Interest Expense - Schedule of Interest Expense Interest Expense Related to Financing Liabilities (Details) - NRZ [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Schedule of Interest Expense [Line Items]
Servicing fees collected on behalf of NRZ/HLSS	$ 147,311	$ 162,129
Less: Subservicing fee retained by Ocwen	79,154	84,370
Net servicing fees remitted to NRZ/HLSS	68,157	77,759
Less: Reduction in financing liability	16,999	18,201
Interest expense on NRZ/HLSS financing liability	$ 51,158	$ 59,558

The cash inflow associated with the collection, including prepayments, of loans receivable issued for financing of goods and services.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3179-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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