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Mortgage Servicing Rights
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
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Mortgage Servicing Rights
  NOTE 9   Mortgage Servicing Rights

 

The Company serviced $226.8 billion of residential mortgage loans for others at December 31, 2013, and $215.6 billion at December 31, 2012. The net impact included in mortgage banking revenue of fair value changes of MSRs due to changes in valuation assumptions and derivatives used to economically hedge MSRs were net gains of $192 million, $102 million and $183 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Loan servicing fees, not including valuation changes, included in mortgage banking revenue, were $754 million, $720 million and $651 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Changes in fair value of capitalized MSRs for the years ended December 31, are summarized as follows:

 

(Dollars in Millions)   2013      2012      2011  

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 1,700       $ 1,519       $ 1,837   

Rights purchased

    8         42         35   

Rights capitalized

    769         957         619   

Changes in fair value of MSRs

       

Due to fluctuations in market interest rates (a)

    617         (249      (619

Due to revised assumptions or models (b)

    33         (21      33   

Other changes in fair value (c)

    (447      (548      (386

Balance at end of period

  $ 2,680       $ 1,700       $ 1,519   

 

(a) Includes changes in MSR value associated with changes in market interest rates, including estimated prepayment rates and anticipated earnings on escrow deposits.
(b) Includes changes in MSR value not caused by changes in market interest rates, such as changes in cost to service, ancillary income, and discount rate, as well as the impact of any model changes.
(c) Primarily represents changes due to 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 as of December 31 follows:

 

     2013          2012  
(Dollars in Millions)    Down
100 bps
    Down
50 bps
    Down
25 bps
    Up
25 bps
    Up
50 bps
    Up
100 bps
         Down
100 bps
    Down
50 bps
    Down
25 bps
    Up
25 bps
    Up
50 bps
    Up
100 bps
 

MSR portfolio

   $ (435   $ (199   $ (93   $ 82      $ 154      $ 287          $ (370   $ (217   $ (118   $ 126      $ 249      $ 480   

Derivative instrument hedges

     399        194        91        (82     (157     (301         473        249        124        (121     (243     (486

Net sensitivity

   $ (36   $ (5   $ (2   $      $ (3   $ (14       $ 103      $ 32      $ 6      $ 5      $ 6      $ (6

 

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 as of December 31 follows:

 

    2013          2012  
(Dollars in Millions)   MRBP     Government     Conventional (b)     Total          MRBP     Government     Conventional (b)     Total  

Servicing portfolio

  $ 15,896      $ 41,659      $ 169,287      $ 226,842          $ 14,143      $ 39,048      $ 162,446      $ 215,637   

Fair value

  $ 180      $ 500      $ 2,000      $ 2,680          $ 154      $ 314      $ 1,232      $ 1,700   

Value (bps) (a)

    113        120        118        118            109        80        76        79   

Weighted-average servicing fees (bps)

    39        32        29        30            40        33        30        31   

Multiple (value/servicing fees)

    2.90        3.75        4.07        3.93            2.73        2.42        2.53        2.55   

Weighted-average note rate

    4.70     4.24     4.17     4.22         5.13     4.57     4.48     4.54

Weighted-average age (in years)

    3.8        2.6        2.5        2.6            4.2        2.4        2.5        2.6   

Weighted-average expected prepayment (constant prepayment rate)

    13.5     11.5     10.9     11.2         13.2     21.2     20.4     20.1

Weighted-average expected life (in years)

    6.2        6.9        7.2        7.1            6.1        4.2        4.1        4.2   

Weighted-average discount rate

    11.9     11.2     9.8     10.2         12.1     11.4     10.0     10.4

 

(a) Value is calculated as fair value divided by the servicing portfolio.
(b) Represents loans sold primarily to GSEs.