MSRs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Mortgage Servicing Rights MSR Disclosure [Abstract]

MSRs

MSRs

As of September 30, 2020, the Company retained the servicing rights associated with an aggregate principal balance of $239,180,324 of residential mortgage loans that the Company had previously transferred to residential mortgage loan securitization trusts. The Company’s MSRs are held and managed at the Company’s TRS, and the Company employs two licensed sub-servicers to perform the related servicing activities.

The following table presents the Company’s MSR activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

	September 30, 2020			September 30, 2019
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,700,207		$	3,997,786
Changes in fair value due to:
Changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in valuation model	(838,437)			(817,137)
Other changes to fair value(1)	(764,616)			(466,840)
Balance at end of period	$	1,097,154		$	2,713,809
Loans associated with MSRs(2)	$	239,180,324		$	359,718,840
MSR values as percent of loans(3)	0.46		%	0.75		%

(1)Amounts represent changes due to realization of expected cash flows and prepayment of principal of the underlying loan portfolio.

(2)Amounts represent the unpaid principal balance of loans associated with MSRs outstanding at September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.

(3)Amounts represent the carrying value of MSRs at September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively divided by the outstanding balance of the loans associated with these MSRs

The following table presents the servicing income recorded on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019:

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020		Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Servicing income, net	$	187,989	$	243,265
Total servicing income	$	187,989	$	243,265

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Servicing income, net	$	586,516	$	676,944
Total servicing income	$	586,516	$	676,944