Note 1

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Ocwen Financial Corporation (NYSE: OCN) (Ocwen, OCN, “we”, or “us”) is a financial services holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the servicing and origination of mortgage loans. Ocwen is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and Washington, DC and support operations in India and Uruguay. Ocwen is a Florida corporation organized in February 1988. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC (OLS), a wholly-owned subsidiary, is licensed to service mortgage loans in all fifty states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories. Homeward Residential, Inc. (Homeward), a wholly-owned subsidiary, is licensed to originate mortgage loans in 47 U.S. jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

At March 31, 2013, Ocwen directly or indirectly owned all of the outstanding stock of its primary operating subsidiaries: Homeward, OLS, Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited and Ocwen Mortgage Servicing, Inc. (OMS).

On February 15, 2013, OLS completed the acquisition of certain assets and operations of Residential Capital, LLC (ResCap), an indirect subsidiary of Ally Financial, Inc. (Ally), in connection with the asset sale by ResCap and certain of its subsidiaries pursuant to a plan under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the ResCap Acquisition). We purchased mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) related to “private label”, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) residential mortgage loans and master and sub-servicing agreements. The ResCap Acquisition included the related advances and related elements of the servicing platform for the MSRs and advances. This transaction did not involve the transfer of ownership of any legal entities.

On December 27, 2012, Ocwen completed the merger by and among Ocwen, O&H Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocwen, Homeward Residential Holdings, Inc. (Homeward Holding) and WL Ross & Co. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company as shareholder representative, pursuant to which O&H Acquisition Corp. merged with and into Homeward Holding with Homeward Holding continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ocwen (the Homeward Acquisition). Homeward engages in the servicing of residential mortgage loans, the majority of which are nonprime, and also originates prime loans.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the instructions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to Form 10-Q and SEC Regulation S-X, Article 10, Rule 10-01 for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation. The results of operations and other data for the three months ended March 31, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2013. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements presented herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires that we make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly significant in the near or medium term relate to fair value measurements, the provision for potential losses that may arise from litigation proceedings, the amortization of MSRs and the valuation of goodwill and deferred tax assets.

Principles of Consolidation

Our financial statements include the accounts of Ocwen, its majority-owned subsidiaries and any variable interest entity (VIE) where we have determined that we are the primary beneficiary. We apply the equity method of accounting to investments when the entity is not a VIE, and we are able to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the policies and procedures of the entity but own 50% or less of the voting securities. We have eliminated intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

Variable Interest Entities

We evaluate each special purpose entity (SPE) for classification as a VIE. When a SPE meets the definition of a VIE and we determine that Ocwen is the primary beneficiary, we include the SPE in our consolidated financial statements.

We have determined that the SPEs created in connection with our match funded financing facilities are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiary. We also determined that we were the primary beneficiary for four residential mortgage loan securitization trusts.

Securitizations and Asset Backed Financing Arrangements

We securitize, sell and service residential mortgage loans and regularly transfer financial assets in connection with asset-backed financing arrangements. We have aggregated these securitizations and asset-backed financing arrangements into two groups: (1) securitizations of residential mortgage loans and (2) financings of advances on loans serviced for others.

Securitizations of Residential Mortgage Loans. Currently, we securitize and sell residential mortgage loans involving Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac and Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). We retain the right to service these loans and receive servicing fees based upon the securitized loan balances and certain ancillary fees, all of which are reported in servicing and subservicing fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. In prior years, we securitized residential mortgage loans through “private label” securitization trusts. We continued to be involved with the securitization trusts, typically by acting as the servicer or sub-servicer for the loans held by the trust and by retaining a beneficial ownership interest in the securitization trust. The beneficial interests that we held consisted of both subordinate and residual securities that were either retained at the time of the securitization or subsequently acquired. We held beneficial interests in five of these trusts. We also acquired residual and subordinated interests in six additional trusts where we were not the transferor but were the servicer.

In December 2012, we sold the beneficial interests that we held in the four consolidated securitization trusts and deconsolidated these securitization trusts. We also sold our retained interests in two of the seven unconsolidated securitization trusts. The beneficial interests that we hold in the five remaining unconsolidated securitization trusts have no value and no potential for significant cash flows in the future. In addition, at March 31, 2013, we had no other significant assets in our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements related to these securitization trusts. We have no obligation to provide financial support to unconsolidated securitization trusts and have provided no such support. The beneficial owners of the trusts can look only to the assets of the securitization trusts for satisfaction of the debt issued by the securitization trusts and have no recourse against the assets of Ocwen. The general creditors of Ocwen have no claim on the assets of the trusts.

Financings of Advances on Loans Serviced for Others. Match funded advances on loans serviced for others result from our transfers of residential loan servicing advances to SPEs in exchange for cash. We consolidate these SPEs because the transfers do not qualify for sales accounting treatment or because Ocwen is the primary beneficiary of the SPE.

These SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred advances. We made these transfers under the terms of our advance facility agreements. We classify the transferred advances on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as Match funded advances and the related liabilities as Match funded liabilities. The SPEs use collections of the pledged advances to repay principal and interest and to pay the expenses of the SPE. Holders of the debt issued by these entities can look only to the assets of the SPE for satisfaction of the debt and have no recourse against Ocwen. The assets and liabilities of the advance financing SPEs are comprised solely of Match funded advances, Debt service accounts, Match funded liabilities and amounts due to affiliates. Amounts due to affiliates are eliminated in consolidation.

See Note 8 – Match Funded Advances, Note 12 – Debt Service Accounts and Note 14 – Match Funded Liabilities for additional information.

Reclassification

Within in the revenue section of the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012, reclassified Process management fees of $8.8 million to Other revenues.

Within in the Other income (expense) section of the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31 2012, we reclassified Loss on loans held for resale, net, of $(0.4) million and Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities of $0.3 million to Other, net.

Within the operating activities section of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2012, we reclassified Provision for valuation allowance on mortgage servicing assets of $0.2 million, Loss on loans held for resale, net, of $0.4 million and Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities of $(0.3) million to Other, net. Within the investing activities section we reclassified Proceeds from sales of real estate of $0.5 million, Decrease in restricted cash – for securitization investors of $42 thousand and Principal payments received on loans – restricted for securitization investors of $1.0 million to Other. Within the financing activities section we reclassified Repayment of secured borrowings – owed to securitization investors of $(1.7) million to Other.