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AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
2.           AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
 
The following tables present the Company’s available-for-sale Agency mortgage-backed securities portfolio as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 which were carried at their fair value:

 
December 31, 2012
 
Freddie Mac
   
Fannie Mae
   
Ginnie Mae
   
Total Mortgage-
Backed Securities
 
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
                         
Agency mortgage-backed securities, par value
  $ 44,296,234     $ 70,649,782     $ 273,988     $ 115,220,004  
Unamortized discount
    (9,515 )     (12,315 )     (389 )     (22,219 )
Unamortized premium
    2,121,478       3,695,381       39,348       5,856,207  
Amortized cost
    46,408,197       74,332,848       312,947       121,053,992  
                                 
Gross unrealized gains
    1,166,299       1,913,334       17,583       3,097,216  
Gross unrealized losses
    (36,890 )     (146,533 )     (4,578 )     (188,001 )
                                 
Estimated fair value
  $ 47,537,606     $ 76,099,649     $ 325,952     $ 123,963,207  
 
   
Amortized Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
 Gain
   
Gross Unrealized
 Loss
   
Estimated Fair
Value
 
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
                         
Adjustable rate
  $ 5,786,718     $ 259,013     $ (4,613 )   $ 6,041,118  
Fixed rate
    115,267,274       2,838,203       (183,388 )     117,922,089  
                                 
Total
  $ 121,053,992     $ 3,097,216     $ (188,001 )   $ 123,963,207  
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
Freddie Mac
   
Fannie Mae
   
Ginnie Mae
   
Total Mortgage-
Backed Securities
 
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
                         
Agency mortgage-backed securities, par value
  $ 34,395,542     $ 63,066,372     $ 500,968     $ 97,962,882  
Unamortized discount
    (9,874 )     (13,632 )     (399 )     (23,905 )
Unamortized premium
    1,139,881       2,205,138       15,949       3,360,968  
Amortized cost
    35,525,549       65,257,878       516,518       101,299,945  
                                 
Gross unrealized gains
    973,476       2,081,282       31,474       3,086,232  
Gross unrealized losses
    (15,243 )     (118,871 )     (1,008 )     (135,122 )
                                 
Estimated fair value
  $ 36,483,782     $ 67,220,289     $ 546,984     $ 104,251,055  
 
   
Amortized Cost
   
Gross Unrealized
 Gain
   
Gross Unrealized
 Loss
   
Estimated Fair
Value
 
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
                         
Adjustable rate
  $ 8,698,746     $ 345,642     $ (3,188 )   $ 9,041,200  
Fixed rate
    92,601,199       2,740,590       (131,934 )     95,209,855  
                                 
Total
  $ 101,299,945     $ 3,086,232     $ (135,122 )   $ 104,251,055  

Actual maturities of Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities are generally shorter than stated contractual maturities because actual maturities of Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal, and prepayments of principal.  The following table summarizes the Company’s Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities on December 31, 2012 and 2011, according to their estimated weighted-average life classifications:
 
   
December 31, 2012
   
December 31, 2011
 
Weighted-Average Life
 
Fair Value
   
Amortized
Cost
   
Fair Value
   
Amortized
Cost
 
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Less than one year
  $ 1,264,094     $ 1,250,405     $ 1,715,530     $ 1,697,101  
Greater than one year through five years
    119,288,168       116,510,310       97,344,791       94,534,782  
Greater than five years through ten years
    3,104,073       2,992,054       4,447,540       4,348,841  
Greater than ten years
    306,872       301,223       743,194       719,221  
                                 
Total
  $ 123,963,207     $ 121,053,992     $ 104,251,055     $ 101,299,945  

The weighted-average lives of the Agency mortgage-backed securities at December 31, 2012 and 2011 in the table above are based upon data provided through subscription-based financial information services, assuming constant principal prepayment rates to the reset date of each security.  The prepayment model considers current yield, forward yield, steepness of the yield curve, current mortgage rates, mortgage rate of the outstanding loans, loan age, margin, volatility, and other factors.  The actual weighted average lives of the Agency mortgage-backed securities could be longer or shorter than estimated.

The following table presents the gross unrealized losses and estimated fair value of the Company’s Agency mortgage-backed securities by length of time that such securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

   
Unrealized Loss Position For:
 (dollars in thousands)
 
    Less than 12 Months     12 Months or More     Total  
December 31,
 
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Number
of 
Securities
   
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Number
of
Securities
   
Estimated
Fair Value
   
Unrealized
Losses
   
Number
of
Securities
 
                         
2012
  $ 11,220,514     $ (82,721 )     187     $ 147,775     $ (105,280 )     39     $ 11,368,289     $ (188,001 )     226  
                                                                         
2011
  $ 1,087,552     $ (118,593 )     71     $ 883,143     $ (16,529 )     36     $ 1,970,695     $ (135,122 )     107  

The decline in value of these securities is solely due to market conditions and not the credit quality of the assets.  Substantially all of the Company’s Investment Securities are Agency mortgage-backed securities that are “AAA” rated or carry an implied “AAA” rating.  The investments are not considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired because the Company currently has the ability and intent to hold the investments to maturity or for a period of time sufficient for a forecasted market price recovery up to or beyond the cost of the investments, and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the investments before recovery of the amortized cost bases, which may be maturity.  Also, the Company is guaranteed payment of the principal amount of the securities by the respective issuing agency.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company sold $30.4 billion of Agency mortgage-backed securities, resulting in a realized gain of $438.5 million.  During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold $18.7 billion of Agency mortgage-backed securities, resulting in a realized gain of $199.2 million.  During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company sold $7.8 billion of Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities, resulting in a realized gain of $171.6 million.  Average cost is used as the basis on which the realized gain or loss on sale is determined.

Agency interest-only mortgage-backed securities represent the right to receive a specified portion of the contractual interest flows of the underlying unamortized principal balance of specific Agency mortgage-backed securities.  As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, Agency interest-only mortgage-backed securities had net unrealized losses of $141.1 and $123.1 million and an amortized cost of $797.1 million and $405.1 million, respectively.