Percentage of servicing fee on loans.

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Amount of interest income earned, net of interest paid to the borrower.

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The percentage of unpaid principal balance to total unpaid principal balance as of the balance sheet date.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10)
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This is the result of the principal amount outstanding of total loans managed or securitized less securitized loans and loans that are in the process of being securitized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
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Mortgage Servicing (Details) - MSRs - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 16,690,006		$ 16,206,315
Weighted average servicing fee (as a percent)	0.475%		0.477%
Interest earned on escrows	$ 2,200	$ 700
Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	100.00%		100.00%
Escrow Deposit	$ 443,200		$ 477,900
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| Texas
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	22.00%		22.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| North Carolina
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	10.00%		10.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| California
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	8.00%		8.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| New York
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	8.00%		8.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| Georgia
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	6.00%		6.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| Florida
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	6.00%		6.00%
Fee-based servicing portfolio \| Other
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	40.00%		40.00%
Fannie Mae
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 12,700,635		$ 12,502,699
Fannie Mae \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	76.00%		77.00%
Freddie Mac
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 3,397,535		$ 3,166,134
Freddie Mac \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	20.00%		20.00%
FHA
Mortgage Servicing
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced	$ 591,836		$ 537,482
FHA \| Fee-based servicing portfolio
Mortgage Servicing
UPB Percentage of Total	4.00%		3.00%