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Servicing fee rate relating to mortgage loans underlying servicing liability.

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Unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans underlying fair value of servicing liability.

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Aggregate amount of servicing liabilities that are subsequently measured at fair value and servicing liabilities that are subsequently measured using the amortization method.

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Value of input used to measure servicing liability.

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