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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of cost of servicing on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of pricing spread on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 20 percent adverse change of cost of servicing on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 20 percent adverse change of pricing spread on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a specified adverse percentage change in cost of servicing on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a specified adverse percentage change in pricing spread on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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Represents the servicing asset unpaid principal balance of underlying loans.

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Weighted-average note rate on servicing assets.

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Weighted-average servicing fee rate on servicing assets.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of prepayment speed on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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The hypothetical financial impact of a 20 percent adverse change of prepayment speed on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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Value of input used to measure servicing asset.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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