Note 4 — Sales of Advances and MSRs

In order to efficiently finance our assets and operations and to create liquidity, we periodically sell MSRs, Rights to MSRs and servicing advances to market participants, including Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, HLSS Holdings, LLC (collectively HLSS). We typically retain the right to subservice loans when we sell MSRs and Rights to MSRs. To the extent applicable, counterparties may also acquire advance SPEs and the related match funded liabilities. In connection with sales of Rights to MSRs, we retain legal ownership of the MSRs and continue to service the related mortgage loans until such time as all necessary consents are received. We are obligated to transfer legal ownership of the MSRs upon obtaining all required third party consents. As it relates to the sale of Rights to MSRs to HLSS (together with the sale of the related servicing advances, the HLSS Transactions), upon transfer, we would subservice the loans pursuant to a subservicing agreement, as amended, with HLSS. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we completed HLSS Transactions relating to the Rights to MSRs for $15.9 billion of UPB. We did not complete any sales of Rights to MSRs to HLSS during the three months ended March 31, 2014. See Note 19 — Related Party Transactions for additional information regarding the agreements with HLSS.

The following table provides a summary of the assets and liabilities sold in connection with the HLSS Transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2013:



Sale of MSRs accounted for as a financing	$	100,707
Sale of advances and match funded advances	703,206
Sales price, as adjusted	803,913
Amount due to (from) HLSS for post-closing adjustments at March 31	10,406
Cash received on current year sales	814,319
Amount received from HLSS as settlement of post-closing adjustments outstanding at the end of the previous year	—
Total cash received	$	814,319

To the extent we retain legal title to the MSRs, the sales of Rights to MSRs are accounted for as financings. Upon receipt of third party consents, we derecognize the related MSRs. Upon derecognition, any resulting gain or loss is deferred and amortized over the expected life of the related subservicing agreement. Until derecognition, we continue to recognize the full amount of servicing revenue and amortization of the MSRs.

The related advance sales generally meet the requirements for sale accounting and are derecognized from our financial statements at the time of the sale. In the event the purchaser acquires an advance SPE in connection with the sale, we derecognize the assets and liabilities of the advance SPEs at the time of the sale.

In March 2014, Ocwen sold advances related to certain FHA-insured mortgage loans to HLSS Mortgage Master Trust (HLSS Mortgage), a wholly owned subsidiary of HLSS. The advance sale was treated as a financing. See Note 6 — Loans Held for Sale for additional information.