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Change In Fair Value Of Mortgage Loans Held For Sale, Revaluation Gain (Loss)

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Financing Receivable, Amount Purchased with Credit Deterioration, Gain (Loss) on Loan

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Represents the net increase or decrease in the fair value of the interest rate derivative or group of derivatives.

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The amount of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) retained in connection with transfer of securitized loans accounted for as sales.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of unrealized and realized gain (loss) on investment in debt and equity securities.

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Total amount of gain (loss) derived from fair value hedges recognized in earnings in the period.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from sales and other disposals of other real estate owned, increases (decreases) in the valuation allowance for foreclosed real estate, and write-downs of other real estate owned after acquisition or physical possession.

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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in fair value from changes in the inputs used to calculate the fair value of contract to service financial assets under which the benefits of servicing are expected to more than adequately compensate the servicer.

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