Finance of America Companies Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations - Additional Information (Detail)

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Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Finance of america commercial LLC [Member] \| Cavatica Asset Participation Trust [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Percentage of beneficial interest in securitized trust							5.00%
FAM [Member] \| HAWT 2021-INV1 securitization [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Percentage of beneficial interest in securitized trust						5.00%
FAM Mortgage Loan [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Charge off expenses on transferred mortgage loan		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Repayments of debt	$ 488,200
FAM Mortgage Loan [Member] \| Principal [Member] \| Loans Receivable [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	$ 506,600
FAM Mortgage Loan [Member] \| FAM [Member] \| Financial Asset 60 Days Or Less Past Due [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Mortgage loans transferred to unconsolidated securitization trusts amount		1,100			1,100		$ 400
Agricultural Loans [Member] \| Cavatica Asset Participation Trust [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Consolidated balance Of Agricultural loans		167,100			167,100		118,600
Agricultural Loans [Member] \| Cavatica Asset Participation Trust [Member] \| Nonrecourse [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Liability transferred to the Variable interest entity Fair Value amount		$ 162,500			$ 162,500		$ 111,700

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