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Unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans serviced for others at period end.

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The value of new servicing assets, subsequently measured at fair value, acquired or created during the current period through purchases or from transfers of financial assets.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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The net Increase or Decrease in fair value as a result of changes in the inputs, assumptions, or model used to calculate the fair value of servicing assets.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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