Loan Servicing

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Loan Servicing

Loan Servicing

NOTE 9 Loan Servicing

Loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The unpaid principal balances of loans serviced for others totaled $357.2 million and $345.8 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Servicing loans for others generally consists of collecting mortgage payments, maintaining escrow accounts, disbursing payments to investors and collection and foreclosure processing. Loan servicing income is recorded on an accrual basis and includes servicing fees from investors and certain charges collected from borrowers, such as late payment fees, and is net of fair value adjustments to capitalized mortgage servicing rights.

The following table summarizes the Company’s activity related to servicing rights for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020:

	Year ended
	December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2022		2021		2020
Balance, beginning of period	$	1,880	$	1,987	$	3,845
Additions		622		225		178
Amortization		(524)		(745)		(922)
(Impairment)/Recovery		665		413		(1,114)
Balance, end of period	$	2,643	$	1,880	$	1,987

The following is a summary of key data and assumptions used in the valuation of servicing rights as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. Increases or decreases in any one of these assumptions would result in lower or higher fair value measurements.

	December 31,			December 31,
(dollars in thousands)	2022			2021
Fair value of servicing rights	$	2,643		$	1,880
Weighted-average remaining term, years		20.5			20.3
Prepayment speeds		6.9	%		14.2	%
Discount rate		10.5	%		9.5	%