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Fair Value (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]  
Schedule of Carrying Amounts and Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments and Nonfinancial Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring or Non-recurring basis or Disclosed, but not Carried, at Fair Value
The carrying amounts and the estimated fair values of our financial instruments and certain of our nonfinancial assets measured at fair value on a recurring or non-recurring basis or disclosed, but not measured, at fair value are as follows:
December 31,
  20202019
 LevelCarrying ValueFair ValueCarrying ValueFair Value
Financial assets:     
Loans held for sale
Loans held for sale, at fair value (a) (e)3, 2$366,364 $366,364 $208,752 $208,752 
 Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value (b)321,472 21,472 66,517 66,517 
Total Loans held for sale$387,836 $387,836 $275,269 $275,269 
Loans held for investment
Loans held for investment - Reverse mortgages (a)
3$6,997,127 $6,997,127 $6,269,596 $6,269,596 
Loans held for investment - Restricted for securitization investors (a)
39,770 9,770 23,342 23,342 
Total loans held for investment7,006,897 7,006,897 6,292,938 6,292,938 
Advances, net (c)3828,239 828,239 1,056,523 1,056,523 
Receivables, net (c)3187,665 187,665 201,220 201,220 
Mortgage-backed securities (a)32,019 2,019 2,075 2,075 
Corporate bonds (a)2211 211 441 441 
December 31,
  20202019
 LevelCarrying ValueFair ValueCarrying ValueFair Value
Financial liabilities:     
Advance match funded liabilities (c)3$581,288 $581,997 $679,109 $679,507 
Financing liabilities:
HMBS-related borrowings (a)3$6,772,711 $6,772,711 $6,063,435 $6,063,435 
Financing liability - MSRs pledged (Rights to MSRs) (a)
3566,952 566,952 950,593 950,593 
Financing liability - Owed to securitization investors (a)
39,770 9,770 22,002 22,002 
Total Financing liabilities$7,349,433 $7,349,433 $7,036,030 $7,036,030 
Other secured borrowings:
Senior secured term loan (c) (d)2$179,776 $184,639 $322,758 $324,643 
Mortgage warehouse and MSR financing (c)3889,385 858,573 703,033 686,146 
Total Other secured borrowings$1,069,161 $1,043,212 $1,025,791 $1,010,789 
Senior notes:
Senior unsecured notes (c) (d)2$21,357 $20,625 $21,046 $13,821 
Senior secured notes (c) (d)2290,541 300,254 290,039 256,201 
Total Senior notes$311,898 $320,879 $311,085 $270,022 
Derivative financial instrument assets (liabilities)
     
Interest rate lock commitments (a) (f)3, 2$22,706 $22,706 $4,878 $4,878 
Forward trades - Loans held for sale (a)1(50)(50)(21)(21)
TBA / Forward mortgage-backed securities (MBS) trades and futures- MSR hedging (a)1(4,554)(4,554)1,121 1,121 
Derivatives futures (a)1504 504 — — 
MSRs (a)3$1,294,817 $1,294,817 $1,486,395 $1,486,395 
(a)Measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
(b)Measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.
(c)Disclosed, but not measured, at fair value.
(d)The carrying values are net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discount. See Note 14 — Borrowings for additional information. 
(e)Loans repurchased from Ginnie Mae securitizations with a fair value of $51.1 million at December 31, 2020 are classified as Level 3. The remaining balance of loans held for sale at fair value at December 31, 2020 is classified as Level 2. The entire balance of Loans held for sale at fair value at December 31, 2019 was classified as Level 2.
(f)Level 3 at December 31, 2020 and Level 2 at December 31, 2019.
Summary of Reconciliation of the Changes in Fair Value of Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following tables present a reconciliation of the changes in fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis:
 Loans Held for Investment - Restricted for Securitization InvestorsFinancing Liability - Owed to Securitiza -
tion Investors
Loans Held for Sale - Fair ValueMortgage-Backed SecuritiesIRLCs
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Beginning balance$23,342 $(22,002)— $2,075 $— 
Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements 
Purchases— — 162,589 — — 
Issuances— — — — 286,992 
De-consolidation of mortgage-backed securitization trusts(10,715)9,519 — — — 
Sales— — (137,780)— — 
Settlements (2,857)2,857 — — — 
Transfers to:
Loans held for sale, at fair value— — — — (285,198)
Receivables, net— — (969)— — 
 (13,572)12,376 23,840 — 1,794 
Change in fair value included in earnings — (144)1,650 (56)10,434 
Transfers in and / or out of Level 3— — 25,582 — 10,478 
Ending balance$9,770 $(9,770)$51,072 $2,019 $22,706 
 Loans Held for Investment - Restricted for Securitization InvestorsFinancing Liability - Owed to Securitiza -
tion Investors
Mortgage-Backed SecuritiesDerivatives - Interest Rate Caps
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Beginning balance$26,520 $(24,815)$1,502 $678 
Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements 
Purchases— — — — 
Issuances— — — — 
Sales— — — — 
Settlements (3,178)2,813 — — 
 (3,178)2,813 — — 
Change in fair value included in earnings — — 573 (678)
Transfers in and / or out of Level 3— — — — 
Ending balance$23,342 $(22,002)$2,075 $— 
 Loans Held for Investment - Restricted for Securitization InvestorsFinancing Liability - Owed to Securitiza -
tion Investors
Mortgage-Backed SecuritiesDerivatives - Interest Rate Caps
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Beginning balance$— $— $1,592 $2,056 
Purchases, issuances, sales and settlements 
Purchases— — — 95 
Issuances — — — — 
Consolidation of mortgage-backed securitization trusts28,373 (26,643)— — 
Sales— — — — 
Settlements (1,853)1,828 — (371)
 26,520 (24,815)— (276)
Change in fair value — — (90)(1,102)
Transfers in and / or out of Level 3— — — — 
Ending balance$26,520 $(24,815)$1,502 $678 
Summary of Estimated Change in the Value of MSRs Carried at Fair Value The following table summarizes the estimated change in the value of the MSRs as of December 31, 2020 given hypothetical shifts in lifetime prepayments and yield assumptions:
Adverse change in fair value10%20%
Weighted average prepayment speeds$(39,478)$(76,100)
Weighted average discount rate(24,362)(47,227)
Loans Held for Investment  
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]  
Schedule of Significant Assumptions used in Valuation
December 31,
Significant unobservable assumptions20202019
Life in years
Range
0.9 to 8.0
2.4 to 7.8
Weighted average 5.9 6.0 
Conditional prepayment rate (1)
Range
10.6% to 28.8%
7.8% to 28.3%
Weighted average 15.4 %14.6 %
Discount rate1.9 %2.8 %
(1)Includes voluntary and involuntary prepayments.
Fair Value Mortgage Servicing Rights  
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]  
Schedule of Significant Assumptions used in Valuation
December 31,
Significant unobservable assumptions20202019
AgencyNon-AgencyAgencyNon-Agency
Weighted average prepayment speed11.8 %11.5 %11.7 %12.2 %
Weighted average delinquency rate3.0 %28.0 %3.2 %27.3 %
Weighted average discount rate9.2 %11.4 %9.3 %11.3 %
Weighted average cost to service (in dollars)
$79 $270 $85 $277 
HMBS - Related Borrowings  
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]  
Schedule of Significant Assumptions used in Valuation
December 31,
Significant unobservable assumptions20202019
Live in years
Range
0.9 to 8.0
2.4 to 7.8
Weighted average 5.9 6.0
Conditional prepayment rate
Range
10.6% to 28.8%
7.8% to 28.3%
Weighted average 15.4 %14.6 %
Discount rate1.7 %2.7 %
Mortgage Servicing Rights Pledged  
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]  
Schedule of Significant Assumptions used in Valuation
December 31,
Significant valuation assumptions20202019
Weighted average prepayment speed11.5 %11.9 %
Weighted average delinquency rate29.8 %20.3 %
Weighted average discount rate11.4 %10.7 %
Weighted average cost to service (in dollars)$287 $223