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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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VIEs are defined as entities in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. A VIE is required to be consolidated only by its primary beneficiary, which is defined as the party who has the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance and who has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could be potentially significant to the VIE.

To assess whether New Residential has the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, New Residential considers all the facts and circumstances, including its role in establishing the VIE and its ongoing rights and responsibilities. This assessment includes, first, identifying the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance; and second, identifying which party, if any, has power over those activities. To assess whether New Residential has the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE, New Residential considers all of its economic interests and applies judgment in determining whether these interests, in the aggregate, are considered potentially significant to the VIE.

Servicer Advance Investment

New Residential, through a taxable wholly owned subsidiary, is the managing member of the Buyer and owned approximately 73.2% of the Buyer as of March 31, 2021. In 2013, New Residential created the Buyer to acquire the then outstanding servicing advance receivables related to a portfolio of residential mortgage loans from a third party. The Buyer is required to purchase all future servicer advances made with respect to this portfolio of mortgage loans and is entitled to receive cash flows from advance recoveries and a basic fee component of the related MSRs, net of subservicing compensation paid.

The Buyer may call capital up to the commitment amount on unfunded commitments and recall capital to the extent the Buyer makes a distribution to the co-investors, including New Residential. As of March 31, 2021, the noncontrolling third-party co-investors and New Residential had previously funded their commitments, however the Buyer may recall $329.0 million and $308.5 million of capital distributed to the third-party co-investors and New Residential, respectively. Neither the third-party co-investors nor New Residential is obligated to fund amounts in excess of their respective capital commitments, regardless of the capital requirements of the Buyer.

Shelter Joint Ventures

A wholly owned subsidiary of NewRez, Shelter Mortgage Company LLC (“Shelter”) is a mortgage originator specializing in retail originations. Shelter operates its business through a series of joint ventures (“Shelter JVs”) and is deemed to be the primary beneficiary of the joint ventures as a result of its ability to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entities and its ownership of a significant equity investment.

Residential Mortgage Loans

During the third quarter of 2020, New Residential formed entities, (collectively, the “NPL/RPL Securitizations”) that separately issued securitized debt collateralized by non-performing and reperforming residential mortgage loans. New Residential determined that the NPL/RPL Securitizations should be evaluated for consolidation under the VIE model rather than the voting interest entity model as the equity holders as a group lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. Under the VIE model, New Residential’s consolidated subsidiaries had both 1) the power to direct the most significant activities of the NPL/RPL Securitizations and 2) significant variable interests in each of the NPL/RPL Securitizations, through their control of the related optional redemption feature and their ownership of certain notes issued by the NPL/RPL Securitizations and, therefore, met the primary beneficiary criterion and, accordingly, the Company consolidated the NPL/RPL Securitizations.

On October 1, 2019, as a result of New Residential’s acquisition of servicing assets from the bankruptcy estate of Ditech Holding Company and Ditech Financial LLC (“Ditech”) and its pre-existing ownership of the equity, New Residential consolidated the MDST Trusts. New Residential’s determination to consolidate the MDST Trusts is a result of its ownership of the equity in these trusts in conjunction with the ability to direct activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entities with the acquisition of the servicing by NewRez.
The following table comprises bonds held in unconsolidated VIEs and retained pursuant to required risk retention regulations:
As of and for the
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20212020
Residential mortgage loan UPB$12,950,052 $14,932,876 
Weighted average delinquency(A)
7.93 %2.45 %
Net credit losses$96,172 $13,898 
Face amount of debt held by third parties(B)
$11,850,796 $12,907,495 
Carrying value of bonds retained by New Residential(C)(D)
$1,121,761 $1,814,333 
Cash flows received by New Residential on these bonds$288,481 $79,250 
(A)Represents the percentage of the UPB that is 60+ days delinquent.
(B)Excludes bonds retained by New Residential.
(C)Includes bonds retained pursuant to required risk retention regulations.
(D)Classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as the valuation is based on certain unobservable inputs including discount rate, prepayment rates and loss severity. See Note 12 for details on unobservable inputs.

Consumer Loan Companies

New Residential has a co-investment in a portfolio of consumer loans held through the Consumer Loan Companies. As of March 31, 2021, New Residential owns 53.5% of the limited liability company interests in, and consolidates, the Consumer Loan Companies.

The Consumer Loan Companies consolidate certain entities that issued securitization debt collateralized by the consumer loans (the “Consumer Loan SPVs”). The Consumer Loan SPVs are VIEs of which the Consumer Loan Companies are the primary beneficiaries.
The table below presents the carrying value and classification of the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs on New Residential’s Consolidated Balance Sheets:
The BuyerShelter Joint VenturesResidential Mortgage LoansConsumer Loan SPVsTotal
March 31, 2021
Assets
Servicer advance investments, at fair value$501,483 $— $— $— $501,483 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-investment, at fair value— — 336,175 — 336,175 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale— — 163,271 — 163,271 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale, at fair value— — 413,576 — 413,576 
Consumer loans, held-for-investment, at fair value— — — 637,328 637,328 
Cash and cash equivalents39,030 36,625 — — 75,655 
Restricted cash2,601 — — 7,877 10,478 
Other assets9 5,575 41,497 8,447 55,528 
Total Assets$543,123 $42,200 $954,519 $653,652 $2,193,494 
Liabilities
Secured notes and bonds payable(A)
$393,361 $— $669,544 $591,011 $1,653,916 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities944 7,195 23 718 8,880 
Total Liabilities$394,305 $7,195 $669,567 $591,729 $1,662,796 
December 31, 2020
Assets
Servicer advance investments, at fair value$522,901 $— $— $— $522,901 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-investment, at fair value— — 358,629 — 358,629 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale— — 346,250 — 346,250 
Residential mortgage loans, held-for-sale, at fair value— — 614,868 — 614,868 
Consumer loans, held-for-investment— — — 682,932 682,932 
Cash and cash equivalents53,012 39,031 — — 92,043 
Restricted cash2,808 — — 8,090 10,898 
Other assets891 9,151 30,621 9,201 49,864 
Total Assets$579,612 $48,182 $1,350,368 $700,223 $2,678,385 
Liabilities
Secured notes and bonds payable(A)
$414,576 $— $1,034,093 $628,759 $2,077,428 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities1,092 9,455 1,661 764 12,972 
Total Liabilities$415,668 $9,455 $1,035,754 $629,523 $2,090,400 
(A)The creditors of the VIEs do not have recourse to the general credit of New Residential, and the assets of the VIEs are not directly available to satisfy New Residential’s obligations.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent the ownership interests in certain consolidated subsidiaries held by entities or persons other than New Residential. These interests are related to noncontrolling interests in consolidated entities that hold New Residential’s Servicer advance investments (Note 6), the Shelter JVs, (Note 8), Residential mortgage loan trusts (Note 8), and Consumer loans (Note 9).
Others’ interests in the equity of New Residential’s consolidated subsidiaries is computed as follows:
March 31, 2021December 31, 2020
The Buyer(A)
Shelter Joint VenturesConsumer Loan Companies
The Buyer(A)
Shelter Joint VenturesConsumer Loan Companies
Total consolidated equity$148,818 $35,005 $89,066 $163,944 $38,727 $96,418 
Others’ ownership interest26.8 %49.1 %46.5 %26.8 %50.1 %46.5 %
Others’ interest in equity of consolidated subsidiary$39,834 $17,187 $41,963 $43,882 $19,402 $45,384 

Others’ interests in the New Residential’s net income (loss) is computed as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20212020
The Buyer(A)
Shelter Joint VenturesConsumer Loan Companies
The Buyer(A)
Shelter Joint VenturesConsumer Loan Companies
Net income (loss)$4,885 $7,180 $9,809 $(42,015)$2,571 $(13,330)
Others’ ownership interest26.8 %49.1 %46.5 %26.8 %49.9 %46.5 %
Others’ interest in net income of consolidated subsidiary$1,308 $3,525 $4,561 $(11,247)$1,283 $(6,198)
(A)As a result, New Residential owned 73.2% and 73.2% of the Buyer, on average during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. See Note 11 regarding the financing of Servicer Advance Investments.