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Transactions With Related Parties
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

NOTE 2 — TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Ocwen ®

Ocwen remains our largest customer and is contractually obligated to purchase certain mortgage services and technology services from us under service agreements. These agreements extend until August 2017 subject to termination under certain provisions. Ocwen is not restricted from redeveloping these services. We settle amounts with Ocwen on a daily, weekly or monthly basis based upon the nature of the services and when the service is completed.

With respect to Ocwen, related party revenue consists of revenues earned directly from Ocwen and revenues earned from the loans serviced by Ocwen when Ocwen determines the service provider. We earn additional revenues on the loan portfolios serviced by Ocwen that are not considered related party revenues when a party other than Ocwen selects the service provider. As a percentage of each of our segment revenues and as a percentage of consolidated revenues, related party revenue was as follows:

 

                 
    Three Months Ended
March  31,
 
    2012     2011  
     

Mortgage Services

    69     73

Technology Services

    39     39

Financial Services

    <1     <1

Consolidated revenue

    60     55

We record revenues we earn from Ocwen under the various long-term servicing contracts at rates we believe to be market rates as they are consistent with one or more of the following: the fees we charge to other customers for comparable services; the rates Ocwen pays to other service providers; fees commensurate with market surveys prepared by unaffiliated firms; and prices charged by our competitors.

Transition Services

We have entered into a Transition Services agreement with Ocwen under which services in such areas as human resources, vendor management, corporate services, six sigma, quality assurance, quantitative analytics, treasury, accounting, tax, risk management, legal, strategic planning, compliance and other areas are provided to the counterparty. The agreement expires in August 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we billed Ocwen $0.8 million and $0.4 million respectively, and Ocwen billed us $0.6 million and $0.4 million respectively for services provided under this agreement. These amounts are reflected as components of selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Correspondent One™ and HLSS™

In July 2011, we acquired an equity interest in Correspondent One S.A. (“Correspondent One”—see Note 7). We entered into an agreement with Correspondent One under which we provide certain finance, human resources, legal support, facilities, technology, vendor management and risk management services. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we billed Correspondent One less than $0.1 million under this agreement.

 

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (“HLSS) is a newly formed public company whose primary objective is the acquisition of mortgage servicing assets. In connection with the February 2012 HLSS initial public offering, HLSS acquired mortgage servicing related assets from Ocwen. Our chairman is also the chairman of HLSS and owns 5% of the outstanding stock of HLSS. We entered into an agreement with HLSS under which we provide certain finance, human resources and legal support services. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we billed HLSS less than $0.1 million under this agreement.

These amounts are reflected as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.