Mortgage Servicing - Schedule of Components of Servicing and Subservicing Fees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Servicing	$ 79,377	$ 52,336	$ 143,269	$ 107,745
Subservicing	2,617	10,630	6,104	15,820
NRZ	77,716	88,405	158,101	208,073
Servicing and Subservicing fees, total	159,710	151,371	307,474	331,638
Late charges	11,447	12,672	20,679	27,311
Recording Fees	3,202	3,369	6,854	5,927
Loan collection fees	2,761	2,744	5,711	7,000
Boarding and deboarding fees	2,184	1,077	5,203	1,356
Custodial accounts (float earnings)	1,306	1,590	2,313	7,731
Other, net	3,831	2,417	7,945	5,760
Ancillary income	24,731	23,869	48,705	55,085
Servicing and subservicing fees	$ 184,441	$ 175,240	$ 356,179	$ 386,723

Boarding and de-boarding fees.

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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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Recording Fees

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This represents the amount of the fee earned, generally expressed as a percent of UPB, from the borrowers’ payments. Also includes late fees, prepayment penalties, float earnings and other ancillary fees.

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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
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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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