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Components of Mortgage Servicing Rights Income (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013
Servicing income, net: |  |  |  |
Income | $ 4,590 | $ 3,008 | $ 12,287 | $ 5,820
Cost of sub-servicer | (437) | (355) | (1,040) | (767)
Net servicing income | 4,153 | 2,653 | 11,247 | 5,053
Market valuation adjustments | 2,321 | 460 | (5,944) | 9,628
MSR provision for repurchases | (653) |  | (653) |
Income from MSRs, Net | $ 5,821 | $ 3,113 | $ 4,650 | $ 14,681

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- Definition Includes income from mortgage banking servicing real estate mortgages, net of subservicing costs, and market valuation changes of MSRs held at fair value. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition All amounts that, per contract, are due to the servicer in exchange for servicing the financial asset and would no longer be received by a servicer if the beneficial owners of the serviced assets (or their trustees or agents) were to exercise their actual or potential authority under the contract to shift the servicing to another servicer. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the asset being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7882072&loc=d3e122596-111746 + Details
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