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
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
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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		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022	May 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 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
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			700		$ 400
Agricultural Loans [Member] \| Cavatica Asset Participation Trust [Member]
Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations [Line Items]
Consolidated balance Of Agricultural loans			132,500
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			$ 127,600

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