Match Funded Advances

9 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Note 7 – Match Funded Advances

Match funded advances on residential loans we service for others are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:



	September 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Principal and interest	$	1,066,125	$	1,349,048
Taxes and insurance	714,505		847,064
Foreclosures, bankruptcy, real estate and other	174,988		213,330
	$	1,955,618	$	2,409,442

The following table summarizes the activity in match funded advances for the nine months ended September 30:



	2015			2014
Beginning balance	$	2,409,442		$	2,552,383
Acquisitions	—			85,521
Transfers from advances	—			10,156
Sales of advances	(96,408		)	—
Collections of pledged advances, net of new advances, and other	(357,416		)	(288,481		)
Ending balance	$	1,955,618		$	2,359,579

Note 8 — Match Funded Advances

Match funded advances on residential loans we service for others are comprised of the following at December 31:



	2014		2013
Principal and interest	$	1,349,048	$	1,497,649
Taxes and insurance	847,064		830,113
Foreclosures, bankruptcy, real estate and other	213,330		224,621
	$	2,409,442	$	2,552,383

The following table summarizes the activity in match funded advances for the years ended December 31:



	2014			2013			2012
Beginning balance	$	2,552,383		$	3,049,244		$	3,629,911
Acquisitions (1)	85,521			3,589,773			4,068,959
Transfers from advances (2)	10,156			142,286			74,317
Sales of advances to HLSS	—			(3,639,205		)	(3,240,601		)
Collections of pledged advances, net of new advances and other	(238,618		)	(589,715		)	(1,483,342		)
Ending balance	$	2,409,442		$	2,552,383		$	3,049,244


(1)	Servicing advances acquired through business acquisitions and asset acquisitions, primarily in connection with the acquisition of MSRs, that were pledged to advance facilities at the date of acquisition.


(2)	New servicing advances initially classified as Advances at the date of payment and subsequently pledged to advance facilities.