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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
Note 30 — Subsequent Events  
On January 22, 2014, we announced that we had entered into an agreement to acquire MSRs and related servicing advances from Wells Fargo. The portfolio of approximately 184,000 loans with a UPB of approximately $39.0 billion consists primarily of non-Agency residential mortgage loans. We recorded a $10.0 million good faith deposit at December 31, 2013 in connection with this transaction. An additional $15.0 million was deposited in escrow in January 2014. The transaction is subject to receipt of various approvals and consents and other customary closing requirements. In early February 2014, the NY DFS requested that Ocwen put an indefinite hold on the acquisition from Wells Fargo. The NY DFS expressed an interest in evaluating further our ability to handle more servicing. We have agreed to place the transaction on indefinite hold. We are cooperating with the NY DFS on this matter.
On February 4, 2014, we finalized amendments to various sale supplements and servicing supplements entered into in connection with a Master Servicing Rights Purchase Agreement (MSRPA) dated as of October 1, 2012, and Master Subservicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2012, with HLSS. Each of these amendments is effective as of October 1, 2013. In connection with the amendments to the supplements, if a mortgage loan included in a sale of Rights to MSRs is refinanced by us, the excess servicing fees and rights to MSRs related to the new mortgage loan are transferred to HLSS effective with the prepayment of the refinanced mortgage loan, subject to certain thresholds. The preceding applies only after the aggregate UPB of refinanced mortgage loans refinanced by us exceeds 0.5% of the aggregate UPB of all rights to MSRs sold to HLSS under the sale supplements measured as the current UPB of rights to MSRs as of the beginning of each calendar year plus the weighted average UPB of rights to MSRs sold during the year. In addition, the interest rate applied to Excess Servicing Advances, as defined in the MSRPA, was changed to one-month LIBOR plus 275 basis points.
On February 26, 2014, we issued $123.6 million of Ocwen Asset Servicing Income Series (OASIS), Series 2014-1 Notes (Notes) secured by Ocwen-owned MSRs relating to Freddie Mac mortgages of approximately $11.8 billion UPB (such mortgages, the reference pool). Noteholders are entitled to receive a monthly payment amount equal to the sum of: a) the designated servicing fee amount (21 basis points of the UPB of the reference pool); b) any termination payment amounts; c) any excess refinance amounts; and d) the note redemption amounts, each as defined in the indenture supplement for the Notes. The Notes have a final stated maturity of February 2028. This transaction is recorded as a financing and mitigates our match-funding risk as a result of prepayments as the noteholders’ payments vary over the life of the Notes based on the duration of the underlying Freddie Mac MSRs.
As disclosed in Note 28 — Commitments and Contingencies, on December 19, 2013, we reached an agreement, which was subject to court approval, involving the CFPB and various state attorneys general and other state agencies that regulate the mortgage servicing industry. On February 26, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia entered a consent judgment approving the agreement.