock [Member] | Scenario, Previously Reported | Citi          
Subsequent Event [Line Items]          
Convertible preferred stock, shares issued 200,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= wmih_CitigroupGlobalMarketsIncMember
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
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