SERVICER ADVANCE INVESTMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Servicer advance investments consist of arrangements to fund existing outstanding servicer advances and the requirement to purchase all future servicer advances made with respect to a specified pool of residential mortgage loans in exchange for the basic fee component of the related MSR. Rithm Capital elected to record its servicer advance investments, including the right to the basic fee component of the related MSRs, at fair value under the fair value option election to provide users of the financial statements with better information regarding the effects of market factors.

Mr. Cooper or SLS, as applicable, as servicer, performs all of the servicing and advancing functions on the Company’s servicer advance assets, retains the ancillary income and assumes servicing obligations and liabilities as the servicer of the underlying loans in the portfolio.

On October 2, 2023, Rithm Capital entered into a definitive agreement with Computershare Limited with respect to the Computershare Acquisition, which closed on May 1, 2024 (Note 27) for a purchase price of approximately $720 million. As part of the transaction, Rithm Capital acquired MSRs owned by SLS underlying the servicer advance investment, which will be reclassified to a full MSR during the second quarter. The servicer advance investment to be reclassified have a fair value of $9.7 million at March 31, 2024.

A taxable wholly-owned subsidiary of Rithm Capital is the managing member of Advance Purchaser LLC (“Advance Purchaser”), a joint venture entity and a subsidiary of the Company, and owns an approximately 89.3% interest in Advance Purchaser as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Advance Purchaser was established in December 2013 for the purpose of investing in residential mortgage related advances. As of March 31, 2024, the noncontrolling third-party co-investors and Rithm Capital have funded their capital commitments. Advance Purchaser may recall $71.5 million and $597.9 million of capital distributed to the third-party co-investors and Rithm Capital, respectively. Neither the third-party co-investors nor Rithm Capital is obligated to fund amounts in excess of their respective capital commitments, regardless of the capital requirements of Advance Purchaser.

The Company’s servicer advance investments are presented in Other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table summarizes servicer advance investments, including the right to the basic fee component of the related MSRs:


	Amortized Cost Basis		Carrying Value(A)		Weighted Average Discount Rate		Weighted Average Yield		Weighted Average Life (Years)(B)
March 31, 2024
Servicer advance investments	$	352,275	$	374,511	6.2	%	7.0	%	8.4
December 31, 2023
Servicer advance investments	$	362,760	$	376,881	6.2	%	6.6	%	8.1

(A)Represents the fair value of the servicer advance investments, including the basic fee component of the related MSRs.

(B)Represents the weighted average expected timing of the receipt of expected net cash flows for this investment.

The following table provides additional information regarding the servicer advance investments and related financing:


	UPB of Underlying Residential Mortgage Loans		Outstanding Servicer Advances		Servicer Advances to UPB of Underlying Residential Mortgage Loans		Face Amount of Secured Notes and Bonds Payable		Loan-to-Value (“LTV”)(A)				Cost of Funds(C)
									Gross		Net(B)		Gross		Net
March 31, 2024
Servicer advance investments(D)	$	14,871,701	$	313,271	2.1	%	$	270,705	84.1	%	81.7	%	7.3	%	6.9	%
December 31, 2023
Servicer advance investments(D)	$	15,499,559	$	320,630	2.1	%	$	278,845	84.1	%	81.9	%	7.5	%	6.9	%

(A)Based on outstanding servicer advances, excluding purchased but unsettled servicer advances.

(B)Ratio of face amount of borrowings to par amount of servicer advance collateral, net of any general reserve.

(C)Annualized measure of the cost associated with borrowings. Gross cost of funds primarily includes interest expense and facility fees. Net cost of funds excludes facility fees.

(D)The following table summarizes the types of advances included in servicer advance investments:


	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Principal and interest advances	$	54,452	$	57,909
Escrow advances (taxes and insurance advances)	145,846		149,346
Foreclosure advances	112,973		113,375
Total	$	313,271	$	320,630