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Mortgage Servicing Rights
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
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Mortgage Servicing Rights
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     Mortgage Servicing Rights
The Company capitalizes MSRs as separate assets when loans are sold and servicing is retained. MSRs may also be purchased from others. The Company carries MSRs at fair value, with changes in the fair value recorded in earnings during the period in which they occur. The Company serviced $211.6 billion of residential mortgage loans for others at March 31, 2021, and $211.8 billion at December 31, 2020, including subserviced mortgages with no corresponding MSR asset. Included in mortgage banking revenue are the MSR fair value changes arising from market rate and model assumption changes, net of the value change in derivatives used to economically hedge MSRs. These changes resulted in a net loss of $120 million and a net gain of $25 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Loan servicing and ancillary fees, not including valuation changes, included in mortgage banking revenue were $175 million and $186 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Changes in fair value of capitalized MSRs are summarized as follows:
 
    Three Months Ended
March 31
 
(Dollars in Millions)   2021     2020  
Balance at beginning of period
  $ 2,210     $ 2,546  
Rights purchased
    16       5  
Rights capitalized
    319       201  
Rights sold (a)
          1  
Changes in fair value of MSRs
               
Due to fluctuations in market interest rates (b)
    486       (743
Due to revised assumptions or models (c)
    (102     17  
Other changes in fair value (d)
    (142     (140
Balance at end of period
  $ 2,787     $ 1,887  
 
(a)
MSRs sold include those having a negative fair value, resulting from the loans being severely delinquent.
(b)
Includes changes in MSR value associated with changes in market interest rates, including estimated prepayment rates and anticipated earnings on escrow deposits.
(c)
Includes changes in MSR value not caused by changes in market interest rates, such as changes in assumed cost to service, ancillary income and option adjusted spread, as well as the impact of any model changes.
(d)
Primarily the change in MSR value from passage of time and cash flows realized (decay), but also includes the impact of changes to expected cash flows not associated with changes in market interest rates, such as the impact of delinquencies.
The estimated sensitivity to changes in interest rates of the fair value of the MSR portfolio and the r
e
lated derivative instruments was as follows:
 
    March 31, 2021             December 31, 2020  
(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
  $ (563   $ (293   $ (149   $ 143     $ 272     $ 483        
 
   $ (442   $ (271   $ (150   $ 169     $ 343     $ 671  
Derivative instrument hedges
    611       299       146       (136     (266     (513  
 
 
 
     523       281       145       (149     (304     (625
Net sensitivity
  $ 48     $ 6     $ (3   $ 7     $ 6     $ (30  
 
 
 
   $ 81     $ 10     $ (5   $ 20     $ 39     $ 46  
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 Housing Finance Agency (“HFA”) mortgages. The servicing portfolios are predominantly comprised of fixed-rate agency loans with limited adjustable-rate or jumbo mortgage loans. The HFA servicing portfolio is comprised of loans originated under state and local housing authority program guidelines which assist purchases by first-time or
low-
to moderate-income homebuyers through a favorable rate subsidy, down payment and/or closing cost assistance on government- and conventional-insured mortgages.
A summary of the Company’s MSRs and related characteristics by portfolio was as follows:
 
    March 31, 2021            December 31, 2020  
(Dollars in Millions)   HFA     Government     Conventional (d)     Total            HFA     Government     Conventional (d)     Total  
Servicing portfolio (a)
  $ 39,757     $ 23,734     $ 145,171     $ 208,662        
 
  $ 40,396     $ 25,474     $ 143,085     $ 208,955  
Fair value
  $ 499     $ 312     $ 1,976     $ 2,787        
 
  $ 406     $ 261     $ 1,543     $ 2,210  
Value (bps) (b)
    126       131       136       134        
 
    101       102       108       106  
Weighted-average servicing fees (bps)
    35       40       30       32        
 
    35       40       30       32  
Multiple (value/servicing fees)
    3.56       3.31       4.47       4.12        
 
    2.87       2.56       3.55       3.26  
Weighted-average note rate
    4.33     3.88     3.64     3.80      
 
    4.43     3.91     3.78     3.92
Weighted-average age (in years)
    3.8       5.9       3.8       4.0        
 
    3.8       5.6       4.2       4.3  
Weighted-average expected prepayment (constant prepayment rate)
    11.2     13.3     9.5     10.3      
 
    14.1     18.0     13.8     14.4
Weighted-average expected life (in years)
    6.8       5.6       6.9       6.7        
 
    5.6       4.3       5.5       5.4  
Weighted-average option adjusted spread (c)
    7.7     7.3     6.3     6.7  
 
 
 
    7.7     7.3     6.2     6.6
(a)
Represents principal balance of mortgages having corresponding MSR asset.
(b)
Calculated as fair value divided by the servicing portfolio.
(c)
Option adjusted spread is the incremental spread added to the risk-free rate to reflect optionality and other risk inherent in the MSRs.
(d)
Represents loans sold primarily to GSEs.