Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Servicing Activities (Tables)

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Servicing Activities (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosures Pertaining to Servicing Assets and Servicing Liabilities [Abstract]  
Schedule of Servicing Assets at Fair Value
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 2018
Balance at beginning of period $ 1,909,444  $ 1,993,440  $ 1,086,717 
Purchases of mortgage servicing rights
623,284  627,815  988,283 
Sales of mortgage servicing rights
1,976  2,306  — 
Changes in fair value due to:
Changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model (1)
(396,900) (390,149) 80,209 
Other changes in fair value (2)
(538,761) (307,918) (149,879)
Other changes (3)
(2,890) (16,050) (11,890)
Balance at end of period (4)
$ 1,596,153  $ 1,909,444  $ 1,993,440 
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(1)Includes the impact of acquiring MSR at a cost different from fair value.
(2)Primarily represents changes due to the realization of expected cash flows.
(3)Includes purchase price adjustments, contractual prepayment protection, and changes due to the Company’s purchase of the underlying collateral.
(4)Based on the principal balance of the loans underlying the MSR reported by servicers on a month lag, adjusted for current month purchases.
Schedule of Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value, Transferor's Interests in Transferred Financial Assets
As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the key economic assumptions and sensitivity of the fair value of MSR to immediate 10% and 20% adverse changes in these assumptions were as follows:
(dollars in thousands, except per loan data) December 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
Weighted average prepayment speed: 19.4  % 14.8  %
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change $ (121,973) $ (88,459)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change $ (229,676) $ (188,209)
Weighted average delinquency: 2.2  % 0.9  %
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change $ (2,038) $ (7,470)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change $ (4,161) $ (15,020)
Weighted average discount rate: 4.8  % 7.2  %
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change $ (25,262) $ (49,274)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change $ (49,401) $ (95,963)
Weighted average per loan annual cost to service: $ 68.27  $ 66.62 
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change $ (21,708) $ (23,932)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change $ (43,527) $ (48,054)
Components of Servicing Revenue
Year Ended
December 31,
(in thousands) 2020 2019 2018
Servicing fee income $ 416,936  $ 436,587  $ 312,100 
Ancillary and other fee income 1,945  1,801  1,280 
Float income 24,470  63,224  29,716 
Total $ 443,351  $ 501,612  $ 343,096 
Schedule of Total Serviced Mortgage Assets The following table presents the number of loans and unpaid principal balance of the mortgage assets for which the Company manages the servicing as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands) Number of Loans Unpaid Principal Balance Number of Loans Unpaid Principal Balance
Mortgage servicing rights 781,905  $ 177,861,483  793,470  $ 175,882,142 
Residential mortgage loans
1,674  1,067,500  3,157  2,033,951 
Other assets —  —  71  12,511 
Total serviced mortgage assets 783,579  $ 178,928,983  796,698  $ 177,928,604