Mortgage Servicing - Schedule of Components of Servicing and Subservicing Fees (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Servicing	$ 351,823	$ 235,156
Subservicing	33,725	33,866
Servicing and Subservicing fees, total	385,548	269,022
Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) fees	36,699	40,147
Late charges	36,835	25,896
Loan collection fees	8,294	6,382
Custodial accounts (float earnings)	1,721	1,680
Other	21,362	26,182
Fees, total	$ 490,459	$ 369,309

All amounts that, per contract, are due in exchange for servicing or subservicing the financial asset.

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All amounts that, per contract, are due to the subservicer in exchange for subservicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a subservicer if the owners of the servicing rights were to exercise their authority under the contract to shift the subservicing to another servicer.

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Represents amount related to interest earned on unremitted loan payments held in custodial accounts, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset.

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Represents loan collection fees paid by the borrower to the servicer for automated payment services.

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Represents fees related to a specific loan modification program due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset.

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All amounts that are due to the servicer of a financial asset, excluding contractually specified servicing fees and late fees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 50

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7882072&loc=d3e122596-111746

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All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset.

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The total amount of contractually specified servicing fees, late fees, and ancillary fees earned for each period for which results of operations are presented.

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All amounts that are due to the servicer of a financial asset as a result of the debt holder not meeting the monthly payment terms.

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