Mortgage Servicing - Schedule of Components of Servicing and Subservicing Fees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Participating Mortgage Loans [Line Items]
Servicing fee	$ 91.9	$ 82.0	$ 274.0	$ 261.4
Subservicing fee (4)	26.7	17.4	81.0	55.4
MAV Subservicing fee			6.1	5.8
MAV			49.9	49.1
Rithm			56.9	180.9
Servicing and Subservicing fees, total	154.0	180.7	467.9	552.6
Late charges	8.8	9.8	25.5	28.8
Reverse subservicing ancillary fees	5.2	8.1	18.1	26.1
Custodial accounts (float earnings)	35.4	31.5	94.5	77.9
Other, net	7.7	7.6	20.6	22.1
Total ancillary income	57.1	57.1	158.6	155.0
Servicing and subservicing fees	211.1	237.8	626.5	707.5
Servicing and Subservicing Fees, Owned MSR	173.5	152.8	507.6	461.5
Servicing and Subservicing Fees, Transferred MSR	37.6	85.0	118.9	246.1
Ancillary fees - Transferred MSR	4.4	5.7	12.1	16.1
MAV Asset Vehicle LLC
Participating Mortgage Loans [Line Items]
MAV Subservicing fee	2.2	2.0
MAV	14.1	17.2
Rithm Capital Corp . and others
Participating Mortgage Loans [Line Items]
Rithm	19.1	62.1
Amount previously sold	$ 11.2	$ 42.7	$ 34.6	$ 133.6

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All amounts that, per contract, are due in exchange for servicing or subservicing the financial asset.

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Contractually specified servicing fees collected on behalf of counterparty.

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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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Contractually Specified Subservicing Fees Collected on Behalf of Counterparty

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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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Reverse subservicing ancillary income.

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Servicing and Subservicing Fees, Transferred MSR

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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
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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
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