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Loans Held for Sale, Unpaid Principal Balance

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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The aggregate cash outflow used to purchase all loans that are held with the intention to resell in the near future.

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The cash inflow resulting from the sale of loans classified as held-for-sale, including proceeds from loans sold through mortgage securitization.

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Loans Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 02, 2014	May 01, 2014	Mar. 03, 2014	May 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Value assigned to MSRs retained on transfers of forward loans						$ 36,000	$ 36,000	$ 39,800
Gains on sales of repurchased Ginnie Mae Loans which are carried at the lower of cost or fair value						24,600	23,000	54,700
Gain on loans held for sale, net						90,391	134,969	134,297
Payments to purchase loans held-for-sale						6,090,432	5,000,681	7,430,340
Line of Credit [Member] \| Lending [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at fair value, UPB pledged to secure warehouse lines of credit						279,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Servicing [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at fair value, UPB pledged to secure warehouse lines of credit						12,700
Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of loans held for sale			$ 549,400
Total gains on sales of loans							7,200
NRZ [Member] \| Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan and related advances proceeds			$ 612,300
Unrelated Party [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of loans held for sale				$ 33,000	$ 42,700
Loan and related advances proceeds	$ 462,500
Gain on loans held for sale, net	1,300			$ 7,200	$ 12,900
Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
UPB of loans held for sale		$ 451,000
Payments to purchase loans held-for-sale		$ 479,600
FHA Buyout Loans [Member] \| NRZ [Member] \| Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan and related advances proceeds							556,600
Servicing Advances [Member] \| NRZ [Member] \| Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan and related advances proceeds	$ 20,200						55,700
Advances [Member] \| NRZ [Member] \| Delinquent FHA Insured Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan and related advances proceeds							13,100
Loans Held for Investment [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gain on loans held for sale, net						$ 125,700	$ 112,600	$ 72,700