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Standstill period to replace the company as named servicer on the loans for which Rights to MSRs have been sold to HLSS.

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Carrying value, as of the balance sheet date, of securities sold under agreements to repurchase where the transferor maintains effective control over the assets, accounting for them as secured debt.

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	Mar. 31, 2015 Agreement Loan Agency	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 02, 2015 Loan	Mar. 18, 2015 Loan	Mar. 31, 2015 Loan	Mar. 24, 2015 Loan	Apr. 30, 2015	Apr. 06, 2015	Apr. 27, 2015	Apr. 23, 2015	Apr. 17, 2015	May 11, 2015
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Number of days from fiscal year end that servicer is obliged to provide audited financial statements	90 days
Number of agencies communicated material sanction, suspension or prohibition	0
Number of non-agency and whole loans servicing agreements	4,100
Number of non-agency and whole loans servicing agreements with minimum servicer ratings	700
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Number of non-agency and whole loans servicing agreements with termination rights triggered	400
Unpaid principal balance of non-agency and whole loans servicing agreements with termination rights triggered	25,000,000,000					25,000,000,000
Percentage of non-agency and whole loans servicing agreements with termination rights triggered of servicing portfolio	12.00%
Number of non-agency servicing agreements terminated due to downgrades in mortgage servicer rating	4
Percentage of servicing transferred due to downgrades in mortgage servicer rating	0.15%
Expected proceeds from sale of mortgage servicing rights	49,465,000	0
Master Repurchase And Participation Agreement [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Term of advance funding facility	364 days
Outstanding master repurchase and participation agreements	373,000,000					373,000,000
HLSS [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale	156,300,000,000	170,800,000,000	160,800,000,000			156,300,000,000
Outstanding servicing advances	5,800,000,000					5,800,000,000
Advance Funding Facility [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Term of advance funding facility	364 days
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	2,000,000,000					2,000,000,000
Advance Funding Facility [Member] \| HLSS [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Term of advance funding facility	364 days		364 days
Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| JPMorgan Chase & Co [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale				42,000,000,000
Number of performing agency loans held for sale				250,000
Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| Green Tree Loan Servicing [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale					9,200,000,000
Number of performing agency loans held for sale					54,000
Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| Nationstar Mortgage LLC [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale	9,100,000,000					9,100,000,000	24,900,000,000
Number of performing agency loans held for sale						76,000	140,000
Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| Advance Funding Facility [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	348,300,000					348,300,000
Maximum borrowing capacity	400,000,000					400,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity											75,000,000
Cash pre-payments to secure future obligations										3,200,000		15,400,000
Escrow deposit										37,500,000
Expected proceeds from sale of mortgage servicing rights								860,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| NRZ [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Extended term as named servicer									2 years
Negotiation period for extension, prior to end of contract term									6 months
Standstill period to replace as named servicer									2 years
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Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity												125,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Advance Funding Facility [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding													500,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity													1,800,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| Nationstar Mortgage LLC [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale								2,700,000,000
Maximum [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Ocwen Loan Servicing [Member] \| NRZ [Member]
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation [Line Items]
Increased costs of financing to be compensated during any calendar month									3,000,000.0
Increased costs of financing to be compensated during contractual term									36,000,000.0