Excess spread financing (at fair value)

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Mortgage Servicing Rights Liability Resulting from Sale or Securitization of Servicer Advances, Rights not Accounted for as a Sale

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Fair value of financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value of financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset, not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Amount of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Fair value portion of mortgage loans held-for-sale.

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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Fair Value Measurements - Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022
Assets
Mortgage loans held for sale	$ 937	$ 893
Liabilities
Mortgage servicing rights financing	21	19
Treasury futures
Assets
Fair Value			$ 49
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
Assets
Mortgage loans held for sale	937	893
Mortgage servicing rights	6,566	6,654
Equity investments	44	47
Liabilities
Mortgage servicing rights financing	21	19
Excess spread financing	491	509
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| IRLCs
Assets
Fair Value	33	22
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| LPCs
Assets
Fair Value	3	1
Fair Value		1
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Forward MBS trades
Assets
Fair Value	18	8
Fair Value	10	9
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Treasury futures
Assets
Fair Value	71
Fair Value	1	14
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 1
Assets
Mortgage loans held for sale	0	0
Mortgage servicing rights	0	0
Equity investments	2	2
Liabilities
Mortgage servicing rights financing	0	0
Excess spread financing	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 1 \| IRLCs
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 1 \| LPCs
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value		0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 1 \| Forward MBS trades
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 1 \| Treasury futures
Assets
Fair Value	0
Fair Value	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 2
Assets
Mortgage loans held for sale	866	819
Mortgage servicing rights	0	0
Equity investments	0	0
Liabilities
Mortgage servicing rights financing	0	0
Excess spread financing	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 2 \| IRLCs
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 2 \| LPCs
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value		0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 2 \| Forward MBS trades
Assets
Fair Value	18	8
Fair Value	10	9
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 2 \| Treasury futures
Assets
Fair Value	71
Fair Value	1	14
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 3
Assets
Mortgage loans held for sale	71	74
Mortgage servicing rights	6,566	6,654
Equity investments	42	45
Liabilities
Mortgage servicing rights financing	21	19
Excess spread financing	491	509
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 3 \| IRLCs
Assets
Fair Value	33	22
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 3 \| LPCs
Assets
Fair Value	3	1
Fair Value		1
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 3 \| Forward MBS trades
Assets
Fair Value	0	0
Fair Value	0	0
Recurring Fair Value Measurements \| Level 3 \| Treasury futures
Assets
Fair Value	0
Fair Value	$ 0	$ 0