Mortgage Servicing - Schedule of Components of Servicing and Subservicing Fees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Servicing	$ 52,336	$ 55,387	$ 107,745	$ 108,569
Subservicing	10,630	4,203	15,820	10,410
NRZ	88,405	141,091	208,073	296,938
Servicing and Subservicing fees, total	151,371	200,681	331,638	415,917
Late charges	12,672	13,242	27,311	28,682
Custodial accounts (float earnings)	1,590	13,341	7,731	25,275
Loan collection fees	2,744	3,401	7,000	7,750
Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) fees	20	1,565	428	3,342
Other, net	6,843	7,730	12,615	15,610
Fees, total	$ 175,240	$ 239,960	$ 386,723	$ 496,576

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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Servicing fee collected on mortgage servicing rights for which rights have been sold to NRZ.

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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/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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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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Amount of contractually specified servicing fee, late fee, and ancillary fee recognized as income for servicing asset and servicing liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116651436&loc=d3e122596-111746

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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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