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NOTE 9 MORTGAGE SERVICING

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Mortgage Servicing [Abstract]

MORTGAGE SERVICING

NOTE 9

MORTGAGE SERVICING

Mortgage Servicing Rights – Amortization Method

The following table summarizes our activity related to MSRs for the six months ended June 30:

	2013			2012
Balance at December 31	$	678,937		$	293,152
Additions recognized in connection with business and asset acquisitions (1) (2)		1,078,819			175,852
Additions recognized on the sale of residential mortgage loans		46,892			—
Servicing transfers, adjustments and other		1,970			(88	)
Amortization (3)		(118,580	)		(34,348	)
Balance at June 30	$	1,688,038		$	434,568

Estimated fair value at June 30	$	2,269,985		$	470,974

(1)

MSRs purchased during 2013 include $393.9 million acquired in the ResCap Acquisition. See Note 4 – Business Acquisitions for additional information.

(2)

MSRs purchased during 2013 also include $680.0 million of MSRs acquired in the Ally MSR Transaction. The acquired MSRs relate to mortgage loans with a UPB of approximately $87.0 billion owned by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. We also acquired servicing advance receivables of $73.5 million. We assumed the origination representation and warranty obligations of approximately $136.4 million in connection with a majority of the acquired MSRs. We had been subservicing these MSRs on behalf of Ally under a subservicing contract assumed by us in connection with the ResCap Acquisition.

(3)

Amortization of mortgage servicing rights is reported net of the amortization of servicing liabilities and includes the amount of charges we recognized to increase servicing liability obligations.

As disclosed in Note 3 – Transfers of Financial Assets, we sold certain Rights to MSRs during 2012 and 2013 as part of the HLSS Transactions. The carrying value of the related MSRs which have not been derecognized at June 30, 2013 was $360.6 million.

Mortgage Servicing Rights—Fair Value Measurement Method

This portfolio comprises servicing rights for which we elected the fair value option and includes prime forward mortgage loans for which we hedged the related market risks. The following table summarizes the activity related to our fair value MSRs for the six months ended June 30, 2013:

Balance at December 31, 2012	$	85,213
Changes in fair value:
Due to changes in market valuation assumptions		20,680
Realization of cash flows and other changes		(8,730	)
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	97,163

Because the mortgages underlying these MSRs permit the borrowers to prepay the loans, the value of the MSRs generally tends to diminish in periods of declining interest rates (as prepayments increase) and increase in periods of rising interest rates (as prepayments decrease). The following table summarizes the estimated change in the value of the MSRs that we carry at fair value as of June 30, 2013 given hypothetical instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve:

	Adverse change in fair value
	10%			20%
Weighted average prepayment speeds	$	(3,850	)	$	(7,459	)

Discount rate (Option-adjusted spread)	$	(4,143	)	$	(7,962	)

The sensitivity analysis measures the potential impact on fair values based on hypothetical changes (increases and decreases) in interest rates.

Servicing Revenue

The following table presents the components of servicing and subservicing fees for the periods ended June 30:

	Three Months				Six Months
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Loan servicing and subservicing fees	$	363,739	$	149,384	$	631,767	$	261,973
Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) fees		46,792		21,390		86,939		34,074
Late charges		29,589		17,676		55,485		36,521
Loan collection fees		7,755		3,830		14,137		7,169
Custodial accounts (float earnings)		2,110		663		3,790		1,450
Other		32,647		7,392		58,007		14,237
	$	482,632	$	200,335	$	850,125	$	355,424

Portfolio of Assets Serviced

The following table presents the composition of our servicing and subservicing portfolios by type of asset serviced as measured by UPB. The servicing portfolio represents loans for which we own the MSRs while subservicing represents all other loans.

	Residential		Commercial		Total
UPB at June 30, 2013
Servicing (1)	$	344,173,439	$	—	$	344,173,439
Subservicing		92,081,944		452,042		92,533,986
	$	436,255,383	$	452,042	$	436,707,425

UPB at December 31, 2012
Servicing (1)	$	175,762,161	$	—	$	175,762,161
Subservicing		27,903,555		401,031		28,304,586
	$	203,665,716	$	401,031	$	204,066,747

(1)

Includes UPB of $99.8 billion and $79.4 billion at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, for which the Rights to MSRs have been sold to HLSS.

Residential assets serviced consist principally of residential mortgage loans, but also include foreclosed real estate. Residential assets serviced also include small-balance commercial assets with a UPB of $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, that are managed using the REALServicing™ application. Commercial assets consist of large-balance foreclosed real estate. The UPB of assets serviced for others are not included on our unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Custodial accounts, which hold funds representing collections of principal and interest that we receive from borrowers, are held in escrow by an unaffiliated bank and are excluded from our unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets. Custodial accounts amounted to $7.6 billion and $1.3 billion at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.