10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

or

¨    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from: _____________________to _____________________

Commission File Number: 1-35431

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	98-0683664
(State or other jurisdiction	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd.

c/o Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited

190 Elgin Avenue

George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005

Cayman Islands

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(345) 945-3727

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this Chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	x*		Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes ¨ No x*

Number of Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value, outstanding as of May 11, 2015: 71,016,771 shares.

* As of March 31, 2015.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents as of March 31, 2015 the business of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to throughout as “HLSS”, “us”, “our”, “we”, or the “Company”). As discussed in Note 19, Subsequent Events, the following occurred after March 31, 2015:

• On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings, LLC (“HLSS Holdings”) and Ocwen Financial Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, collectively “Ocwen”) entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in Note 1A) and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale as defined in Note 1A) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs (as defined in Note 1A), or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of eight years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

• On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with New Residential Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation (“NRZ”), and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (“Merger Sub”) to terminate the Old Merger Agreement (as defined in Note 1A) and immediately complete the Asset Sale. The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the NRZ Purchase Agreement (as defined in Note 1A). In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) MSR-EBO Acquisitions LLC (“HLSS MSR-EBO”) acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1B) and (ii) HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. (“HLSS Advances”) acquired all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1A and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

• Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution (the “Liquidation Plan”), pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger (as defined below) or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to the Merger Consideration.  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

• Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “New Merger Agreement”) with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “New Merger”), with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or

negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the New Merger (the “Effective Time”), each ordinary share, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

• On April 10, 2015, we paid cash dividends of $12,783 or $0.18 per ordinary share.

• On April 10, 2015, we declared a distribution of $16.613 per ordinary share payable on April 27, 2015, to shareholders of record as of April 20, 2015.

• On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014	6
	Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	54
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	55
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	56
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	56
Item 6.	Exhibits	57
Signatures		59

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (Prior to the Asset Sale discussed in Note 1A)

HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	181,507		$	210,009
Match funded advances	5,808,796			6,121,595
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	594,417			614,465
Loans held for sale	421,257			—
Loans held for investment	—			815,663
Related party receivables	185,067			94,401
Deferred tax assets	996			491
Other assets	244,483			281,475
Total assets	$	7,436,523		$	8,138,099
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318		$	5,624,088
Other borrowings	852,419			1,182,328
Dividends payable	12,783			12,783
Income taxes payable	148			173
Deferred tax liabilities	184			491
Related party payables	8,835			14,503
Other liabilities	21,377			12,454
Total liabilities	6,170,064			6,846,820
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 18)
Equity
Equity – Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 71,016,771     shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	710			710
Additional paid-in capital	1,210,171			1,210,300
Retained earnings	56,018			79,133
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(440		)	1,136
Total equity	1,266,459			1,291,279
Total liabilities and equity	$	7,436,523		$	8,138,099

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

For the three months ended March 31,	2015		2014
Revenue
Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	71,206	$	102,538
Interest income – other	9,476		2,961
Total interest income	80,682		105,499
Related party revenue	50		628
Other revenue	1,440		—
Total revenue	82,172		106,127
Operating expenses
Compensation and benefits	2,078		1,599
Related party expenses	76		372
General and administrative expenses	16,286		2,285
Total operating expenses	18,440		4,256
Income from operations	63,732		101,871
Other expense
Interest expense	40,813		37,511
Unrealized loss on Loans held for sale	7,654		—
Total other expense	48,467		37,511
Income before income taxes	15,265		64,360
Income tax expense	5		—
Net income	$	15,260	$	64,360
Earnings per share
Basic	$	0.21	$	0.91
Diluted	$	0.21	$	0.91
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic	71,016,771		71,016,771
Diluted	71,089,729		71,016,771
Dividends declared per share	$	0.54	$	0.45

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands)

For the three months ended March 31,	2015			2014
Net income	$	15,260		$	64,360
Other comprehensive loss, before tax:
Change in the value of designated cash flow hedges	(2,389		)	(227		)
Total other comprehensive loss, before tax	(2,389		)	(227		)
Income tax related to items of other comprehensive loss:
Tax benefit on change in the value of designated cash flow hedges	813			78
Total income tax benefit related to items of other comprehensive loss	813			78
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(1,576		)	(149		)
Total comprehensive income	$	13,684		$	64,211

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (UNAUDITED)
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

	Ordinary Shares			Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax			Total
	Shares	Amount
Balance at December 31, 2014	71,016,771	$	710	$	1,210,300		$	79,133		$	1,136		$	1,291,279
Net income	—	—		—			15,260			—			15,260
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—	—		—			—			(1,576		)	(1,576		)
Share-based compensation	—	—		(129		)	(26		)	—			(155		)
Declaration of cash dividends ($0.54 per share)	—	—		—			(38,349		)	—			(38,349		)
Balance at March 31, 2015	71,016,771	$	710	$	1,210,171		$	56,018		$	(440	)	$	1,266,459

	Ordinary Shares			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax			Total
	Shares	Amount
Balance at December 31, 2013	71,016,771	$	710	$	1,210,057	$	3,513		$	2,167		$	1,216,447
Net income	—	—		—		64,360			—			64,360
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	—	—		—		—			(149		)	(149		)
Declaration of cash dividends ($0.45 per share)	—	—		—		(31,958		)	—			(31,958		)
Balance at March 31, 2014	71,016,771	$	710	$	1,210,057	$	35,915		$	2,018		$	1,248,700

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIESCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands)

For the three months ended March 31,	2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	15,260		$	64,360
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of Debt issuance costs	4,377			4,962
Accretion of original issue discount on Other borrowings	185			185
Net amortization of purchase premiums and discounts on Loans held for sale	183			—
Amortization of purchase premiums on Loans held for investment	—			448
Accretion of Loans held for sale	(1,595		)	—
Decrease (increase) in the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	3,679			(4,025		)
Unrealized loss on Loans held for sale	7,654			—
Net forfeitures of share-based compensation	(129		)	—
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease in Match funded advances	312,799			44,384
Decrease (increase) in debt service accounts	50,258			(3,077		)
(Increase) decrease in related party receivables	(90,666		)	2,450
Decrease in related party payables	(5,668		)	(2,847		)
Decrease (increase) in other assets	15,577			(2,645		)
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities	7,387			(428		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	319,301			103,767
Cash flows from investing activities
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	16,369			—
Purchase of Loans held for investment	—			(556,618		)
Repayments of GNMA EBO loans and RPLs	17,040			3,526
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios	337,553			—
Cash used in related party servicing advance financing transactions	—			(55,702		)
Cash proceeds from related party servicing advance financing transactions	5,412			—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	376,374			(608,794		)
Cash flows from financing activities
(Repayments of) proceeds from Match funded liabilities, net	(349,771		)	59,558
Proceeds from Other borrowings	2,481			472,734
Payment of Other borrowings	(332,575		)	(875		)
Payment of Debt issuance costs	(5,963		)	(6,408		)
Payment of dividends to shareholders	(38,349		)	(31,958		)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(724,177		)	493,051
Net decrease in cash	(28,502		)	(11,976		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	210,009			87,896
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	181,507		$	75,920
Supplemental non-cash investing activities
Transfers of Loans held for sale to claims receivable from FHA	$	16,747		$	—
Increase in receivables in conjunction with the sale of RPL portfolios	16,824			—
Transfer of Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale	421,257			—
Supplemental non-cash financing activities
Dividends declared but not paid	$	12,783		$	10,653
Debt issuance costs accrued but not paid	2			58

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

(Dollars in thousands unless otherwise stated, except share data)

1A. ORGANIZATION AND RELATED PARTIES; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, OCWEN MATTERS AND RELATED CONTINGENCIES; OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Organization and Related Parties

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to throughout as “HLSS”, “us”, “our”, “we”, or the “Company”) are engaged in the business of acquiring assets whereby we acquire the rights to receive the servicing fees less compensation to the current servicer for their servicing activities (“Rights to MSRs”), servicing advances associated with our Rights to MSRs, whole loans held for investment, and other residential mortgage-related assets (“Residential Mortgage Assets”). We have not originated mortgage loans. We engaged Ocwen Financial Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, collectively “Ocwen”) and another residential mortgage loan servicer to service the mortgage loans underlying our Residential Mortgage Assets and therefore have not and do not intend to develop our own mortgage servicing platform.

We entered into various agreements with Ocwen and Altisource Portfolio Solutions, S.A. (“Altisource”) in connection with our Initial Public Offering on March 5, 2012. William C. Erbey, our founder and the former Chairman of our Board of Directors until January 16, 2015, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen and Altisource until January 16, 2015.

We conduct a substantial amount of business with Ocwen and are heavily reliant on Ocwen and Altisource in the conduct of our operations. Conflicts may arise between us and Ocwen or Altisource because of the ongoing agreements we have with them or because of the nature of our respective businesses. Our results of operations may have differed significantly from our reported results if we did not have agreements in place with Ocwen and Altisource. See Note 17 for further discussion.

Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies

Ocwen has been and is subject to certain federal and state regulatory matters and other challenges and uncertainties associated with its business.

We are dependent on Ocwen as the subservicer for the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, and Ocwen’s servicing practices may impact the value of certain of our assets. We may be adversely impacted:

• By regulatory actions taken against Ocwen;

• By a default by Ocwen under its debt agreements;

• By further downgrades in Ocwen's servicer rating;

• If Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of its pooling and servicing agreements ("PSAs");

• If Ocwen were terminated as servicer under certain PSAs;

• If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding; or

• If Ocwen fails to meet its obligations or is deemed to be in default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust (as defined below), including the allegations of certain events of default related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters by BlueMountain Capital Management LLC (“BlueMountain”).

A summary of such matters, the related impact on our business and the Company's plan to address such matters are as follows.

Ocwen Regulatory Matters

Ocwen has publicly announced that, on December 19, 2013, Ocwen reached an agreement involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), various state attorneys general and other agencies that regulate the mortgage servicing industry, which agreement was approved by consent judgment by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 26, 2014. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• A commitment by Ocwen to service loans in accordance with specified servicing guidelines and to be subject to oversight by an independent national monitor for three years;

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• A payment of $127.3 million to a consumer relief fund to be disbursed by an independent administrator to eligible borrowers. In May 2014, Ocwen satisfied this obligation with regard to the consumer relief fund, $60.4 million of which is the responsibility of former owners of certain servicing portfolios acquired by Ocwen pursuant to indemnification and loss sharing provisions in the applicable agreements; and

• A commitment by Ocwen to continue its principal forgiveness modification programs to delinquent and underwater borrowers in an aggregate amount of $2.0 billion over three years.

On December 22, 2014, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (the "NY DFS") related to investigations into Ocwen's mortgage servicing practices in the State of New York. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $100 million to the NY DFS to be used by the State of New York for housing, foreclosure relief and community redevelopment programs;

• Payment of $50 million as restitution to certain New York borrowers;

• Installation of a NY DFS Operations Monitor to review and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of Ocwen's operations for a period of two years, which may be extended another twelve months at the option of the NY DFS;

• Requirements that Ocwen will not share any common officers or employees with any related party and will not share risk, internal audit or vendor oversight functions with any related party;

• Requirements that certain Ocwen employees, officers and directors be recused from negotiating or voting to approve certain transactions with a related party;

• Resignation of Ocwen's Chairman of the Board from the Board of Directors of Ocwen and at related companies, including HLSS; and

• Restrictions on Ocwen's ability to acquire new mortgage servicing rights.

On January 23, 2015, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the California Department of Business Oversight (“CA DBO”) in relation to an action dated October 3, 2014, in the State of California. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $2.5 million;

• Engagement of an independent auditor to assess Ocwen’s compliance with laws and regulations impacting California borrowers for a period of at least two years; and

• Prevention of Ocwen from acquiring additional mortgage servicing rights for loans secured in the State of California until the CA DBO is satisfied that Ocwen can satisfactorily respond to the requests for information and documentation made in the course of a regulatory exam.

According to Ocwen's public disclosure, on April 28, 2014, Ocwen received a letter from the staff of the New York Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) informing Ocwen that the SEC was conducting an investigation relating to Ocwen and making a request for voluntary production of documents and information relating to the April 22, 2014 surrender of certain options to purchase its common stock by Mr. Erbey, its former Executive Chairman, including the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the related option grant and surrender documents. On June 12, 2014, Ocwen received a subpoena from the SEC requesting production of various documents relating to its business dealings with HLSS, Altisource, Altisource Asset Management Corporation (“AAMC”) and Altisource Residential Corporation (“Residential”) and the interests of its directors and executive officers in these companies. Ocwen has also disclosed that it received an additional subpoena from the SEC related to its amendments to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Other Ocwen Matters

Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) and Morningstar, Inc. (“Morningstar”) rate Ocwen as a mortgage servicer. Each of these rating agencies has downgraded Ocwen’s servicer rating within the last six months. On January 29, 2015, Moody’s downgraded Ocwen’s servicer quality (“SQ”) assessment from “SQ3+” to “SQ3-” as a primary servicer of subprime residential loans and as a special servicer of residential mortgage loans. During February 2015, Fitch downgraded Ocwen's residential primary servicer rating for subprime products from “RPS3” to “RPS4,” and Morningstar downgraded its rating to “MOR RS3.” Three of these rating agencies currently have Ocwen’s ratings outlook as “negative” or “on review for downgrade.” Additionally, Ocwen is subject to quantitative and qualitative agency servicer rating criteria which may have subjective interpretations. Certain of our advance financing facilities (described further in Note 7) require that our servicers or subservicers maintain specified servicer ratings, and failure by our servicers or subservicers to maintain the minimum rating could result in adverse adjustments to our advance rates, liquidity and profitability. Failure to maintain minimum

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or specified ratings could adversely affect dealings with contractual counterparties, including GSEs and regulators. In addition, some PSAs also require that the servicer or subservicer maintain specified servicer ratings. The failure to maintain the specified rating could result in the termination of the servicer under such PSAs. If Ocwen is terminated as servicer, and if Ocwen is unable to make any applicable indemnification payments owed to us, we could lose a substantial portion or all of the value of the related Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (see discussion of the BlueMountain allegations that follow).

During February and March 2015, Ocwen received two notices of servicer termination affecting four separate PSAs underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs due to servicer rating downgrades. While we believe the financial impact of the termination of servicing under these four PSAs would be immaterial to our overall financial condition, Ocwen could be subject to further terminations as a result of its failure to maintain required minimum servicer ratings, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financing activities, financial condition and results of operations.

Additionally, if Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of the PSAs, then any such improperly made servicing advances may not be eligible for financing under our advance financing facilities and/or may not be reimbursable by the related securitization trusts or other owners of the mortgage loans. Ocwen may be unwilling or unable to make indemnification payments for losses we incur related to unrecoverable advances.

Our advance financing facilities and certain Other borrowings have cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility, and there may occur an event of default under Ocwen's senior secured debt facility.

If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, our business could be materially and adversely impacted by potential court rulings or other actions or events, including, but not limited to, the following:

• A sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be re-characterized in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding as a financing secured by such Residential Mortgage Assets. If such a recharacterization occurs, the validity or priority of our security interest in the Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be challenged in a bankruptcy proceeding of Ocwen. If the sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets is recharacterized as a secured financing, payments made by Ocwen to us prior to Ocwen commencing its bankruptcy proceeding could be challenged and subject to recovery as preferential transfers;

• Payments made to us by Ocwen, or obligations incurred by Ocwen to us, could be challenged as fraudulent conveyances;

• The purchase agreement with Ocwen pursuant to which we may agree to purchase mortgage servicing rights, associated servicing advances and other related assets from Ocwen from time to time (the “Purchase Agreement”) could be rejected in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding;

• A bankruptcy court could stay a transfer of servicing to another servicer;

• Ocwen could discontinue servicing;

• The automatic stay under the United States Bankruptcy Code may prevent the ongoing receipt of servicing fees or other amounts due; or

• A bankruptcy of Ocwen defaults our advance financing facilities and negatively impacts our ability to continue to purchase servicing advances.

In addition, Ocwen has disclosed that certain of its debt facilities will mature during 2015. If Ocwen is not able to repay or refinance these obligations as they come due, Ocwen may become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

Any of the foregoing events could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

On January 23, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain, which has represented that it is the investment manager of funds that hold certain Series 2012-T2 and Series 2013-T3 Notes (the “Notes”, which are more fully described in Note 7) issued by HLSS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust (the “HSART Trust”), sent a letter to HLSS Holdings, LLC (“HLSS Holdings”), the HSART Trust, Ocwen and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (the “Indenture Trustee”), asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. BlueMountain has publicly stated that it has taken a “short position” on behalf of certain funds in the stock of HLSS and Ocwen. On February 20, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain sent another letter asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. The alleged defaults are related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters described above. An event of default under the HSART Trust could result in the revolving facilities within HSART Trust to cease revolving, which would impact our ability to fund the purchase of advances.

On February 17, 2015, HLSS Holdings and our wholly-owned subsidiary HLSS Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC, the depositor to the HSART Trust (the “Depositor”), entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Indenture Trustee.

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Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties agreed, among other things, that during the term of the Agreement the Indenture Trustee will not commence a judicial proceeding to seek judicial guidance regarding the allegations made in the BlueMountain letter prior to April 15, 2015, and HLSS Holdings and the Depositor agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold from distribution certain excess funds that would otherwise be distributable to the Depositor in an amount up to the Interest Accrual Differential for the related interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture. The “Interest Accrual Differential” means, with respect to any interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture beginning with the interest accrual period relating to the February 17, 2015 monthly payment date thereunder and any class of HSART Trust notes issued prior to January 17, 2014, an additional 3.00% per annum over the effective interest rate. The Depositor and HLSS Holdings subsequently agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold on the same basis with respect to HSART Trust notes issued on or after January 17, 2014. The effect of this agreement will be to increase the amount deposited and held in Debt service accounts by approximately $11.8 million per month. In conjunction with the Asset Sale (as defined below), Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. disposed of its interest in HLSS Holdings and the Depositor.

Management's Plan

On February 22, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Old Merger Agreement”) with New Residential Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation (“NRZ”), and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Merger Sub would merge with and into us (the “Old Merger”).

During the month of February 2015, our management developed a management plan that included the following elements:

• Entering into the Old Merger Agreement with NRZ;

• Negotiating certain commitments from various lenders for replacement advance financing, though never consummated;

• Selling our entire portfolio of re-performing loans (“RPLs”) for an immaterial gain and concurrently repaying the related borrowings in full;

• Marketing our Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) early buy-out (“EBO”) loan portfolios and extending the maturity of the related borrowings to allow for continued marketing;

• Working closely with our legal counsel to address BlueMountain’s allegations of default, which we believe are without merit, and any potential impact of such allegations on our advance financing facilities; and

• Amending our senior secured term loan facility agreement to extend the deadline to furnish annual financial statements to April 10, 2015, to amend certain terms of cross default to our advance financing facilities and to permit an amendment to the subservicing agreement with Ocwen (the "Subservicing Agreement").

On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings and Ocwen entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale described below) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs, or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of eight years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the sale of substantially all of our assets (the “Asset Sale”). The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Share and Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on April 6, 2015 (the “NRZ Purchase Agreement”) between us, NRZ, MSR-EBO Acquisitions LLC (“HLSS MSR-EBO”) and HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. (“HLSS Advances”). In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of HLSS Luxco 1B S.à r.l. (“Luxco 1B”)) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of HLSS Luxco 1A S.à r.l. (“Luxco 1A”) and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash

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equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution (the “Liquidation Plan”), pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger (as defined below) or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to receive $0.704059 per share in cash without interest (the “Merger Consideration”).  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “New Merger Agreement”) with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “New Merger”), with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the New Merger (the “Effective Time”), each ordinary share, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

Other Recent Developments

On September 15, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide certain information related to the Company’s prior accounting conventions for and valuations of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs that resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 during August 2014. On December 22, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information related to certain governance documents and transactions and certain communications regarding the same. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in these matters.

As a result of Ocwen’s settlement agreement with the NY DFS, on January 16, 2015, William C. Erbey stepped down as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Ocwen, Altisource, AAMC and Residential. Concurrently, Robert J. McGinnis was appointed as non-executive Chairman of HLSS.

On January 14, 2015, our Moody's credit rating was downgraded to B3/Negative and on January 16, 2015, S&P affirmed its credit rating of B+ but downgraded our outlook from Stable to Negative. On February 24, 2015, Moody’s announced that it would

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review our credit rating for potential upgrade subsequent to our announcement of the Old Merger Agreement on February 22, 2015.

On March 18, 2015, we received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing due to the Company not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. On April 29, 2015, our shares were delisted from Nasdaq and began being quoted on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbol “HLSSF.”

On March 23, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information concerning communications between the Company and certain investment advisors and hedge funds. The SEC also requested documents relating to the Company’s structure, certain governance documents and any investigations or complaints connected to trading in the Company’s securities. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in this matter.

1B. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

We prepared the accompanying unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with the instructions of the SEC to Form 10-Q for interim financial statements. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires that we make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly significant relate to our fair value measurements of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

Principles of Consolidation

Our financial statements include the accounts of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries as well as four variable interest entities (“VIE”) of which we are the primary beneficiary. We eliminate intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

We evaluate each special purpose entity (“SPE”) for classification as a VIE. When a SPE meets the definition of a VIE and we determine that HLSS is the primary beneficiary, we include the SPE in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our Match funded advances are in two SPEs along with related Match funded liabilities (the "Match Funded Advance SPEs"). We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Match funded advances on loans serviced for others result from our transfers of residential loan servicing advances to SPEs in exchange for cash. The SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred advances. We made these transfers under the terms of our advance facility agreements. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred advances on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Match funded advances and the related liabilities as Match funded liabilities. We use collections on the Match funded advances pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look only to the assets of the entity itself for satisfaction of the debt and have no recourse against HLSS.

As of March 31, 2015, our Loans held for sale are in one SPE along with the related Other borrowings (the "Mortgage Loans SPEs"). As of December 31, 2014, those loans were classified as Loans held for investment and were in two SPEs along with the related Other borrowings. We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. (See discussion of the reclassification of our loans to held for sale below.)

Our whole loans were transferred to SPEs in exchange for cash, and the SPEs issued debt collateralized by these loans. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred loans on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Loans held for

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sale and the related liabilities as Other borrowings. We use collections on our whole loans pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look beyond the assets of the SPEs for satisfaction of the debt and therefore have recourse against HLSS. It is our expectation that the cash flows of the SPEs will be sufficient to meet all claims of the debt holders. HLSS is responsible for making any principal or interest payments to the debt holders not covered by the cash flows of the SPEs.

The following tables summarize the assets and liabilities of our consolidated SPEs at the dates indicated:

At March 31, 2015	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	—	$	5,808,796
Loans held for sale	—		421,257		421,257
Related party receivables (1)	92,138		6,051		98,189
Other assets (2)	92,109		143,523		235,632
Total assets	$	5,993,043	$	570,831	$	6,563,874
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	—	$	5,274,318
Other borrowings (3)	—		486,828		486,828
Other liabilities	4,808		3,448		8,256
Total liabilities	$	5,279,126	$	490,276	$	5,769,402

At December 31, 2014	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	6,121,595	$	—	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		815,663		815,663
Related party receivables (1)	—		3,885		3,885
Other assets (2)	134,955		139,114		274,069
Total assets	$	6,256,550	$	958,662	$	7,215,212
Match funded liabilities	$	5,624,088	$	—	$	5,624,088
Other borrowings (3)	—		815,986		815,986
Related party payables	—		—		—
Other liabilities	4,951		4,308		9,259
Total liabilities	$	5,634,324	$	821,088	$	6,455,412

(1) Related party receivables principally include Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of each presented period. See Note 17 for more information about our Related party receivables.

(2) Other assets principally include debt service accounts, claims receivable from the FHA and debt issuance costs. See Note 6 for more information about our Other assets.

(3) Other borrowings include the carrying value of our borrowings to acquire Loans held for investment. See Note 8 for more information about our Other borrowings.

Loans Held for Sale

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale based on a change in management’s intention and a decision to actively market the GNMA EBO loans for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value. As of December 31, 2014, both the portfolio of RPLs and GNMA EBO loans were classified as Loans held for investment based on management’s intent to hold these loans for investment. As further discussed below, we sold our RPL portfolios during the first quarter of 2015.

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The Company evaluates purchased loans that are not deemed impaired upon acquisition in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs. Only our GNMA EBO loans are accounted for under ASC 310-20; therefore, interest income is accrued at the amount that we are guaranteed to receive under either the related purchase agreement or by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), which is the amount of interest we ultimately expect to receive.

In connection with the reclassification of the GNMA EBO loans to held for sale, we recorded a valuation allowance of $7,654 to record the loans at the lower of cost or fair value. Fair value was determined by reference to counterparty quotations.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-04. This ASU requires that when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs; that is, when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. This amendment did not have a material impact on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2014-14. Therefore, upon foreclosure of GNMA EBO loans for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee, we reclassify the carrying amount of the loan to Claims receivable from FHA, which is recorded within Other assets on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result of our adoption of this ASU, we have classified foreclosed properties and outstanding FHA claims as Claims receivable from FHA within our Other assets. See Note 6 for further information.

On February 20, 2015, we sold our RPL portfolio to an unrelated third party purchaser for a total purchase price of $337.6 million, subject to a 5% holdback pending completion of the purchaser's due diligence. A portion of the sale proceeds were used to terminate the RPL Facility. We recognized an immaterial gain on this sale.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2015-01, Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. This ASU eliminates the concept of an extraordinary item from GAAP. To be considered an extraordinary item under existing GAAP, an event or transaction must be unusual in nature and must occur infrequently. As a result, an entity will no longer (1) segregate an extraordinary item from the results of ordinary operations; (2) separately present an extraordinary item on its income statement, net of tax, after income from continuing operations; and (3) disclose income taxes and earnings-per-share data applicable to an extraordinary item. However, the ASU does not affect the reporting and disclosure requirements for an event that is unusual in nature or that occurs infrequently. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, any may be applied prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted if the guidance is applied as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2015-01 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This ASU is intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures (collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, and mortgage-backed security transactions). The ASU focuses on the consolidation evaluation for reporting organizations (public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations) that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. In addition to reducing the number of consolidation models from four to two, the ASU places more emphasis on risk of loss when determining a controlling financial interest. A reporting organization may no longer have to consolidate a legal entity in certain circumstances based solely on its fee arrangement, when certain criteria are met, reducing the frequency of the application of related-party guidance when determining a controlling financial interest in a VIE, changing consolidation conclusions for public and private companies in several industries that typically make use of limited partnerships or VIEs. The ASU will be effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this ASU will require that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs would not be affected by these amendments. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, and early adoption is permitted. Had the Company adopted the provisions of this ASU as of March 31, 2015, the impact to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets would have

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been to reduce Other assets and Total assets each by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: each by $16,706), to reduce Match funded liabilities by $14,085 (December 31, 2014: $11,534), to reduce Other borrowings by $4,209 (December 31, 2014: $5,172) and to reduce Total liabilities by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: $16,706). The ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Equity or Statements of Cash Flows.

Certain disclosures included in the Company’s Annual Report are not required to be included on an interim basis in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q. The Company has condensed or omitted these disclosures. Therefore, this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which was filed with the SEC on April 6, 2015 (the "2014 Form 10-K").

2. ASSET ACQUISITIONS

With the exception of servicing advances purchased in the ordinary course under existing agreements with Ocwen, we did not conduct any asset acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

On March 3, 2014, we acquired GNMA EBO loans with UPB of $549,411 from Ocwen. Because these loans earn interest at a rate that is higher than current market rates, the loans were purchased at a premium to par, resulting in a total purchase price of $556,618. These loans are insured by the FHA, making the collectability of the entire balance of these loans reasonably assured. At acquisition and at December 31, 2014, we accounted for these GNMA EBO loans as Loans held for investment. Effective for March 31, 2015, we reclassified the GNMA EBO loans to Loans held for sale.

Ocwen initially acquired these loans through the GNMA early buy-out program, which allows servicers of federally insured or guaranteed loans to buy delinquent loans from the applicable loan securitization pools. We also financed the GNMA EBO servicing advances related to the GNMA EBO loans, and we account for this arrangement as a financing transaction because Ocwen retained title and all other rights and rewards associated with the GNMA EBO servicing advances. Collectively, the purchase of GNMA EBO loans and financing of the related advances are referred to as the “EBO Pool 1 Transaction.”

Our GNMA EBO loans are in a Mortgage Loans SPE along with the related financing facility (the "EBO Facility"), which is more fully described in Note 8. The accounts of this SPE are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These transfers to the SPE do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred GNMA EBO loans on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, as Loans held for investment) and the related liabilities as Other borrowings. We use collections on the GNMA EBO loans pledged to the SPE to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the entity. The holders of the debt issued by this SPE can look beyond the assets of the SPE for satisfaction of the debt and therefore have recourse against HLSS. It is our expectation that, since our GNMA EBO loans are insured by the FHA, the cash flows of this SPE will be sufficient to meet all claims of the debt holders. HLSS is responsible for making any principal or interest payments to the debt holders not covered by the cash flows of the SPE.

The following table summarizes the purchase price of assets we acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and reconciles the cash used to acquire such assets:

GNMA EBO loans purchase price (1)	$	556,618
Sources:
Cash on hand	$	83,884
Other borrowings	472,734
Total cash used	$	556,618

(1) The cash used to purchase these assets is shown within “Purchase of loans held for investment” of the 2014 Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

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3. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We estimate fair value based on a hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assessment of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques into three broad levels and gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest to Level 3 inputs.

The three broad categories are:

• Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and

• Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Where available, we utilize quoted market prices or observable inputs rather than unobservable inputs to determine fair value. We classify assets and liabilities in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

We describe the methodologies that we use and key assumptions that we make to assess the fair value of instruments in more detail below.

Notes Receivable – Rights to MSRs

We established the value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs based on appraisals prepared by independent valuation firms. These appraisals are prepared on a quarterly basis. Significant inputs into the valuation as of March 31, 2015 include the following:

• Discount rates reflecting the risk of earning the future income streams from the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs ranging from 14% to 22%;

• Interest rate used for calculating the cost of financing servicing advances of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50%;

• Mortgage loan prepayment projections ranging from 13% to 29% of the related mortgage lifetime projected prepayment rate; and

• Delinquency rate projections ranging from 15% to 35% of the aggregate unpaid balance of the underlying mortgage loans.

The independent valuation firms reviewed the collateral attributes and the historical payment performance of the underlying mortgage servicing portfolio and compared them with similar mortgage servicing portfolios and with standard industry mortgage performance benchmarks to arrive at the assumptions set forth above. The selected collateral attributes and performance comparisons utilized were the voluntary prepayment performance, delinquency and foreclosure performance, operational cost comparison, average loan balance, weighted average coupon and note rate distribution, loan product type classification, geographic distribution and servicing advance behavior.

The unobservable inputs that have the most significant effect on the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs are the mortgage loan prepayment rate projections and delinquency rate projections; however, any significant increase (decrease) in discount rates, interest rates, mortgage loan prepayment projections or delinquency rate projections, each in isolation, would result in a substantially lower (higher) valuation.

Loans Held for Sale

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified all of our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair market value, which was determined by reference to counterparty quotations. The fair value measurements for Loans held for sale were categorized as Level 3.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

Our derivatives are not exchange-traded, and therefore quoted market prices or other observable inputs are not available. The fair value of our interest rate swap agreements is based on certain information provided by third-party pricing sources. Third-party valuations are derived from proprietary models based on inputs that include yield curves and contractual terms such as fixed interest rates and payment dates. We have not adjusted the information obtained from the third-party pricing sources; however, we review this information to ensure that it provides a reasonable basis for estimating fair value. Our review is designed to identify information that appears stale, information that has changed significantly from the prior period and other indicators that the information may not be accurate. We determined that potential credit and counterparty risks had an immaterial impact on the valuation of our derivatives. See Note 11 for additional information on our derivative financial instruments.

The following tables present assets by level within the fair value hierarchy that are measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis:

At March 31, 2015:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	594,417	$	—	$	—	$	594,417
Derivative financial instruments	466		—		—		466
Total assets	$	594,883	$	—	$	—	$	594,883
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Total liabilities	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
Assets:
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—	$	—	$	421,257

At December 31, 2014:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	614,465	$	—	$	—	$	614,465
Derivative financial instruments	1,370		—		—		1,370
Total assets	$	615,835	$	—	$	—	$	615,835
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211
Total liabilities	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211

No transfers between levels occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014.

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The following tables present reconciliations of the fair value and changes in fair value of our Level 3 assets and liabilities that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis:

	2015						2014
For the three months ended March 31,	Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs			Derivative Financial Instruments			Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs		Derivative Financial Instruments
Beginning balance	$	614,465		$	1,159		$	633,769	$	3,306
Purchases and reductions:
Purchases	—			—			—		—
Reductions	(16,369		)	—			—		—
	(16,369		)	—			—		—
Changes in fair value :
Included in net income (1)	(3,679		)	—			4,025		—
Included in other comprehensive income (2)	—			(2,389		)	—		(227		)
	(3,679		)	(2,389		)	4,025		(227		)
Transfers in or out of Level 3	—			—			—		—
Ending balance	$	594,417		$	(1,230	)	$	637,794	$	3,079

(1) At each reporting date, we determine the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and adjust the carrying value to this amount, and these changes in fair value are included in Interest income in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

(2) These pre-tax gains (losses) are attributable to derivatives still held at March 31, 2015, and March 31, 2014, respectively.

The following table shows the effect on the fair value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs assuming adverse changes to certain key assumptions used in valuing these assets at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014:

	Discount Rate						Prepayment Speeds						Delinquency Rates
	100 bps adverse change			200 bps adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change
At March 31, 2015:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(9,716	)	$	(19,287	)	$	(17,257	)	$	(33,643	)	$	(54,091	)	$	(106,006	)
At December 31, 2014:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(10,061	)	$	(19,821	)	$	(17,719	)	$	(34,537	)	$	(55,410	)	$	(108,567	)

This sensitivity analysis above assumes a change is made to one key input while holding all other inputs constant. As many of these inputs are correlated, a change in one input will likely impact other inputs, which would ultimately impact the overall valuation.

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The following table provides additional quantitative information on our significant inputs used for valuing our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

At March 31, 2015:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	23	%

At December 31, 2014:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	25	%

Presented below are the carrying values and fair value estimates of financial instruments not carried at fair value at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014		December 31, 2014
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		—		815,663		822,298
Total financial assets	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,937,258	$	6,943,893
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	5,255,403	$	5,624,088	$	5,618,263
Other borrowings	852,419		845,818		1,182,328		1,167,267
Total financial liabilities	$	6,126,737	$	6,101,221	$	6,806,416	$	6,785,530

Match Funded Advances

The carrying value of our Match funded advances approximates fair value. This is because our Match funded advances have no stated maturity, generally are realized within a relatively short period of time and do not bear interest. The fair value measurements for Match funded advances are categorized as Level 3.

Loans Held for Investment

The fair value estimate of our Loans held for investment were determined by using internal cash flow models that required us to make assumptions regarding various inputs, including default rates, delinquency rates, interest rates and prepayment speeds. Additionally, we made assumptions related to severity for our RPLs. The fair value measurements for Loans held for investment were categorized as Level 3.

Match Funded Liabilities

Match funded liabilities include various series of term notes, variable funding notes and other fixed rate liabilities. The fair value estimate of the Company’s term notes and other fixed rate liabilities was determined by using broker quotes. We concluded that no adjustments were required to the quoted prices. The level of trading, both in number of trades and amount of term notes traded, is at a level that the Company believes broker quotes to be a reasonable representation of the current fair market value of the term notes. All other Match funded liabilities are short term in nature, and the carrying value generally approximates the fair value. The fair value measurements for Match funded liabilities are categorized as Level 3.

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Other Borrowings

Other borrowings include a senior secured term loan facility, a facility to partially finance our EBO loans (the "EBO Facility"), a facility to partially finance our RPLs (the "RPL Facility") and a servicing advance note facility (the "Note Facility"). The fair value estimate of the senior secured term loan facility was determined by using broker quotes. We concluded that no adjustments were required to the quoted price. Trading is at a level that the Company believes broker quotes to be a reasonable representation of the current fair market value of this facility. The EBO Facility, the RPL Facility and the Note Facility are short term in nature, and the carrying values generally approximate the fair values. The fair value measurements for these facilities are categorized as Level 3. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

4. MATCH FUNDED ADVANCES

Match funded advances on residential loans are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Principal and interest advances	$	2,361,161	$	2,539,532
Taxes and insurance advances	2,654,811		2,748,700
Corporate advances	792,824		833,363
	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595

5. LOANS HELD FOR SALE

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified all of our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair market value and include only our GNMA EBO loans as of March 31, 2015.

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held for sale:
GNMA EBO loans	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for investment:
GNMA EBO loans	$	—	$	477,016
RPLs	—		338,647
Loans held for investment	$	—	$	815,663

Upon acquisition, the Company reviewed whole loans to determine if there was evidence of credit deterioration since origination in accordance with the provisions of ASC 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality. Any loan acquired was considered impaired if there was evidence of credit deterioration since origination and if it was probable that not all contractually required payments would be collected.

We accounted for acquired Loans held for investment that were not deemed to be impaired at acquisition under ASC 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs.

GNMA EBO Loans

We initially accounted for our GNMA EBO loans as Loans held for investment under ASC 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs. In accordance with ASC 310-20-30-5, these loans were initially recorded at the UPB plus or minus a purchase premium or discount, which is the amount we paid to purchase these loans. Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified these loans to Loans held for sale, which are carried at the lower of cost or fair market value.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we recognized a decrease in the fair value of $7,654. At March 31, 2015, we maintained a valuation allowance of $7,654 for unrealized losses on our GNMA EBO loans.

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At March 31, 2015, GNMA EBO loans with a total UPB of $267.4 million were in the process of foreclosure.

At March 31, 2015, we had outstanding and in-process claims on FHA guarantees of $98.7 million related to our GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee. We include these receivables in Other assets. See also Note 6, Other Assets.

RPLs

We accounted for our RPLs under ASC 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality. The Company evaluated all of the RPLs at acquisition in accordance with the provisions of ASC 310-30, and all RPLs were deemed to be impaired loans at acquisition. The RPLs were not insured against loss, and the borrowers, all of which had been previously delinquent, may have been more likely to be in economic distress, to have become unemployed or bankrupt or to otherwise be unable or unwilling to make payments when due. Also, a portion of these loans featured future step-ups in the required payment.

The RPLs were grouped into pools based on common risk characteristics, and the pools were recorded at their estimated fair values, which incorporated estimated credit losses at the acquisition date. The RPL pools were systematically reviewed by the Company to determine the risk of losses that may have exceeded those identified at the time of the acquisition. No individual RPLs were classified as nonperforming assets at any time while held by the Company as the loans were accounted for on a pooled basis, and the pools were considered to be performing. No RPL pools evaluated by the Company were determined to have experienced impairment in the estimated credit quality or cash flows since acquisition.

The amount of the estimated cash flows expected to be received from the RPL pools in excess of the fair values recorded for the RPL pools was referred to as the accretable yield. The accretable yield was recognized as interest income over the estimated lives of the RPL pools. The Company made no adjustments to the accretable yield.

Changes in the carrying amount of the accretable yield for RPL pools were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2015:

	Three months ended March 31, 2015
	Accretable Yield			Carrying Amount
Beginning balance	$	168,968		$	338,647
Additions	—			—
Accretable yield adjustments	—			—
Accretion	(1,595		)	1,595
Payments and other reductions, net	—			(3,588		)
Sale of RPL portfolios	(167,373		)	(336,654		)
Ending balance	$	—		$	—

At the acquisition date of June 27, 2014, the loans acquired had contractually required payments receivable of $622.1 million and a fair value of $276.2 million. The cash flows expected to be collected were $423.1 million at the acquisition date.

At the acquisition date of July 31, 2014, the loans acquired had contractually required payments receivable of $144.8 million and a fair value of $67.6 million. The cash flows expected to be collected were $99.5 million at the acquisition date.

On February 20, 2015, we sold our RPL portfolio to an unrelated third party purchaser for a total purchase price of $337.6 million, subject to a 5% holdback pending completion of the purchaser's due diligence. A portion of the sale proceeds were used to terminate the RPL Facility. We recognized an immaterial gain on this sale.

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6. OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Debt service accounts (1)	$	78,267	$	128,525
Claims receivable from FHA (2)	98,714		109,586
Debt issuance costs (3)	18,294		16,706
Accrued interest income (4)	26,334		22,661
Purchase price holdback on RPL sale	16,824		—
Interest-earning collateral deposits (5)	1,866		1,077
Derivative financial instruments (6)	466		1,370
Other	3,718		1,550
	$	244,483	$	281,475

(1) Under our advance funding facilities, we are contractually required to remit collections of Match funded advances to the trustee within two days of receipt. We do not use the collected funds to reduce the related Match funded liabilities until the payment dates specified in the indenture. The balance also includes amounts that we set aside to provide for possible shortfalls in the funds available to pay certain expenses and interest. Lastly, at March 31, 2015 this balance includes collections on our Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, collections on our Loans held for investment), which will be used to pay down a portion of our Other borrowings on the first funding date following quarter end.

(2) Claims receivable from FHA relate to GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee.

(3) Debt issuance costs relate to Match funded liabilities and Other borrowings. We amortize these costs to the earlier of the scheduled amortization date, contractual maturity date or prepayment date of the debt.

(4) Accrued interest income represents interest earned but not yet collected on our whole loans.

(5) Interest-earning collateral deposits represent cash collateral held by our counterparty as part of our interest rate swap agreements.

(6) See Notes 3 and 11 for more information regarding our use of derivatives.

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7. MATCH FUNDED LIABILITIES

Match funded liabilities are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

						Balance Outstanding
Borrowing Type (1)	Interest Rate (2)	Maturity (3)	Amortization Date (3)	Unused Borrowing Capacity (4)		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Series 2012 T2 Term Notes	199 – 494 bps	Oct. 2045	Oct. 2015	$	—	$	450,000	$	450,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	150 – 323 bps	Jan. 2046	Jan. 2016	—		350,000		350,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	229 – 446 bps	Jan. 2048	Jan. 2018	—		150,000		150,000
Series 2013 T2 Term Notes	115 – 239 bps	May 2044	May 2015	—		375,000		375,000
Series 2013 T3 Term Notes	179 – 313 bps	May 2046	May 2017	—		475,000		475,000
Series 2013 T5 Term Notes	198 – 331 bps	Aug. 2046	Aug. 2016	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2013 T7 Term Notes	198 – 302 bps	Nov. 2046	Nov. 2016	—		300,000		300,000
Series 2014 T1 Term Notes	124 – 229 bps	Jan. 2045	Jan. 2015	—		—		600,000
Series 2014 T2 Term Notes	222 – 311 bps	Jan. 2047	Jan. 2017	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2014 T3 Term Notes	281 bps	Jun. 2048	Jun. 2018	—		363,000		363,000
Series 2012 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 2 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 3 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2013 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 150 - 245 bps	Feb. 2045	Dec. 2015	28		524,972		492,107
				$	513,682	$	5,274,318	$	5,624,088

(1) Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

(2) The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 1.85%. We pay interest monthly.

(3) The amortization date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended. The maturity date is the due date for all outstanding balances. After the amortization date, all collections that represent the repayment of Match funded advances pledged to the facilities must be applied to reduce the balance of the note outstanding, and any new advances are ineligible to be financed.

(4) Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

The debt covenants for our advance facilities require that we maintain minimum levels of liquid assets. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in restrictions on new borrowings or the early termination of our advance facilities.

The debt covenants for our advance facilities require us to maintain total cash and excess borrowing capacity of the lesser of $100,000 and the greater of $25,000 or 0.01% of total UPB outstanding plus 3.25% of total Match funded advances outstanding. The minimum cash and excess borrowing capacity requirement at March 31, 2015, was $100,000 which was exceeded by both our unrestricted cash of $183,373 (which includes our interest-earning collateral deposits) and our excess borrowing capacity of $513,682.

Certain of our financing facilities include adverse adjustments to our advance rates if specified servicer or subservicer ratings are not maintained, and failure by our servicers or subservicers to maintain the minimum rating could result in adverse adjustments to our advance rates, liquidity and profitability. In addition, some PSAs may also require that the servicer or subservicer maintain specified servicer ratings. The failure to maintain the specified rating may result in the termination of the

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servicer under such PSAs. Any such downgrade could have an adverse effect on our business, financing activities, financial condition or results of operations.

See Note 1A for discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating, the alleged events of default of certain of the advance funding facilities and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility within our advance funding facilities and EBO Facility, further discussed in Note 8.

Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity (1):

Year of Expected Maturity Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	3,236,318
2016	850,000
2017	675,000
2018	513,000
2019 and thereafter	—
Total	$	5,274,318

(1) The expected maturity date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended.

In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. ceased to be party to the Match funded liabilities.

8. OTHER BORROWINGS

Other borrowings consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Senior secured term loan facility (1)	$	339,946	$	340,636
EBO Facility (2)	486,828		544,513
RPL Facility (3)	—		271,473
Note Facility (4)	25,645		25,706
	$	852,419	$	1,182,328

(1) On June 27, 2013, we entered into a $350,000 senior secured term loan facility, which was issued at a discount to par. The senior secured term loan facility has a maturity date of June 27, 2020 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 350 bps, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor. As of March 31, 2015, the interest rate on our senior secured term loan facility was 4.50%. This facility is carried net of an original issuance discount of $3,929. The senior secured term loan facility was repaid in full at par on April 6, 2015.

(2) On March 3, 2014, we entered into the EBO Facility to finance the purchase of our initial portfolio of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 305 bps. On October 16, 2014, we amended the EBO Facility to increase the maximum principal balance to partially finance the purchase of a second pool of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 180 bps. This facility has a maturity date of May 1, 2015.

(3) On June 26, 2014, we entered into the RPL Facility to partially finance the purchase of our RPLs. The facility had a maturity date of June 26, 2014 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 250 bps. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

(4) On June 24, 2014, we entered into the Note Facility to partially finance the purchase of $37,000 of notes retained as part of the Series 2014 T3 Term Note issuance on June 18, 2014. The Note Facility matures quarterly with a next maturity date of June 23, 2015. The Note Facility has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 115 bps.

The weighted average interest rate for our Other borrowings was 3.52% as of March 31, 2015.

The debt covenants for our Other borrowings require that we maintain minimum levels of liquid assets. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in restrictions on new borrowings or the early termination of our advance facilities.

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The debt covenants for our Other borrowings require us to maintain total cash and excess borrowing capacity of the lesser of $100,000 and the greater of $25,000 or 0.01% of total UPB outstanding plus 3.25% of total Match funded advances outstanding. The minimum cash and excess borrowing capacity requirement at March 31, 2015, was $100,000 which was exceeded by both our unrestricted cash of $183,373 (which includes our interest-earning collateral deposits) and our excess borrowing capacity of $513,682.

The debt covenants for our senior secured term loan facility place restrictions on other unsecured indebtedness, require a minimum debt to tangible equity ratio of less than 6 to 1, minimum borrowing base coverage ratio of 1.5 to 1 and mandate the delivery of certified financial reports to our lender. Should we be deemed to be in default under the provisions of our senior secured term loan facility the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the senior secured term loan facility would immediately become due.

Under the provisions of our senior secured term loan facility our restrictions on unsecured indebtedness include:

• Unsecured indebtedness not to exceed the greater of 0.75% of consolidated total assets or $50,000; and

• Unsecured indebtedness under any working capital facility in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed $50,000 at any time.

We had no unsecured indebtedness as of March 31, 2015 other than our senior secured term loan facility.

See Note 1A for a discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility contained within our debt agreements.

Analysis of Other Borrowing by Expected Repayment Date (1):

Year of Expected Payment Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	515,098
2016	3,500
2017	3,500
2018	3,500
2019 and thereafter	330,750
Total (2)	$	856,348

(1) The EBO Facility and the Note Facility expected payment dates are based on the current outstanding balance and maturity date of these facilities.

(2) The total expected payments include the full face value of the senior secured term loan, which has a current original issuance discount balance of $3,929.

Immediately prior to the Asset Sale, we repaid our senior secured term loan facility in full at par. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. ceased to be party to the Other borrowings.

9. ORDINARY SHARES

As of March 31, 2015, we had authorized 200,000,000 ordinary shares, par value of $0.01, of which 71,016,771 were issued and outstanding. There were no changes in the number of ordinary shares issued during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

10. EARNINGS PER SHARE ("EPS")

Basic EPS is computed by dividing reported Net income available to ordinary shareholders by weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing reported Net income by the sum of the weighted average ordinary shares and all potential dilutive ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Potential dilutive ordinary shares includes ordinary share equivalents consisting of incremental ordinary shares deemed outstanding from the assumed exercise of stock options.

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The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended:

(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31, 2015						March 31, 2014
	Net Income			Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount		Net Income		Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount
Basic EPS:
Net income available to common      shareholders	$	15,260		71,016,771			$	64,360	71,016,771
Less: Net income allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Adjusted net income available to      common shareholders	15,236			71,016,771	$	0.21	64,360		71,016,771	$	0.91
Dilutive Securities:
Plus: Net income allocated to      participating securities	24			—			—		—
Less: Net income re-allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Incremental ordinary shares deemed      outstanding	—			72,958			—		—
Diluted EPS:
Income allocated to common shares      and assumed share conversions	$	15,236		71,089,729	$	0.21	$	64,360	71,016,771	$	0.91

At March 31, 2015, we excluded from our calculation of diluted EPS i) 50,000 stock options that were anti-dilutive because their exercise price was greater than the average market price of our stock and ii) 50,000 stock options that are issuable upon the achievement of certain performance criteria related to our stock price and an annualized rate of return to investors. Note 14 provides details of our share-based compensation.

11. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We are party to interest rate swap agreements that we recognize on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value within Other assets and Other liabilities. On the date we entered into the interest rate swap agreements, we designated and documented them as hedges of the variable cash flows payable for floating rate interest expense on our borrowings (cash flow hedge). To qualify for hedge accounting, a derivative must be highly effective at reducing the risk associated with the hedged exposure. In addition, the documentation must include the risk management objective and strategy. On a quarterly basis we assess and document the derivatives’ effectiveness and expected effectiveness in offsetting the changes in the fair value or the cash flows of the hedged items. To assess effectiveness, we use statistical methods, such as regression analysis, as well as nonstatistical methods including dollar-offset analysis. For a cash flow hedge, to the extent that it is effective, we record changes in the estimated fair value of the derivative in accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"). We subsequently reclassify these changes in estimated fair value to net income in the same period that the hedged transaction affects earnings and in the same financial statement category as the hedged item.

If a derivative instrument in a cash flow hedge is terminated or the hedge designation is removed, we reclassify related amounts in AOCI into earnings in the same period during which the cash flows that were hedged affect earnings. In a period where we determine that it is probable that a hedged forecasted transaction will not occur, such as variable-rate interest payments on debt that has been repaid in advance, any related amounts in AOCI are reclassified into earnings in that period.

Because our current derivative agreements are not exchange-traded, we are exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to the agreement. We control this risk through counterparty credit monitoring procedures including financial analysis, dollar limits and other monitoring procedures. The notional amounts of our contracts do not represent our exposure to credit loss. See Note 3 for additional information regarding our use of derivatives.

Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

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Interest Rate Management

We executed a hedging strategy designed to mitigate the impact of changes in variable interest rates on the excess of interest rate sensitive liabilities over interest rate sensitive assets. We entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the effects of a change in 1-Month LIBOR.

The following tables provide information about our interest rate swaps at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	76,921	$	(220	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.607	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	15,538		(33		)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	338,009		(1,443		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)
Total liability derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	73,888	$	877
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	338,009		493
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370
Total asset derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370

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Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	81,506	$	(209	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.6070	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	17,502		(2		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)
Total liability derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)

(1) The effective date of the swap is the date from which monthly net settlements begin to be computed.

(2) Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale. The net settlements upon termination were $1,587 payable to the counterparties.

(3) There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $466 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $1,696 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2015. There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $3,523 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $444 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The following table summarizes our use of derivatives during the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Notional balance at beginning of period	$	510,905		$	953,195
Additions	—			—
Maturities	—			—
Terminations	—			—
Amortization	(22,092		)	(144,937		)
Notional balance at end of period	$	488,813		$	808,258

We recognize the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral as part of our hedge agreements. At March 31, 2015, we have the right to reclaim cash collateral of $1,866 and had no obligation to return cash collateral as part of our hedge agreements. At December 31, 2014, we had the right to reclaim cash collateral of $1,077 and were obligated to return cash collateral of $1,370 as part of our hedge agreements.

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12. INTEREST INCOME

Interest Income – Notes Receivable – Rights to MSRs

Our primary source of revenue is the fees we are entitled to receive in connection with the servicing of mortgage loans. We account for these fees as interest income.

The following table shows how we calculated Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355			98,513
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	(16,369		)	—
Servicing transfers (1)	1,899			—
Increase (decrease) in the fair value of Notes    receivable – Rights to MSRs	(3,679		)	4,025
	$	71,206		$	102,538

(1) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates. These amounts represent amounts payable by Ocwen related to servicing transfers.

Interest Income – Other

Additional sources of revenue for us are the interest we earn on our GNMA EBO loans, interest we earn on our RPLs, financing of GNMA EBO and other advances and interest we earn on operating bank accounts and the custodial account balances related to the mortgage loans serviced that are not included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table shows our Interest income – other for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015		2014
Loan interest (1)	$	7,408	$	1,784
Advance financing interest (2)	1,027		202
Bank account interest	1,041		975
	$	9,476	$	2,961

(1) Represents interest earned on GNMA EBO loans and the accretion of the accretable yield on our pools of RPLs.

(2) Represents interest earned on servicing advance financing we provided to Ocwen at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

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13. INTEREST EXPENSE

The following table presents the components of Interest expense for the three months ended March 31:

	2015		2014
Match funded liabilities	$	27,281	$	26,830
Other borrowings	8,987		5,323
Amortization of debt issuance costs	4,378		4,962
Interest rate swaps	167		396
	$	40,813	$	37,511

14. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

On December 5, 2013, the Board of Directors of HLSS adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of the shareholders. At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2014, the shareholders approved the Plan.

The Plan was administered by the Compensation Committee, which could authorize the award of options, restricted shares, share appreciation rights, performance awards or other share-based awards to our employees of an amount not exceeding 2,000,000 ordinary shares, in aggregate. Other than share options with vesting terms, the Compensation Committee did not grant restricted shares, share appreciation rights, performance awards or other share-based awards under the Plan. Each award under the Plan was evidenced by a written award agreement between the participant and HLSS. The award agreement described the award and stated the terms and conditions to which the award was subject.

Shares issued under the Plan may have been from shares acquired under the Company's share repurchase program, shares acquired through open market purchases or newly issued shares.

Outstanding share-based compensation consisted of stock option grants that were a combination of service-based and market-based options.

Service-Based Options. These options were granted at fair value on the date of grant. The options generally vested evenly in four annual increments beginning with the first anniversary of the agreement date, and the options generally expired on the earlier of 10 years after the date of grant or following termination of service. A total of 50,000 service-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.

Market-Based Options. These options were subject to market-based vesting. One-fourth of the options would have vested immediately on the first date as of which both of the following market-based criteria had been met: i) the per share price was be equal to or exceed 1.25 times the strike price and ii) investors achieved a 12.5% annualized rate of return from the agreement date based on the strike price and dividends received. Thereafter, the remaining options would have vested evenly on each of the next three anniversaries of the initial date of vesting. A total of 50,000 market-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.

Both Service-Based Options and Market-Based Options that were vested and outstanding were entitled to receive payments equal to the amount of the then current dividend as if the underlying shares were issued at the ex-dividend date. We recognized $26 of reductions to Retained earnings related to this feature during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The fair value of the Service-Based Options was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and a lattice (binomial) model was used to determine the fair value of the Market-Based Options as of the grant date. No awards were granted for the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.

The net benefit from forfeitures of share-based compensation was $129. Share-based compensation is recognized net of an estimated forfeiture rate of 4%.

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A summary of option activity under the Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is presented below.

	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	1,280,000		$	22.51	9.1	$	—
Granted	—		—
Exercised	—		—
Forfeited or expired	(1,180,000	)	22.46
Outstanding at March 31, 2015	100,000		$	23.12	8.7	$	—
Exercisable at March 31, 2015	12,500		$	23.12	8.7	$	—

(1) Intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price and the exercise price multiplied by the number of options outstanding and exercisable at a price below that closing price.

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $37 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested share option awards granted under the Plan. The total expense was expected to be recognized over the weighted-average requisite service period of 3.1 years. No shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

No option awards, whether vested or non-vested, were outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and no option activity occurred during this period.

During February 2015, as consideration for participation under the Change in Control Retention Bonus and Severance Plan, certain participants in the Plan agreed to unconditionally relinquish any and all rights that the Participant possessed under the Plan and agreed to the cancellation of such Participant’s stock options.

On April 6, 2015, the Plan was terminated in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

15. INCOME TAXES

Income taxes were provided for based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which we conduct operations and earn related income. Our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, was 0.0% and 0.0%, respectively. We are a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities. As of March 31, 2015, the Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits related to the current period or any previous period. We recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. We did not accrue interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense or penalty recognized during the period or in previous periods.

16. BUSINESS SEGMENT REPORTING

Our business strategy focuses on acquiring Rights to MSRs and the related servicing advances, Loans held for investment and other residential mortgage-related assets. As of March 31, 2015, we operate a single reportable business segment that holds Residential Mortgage Assets.

17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

We entered into various agreements with Ocwen and Altisource in connection with our Initial Public Offering on March 5, 2012. William C. Erbey, our founder and the former Chairman of our Board of Directors, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen and Altisource.

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We acquired all of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and our EBO Pool 1 Transaction loans from Ocwen. Refer to Note 2 for a description of our recent acquisitions from Ocwen.

As the named servicer of the loans underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, Ocwen remains obligated to perform as servicer under the related PSAs, and we are required to pay Ocwen a monthly fee for the servicing activities it performs. We are also required to purchase any servicing advances that Ocwen is required to make pursuant to such PSAs.

Ocwen is also the named servicer on the GNMA EBO loans and RPLs, and we are required to pay Ocwen a monthly fee for the servicing activities it performs.

We provide financing of certain servicing advances to Ocwen. In conjunction with the EBO Pool 1 Transaction on May 3, 2014, we agreed to finance $20,157 of servicing advances for Ocwen and to finance future advances. We receive interest income on these receivables at a rate of 1-month LIBOR plus 450 to 550 bps. We record this interest income as Interest income – other in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we earned interest income on financing of servicing advances of $1,027 and $0, respectively. Ocwen owed us $335 for interest accrued on financing of servicing advances as of March 31, 2015.

The following table summarizes our transactions with Ocwen related to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS (1)	89,355			98,513
Servicing advances purchased from Ocwen in the    ordinary course of business	$	3,501,183		$	3,503,375

(1) Net servicing fees retained by HLSS are included in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Interest income. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

Our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs resulted from transactions with Ocwen. At March 31, 2015, as a result of servicing activities related to our Notes receivable – Right to MSRs, Ocwen owed us $5,649 for servicing fees collected but not remitted to us, and we owed Ocwen $5,860 for the subservicing fee earned by Ocwen in March 2015.

Ocwen Professional Services Agreement

We have a professional services agreement with Ocwen (“Professional Services Agreement”) that enables us to provide certain services to Ocwen and for Ocwen to provide certain services to us. Services provided by us under this agreement may include valuation and analysis of mortgage servicing rights, capital markets activities, advance financing management, treasury management, legal services and other similar services. Services provided by Ocwen under this agreement may include business strategy, legal, tax, licensing and regulatory compliance support services, risk management services and other similar services. The services provided by the parties under this agreement are on an as-needed basis, and the fees represent actual costs incurred plus an additional markup of 15%.

At March 31, 2015, Ocwen owed us $0 for professional services provided pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we earned fees of $50 and $628, respectively, for services provided to Ocwen pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we incurred fees of $0 and $154, respectively, for services received from Ocwen pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement.

Altisource Administrative Services Agreement

We have an administrative services agreement with Altisource (“Altisource Administrative Services Agreement”) that enables Altisource to provide certain administrative services to us. Services provided to us under this agreement may include human resources administration (benefit plan design, recruiting, hiring and training and compliance support), legal and regulatory compliance support services, general business consulting, corporate services (facilities management, security and travel services), finance and accounting support services (financial analysis, financial reporting and tax services), risk management services,

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vendor management and other related services. The services Altisource provides to us under this agreement are on an as-needed basis, and the fees we pay Altisource are based on the actual costs incurred by them plus an additional markup of 15%. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we incurred fees of $76 and $218, respectively, for services provided to us pursuant to the Altisource Administrative Services Agreement.

Receivables from and Payables to Related Parties

The following table summarizes amounts receivable from and payable to related parties at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Servicing advance financing receivables (1)	$	78,695	$	84,107
Servicing fees collected (2)	5,649		5,686
Professional services (3)	—		33
Advance collections (4)	92,138		—
Loan collections in transit (5)	1,687		3,885
Receivable from servicing transfers (6)	1,899		—
Other	4,999		690
Receivables from Ocwen	$	185,067	$	94,401
Subservicing fees payable (7)	$	5,860	$	7,999
Advance purchases (8)	—		5,285
Other	2,937		1,133
Payables to Ocwen	$	8,797	$	14,417
Payables to Altisource	$	38	$	86

(1) We provided financing to Ocwen for servicing advances. We receive interest income at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

(2) Ocwen is required to remit to us servicing fees it collects on our behalf within two business days. The amount due from Ocwen at March 31, 2015, represents servicing fees collected but not remitted at the end of the month. We record servicing fees we collect less the subservicing fee we pay to Ocwen less the reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as Interest income as shown in Note 12.

(3) The respective amounts are for professional services provided that were outstanding as of the dates indicated.

(4) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit Match funded advance collections to pay down our Match funded liabilities. This receivable represents the portion of Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of the dates indicated.

(5) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit collections of our Loans held for sale or Loans held for investment to a custodial account. This receivable represents the portion of these collections that were not yet deposited into the custodial account.

(6) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates.

(7) The base fee and performance fee, if any, that comprise the subservicing fees payable are calculated and paid to Ocwen within three business days following the end of the month.

(8) We are contractually obligated to reimburse advances made by Ocwen. This payable represents the portion of advance payments due to Ocwen on advances made by them.

18. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The following material potential claims, lawsuits, and other proceedings, of which the Company is currently aware, are as follows. The Company has not accrued losses in connection with these legal contingencies because management does not believe there is probable and reasonably estimable loss.

Three putative class action lawsuits have been filed against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entitled: (i) Oliveira v. Home Loan Servicing

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Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-652 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on January 29, 2015; (ii) Berglan v. Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-947 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on February 9, 2015; and (iii) W. Palm Beach Police Pension Fund v. Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-1063 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on February 13, 2015. On April 2, 2015, these lawsuits were consolidated into a single action, which is referred to as the “New York Action.” On April 28, 2015, lead plaintiff, lead counsel and liaison counsel were appointed in the New York Action.

The New York Action names as defendants HLSS, former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey, HLSS Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer John P. Van Vlack, and HLSS Chief Financial Officer James E. Lauter. The New York Action asserts causes of action under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 based on certain public disclosures made by the Company relating to our relationship with Ocwen. This action alleges that HLSS misled investors by failing to disclose, among other things, the extent of HLSS’s dependence on Ocwen, information regarding governmental investigations of Ocwen’s business practices, and the Company’s own purportedly inadequate internal controls. The Company intends to vigorously defend the New York Action.

Two shareholder derivative actions have been filed purportedly on behalf of Ocwen Financial Corporation naming as defendants the Company and certain current and former directors and officers of Ocwen, including former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey, entitled (i) Sokolowski v. Erbey, et al., No. 9:14-CV-81601 (S.D. Fla.), filed on December 24, 2014 (the “Sokolowski Action”), and (ii) Moncavage v. Faris, et al., No. 2015CA003244 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct.), filed on March 20, 2015 (collectively, with the Sokolowski Action, the “Ocwen Derivative Actions”). The original complaint in the Sokolowski Action named as defendants certain current and former directors and officers of Ocwen, including former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey. On February 11, 2015, plaintiff in the Sokolowski Action filed an amended complaint naming additional defendants, including HLSS. The Ocwen Derivative Actions assert a cause of action for aiding and abetting certain alleged breaches of fiduciary duty under Florida law against HLSS and others, and claims that HLSS (i) substantially assisted Ocwen’s alleged wrongful conduct by purchasing Ocwen’s mortgage servicing rights and (ii) received improper benefits as a result of its business dealings with Ocwen due to Mr. Erbey’s purported control over both HLSS and Ocwen. Additionally, the Sokolowski Action asserts a cause of action for unjust enrichment against HLSS and others. The Company intends to vigorously defend the Ocwen Derivative Actions.

On March 11, 2015, plaintiff David Rattner filed a shareholder derivative action purportedly on behalf of the Company entitled Rattner v. Van Vlack, et al., No. 2015CA002833 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct.) (the “HLSS Derivative Action”). The lawsuit names as defendants HLSS directors John P. Van Vlack, Robert J. McGinnis, Kerry Kennedy, Richard J. Lochrie, and David B. Reiner (collectively, the “Director Defendants”), New Residential Investment Corp., and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd. The HLSS Derivative Action alleges that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties of due care, diligence, loyalty, honesty and good faith and the duty to act in the best interests of the Company under Cayman law and claims that the Director Defendants approved a proposed merger with New Residential Investment Corp. that (i) provided inadequate consideration to the Company’s shareholders, (ii) included unfair deal protection devices, (iii) and was the result of an inadequate process due to conflicts of interest. The Company intends to vigorously defend the HLSS Derivative Action.

On September 15, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide certain information related to the Company’s prior accounting conventions for and valuations of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs that resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 during August 2014. On December 22, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information related to certain governance documents and transactions and certain communications regarding the same. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in these matters.

On March 23, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information concerning communications between the Company and certain investment advisors and hedge funds. The SEC also requested documents relating to the Company’s structure, certain governance documents and any investigations or complaints connected to trading in the Company’s securities. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in this matter.

See Note 1A for discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating, the alleged events of default of certain of the advance funding facilities and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility within our advance funding facilities and EBO Facility.

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19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to our balance sheet date of March 31, 2015:

• On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings and Ocwen entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs, or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of eight years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

• On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the Asset Sale. The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the NRZ Purchase Agreement. In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1B) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1A and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

• Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Liquidation Plan, pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to the Merger Consideration.  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

• Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) the New Merger Agreement with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time each of the Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions,

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including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

• On April 10, 2015, we paid cash dividends of $12,783 or $0.18 per ordinary share.

• On April 10, 2015, we declared a distribution of $16.613 per ordinary share payable on April 27, 2015, to shareholders of record as of April 20, 2015.

• On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS(Dollars in thousands unless otherwise stated, except share data)

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Our ordinary shares may continue to trade even though we are in the process of winding down, and distributions to shareholders may be below any trading price;

• The amount of the final distribution and our ability to cease reporting depends upon whether our shareholders approve the New Merger;

• The ability to close the New Merger on the proposed terms and within the anticipated time period, or at all, which is dependent on the parties’ ability to satisfy certain closing conditions;

• The exact amount or timing of any final distribution to our shareholders;

• The ability to maintain our passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) status;

• Government regulations and policies;

• General economic and market conditions; and

• Other risks detailed in the Company's reports and filings with the SEC.

You should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information on the uncertainty of forward-looking statements see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 6, 2015.

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INTRODUCTION

The following discussion of our results of operations and changes in financial condition and liquidity should be read in conjunction with our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes, all included elsewhere in this report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and with our 2014 Form 10-K.

Events Prior to March 31, 2015

We are dependent on Ocwen as the subservicer for the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, and Ocwen’s servicing practices may impact the value of certain of our assets. Ocwen has been and is subject to certain federal and state regulatory matters and other challenges and uncertainties associated with its business. We may be adversely impacted:

• By regulatory actions taken against Ocwen;

• By a default by Ocwen under its debt agreements;

• By further downgrades in Ocwen's servicer rating;

• If Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of its PSAs;

• If Ocwen were terminated as servicer under certain PSAs;

• If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding; or

• If Ocwen fails to meet its obligations or is deemed to be in default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust, including the allegations of certain events of default related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters by BlueMountain.

A summary of such matters, the related impact on our business and the Company's plan to address such matters are as follows.

Ocwen Regulatory Matters

Ocwen has publicly announced that, on December 19, 2013, Ocwen reached an agreement involving the CFPB, various state attorneys general and other agencies that regulate the mortgage servicing industry, which agreement was approved by consent judgment by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 26, 2014. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• A commitment by Ocwen to service loans in accordance with specified servicing guidelines and to be subject to oversight by an independent national monitor for three years;

• A payment of $127.3 million to a consumer relief fund to be disbursed by an independent administrator to eligible borrowers. In May 2014, Ocwen satisfied this obligation with regard to the consumer relief fund, $60.4 million of which is the responsibility of former owners of certain servicing portfolios acquired by Ocwen pursuant to indemnification and loss sharing provisions in the applicable agreements; and

• A commitment by Ocwen to continue its principal forgiveness modification programs to delinquent and underwater borrowers in an aggregate amount of $2.0 billion over three years.

On December 22, 2014, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the NY DFS related to investigations into Ocwen's mortgage servicing practices in the State of New York. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $100 million to the NY DFS to be used by the State of New York for housing, foreclosure relief and community redevelopment programs;

• Payment of $50 million as restitution to certain New York borrowers;

• Installation of a NY DFS Operations Monitor to review and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of Ocwen's operations for a period of two years, which may be extended another twelve months at the option of the NY DFS;

• Requirements that Ocwen will not share any common officers or employees with any related party and will not share risk, internal audit or vendor oversight functions with any related party;

• Requirements that certain Ocwen employees, officers and directors be recused from negotiating or voting to approve certain transactions with a related party;

• Resignation of Ocwen's Chairman of the Board from the Board of Directors of Ocwen and at related companies, including HLSS; and

• Restrictions on Ocwen's ability to acquire new mortgage servicing rights.

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On January 23, 2015, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the CA DBO in relation to an action dated October 3, 2014, in the State of California. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $2.5 million;

• Engagement of an independent auditor to assess Ocwen’s compliance with laws and regulations impacting California borrowers for a period of at least two years; and

• Prevention of Ocwen from acquiring additional mortgage servicing rights for loans secured in the State of California until the CA DBO is satisfied that Ocwen can satisfactorily respond to the requests for information and documentation made in the course of a regulatory exam.

According to Ocwen's public disclosure, on April 28, 2014, Ocwen received a letter from the staff of the New York Regional Office of the SEC informing Ocwen that the SEC was conducting an investigation relating to Ocwen and making a request for voluntary production of documents and information relating to the April 22, 2014 surrender of certain options to purchase its common stock by Mr. Erbey, its former Executive Chairman, including the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the related option grant and surrender documents. On June 12, 2014, Ocwen received a subpoena from the SEC requesting production of various documents relating to its business dealings with HLSS, Altisource, Altisource Asset Management Corporation AAMC and Residential and the interests of its directors and executive officers in these companies. Ocwen has also disclosed that it received an additional subpoena from the SEC related to its amendments to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Other Ocwen Matters

S&P, Moody’s, Fitch and Morningstar rate Ocwen as a mortgage servicer. Each of these rating agencies has downgraded Ocwen’s servicer rating within the last six months. On January 29, 2015, Moody’s downgraded Ocwen’s SQ assessment from “SQ3+” to “SQ3-” as a primary servicer of subprime residential loans and as a special servicer of residential mortgage loans. During February 2015, Fitch downgraded Ocwen's residential primary servicer rating for subprime products from “RPS3” to “RPS4,” and Morningstar downgraded its rating to “MOR RS3.” Three of these rating agencies currently have Ocwen’s ratings outlook as “negative” or “on review for downgrade.” Additionally, Ocwen is subject to quantitative and qualitative agency servicer rating criteria which may have subjective interpretations. Certain of our advance financing facilities require that our servicers or subservicers maintain specified servicer ratings, and failure by our servicers or subservicers to maintain the minimum rating could result in adverse adjustments to our advance rates, liquidity and profitability. Failure to maintain minimum or specified ratings could adversely affect dealings with contractual counterparties, including GSEs and regulators. In addition, some PSAs also require that the servicer or subservicer maintain specified servicer ratings. The failure to maintain the specified rating could result in the termination of the servicer under such PSAs. If Ocwen is terminated as servicer, and if Ocwen is unable to make any applicable indemnification payments owed to us, we could lose a substantial portion or all of the value of the related Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (see discussion of the BlueMountain allegations that follow).

During February and March 2015, Ocwen received two notices of servicer termination affecting four separate PSAs underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs due to servicer rating downgrades. While we believe the financial impact of the termination of servicing under these four PSAs would be immaterial to our overall financial condition, Ocwen could be subject to further terminations as a result of its failure to maintain required minimum servicer ratings, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financing activities, financial condition and results of operations.

Additionally, if Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of the PSAs, then any such improperly made servicing advances may not be eligible for financing under our advance financing facilities and/or may not be reimbursable by the related securitization trusts or other owners of the mortgage loans. Ocwen may be unwilling or unable to make indemnification payments for losses we incur related to unrecoverable advances.

Our advance financing facilities and certain Other borrowings have cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility, and there may occur an event of default under Ocwen's senior secured debt facility.

If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, our business could be materially and adversely impacted by potential court rulings or other actions or events, including, but not limited to, the following:

• A sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be re-characterized in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding as a financing secured by such Residential Mortgage Assets. If such a recharacterization occurs, the validity or priority of our security interest in the Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be challenged in a bankruptcy proceeding of

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Ocwen. If the sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets is recharacterized as a secured financing, payments made by Ocwen to us prior to Ocwen commencing its bankruptcy proceeding could be challenged and subject to recovery as preferential transfers;

• Payments made to us by Ocwen, or obligations incurred by Ocwen to us, could be challenged as fraudulent conveyances;

• The Purchase Agreement could be rejected in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding;

• A bankruptcy court could stay a transfer of servicing to another servicer;

• Ocwen could discontinue servicing;

• The automatic stay under the United States Bankruptcy Code may prevent the ongoing receipt of servicing fees or other amounts due; or

• A bankruptcy of Ocwen defaults our advance financing facilities and negatively impacts our ability to continue to purchase servicing advances.

In addition, Ocwen has disclosed that certain of its debt facilities will mature during 2015. If Ocwen is not able to repay or refinance these obligations as they come due, Ocwen may become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

Any of the foregoing events could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

On January 23, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain, which has represented that it is the investment manager of funds that hold certain of the Notes sent a letter to HLSS Holdings, the HSART Trust, Ocwen and the Indenture Trustee, asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. BlueMountain has publicly stated that it has taken a “short position” on behalf of certain funds in the stock of HLSS and Ocwen. On February 20, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain sent another letter asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. The alleged defaults are related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters described above. An event of default under the HSART Trust could result in the revolving facilities within HSART Trust to cease revolving, which would impact our ability to fund the purchase of advances.

On February 17, 2015, HLSS Holdings and the Depositor entered into the Agreement with the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties agreed, among other things, that during the term of the Agreement the Indenture Trustee will not commence a judicial proceeding to seek judicial guidance regarding the allegations made in the BlueMountain letter prior to April 15, 2015, and HLSS Holdings and the Depositor agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold from distribution certain excess funds that would otherwise be distributable to the Depositor in an amount up to the Interest Accrual Differential for the related interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture. The “Interest Accrual Differential” means, with respect to any interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture beginning with the interest accrual period relating to the February 17, 2015 monthly payment date thereunder and any class of HSART Trust notes issued prior to January 17, 2014, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Non-FAE Rate plus 3.00% per annum over (b) the related interest accrual for such class of notes at the Non-FAE Rate. The Depositor and HLSS Holdings subsequently agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold on the same basis with respect to HSART Trust notes issued on or after January 17, 2014. The effect of this agreement will be to increase the amount deposited and held in Debt service accounts by approximately $11.8 million per month. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. disposed of its interest in HLSS Holdings and the Depositor.

Management's Plan

On February 22, 2015, we entered into the Old Merger Agreement with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Merger Sub would merge with and into us.

During the month of February 2015, our management developed a management plan that included the following elements:

• Entering into the Old Merger Agreement with NRZ;

• Negotiating certain commitments from various lenders for replacement advance financing, though never consummated;

• Selling our entire portfolio of RPLs for an immaterial gain and concurrently repaying the related borrowings in full;

• Marketing our GNMA EBO loan portfolios and extending the maturity of the related borrowings to allow for continued marketing;

• Working closely with our legal counsel to address BlueMountain’s allegations of default, which we believe are without merit, and any potential impact of such allegations on our advance financing facilities; and

• Amending our senior secured term loan facility agreement to extend the deadline to furnish annual financial statements to April 10, 2015, to amend certain terms of cross default to our advance financing facilities and to permit an amendment to the Ocwen Subservicing Agreement.

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On March 3, 2015, we filed a Form 12b-25 indicating that additional time to complete our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 was necessary in order to complete the assessment of recent events related to our business and determine the impact on our financial statements and related disclosures.

On March 18, 2015, we filed a Form 8-K indicating that we required additional time to prepare information related to our ability to operate as a going concern and to provide such information to our auditors for the purposes of their audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Developments After March 31, 2015

On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings and Ocwen entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale described below) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs, or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of 8 years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the Asset Sale. The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the NRZ Purchase Agreement. In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1B) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1A and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Liquidation Plan, pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to the Merger Consideration.  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) the New Merger Agreement with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the

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Effective Time each of the Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

Other Recent Developments

On September 15, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide certain information related to the Company’s prior accounting conventions for and valuations of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs that resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 during August 2014. On December 22, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information related to certain governance documents and transactions and certain communications regarding the same. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in these matters.

As a result of Ocwen’s settlement agreement with the NY DFS, on January 16, 2015, William C. Erbey stepped down as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Ocwen, Altisource, AAMC and Residential. Concurrently, Robert J. McGinnis was appointed as non-executive Chairman of HLSS.

On January 14, 2015, our Moody's credit rating was downgraded to B3/Negative and on January 16, 2015, S&P affirmed its credit rating of B+ but downgraded our outlook from Stable to Negative. On February 24, 2015, Moody’s announced that it would review our credit rating for potential upgrade subsequent to our announcement of the Old Merger Agreement on February 22, 2015.

On March 18, 2015, we received notification from Nasdaq stating that the Company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing due to the Company not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. On April 29, 2015, our shares were delisted from Nasdaq and began being quoted on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbol “HLSSF.”

On March 23, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information concerning communications between the Company and certain investment advisors and hedge funds. The SEC also requested documents relating to the Company’s structure, certain governance documents and any investigations or complaints connected to trading in the Company’s securities. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in this matter.

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The following discussion of results of operations is as of March 31, 2015 and prior to the Asset Sale.

Changes in Results of Operations Summary

The following table summarizes our condensed consolidated operating results for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015		2014
Revenue	$	82,172	$	106,127
Operating expenses	18,440		4,256
Income from operations	63,732		101,871
Interest expense	48,467		37,511
Income before income taxes	15,265		64,360
Income tax expense	5		—
Net income	$	15,260	$	64,360

Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 versus 2014. Revenue primarily includes interest income recorded on Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and interest earned on whole loans. Our Interest income from our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs decreased by $31,332 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to same period in 2014 due to a decrease in the average UPB underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to $158.4 billion from $178.0 billion for the same period in 2014. In addition, higher prepayment speeds for the UPB tied to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs contributed to decreased Interest income during 2015; average prepayment speeds were 10.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to 9.9% for the same period in 2014. We also recorded a decrease in Interest income of $3,679 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as a result of changes in the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs compared to an increase of $20,686 for same period in 2014. Lastly, the interest earned on our whole loan portfolios during the three months ended March 31, 2015 contributed to the increase in interest income due to increased average UPB on whole loans.

Operating expenses are primarily comprised of Compensation and benefits, Related party expenses and General and administrative expenses. Compensation and benefits increased due to increased senior headcount and costs associated with the Change in Control Retention Bonus and Severance Plan. General and administrative expenses increased period over period primarily because of increased legal and professional services fees associated with the Old Merger, the Asset Sale and the New Merger. The increases in Compensation and benefits and General and administrative expenses was partially offset by a decrease in Related party expenses due to decreased use of services under both the Ocwen Professional Services Agreement and the Altisource Administrative Services Agreement.

Increases in interest expense period over period were primarily due to increases in the weighted average rate paid on Match funded liabilities and increases in the average balance of Other borrowings outstanding, partially offset by decreases in the average balance of Match funded liabilities outstanding and a decrease in the weighted average rate paid on Other borrowings. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the average outstanding balance of Match fund liabilities decreased to $5.4 billion from $5.7 billion for the same period in 2014 while the weighted average interest rates on those liabilities increased to 1.80% from 1.66% for the same period in 2014. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the average outstanding balance of Other borrowings increased to $1.0 billion from $0.5 billion for the same period in 2014 while the weighted average interest rates on those liabilities decreased to 3.41% from 4.13% for the same period in 2014.

Our tax expense for both periods was largely impacted by our status as a Cayman Islands exempted company. The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation.

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Summary Operating Information

We operate the business as a single reportable segment: Residential Mortgage Assets. For purposes of our internal management reporting, we separately report the components of Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, which include Servicing fee revenue, Servicing expense, Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs. We provide a reconciliation of our reported results to our internal management reporting for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014 in the following tables.

We executed our agreements with Ocwen with the intent that we would receive the total amount of the servicing fees collected and that we would pay Ocwen a subservicing fee that is determined based on its collections and advance ratio performance. We evaluate our operating performance and manage our business considering servicing fees collected, subservicing fees paid, amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and changes in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, and we maintain our internal management reporting on this basis. The following table presents our consolidated results of operations in accordance with GAAP reconciled to our internally reported financial results.

Our total revenue, total operating expenses and income from operations as presented in our Management Reporting shown below should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, total revenue, total operating expenses and income from operations determined in accordance with GAAP.

	Condensed Consolidated Results (GAAP)		Adjustments			Management Reporting (Non-GAAP)
For the three months ended March 31, 2015
Revenue
Servicing fee revenue (1)	$	—	$	180,297		$	180,297
Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (2)	71,206		(71,206		)	—
Interest income – other	9,476		—			9,476
Related party revenue	50		—			50
Other revenue	1,440		—			1,440
Total revenue	82,172		109,091			191,263
Operating expenses
Compensation and benefits	2,078		—			2,078
Servicing expense (3)	—		90,942			90,942
Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (4)	—		14,470			14,470
Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (5)	—		3,679			3,679
Related party expenses	76		—			76
General and administrative expenses	16,286		—			16,286
Total operating expenses	18,440		109,091			127,531
Income from operations	$	63,732	$	—		$	63,732

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	Condensed Consolidated Results (GAAP)		Adjustments			Management Reporting (Non-GAAP)
For the three months ended March 31, 2014
Revenue
Servicing fee revenue (1)	$	—	$	189,157		$	189,157
Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (2)	102,538		(102,538		)	—
Interest income – other	2,961		—			2,961
Related party revenue	628		—			628
Total revenue	106,127		86,619			192,746
Operating expenses
Compensation and benefits	1,599		—			1,599
Servicing expense (3)	—		90,644			90,644
Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (4)	—		16,661			16,661
Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (5)	—		(20,686		)	(20,686		)
Related party expenses	372		—			372
General and administrative expenses	2,285		—			2,285
Total operating expenses	4,256		86,619			90,875
Income from operations	$	101,871	$	—		$	101,871

(1) Servicing fee revenue reflects servicing fees received under our agreements with Ocwen.

(2) Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs represents the net amount of servicing fees received less servicing fees paid, amortization of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and changes in the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs. We exclude this interest income from our Management Reporting and instead report the individual components, including Servicing fee revenue, Servicing expense, Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

(3) Servicing expense reflects the fee we incurred under the agreements with Ocwen.

(4) Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs reflects reductions in the value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs based on the run-off of the portfolio.

(5) Our methodology of determining the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs is described in Part I, Item I, "Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 3, Fair Value of Financial Instruments." In our Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, we record changes in fair value as a component of Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

Three months ended March 31, 2015 versus 2014. Servicing fee revenue decreased period over period because we owned the servicing rights for lower average UPB during 2015. Servicing fee revenue is a function of principal and interest collected during the period and the contractual servicing fee rate. Average UPB for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $158.4 billion compared to $178.0 billion for the same period in 2014.

The servicing expense paid to Ocwen during the three months ended March 31, 2015 included base fees of $21,635 and incentive fees of $69,307. The servicing expense paid to Ocwen during the comparable 2014 period included base fees of $22,699 and incentive fees of $67,945. The difference is primarily attributable to lower average UPB period over period, which was offset by incentive fee reductions in 2015 as a result of excess servicing advances. We are compensated for the cost of excess servicing advances because the performance-based incentive fee payable to Ocwen in any month is reduced by an amount equal to 1-Month LIBOR plus 275 bps per annum of the amount of any such excess servicing advances when the advance ratio exceeds a predetermined level for that month. Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs relates to reduction in UPB due to portfolio run-off and is greater during 2015 due to higher prepayment speeds in 2015. Lastly, there was a decrease in the fair value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 of $3,679 compared to an increase of $20,686 for the same period in 2014.

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In evaluating our performance, our management considers our Core earnings, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. In calculating Core earnings, we remove the impact of changes in the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and our Loans held for sale from Net income. In addition, we have excluded certain non-recurring expenses associated with the Old Merger, the Asset Sale and the New Merger. We believe that Core earnings provides a meaningful measure of our profitability by removing the non-cash impacts of changes in the fair value of our Residential Mortgage Assets and significant non-recurring expenses from Net income, which improves comparability of our results of operations from period to period. The following table reconciles our Net income and EPS to our Core earnings and Core earnings per share for the three months ended March 31:

For the three months ended March 31:	2015		2014
Net income	$	15,260	$	64,360
Adjustments
Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	3,679		(20,686		)
Change in fair value of Loans held for sale	7,654		—
Non-recurring costs associated with strategic transactions	13,156		—
Core earnings (Non-GAAP)	$	39,749	$	43,674
Basic Earnings per Share	$	0.21	$	0.91
Adjustments
Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	0.05		(0.30		)
Change in fair value of Loans held for sale	0.11		—
Non-recurring costs associated with strategic transactions	0.19		—
Basic Core Earnings per Share (Non-GAAP)	$	0.56	$	0.61
Diluted Earnings per Share	$	0.21	$	0.91
Adjustments
Change in fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	0.05		(0.30		)
Change in fair value of Loans held for sale	0.11		—
Non-recurring costs associated with strategic transactions	0.19		—
Diluted Core Earnings per Share (Non-GAAP)	$	0.56	$	0.61

Non-GAAP financial measures have inherent limitations, are not required to be uniformly applied and are not audited. Although non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by stakeholders in the evaluation of a company, they have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyses of results as reported under GAAP. In particular, a measure of earnings that excludes certain items does not represent the amount that effectively accrues directly to shareholders (i.e., these items are included in earnings and shareholders’ equity).

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The following table presents the components of our Interest income - notes receivable - Rights to MSRs in both dollars and as a percentage of average UPB:

	2015					2014
	Dollars			Basis Points of Average UPB		Dollars			Basis Points of Average UPB
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		11.38		$	189,157		10.63
Subservicing fees payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(5.74	)	(90,644		)	(5.09	)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355			5.64		98,513			5.54
Amortization of Notes receivable –    Rights to MSRs (1)	(14,470		)	(0.91	)	(16,661		)	(0.94	)
Change in fair value of Notes    receivable – Rights to MSRs (2)	(3,679		)	(0.23	)	$	20,686		1.16
	$	71,206		4.50		$	102,538		5.76

(1) Amortization of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs reflects reductions in the value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs based on the run-off of the portfolio.

(2) Our methodology of determining the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs is described in Part I, Item 1, "Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 3, Fair Value of Financial Instruments." In our Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, we record changes in fair value as a component of Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

Three months ended March 31, 2015 versus 2014. Our Servicing fees collected and Subservicing fees payable to Ocwen decreased period over period primarily because our average UPB for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 decreased to $158.4 billion from $178.0 billion, respectively, while Servicing fees collected increased in basis points of average UPB due to increases in prepayment speeds for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to 10.6% from 9.9% for the same period in 2014. Subservicing fees payable to Ocwen increased in total dollars and in basis points of average UPB due to lower contractual retained fee rates and due to the pass-through of higher collections in excess of the retained fee.

Amortization of Notes Receivable – Rights to MSRs decreased in total dollars and as a percentage of average UPB due to the lower average UPB during the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, partially offset by higher average prepayment speeds for the UPB tied to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, which increased to 10.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 from 9.9% for the same period in 2014.

The Changes in the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs are based on appraisals prepared by independent valuation firms. Factors that attributed to the decrease in fair value during 2015 include adjustments to the assumptions used by the valuation firms, including the discount rates applied ranging from 14% to 22% (2014: 15% to 22%), the interest rate used for calculating the cost of servicing advances of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50% (2014: 1-month LIBOR plus 3.50%), the prepayment projections over the lifetime of the portfolio ranging from 13% to 29% (2014: 12% to 28%) and the delinquency rate projections of the portfolio ranging from 15% to 35% (2014: 15% to 35%) and changes to the mix of assets underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

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The following table provides selected statistics related to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as of March 31 (1):

(In thousands, except for loan count data)	2015			2014			% Change
Residential Assets Serviced
Unpaid principal balance:
Performing loans (2)	$	129,697,462		$	141,325,033		-8	%
Non-performing loans	23,274,426			31,075,264			-25	%
Non-performing real estate	3,286,606			3,366,449			-2	%
Total residential assets serviced	$	156,258,494		$	175,766,746		-11	%
Percent of total UPB:
Non-performing residential assets serviced	17.0		%	19.6		%	-13	%
Number of:
Performing loans (2)	881,691			946,997			-7	%
Non-performing loans	117,985			156,963			-25	%
Non-performing real estate	18,226			18,445			-1	%
Total number of residential assets serviced	1,017,902			1,122,405			-9	%
Percent of total number:
Non-performing residential assets serviced	13.4		%	17.5		%	-23	%

(1) This table only includes the UPB related to our Notes receivable - Rights to MSRs.

(2) Performing loans include those loans that are current or have been delinquent for less than 90 days in accordance with their original terms and those loans for which borrowers are making scheduled payments under loan modification, forbearance or bankruptcy plans. Performing loans also include loans for which we have master servicing rights that are reported based on scheduled UPB. We consider all other loans to be non-performing.

The following table provides selected portfolio statistics related to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

(In thousands, except for loan count data)	2015			2014			% Change
Average residential assets serviced		$158,368,860			$177,977,591		-11	%
Prepayment speed (average CPR) (1)	10.6		%	9.9		%	7	%
Average number of residential assets serviced	1,027,468			1,133,082			-9	%

(1) The conditional prepayment rate ("CPR") is equal to the proportion of the principal of a pool of loans, assumed to be paid off, in each period.

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The following tables provide information regarding changes in our portfolio of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs serviced for the three months ended March 31:

(In thousands, except for loan count data)	UPB			Loan Count
Servicing portfolio at December 31, 2014	$	160,785,280		1,040,488
Additions	—			—
Runoff	(3,970,816		)	(19,131	)
Servicing transfers	(555,970		)	(3,455	)
Servicing portfolio at March 31, 2015	$	156,258,494		1,017,902

(In thousands, except for loan count data)	UPB			Loan Count
Servicing portfolio at December 31, 2013	$	180,403,208		1,148,193
Additions	—			—
Runoff	(4,636,462		)	(25,788	)
Servicing portfolio at March 31, 2014	$	175,766,746		1,122,405

Change in Financial Condition Summary

The overall decrease in total assets of $701,576 and total liabilities of $676,756 during the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily resulted from:

• The sale of RPLs on February 20, 2015 and the concurrent retirement of the RPL Facility; and

• We received $312,799 in net Match funded advance remittances and had net repayments of Match funded liabilities of $349,771.

Our assets at March 31, 2015 include Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs which had a balance of $594,417 representing 8.0% of total assets at March 31, 2015. Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs are carried at fair value which is determined based on appraisals prepared by independent valuation firms and which require the use of significant unobservable inputs. The most significant assumptions used in the appraisals as of March 31, 2015 are:

• Discount rates reflecting the risk of earning the future income streams ranging from 14% to 22%;

• Interest rate used for calculating the cost of servicing advances of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50%;

• Mortgage loan prepayment projections ranging from 13% to 29% of the related mortgage lifetime projected prepayment rate; and

• Delinquency rate projections ranging from 15% to 35% of the aggregate unpaid balance of the underlying mortgage loans.

The independent valuation firms reviewed the collateral attributes and the historical payment performance of the underlying mortgage servicing portfolio and compared them with similar mortgage servicing portfolios and with standard industry mortgage performance benchmarks to arrive at the assumptions set forth above. The selected collateral attributes and performance comparisons utilized were the voluntary prepayment performance, delinquency and foreclosure performance, operational cost comparison, average loan balance, weighted average coupon and note rate distribution, loan product type classification, geographic distribution and servicing advance behavior.

The unobservable inputs that have the most significant effect on the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs are the mortgage loan prepayment rate projections and delinquency rate projections; however, any significant increase (decrease) in discount rates, interest rates, mortgage loan prepayment projections or delinquency rate projections, each in isolation, would result in a substantially lower (higher) valuation.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the Asset Sale. The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the NRZ Purchase Agreement. In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1B) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1A and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Liquidation Plan, pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to the Merger Consideration.  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) the New Merger Agreement with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time each of the Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

Liquidity (Prior to Asset Sale)

We define liquidity as unencumbered cash balances plus unused, collateralized financing capacity. Our liquidity as of March 31, 2015 as measured by cash and available credit, was $181,507, a decrease of $28,502 from December 31, 2014. At March 31, 2015 our cash position was $181,507 compared to $210,009 at December 31, 2014. We had no collateralized available capacity at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Regarding the investment of cash, our investment policies emphasize principal preservation and availability by limiting the investment to demand deposit accounts.

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Investment policy and funding strategy. Our primary sources of funds for near-term liquidity are:

• Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs;

• Proceeds from liquidation of Loans held for sale;

• Proceeds from Match funded liabilities; and

• Proceeds from Other borrowings.

Potential long-term sources of liquidity include proceeds from the issuance of debt or equity.

Our primary uses of funds are:

• Payments for advances in excess of collections on our existing servicing portfolio;

• Payments of interest and operating costs;

• Purchases of Residential Mortgage Assets; and

• Repayments of borrowings.

In managing our liquidity position, our primary focus is on maintaining sufficient cash and unused borrowing capacity to meet our advancing obligations, pay expenses and purchase additional Residential Mortgage Assets. We regularly monitor and project our cash position and borrowing capacity, and we consider this in sizing asset purchases.

At March 31, 2015, $513,682 of our total maximum borrowing capacity on our advance facilities remained unused. We maintain unused borrowing capacity for three reasons:

• As a protection should advances increase due to increased delinquencies;

• As capacity to retire our term notes as they mature; and

• To provide capacity for the acquisition of additional Residential Mortgage Assets.

Outlook. We believe that our cash balance and unused advance financing capacity are sufficient to meet foreseeable requirements. Immediately prior to the Asset Sale, we repaid our senior secured term loan facility in full at par. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, HLSS MSR-EBO and HLSS Advances assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. Refer also to discussions within Part I, Item 2, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Recent Developments,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Debt and Match funded liability summary. As of March 31, 2015, we had $513,682 of unused borrowing capacity on our advancefacilities. Our ability to continue to pledge collateral under our advance facilities depends on the performance of the collateral. Currently, the large majority of our collateral qualifies for financing. The debt covenants for our advance facilities, senior secured term loan facility, the EBO Facility, the Note Facility and the RPL Facility (collectively, our “Facilities”) require that we maintain minimum levels of liquid assets. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in restrictions on new borrowings or the early termination of our Facilities. We believe we are in compliance with these covenants and do not expect them to restrict our activities.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we amended our Series 2012 variable funding notes to modify the advance rates and to increases the maximum principal balance by $300 million in aggregate for the period commencing January 15, 2015 and ending April 15, 2015. In addition, we modified the Series 2013 variable funding notes (i) to extend the expected repayment date from February 13, 2015 to December 3, 2015, (ii) to incorporate additional designated servicing agreements as collateral, and (iii) to set the maximum principal balance at $525 million and to prescribe the circumstances whereby the maximum principal balance will be increased by $100 million to $625 million for a period of six months and, after the expiration of such period, then reduced to $550 million. Further, we extended the maturity date of the EBO Facility from March 2, 2015 to May 1, 2015. Lastly, we modified our senior secured term loan facility to extend the deadline to furnish annual financial statements to April 10, 2015, to amend certain terms of cross-default to our advance financing facilities, and to obtain consent to permit certain amendments to our subservicing agreement with Ocwen.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we redeemed $600.0 million of term notes, and we repaid the RPL Facility in full in conjunction with the sale of the RPL portfolios on February 20, 2015.

See Part I, Item 2, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Recent Developments,” for discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating, the alleged events of default of certain of the advance funding facilities and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility within our advance funding facilities and EBO Facility.

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Immediately prior to the Asset Sale, we repaid our senior secured term loan facility in full at par. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. ceased to be party to the Match funded liabilities and Other borrowings.

Liquidity Risk. We are exposed to liquidity risk should the cash required to make new advances pursuant to servicing contracts and our agreements with Ocwen exceed the amount of advance repayments. In general, we finance our operations through operating cash flows and have advance financing facilities in place with sufficient capacity to cover the majority of cash required to make new advances. However, our Facilities contain borrowing conditions that, if not met, could affect our ability to borrow on new advances and affect our liquidity.

We are also exposed to liquidity risk related to our Loans held for sale. We have leveraged our Loans held for sale acquired to date in repurchase agreements with maturities of one year or less which we expect to renew upon maturity. Repurchase agreements are subject to margin calls that could adversely affect our liquidity by requiring us to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowing.

Refer also to discussions within Part I, Item 2, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Recent Developments,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Cash flows for the three months ended March 31. The following table presents a summary of our cash flows for the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Net income	$	15,260		$	64,360
Adjustments for non-cash items	14,354			1,570
Changes in assets and liabilities	289,687			37,837
Cash flows from operating activities	319,301			103,767
Cash flows from investing activities	376,374			(608,794		)
Cash flows from financing activities	(724,177		)	493,051
Net decrease in cash	(28,502		)	(11,976		)
Cash at beginning of period	210,009			87,896
Cash at end of period	$	181,507		$	75,920

Three months ended March 31, 2015. Our operating activities provided $319,301 of cash. Components of operating cash flows included amounts provided by a decrease in assets and liabilities of $289,687 and by our Net income of $15,260, adjusted for amortization of debt issuance costs of $4,377, accretion of our original issuance discount related to our senior secured term loan facility of $185, net amortization of our whole loan purchase premiums and discounts of $183, accretion of the accretable yield on our RPLs of $1,595, a decrease in the fair value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs of $3,679 and an increase in the unrealized loss on our GNMA EBO loan portfolios of $7,654 and the benefit from net forfeitures of share-based compensation expense of $129. The primary contributors to the changes in assets and liabilities were reductions in Match funded advances of $312,799 and debt service accounts of $50,258, offset by an increase in Related party receivables of $90,666 and a decrease in Related party payables of $5,668. The remainder of the changes in assets and liabilities relates to a net decrease in cash flows from operations due to movements in other assets and other liabilities of $22,964, primarily attributable to increases in our accrued interest income on GNMA EBO loans and the purchase price holdback on the sale of our RPL portfolios.

The primary driver of the increase in Related party receivables was attributable to the change in Match funded advance collections due from Ocwen of $92,138. The decrease in Related party payables was primarily attributable to the decrease in subservicing fees payable to Ocwen of $2,139 and a decrease in advances made by Ocwen that we had not yet purchased of $5,285. A portion of our Match funded advance collections of $312,799 were immediately used to pay down our outstanding Match funded liabilities. Refer to the financing activities discussion below for more details regarding Match funded liability cash movements during the current period. Lastly, the decrease in debt service accounts primarily relates to the timing of payments made to the trustees of our advance financing facilities. The trustees release these funds to pay down our Match funded liabilities on scheduled funding dates.

Our investing activities provided $376,374 of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2015 which primarily related to the sale of RPLs to a third party buyer for a total purchase price of $337,553. In addition, we received $17,040 from repayments

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of our GNMA EBO loans and our RPLs, and we received $5,412 from the recovery of advance financing receivables. Finally, we had a reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs of $16,369 due to principal reductions from runoff in the UPB of the mortgage loans serviced.

Our financing activities used $724,177 of cash. We had net payments to Match funded liabilities of $349,771 during the period. In addition, we received $2,481 of proceeds from our Other borrowings, offset by the repayments of our Other borrowings of 332,575, including the repayment in full of our RPL Facility in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios. We also used cash in the payment of debt issuance costs of $5,963. Lastly, we paid dividends of $38,349.

Three months ended March 31, 2014. Our operating activities provided $103,767 of cash. Components of operating cash flows included amounts provided by changes in assets and liabilities of $37,837 and by our Net income of $64,360, adjusted for amortization of debt issuance costs of $4,962 and accretion of our original issuance discount related to our senior secured term loan facility of $185. The primary contributors to the changes in assets and liabilities were reductions in Match funded advances of $44,384 and decreases in Related party receivables of $2,450 offset by increases in debt service accounts of $3,077 and increases in related party payables of $(2,847). The remainder of the changes in assets and liabilities relates to a net increase in cash flows from operations due to movements in other assets and other liabilities of $(3,073).

The primary driver of the change in Related party receivables was Match funded advance collections due from Ocwen of $21,265. Increases in related party payables were primarily attributable to subservicing fees payable to Ocwen of $4,212 for March 31, 2014, subservicing activity and an amount due to Ocwen of $27,668 for advances made on our behalf as of March 31, 2014. The collection of Match funded advances of $44,384 was used to pay down $643,585 of our Match funded liabilities, which resulted in net cash provided of $19,392. Refer to the financing activities discussion below for more details regarding Match funded liability cash movements during the period. Lastly, the increase in debt service accounts primarily relates to payments made to the trustees of our advance financing facilities. The trustees release these funds to pay down our Match funded liabilities on scheduled funding dates.

Our investing activities used $608,794 of cash during the period, which primarily related to our acquisition of Rights to MSRs and related Match funded advances associated with two asset purchases from Ocwen. We paid $387,300 to Ocwen for Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and $3,492,489 for Match funded advances. Finally, we had a reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs of $0 due to UPB runoff .

Our financing activities provided $493,051 of cash. New ordinary share issuances during the period provided $0 of cash, net of underwriting fees. We borrowed $3,140,192 on our Match funded advance financing facility related to our asset purchases from Ocwen, and overall, we had net proceeds from Match funded liabilities of $59,558 during the period. We received $472,734 in proceeds in connection with the issuance of debt under our senior secured term loan facility to help fund our Follow On 3 purchase from Ocwen. These amounts were offset by payments of debt issue costs totaling $6,408 and a quarterly principal payment of $875 on our senior secured term loan facility. Additionally, we paid dividends equal to $31,958. Finally, we paid offering costs of $0 associated with our issuance of ordinary shares during the period.

TOTAL EQUITY

Total equity amounted to $1,266,459 at March 31, 2015, as compared to $1,291,279 at December 31, 2014. This decrease of $24,820 is primarily due to net income of $15,260, offset by dividends declared of $38,349. In addition, we recorded reductions of $155 in relation to share-based compensation and $1,576 of unrealized losses (net of tax) on interest rate swaps that we designated as cash flow hedges.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

During 2015, we declared the following dividends:

Record Date	Payment Date	Amount per Ordinary Share
January 30, 2015	February 10, 2015	$0.18
February 27, 2015	March 10, 2015	$0.18
March 31, 2015	April 10, 2015	$0.18

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On April 27, 2015, we paid a liquidating distribution in the aggregate amount of approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per share (the "Distribution Amount") to holders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2015. The Distribution Amount represented the net proceeds received by the Company in connection with the Asset Sale, less a cash reserve in the amount of $50 million.

If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to receive $0.704059 per share in cash without interest, being the Merger Consideration. If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Contractual Obligations

We believe that we have adequate resources to fund all unfunded commitments to the extent required and to meet all contractual obligations as they come due. Such contractual obligations include payments on our Other borrowings and operating leases.

We exclude our Match funded liabilities from our contractual obligations because they represent non-recourse debt that has been collateralized by Match funded advances which are not available to satisfy general claims against HLSS. Holders of the notes issued by the Match Funded Advance SPEs have no recourse against any assets other than the Match funded advances that serve as collateral for the securitized debt.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we did not enter into any significant contractual obligations or off-balance sheet arrangements that require ongoing future payments.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business, we may engage in transactions with a variety of financial institutions and other companies that we do not reflect on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. We are subject to potential financial loss if the counterparties to our off-balance sheet transactions are unable to complete an agreed-upon transaction. We seek to limit counterparty risk through financial analysis, dollar limits and other monitoring procedures. We may also entered into non-cancelable operating leases principally for our office facilities.

Derivatives. We record all derivative transactions at fair value on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. We use these derivatives primarily to manage our interest rate risk. The notional amounts of our derivative contracts do not reflect our exposure to credit loss.

Involvement with SPEs. We use SPEs in the financing of our Match funded advances and Loans held for investment. We use securitization facilities to finance these assets. The SPEs to which these assets are transferred in these securitization transactions are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements because we are the primary beneficiary of the SPEs, which are also VIEs. The holders of the debt of the Match Funded Advance SPEs can look only to the assets of the SPEs for satisfaction of the debt and have no recourse against HLSS. The holders of the debt of the Mortgage Loans SPEs have recourse against HLSS if the assets of the SPE are not able to satisfy the debt of the SPE.

VIEs. If we determine that we are the primary beneficiary of a VIE, we report the VIE in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of March 31, 2015, all of our VIEs are fully consolidated.

Related Parties

We have entered into various agreements with Ocwen and Altisource. William C. Erbey, our founder and the former Chairman of our Board of Directors, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen and Altisource.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, we earned servicing fees of $180,297, of which we paid subservicing fees to Ocwen of $90,942. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, we earned servicing fees of $189,157, of which we paid subservicing fees to Ocwen of $90,644.

At March 31, 2015, Ocwen owed us $0 for professional services provided pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 we earned fees of $50 for services provided to Ocwen pursuant to the

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Professional Services Agreement (compared to $628 for the same period in 2014). Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2015, we incurred expenses of $0 for services received from Ocwen pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement (compare to $154 for the same period in 2014). Revenue and expenses from the Professional Services Agreement are included within Related party revenue and Related party expenses, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we incurred expenses of $76 for services provided to us pursuant to the Altisource Administrative Services Agreement (compared to $218 for the same period in 2014). We reported these amounts within Related party expenses for each period then ended.

We use actual costs incurred plus a 15% mark-up for our revenues and expenses related to our Professional Services Agreement with Ocwen and for expenses related to our Altisource Administrative Services Agreement. See Part I, Item 1, "Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 17, Related Party Transactions" for more information regarding our related party transactions.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Except as described in Part I, Item I, “Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 1B, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in relation to our reclassification of our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale, there were no significant changes to the accounting policies that we believe are the most critical to an understanding of our results of operations and financial condition that are disclosed in our 2014 Form 10-K.

RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS

See Part I, Item 1, “Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 1B, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Recent Accounting Pronouncements.”

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK (Dollars in thousands)

Market risk includes liquidity risk and interest rate risk. Market risk also reflects the risk of decline in the valuation of financial instruments and the collateral underlying loans. Our Investment Committee reviews significant transactions that may impact market risk and is authorized to utilize a wide variety of techniques and strategies to manage market risk including, in particular, interest rate risk.

Liquidity Risk

See the Part I, Item 2, “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for additional discussion of liquidity and related risks.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk is a function of (i) the timing and (ii) the dollar amount of assets and liabilities that re-price at various points in time. We are exposed to interest rate risk to the extent that our interest rate sensitive liabilities mature or re-price at different speeds, or different bases, than our interest-earning assets.

Our primary strategy to manage the impact of changes in interest rates is to borrow at fixed rates on the term notes in our Match funded liability structure. We also receive the floating rate interest earned on custodial account balances related to the mortgage loans serviced under our subservicing agreement with Ocwen. Further, we executed a hedging strategy aimed at mitigating the impact of changes in variable interest rates within a certain period based on the projected excess of interest rate sensitive liabilities over interest rate sensitive assets. Future variances between the projected excess of interest rate sensitive liabilities over interest rate sensitive assets and actual results could cause us to become over-hedged or under-hedged. Lastly, we are partially compensated for the cost of excess servicing advances because the performance-based incentive fee payable to Ocwen in any month will be reduced by an amount equal to 1-Month LIBOR plus 275 bps per annum of the amount of any such excess servicing advances if the advance ratio exceeds a predetermined level for that month.

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If interest rates increase by 1% on our variable-rate borrowing and interest-earning account balances, we estimate a net positive impact of approximately $11,881 resulting from an increase of $15,584 in annual interest income compared to an increase of $2,603 in annual interest expense based on March 31, 2015 balances.

	March 31, 2015
Variable-rate borrowings outstanding (1)	$	690,183
Fixed-rate borrowings outstanding	2,863,000
Custodial account balances (2)	1,005,469
Notional balance of interest rate swaps (2) (3)	488,813

(1) A portion of this balance is attributable to our senior secured term loan facility, which has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50% with a 1.00% LIBOR floor. We also include the outstanding balance of our EBO Facility, which has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.05%. We use the EBO Facility to partially finance our GNMA EBO loans, which are primarily fixed rate loans. Because we finance our fixed rate GNMA EBO loans using variable rate borrowings, we face interest rate risk related to our GNMA EBO loans in a rising interest rate environment; however, this risk is partially offset by the interest earned on our variable rate custodial account balances. This balance also includes the Note Facility, which has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 1.15%. Lastly, we adjusted this balance to exclude financing of advances over the predetermined advance ratio because the performance-based incentive fee payable to Ocwen in any month will be reduced by an amount equal to 1-Month LIBOR plus 275 bps per annum of the amount of any such excess servicing advances if the advance ratio exceeds a predetermined level for that month.

(2) Custodial account balances represent collections related to our Rights to MSRs that earn interest at a variable rate. These balances are in transit to the owners of the mortgage loans underlying our Rights to MSRs and are therefore excluded from our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

(3) This amount relates to the non-forward starting interest rate swaps that we use to hedge our exposure to rising interest rates on a portion of our outstanding variable-rate borrowings. This amount is excluded from our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2015, includes $181,507 of interest-earning cash accounts and $1,866 of interest-earning collateral accounts.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2015. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that as of March 31, 2015 our disclosure controls and procedures (1) were designed and functioning effectively to ensure that material information relating to HLSS, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities particularly during the period in which this report was being prepared and (2) were operating effectively in that they provided reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by HLSS in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time three months ended specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

See Part I, Item 1, “Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 18, Commitments and Contingencies," for information regarding legal proceedings as of March 31, 2015.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

As of March 31, 2015, there had been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our 2014 Form 10-K, Part I, Item 1A, where we include a discussion of our principal risks and uncertainties that affect or could affect our business operations.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Index

2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., New Residential Investment Corp. and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2015.
2.2	Share and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., MSR-EBO Acquisition LLC, HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. and New Residential Investment Corp. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
2.3	Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution, dated as of April 6, 2015. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
2.4	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., New Residential Investment Corp. and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
2.5	Services Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
2.6	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and New Residential Investment Corp. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
2.7	Termination Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., New Residential Investment Corp. and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
10.1	Amendment No. 6 to the Second Amended and Restated Series 2012-VF1 Indenture Supplement dated as of August 30, 2013 and the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2015.
10.2	Amendment No. 6 to the Second Amended and Restated Series 2012-VF2 Indenture Supplement dated as of August 30, 2013 and the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2015.
10.3	Amendment No. 6 to the Second Amended and Restated Series 2012-VF3 Indenture Supplement dated as of August 30, 2013 and the Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2015.
10.4	Third Amended and Restated Indenture by and among HLSS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust II; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; HLSS Holdings, LLC; Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC and Barclays Bank PLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2015.
10.5	Third Amended and Restated Indenture Supplement by and among HLSS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust II; Deutsche Bank National Trust Company; HLSS Holdings, LLC; Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC and Barclays Bank PLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2015.
10.6	Agreement with Deutsche Bank National Trust Company dated February 17, 2015. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 18, 2015.
10.7	Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. Change in Control Retention Bonus and Severance Plan. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2015.
10.8	Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among HLSS Mortgage Master Trust II and Securitized Mortgage Asset Loan Trust 2015-1 dated February 20, 2015. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2015.
10.9	Amendment No. 4 to Master Repurchase Agreement among HLSS Mortgage Master Trust, Barclays Bank PLC, Sutton Funding LLC and Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. dated as of February 27, 2015. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2015.
10.10	Consent, Waiver and Amendment among Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., certain subsidiaries of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and each lender from time to time party thereto dated as of March 20, 2015. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 23, 2015.

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10.11	Amendment No. 2 to the Master Servicing Rights Purchase Agreement and Sale Supplements, dated as of April 6, 2015, by and among Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, HLSS Holdings, LLC, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and HLSS MSR-EBO Acquisition LLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 13, 2015.
11.1	Computation of earnings per share. Incorporated by reference from “PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ITEM 1. INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)” on page 3 herein.
31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document (filed herewith)
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (filed herewith)
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (filed herewith)
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (filed herewith)
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (filed herewith)
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (filed herewith)

* Furnished (and not filed) herewith pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

		HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Date:	May 11, 2015	By:/s/ James E. Lauter
		James E. Lauter
		Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
		(On behalf of the Registrant and as its principal financial officer)

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, John P. Van Vlack, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the three months ended presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(f) and 15d – 15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 11, 2015	/s/ John P. Van Vlack
		John P. Van Vlack,
		Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SECTION 7241,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James E. Lauter, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the three months ended presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(e) and 15d – 15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a – 15(f) and 15d – 15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 11, 2015	/s/ James E. Lauter
		James E. Lauter,
		Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, John P. Van Vlack, state and attest that:

1. I am the Chief Executive Officer of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (the “Registrant”).

2. I hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that

• the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 (the “periodic report”) containing financial statements fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

• the information contained in the periodic report fairly represents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant for the three months ended presented.

Name:	/s/ John P. Van Vlack
Title:	Chief Executive Officer
Date:	May 11, 2015

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, James E. Lauter, state and attest that:

1. I am the Chief Financial Officer of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. (the “Registrant”).

2. I hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that

• the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 (the “periodic report”) containing financial statements fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

• the information contained in the periodic report fairly represents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant for the three months ended presented.

Name:	/s/ James E. Lauter
Title:	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
Date:	May 11, 2015

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Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Interest Rate Swaps

The following tables provide information about our interest rate swaps at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	76,921	$	(220	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.607	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	15,538		(33		)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	338,009		(1,443		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)
Total liability derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	73,888	$	877
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	338,009		493
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370
Total asset derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	81,506	$	(209	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.6070	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	17,502		(2		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)
Total liability derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)

(1) The effective date of the swap is the date from which monthly net settlements begin to be computed.

(2) Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale. The net settlements upon termination were $1,587 payable to the counterparties.

(3) There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $466 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $1,696 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2015. There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $3,523 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $444 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Summarization of Use of Derivative

The following table summarizes our use of derivatives during the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Notional balance at beginning of period	$	510,905		$	953,195
Additions	—			—
Maturities	—			—
Terminations	—			—
Amortization	(22,092		)	(144,937		)
Notional balance at end of period	$	488,813		$	808,258

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Effect on Fair Value of Note Receivable - Rights to MSRs (Detail) (Notes Receivable - Rights to MSRs, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Notes Receivable - Rights to MSRs
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate 100 bps adverse change	$ (9,716)	$ (10,061)
Discount Rate 200 bps adverse change	(19,287)	(19,821)
Prepayment Speeds 10% adverse change	(17,257)	(17,719)
Prepayment Speeds 20% adverse change	(33,643)	(34,537)
Delinquency Rates 10% adverse change	(54,091)	(55,410)
Delinquency Rates 20% adverse change	$ (106,006)	$ (108,567)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - New Accounting Pronouncements (Details) (ASU 2015-03, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
ASU 2015-03
Item Effected [Line Items]
Effect of ASU if early adopted, Reduction to Other assets	$ 18,294	$ 16,706
Effect of ASU if early adopted, Reduction to Total assets	18,294	16,706
Effect of ASU if early adopted, Reduction to Match funded liabilities	14,085	11,534
Effect of ASU if early adopted, Reduction to Other borrowings	4,209	5,172
Effect of ASU if early adopted, Reduction to Total liabilities	$ 18,294	$ 16,706

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Interest Rate Swaps (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Total asset derivatives, Notional Amount	$ 58,345			$ 411,897
Total asset derivatives, Fair Value	466			1,370
Total liability derivatives, Notional Amount	430,468			99,008
Total liability derivatives, Fair Value	(1,696)			(211)
Net settlement of interest rate swaps upon termination	1,587
Unrealized gain related to interest rate swaps included in other comprehensive income	466		444
Unrealized losses related to interest rate swap included in other comprehensive income	1,696		3,523
Designated as Hedges
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Total asset derivatives, Notional Amount	58,345			411,897
Total asset derivatives, Fair Value	466			1,370
Total liability derivatives, Notional Amount	430,468			99,008
Total liability derivatives, Fair Value	(1,696)			(211)
Designated as Hedges | Other Assets | Interest Rate Swap 3
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Date Opened	Sep. 15, 2012	[1],[2]		Sep. 15, 2012	[1]
Effective Date	Sep. 15, 2012	[1],[2],[3]		Sep. 15, 2012	[1],[3]
Maturity	Aug. 15, 2017	[1],[2]		Aug. 15, 2017	[1]
We Pay	0.5188%	[1],[2]		0.5188%	[1]
Total asset derivatives, Notional Amount	58,345	[1],[2]		73,888	[1]
Total asset derivatives, Fair Value	466	[1],[2]		877	[1]
Designated as Hedges | Other Assets | Interest Rate Swap 5
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Date Opened				Jan. 15, 2013	[1]
Effective Date				Jan. 15, 2016	[1],[3]
Maturity				Dec. 15, 2017	[1]
We Pay				1.3975%	[1]
Total asset derivatives, Notional Amount				338,009	[1]
Total asset derivatives, Fair Value				493	[1]
Designated as Hedges | Other Liabilities | Interest Rate Swap 1
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Date Opened	Mar. 15, 2012	[1],[2]		Mar. 15, 2012	[1]
Effective Date	Mar. 15, 2012	[1],[2],[3]		Mar. 15, 2012	[1],[3]
Maturity	Mar. 15, 2016	[1],[2]		Mar. 15, 2016	[1]
We Pay	0.6325%	[1],[2]		0.6325%	[1]
Total liability derivatives, Notional Amount	76,921	[1],[2]		81,506	[1]
Total liability derivatives, Fair Value	(220)	[1],[2]		(209)	[1]
Designated as Hedges | Other Liabilities | Interest Rate Swap 2
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Date Opened	May 15, 2012	[1],[2]		May 15, 2012	[1]
Effective Date	May 15, 2012	[1],[2],[3]		May 15, 2012	[1],[3]
Maturity	May 15, 2016	[1],[2]		May 15, 2016	[1]
We Pay	0.607%	[1],[2]		0.607%	[1]
Total liability derivatives, Notional Amount	15,538	[1],[2]		17,502	[1]
Total liability derivatives, Fair Value	(33)	[1],[2]		(2)	[1]
Designated as Hedges | Other Liabilities | Interest Rate Swap 5
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Date Opened	Jan. 15, 2013	[1],[2]
Effective Date	Jan. 15, 2016	[1],[2],[3]
Maturity	Dec. 15, 2017	[1],[2]
We Pay	1.3975%	[1],[2]
Total liability derivatives, Notional Amount	338,009	[1],[2]
Total liability derivatives, Fair Value	$ (1,443)	[1],[2]

[1] There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $466 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $1,696 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2015. There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $3,523 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $444 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

[2] Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale. The net settlements upon termination were $1,587 payable to the counterparties.

[3] The effective date of the swap is the date from which monthly net settlements begin to be computed.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Quantitative Information on Significant Observable Inputs Used for Valuing Note Receivable - Rights to MSRs (Detail) (Notes Receivable - Rights to MSRs)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Weighted Average - Discount Rate	19.00%	19.00%
Weighted Average - Prepayment Speeds	19.00%	19.00%
Weighted Average - Delinquency Rates	23.00%	25.00%
Low
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate	14.00%	14.00%
Prepayment Speeds	13.00%	13.00%
Delinquency Rates	15.00%	15.00%
High
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount Rate	22.00%	22.00%
Prepayment Speeds	29.00%	29.00%
Delinquency Rates	35.00%	35.00%

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Related Party Transactions - Transactions with Ocwen under Purchase Agreement (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Servicing fees collected	$ 180,297		$ 189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942)		(90,644)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355	[1]	98,513	[1]
Servicing advances purchased from Ocwen in the ordinary course of business	$ 3,501,183		$ 3,503,375

[1] Net servicing fees retained by HLSS are included in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Interest income. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 special_purpose_entity Entity	Mar. 31, 2014	Feb. 20, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014 special_purpose_entity
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios	$ 337,553	$ 0
Number of variable interest entities which company is the primary beneficiary	4
Number of Match Funded Advances SPEs	2
Number of Mortgage Loans SPEs	1			2
GNMA EBO Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Valuation allowance for loans change in fair value	7,654
RPLs | Unrelated Third Party
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios			$ 337,600
Holdback percent on sale of RPL portfolio			5.00%

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Match Funded Advances (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]

Match Funded Advances on Residential Loans

Match funded advances on residential loans are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Principal and interest advances	$	2,361,161	$	2,539,532
Taxes and insurance advances	2,654,811		2,748,700
Corporate advances	792,824		833,363
	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014	May 01, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Professional services fee earned	$ 50		$ 628
LIBOR
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.50%
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Servicing advances purchase price				20,157
Receivables from Ocwen	185,067				94,401
Servicing fees not yet remitted	5,649	[1]			5,686	[1]
Subservicing fee owed to Ocwen	5,860	[2]			7,999	[2]
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen | Loan Interest
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest income	1,027		0
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen | Advance Financing Interest
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Receivables from Ocwen	335
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen | LIBOR | Interest Income
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest rate, description				1-month LIBOR
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen | Minimum | LIBOR | Interest Income
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate				0.45%
Affiliated Entity | Ocwen | Maximum | LIBOR | Interest Income
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate				0.55%
Affiliated Entity | Professional Services Agreement, Services Received | Ocwen
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional markup on actual cost incurred	15.00%
Service fees with related parties	0
Professional services fee earned	50		628
Professional services fee incurred	0		154
Affiliated Entity | Administrative Services Agreement, Services Received | Altisource
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Additional markup on actual cost incurred	15.00%
Professional services fee incurred	$ 76		$ 218

[1] Ocwen is required to remit to us servicing fees it collects on our behalf within two business days. The amount due from Ocwen at March 31, 2015, represents servicing fees collected but not remitted at the end of the month. We record servicing fees we collect less the subservicing fee we pay to Ocwen less the reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as Interest income as shown in Note 12.

[2] The base fee and performance fee, if any, that comprise the subservicing fees payable are calculated and paid to Ocwen within three business days following the end of the month.

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Interest Income - Other (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Interest income other	$ 9,476		$ 2,961
Loan Interest
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Interest income other	7,408	[1]	1,784	[1]
Advance Financing Interest
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Interest income other	1,027	[2]	202	[2]
Bank Account Interest
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Interest income other	$ 1,041		$ 975
LIBOR | Minimum
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Basis points added to 1-Month LIBOR	4.50%
LIBOR | Maximum
Interest and Other Income [Line Items]
Basis points added to 1-Month LIBOR	5.50%

[1] Represents interest earned on GNMA EBO loans and the accretion of the accretable yield on our pools of RPLs.

[2] Represents interest earned on servicing advance financing we provided to Ocwen at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

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Match Funded Advances - Residential Loans (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]
Match funded advances	$ 5,808,796	$ 6,121,595
Variable Interest Entity
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings [Line Items]
Principal and interest advances	2,361,161	2,539,532
Taxes and insurance advances	2,654,811	2,748,700
Corporate advances	792,824	833,363
Match funded advances	$ 5,808,796	$ 6,121,595

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Share-based Compensation - Option Activity (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	1,280,000
Granted	0
Exercised	0
Forfeited or expired	(1,180,000)
Outstanding at March 31, 2015	100,000		1,280,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price [Abstract]
Outstanding at December 31, 2014, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	$ 22.51
Granted, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	$ 0.00
Exercised, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	$ 0.00
Forfeited or expired, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	$ 22.46
Outstanding at March 31, 2015, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	$ 23.12		$ 22.51
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]
Outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term	8 years 8 months		9 years 1 month
Outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	[1]	$ 0	[1]
Exercisable at March 31, 2015	12,500
Exercisable at March 31, 2015, weighted average exercise price per share	$ 23.12
Exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual term	8 years 8 months
Exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value	$ 0	[1]

[1] Intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price and the exercise price multiplied by the number of options outstanding and exercisable at a price below that closing price.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) (Pending Litigation)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2015 lawsuit	Mar. 20, 2015 lawsuit
New York Actions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits and actions filed	3
Ocwen | Ocwen Derivative Actions
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits and actions filed		2

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Effective income tax rate	0.00%

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Summarization of Use of Derivative (Detail) (Interest Rate Swap, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Interest Rate Swap
Derivatives, Notional Disclosures [Roll Forward]
Notional beginning balance	$ 510,905	$ 953,195
Additions	0	0
Maturities	0	0
Terminations	0	0
Amortization	(22,092)	(144,937)
Notional ending balance	$ 488,813	$ 808,258

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Business Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Reporting

BUSINESS SEGMENT REPORTING

Our business strategy focuses on acquiring Rights to MSRs and the related servicing advances, Loans held for investment and other residential mortgage-related assets. As of March 31, 2015, we operate a single reportable business segment that holds Residential Mortgage Assets.

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Asset Acquisitions - Summary of Purchase Price of Assets and Liabilities (Detail) (Affiliated Entity, Ocwen, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 03, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash on hand	$ 83,884
Other borrowings	472,734
Total cash used	556,618
GMNA EBO
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
GNMA EBO loans purchase price		$ 556,618	[1]

[1] The cash used to purchase these assets is shown within “Purchase of loans held for investment” of the 2014 Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

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Share-based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Summary of stock option activity

A summary of option activity under the Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is presented below.

	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	1,280,000		$	22.51	9.1	$	—
Granted	—		—
Exercised	—		—
Forfeited or expired	(1,180,000	)	22.46
Outstanding at March 31, 2015	100,000		$	23.12	8.7	$	—
Exercisable at March 31, 2015	12,500		$	23.12	8.7	$	—

(1) Intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price and the exercise price multiplied by the number of options outstanding and exercisable at a price below that closing price.

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Share-based Compensation - Additional Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Aggregate shares authorized under the Plan	2,000,000
Awards outstanding	100,000	1,280,000
Reduction to Retained earnings for share-based compensation	$ 155
Share-based compensation net of forfeitures	129
Forfeiture rate	4.00%
Unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested share option awards	37
Outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term	3 years 1 month 24 days
Vested shares	0		0
Service-Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expiration period after date of grant or termination of service	10 years
Awards outstanding	50,000
Market-Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards outstanding	50,000
Required percentage of strike price to vest	125.00%
Annualized rate of return for vesting criteria	12.50%
Market-Based Options | Immediately On The First Date As Of Which Both Of The Market-Based Criteria Have Been Met
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Market-Based Options | First Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Market-Based Options | Second Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Market-Based Options | Third Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Retained Earnings
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Reduction to Retained earnings for share-based compensation	$ 26

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Other Borrowings (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Borrowings

Other borrowings consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Senior secured term loan facility (1)	$	339,946	$	340,636
EBO Facility (2)	486,828		544,513
RPL Facility (3)	—		271,473
Note Facility (4)	25,645		25,706
	$	852,419	$	1,182,328

(1) On June 27, 2013, we entered into a $350,000 senior secured term loan facility, which was issued at a discount to par. The senior secured term loan facility has a maturity date of June 27, 2020 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 350 bps, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor. As of March 31, 2015, the interest rate on our senior secured term loan facility was 4.50%. This facility is carried net of an original issuance discount of $3,929. The senior secured term loan facility was repaid in full at par on April 6, 2015.

(2) On March 3, 2014, we entered into the EBO Facility to finance the purchase of our initial portfolio of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 305 bps. On October 16, 2014, we amended the EBO Facility to increase the maximum principal balance to partially finance the purchase of a second pool of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 180 bps. This facility has a maturity date of May 1, 2015.

(3) On June 26, 2014, we entered into the RPL Facility to partially finance the purchase of our RPLs. The facility had a maturity date of June 26, 2014 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 250 bps. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

(4) On June 24, 2014, we entered into the Note Facility to partially finance the purchase of $37,000 of notes retained as part of the Series 2014 T3 Term Note issuance on June 18, 2014. The Note Facility matures quarterly with a next maturity date of June 23, 2015. The Note Facility has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 115 bps.

Analysis of Borrowing by Maturity

Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity (1):

Year of Expected Maturity Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	3,236,318
2016	850,000
2017	675,000
2018	513,000
2019 and thereafter	—
Total	$	5,274,318

(1) The expected maturity date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended.

Analysis of Other Borrowing by Expected Repayment Date (1):

Year of Expected Payment Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	515,098
2016	3,500
2017	3,500
2018	3,500
2019 and thereafter	330,750
Total (2)	$	856,348

(1) The EBO Facility and the Note Facility expected payment dates are based on the current outstanding balance and maturity date of these facilities.

(2) The total expected payments include the full face value of the senior secured term loan, which has a current original issuance discount balance of $3,929.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Fair Value and Changes in Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Non-recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Financial assets:
Derivative financial instruments	$ 466	[1]	$ 1,370	[1]
Recurring, Fair Value
Financial assets:
Notes receivable - Rights to MSRs	594,417		614,465
Derivative financial instruments	466		1,370
Total financial assets	594,883		615,835
Financial liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	1,696		211
Total financial liabilities	1,696		211
Recurring, Fair Value | Level 3
Financial assets:
Notes receivable - Rights to MSRs	594,417		614,465
Derivative financial instruments	466		1,370	[2]
Total financial assets	594,883		615,835
Financial liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	1,696		211
Total financial liabilities	1,696		211
Non-recurring, Fair Value
Financial assets:
Loans held for sale	421,257
Non-recurring, Fair Value | Level 3
Financial assets:
Loans held for sale	$ 421,257

[1] See Notes 3 and 11 for more information regarding our use of derivatives.

[2] Interest-earning collateral deposits represent cash collateral held by our counterparty as part of our interest rate swap agreements.

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Ordinary Shares (Detail) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares issued	71,016,771	71,016,771

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Match Funded Liabilities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ending Balance	$ 5,274,318		$ 5,624,088
Weighted average interest rate	1.85%
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of fee on the unused borrowing	0.50%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of fee on the unused borrowing	0.625%
LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.50%
Variable Interest Entity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused borrowing capacity	513,682	[1],[2]
Ending Balance	5,274,318	[1]	5,624,088	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 T2 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	199 – 494 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Oct. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-10	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	450,000	[1]	450,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 T2 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.99%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 T2 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.94%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	150 – 323 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jan. 01, 2046	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2016-01	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	350,000	[1]	350,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 2 | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.50%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 2 | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.23%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 3
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	229 – 446 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jan. 01, 2048	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2018-01	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	150,000	[1]	150,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 3 | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.29%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T1 Term Notes | Group 3 | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	4.46%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T2 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	115 – 239 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	May 01, 2044	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-05	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	375,000	[1]	375,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T2 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.15%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T2 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.39%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T3 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	179 – 313 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	May 01, 2046	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2017-05	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	475,000	[1]	475,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T3 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.79%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T3 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.13%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T5 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	198 – 331 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Aug. 01, 2046	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2016-08	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	200,000	[1]	200,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T5 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.98%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T5 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.31%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T7 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	198 – 302 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Nov. 01, 2046	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2016-11	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	300,000	[1]	300,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T7 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.98%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 T7 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.02%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T1 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	124 – 229 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jan. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-01	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	0	[1]	600,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T1 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	1.24%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T1 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.29%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T2 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	222 – 311 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jan. 01, 2047	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2017-01	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	200,000	[1]	200,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T2 Term Notes | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.22%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T2 Term Notes | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	3.11%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T3 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	2.81%
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	281 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jun. 01, 2048	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2018-06	[1],[4]
Ending Balance	363,000	[1]	363,000	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Aug. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-08	[1],[4]
Unused borrowing capacity	171,218	[1],[2]
Ending Balance	628,782	[1]	556,327	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	1.10%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.40%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 2 Notes | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Aug. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-08	[1],[4]
Unused borrowing capacity	171,218	[1],[2]
Ending Balance	628,782	[1]	556,327	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 2 Notes | LIBOR | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	1.10%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2012 VF 2 Notes | LIBOR | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.40%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 3 Notes | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Aug. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-08	[1],[4]
Unused borrowing capacity	171,218	[1],[2]
Ending Balance	628,782	[1]	556,327	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 3 Notes | LIBOR | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	1.10%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 3 Notes | LIBOR | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.40%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	1-Month LIBOR + 150 - 245 bps	[1],[3]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Feb. 01, 2045	[1],[4]
Debt instrument, amortization date	2015-02	[1],[4]
Unused borrowing capacity	28	[1],[2]
Ending Balance	$ 524,972	[1]	$ 492,107	[1]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	1.50%
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2013 VF 1 Notes | LIBOR | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	2.45%

[1] Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

[2] Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

[3] The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 1.85%. We pay interest monthly.

[4] The amortization date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended. The maturity date is the due date for all outstanding balances. After the amortization date, all collections that represent the repayment of Match funded advances pledged to the facilities must be applied to reduce the balance of the note outstanding, and any new advances are ineligible to be financed.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Assets and Liabilities of SPEs (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Match funded advances	$ 5,808,796		$ 6,121,595
Loans held for sale	421,257		0
Loans held for investment	0		815,663
Related party receivables	185,067		94,401
Other assets	244,483		281,475
Total assets	7,436,523		8,138,099
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318		5,624,088
Other borrowings	852,419		1,182,328
Related party payables	8,835		14,503
Other liabilities	21,377		12,454
Total liabilities	6,170,064		6,846,820
Variable Interest Entity
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Match funded advances	5,808,796		6,121,595
Loans held for sale	421,257
Loans held for investment			815,663
Related party receivables	98,189	[1]	3,885	[1]
Other assets	235,632	[2]	274,069	[2]
Total assets	6,563,874		7,215,212
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318	[3]	5,624,088	[3]
Other borrowings	486,828	[4]	815,986	[4]
Related party payables			0
Other liabilities	8,256		9,259
Total liabilities	5,769,402		6,455,412
Match Funded Advance SPEs | Variable Interest Entity
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Match funded advances	5,808,796		6,121,595
Loans held for sale	0
Loans held for investment			0
Related party receivables	92,138	[1]	0	[1]
Other assets	92,109	[2]	134,955	[2]
Total assets	5,993,043		6,256,550
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318		5,624,088
Other borrowings	0	[4]	0	[4]
Related party payables			0
Other liabilities	4,808		4,951
Total liabilities	5,279,126		5,634,324
Mortgage Loans SPEs | Variable Interest Entity
Financial Assets and Liabilities [Line Items]
Match funded advances	0		0
Loans held for sale	421,257
Loans held for investment			815,663
Related party receivables	6,051	[1]	3,885	[1]
Other assets	143,523	[2]	139,114	[2]
Total assets	570,831		958,662
Match funded liabilities	0		0
Other borrowings	486,828	[4]	815,986	[4]
Related party payables			0
Other liabilities	3,448		4,308
Total liabilities	$ 490,276		$ 821,088

[1] Related party receivables principally include Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of each presented period. See Note 17 for more information about our Related party receivables.

[2] Other assets principally include debt service accounts, claims receivable from the FHA and debt issuance costs. See Note 6 for more information about our Other assets.

[3] Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

[4] Other borrowings include the carrying value of our borrowings to acquire Loans held for investment. See Note 8 for more information about our Other borrowings.

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Organization and Related Parties; Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies; Other Recent Developments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Related Parties; Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies; Other Recent Developments

ORGANIZATION AND RELATED PARTIES; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, OCWEN MATTERS AND RELATED CONTINGENCIES; OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Organization and Related Parties

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to throughout as “HLSS”, “us”, “our”, “we”, or the “Company”) are engaged in the business of acquiring assets whereby we acquire the rights to receive the servicing fees less compensation to the current servicer for their servicing activities (“Rights to MSRs”), servicing advances associated with our Rights to MSRs, whole loans held for investment, and other residential mortgage-related assets (“Residential Mortgage Assets”). We have not originated mortgage loans. We engaged Ocwen Financial Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, collectively “Ocwen”) and another residential mortgage loan servicer to service the mortgage loans underlying our Residential Mortgage Assets and therefore have not and do not intend to develop our own mortgage servicing platform.

We entered into various agreements with Ocwen and Altisource Portfolio Solutions, S.A. (“Altisource”) in connection with our Initial Public Offering on March 5, 2012. William C. Erbey, our founder and the former Chairman of our Board of Directors until January 16, 2015, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen and Altisource until January 16, 2015.

We conduct a substantial amount of business with Ocwen and are heavily reliant on Ocwen and Altisource in the conduct of our operations. Conflicts may arise between us and Ocwen or Altisource because of the ongoing agreements we have with them or because of the nature of our respective businesses. Our results of operations may have differed significantly from our reported results if we did not have agreements in place with Ocwen and Altisource. See Note 17 for further discussion.

Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies

Ocwen has been and is subject to certain federal and state regulatory matters and other challenges and uncertainties associated with its business.

We are dependent on Ocwen as the subservicer for the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, and Ocwen’s servicing practices may impact the value of certain of our assets. We may be adversely impacted:

• By regulatory actions taken against Ocwen;

• By a default by Ocwen under its debt agreements;

• By further downgrades in Ocwen's servicer rating;

• If Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of its pooling and servicing agreements ("PSAs");

• If Ocwen were terminated as servicer under certain PSAs;

• If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding; or

• If Ocwen fails to meet its obligations or is deemed to be in default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust (as defined below), including the allegations of certain events of default related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters by BlueMountain Capital Management LLC (“BlueMountain”).

A summary of such matters, the related impact on our business and the Company's plan to address such matters are as follows.

Ocwen Regulatory Matters

Ocwen has publicly announced that, on December 19, 2013, Ocwen reached an agreement involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), various state attorneys general and other agencies that regulate the mortgage servicing industry, which agreement was approved by consent judgment by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on February 26, 2014. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• A commitment by Ocwen to service loans in accordance with specified servicing guidelines and to be subject to oversight by an independent national monitor for three years;

• A payment of $127.3 million to a consumer relief fund to be disbursed by an independent administrator to eligible borrowers. In May 2014, Ocwen satisfied this obligation with regard to the consumer relief fund, $60.4 million of which is the responsibility of former owners of certain servicing portfolios acquired by Ocwen pursuant to indemnification and loss sharing provisions in the applicable agreements; and

• A commitment by Ocwen to continue its principal forgiveness modification programs to delinquent and underwater borrowers in an aggregate amount of $2.0 billion over three years.

On December 22, 2014, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (the "NY DFS") related to investigations into Ocwen's mortgage servicing practices in the State of New York. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $100 million to the NY DFS to be used by the State of New York for housing, foreclosure relief and community redevelopment programs;

• Payment of $50 million as restitution to certain New York borrowers;

• Installation of a NY DFS Operations Monitor to review and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of Ocwen's operations for a period of two years, which may be extended another twelve months at the option of the NY DFS;

• Requirements that Ocwen will not share any common officers or employees with any related party and will not share risk, internal audit or vendor oversight functions with any related party;

• Requirements that certain Ocwen employees, officers and directors be recused from negotiating or voting to approve certain transactions with a related party;

• Resignation of Ocwen's Chairman of the Board from the Board of Directors of Ocwen and at related companies, including HLSS; and

• Restrictions on Ocwen's ability to acquire new mortgage servicing rights.

On January 23, 2015, Ocwen announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the California Department of Business Oversight (“CA DBO”) in relation to an action dated October 3, 2014, in the State of California. According to Ocwen's disclosure, the key elements of the agreement are as follows:

• Payment of $2.5 million;

• Engagement of an independent auditor to assess Ocwen’s compliance with laws and regulations impacting California borrowers for a period of at least two years; and

• Prevention of Ocwen from acquiring additional mortgage servicing rights for loans secured in the State of California until the CA DBO is satisfied that Ocwen can satisfactorily respond to the requests for information and documentation made in the course of a regulatory exam.

According to Ocwen's public disclosure, on April 28, 2014, Ocwen received a letter from the staff of the New York Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) informing Ocwen that the SEC was conducting an investigation relating to Ocwen and making a request for voluntary production of documents and information relating to the April 22, 2014 surrender of certain options to purchase its common stock by Mr. Erbey, its former Executive Chairman, including the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the related option grant and surrender documents. On June 12, 2014, Ocwen received a subpoena from the SEC requesting production of various documents relating to its business dealings with HLSS, Altisource, Altisource Asset Management Corporation (“AAMC”) and Altisource Residential Corporation (“Residential”) and the interests of its directors and executive officers in these companies. Ocwen has also disclosed that it received an additional subpoena from the SEC related to its amendments to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Other Ocwen Matters

Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”), Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) and Morningstar, Inc. (“Morningstar”) rate Ocwen as a mortgage servicer. Each of these rating agencies has downgraded Ocwen’s servicer rating within the last six months. On January 29, 2015, Moody’s downgraded Ocwen’s servicer quality (“SQ”) assessment from “SQ3+” to “SQ3-” as a primary servicer of subprime residential loans and as a special servicer of residential mortgage loans. During February 2015, Fitch downgraded Ocwen's residential primary servicer rating for subprime products from “RPS3” to “RPS4,” and Morningstar downgraded its rating to “MOR RS3.” Three of these rating agencies currently have Ocwen’s ratings outlook as “negative” or “on review for downgrade.” Additionally, Ocwen is subject to quantitative and qualitative agency servicer rating criteria which may have subjective interpretations. Certain of our advance financing facilities (described further in Note 7) require that our servicers or subservicers maintain specified servicer ratings, and failure by our servicers or subservicers to maintain the minimum rating could result in adverse adjustments to our advance rates, liquidity and profitability. Failure to maintain minimum or specified ratings could adversely affect dealings with contractual counterparties, including GSEs and regulators. In addition, some PSAs also require that the servicer or subservicer maintain specified servicer ratings. The failure to maintain the specified rating could result in the termination of the servicer under such PSAs. If Ocwen is terminated as servicer, and if Ocwen is unable to make any applicable indemnification payments owed to us, we could lose a substantial portion or all of the value of the related Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs (see discussion of the BlueMountain allegations that follow).

During February and March 2015, Ocwen received two notices of servicer termination affecting four separate PSAs underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs due to servicer rating downgrades. While we believe the financial impact of the termination of servicing under these four PSAs would be immaterial to our overall financial condition, Ocwen could be subject to further terminations as a result of its failure to maintain required minimum servicer ratings, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financing activities, financial condition and results of operations.

Additionally, if Ocwen fails to ensure its servicing advances comply with the terms of the PSAs, then any such improperly made servicing advances may not be eligible for financing under our advance financing facilities and/or may not be reimbursable by the related securitization trusts or other owners of the mortgage loans. Ocwen may be unwilling or unable to make indemnification payments for losses we incur related to unrecoverable advances.

Our advance financing facilities and certain Other borrowings have cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility, and there may occur an event of default under Ocwen's senior secured debt facility.

If Ocwen becomes subject to a bankruptcy proceeding, our business could be materially and adversely impacted by potential court rulings or other actions or events, including, but not limited to, the following:

• A sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be re-characterized in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding as a financing secured by such Residential Mortgage Assets. If such a recharacterization occurs, the validity or priority of our security interest in the Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets could be challenged in a bankruptcy proceeding of Ocwen. If the sale of Residential Mortgage Assets or other assets is recharacterized as a secured financing, payments made by Ocwen to us prior to Ocwen commencing its bankruptcy proceeding could be challenged and subject to recovery as preferential transfers;

• Payments made to us by Ocwen, or obligations incurred by Ocwen to us, could be challenged as fraudulent conveyances;

• The purchase agreement with Ocwen pursuant to which we may agree to purchase mortgage servicing rights, associated servicing advances and other related assets from Ocwen from time to time (the “Purchase Agreement”) could be rejected in an Ocwen bankruptcy proceeding;

• A bankruptcy court could stay a transfer of servicing to another servicer;

• Ocwen could discontinue servicing;

• The automatic stay under the United States Bankruptcy Code may prevent the ongoing receipt of servicing fees or other amounts due; or

• A bankruptcy of Ocwen defaults our advance financing facilities and negatively impacts our ability to continue to purchase servicing advances.

In addition, Ocwen has disclosed that certain of its debt facilities will mature during 2015. If Ocwen is not able to repay or refinance these obligations as they come due, Ocwen may become the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.

Any of the foregoing events could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

On January 23, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain, which has represented that it is the investment manager of funds that hold certain Series 2012-T2 and Series 2013-T3 Notes (the “Notes”, which are more fully described in Note 7) issued by HLSS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust (the “HSART Trust”), sent a letter to HLSS Holdings, LLC (“HLSS Holdings”), the HSART Trust, Ocwen and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (the “Indenture Trustee”), asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. BlueMountain has publicly stated that it has taken a “short position” on behalf of certain funds in the stock of HLSS and Ocwen. On February 20, 2015, counsel to BlueMountain sent another letter asserting certain alleged events of default under the indenture governing Notes issued by the HSART Trust. The alleged defaults are related to the Ocwen servicer downgrade and other regulatory matters described above. An event of default under the HSART Trust could result in the revolving facilities within HSART Trust to cease revolving, which would impact our ability to fund the purchase of advances.

On February 17, 2015, HLSS Holdings and our wholly-owned subsidiary HLSS Servicer Advance Facility Transferor, LLC, the depositor to the HSART Trust (the “Depositor”), entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Indenture Trustee. Pursuant to the Agreement, the parties agreed, among other things, that during the term of the Agreement the Indenture Trustee will not commence a judicial proceeding to seek judicial guidance regarding the allegations made in the BlueMountain letter prior to April 15, 2015, and HLSS Holdings and the Depositor agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold from distribution certain excess funds that would otherwise be distributable to the Depositor in an amount up to the Interest Accrual Differential for the related interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture. The “Interest Accrual Differential” means, with respect to any interest accrual period under the HSART Trust indenture beginning with the interest accrual period relating to the February 17, 2015 monthly payment date thereunder and any class of HSART Trust notes issued prior to January 17, 2014, an additional 3.00% per annum over the effective interest rate. The Depositor and HLSS Holdings subsequently agreed to allow the Indenture Trustee to withhold on the same basis with respect to HSART Trust notes issued on or after January 17, 2014. The effect of this agreement will be to increase the amount deposited and held in Debt service accounts by approximately $11.8 million per month. In conjunction with the Asset Sale (as defined below), Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. disposed of its interest in HLSS Holdings and the Depositor.

Management's Plan

On February 22, 2015, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Old Merger Agreement”) with New Residential Investment Corp., a Delaware corporation (“NRZ”), and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, Merger Sub would merge with and into us (the “Old Merger”).

During the month of February 2015, our management developed a management plan that included the following elements:

• Entering into the Old Merger Agreement with NRZ;

• Negotiating certain commitments from various lenders for replacement advance financing, though never consummated;

• Selling our entire portfolio of re-performing loans (“RPLs”) for an immaterial gain and concurrently repaying the related borrowings in full;

• Marketing our Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”) early buy-out (“EBO”) loan portfolios and extending the maturity of the related borrowings to allow for continued marketing;

• Working closely with our legal counsel to address BlueMountain’s allegations of default, which we believe are without merit, and any potential impact of such allegations on our advance financing facilities; and

• Amending our senior secured term loan facility agreement to extend the deadline to furnish annual financial statements to April 10, 2015, to amend certain terms of cross default to our advance financing facilities and to permit an amendment to the subservicing agreement with Ocwen (the "Subservicing Agreement").

On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings and Ocwen entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale described below) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs, or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of eight years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the sale of substantially all of our assets (the “Asset Sale”). The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Share and Asset Purchase Agreement entered into on April 6, 2015 (the “NRZ Purchase Agreement”) between us, NRZ, MSR-EBO Acquisitions LLC (“HLSS MSR-EBO”) and HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. (“HLSS Advances”). In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of HLSS Luxco 1B S.à r.l. (“Luxco 1B”)) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of HLSS Luxco 1A S.à r.l. (“Luxco 1A”) and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution (the “Liquidation Plan”), pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger (as defined below) or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to receive $0.704059 per share in cash without interest (the “Merger Consideration”).  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “New Merger Agreement”) with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “New Merger”), with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the New Merger (the “Effective Time”), each ordinary share, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Company Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

Other Recent Developments

On September 15, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide certain information related to the Company’s prior accounting conventions for and valuations of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs that resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 during August 2014. On December 22, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information related to certain governance documents and transactions and certain communications regarding the same. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in these matters.

As a result of Ocwen’s settlement agreement with the NY DFS, on January 16, 2015, William C. Erbey stepped down as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, Ocwen, Altisource, AAMC and Residential. Concurrently, Robert J. McGinnis was appointed as non-executive Chairman of HLSS.

On January 14, 2015, our Moody's credit rating was downgraded to B3/Negative and on January 16, 2015, S&P affirmed its credit rating of B+ but downgraded our outlook from Stable to Negative. On February 24, 2015, Moody’s announced that it would review our credit rating for potential upgrade subsequent to our announcement of the Old Merger Agreement on February 22, 2015.

On March 18, 2015, we received notification from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) for continued listing due to the Company not having timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. On April 29, 2015, our shares were delisted from Nasdaq and began being quoted on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbol “HLSSF.”

On March 23, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information concerning communications between the Company and certain investment advisors and hedge funds. The SEC also requested documents relating to the Company’s structure, certain governance documents and any investigations or complaints connected to trading in the Company’s securities. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in this matter.

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Match Funded Liabilities - Analysis of Borrowing by Maturity (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015
Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity:
2015	$ 3,236,318	[1]
2016	850,000	[1]
2017	675,000	[1]
2018	513,000	[1]
2019 and thereafter	0	[1]
Total	$ 5,274,318	[1]

[1] (1)The expected maturity date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended.

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Related Party Transactions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Transactions with Ocwen under Purchase Agreement

The following table summarizes our transactions with Ocwen related to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS (1)	89,355			98,513
Servicing advances purchased from Ocwen in the    ordinary course of business	$	3,501,183		$	3,503,375

(1) Net servicing fees retained by HLSS are included in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Interest income. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties

The following table summarizes amounts receivable from and payable to related parties at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Servicing advance financing receivables (1)	$	78,695	$	84,107
Servicing fees collected (2)	5,649		5,686
Professional services (3)	—		33
Advance collections (4)	92,138		—
Loan collections in transit (5)	1,687		3,885
Receivable from servicing transfers (6)	1,899		—
Other	4,999		690
Receivables from Ocwen	$	185,067	$	94,401
Subservicing fees payable (7)	$	5,860	$	7,999
Advance purchases (8)	—		5,285
Other	2,937		1,133
Payables to Ocwen	$	8,797	$	14,417
Payables to Altisource	$	38	$	86

(1) We provided financing to Ocwen for servicing advances. We receive interest income at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

(2) Ocwen is required to remit to us servicing fees it collects on our behalf within two business days. The amount due from Ocwen at March 31, 2015, represents servicing fees collected but not remitted at the end of the month. We record servicing fees we collect less the subservicing fee we pay to Ocwen less the reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as Interest income as shown in Note 12.

(3) The respective amounts are for professional services provided that were outstanding as of the dates indicated.

(4) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit Match funded advance collections to pay down our Match funded liabilities. This receivable represents the portion of Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of the dates indicated.

(5) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit collections of our Loans held for sale or Loans held for investment to a custodial account. This receivable represents the portion of these collections that were not yet deposited into the custodial account.

(6) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates.

(7) The base fee and performance fee, if any, that comprise the subservicing fees payable are calculated and paid to Ocwen within three business days following the end of the month.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

We prepared the accompanying unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with the instructions of the SEC to Form 10-Q for interim financial statements. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires that we make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly significant relate to our fair value measurements of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

Our financial statements include the accounts of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries as well as four variable interest entities (“VIE”) of which we are the primary beneficiary. We eliminate intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

We evaluate each special purpose entity (“SPE”) for classification as a VIE. When a SPE meets the definition of a VIE and we determine that HLSS is the primary beneficiary, we include the SPE in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our Match funded advances are in two SPEs along with related Match funded liabilities (the "Match Funded Advance SPEs"). We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Match funded advances on loans serviced for others result from our transfers of residential loan servicing advances to SPEs in exchange for cash. The SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred advances. We made these transfers under the terms of our advance facility agreements. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred advances on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Match funded advances and the related liabilities as Match funded liabilities. We use collections on the Match funded advances pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look only to the assets of the entity itself for satisfaction of the debt and have no recourse against HLSS.

As of March 31, 2015, our Loans held for sale are in one SPE along with the related Other borrowings (the "Mortgage Loans SPEs"). As of December 31, 2014, those loans were classified as Loans held for investment and were in two SPEs along with the related Other borrowings. We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. (See discussion of the reclassification of our loans to held for sale below.)

Our whole loans were transferred to SPEs in exchange for cash, and the SPEs issued debt collateralized by these loans. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred loans on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Loans held for sale and the related liabilities as Other borrowings. We use collections on our whole loans pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look beyond the assets of the SPEs for satisfaction of the debt and therefore have recourse against HLSS. It is our expectation that the cash flows of the SPEs will be sufficient to meet all claims of the debt holders. HLSS is responsible for making any principal or interest payments to the debt holders not covered by the cash flows of the SPEs.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans Held for Sale

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale based on a change in management’s intention and a decision to actively market the GNMA EBO loans for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value. As of December 31, 2014, both the portfolio of RPLs and GNMA EBO loans were classified as Loans held for investment based on management’s intent to hold these loans for investment. As further discussed below, we sold our RPL portfolios during the first quarter of 2015.

The Company evaluates purchased loans that are not deemed impaired upon acquisition in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs. Only our GNMA EBO loans are accounted for under ASC 310-20; therefore, interest income is accrued at the amount that we are guaranteed to receive under either the related purchase agreement or by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), which is the amount of interest we ultimately expect to receive.

In connection with the reclassification of the GNMA EBO loans to held for sale, we recorded a valuation allowance of $7,654 to record the loans at the lower of cost or fair value. Fair value was determined by reference to counterparty quotations.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-04. This ASU requires that when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs; that is, when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. This amendment did not have a material impact on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2014-14. Therefore, upon foreclosure of GNMA EBO loans for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee, we reclassify the carrying amount of the loan to Claims receivable from FHA, which is recorded within Other assets on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result of our adoption of this ASU, we have classified foreclosed properties and outstanding FHA claims as Claims receivable from FHA within our Other assets. See Note 6 for further information.

On February 20, 2015, we sold our RPL portfolio to an unrelated third party purchaser for a total purchase price of $337.6 million, subject to a 5% holdback pending completion of the purchaser's due diligence. A portion of the sale proceeds were used to terminate the RPL Facility. We recognized an immaterial gain on this sale.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2015-01, Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. This ASU eliminates the concept of an extraordinary item from GAAP. To be considered an extraordinary item under existing GAAP, an event or transaction must be unusual in nature and must occur infrequently. As a result, an entity will no longer (1) segregate an extraordinary item from the results of ordinary operations; (2) separately present an extraordinary item on its income statement, net of tax, after income from continuing operations; and (3) disclose income taxes and earnings-per-share data applicable to an extraordinary item. However, the ASU does not affect the reporting and disclosure requirements for an event that is unusual in nature or that occurs infrequently. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, any may be applied prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted if the guidance is applied as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2015-01 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This ASU is intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures (collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, and mortgage-backed security transactions). The ASU focuses on the consolidation evaluation for reporting organizations (public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations) that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. In addition to reducing the number of consolidation models from four to two, the ASU places more emphasis on risk of loss when determining a controlling financial interest. A reporting organization may no longer have to consolidate a legal entity in certain circumstances based solely on its fee arrangement, when certain criteria are met, reducing the frequency of the application of related-party guidance when determining a controlling financial interest in a VIE, changing consolidation conclusions for public and private companies in several industries that typically make use of limited partnerships or VIEs. The ASU will be effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this ASU will require that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs would not be affected by these amendments. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, and early adoption is permitted. Had the Company adopted the provisions of this ASU as of March 31, 2015, the impact to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets would have been to reduce Other assets and Total assets each by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: each by $16,706), to reduce Match funded liabilities by $14,085 (December 31, 2014: $11,534), to reduce Other borrowings by $4,209 (December 31, 2014: $5,172) and to reduce Total liabilities by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: $16,706). The ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Equity or Statements of Cash Flows.

Certain disclosures included in the Company’s Annual Report are not required to be included on an interim basis in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q. The Company has condensed or omitted these disclosures. Therefore, this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which was filed with the SEC on April 6, 2015 (the "2014 Form 10-K").

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Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to our balance sheet date of March 31, 2015:

• On April 6, 2015, HLSS, HLSS Holdings and Ocwen entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the sale supplements (effective upon completion of the Asset Sale) to, among other things, (i) obtain Ocwen's consent to the assignment by HLSS of its interest under the Purchase Agreement and each sale supplement, (ii) provide that HLSS Holdings will not become the named servicer in connection with any Rights to MSRs, or direct the replacement of Ocwen as named servicer, before April 6, 2017 except under certain limited circumstances, (iii) extend the scheduled term of Ocwen's servicing appointment under each sale supplement until the earlier of eight years from the date of such sale supplement and April 30, 2020, and (iv) provide that Ocwen will reimburse HLSS Holdings for certain increased financing costs resulting from servicer rating downgrades of Ocwen. In addition, under such amendment (x) Ocwen agreed to exercise any “clean-up call” rights under any servicing agreement related to Rights to MSRs only at the direction of HLSS Holdings and to sell to HLSS Holdings, on an “as-is” basis, the economic beneficial interest in the right to purchase the mortgage loans and other assets in the trust for each designated servicing agreement pursuant to such clean-up call rights and (y) HLSS Holdings agreed to pay to Ocwen a fee equal to 0.50% of  the outstanding balance of the performing mortgage loans purchased in connection with any such exercise and to pay Ocwen’s related costs and expenses of exercise.

• On April 6, 2015, to best address concerns relating to our ability to operate as a going concern and the associated impact on our business on an expedited basis, we agreed with NRZ and Merger Sub to terminate the Old Merger Agreement and immediately complete the Asset Sale. The Asset Sale was made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the NRZ Purchase Agreement. In connection with the Asset Sale, among other things, (i) HLSS MSR-EBO acquired substantially all of the assets of the Company (including all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1B) and (ii) HLSS Advances acquired all of the issued share capital of Luxco 1A and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the Company, including certain post-closing liabilities of the Company. In exchange, the Company received an amount in cash equal to approximately $1.0 billion plus 28,286,980 newly issued shares of NRZ common stock with a par value $0.01 per share. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, our senior secured term loan facility was retired.

• Concurrently with the execution of the NRZ Purchase Agreement, our Board of Directors adopted and approved the Liquidation Plan, pursuant to which we will (1) cease our business activities other than such activities that are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Liquidation Plan, (2) pay or make adequate provision for operating expenses expected to be incurred through the completion of the Liquidation Plan and (3) distribute to our shareholders in one or more distributions, (a) the cash received by the Company in the Asset Sale and the net proceeds from the sale of NRZ common stock received by the Company in the Asset Sale, less (b) amounts used to pay the liabilities of the Company and less a reserve in the amount of $50 million that will be held by the Company at the discretion of the Board to ensure that the Company will be able to meet known and unknown liabilities up to the date of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the New Merger or, if the transactions contemplated by the New Merger are not consummated, the date of the final liquidating distribution after settlement of the liabilities and to ensure that the Company has available resources in the event that it is necessary to enforce against third parties any contractual or other rights of the Company or its officers or directors. If the New Merger is consummated, our shares will be converted automatically into the right to the Merger Consideration.  If the New Merger is not consummated and post-closing expenses and liabilities do not exceed $50 million, it is anticipated that a further cash distribution will be made to shareholders.

• Immediately following the closing of the Asset Sale contemplated by the NRZ Purchase Agreement, we entered into: (i) the New Merger Agreement with NRZ and Merger Sub, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with the Company ceasing its corporate existence and Merger Sub surviving the New Merger, (ii) a Services Agreement, pursuant to which HLSS Advances Acquisition Corp. will provide us with certain services following the consummation of the Asset Sale, including, among other things, handling (including defending, prosecuting or resolving) all claims, disputes or controversies (including any litigation, arbitration, governmental investigations or inquiries or any other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company is a party or may otherwise be involved and (iii) a Registration Rights Agreement to memorialize certain rights relating to the registration of shares of NRZ common stock to be held by the Company upon the closing of the Asset Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the New Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time each of the Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Company Shares owned by any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of NRZ (other than Merger Sub) or of Merger Sub and Company Shares as to which dissenters’ rights have been properly exercised) will be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The parties’ obligations to consummate the New Merger are subject to certain closing conditions, including approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders, the absence of any legal restraints that would prohibit the consummation of the New Merger and other conditions customary for a transaction of this type. Each of us, NRZ and Merger Sub has made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants in the New Merger Agreement, including, among other things, covenants related to the conduct of our business during the interim period between the execution of the New Merger Agreement and the consummation of the New Merger. The New Merger Agreement provides for certain termination rights for both us and NRZ, including, if approval of the New Merger by the requisite vote of the shareholders is not obtained or if the New Merger is not consummated by the nine month anniversary of the date of the New Merger Agreement.

• On April 10, 2015, we paid cash dividends of $12,783 or $0.18 per ordinary share.

• On April 10, 2015, we declared a distribution of $16.613 per ordinary share payable on April 27, 2015, to shareholders of record as of April 20, 2015.

• On April 27, 2015, we distributed to our shareholders approximately $1.2 billion or $16.613 per ordinary share.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Carrying Values and Fair Value Estimates of Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	$ 5,808,796	$ 6,121,595
Loans held for investment	0	815,663
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318	5,624,088
Other borrowings	852,419	1,182,328
Carrying Value
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	5,808,796	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	0	815,663
Total financial assets	5,808,796	6,937,258
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318	5,624,088
Other borrowings	852,419	1,182,328
Total financial liabilities	6,126,737	6,806,416
Fair Value
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	5,808,796	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	0	822,298
Total financial assets	5,808,796	6,943,893
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	5,255,403	5,618,263
Other borrowings	845,818	1,167,267
Total financial liabilities	$ 6,101,221	$ 6,785,530

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Organization and Related Parties; Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies; Other Recent Developments (Details) (USD $)	2 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 notice pooling_and_servicing_agreement	Feb. 17, 2015	Feb. 26, 2014	Dec. 22, 2014	Jan. 23, 2015
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of notices of servicer termination	2
Number of PSAs affected by servicer termination	4
Investor Letter Of Default
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Additional rate per annum		3.00%
Amount of increase to monthly deposit held in Debt service accounts		$ 11,800,000
Ocwen | Unfavorable Regulatory Action
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Independent national monitor oversight period			3 years
Settlement payment amount			127,300,000
Settlement amount to be paid for former owners of portfolios acquired			60,400,000
Commitment of principal forgiveness modification programs			2,000,000,000.0
Commitment period			3 years
NY DFS | NEW YORK | Ocwen | Unfavorable Regulatory Action
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement payment amount				100,000,000
Operations monitor installation period				2 years
Operations monitor installation period, potential extension				12 months
Certain New York Borrowers | NEW YORK | Ocwen | Unfavorable Regulatory Action
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement payment amount				50,000,000
CA DBO | CALIFORNIA | Ocwen | Unfavorable Regulatory Action
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Settlement payment amount					$ 2,500,000.0
Independent auditor compliance assessment period					2 years

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Assets and Liabilities of SPEs

The following tables summarize the assets and liabilities of our consolidated SPEs at the dates indicated:

At March 31, 2015	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	—	$	5,808,796
Loans held for sale	—		421,257		421,257
Related party receivables (1)	92,138		6,051		98,189
Other assets (2)	92,109		143,523		235,632
Total assets	$	5,993,043	$	570,831	$	6,563,874
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	—	$	5,274,318
Other borrowings (3)	—		486,828		486,828
Other liabilities	4,808		3,448		8,256
Total liabilities	$	5,279,126	$	490,276	$	5,769,402

At December 31, 2014	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	6,121,595	$	—	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		815,663		815,663
Related party receivables (1)	—		3,885		3,885
Other assets (2)	134,955		139,114		274,069
Total assets	$	6,256,550	$	958,662	$	7,215,212
Match funded liabilities	$	5,624,088	$	—	$	5,624,088
Other borrowings (3)	—		815,986		815,986
Related party payables	—		—		—
Other liabilities	4,951		4,308		9,259
Total liabilities	$	5,634,324	$	821,088	$	6,455,412

(1) Related party receivables principally include Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of each presented period. See Note 17 for more information about our Related party receivables.

(2) Other assets principally include debt service accounts, claims receivable from the FHA and debt issuance costs. See Note 6 for more information about our Other assets.

(3) Other borrowings include the carrying value of our borrowings to acquire Loans held for investment. See Note 8 for more information about our Other borrowings.

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Asset Acquisitions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Summary Of Loans Held For Investment Acquired

The following table summarizes the purchase price of assets we acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and reconciles the cash used to acquire such assets:

GNMA EBO loans purchase price (1)	$	556,618
Sources:
Cash on hand	$	83,884
Other borrowings	472,734
Total cash used	$	556,618

(1) The cash used to purchase these assets is shown within “Purchase of loans held for investment” of the 2014 Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 15,260	$ 64,360
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of Debt issuance costs	4,377	4,962
Accretion of original issue discount on Other borrowings	185	185
Net amortization of purchase premiums and discounts on Loans held for sale	183	0
Amortization of purchase premiums on Loans held for investment	0	448
Accretion of Loans held for sale	(1,595)	0
Decrease (increase) in the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	3,679	(4,025)
Unrealized loss on Loans held for sale	7,654	0
Net forfeitures of share-based compensation	(129)	0
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease in Match funded advances	312,799	44,384
Decrease (increase) in debt service accounts	50,258	(3,077)
(Increase) decrease in related party receivables	(90,666)	2,450
Decrease in related party payables	(5,668)	(2,847)
Decrease (increase) in other assets	15,577	(2,645)
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities	7,387	(428)
Net cash provided by operating activities	319,301	103,767
Cash flows from investing activities
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	16,369	0
Purchase of Loans held for investment	0	(556,618)
Repayments of GNMA EBO loans and RPLs	17,040	3,526
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios	337,553	0
Cash used in related party servicing advance financing transactions	0	(55,702)
Cash proceeds from related party servicing advance financing transactions	5,412	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	376,374	(608,794)
Cash flows from financing activities
(Repayments of) proceeds from Match funded liabilities, net	(349,771)	59,558
Proceeds from Other borrowings	2,481	472,734
Payment of Other borrowings	(332,575)	(875)
Payment of Debt issuance costs	(5,963)	(6,408)
Payment of dividends to shareholders	(38,349)	(31,958)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(724,177)	493,051
Net decrease in cash	(28,502)	(11,976)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	210,009	87,896
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	181,507	75,920
Supplemental non-cash investing activities
Transfers of Loans held for sale to claims receivable from FHA	16,747	0
Increase in receivables in conjunction with the sale of RPL portfolios	16,824	0
Transfer of Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale	421,257	0
Supplemental non-cash financing activities
Dividends declared but not paid	12,783	10,653
Debt issuance costs accrued but not paid	$ 2	$ 58

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Assets Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis

At March 31, 2015:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	594,417	$	—	$	—	$	594,417
Derivative financial instruments	466		—		—		466
Total assets	$	594,883	$	—	$	—	$	594,883
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Total liabilities	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
Assets:
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—	$	—	$	421,257

Fair Value of Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis

At December 31, 2014:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	614,465	$	—	$	—	$	614,465
Derivative financial instruments	1,370		—		—		1,370
Total assets	$	615,835	$	—	$	—	$	615,835
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211
Total liabilities	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211

Reconciliation of Changes in Fair Value

The following tables present reconciliations of the fair value and changes in fair value of our Level 3 assets and liabilities that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis:

	2015						2014
For the three months ended March 31,	Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs			Derivative Financial Instruments			Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs		Derivative Financial Instruments
Beginning balance	$	614,465		$	1,159		$	633,769	$	3,306
Purchases and reductions:
Purchases	—			—			—		—
Reductions	(16,369		)	—			—		—
	(16,369		)	—			—		—
Changes in fair value :
Included in net income (1)	(3,679		)	—			4,025		—
Included in other comprehensive income (2)	—			(2,389		)	—		(227		)
	(3,679		)	(2,389		)	4,025		(227		)
Transfers in or out of Level 3	—			—			—		—
Ending balance	$	594,417		$	(1,230	)	$	637,794	$	3,079

(1) At each reporting date, we determine the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and adjust the carrying value to this amount, and these changes in fair value are included in Interest income in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

(2) These pre-tax gains (losses) are attributable to derivatives still held at March 31, 2015, and March 31, 2014, respectively.

Effect on Fair Value of Note Receivable - Rights to MSRs

The following table shows the effect on the fair value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs assuming adverse changes to certain key assumptions used in valuing these assets at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014:

	Discount Rate						Prepayment Speeds						Delinquency Rates
	100 bps adverse change			200 bps adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change
At March 31, 2015:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(9,716	)	$	(19,287	)	$	(17,257	)	$	(33,643	)	$	(54,091	)	$	(106,006	)
At December 31, 2014:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(10,061	)	$	(19,821	)	$	(17,719	)	$	(34,537	)	$	(55,410	)	$	(108,567	)

Quantitative Information on Significant Observable Inputs Used for Valuing Note Receivable - Rights to MSRs

The following table provides additional quantitative information on our significant inputs used for valuing our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

At March 31, 2015:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	23	%

At December 31, 2014:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	25	%

Carrying Values and Fair Value Estimates of Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

Presented below are the carrying values and fair value estimates of financial instruments not carried at fair value at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014		December 31, 2014
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		—		815,663		822,298
Total financial assets	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,937,258	$	6,943,893
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	5,255,403	$	5,624,088	$	5,618,263
Other borrowings	852,419		845,818		1,182,328		1,167,267
Total financial liabilities	$	6,126,737	$	6,101,221	$	6,806,416	$	6,785,530

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Interest Income (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Notes Receivable - Rights to MSRs

Interest and Other Income [Line Items]

Calculation of Interest Income on Notes Receivable

The following table shows how we calculated Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355			98,513
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	(16,369		)	—
Servicing transfers (1)	1,899			—
Increase (decrease) in the fair value of Notes    receivable – Rights to MSRs	(3,679		)	4,025
	$	71,206		$	102,538

(1) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates. These amounts represent amounts payable by Ocwen related to servicing transfers.

Interest Income - other

Interest and Other Income [Line Items]

Calculation of Interest Income on Notes Receivable

The following table shows our Interest income – other for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015		2014
Loan interest (1)	$	7,408	$	1,784
Advance financing interest (2)	1,027		202
Bank account interest	1,041		975
	$	9,476	$	2,961

(1) Represents interest earned on GNMA EBO loans and the accretion of the accretable yield on our pools of RPLs.

(2) Represents interest earned on servicing advance financing we provided to Ocwen at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Reconciliation of Changes in Fair Value (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Notes Receivable - Rights to MSRs
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning balance	$ 614,465		$ 633,769
Purchases and reductions:
Purchases	0		0
Reductions	(16,369)		0
Total	(16,369)		0
Changes in fair value :
Included in net income	(3,679)		4,025	[1]
Total	(3,679)		4,025
Transfers in or out of Level 3	0		0
Ending balance	594,417		637,794
Derivative Financial Instruments
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning balance	1,159		3,306
Changes in fair value :
Included in other comprehensive income	(2,389)	[2]	(227)	[2]
Total	(2,389)		(227)
Transfers in or out of Level 3	0		0
Ending balance	$ (1,230)		$ 3,079

[1] At each reporting date, we determine the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and adjust the carrying value to this amount, and these changes in fair value are included in Interest income in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

[2] These pre-tax gains (losses) are attributable to derivatives still held at March 31, 2015, and March 31, 2014, respectively.

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Interest Income - Calculation of Interest Income on Notes Receivable (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]
Servicing fees collected	$ 180,297		$ 189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942)		(90,644)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355	[1]	98,513	[1]
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	(16,369)		0
Servicing transfers	1,899	[2]	0	[2]
Increase (decrease) in the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	(3,679)		4,025
Total	$ 71,206		$ 102,538

[1] Net servicing fees retained by HLSS are included in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Interest income. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

[2] Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates. These amounts represent amounts payable by Ocwen related to servicing transfers.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 181,507	$ 210,009
Match funded advances	5,808,796	6,121,595
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	594,417	614,465
Loans held for sale	421,257	0
Loans held for investment	0	815,663
Related party receivables	185,067	94,401
Deferred tax assets	996	491
Other assets	244,483	281,475
Total assets	7,436,523	8,138,099
Liabilities
Match funded liabilities	5,274,318	5,624,088
Other borrowings	852,419	1,182,328
Dividends payable	12,783	12,783
Income taxes payable	148	173
Deferred tax liabilities	184	491
Related party payables	8,835	14,503
Other liabilities	21,377	12,454
Total liabilities	6,170,064	6,846,820
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 18)
Equity
Equity – Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 71,016,771 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	710	710
Additional paid-in capital	1,210,171	1,210,300
Retained earnings	56,018	79,133
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(440)	1,136
Total equity	1,266,459	1,291,279
Total liabilities and equity	$ 7,436,523	$ 8,138,099

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Organization and Related Parties; Regulatory Environment, Ocwen Matters and Related Contingencies; Other Recent Developments - Mergers and Agreements (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 27, 2015	Apr. 10, 2015	Apr. 06, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01					$ 0.01
Dividends paid, cash	$ 38,349,000	$ 31,958,000
Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Potential cash distribution if merger is not consummated, liabilities and expenses					50,000,000
Right to receive amount, cash (usd per share)					$ 0.704059
Dividends paid, cash			1,200,000,000	12,783,000
Cash dividend per share (usd per share)			$ 16.613	$ 0.18
Subsequent Event | Asset Sale
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash received for sale of assets					$ 1,000,000,000
Subsequent Event | Asset Sale | Ocwen
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Service appointment term					8 years
Servicing fee, percent of outstanding balance					0.50%
Subsequent Event | New Residential Investment Corp. | Asset Sale
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares issued for assets					28,286,980
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)					$ 0.01
Subsequent Event | New Merger Agreement | New Residential Investment Corp.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)					$ 0.01
Merger consummation period					9 months

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total	Ordinary Shares	Additional Paid-in Capital	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 1,216,447	$ 710	$ 1,210,057	$ 3,513	$ 2,167
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		71,016,771
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	64,360			64,360
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(149)				(149)
Declaration of cash dividends	(31,958)		0	(31,958)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2014	1,248,700	710	1,210,057	35,915	2,018
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2014		71,016,771
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	1,291,279	710	1,210,300	79,133	1,136
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		71,016,771
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income	15,260			15,260
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(1,576)				(1,576)
Share-based compensation	(155)		(129)	(26)
Declaration of cash dividends	(38,349)		0	(38,349)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2015	$ 1,266,459	$ 710	$ 1,210,171	$ 56,018	$ (440)
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2015		71,016,771

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Loans Held for Sale - Changes in Carrying Amount of Accretable Yield (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accretable Yield
Beginning balance	$ 168,968
Additions	0
Accretable yield adjustments	0
Accretion	(1,595)
Payments and other reductions, net	0
Sale of RPL portfolios	(167,373)
Ending balance	0
Carrying Amount
Beginning balance	338,647
Additions	0
Accretable yield adjustments	0
Accretion	1,595
Payments and other reductions, net	(3,588)
Sale of RPL portfolios	(336,654)
Ending balance	$ 0

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Other Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets

Other assets consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Debt service accounts (1)	$	78,267	$	128,525
Claims receivable from FHA (2)	98,714		109,586
Debt issuance costs (3)	18,294		16,706
Accrued interest income (4)	26,334		22,661
Purchase price holdback on RPL sale	16,824		—
Interest-earning collateral deposits (5)	1,866		1,077
Derivative financial instruments (6)	466		1,370
Other	3,718		1,550
	$	244,483	$	281,475

(1) Under our advance funding facilities, we are contractually required to remit collections of Match funded advances to the trustee within two days of receipt. We do not use the collected funds to reduce the related Match funded liabilities until the payment dates specified in the indenture. The balance also includes amounts that we set aside to provide for possible shortfalls in the funds available to pay certain expenses and interest. Lastly, at March 31, 2015 this balance includes collections on our Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, collections on our Loans held for investment), which will be used to pay down a portion of our Other borrowings on the first funding date following quarter end.

(2) Claims receivable from FHA relate to GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee.

(3) Debt issuance costs relate to Match funded liabilities and Other borrowings. We amortize these costs to the earlier of the scheduled amortization date, contractual maturity date or prepayment date of the debt.

(4) Accrued interest income represents interest earned but not yet collected on our whole loans.

(5) Interest-earning collateral deposits represent cash collateral held by our counterparty as part of our interest rate swap agreements.

(6) See Notes 3 and 11 for more information regarding our use of derivatives.

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Other Borrowings - Analysis of Borrowing by Maturity - Senior Secured Term Loan Facility (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015
Analysis of Other Borrowing by Expected Repayment Date:
2015	$ 515,098	[1]
2016	3,500	[1]
2017	3,500	[1]
2018	3,500	[1]
2019 and thereafter	330,750	[1]
Total	856,348	[1],[2]
Ordinary issuance discount balance	$ 3,929

[1] The EBO Facility and the Note Facility expected payment dates are based on the current outstanding balance and maturity date of these facilities.

[2] On March 3, 2014, we entered into the EBO Facility to finance the purchase of our initial portfolio of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 305 bps. On October 16, 2014, we amended the EBO Facility to increase the maximum principal balance to partially finance the purchase of a second pool of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 180 bps. This facility has a maturity date of May 1, 2015.

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Interest Expense

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Interest Expense [Abstract]

Interest Expense

INTEREST EXPENSE

The following table presents the components of Interest expense for the three months ended March 31:

	2015		2014
Match funded liabilities	$	27,281	$	26,830
Other borrowings	8,987		5,323
Amortization of debt issuance costs	4,378		4,962
Interest rate swaps	167		396
	$	40,813	$	37,511

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Match Funded Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Text Block [Abstract]

Match Funded Liabilities

Match funded liabilities are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

						Balance Outstanding
Borrowing Type (1)	Interest Rate (2)	Maturity (3)	Amortization Date (3)	Unused Borrowing Capacity (4)		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Series 2012 T2 Term Notes	199 – 494 bps	Oct. 2045	Oct. 2015	$	—	$	450,000	$	450,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	150 – 323 bps	Jan. 2046	Jan. 2016	—		350,000		350,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	229 – 446 bps	Jan. 2048	Jan. 2018	—		150,000		150,000
Series 2013 T2 Term Notes	115 – 239 bps	May 2044	May 2015	—		375,000		375,000
Series 2013 T3 Term Notes	179 – 313 bps	May 2046	May 2017	—		475,000		475,000
Series 2013 T5 Term Notes	198 – 331 bps	Aug. 2046	Aug. 2016	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2013 T7 Term Notes	198 – 302 bps	Nov. 2046	Nov. 2016	—		300,000		300,000
Series 2014 T1 Term Notes	124 – 229 bps	Jan. 2045	Jan. 2015	—		—		600,000
Series 2014 T2 Term Notes	222 – 311 bps	Jan. 2047	Jan. 2017	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2014 T3 Term Notes	281 bps	Jun. 2048	Jun. 2018	—		363,000		363,000
Series 2012 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 2 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 3 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2013 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 150 - 245 bps	Feb. 2045	Dec. 2015	28		524,972		492,107
				$	513,682	$	5,274,318	$	5,624,088

(1) Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

(2) The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 1.85%. We pay interest monthly.

(3) The amortization date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended. The maturity date is the due date for all outstanding balances. After the amortization date, all collections that represent the repayment of Match funded advances pledged to the facilities must be applied to reduce the balance of the note outstanding, and any new advances are ineligible to be financed.

(4) Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity

Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity (1):

Year of Expected Maturity Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	3,236,318
2016	850,000
2017	675,000
2018	513,000
2019 and thereafter	—
Total	$	5,274,318

(1) The expected maturity date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended.

Analysis of Other Borrowing by Expected Repayment Date (1):

Year of Expected Payment Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	515,098
2016	3,500
2017	3,500
2018	3,500
2019 and thereafter	330,750
Total (2)	$	856,348

(1) The EBO Facility and the Note Facility expected payment dates are based on the current outstanding balance and maturity date of these facilities.

(2) The total expected payments include the full face value of the senior secured term loan, which has a current original issuance discount balance of $3,929.

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

Income taxes were provided for based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which we conduct operations and earn related income. Our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, was 0.0% and 0.0%, respectively. We are a Cayman Islands exempted company, and the Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities. As of March 31, 2015, the Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits related to the current period or any previous period. We recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. We did not accrue interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense or penalty recognized during the period or in previous periods.

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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Basic EPS:
Net income available to common shareholders	$ 15,260	$ 64,360
Weighted average number of shares outstanding	71,016,771	71,016,771
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities, basic	(24)	0
Adjusted net income available to common shareholders	15,236	64,360
Basic earnings per share (usd per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.91
Dilutive Securities:
Less: Net income allocated to participating securities	24	0
Incremental ordinary shares deemed outstanding	72,958	0
Diluted EPS:
Income allocated to common shares and assumed share conversions	$ 15,236	$ 64,360
Average diluted ordinary shares	71,089,729	71,016,771
Diluted earnings per share (usd per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.91
Stock Options
Stock options excluded from the computation of diluted EPS:
Anti-dilutive (shares)	50,000
Market-Based Options
Stock options excluded from the computation of diluted EPS:
Market-based (shares)	50,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Parenthetical) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Declaration of cash dividends, per share	$ 0.54	$ 0.45

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	71,016,771	71,016,771
Common stock, shares outstanding	71,016,771	71,016,771

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Other Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Borrowings

OTHER BORROWINGS

Other borrowings consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Senior secured term loan facility (1)	$	339,946	$	340,636
EBO Facility (2)	486,828		544,513
RPL Facility (3)	—		271,473
Note Facility (4)	25,645		25,706
	$	852,419	$	1,182,328

(1) On June 27, 2013, we entered into a $350,000 senior secured term loan facility, which was issued at a discount to par. The senior secured term loan facility has a maturity date of June 27, 2020 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 350 bps, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor. As of March 31, 2015, the interest rate on our senior secured term loan facility was 4.50%. This facility is carried net of an original issuance discount of $3,929. The senior secured term loan facility was repaid in full at par on April 6, 2015.

(2) On March 3, 2014, we entered into the EBO Facility to finance the purchase of our initial portfolio of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 305 bps. On October 16, 2014, we amended the EBO Facility to increase the maximum principal balance to partially finance the purchase of a second pool of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 180 bps. This facility has a maturity date of May 1, 2015.

(3) On June 26, 2014, we entered into the RPL Facility to partially finance the purchase of our RPLs. The facility had a maturity date of June 26, 2014 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 250 bps. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

(4) On June 24, 2014, we entered into the Note Facility to partially finance the purchase of $37,000 of notes retained as part of the Series 2014 T3 Term Note issuance on June 18, 2014. The Note Facility matures quarterly with a next maturity date of June 23, 2015. The Note Facility has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 115 bps.

The weighted average interest rate for our Other borrowings was 3.52% as of March 31, 2015.

The debt covenants for our Other borrowings require that we maintain minimum levels of liquid assets. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in restrictions on new borrowings or the early termination of our advance facilities.

The debt covenants for our Other borrowings require us to maintain total cash and excess borrowing capacity of the lesser of $100,000 and the greater of $25,000 or 0.01% of total UPB outstanding plus 3.25% of total Match funded advances outstanding. The minimum cash and excess borrowing capacity requirement at March 31, 2015, was $100,000 which was exceeded by both our unrestricted cash of $183,373 (which includes our interest-earning collateral deposits) and our excess borrowing capacity of $513,682.

The debt covenants for our senior secured term loan facility place restrictions on other unsecured indebtedness, require a minimum debt to tangible equity ratio of less than 6 to 1, minimum borrowing base coverage ratio of 1.5 to 1 and mandate the delivery of certified financial reports to our lender. Should we be deemed to be in default under the provisions of our senior secured term loan facility the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the senior secured term loan facility would immediately become due.

Under the provisions of our senior secured term loan facility our restrictions on unsecured indebtedness include:

• Unsecured indebtedness not to exceed the greater of 0.75% of consolidated total assets or $50,000; and

• Unsecured indebtedness under any working capital facility in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed $50,000 at any time.

We had no unsecured indebtedness as of March 31, 2015 other than our senior secured term loan facility.

See Note 1A for a discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility contained within our debt agreements.

Analysis of Other Borrowing by Expected Repayment Date (1):

Year of Expected Payment Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	515,098
2016	3,500
2017	3,500
2018	3,500
2019 and thereafter	330,750
Total (2)	$	856,348

(1) The EBO Facility and the Note Facility expected payment dates are based on the current outstanding balance and maturity date of these facilities.

(2) The total expected payments include the full face value of the senior secured term loan, which has a current original issuance discount balance of $3,929.

Immediately prior to the Asset Sale, we repaid our senior secured term loan facility in full at par. In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. ceased to be party to the Other borrowings.

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	May 11, 2015
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	HOME LOAN SERVICING SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Trading Symbol	HLSS
Entity Central Index Key	0001513161
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		71,016,771

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Ordinary Shares

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Ordinary Shares

ORDINARY SHARES

As of March 31, 2015, we had authorized 200,000,000 ordinary shares, par value of $0.01, of which 71,016,771 were issued and outstanding. There were no changes in the number of ordinary shares issued during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

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Related Party Transactions - Receivable from and Payable to Related Parties (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Advance collections	$ 185,067		$ 94,401
Period for related party to remit collections	2 days
Ocwen | Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Servicing advance financing receivables	78,695	[1]	84,107	[1]
Servicing fees collected	5,649	[2]	5,686	[2]
Professional services	0	[3]	33	[3]
Advance collections	92,138	[4]	0	[4]
Loan collections in transit	1,687	[5]	3,885	[5]
Receivable from servicing transfers	1,899	[6]	0	[6]
Other	4,999		690
Receivables from Ocwen	185,067		94,401
Subservicing fees payable	5,860	[7]	7,999	[7]
Advance purchases	0	[8]	5,285	[8]
Other	2,937		1,133
Payables to related party	8,797		14,417
Period to forward servicing fees collected on the Company's behalf by Ocwen	3 days
Altisource | Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payables to related party	$ 38		$ 86

[1] We provided financing to Ocwen for servicing advances. We receive interest income at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

[2] Ocwen is required to remit to us servicing fees it collects on our behalf within two business days. The amount due from Ocwen at March 31, 2015, represents servicing fees collected but not remitted at the end of the month. We record servicing fees we collect less the subservicing fee we pay to Ocwen less the reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as Interest income as shown in Note 12.

[3] The respective amounts are for professional services provided that were outstanding as of the dates indicated.

[4] Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit Match funded advance collections to pay down our Match funded liabilities. This receivable represents the portion of Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of the dates indicated.

[5] Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit collections of our Loans held for sale or Loans held for investment to a custodial account. This receivable represents the portion of these collections that were not yet deposited into the custodial account.

[6] Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates.

[7] The base fee and performance fee, if any, that comprise the subservicing fees payable are calculated and paid to Ocwen within three business days following the end of the month.

[8] We are contractually obligated to reimburse advances made by Ocwen. This payable represents the portion of advance payments due to Ocwen on advances made by them.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenue
Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$ 71,206	$ 102,538
Interest income – other	9,476	2,961
Total interest income	80,682	105,499
Related party revenue	50	628
Other revenue	1,440	0
Total revenue	82,172	106,127
Operating expenses
Compensation and benefits	2,078	1,599
Related party expenses	76	372
General and administrative expenses	16,286	2,285
Total operating expenses	18,440	4,256
Income from operations	63,732	101,871
Other expense
Interest expense	40,813	37,511
Unrealized loss on Loans held for sale	7,654	0
Total other expense	48,467	37,511
Income before income taxes	15,265	64,360
Income tax expense	5	0
Net income	$ 15,260	$ 64,360
Earnings per share
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.91
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.21	$ 0.91
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic (shares)	71,016,771	71,016,771
Diluted (shares)	71,089,729	71,016,771
Dividends declared per share (usd per share)	$ 0.54	$ 0.45

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We estimate fair value based on a hierarchy that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assessment of the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques into three broad levels and gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest to Level 3 inputs.

The three broad categories are:

• Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and

• Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

Where available, we utilize quoted market prices or observable inputs rather than unobservable inputs to determine fair value. We classify assets and liabilities in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

We describe the methodologies that we use and key assumptions that we make to assess the fair value of instruments in more detail below.

Notes Receivable – Rights to MSRs

We established the value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs based on appraisals prepared by independent valuation firms. These appraisals are prepared on a quarterly basis. Significant inputs into the valuation as of March 31, 2015 include the following:

• Discount rates reflecting the risk of earning the future income streams from the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs ranging from 14% to 22%;

• Interest rate used for calculating the cost of financing servicing advances of 1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50%;

• Mortgage loan prepayment projections ranging from 13% to 29% of the related mortgage lifetime projected prepayment rate; and

• Delinquency rate projections ranging from 15% to 35% of the aggregate unpaid balance of the underlying mortgage loans.

The independent valuation firms reviewed the collateral attributes and the historical payment performance of the underlying mortgage servicing portfolio and compared them with similar mortgage servicing portfolios and with standard industry mortgage performance benchmarks to arrive at the assumptions set forth above. The selected collateral attributes and performance comparisons utilized were the voluntary prepayment performance, delinquency and foreclosure performance, operational cost comparison, average loan balance, weighted average coupon and note rate distribution, loan product type classification, geographic distribution and servicing advance behavior.

The unobservable inputs that have the most significant effect on the fair value of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs are the mortgage loan prepayment rate projections and delinquency rate projections; however, any significant increase (decrease) in discount rates, interest rates, mortgage loan prepayment projections or delinquency rate projections, each in isolation, would result in a substantially lower (higher) valuation.

Loans Held for Sale

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified all of our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair market value, which was determined by reference to counterparty quotations. The fair value measurements for Loans held for sale were categorized as Level 3.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Our derivatives are not exchange-traded, and therefore quoted market prices or other observable inputs are not available. The fair value of our interest rate swap agreements is based on certain information provided by third-party pricing sources. Third-party valuations are derived from proprietary models based on inputs that include yield curves and contractual terms such as fixed interest rates and payment dates. We have not adjusted the information obtained from the third-party pricing sources; however, we review this information to ensure that it provides a reasonable basis for estimating fair value. Our review is designed to identify information that appears stale, information that has changed significantly from the prior period and other indicators that the information may not be accurate. We determined that potential credit and counterparty risks had an immaterial impact on the valuation of our derivatives. See Note 11 for additional information on our derivative financial instruments.

The following tables present assets by level within the fair value hierarchy that are measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis:

At March 31, 2015:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	594,417	$	—	$	—	$	594,417
Derivative financial instruments	466		—		—		466
Total assets	$	594,883	$	—	$	—	$	594,883
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Total liabilities	$	1,696	$	—	$	—	$	1,696
Measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:
Assets:
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—	$	—	$	421,257

At December 31, 2014:	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	614,465	$	—	$	—	$	614,465
Derivative financial instruments	1,370		—		—		1,370
Total assets	$	615,835	$	—	$	—	$	615,835
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211
Total liabilities	$	211	$	—	$	—	$	211

No transfers between levels occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014.

The following tables present reconciliations of the fair value and changes in fair value of our Level 3 assets and liabilities that we measure at fair value on a recurring basis:

	2015						2014
For the three months ended March 31,	Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs			Derivative Financial Instruments			Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs		Derivative Financial Instruments
Beginning balance	$	614,465		$	1,159		$	633,769	$	3,306
Purchases and reductions:
Purchases	—			—			—		—
Reductions	(16,369		)	—			—		—
	(16,369		)	—			—		—
Changes in fair value :
Included in net income (1)	(3,679		)	—			4,025		—
Included in other comprehensive income (2)	—			(2,389		)	—		(227		)
	(3,679		)	(2,389		)	4,025		(227		)
Transfers in or out of Level 3	—			—			—		—
Ending balance	$	594,417		$	(1,230	)	$	637,794	$	3,079

(1) At each reporting date, we determine the fair value of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and adjust the carrying value to this amount, and these changes in fair value are included in Interest income in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

(2) These pre-tax gains (losses) are attributable to derivatives still held at March 31, 2015, and March 31, 2014, respectively.

The following table shows the effect on the fair value of the Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs assuming adverse changes to certain key assumptions used in valuing these assets at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014:

	Discount Rate						Prepayment Speeds						Delinquency Rates
	100 bps adverse change			200 bps adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change			10% adverse change			20% adverse change
At March 31, 2015:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(9,716	)	$	(19,287	)	$	(17,257	)	$	(33,643	)	$	(54,091	)	$	(106,006	)
At December 31, 2014:
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	$	(10,061	)	$	(19,821	)	$	(17,719	)	$	(34,537	)	$	(55,410	)	$	(108,567	)

This sensitivity analysis above assumes a change is made to one key input while holding all other inputs constant. As many of these inputs are correlated, a change in one input will likely impact other inputs, which would ultimately impact the overall valuation.

The following table provides additional quantitative information on our significant inputs used for valuing our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

At March 31, 2015:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	23	%

At December 31, 2014:

Asset	Unobservable Input	Low		High		Weighted Average
Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	Discount Rate	14	%	22	%	19	%
	Prepayment Speeds	13	%	29	%	19	%
	Delinquency Rates	15	%	35	%	25	%

Presented below are the carrying values and fair value estimates of financial instruments not carried at fair value at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014		December 31, 2014
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		—		815,663		822,298
Total financial assets	$	5,808,796	$	5,808,796	$	6,937,258	$	6,943,893
Financial liabilities:
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	5,255,403	$	5,624,088	$	5,618,263
Other borrowings	852,419		845,818		1,182,328		1,167,267
Total financial liabilities	$	6,126,737	$	6,101,221	$	6,806,416	$	6,785,530

Match Funded Advances

The carrying value of our Match funded advances approximates fair value. This is because our Match funded advances have no stated maturity, generally are realized within a relatively short period of time and do not bear interest. The fair value measurements for Match funded advances are categorized as Level 3.

Loans Held for Investment

The fair value estimate of our Loans held for investment were determined by using internal cash flow models that required us to make assumptions regarding various inputs, including default rates, delinquency rates, interest rates and prepayment speeds. Additionally, we made assumptions related to severity for our RPLs. The fair value measurements for Loans held for investment were categorized as Level 3.

Match Funded Liabilities

Match funded liabilities include various series of term notes, variable funding notes and other fixed rate liabilities. The fair value estimate of the Company’s term notes and other fixed rate liabilities was determined by using broker quotes. We concluded that no adjustments were required to the quoted prices. The level of trading, both in number of trades and amount of term notes traded, is at a level that the Company believes broker quotes to be a reasonable representation of the current fair market value of the term notes. All other Match funded liabilities are short term in nature, and the carrying value generally approximates the fair value. The fair value measurements for Match funded liabilities are categorized as Level 3.

Other Borrowings

Other borrowings include a senior secured term loan facility, a facility to partially finance our EBO loans (the "EBO Facility"), a facility to partially finance our RPLs (the "RPL Facility") and a servicing advance note facility (the "Note Facility"). The fair value estimate of the senior secured term loan facility was determined by using broker quotes. We concluded that no adjustments were required to the quoted price. Trading is at a level that the Company believes broker quotes to be a reasonable representation of the current fair market value of this facility. The EBO Facility, the RPL Facility and the Note Facility are short term in nature, and the carrying values generally approximate the fair values. The fair value measurements for these facilities are categorized as Level 3. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

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Asset Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Asset Acquisitions

ASSET ACQUISITIONS

With the exception of servicing advances purchased in the ordinary course under existing agreements with Ocwen, we did not conduct any asset acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

On March 3, 2014, we acquired GNMA EBO loans with UPB of $549,411 from Ocwen. Because these loans earn interest at a rate that is higher than current market rates, the loans were purchased at a premium to par, resulting in a total purchase price of $556,618. These loans are insured by the FHA, making the collectability of the entire balance of these loans reasonably assured. At acquisition and at December 31, 2014, we accounted for these GNMA EBO loans as Loans held for investment. Effective for March 31, 2015, we reclassified the GNMA EBO loans to Loans held for sale.

Ocwen initially acquired these loans through the GNMA early buy-out program, which allows servicers of federally insured or guaranteed loans to buy delinquent loans from the applicable loan securitization pools. We also financed the GNMA EBO servicing advances related to the GNMA EBO loans, and we account for this arrangement as a financing transaction because Ocwen retained title and all other rights and rewards associated with the GNMA EBO servicing advances. Collectively, the purchase of GNMA EBO loans and financing of the related advances are referred to as the “EBO Pool 1 Transaction.”

Our GNMA EBO loans are in a Mortgage Loans SPE along with the related financing facility (the "EBO Facility"), which is more fully described in Note 8. The accounts of this SPE are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. These transfers to the SPE do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred GNMA EBO loans on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, as Loans held for investment) and the related liabilities as Other borrowings. We use collections on the GNMA EBO loans pledged to the SPE to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the entity. The holders of the debt issued by this SPE can look beyond the assets of the SPE for satisfaction of the debt and therefore have recourse against HLSS. It is our expectation that, since our GNMA EBO loans are insured by the FHA, the cash flows of this SPE will be sufficient to meet all claims of the debt holders. HLSS is responsible for making any principal or interest payments to the debt holders not covered by the cash flows of the SPE.

The following table summarizes the purchase price of assets we acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and reconciles the cash used to acquire such assets:

GNMA EBO loans purchase price (1)	$	556,618
Sources:
Cash on hand	$	83,884
Other borrowings	472,734
Total cash used	$	556,618

(1) The cash used to purchase these assets is shown within “Purchase of loans held for investment” of the 2014 Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

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Share-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Share-based Compensation

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

On December 5, 2013, the Board of Directors of HLSS adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), subject to the approval of the shareholders. At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2014, the shareholders approved the Plan.

The Plan was administered by the Compensation Committee, which could authorize the award of options, restricted shares, share appreciation rights, performance awards or other share-based awards to our employees of an amount not exceeding 2,000,000 ordinary shares, in aggregate. Other than share options with vesting terms, the Compensation Committee did not grant restricted shares, share appreciation rights, performance awards or other share-based awards under the Plan. Each award under the Plan was evidenced by a written award agreement between the participant and HLSS. The award agreement described the award and stated the terms and conditions to which the award was subject.

Shares issued under the Plan may have been from shares acquired under the Company's share repurchase program, shares acquired through open market purchases or newly issued shares.

Outstanding share-based compensation consisted of stock option grants that were a combination of service-based and market-based options.

Service-Based Options. These options were granted at fair value on the date of grant. The options generally vested evenly in four annual increments beginning with the first anniversary of the agreement date, and the options generally expired on the earlier of 10 years after the date of grant or following termination of service. A total of 50,000 service-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.

Market-Based Options. These options were subject to market-based vesting. One-fourth of the options would have vested immediately on the first date as of which both of the following market-based criteria had been met: i) the per share price was be equal to or exceed 1.25 times the strike price and ii) investors achieved a 12.5% annualized rate of return from the agreement date based on the strike price and dividends received. Thereafter, the remaining options would have vested evenly on each of the next three anniversaries of the initial date of vesting. A total of 50,000 market-based awards were outstanding at March 31, 2015.

Both Service-Based Options and Market-Based Options that were vested and outstanding were entitled to receive payments equal to the amount of the then current dividend as if the underlying shares were issued at the ex-dividend date. We recognized $26 of reductions to Retained earnings related to this feature during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The fair value of the Service-Based Options was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and a lattice (binomial) model was used to determine the fair value of the Market-Based Options as of the grant date. No awards were granted for the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.

The net benefit from forfeitures of share-based compensation was $129. Share-based compensation is recognized net of an estimated forfeiture rate of 4%.

A summary of option activity under the Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is presented below.

	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	1,280,000		$	22.51	9.1	$	—
Granted	—		—
Exercised	—		—
Forfeited or expired	(1,180,000	)	22.46
Outstanding at March 31, 2015	100,000		$	23.12	8.7	$	—
Exercisable at March 31, 2015	12,500		$	23.12	8.7	$	—

(1) Intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price and the exercise price multiplied by the number of options outstanding and exercisable at a price below that closing price.

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $37 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested share option awards granted under the Plan. The total expense was expected to be recognized over the weighted-average requisite service period of 3.1 years. No shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

No option awards, whether vested or non-vested, were outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and no option activity occurred during this period.

During February 2015, as consideration for participation under the Change in Control Retention Bonus and Severance Plan, certain participants in the Plan agreed to unconditionally relinquish any and all rights that the Participant possessed under the Plan and agreed to the cancellation of such Participant’s stock options.

On April 6, 2015, the Plan was terminated in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

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Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

EARNINGS PER SHARE ("EPS")

Basic EPS is computed by dividing reported Net income available to ordinary shareholders by weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during each period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing reported Net income by the sum of the weighted average ordinary shares and all potential dilutive ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Potential dilutive ordinary shares includes ordinary share equivalents consisting of incremental ordinary shares deemed outstanding from the assumed exercise of stock options.

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended:

(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31, 2015						March 31, 2014
	Net Income			Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount		Net Income		Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount
Basic EPS:
Net income available to common      shareholders	$	15,260		71,016,771			$	64,360	71,016,771
Less: Net income allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Adjusted net income available to      common shareholders	15,236			71,016,771	$	0.21	64,360		71,016,771	$	0.91
Dilutive Securities:
Plus: Net income allocated to      participating securities	24			—			—		—
Less: Net income re-allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Incremental ordinary shares deemed      outstanding	—			72,958			—		—
Diluted EPS:
Income allocated to common shares      and assumed share conversions	$	15,236		71,089,729	$	0.21	$	64,360	71,016,771	$	0.91

At March 31, 2015, we excluded from our calculation of diluted EPS i) 50,000 stock options that were anti-dilutive because their exercise price was greater than the average market price of our stock and ii) 50,000 stock options that are issuable upon the achievement of certain performance criteria related to our stock price and an annualized rate of return to investors. Note 14 provides details of our share-based compensation.

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Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets

OTHER ASSETS

Other assets consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Debt service accounts (1)	$	78,267	$	128,525
Claims receivable from FHA (2)	98,714		109,586
Debt issuance costs (3)	18,294		16,706
Accrued interest income (4)	26,334		22,661
Purchase price holdback on RPL sale	16,824		—
Interest-earning collateral deposits (5)	1,866		1,077
Derivative financial instruments (6)	466		1,370
Other	3,718		1,550
	$	244,483	$	281,475

(1) Under our advance funding facilities, we are contractually required to remit collections of Match funded advances to the trustee within two days of receipt. We do not use the collected funds to reduce the related Match funded liabilities until the payment dates specified in the indenture. The balance also includes amounts that we set aside to provide for possible shortfalls in the funds available to pay certain expenses and interest. Lastly, at March 31, 2015 this balance includes collections on our Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, collections on our Loans held for investment), which will be used to pay down a portion of our Other borrowings on the first funding date following quarter end.

(2) Claims receivable from FHA relate to GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee.

(3) Debt issuance costs relate to Match funded liabilities and Other borrowings. We amortize these costs to the earlier of the scheduled amortization date, contractual maturity date or prepayment date of the debt.

(4) Accrued interest income represents interest earned but not yet collected on our whole loans.

(5) Interest-earning collateral deposits represent cash collateral held by our counterparty as part of our interest rate swap agreements.

(6) See Notes 3 and 11 for more information regarding our use of derivatives.

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Other Assets (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Debt service accounts	$ 78,267	[1]	$ 128,525	[1]
Claims receivable from FHA	98,714	[2]	109,586	[2]
Debt issuance costs	18,294	[3]	16,706	[3]
Accrued interest income	26,334	[4]	22,661	[4]
Purchase price holdback on RPL sale	16,824		0
Interest-earning collateral deposits	1,866	[5]	1,077	[5]
Derivative financial instruments	466	[6]	1,370	[6]
Other	3,718		1,550
Total	$ 244,483		$ 281,475
Period to remit collections on pledged advances to the trustee	2 days

[1] Under our advance funding facilities, we are contractually required to remit collections of Match funded advances to the trustee within two days of receipt. We do not use the collected funds to reduce the related Match funded liabilities until the payment dates specified in the indenture. The balance also includes amounts that we set aside to provide for possible shortfalls in the funds available to pay certain expenses and interest. Lastly, at March 31, 2015 this balance includes collections on our Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, collections on our Loans held for investment), which will be used to pay down a portion of our Other borrowings on the first funding date following quarter end.

[2] Claims receivable from FHA relate to GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee.

[3] Debt issuance costs relate to Match funded liabilities and Other borrowings. We amortize these costs to the earlier of the scheduled amortization date, contractual maturity date or prepayment date of the debt.

[4] Accrued interest income represents interest earned but not yet collected on our whole loans.

[5] Interest-earning collateral deposits represent cash collateral held by our counterparty as part of our interest rate swap agreements.

[6] See Notes 3 and 11 for more information regarding our use of derivatives.

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Match Funded Advances

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]

Match Funded Advances

MATCH FUNDED ADVANCES

Match funded advances on residential loans are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Principal and interest advances	$	2,361,161	$	2,539,532
Taxes and insurance advances	2,654,811		2,748,700
Corporate advances	792,824		833,363
	$	5,808,796	$	6,121,595

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Loans Held for Sale

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Loans Held for Sale

LOANS HELD FOR SALE

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified all of our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair market value and include only our GNMA EBO loans as of March 31, 2015.

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held for sale:
GNMA EBO loans	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for investment:
GNMA EBO loans	$	—	$	477,016
RPLs	—		338,647
Loans held for investment	$	—	$	815,663

Upon acquisition, the Company reviewed whole loans to determine if there was evidence of credit deterioration since origination in accordance with the provisions of ASC 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality. Any loan acquired was considered impaired if there was evidence of credit deterioration since origination and if it was probable that not all contractually required payments would be collected.

We accounted for acquired Loans held for investment that were not deemed to be impaired at acquisition under ASC 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs.

GNMA EBO Loans

We initially accounted for our GNMA EBO loans as Loans held for investment under ASC 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs. In accordance with ASC 310-20-30-5, these loans were initially recorded at the UPB plus or minus a purchase premium or discount, which is the amount we paid to purchase these loans. Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified these loans to Loans held for sale, which are carried at the lower of cost or fair market value.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we recognized a decrease in the fair value of $7,654. At March 31, 2015, we maintained a valuation allowance of $7,654 for unrealized losses on our GNMA EBO loans.

At March 31, 2015, GNMA EBO loans with a total UPB of $267.4 million were in the process of foreclosure.

At March 31, 2015, we had outstanding and in-process claims on FHA guarantees of $98.7 million related to our GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee. We include these receivables in Other assets. See also Note 6, Other Assets.

RPLs

We accounted for our RPLs under ASC 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality. The Company evaluated all of the RPLs at acquisition in accordance with the provisions of ASC 310-30, and all RPLs were deemed to be impaired loans at acquisition. The RPLs were not insured against loss, and the borrowers, all of which had been previously delinquent, may have been more likely to be in economic distress, to have become unemployed or bankrupt or to otherwise be unable or unwilling to make payments when due. Also, a portion of these loans featured future step-ups in the required payment.

The RPLs were grouped into pools based on common risk characteristics, and the pools were recorded at their estimated fair values, which incorporated estimated credit losses at the acquisition date. The RPL pools were systematically reviewed by the Company to determine the risk of losses that may have exceeded those identified at the time of the acquisition. No individual RPLs were classified as nonperforming assets at any time while held by the Company as the loans were accounted for on a pooled basis, and the pools were considered to be performing. No RPL pools evaluated by the Company were determined to have experienced impairment in the estimated credit quality or cash flows since acquisition.

The amount of the estimated cash flows expected to be received from the RPL pools in excess of the fair values recorded for the RPL pools was referred to as the accretable yield. The accretable yield was recognized as interest income over the estimated lives of the RPL pools. The Company made no adjustments to the accretable yield.

Changes in the carrying amount of the accretable yield for RPL pools were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2015:

	Three months ended March 31, 2015
	Accretable Yield			Carrying Amount
Beginning balance	$	168,968		$	338,647
Additions	—			—
Accretable yield adjustments	—			—
Accretion	(1,595		)	1,595
Payments and other reductions, net	—			(3,588		)
Sale of RPL portfolios	(167,373		)	(336,654		)
Ending balance	$	—		$	—

At the acquisition date of June 27, 2014, the loans acquired had contractually required payments receivable of $622.1 million and a fair value of $276.2 million. The cash flows expected to be collected were $423.1 million at the acquisition date.

At the acquisition date of July 31, 2014, the loans acquired had contractually required payments receivable of $144.8 million and a fair value of $67.6 million. The cash flows expected to be collected were $99.5 million at the acquisition date.

On February 20, 2015, we sold our RPL portfolio to an unrelated third party purchaser for a total purchase price of $337.6 million, subject to a 5% holdback pending completion of the purchaser's due diligence. A portion of the sale proceeds were used to terminate the RPL Facility. We recognized an immaterial gain on this sale.

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Match Funded Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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Match Funded Liabilities

MATCH FUNDED LIABILITIES

Match funded liabilities are comprised of the following at the dates indicated:

						Balance Outstanding
Borrowing Type (1)	Interest Rate (2)	Maturity (3)	Amortization Date (3)	Unused Borrowing Capacity (4)		March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Series 2012 T2 Term Notes	199 – 494 bps	Oct. 2045	Oct. 2015	$	—	$	450,000	$	450,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	150 – 323 bps	Jan. 2046	Jan. 2016	—		350,000		350,000
Series 2013 T1 Term Notes	229 – 446 bps	Jan. 2048	Jan. 2018	—		150,000		150,000
Series 2013 T2 Term Notes	115 – 239 bps	May 2044	May 2015	—		375,000		375,000
Series 2013 T3 Term Notes	179 – 313 bps	May 2046	May 2017	—		475,000		475,000
Series 2013 T5 Term Notes	198 – 331 bps	Aug. 2046	Aug. 2016	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2013 T7 Term Notes	198 – 302 bps	Nov. 2046	Nov. 2016	—		300,000		300,000
Series 2014 T1 Term Notes	124 – 229 bps	Jan. 2045	Jan. 2015	—		—		600,000
Series 2014 T2 Term Notes	222 – 311 bps	Jan. 2047	Jan. 2017	—		200,000		200,000
Series 2014 T3 Term Notes	281 bps	Jun. 2048	Jun. 2018	—		363,000		363,000
Series 2012 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 2 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2012 VF 3 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 110 – 340 bps	Aug. 2045	Aug. 2015	171,218		628,782		556,327
Series 2013 VF 1 Notes	1-Month LIBOR + 150 - 245 bps	Feb. 2045	Dec. 2015	28		524,972		492,107
				$	513,682	$	5,274,318	$	5,624,088

(1) Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

(2) The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 1.85%. We pay interest monthly.

(3) The amortization date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended. The maturity date is the due date for all outstanding balances. After the amortization date, all collections that represent the repayment of Match funded advances pledged to the facilities must be applied to reduce the balance of the note outstanding, and any new advances are ineligible to be financed.

(4) Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

The debt covenants for our advance facilities require that we maintain minimum levels of liquid assets. Failure to comply with these covenants could result in restrictions on new borrowings or the early termination of our advance facilities.

The debt covenants for our advance facilities require us to maintain total cash and excess borrowing capacity of the lesser of $100,000 and the greater of $25,000 or 0.01% of total UPB outstanding plus 3.25% of total Match funded advances outstanding. The minimum cash and excess borrowing capacity requirement at March 31, 2015, was $100,000 which was exceeded by both our unrestricted cash of $183,373 (which includes our interest-earning collateral deposits) and our excess borrowing capacity of $513,682.

Certain of our financing facilities include adverse adjustments to our advance rates if specified servicer or subservicer ratings are not maintained, and failure by our servicers or subservicers to maintain the minimum rating could result in adverse adjustments to our advance rates, liquidity and profitability. In addition, some PSAs may also require that the servicer or subservicer maintain specified servicer ratings. The failure to maintain the specified rating may result in the termination of the servicer under such PSAs. Any such downgrade could have an adverse effect on our business, financing activities, financial condition or results of operations.

See Note 1A for discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating, the alleged events of default of certain of the advance funding facilities and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility within our advance funding facilities and EBO Facility, further discussed in Note 8.

Analysis of Borrowing by Expected Maturity (1):

Year of Expected Maturity Date	As of March 31, 2015
2015	$	3,236,318
2016	850,000
2017	675,000
2018	513,000
2019 and thereafter	—
Total	$	5,274,318

(1) The expected maturity date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended.

In conjunction with the Asset Sale, Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. ceased to be party to the Match funded liabilities.

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Other Borrowings (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2013	Jun. 24, 2014	Mar. 03, 2014	Jun. 26, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015		Oct. 16, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings					852,419,000			$ 1,182,328,000
Ordinary issuance discount balance					3,929,000
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount	350,000,000
Other borrowings					339,946,000	[1]		340,636,000	[2]
Debt instrument, maturity date	Jun. 27, 2020
Interest rate, description	an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 350 bps, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor
Debt instrument, interest rate					4.50%
EBO Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings					486,828,000	[3]		544,513,000	[3]
RPL Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings					0	[4]		271,473,000	[4]
Note Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings					25,645,000	[5]		25,706,000	[5]
Interest rate, description		1-Month LIBOR
Revolving Credit Facility | EBO Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate, description			1-Month LIBOR
Revolving Credit Facility | RPL Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate, description				1-Month LIBOR
Variable Interest Entity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other borrowings					486,828,000	[6]		815,986,000	[6]
Variable Interest Entity | Series 2014 T3 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument face amount		37,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity date					Jun. 01, 2048	[7],[8]
Interest rate, description					281 bps	[7],[9]
Base Rate | Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.50%
LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate					3.50%
LIBOR | Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Floor of LIBOR	1.00%
LIBOR | Note Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate		1.15%
LIBOR | Revolving Credit Facility | EBO Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate			3.05%				1.80%
LIBOR | Revolving Credit Facility | RPL Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate				2.50%

[1] Under our advance funding facilities, we are contractually required to remit collections of Match funded advances to the trustee within two days of receipt. We do not use the collected funds to reduce the related Match funded liabilities until the payment dates specified in the indenture. The balance also includes amounts that we set aside to provide for possible shortfalls in the funds available to pay certain expenses and interest. Lastly, at March 31, 2015 this balance includes collections on our Loans held for sale (at December 31, 2014, collections on our Loans held for investment), which will be used to pay down a portion of our Other borrowings on the first funding date following quarter end.

[2] On June 27, 2013, we entered into a $350,000 senior secured term loan facility, which was issued at a discount to par. The senior secured term loan facility has a maturity date of June 27, 2020 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 350 bps, with a 1.00% LIBOR floor. As of March 31, 2015, the interest rate on our senior secured term loan facility was 4.50%. This facility is carried net of an original issuance discount of $3,929. The senior secured term loan facility was repaid in full at par on April 6, 2015.

[3] On March 3, 2014, we entered into the EBO Facility to finance the purchase of our initial portfolio of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 305 bps. On October 16, 2014, we amended the EBO Facility to increase the maximum principal balance to partially finance the purchase of a second pool of GNMA EBO loans at an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 180 bps. This facility has a maturity date of May 1, 2015.

[4] On June 26, 2014, we entered into the RPL Facility to partially finance the purchase of our RPLs. The facility had a maturity date of June 26, 2014 and an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 250 bps. We repaid the RPL Facility in full on February 20, 2015 in conjunction with the sale of our RPL portfolios.

[5] On June 24, 2014, we entered into the Note Facility to partially finance the purchase of $37,000 of notes retained as part of the Series 2014 T3 Term Note issuance on June 18, 2014. The Note Facility matures quarterly with a next maturity date of June 23, 2015. The Note Facility has an interest rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus 115 bps.

[6] Other borrowings include the carrying value of our borrowings to acquire Loans held for investment. See Note 8 for more information about our Other borrowings.

[7] Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

[8] The amortization date is the date on which the revolving period ends under each advance facility note and repayment of the outstanding balance must begin if the note is not renewed or extended. The maturity date is the due date for all outstanding balances. After the amortization date, all collections that represent the repayment of Match funded advances pledged to the facilities must be applied to reduce the balance of the note outstanding, and any new advances are ineligible to be financed.

[9] The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2015 was 1.85%. We pay interest monthly.

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Other Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate for Other Borrowings	3.52%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, minimum debt to tangible equity ratio	6
Debt covenant, minimum borrowing base coverage ratio	1.5
Debt covenant, maximum unsecured indebtedness as a percent of consolidated total assets	0.75%
Debt covenant, maximum unsecured indebtedness	$ 50,000,000
Debt covenant, maximum outstanding principal amount	50,000
Variable Interest Entity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, total cash required	100,000,000
Debt covenant, excess borrowing capacity required	25,000,000
Debt covenant, percent of total UPB	0.01%
Debt covenant, percent of Match funded advances outstanding	3.25%
Minimum cash required in period	100,000,000
Unrestricted cash	183,373,000
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 513,682,000	[1],[2]

[1] Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

[2] Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

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Match Funded Liabilities - Additional Information (Details) (Variable Interest Entity, USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenant, total cash required	$ 100,000,000
Debt covenant, excess borrowing capacity required	25,000,000
Debt covenant, percent of total UPB	0.01%
Debt covenant, percent of Match funded advances outstanding	3.25%
Minimum cash required in period	100,000,000
Unrestricted cash	183,373,000
Unused borrowing capacity	$ 513,682,000	[1],[2]

[1] Each term note and variable funding note issuance has four classes, an A, B, C, and D class, with the exception of the Series 2014 T3 Term Notes which have only an A and B class. The Series 2014 T3 Class B Term Notes may be exchanged for notes in three separate classes: BX, CX and DX.

[2] Our unused borrowing capacity is available to us if we have additional eligible collateral to pledge and meet other borrowing conditions. We pay a 0.50% or 0.625% fee on the unused borrowing capacity, which varies by facility.

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Loans Held for Sale (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of loans held for sale and loans held for investment

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Loans held for sale:
GNMA EBO loans	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for sale	$	421,257	$	—
Loans held for investment:
GNMA EBO loans	$	—	$	477,016
RPLs	—		338,647
Loans held for investment	$	—	$	815,663

Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of accretable yield

Changes in the carrying amount of the accretable yield for RPL pools were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2015:

	Three months ended March 31, 2015
	Accretable Yield			Carrying Amount
Beginning balance	$	168,968		$	338,647
Additions	—			—
Accretable yield adjustments	—			—
Accretion	(1,595		)	1,595
Payments and other reductions, net	—			(3,588		)
Sale of RPL portfolios	(167,373		)	(336,654		)
Ending balance	$	—		$	—

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Interest rate to calculate the cost of servicing advances	1-Month LIBOR plus 3.50%
LIBOR
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Percentage added for interest rate	3.50%

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Interest Income

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Interest Income

INTEREST INCOME

Interest Income – Notes Receivable – Rights to MSRs

Our primary source of revenue is the fees we are entitled to receive in connection with the servicing of mortgage loans. We account for these fees as interest income.

The following table shows how we calculated Interest income – notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS	89,355			98,513
Reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs	(16,369		)	—
Servicing transfers (1)	1,899			—
Increase (decrease) in the fair value of Notes    receivable – Rights to MSRs	(3,679		)	4,025
	$	71,206		$	102,538

(1) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates. These amounts represent amounts payable by Ocwen related to servicing transfers.

Interest Income – Other

Additional sources of revenue for us are the interest we earn on our GNMA EBO loans, interest we earn on our RPLs, financing of GNMA EBO and other advances and interest we earn on operating bank accounts and the custodial account balances related to the mortgage loans serviced that are not included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table shows our Interest income – other for the three months ended March 31:

	Three Months
	2015		2014
Loan interest (1)	$	7,408	$	1,784
Advance financing interest (2)	1,027		202
Bank account interest	1,041		975
	$	9,476	$	2,961

(1) Represents interest earned on GNMA EBO loans and the accretion of the accretable yield on our pools of RPLs.

(2) Represents interest earned on servicing advance financing we provided to Ocwen at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

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Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

We entered into various agreements with Ocwen and Altisource in connection with our Initial Public Offering on March 5, 2012. William C. Erbey, our founder and the former Chairman of our Board of Directors, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocwen and Altisource.

We acquired all of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs and our EBO Pool 1 Transaction loans from Ocwen. Refer to Note 2 for a description of our recent acquisitions from Ocwen.

As the named servicer of the loans underlying our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs, Ocwen remains obligated to perform as servicer under the related PSAs, and we are required to pay Ocwen a monthly fee for the servicing activities it performs. We are also required to purchase any servicing advances that Ocwen is required to make pursuant to such PSAs.

Ocwen is also the named servicer on the GNMA EBO loans and RPLs, and we are required to pay Ocwen a monthly fee for the servicing activities it performs.

We provide financing of certain servicing advances to Ocwen. In conjunction with the EBO Pool 1 Transaction on May 3, 2014, we agreed to finance $20,157 of servicing advances for Ocwen and to finance future advances. We receive interest income on these receivables at a rate of 1-month LIBOR plus 450 to 550 bps. We record this interest income as Interest income – other in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we earned interest income on financing of servicing advances of $1,027 and $0, respectively. Ocwen owed us $335 for interest accrued on financing of servicing advances as of March 31, 2015.

The following table summarizes our transactions with Ocwen related to our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs for the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Servicing fees collected	$	180,297		$	189,157
Subservicing fee payable to Ocwen	(90,942		)	(90,644		)
Net servicing fees retained by HLSS (1)	89,355			98,513
Servicing advances purchased from Ocwen in the    ordinary course of business	$	3,501,183		$	3,503,375

(1) Net servicing fees retained by HLSS are included in the Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as a component of Interest income. See Note 12 for additional information regarding our Interest income.

Our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs resulted from transactions with Ocwen. At March 31, 2015, as a result of servicing activities related to our Notes receivable – Right to MSRs, Ocwen owed us $5,649 for servicing fees collected but not remitted to us, and we owed Ocwen $5,860 for the subservicing fee earned by Ocwen in March 2015.

Ocwen Professional Services Agreement

We have a professional services agreement with Ocwen (“Professional Services Agreement”) that enables us to provide certain services to Ocwen and for Ocwen to provide certain services to us. Services provided by us under this agreement may include valuation and analysis of mortgage servicing rights, capital markets activities, advance financing management, treasury management, legal services and other similar services. Services provided by Ocwen under this agreement may include business strategy, legal, tax, licensing and regulatory compliance support services, risk management services and other similar services. The services provided by the parties under this agreement are on an as-needed basis, and the fees represent actual costs incurred plus an additional markup of 15%.

At March 31, 2015, Ocwen owed us $0 for professional services provided pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we earned fees of $50 and $628, respectively, for services provided to Ocwen pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we incurred fees of $0 and $154, respectively, for services received from Ocwen pursuant to the Professional Services Agreement.

Altisource Administrative Services Agreement

We have an administrative services agreement with Altisource (“Altisource Administrative Services Agreement”) that enables Altisource to provide certain administrative services to us. Services provided to us under this agreement may include human resources administration (benefit plan design, recruiting, hiring and training and compliance support), legal and regulatory compliance support services, general business consulting, corporate services (facilities management, security and travel services), finance and accounting support services (financial analysis, financial reporting and tax services), risk management services, vendor management and other related services. The services Altisource provides to us under this agreement are on an as-needed basis, and the fees we pay Altisource are based on the actual costs incurred by them plus an additional markup of 15%. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we incurred fees of $76 and $218, respectively, for services provided to us pursuant to the Altisource Administrative Services Agreement.

Receivables from and Payables to Related Parties

The following table summarizes amounts receivable from and payable to related parties at the dates indicated:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Servicing advance financing receivables (1)	$	78,695	$	84,107
Servicing fees collected (2)	5,649		5,686
Professional services (3)	—		33
Advance collections (4)	92,138		—
Loan collections in transit (5)	1,687		3,885
Receivable from servicing transfers (6)	1,899		—
Other	4,999		690
Receivables from Ocwen	$	185,067	$	94,401
Subservicing fees payable (7)	$	5,860	$	7,999
Advance purchases (8)	—		5,285
Other	2,937		1,133
Payables to Ocwen	$	8,797	$	14,417
Payables to Altisource	$	38	$	86

(1) We provided financing to Ocwen for servicing advances. We receive interest income at a rate of 1-Month LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 450 bps to 550 bps.

(2) Ocwen is required to remit to us servicing fees it collects on our behalf within two business days. The amount due from Ocwen at March 31, 2015, represents servicing fees collected but not remitted at the end of the month. We record servicing fees we collect less the subservicing fee we pay to Ocwen less the reduction in Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs as Interest income as shown in Note 12.

(3) The respective amounts are for professional services provided that were outstanding as of the dates indicated.

(4) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit Match funded advance collections to pay down our Match funded liabilities. This receivable represents the portion of Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of the dates indicated.

(5) Upon collection, Ocwen is contractually obligated to remit collections of our Loans held for sale or Loans held for investment to a custodial account. This receivable represents the portion of these collections that were not yet deposited into the custodial account.

(6) Ocwen is required to reimburse us in the event of a transfer of servicing at predetermined contractual rates.

(7) The base fee and performance fee, if any, that comprise the subservicing fees payable are calculated and paid to Ocwen within three business days following the end of the month.

(8) We are contractually obligated to reimburse advances made by Ocwen. This payable represents the portion of advance payments due to Ocwen on advances made by them.

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Asset Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (GMNA EBO, Ocwen, Affiliated Entity, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 03, 2014
GMNA EBO | Ocwen | Affiliated Entity
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
EBO loans unpaid principal balance	$ 549,411
GNMA EBO loans purchase price	$ 556,618	[1]

[1] The cash used to purchase these assets is shown within “Purchase of loans held for investment” of the 2014 Interim Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

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Interest Expense (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Interest Expense [Abstract]

Components of Interest Expense

The following table presents the components of Interest expense for the three months ended March 31:

	2015		2014
Match funded liabilities	$	27,281	$	26,830
Other borrowings	8,987		5,323
Amortization of debt issuance costs	4,378		4,962
Interest rate swaps	167		396
	$	40,813	$	37,511

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 15,260	$ 64,360
Other comprehensive loss, before tax:
Change in the value of designated cash flow hedges	(2,389)	(227)
Total other comprehensive loss, before tax	(2,389)	(227)
Income tax related to items of other comprehensive loss:
Tax benefit on change in the value of designated cash flow hedges	813	78
Total income tax benefit related to items of other comprehensive loss	813	78
Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax	(1,576)	(149)
Total comprehensive income	$ 13,684	$ 64,211

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

We prepared the accompanying unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with the instructions of the SEC to Form 10-Q for interim financial statements. In our opinion, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires that we make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly significant relate to our fair value measurements of Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs.

Principles of Consolidation

Our financial statements include the accounts of Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiaries as well as four variable interest entities (“VIE”) of which we are the primary beneficiary. We eliminate intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

We evaluate each special purpose entity (“SPE”) for classification as a VIE. When a SPE meets the definition of a VIE and we determine that HLSS is the primary beneficiary, we include the SPE in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our Match funded advances are in two SPEs along with related Match funded liabilities (the "Match Funded Advance SPEs"). We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Match funded advances on loans serviced for others result from our transfers of residential loan servicing advances to SPEs in exchange for cash. The SPEs issue debt supported by collections on the transferred advances. We made these transfers under the terms of our advance facility agreements. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred advances on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Match funded advances and the related liabilities as Match funded liabilities. We use collections on the Match funded advances pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look only to the assets of the entity itself for satisfaction of the debt and have no recourse against HLSS.

As of March 31, 2015, our Loans held for sale are in one SPE along with the related Other borrowings (the "Mortgage Loans SPEs"). As of December 31, 2014, those loans were classified as Loans held for investment and were in two SPEs along with the related Other borrowings. We determined that these SPEs are VIEs of which we are the primary beneficiaries. The accounts of these SPEs are included in our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. (See discussion of the reclassification of our loans to held for sale below.)

Our whole loans were transferred to SPEs in exchange for cash, and the SPEs issued debt collateralized by these loans. These transfers do not qualify for sale accounting because we retain control over the transferred assets. As a result, we account for these transfers as financings and classify the transferred loans on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as Loans held for sale and the related liabilities as Other borrowings. We use collections on our whole loans pledged to the SPEs to repay principal and to pay interest and the expenses of the SPEs. Holders of the debt issued by the SPEs can look beyond the assets of the SPEs for satisfaction of the debt and therefore have recourse against HLSS. It is our expectation that the cash flows of the SPEs will be sufficient to meet all claims of the debt holders. HLSS is responsible for making any principal or interest payments to the debt holders not covered by the cash flows of the SPEs.

The following tables summarize the assets and liabilities of our consolidated SPEs at the dates indicated:

At March 31, 2015	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	5,808,796	$	—	$	5,808,796
Loans held for sale	—		421,257		421,257
Related party receivables (1)	92,138		6,051		98,189
Other assets (2)	92,109		143,523		235,632
Total assets	$	5,993,043	$	570,831	$	6,563,874
Match funded liabilities	$	5,274,318	$	—	$	5,274,318
Other borrowings (3)	—		486,828		486,828
Other liabilities	4,808		3,448		8,256
Total liabilities	$	5,279,126	$	490,276	$	5,769,402

At December 31, 2014	Match Funded Advance SPEs		Mortgage Loans SPEs		Total
Match funded advances	$	6,121,595	$	—	$	6,121,595
Loans held for investment	—		815,663		815,663
Related party receivables (1)	—		3,885		3,885
Other assets (2)	134,955		139,114		274,069
Total assets	$	6,256,550	$	958,662	$	7,215,212
Match funded liabilities	$	5,624,088	$	—	$	5,624,088
Other borrowings (3)	—		815,986		815,986
Related party payables	—		—		—
Other liabilities	4,951		4,308		9,259
Total liabilities	$	5,634,324	$	821,088	$	6,455,412

(1) Related party receivables principally include Match funded advance collections that were in-transit to pay down our Match funded liabilities as of each presented period. See Note 17 for more information about our Related party receivables.

(2) Other assets principally include debt service accounts, claims receivable from the FHA and debt issuance costs. See Note 6 for more information about our Other assets.

(3) Other borrowings include the carrying value of our borrowings to acquire Loans held for investment. See Note 8 for more information about our Other borrowings.

Loans Held for Sale

Effective March 31, 2015, we reclassified our Loans held for investment to Loans held for sale based on a change in management’s intention and a decision to actively market the GNMA EBO loans for sale. Loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value. As of December 31, 2014, both the portfolio of RPLs and GNMA EBO loans were classified as Loans held for investment based on management’s intent to hold these loans for investment. As further discussed below, we sold our RPL portfolios during the first quarter of 2015.

The Company evaluates purchased loans that are not deemed impaired upon acquisition in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 310-20, Receivables - Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs. Only our GNMA EBO loans are accounted for under ASC 310-20; therefore, interest income is accrued at the amount that we are guaranteed to receive under either the related purchase agreement or by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), which is the amount of interest we ultimately expect to receive.

In connection with the reclassification of the GNMA EBO loans to held for sale, we recorded a valuation allowance of $7,654 to record the loans at the lower of cost or fair value. Fair value was determined by reference to counterparty quotations.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-04. This ASU requires that when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs; that is, when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan receivable should be derecognized and the real estate property recognized. This amendment did not have a material impact on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Effective December 31, 2014, we adopted the provisions of ASU 2014-14. Therefore, upon foreclosure of GNMA EBO loans for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee, we reclassify the carrying amount of the loan to Claims receivable from FHA, which is recorded within Other assets on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As a result of our adoption of this ASU, we have classified foreclosed properties and outstanding FHA claims as Claims receivable from FHA within our Other assets. See Note 6 for further information.

On February 20, 2015, we sold our RPL portfolio to an unrelated third party purchaser for a total purchase price of $337.6 million, subject to a 5% holdback pending completion of the purchaser's due diligence. A portion of the sale proceeds were used to terminate the RPL Facility. We recognized an immaterial gain on this sale.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

ASU 2015-01, Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items. This ASU eliminates the concept of an extraordinary item from GAAP. To be considered an extraordinary item under existing GAAP, an event or transaction must be unusual in nature and must occur infrequently. As a result, an entity will no longer (1) segregate an extraordinary item from the results of ordinary operations; (2) separately present an extraordinary item on its income statement, net of tax, after income from continuing operations; and (3) disclose income taxes and earnings-per-share data applicable to an extraordinary item. However, the ASU does not affect the reporting and disclosure requirements for an event that is unusual in nature or that occurs infrequently. The ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, any may be applied prospectively or retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted if the guidance is applied as of the beginning of the annual period of adoption. The adoption of ASU 2015-01 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This ASU is intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures (collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, and mortgage-backed security transactions). The ASU focuses on the consolidation evaluation for reporting organizations (public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations) that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. In addition to reducing the number of consolidation models from four to two, the ASU places more emphasis on risk of loss when determining a controlling financial interest. A reporting organization may no longer have to consolidate a legal entity in certain circumstances based solely on its fee arrangement, when certain criteria are met, reducing the frequency of the application of related-party guidance when determining a controlling financial interest in a VIE, changing consolidation conclusions for public and private companies in several industries that typically make use of limited partnerships or VIEs. The ASU will be effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this ASU will require that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of related debt liability, consistent with debt discounts or premiums. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs would not be affected by these amendments. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods, and early adoption is permitted. Had the Company adopted the provisions of this ASU as of March 31, 2015, the impact to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets would have been to reduce Other assets and Total assets each by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: each by $16,706), to reduce Match funded liabilities by $14,085 (December 31, 2014: $11,534), to reduce Other borrowings by $4,209 (December 31, 2014: $5,172) and to reduce Total liabilities by $18,294 (December 31, 2014: $16,706). The ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Statements of Comprehensive Income, Statements of Changes in Equity or Statements of Cash Flows.

Certain disclosures included in the Company’s Annual Report are not required to be included on an interim basis in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q. The Company has condensed or omitted these disclosures. Therefore, this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which was filed with the SEC on April 6, 2015 (the "2014 Form 10-K").

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Loans Held for Sale - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015		Mar. 31, 2014	Feb. 20, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014		Jul. 31, 2014	Jun. 27, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Decrease in fair value	$ 7,654,000
Loans held for sale	421,257,000				0
Loans held for investment	0				815,663,000
Claims receivable from FHA	98,714,000	[1]			109,586,000	[1]
Contractually required payments receivable							144,800,000	622,100,000
Cash flows expected to be collected							99,500,000	423,100,000
Fair value of RPLs							67,600,000	276,200,000
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios	337,553,000		0
GNMA EBO Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Valuation allowance for loans unrealized losses	7,654,000
Loans held for sale	421,257,000				0
Loans held for investment	0				477,016,000
Unpaid principal balance of loans in the process of foreclosure	267,400,000
RPLs | Unrelated Third Party
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of RPL portfolios				337,600,000
Holdback percent on sale of RPL portfolio				5.00%
RPLs
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for investment	$ 0				$ 338,647,000

[1] Claims receivable from FHA relate to GNMA EBO loans for which foreclosure has been completed and for which we have made or intend to make a claim on the FHA guarantee.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Apr. 27, 2015	Apr. 10, 2015	Apr. 06, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)	$ 0.01					$ 0.01
Dividends paid, cash	$ 38,349,000	$ 31,958,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Potential cash distribution if merger is not consummated, liabilities and expenses					50,000,000
Dividends paid, cash			1,200,000,000	12,783,000
Cash dividend per share (usd per share)			$ 16.613	$ 0.18
Monthly dividend declared				$ 16.613
Asset Sale | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash received for sale of assets					$ 1,000,000,000
Asset Sale | Ocwen | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Service appointment term					8 years
Servicing fee, percent of outstanding balance					0.50%
New Residential Investment Corp. | Asset Sale | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Shares issued for assets					28,286,980
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)					$ 0.01
New Merger Agreement | New Residential Investment Corp. | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, Par value (usd per share)					$ 0.01
Merger consummation period					9 months

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (Cash Flow Hedging, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash Flow Hedging
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Cash collateral right to reclaim of hedge agreements	$ 1,866	$ 1,077
Cash collateral obligated to return of hedge agreements		$ 1,370

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The following material potential claims, lawsuits, and other proceedings, of which the Company is currently aware, are as follows. The Company has not accrued losses in connection with these legal contingencies because management does not believe there is probable and reasonably estimable loss.

Three putative class action lawsuits have been filed against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entitled: (i) Oliveira v. Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-652 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on January 29, 2015; (ii) Berglan v. Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-947 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on February 9, 2015; and (iii) W. Palm Beach Police Pension Fund v. Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd., et al., No. 15-CV-1063 (S.D.N.Y.), filed on February 13, 2015. On April 2, 2015, these lawsuits were consolidated into a single action, which is referred to as the “New York Action.” On April 28, 2015, lead plaintiff, lead counsel and liaison counsel were appointed in the New York Action.

The New York Action names as defendants HLSS, former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey, HLSS Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer John P. Van Vlack, and HLSS Chief Financial Officer James E. Lauter. The New York Action asserts causes of action under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 based on certain public disclosures made by the Company relating to our relationship with Ocwen. This action alleges that HLSS misled investors by failing to disclose, among other things, the extent of HLSS’s dependence on Ocwen, information regarding governmental investigations of Ocwen’s business practices, and the Company’s own purportedly inadequate internal controls. The Company intends to vigorously defend the New York Action.

Two shareholder derivative actions have been filed purportedly on behalf of Ocwen Financial Corporation naming as defendants the Company and certain current and former directors and officers of Ocwen, including former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey, entitled (i) Sokolowski v. Erbey, et al., No. 9:14-CV-81601 (S.D. Fla.), filed on December 24, 2014 (the “Sokolowski Action”), and (ii) Moncavage v. Faris, et al., No. 2015CA003244 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct.), filed on March 20, 2015 (collectively, with the Sokolowski Action, the “Ocwen Derivative Actions”). The original complaint in the Sokolowski Action named as defendants certain current and former directors and officers of Ocwen, including former HLSS Chairman William C. Erbey. On February 11, 2015, plaintiff in the Sokolowski Action filed an amended complaint naming additional defendants, including HLSS. The Ocwen Derivative Actions assert a cause of action for aiding and abetting certain alleged breaches of fiduciary duty under Florida law against HLSS and others, and claims that HLSS (i) substantially assisted Ocwen’s alleged wrongful conduct by purchasing Ocwen’s mortgage servicing rights and (ii) received improper benefits as a result of its business dealings with Ocwen due to Mr. Erbey’s purported control over both HLSS and Ocwen. Additionally, the Sokolowski Action asserts a cause of action for unjust enrichment against HLSS and others. The Company intends to vigorously defend the Ocwen Derivative Actions.

On March 11, 2015, plaintiff David Rattner filed a shareholder derivative action purportedly on behalf of the Company entitled Rattner v. Van Vlack, et al., No. 2015CA002833 (Fla. Palm Beach Cty. Ct.) (the “HLSS Derivative Action”). The lawsuit names as defendants HLSS directors John P. Van Vlack, Robert J. McGinnis, Kerry Kennedy, Richard J. Lochrie, and David B. Reiner (collectively, the “Director Defendants”), New Residential Investment Corp., and Hexagon Merger Sub, Ltd. The HLSS Derivative Action alleges that the Director Defendants breached their fiduciary duties of due care, diligence, loyalty, honesty and good faith and the duty to act in the best interests of the Company under Cayman law and claims that the Director Defendants approved a proposed merger with New Residential Investment Corp. that (i) provided inadequate consideration to the Company’s shareholders, (ii) included unfair deal protection devices, (iii) and was the result of an inadequate process due to conflicts of interest. The Company intends to vigorously defend the HLSS Derivative Action.

On September 15, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide certain information related to the Company’s prior accounting conventions for and valuations of our Notes receivable – Rights to MSRs that resulted in the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 during August 2014. On December 22, 2014, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information related to certain governance documents and transactions and certain communications regarding the same. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in these matters.

On March 23, 2015, the Company received a subpoena from the SEC requesting that it provide information concerning communications between the Company and certain investment advisors and hedge funds. The SEC also requested documents relating to the Company’s structure, certain governance documents and any investigations or complaints connected to trading in the Company’s securities. The Company is cooperating with the SEC in this matter.

See Note 1A for discussion of a downgrade in our credit rating, the alleged events of default of certain of the advance funding facilities and cross default provisions to Ocwen’s senior secured term facility within our advance funding facilities and EBO Facility.

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Interest Expense (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Interest Expense [Abstract]
Match funded liabilities	$ 27,281	$ 26,830
Other borrowings	8,987	5,323
Amortization of debt issuance costs	4,378	4,962
Interest rate swaps	167	396
Interest expense	$ 40,813	$ 37,511

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Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Per Share Earnings

The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended:

(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31, 2015						March 31, 2014
	Net Income			Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount		Net Income		Shares	Earnings Per Share Amount
Basic EPS:
Net income available to common      shareholders	$	15,260		71,016,771			$	64,360	71,016,771
Less: Net income allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Adjusted net income available to      common shareholders	15,236			71,016,771	$	0.21	64,360		71,016,771	$	0.91
Dilutive Securities:
Plus: Net income allocated to      participating securities	24			—			—		—
Less: Net income re-allocated to      participating securities	(24		)	—			—		—
Incremental ordinary shares deemed      outstanding	—			72,958			—		—
Diluted EPS:
Income allocated to common shares      and assumed share conversions	$	15,236		71,089,729	$	0.21	$	64,360	71,016,771	$	0.91

At March 31, 2015, we excluded from our calculation of diluted EPS i) 50,000 stock options that were anti-dilutive because their exercise price was greater than the average market price of our stock and ii) 50,000 stock options that are issuable upon the achievement of certain performance criteria related to our stock price and an annualized rate of return to investors. Note 14 provides details of our share-based compensation.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Financial Instruments

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We are party to interest rate swap agreements that we recognize on our Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value within Other assets and Other liabilities. On the date we entered into the interest rate swap agreements, we designated and documented them as hedges of the variable cash flows payable for floating rate interest expense on our borrowings (cash flow hedge). To qualify for hedge accounting, a derivative must be highly effective at reducing the risk associated with the hedged exposure. In addition, the documentation must include the risk management objective and strategy. On a quarterly basis we assess and document the derivatives’ effectiveness and expected effectiveness in offsetting the changes in the fair value or the cash flows of the hedged items. To assess effectiveness, we use statistical methods, such as regression analysis, as well as nonstatistical methods including dollar-offset analysis. For a cash flow hedge, to the extent that it is effective, we record changes in the estimated fair value of the derivative in accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"). We subsequently reclassify these changes in estimated fair value to net income in the same period that the hedged transaction affects earnings and in the same financial statement category as the hedged item.

If a derivative instrument in a cash flow hedge is terminated or the hedge designation is removed, we reclassify related amounts in AOCI into earnings in the same period during which the cash flows that were hedged affect earnings. In a period where we determine that it is probable that a hedged forecasted transaction will not occur, such as variable-rate interest payments on debt that has been repaid in advance, any related amounts in AOCI are reclassified into earnings in that period.

Because our current derivative agreements are not exchange-traded, we are exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty to the agreement. We control this risk through counterparty credit monitoring procedures including financial analysis, dollar limits and other monitoring procedures. The notional amounts of our contracts do not represent our exposure to credit loss. See Note 3 for additional information regarding our use of derivatives.

Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale.

Interest Rate Management

We executed a hedging strategy designed to mitigate the impact of changes in variable interest rates on the excess of interest rate sensitive liabilities over interest rate sensitive assets. We entered into interest rate swaps to hedge against the effects of a change in 1-Month LIBOR.

The following tables provide information about our interest rate swaps at March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively:

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466
Total asset derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	58,345	$	466

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (2) (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	76,921	$	(220	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.607	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	15,538		(33		)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	338,009		(1,443		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)
Total liability derivatives as of March 31, 2015								$	430,468	$	(1,696	)

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	September 2012	September 2012	August 2017	0.5188	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	$	73,888	$	877
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	January 2013	January 2016	December 2017	1.3975	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other assets	338,009		493
Total asset derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370
Total asset derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	411,897	$	1,370

Purpose	Date Opened	Effective Date (1)	Maturity	We Pay		We Receive	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount		Fair Value
Designated as hedges (3):
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	March 2012	March 2012	March 2016	0.6325	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	$	81,506	$	(209	)
Hedge the effects of changes in 1-Month LIBOR	May 2012	May 2012	May 2016	0.6070	%	1-Month LIBOR	Other liabilities	17,502		(2		)
Total liability derivatives designated as hedges as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)
Total liability derivatives as of December 31, 2014								$	99,008	$	(211	)

(1) The effective date of the swap is the date from which monthly net settlements begin to be computed.

(2) Our interest rate swaps were terminated during April 2015 in conjunction with the Asset Sale. The net settlements upon termination were $1,587 payable to the counterparties.

(3) There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $466 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $1,696 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2015. There was an unrealized pre-tax gain of $3,523 and an unrealized pre-tax loss of $444 related to our interest rate swaps included in AOCI for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The following table summarizes our use of derivatives during the three months ended March 31:

	2015			2014
Notional balance at beginning of period	$	510,905		$	953,195
Additions	—			—
Maturities	—			—
Terminations	—			—
Amortization	(22,092		)	(144,937		)
Notional balance at end of period	$	488,813		$	808,258

We recognize the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral as part of our hedge agreements. At March 31, 2015, we have the right to reclaim cash collateral of $1,866 and had no obligation to return cash collateral as part of our hedge agreements. At December 31, 2014, we had the right to reclaim cash collateral of $1,077 and were obligated to return cash collateral of $1,370 as part of our hedge agreements.