Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisitions

3. Acquisitions

Acquisition of Assets

During the second quarter of 2023, the Company acquired certain assets and liabilities of Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC (“Rushmore”) for a total purchase price of $34 (the “Rushmore Transaction”). Assets acquired were recorded in the Servicing segment and primarily included subservicing contracts and related servicing advances and receivables. The Company accounted for the transaction as an asset acquisition in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”), whereby the purchase price represents relative fair value of assets and liabilities acquired.

Acquisition of Roosevelt Management Company and Affiliated Companies

In July 2023, the Company acquired all the equity interests of Roosevelt Management Company, LLC (“Roosevelt”), an investment management firm, and its affiliated subsidiaries including Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC and other entities, for a total purchase price of $28 (“Roosevelt Transaction”). The Company accounted for the transaction as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805 using the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, with the excess of the purchase price over those fair values allocated to goodwill. The Company recorded $4 of intangible assets and $21 of goodwill based on the purchase price allocation. $5 and $16 of the goodwill is assigned to Servicing segment and Corporate/Other segment, respectively. The goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred $13 of acquisition costs related to the Roosevelt Transaction. The financial results of Rushmore and Roosevelt were included in Servicing segment and Corporate/Other segment, respectively. The Company finalized its allocation of fair value of consideration transferred during the three months ended December 31, 2023.

Acquisition of Home Point Capital Inc.

In May 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) and a mortgage servicing rights purchase and sale agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Home Point Capital Inc.(“Home Point”), a Delaware corporation. Per the Merger Agreement, the Company agreed to commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Home Point, other than certain excluded shares. The Home Point transactions closed in the third quarter of 2023 for total consideration of approximately $658. The Purchase Agreement was a bulk purchase of a portion of Home Point’s mortgage servicing rights (“MSR”) portfolio for $335. The Merger Agreement was the tender offer to acquire outstanding shares of common stock of Home Point, which included the benefit of the cash paid in the bulk purchase of Home Point’s MSR portfolio. The net consideration paid for the two transactions was $323, or $2.33 per share.

The Company accounted for the two transactions as one business combination (“Home Point Acquisition”) in accordance with ASC 805 using the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the purchase price of the acquisition to identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The Company acquired $1.2 billion MSR and assumed a senior note with a principal balance of $500, among other acquired net assets. The Company recorded a preliminary bargain purchase gain of $96 in “other income (expense), net” within the consolidated statements of operations and reported under Corporate/Other segment, which represents the excess of the estimated fair value of net assets acquired over the consideration transferred. The purchase price allocation is subject to change as the Company obtains additional information and finalizes its review during the measurement period (up to one year from the acquisition date). The primary area of the preliminary allocation of fair value of consideration transferred that is not yet finalized is related to potential tax adjustments. The Company believes it was able to negotiate a bargain purchase price due to seller’s operational challenges from significant market volatility, as well as the seller’s desire to exit the business in an expedited manner. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred $7 of acquisition costs related to the Home Point Acquisition.