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Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Transfers And Servicing [Abstract] |
Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net |
16. | Mortgage Servicing Rights, Net
The changes in the carrying amount of mortgage servicing rights for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Mortgage Servicing Rights |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | $ | 399,349 |  |  | $ | 347,558 |
Additions |  |  | 6,389 |  |  |  | 28,806 |
Purchases from an affiliate |  |  | 509 |  |  |  | — |
Amortization |  |  | (19,294 | ) |  |  | (17,175 | )
Ending balance |  | $ | 386,953 |  |  | $ | 359,189 |
Valuation Allowance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Beginning balance |  | $ | (6,723 | ) |  | $ | (7,742 | )
Decrease (increase) |  |  | 1,296 |  |  |  | 3,168 |
Ending balance |  |  | (5,427 | ) |  |  | (4,574 | )
Net balance |  | $ | 381,526 |  |  | $ | 354,615 |
The amount of contractually specified servicing fees (including primary and special servicing fees) and ancillary fees (including yield maintenance fees) earned by the Company were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Servicing fees |  | $ | 25,132 |  |  | $ | 22,050 |
Escrow interest and placement fees |  |  | 2,967 |  |  |  | 1,459 |
Ancillary fees |  |  | 827 |  |  |  | 1,323 |
Total Servicing fees |  | $ | 28,926 |  |  | $ | 24,832 |
The Company’s primary servicing portfolio as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was approximately $55.1 billion and $54.2 billion, respectively. Also, the Company is named special servicer for a number of commercial mortgage-backed securitizations. Upon certain specified events (such as, but not limited to, loan defaults and loans assumptions), the administration of the loan is transferred to the Company. The Company’s special servicing portfolio at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $3.6 billion and $3.8 billion, respectively. The estimated fair value of Mortgage servicing rights, net as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were $422.2 million and $418.1 million, respectively. Fair values are estimated using a valuation model that calculates the present value of the future net servicing cash flows. The cash flow assumptions used are based on assumptions the Company believes market participants would use to value the portfolio. Significant assumptions include estimates of the cost of servicing per loan, discount rate, earnings rate on escrow deposits and prepayment speeds. The discount rates used in measuring fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and for the year ended December 31, 2017 was between 3.0% and 13.5% and varied based on investor type. An increase in discount rate of 100 bps or 200 bps would result in a decrease in fair value by $13.7 million and $25.0 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2018 and by $11.8 million and $23.0 million, respectively, at December 31, 2017.

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