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Mortgage Servicing Rights (Tables)

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Mortgage Servicing Rights (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]  
Activity for residential first mortgage MSRs
The table below presents activity for residential first-lien MSRs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Commercial and residential reverse MSRs, which are carried at the lower of cost or market value and accounted for using the amortization method, totaled $157 million and $278 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, and are not included in the tables in this Note.

 
Three Months Ended September 30
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in millions)
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Balance, beginning of period
$
12,372

 
$
14,745

 
$
14,900

 
$
19,465

Additions
251

 
784

 
1,502

 
2,861

Sales
(218
)
 
(39
)
 
(452
)
 
(103
)
Impact of customer payments (1)
(665
)
 
(924
)
 
(2,010
)
 
(2,961
)
Impact of changes in interest rates and other market factors (2)
(4,471
)
 
(2,142
)
 
(4,856
)
 
(6,142
)
Model and other cash flow assumption changes: (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projected cash flows, primarily due to increases in cost to service loans
(243
)
 
(1,648
)
 
(2,272
)
 
(2,724
)
Impact of changes in the Home Price Index

 
905

 
434

 
871

Impact of changes to the prepayment model
1,470

 
717

 
1,596

 
1,144

Other model changes
(616
)
 
(147
)
 
(962
)
 
(160
)
Balance, September 30
$
7,880

 
$
12,251

 
$
7,880

 
$
12,251

Mortgage loans serviced for investors (in billions)
$
1,512

 
$
1,669

 
$
1,512

 
$
1,669

(1) 
Represents the change in the market value of the MSR asset due to the impact of customer payments received during the period.
(2) 
These amounts reflect the changes in modeled MSR fair value largely due to observed changes in interest rates, volatility, spreads and the shape of the forward swap curve.
(3) 
These amounts reflect periodic adjustments to the valuation model as well as changes in certain cash flow assumptions such as costs to service and ancillary income per loan.
Assumption for Fair Value of MSRs
 
September 30, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
(Dollars in millions)
Fixed
 
Adjustable
 
Fixed
 
Adjustable
Weighted-average OAS
3.55
%
 
6.00
%
 
2.17
%
 
5.12
%
Weighted-average life, in years
3.82

 
2.16

 
4.85

 
2.29

Sensitivity of the weighted-average lives and fair value of MSRs
 
September 30, 2011
 
Change in Weighted-average Lives
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
Fixed
 
Adjustable
 
Change in
Fair Value
Prepayment rates
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of 10% decrease
0.29

 
years
 
0.15

 
years
 
$
660

Impact of 20% decrease
0.62

 
 
 
0.32

 
 
 
1,418

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of 10% increase
(0.25
)
 
 
 
(0.13
)
 
 
 
(580
)
Impact of 20% increase
(0.47
)
 
 
 
(0.24
)
 
 
 
(1,094
)
OAS level
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of 100 bps decrease
n/a

 
 
 
n/a

 
 
 
$
392

Impact of 200 bps decrease
n/a

 
 
 
n/a

 
 
 
817

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of 100 bps increase
n/a

 
 
 
n/a

 
 
 
(362
)
Impact of 200 bps increase
n/a

 
 
 
n/a

 
 
 
(697
)
n/a = not applicable