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NOTE 2 SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Asset Sales and Financing [Abstract]

SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

NOTE 2

SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

We securitize, sell and service forward and reverse 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.

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 certain residential mortgage loan securitization trusts which were de-recognized at December 31, 2012, upon sale of our retained interest to a third party.

Securitizations of Residential Mortgage Loans

Currently, we securitize forward and reverse residential mortgage loans involving the GSEs. 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 also acquired residual and subordinated interests in 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. All assets and liabilities associated with the trusts were derecognized. 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.

Transfers of Forward Loans

As part of our origination activities, we sell or securitize forward loans that we originate or that we purchase from third parties, generally in the form of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the GSEs. Securitization usually occurs within 30 days of loan closing or purchase. We retain servicing rights associated with the transferred loans and receive a servicing fee for services provided. We act only as a fiduciary and do not have a variable interest in the securitization trusts. As a result, we account for these transactions as sales upon transfer.

We elected to measure loans held for sale at fair value. We report interest income on loans held for sale in other income (expense). We report the gain or loss on the transfer of the loans held for sale in Gain on loans held for sale, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. We also include in Gain on loans held for sale, net changes in fair value of loans and the gain or loss on the related derivatives. See Note 18 – Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities for information on these derivative financial instruments. We include all changes in loans held for sale and related derivative balances in operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The following table presents a summary of cash flows received from and paid to securitization trusts related to transfers accounted for as sales that were outstanding during the periods ended June 30, 2013:

	Three Months			Six Months
Proceeds received from securitizations	$	1,887,359		$	4,464,151
Servicing fees collected		5,290			6,807
Purchases of previously transferred assets		(4,854	)		(11,790	)
	$	1,887,795		$	4,459,168

In connection with these transfers, we recorded MSRs of $18.2 million and $46.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. We initially record the MSRs at fair value and subsequently account for them at amortized cost. See Note 9 – Mortgage Servicing for information relating to MSRs.

Certain guarantees arise from agreements associated with the transfers of loans. Under these agreements, we may be obligated to repurchase the loans, or otherwise indemnify or reimburse the investor or insurer, for losses incurred due to material breach of contractual representations and warranties. See Note 16 – Other Liabilities for further information.

The following table presents the carrying amounts of our assets that relate to our continuing involvement with forward loans that we have transferred with servicing rights retained since the Homeward Acquisition as well as our maximum exposure to loss including the unpaid principal balance of the transferred loans:

	June 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
Carrying value of assets:
Mortgage servicing rights, at amortized cost	$	44,375	$	—
Mortgage servicing rights, at fair value		2,580		2,908
Advances and match funded advances		764		—
Unpaid principal balance of loans transferred (1)		4,458,218		238,010
Maximum exposure to loss	$	4,505,937	$	240,918

(1)

The UPB of the loans transferred is the maximum exposure to loss under our standard representations and warranties obligations.

At June 30, 2013, only 0.05% of the transferred residential loans that we serviced were 60 days or more past due. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, there were no charge-offs, net of recoveries associated with these transferred loans.

Transfers of Reverse Mortgages

We are an approved issuer of Ginnie Mae Home Equity Conversion Mortgage-Backed Securities (HMBS) that are guaranteed by Ginnie Mae. With the acquisition of Liberty, we have begun to originate Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs or reverse mortgages) that are insured by the FHA. We then pool the loans into HMBS that we sell into the secondary market with servicing rights retained. Based upon the structure of the Ginnie Mae securitization program, we have determined that loan transfers in the HMBS program do not meet the definition of a participating interest because of the servicing requirements in the product that require the Issuer/Servicer to absorb some level of interest rate risk, cash flow timing risk and incidental credit risk. As a result, HECMs do not qualify for sale accounting, and we, therefore, account for these transfers as secured borrowings. Under this accounting treatment, the HECMs remain on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as loans held for investment (Loans – Restricted for Securitization Investors) in Other assets. We record the proceeds from the transfer of assets as secured borrowings (Secured borrowing – owed to securitization investors) in Other borrowings and recognize no gain or loss on the transfer. Holders of participating interests in the HMBS have no recourse against Ocwen, except for standard representations and warranties and our contractual obligation to service the HECMs and the HMBS, and have no recourse against the assets of Ocwen.

We have elected to measure the HECMS and HMBS-related borrowings at fair value. The changes in fair value of the HECMs and HMBS-related borrowings are included in other revenues in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. Included in net fair value gains on the HECMs and related HMBS borrowings are the interest income that we expect to be collected on the HECMs and the interest expense that we expect to be paid on the HMBS-related borrowings. We report net fair value gains on HECMs and the related HMBS borrowings as an adjustment to the net cash provided by or used in operating activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Originations of and payments on the HECMs are included in investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Proceeds from securitizations of HECMs and payments on HMBS-related borrowings are included in financing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

We had HMBS-related borrowings of $73.6 million and $76.6 million of HECMs pledged as collateral to the pools at June 30, 2013.

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. However, Ocwen and OLS have guaranteed the payment of the obligations under the securitization documents of two of the entities. The maximum amounts payable under the guarantees are limited to 10% of the notes outstanding at the end of each facility’s revolving period in April 2014 and December 2014, respectively. The balance of notes outstanding at these two entities as of June 30, 2013 was $131.4 million and $39.2 million, respectively. 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.