GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

NOTE 7 — GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Goodwill

There were no changes in goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The following is a summary of goodwill by segment:

	Mortgage		Financial		Technology
(in thousands)	Services		Services		Services		Total

Balance, September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012	$	10,919	$	2,378	$	1,618	$	14,915

Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net consist of the following:

	Weighted average estimated	Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization						Net book value
(dollars in thousands)	useful life (years)	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012		September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012			September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012

Definite lived intangible assets
Trademarks	16	$	10,614	$	10,614	$	(4,414	)	$	(4,060	)	$	6,200	$	6,554
Customer-related intangible assets	9	242,725		38,366		(35,520		)	(18,567		)	207,205		19,799
Operating agreement	20	35,000		35,000		(6,417		)	(5,104		)	28,583		29,896
Non-compete agreement	4	1,300		1,300		(1,200		)	(963		)	100		337

Total		$	289,639	$	85,280	$	(47,551	)	$	(28,694	)	$	242,088	$	56,586

Amortization expense for definite lived intangible assets was $18.9 million and $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively ($8.6 million and $1.2 million for the third quarter of 2013 and 2012, respectively). Expected annual definite lived intangible asset amortization for 2013 through 2017 is $27.6 million, $46.9 million, $40.4 million, $32.5 million and $26.0 million, respectively, for assets recorded as of September 30, 2013, including preliminary amounts associated with the Homeward and ResCap fee-based business transactions (see Note 3).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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