GENERAL (Details Narrative)	Sep. 30, 2013 Pools
General Details Narrative
Number of mortgage pools where the company has excess mortgage servicing rights pools directly or indirectly	12
REIT Distribution Threshold for Nontaxation	90.00%
Management fee rate (percent)	1.50%

The number of pools of residential mortgage loans from Nationstar Mortgage LLC for which the company has excess mortgage servicing rights, both directly and indirectly.

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