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Mortgage Servicing (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mortgage Servicing (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) state	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) state	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Mortgage Servicing
Interest earned on total escrows	$ 17,300	$ 12,800	$ 5,200
Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
Escrow Deposit	947,100	824,100
MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 20,059,077	$ 18,601,641
Weighted average servicing fee (as a percent)	0.438%	0.452%
MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	100.00%	100.00%
Escrow Deposit	$ 562,100	$ 521,200
Texas \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	19.00%	20.00%
North Carolina \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	9.00%	10.00%
New York \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	9.00%	8.00%
California \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	9.00%	8.00%
Georgia \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	6.00%	6.00%
Florida \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	6.00%	6.00%
Other \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	42.00%	42.00%
Number of states accounted for more than 4% of UPB and related servicing revenues \| state	0	0
Freddie Mac \| MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 4,534,714
Freddie Mac \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	23.00%
Fannie Mae \| MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 14,832,844
Fannie Mae \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	74.00%
Fannie Mae \| MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced		$ 13,562,667
Fannie Mae \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total		73.00%
Freddie Mac \| MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced		$ 4,394,287
Freddie Mac \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total		24.00%
FHA \| MSRs
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 691,519	$ 644,687
FHA \| MSRs \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	3.00%	3.00%