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Mortgage Servicing Rights, Underlying Loans, Initial Term

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Payments to Acquire Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR), Servicer Advances

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The unpaid principal balance of underlying loans.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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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
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3213-108585

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The cash outflow to obtain servicing rights, which contractually entitle the servicer to receive fees and ancillary revenues for performing billing, collection, disbursement and recordkeeping services in connection with a mortgage portfolio. Rights may be obtained via (1) acquisition or assumption of a servicing obligation that does not relate to financial assets of the servicer or its consolidated affiliates; or (2) by originating mortgage loans and then (a) transferring the loans to a Variable Interest Entity (VIE) in a transaction that meets the necessary transfer and classification requirements, or (b) transferring the loans in a transaction that meets the requirements for sale accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3213-108585

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7524895&loc=d3e120260-111741

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INVESTMENTS IN MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS AND MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS FINANCING RECEIVABLE - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions							9 Months Ended
	Aug. 08, 2017	Jul. 23, 2017	Feb. 17, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 27, 2017	Dec. 28, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Initial contract term (in years)		5 years
Contract extension term with thirty day notice (in months)		3 months
PHH Mortgage Corporation
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages								$ 6,000.0
Ocwen
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages		$ 110,000.0						110,000.0
Number of shares acquired (in shares)		6,075,510
Par value of shares acquired (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01
Share price (in dollars per share)		$ 2.29
Payments to acquire equity method investments		$ 13.9
Payments to acquire MSRs (up to)		$ 400.0
Ditech Financial LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							29.10%
Ditech Financial LLC \| New Residential Mortgage LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs							$ 54.9
Ditech Financial LLC \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages							$ 6,800.0
Nationstar
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							27.60%
Nationstar \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages							$ 49,900.0
PHH Mortgage Corporation
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							21.20%
PHH Mortgage Corporation \| New Residential Mortgage LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Initial term, underlying loans							3 years
PHH Mortgage Corporation \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages						$ 60,500.0	$ 40,800.0	$ 13,200.0
PHH Mortgage Corporation \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Seasoned Agency Loans
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs						502.7
PHH Mortgage Corporation \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Private-label Residential Mortgage Loans
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSR, servicer advances						$ 218.2
CitiMortgage, Inc
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							13.80%
CitiMortgage, Inc \| New Residential Mortgage LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs					$ 906.0
Purchase price holdback					45.3
CitiMortgage, Inc \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages					$ 92,500.0
Ocwen
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							6.40%
Ocwen \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs							$ 54.6
Unpaid Principal Balance of underlying loans transferred							15,500.0
Unpaid Principal Balance of underlying loans to be transferred							$ 92,300.0
Flagstar
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							1.10%
United Shore Financial Services, LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Subservicer percent of UPB							0.80%
United Shore Financial Services, LLC \| New Residential Mortgage LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs	$ 19.7			$ 94.8
Purchase price holdback	2.0			9.5
United Shore Financial Services, LLC \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages	$ 2,100.0			$ 9,800.0
Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. \| New Residential Mortgage LLC
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
Payments to acquire MSRs			$ 48.6
Purchase price holdback			4.9
Payments to acquire MSR, servicer advances			1.3
Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. \| New Residential Mortgage LLC \| Mortgage Servicing Rights
Schedule of MSRs [Line Items]
UPB of Underlying Mortgages			$ 5,200.0