Rights to MSRs - Schedule of Interest Related to Financial Liability (Details) - NRZ [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Servicing Liabilities at Fair Value [Line Items]
Servicing fees collected on behalf of NRZ	$ 126,712	$ 143,612	$ 253,729	$ 290,923
Less: Subservicing fee retained by Ocwen	34,444	78,794	68,661	157,947
Net servicing fees remitted to NRZ	92,268	64,818	185,068	132,976
Runoff, settlement and other	48,847	16,194	101,887	33,193
Interest expense on NRZ/HLSS financing liability	51,490	48,624	74,539	99,783
Original Rights to MSRs Agreements [Member]
Servicing Liabilities at Fair Value [Line Items]
Changes in fair value	(8,897)	0	(8,782)	0
2017 Agreements and New RMSR Agreements [Member]
Servicing Liabilities at Fair Value [Line Items]
Changes in fair value	$ 828	$ 0	$ 17,424	$ 0

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Bank Servicing Fees Retained

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This element represents interest incurred for borrowed money which was used to produce goods or render services.

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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