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Mortgage Servicing Rights
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Mortgage Servicing Rights [Abstract] 
Mortgage Servicing Rights
 

Note 7    Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
The Company serviced $185.6 billion of residential mortgage loans for others at September 30, 2011, and $173.9 billion at December 31, 2010. The net impact included in mortgage banking revenue of fair value changes of MSRs and derivatives used to economically hedge MSRs was a net gain of $7 million and $1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, and 2010, respectively, and a net gain of $151 million and $98 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Loan servicing fees, not including valuation changes, included in mortgage banking revenue, were $166 million and $154 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, and 2010, respectively, and $483 million and $439 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
 
Changes in fair value of capitalized MSRs are summarized as follows:
                                       
    Three Months Ended
        Nine Months Ended
   
    September 30,         September 30,    
(Dollars in Millions)   2011     2010         2011     2010    
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 1,989     $ 1,543         $ 1,837     $ 1,749    
Rights purchased
    5       10           16       48    
Rights capitalized
    101       149           416       398    
Changes in fair value of MSRs
                                     
Due to change in valuation assumptions (a)
    (532 )     (186 )         (542 )     (536 )  
Other changes in fair value (b)
    (97 )     (94 )         (261 )     (237 )  
                                       
Balance at end of period
  $ 1,466     $ 1,422         $ 1,466     $ 1,422    
                                       
(a) Principally reflects changes in prepayment speeds, discount rates and escrow earnings assumptions, primarily arising from interest rate changes.
(b) Primarily represents changes due to collection/realization of expected cash flows over time (decay).
The estimated sensitivity to changes in interest rates of the fair value of the MSRs portfolio and the related derivative instruments at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 follows:
 
                                                                           
    September 30, 2011         December 31, 2010    
    Down
    Down
      Up
    Up
        Down
    Down
      Up
    Up
   
(Dollars in Millions)   50 bps     25 bps       25 bps     50 bps         50 bps     25 bps       25 bps     50 bps    
Net fair value
  $ 24     $ 8       $ 2     $ 14         $ 6     $ (5 )     $ 5     $ 1    
                                                                           
The fair value of MSRs and their sensitivity to changes in interest rates is influenced by the mix of the servicing portfolio and characteristics of each segment of the portfolio. The Company’s servicing portfolio consists of the distinct portfolios of government-insured mortgages, conventional mortgages, and Mortgage Revenue Bond Programs (“MRBP”). The servicing portfolios are predominantly comprised of fixed-rate agency loans with limited adjustable-rate or jumbo mortgage loans. The MRBP division specializes in servicing loans made under state and local housing authority programs. These programs provide mortgages to low-income and moderate-income borrowers and are generally government-insured programs with a favorable rate subsidy, down payment and/or closing cost assistance.
 
A summary of the Company’s MSRs and related characteristics by portfolio at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 follows:
 
                                                                           
    September 30, 2011         December 31, 2010    
(Dollars in Millions)   MRBP     Government       Conventional     Total         MRBP     Government       Conventional     Total    
Servicing portfolio
  $ 13,247     $ 32,055       $ 140,253     $ 185,555         $ 12,646     $ 28,880       $ 132,393     $ 173,919    
Fair market value
  $ 163     $ 274       $ 1,029     $ 1,466         $ 166     $ 342       $ 1,329     $ 1,837    
Value (bps) (a)
    123       85         73       79           131       118         100       106    
Weighted-average servicing fees (bps)
    40       36         29       31           40       38         30       32    
Multiple (value/servicing fees)
    3.08       2.36         2.52       2.55           3.28       3.11         3.33       3.31    
Weighted-average note rate
    5.56 %     5.16   %     5.05 %     5.11   %       5.75 %     5.35   %     5.27 %     5.32   %
Age (in years)
    4.2       2.4         2.7       2.8           4.1       2.2         2.7       2.7    
Expected prepayment (constant prepayment rate)
    12.5 %     22.7   %     22.1 %     21.5   %       12.3 %     17.2   %     16.2 %     16.1   %
Expected life (in years)
    6.6       3.7         3.8       4.0           6.7       5.1         5.3       5.4    
Discount rate
    11.9 %     11.2   %     10.2 %     10.5   %       11.9 %     11.4   %     10.3 %     10.6   %
                                                                           
(a) Value is calculated as fair market value divided by the servicing portfolio.