The stated interest percentage for notes receivable.

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Represents the amount of loans receivable maximum commitment amount.

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Represents amounts payable to PennyMac's exchanged unitholders pursuant to an agreement under which an agreed-upon portion of the amount of the benefits, if any, that PFSI is deemed to realize as a result of (i) increases in tax basis of PennyMac's assets resulting from such unitholders' exchanges and (ii) certain other tax benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement.

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Represent the information pertaining to cash outflow relating to tax liability under the tax receivable agreement.

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Percentage of tax benefits under the tax sharing agreement attributable to exchanged PennyMac unit holders.

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Amount of operating interest income, including, but not limited to, amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on securities.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Paragraph 2
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Description of reference rate used for variable rate of loan receivable.

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The cash outflow for a loan, supported by a promissory note, granted to related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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-SubTopic 10
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions - Exchanged Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC Unitholders (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2022	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Transactions with Affiliates
Amount of tax benefits under the tax sharing agreement (as a percent)		85.00%
Payable to exchanged PNMAC unitholders under tax receivable agreement		$ 26,100,000		$ 26,100,000
Interest income		128,478,000	$ 53,882,000
Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company
Transactions with Affiliates
Payment of tax liability under the tax receivable agreement to Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company, LLC unitholders		0		$ 0
Townsgate Closing Services, LLC
Transactions with Affiliates
Advances to related party	$ 801,000
Maximum commitment amount	$ 1,500,000
Advances stated percentage	10.75%
Advances variable rate	10+ year USD High Yield Corporate Bond Index
Interest income		$ 21,000