Bank of America Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - First Lien Mortgage Securitizations (Details)

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Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - First Lien Mortgage Securitizations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Residential Mortgage - Agency
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Proceeds from loan sales	$ 4,513	$ 8,084	$ 6,664
Gains (losses) on securitizations	(15)	8	9
Repurchases from securitization trusts	33	53	756
Gain (loss) on loans securitized	49	41	121
Deconsolidation of securitizations	685	784
Commercial
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Proceeds from loan sales	2,132	5,853	10,874
Gains (losses) on securitizations	44	46	156
Repurchases from securitization trusts	0	0	0
First Lien Mortgages
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items]
Mortgage loans serviced for investors	92,700	100,100
Servicing fees	248	274	$ 392
Transfers continuing involvement servicing fee advances	$ 1,300	$ 1,600

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Deconsolidation, Assets Deconsolidated In Period

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- Definition

Gain (Loss) on Loans Held-for-sale and Securitization Financial Asset For Which Transfer is Accounted as Sale Gain (Loss) on Sale

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- Definition

This represents the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans serviced for investors at fair value.

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Represents the servicing advances on loans serviced, including securitizations where the entity has continuing involvement. Advance types include principal and interest (P&I), tax and insurance (T&I, also known as escrow advances) and corporate payments which are costs associated with foreclosing on and liquidating mortgage collateral.

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Represents the initial fair value recorded for assets received on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets, during the period.

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to purchases of previously transferred financial assets (or its underlying collateral) related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Section 50
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Amount of contractually specified servicing fee, late fee, and ancillary fee recognized as income for servicing asset and servicing liability.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-SubTopic 50
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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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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