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	Jan. 21, 2021 event vote $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 shares	Jan. 20, 2021 shares
Common Class A
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of votes \| vote	1
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	103,104,205	92,575,974	91,612,305
Conversion ratio		1
Number of trigger events \| event	4
Common Class A \| Minimum
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Share price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 13.00
Common Class A \| Maximum
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Share price (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 19.00
Common Class C
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of votes \| vote	1
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	0	0	0
Common Class B
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of votes \| vote	10
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	0	0	0
Exchange ratio (in shares)		1
Common Class D
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of votes \| vote	10
Common stock outstanding (in shares)	1,502,069,787	1,502,069,787	1,502,069,787
UWM Holdings Corporation
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percent	94.00%
SFS Corp
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percent	6.00%
UWM
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of units authorized (in shares)				1
Number of units issued (in shares)				1
Number of units outstanding (in shares)				1
SFS Corp \| UWM Holdings Corporation \| Class B and Class D
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of earn-out shares to be issued	90,761,687