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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 FORM 10-Q
 
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017
 
OR
 
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from                              to                              
 
Commission File Number: 1-7797
 
PHH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND
 
52-0551284
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification Number)
 
 
 
3000 LEADENHALL ROAD
 
08054
MT. LAUREL, NEW JERSEY
 
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
856-917-1744
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o No þ
 
As of August 4, 2017, 51,306,854 shares of PHH Common stock were outstanding.
 







Except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “PHH,” “we,” “our” or “us” means PHH Corporation, a Maryland corporation, and its subsidiaries.
 
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may also be made in other documents filed or furnished with the SEC or may be made orally to analysts, investors, representatives of the media and others.
 
Generally, forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but instead represent only our current beliefs regarding future events. All forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  Such statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” “plans,” “may increase,” “may fluctuate” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may” and “could.” Forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:
 
our expectations related to our actions and their outcomes resulting from our strategic review, including the timing of any such actions, our estimates of transaction proceeds, operating losses and exit costs, the amount and our expected use of any proceeds, and any other anticipated impacts on our results, client and counterparty relationships, debt arrangements, employee relations or expected value to shareholders;
our projected financial results and expected capital structure for the remaining business after executing the actions resulting from our strategic review, based on our assessment of the market for subservicing and portfolio retention services, our business strategy and our competitive position;
our expectations related to any future strategic actions after completion of our current actions resulting from the strategic review;
the method, amounts and timing of any capital returns to shareholders;
anticipated future origination volumes and loan margins in the mortgage industry;
our expectations of the impacts of regulatory changes on our business;
our assessment of legal and regulatory proceedings and the associated impact on our financial statements;
our expectations around future losses from representation and warranty claims, and associated reserves and provisions; and 
the impact of the adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements on our financial statements. 
Actual results, performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to the factors listed and discussed in “Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q, and “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2016 Form 10-K and those factors described below: 
the effects of our strategic actions, and any associated transactions, on our business, management resources, customer, counterparty and employee relationships, capital structure and financial position;
our ability to execute and complete the actions resulting from our strategic review and implement changes to meet our operational and financial objectives, including (i) restructuring our remaining business and shared services platform; (ii) achieving our growth objectives and assumptions; and (iii) resolving our legacy legal and regulatory matters;
any failure to execute any portion of the remaining sales of MSRs under our existing agreements, or realize estimated proceeds from the transactions, which may be driven by the following reasons, among other factors: (i) not receiving required regulatory, investor, agency, private loan investor and/or client (originations source) approvals for any portion of the sale portfolio; (ii) changes in the composition of the portfolio and related servicing advances outstanding on each sale date; and (iii) not meeting any other conditions precedent to closing, as defined in the respective agreements;
any failure to execute the sale of certain assets of PHH Home Loans and its subsidiaries, or realize estimated proceeds from the transactions, which may be driven by the following reasons, among other factors: (i) not receiving required regulatory and agency approvals; and (ii) not meeting any other conditions precedent to closing, as defined in the respective agreements;
available excess cash from our strategic actions is dependent upon a variety of factors, including the execution of the sale of our remaining MSRs, the monetization of our investment in PHH Home Loans, the successful completion of our PLS exit activities at a certain total expense, the resolution of our outstanding legal and regulatory matters and the

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successful completion of other restructuring and capital management activities, including any unsecured debt repayments, in accordance with our assumptions;
the effects of any termination of our subservicing agreements by any of our largest subservicing clients or on a material portion of our subservicing portfolio;
the effects of market volatility or macroeconomic changes and financial market regulations on the availability and cost of our financing arrangements, the value of our assets and the housing market; 
the effects of changes in current interest rates on our business, the value of our mortgage servicing rights and our financing costs; 
the impact of changes in U.S. financial conditions and fiscal and monetary policies, or any actions taken or to be taken by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on the credit markets and the U.S. economy; 
the effects of any significant adverse changes in the underwriting criteria or the existence or programs of government-sponsored entities, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including any changes caused by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or other actions of the federal government;
the ability to maintain our status as a government sponsored entity-approved seller and servicer, including the ability to continue to comply with the respective selling and servicing guides, our ability to operationalize changes necessary to comply with updates to such guides and programs and our ability to maintain the required minimum capital; 
the effects of changes in, or our failure to comply with, laws and regulations, including mortgage- and real estate-related laws and regulations and those that we are exposed to through our private label relationships until the complete exit from this business channel; 
the effects of the outcome or resolutions of any inquiries, investigations or appeals related to our mortgage origination or servicing activities, any litigation related to our mortgage origination or servicing activities, or any related fines, penalties and increased costs, and the associated impact on our liquidity; 
the ability to maintain our relationships with our existing clients, including our ability to comply with the terms of our private label and subservicing client agreements and any related service level agreements; 
the inability or unwillingness of any of the counterparties to our significant customer contracts, hedging agreements, or financing arrangements to perform their respective obligations under such contracts, or to renew on terms favorable to us, if at all;  
the impacts of our credit ratings, including the impact on our cost of capital and ability to access the debt markets, as well as on our current or potential customers’ assessment of our long-term stability; 
the ability to obtain or renew financing on acceptable terms, if at all, to finance our mortgage loans held for sale and servicing advances;
the ability to operate within the limitations imposed by our financing arrangements and to maintain or generate the amount of cash required to service our indebtedness and operate our business; 
any failure to comply with covenants or asset eligibility requirements under our financing arrangements; and 
the effects of any failure in or breach of our technology infrastructure, or those of our outsource providers, or any failure to implement changes to our information systems in a manner sufficient to comply with applicable laws, regulations and our contractual obligations.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made.  Factors and assumptions discussed above, and other factors not identified above, may have an impact on the continued accuracy of any forward-looking statements that we make. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements. For any forward-looking statements contained in any document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.


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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements

PHH CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except per share data)
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
REVENUES
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Origination and other loan fees
$
37

 
$
79

 
$
81

 
$
140

Gain on loans held for sale, net
52

 
77

 
94

 
125

Loan servicing income, net
28

 
44

 
61

 
99

Net interest expense
(6
)
 
(7
)
 
(13
)
 
(16
)
Other income
1

 
3

 
3

 
5

Net revenues
112

 
196

 
226

 
353

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXPENSES
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and related expenses
75

 
92

 
161

 
182

Commissions
14

 
18

 
25

 
30

Loan origination expenses
9

 
18

 
18

 
34

Foreclosure and repossession expenses
5

 
9

 
12

 
16

Professional and third-party service fees
30

 
37

 
67

 
76

Technology equipment and software expenses
9

 
10

 
18

 
20

Occupancy and other office expenses
9

 
11

 
18

 
24

Depreciation and amortization
3

 
5

 
7

 
9

Exit and disposal costs
16

 

 
41

 

Other operating expenses
25

 
16

 
47

 
31

Total expenses
195

 
216

 
414

 
422

Loss before income taxes
(83
)
 
(20
)
 
(188
)
 
(69
)
Income tax benefit
(33
)
 
(11
)
 
(67
)
 
(30
)
Net loss
(50
)
 
(9
)
 
(121
)
 
(39
)
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(4
)
 
3

 
(8
)
 
3

Net loss attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(46
)
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(113
)
 
$
(42
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and Diluted loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(0.86
)
 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(2.11
)
 
$
(0.78
)

 













See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Net loss
$
(50
)
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(121
)
 
$
(39
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive loss
$
(50
)
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(121
)
 
$
(39
)
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(4
)
 
3

 
(8
)
 
3

Comprehensive loss attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(46
)
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(113
)
 
$
(42
)
 










































See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)
 
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,001

 
$
906

Restricted cash
75

 
57

Mortgage loans held for sale
625

 
683

Accounts receivable, net
74

 
66

Servicing advances, net
473

 
628

Mortgage servicing rights
555

 
690

Property and equipment, net
28

 
36

Other assets
75

 
109

Total assets (1)
$
2,906

 
$
3,175

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
205

 
$
193

Subservicing advance liabilities
205

 
290

Mortgage servicing rights secured liability
114

 

Debt, net
1,192

 
1,262

Deferred taxes, net
11

 
101

Loan repurchase and indemnification liability
41

 
49

Other liabilities
160

 
157

Total liabilities (1)
1,928

 
2,052

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)


 


 
 
 
 
EQUITY
 

 
 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,090,000 shares authorized;
      none issued or outstanding

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 273,910,000 shares authorized;
  51,949,019 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2017;
  53,599,433 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016
1

 
1

Additional paid-in capital
863

 
887

Retained earnings
101

 
214

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (2)
(10
)
 
(10
)
Total PHH Corporation stockholders’ equity
955

 
1,092

Noncontrolling interest
23

 
31

Total equity
978

 
1,123

Total liabilities and equity
$
2,906

 
$
3,175

 










See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Continued.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS-(Continued)
(Unaudited)
(In millions)

 
(1)
The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets include assets and liabilities of variable interest entities which can be used only to settle the obligations and liabilities of the variable interest entities which creditors or beneficial interest holders do not have recourse to PHH Corporation and subsidiaries. These assets and liabilities are as follows:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
61

 
$
67

Restricted cash
31

 
24

Mortgage loans held for sale
327

 
350

Accounts receivable, net
13

 
9

Servicing advances, net
116

 
150

Property and equipment, net
1

 
1

Other assets
10

 
12

Total assets
$
559

 
$
613

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
12

 
$
11

Debt
341

 
399

Other liabilities
6

 
5

Total liabilities
$
359

 
$
415

 
(2)
Includes amounts recorded related to the Company’s defined benefit pension plan, net of income tax benefits of $6 million as of both June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.  During both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016, there were no amounts reclassified out of Accumulated other comprehensive loss.


























See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In millions, except share data)

 
PHH Corporation Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Retained
Earnings
 
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Noncontrolling
Interest
 
Total
Equity
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Balance at December 31, 2016
53,599,433

 
$
1

 
$
887

 
$
214

 
$
(10
)
 
$
31

 
$
1,123

Total comprehensive loss

 

 

 
(113
)
 

 
(8
)
 
(121
)
Stock compensation expense
— 

 
— 

 
5

 

 
— 

 
— 

 
5

Reclassification of stock awards

 

 
(4
)
 

 

 

 
(4
)
Stock issued under share-based payment plans
110,550

 
— 

 
(1
)
 

 
— 

 
— 

 
(1
)
Repurchase of Common stock
(1,760,964
)
 

 
(24
)
 

 
— 

 
— 

 
(24
)
Balance at June 30, 2017
51,949,019

 
$
1

 
$
863

 
$
101

 
$
(10
)
 
$
23

 
$
978

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Balance at December 31, 2015
55,007,983

 
$
1

 
$
911

 
$
416

 
$
(10
)
 
$
30

 
$
1,348

Total comprehensive (loss) income

 
— 

 
— 

 
(42
)
 

 
3

 
(39
)
Stock compensation expense

 
— 

 
4

 
— 

 
— 

 
— 

 
4

Stock issued under share-based payment plans (includes $9 benefit from excess tax shortfall)
28,627

 
— 

 
(9
)
 
— 

 
— 

 
— 

 
(9
)
Repurchase of Common stock
(1,508,772
)
 

 
(23
)
 

 

 

 
(23
)
Balance at June 30, 2016
53,527,838

 
$
1

 
$
883

 
$
374

 
$
(10
)
 
$
33

 
$
1,281


























 
See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In millions)
 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
 

 
 

Net loss
$
(121
)
 
$
(39
)
Adjustments to reconcile Net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
 

 
 

Capitalization of originated mortgage servicing rights
(18
)
 
(30
)
Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights and related derivatives
58

 
83

Change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights secured liability
1

 

Origination of mortgage loans held for sale
(3,791
)
 
(5,050
)
Proceeds on sale of and payments from mortgage loans held for sale
3,977

 
4,999

Net gain on interest rate lock commitments, mortgage loans held for sale and related derivatives
(121
)
 
(134
)
Depreciation and amortization
7

 
9

Deferred income tax benefit
(90
)
 
(58
)
Other adjustments and changes in other assets and liabilities, net
148

 
84

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
50

 
(136
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 
 

Net cash (paid) received on derivatives related to mortgage servicing rights
(45
)
 
146

Proceeds on sale of mortgage servicing rights
91

 
4

Proceeds on sale of servicing advances
11

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 
(9
)
Increase in restricted cash
(18
)
 
(7
)
Other, net

 
5

Net cash provided by investing activities
39

 
139

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 
 

Proceeds from secured borrowings
4,463

 
6,014

Principal payments on secured borrowings
(4,533
)
 
(5,892
)
Proceeds from mortgage servicing rights secured liability
102

 

Repurchase of common stock
(24
)
 
(23
)
Other, net
(2
)
 
(3
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
6

 
96

 
 
 
 
Net increase in Cash and cash equivalents
95

 
99

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
906

 
906

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
1,001

 
$
1,005

 











See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Operations

PHH Corporation and subsidiaries (collectively, “PHH” or the “Company”) operates in two business segments: Mortgage Production, which provides mortgage loan origination services and sells mortgage loans, and Mortgage Servicing, which performs servicing activities for originated and purchased loans, and acts as a subservicer for certain clients that own the underlying mortgage servicing rights.
 
During 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its existing mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs") to New Residential Investment Corp. (“New Residential”), and the initial sale under this agreement settled during the second quarter of 2017. The Company has determined that New Residential has not acquired all ownership rewards since the terms of the subservicing contract limit New Residential’ s ability to terminate the contract within the first three years. As a result, while there was a legal true sale of the MSRs from the Company to New Residential, the Company accounted for such sale of servicing rights as a secured borrowing. Under this accounting treatment, the MSRs transferred to New Residential remain on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the proceeds from the sale are recognized as a Mortgage servicing rights secured liability.

The Company elected to record the MSRs secured liability at fair value consistent with the related MSR asset. Changes in fair value including the market-related fair value adjustments and actual prepayments of the underlying mortgage loan and receipts of recurring cash flows, and the estimated yield on the related MSR asset, are recorded in Loan servicing income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Implied interest cost on the MSRs secured liability is recorded in Net interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations which offsets the estimated yield on the MSR asset, both of which represent non-cash amounts. Proceeds from the sale of these MSRs are included in financing activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Refer to Note 4, 'Servicing Activities' and Note 11, 'Fair Value Measurements' for further information.

Basis of Consolidation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts and transactions of PHH and its subsidiaries, as well as entities in which the Company directly or indirectly has a controlling interest and variable interest entities of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. PHH Home Loans, LLC (“PHH Home Loans”) and its subsidiaries are consolidated within the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the ownership interest of Realogy Services Venture Partner LLC, a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. ("Realogy") is presented as a noncontrolling interest.  In February 2017, the Company announced it has entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and its subsidiaries, including its mortgage origination and processing centers and the majority of its employees. Refer to Note 12, 'Variable Interest Entities' for further information. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information
 
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments, which include normal and recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods presented. The results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the entire year or any subsequent interim period. These unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2016 Form 10-K.
 
Unless otherwise noted and except for share and per share data, dollar amounts presented within these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are in millions.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and assumptions include, but are not limited to, those related to the valuation of mortgage servicing rights and the related secured liability, mortgage loans held for

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

sale and other financial instruments, the estimation of liabilities for commitments and contingencies, mortgage loan repurchases and indemnifications and the determination of certain income tax assets and liabilities and associated valuation allowances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted During the Period

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-06, “Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments.” This update clarified that in assessing whether an embedded contingent put or call option is clearly and closely related to the debt host, an entity is only required to perform a specific four-step decision sequence and is no longer required to assess whether the contingency for exercising the option is indexed to interest rate or credit risk. The Company adopted this update on January 1, 2017 using a modified retrospective approach, and there was no impact to the financial statements or disclosures.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting." This update simplified several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including accounting for income taxes, the classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and the classification of excess tax benefits and payments for tax withholdings on the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted this update on January 1, 2017 using either a prospective, modified retrospective or retrospective approach, depending on the area of change with the more significant provisions described below:

Accounting for income taxes. The Company recognized all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies as income tax expense or benefit in the statement of income and applied this provision prospectively. The tax effects were treated as discrete items to calculate the effective tax rate and resulted in $2 million of income tax expense during the six months ended June 30, 2017.
Forfeiture rates. The Company elected to account for forfeitures as they occur and applied this provision using a modified retrospective approach. The impact to opening retained earnings was not significant.
Statement of Cash Flows. On a retrospective basis, the Company classified cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax withholding purposes as a financing activity which totaled $1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017. The amount of tax withholding was not significant for the six months ended June 30, 2016. In addition, on a prospective basis, the Company will classify excess tax benefits as an operating activity which did not have an impact to the statement of cash flows.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-17, "Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control." This update required an entity to include indirect interest held through related parties that are under common control on a proportionate basis when evaluating if a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. The Company adopted this update on January 1, 2017 using a retrospective approach. This adoption did not change any of the Company's consolidation conclusions, and there was no impact to the financial statements or disclosures.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

There have been no developments to recently issued accounting standards, including the expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and disclosures, from those included in the Company’s 2016 Form 10-K, except for the following:

Effective for the First Quarter of 2018

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-9, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The core principle requires a company to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The FASB has issued several amendments to provide additional clarification and implementation instructions relating to (i) principal versus agent considerations, (ii) identifying performance obligations and licensing, (iii) narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients and (iv) technical corrections and improvements. These updates are to be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented or through a cumulative adjustment in the year of adoption, and are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted.

The Company has reviewed the scope of the guidance and determined that certain revenue streams are not within the scope of the standard because it does not apply to revenue on contracts accounted for under ASC 860, "Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets" or ASC 825, "Financial Instruments". However, the Company continues to evaluate certain select revenue streams, including subservicing fees and certain fee-based origination fees, and the impact that this guidance

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will have on its financial statements and disclosures. While there may be some impact on revenue recognition, the Company currently does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements; however, the Company expects it will result in increased footnote disclosure requirements. The Company will adopt this standard using a modified retrospective approach in the first quarter of 2018 with a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, "Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost."  This update changes the income statement presentation of defined benefit plan expense by requiring the service cost component to be presented in the same line item as other compensation costs and all other components (including interest cost, amortization of prior service cost, settlements, etc.) to be presented separately from the service cost component. This update is effective for the first interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. At adoption, this update will be applied retrospectively. The Company's defined benefit pension plan and the other post-employment benefits plan are frozen, wherein the plans only accrue additional benefits for a very limited number of employees. As a result, the Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on its financial statements.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, "Scope of Modification Accounting." This update clarifies when to account for a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award as a modification. Under the new guidance, modification accounting is required only if the fair value, the vesting conditions, or the classification of the award (as equity or liability) changes as a result of the change in terms or conditions. This update is effective for the first interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. At adoption, this update will be applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on its financial statements.



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2. Exit Costs

PLS Exit

In November 2016, the Company announced its plan to exit the private label solutions ("PLS") business within the Mortgage Production segment. This business channel provides end-to-end origination services to financial institution clients, and represented 79% of the Company's total mortgage production volume (based on dollars) for the year ended December 31, 2016. Due to elevated operating losses, increasing regulatory and client customization costs and a shrinking market for financial institution origination services, the Company determined the exit of the business was necessary. The Company expects that it will be in a position to substantially exit this channel by the first quarter of 2018, subject to transition support requirements.

The following is a summary of expenses incurred to date for the PLS exit program within Exit and disposal costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, including our estimate of remaining and total program costs:
 
As of June 30, 2017
 
Severance and Termination Benefits
 
Facility Exit Costs
 
Contract Termination & Other Costs
 
Non-Cash Charges & Impairments(1)
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Costs incurred in current year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First quarter
$
4

 
$
4

 
$

 
$

 
$
8

Second quarter
4

 

 
8

 
(4
)
 
8

 
8

 
4

 
8

 
(4
)
 
16

Cumulative costs recognized in prior year
22

 

 
4

 
15

 
41

Estimate of remaining costs
8

 
20

 
15

 

 
43

Total
$
38

 
$
24

 
$
27

 
$
11

 
$
100

______________
(1) 
During the second quarter of 2017, the Company recorded $4 million to reverse previously accrued liabilities associated with the Jacksonville facility.

The following is a summary of the PLS program costs by segment as of June 30, 2017:
 
Mortgage Production
 
Other
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Costs incurred in current year:
 
 
 
 
 
First quarter
$
7

 
$
1

 
$
8

Second quarter
7

 
1

 
8

 
14

 
2

 
16

Cumulative costs recognized in prior year
33

 
8

 
41

Estimate of remaining costs
36

 
7

 
43

Total
$
83

 
$
17

 
$
100


Reorganization

In February 2017, as an outcome of its strategic review, the Company announced its intention to operate as a smaller business that is focused on subservicing and portfolio retention services. Costs estimated for this Reorganization exit program, which is presented separately from the PLS exit program, include severance, acceleration of existing retention and incentive awards and other costs to execute the reorganization and change the focus of the Company's operations. The Company expects it will incur the remaining exit costs through the end of 2017.

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The following is a summary of expenses incurred to date for the Reorganization exit program within Exit and disposal costs in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, including our estimate of remaining and total program costs:
 
As of June 30, 2017
 
Severance and Termination Benefits
 
Facility Exit Costs
 
Non-Cash Charges & Impairments(1)
 
Total(2)
 
(In millions)
Costs incurred in current year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First quarter
$
17

 
$

 
$

 
$
17

Second quarter
4

 
2

 
2

 
8

 
21

 
2

 
2

 
25

Cumulative costs recognized in prior year

 

 

 

Estimate of remaining costs
10

 
3

 
2

 
15

Total
$
31

 
$
5

 
$
4

 
$
40

______________
(1) 
During the second quarter of 2017, the Company recorded a $2 million impairment for an equity method investment.
(2) 
Exit Costs related to our Reorganization include amounts attributable to noncontrolling interest, representing $2 million of Costs incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2017, and $8 million of Total program costs. Refer to Note 12, 'Variable Interest Entities' for further information regarding our agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and its subsidiaries and exit the Real Estate channel.

The following is a summary of the Reorganization program costs by segment as of June 30, 2017:
 
Mortgage Production
 
Mortgage Servicing
 
Other
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Costs incurred in current year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
First quarter
$
6

 
$
2

 
$
9

 
$
17

     Second quarter
3

 

 
5

 
8

 
9

 
2

 
14

 
25

Cumulative costs recognized in prior year

 

 

 

Estimate of remaining costs
14

 

 
1

 
15

Total
$
23

 
$
2

 
$
15

 
$
40


Exit Cost Liability

The Company's Exit cost liability is included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. A summary of the aggregate activity for both the PLS exit program and the Reorganization exit program is as follows:
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
 
Severance and Termination Benefits
 
Facility Exit Costs
 
Contract Termination & Other Costs
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period
$
22

 
$

 
$
3

 
$
25

Charges
29

 
6

 
8

 
43

Paid
(1
)
 
(6
)
 

 
(7
)
Adjustments (1)
4

 

 

 
4

Balance, end of period
$
54

 
$

 
$
11

 
$
65

______________
(1) 
This adjustment represents previously accrued amounts of existing retention and incentive awards for exiting employees that will be paid out upon termination and other non-cash charges.


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3. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings or loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation was computed by dividing Net income or loss attributable to PHH Corporation by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings or loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation was computed by dividing Net income or loss attributable to PHH Corporation by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period, assuming all potentially dilutive common shares were issued.

On May 3, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors authorized up to $100 million in open market share repurchases. Any shares received under the share repurchase program are retired upon receipt and reported as a reduction of shares issued and outstanding as of each settlement date, and the cash paid is recorded as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Weighted-average common shares outstanding for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 include the reduction in shares attributable to the open market repurchase of 1,760,964 shares during May and June 2017, in which the Company paid $24 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, weighted-average common shares include the reduction in shares attributable to the open market repurchase of 1,508,772 shares during January 2016.

The weighted-average computation of the dilutive effect of potentially issuable shares of Common stock under the treasury stock method excludes the effect of any contingently issuable securities where the contingency has not been met and excludes the effect of securities that would be anti-dilutive.  Anti-dilutive securities may include: (i) outstanding stock-based compensation awards representing shares from restricted stock units and stock options and (ii) stock assumed to be issued related to convertible notes.

The following table summarizes the calculations of basic and diluted earnings or loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation and anti-dilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted shares for the periods indicated:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions, except share and per share data)
Net loss attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(46
)
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(113
)
 
$
(42
)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic & diluted
53,342,256

 
53,568,357

 
53,511,445

 
53,635,793

Basic and Diluted loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(0.86
)
 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(2.11
)
 
$
(0.78
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the computation of diluted shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding stock-based compensation awards (1) 
1,098,464

 
1,946,982

 
1,098,464

 
1,946,982

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ———————
(1) 
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, excludes 48,941 shares that are contingently issuable for which the contingency has not been met.
 


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4. Servicing Activities

Total Servicing Portfolio

The following table summarizes the total servicing portfolio, which consists of loans associated with capitalized MSRs owned and secured, loans held for sale, and the portfolio associated with loans subserviced for others: 
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
Fair Value
 
UPB
 
Fair Value
 
UPB
 
(In millions)
Capitalized MSRs owned
$
441

 
$
53,933

 
$
690

 
$
84,657

Capitalized MSRs under secured borrowing arrangements and subserviced (1)
114

 
13,084

 

 

Total capitalized MSRs
$
555

 
$
67,017

 
$
690

 
$
84,657

Subserviced
 
 
91,986

 
 
 
89,170

Other owned servicing
 
 
760

 
 
 
815

Total
 
 
$
159,763

 
 
 
$
174,642

 ———————
(1) 
Accounted for as a secured borrowing arrangement. Refer to Note 1, 'Summary of Significant Accounting Policies' for additional information.

Loan Servicing Income, Net

The following table summarizes the components of Loan servicing income, net:

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Servicing fees from capitalized portfolio (1)
$
49

 
$
67

 
$
103

 
$
137

Subservicing fees
10

 
18

 
21

 
36

Late fees and other ancillary revenue
6

 
10

 
15

 
18

Loss on sale of MSRs
(4
)
 

 
(13
)
 
(2
)
Curtailment interest paid to investors
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
(7
)
Loan servicing income
58

 
91

 
120

 
182

Change in fair value of MSRs, net of related derivatives (2)
(29
)
 
(47
)
 
(58
)
 
(83
)
Change in fair value of MSRs secured liability
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Loan servicing income, net
$
28

 
$
44

 
$
61

 
$
99

____________________
(1) 
Servicing fees from capitalized portfolio include $1 million related to the estimated yield on capitalized MSRs treated as a secured borrowing arrangement for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. This is fully offset by the MSRs secured interest expense included in Net interest expense.
(2) 
Net of derivative gains of $58 million and $143 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively. Derivative gains for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were not significant.

Sales of MSRs

While the Company has historically retained MSRs on its Balance sheet from the majority of its loan sales, the Company has entered into contracts to sell substantially all of its existing MSR assets in a series of transactions as part of the conclusions reached from the strategic review process. If the sales of these MSRs are completed, the Company does not anticipate retaining a significant amount of capitalized MSRs owned in the future. The final proceeds the Company may receive from each MSR sale are dependent on the portfolio composition and market conditions at each transfer date and are also dependent upon the extent to which consent is received from the GSEs, private loan investors, PLS clients and other origination sources.


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The following table summarizes the Company's MSRs and its commitments under sale agreements, based on the portfolio as of June 30, 2017:
 
June 30, 2017
 
UPB
 
Fair Value
 
(In millions)
MSR commitments:
 
 
 
New Residential Investment Corp.
$
49,118

 
$
403

Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC
1,989

 
12

Other counterparties
1,240

 
12

MSRs capitalized under secured borrowing arrangements and subserviced
13,084

 
114

Non-committed
1,586

 
14

Total MSRs
$
67,017

 
$
555


In addition, the Company has commitments to transfer approximately $220 million of Servicing advances to the counterparties of these agreements (based on the June 30, 2017 portfolio).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company received $20 million and $91 million, respectively, in cash from sales of MSRs that have been de-recognized from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company received an additional $102 million in cash from sales of MSRs that have been accounted for as a secured borrowing arrangement. As of June 30, 2017, the Company has recorded $14 million in Accounts receivable related to holdback from executed MSR sales and transfers, to address indemnification claims and to address mortgage loan document deficiencies.

Lakeview/GNMA Portfolio. In November 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its Ginnie Mae ("GNMA") MSRs and related advances to Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC ("Lakeview").  On February 2, 2017, the initial sale of GNMA MSRs under this agreement was completed, representing $10.2 billion of unpaid principal balance, $74 million of MSR fair value, and $11 million of Servicing advances with total expected proceeds of $85 million from the initial transfer. On May 2, 2017, an additional sale of GNMA MSRs was completed, representing $1.0 billion of unpaid principal balance, $7 million of MSR fair value, and $1 million of Servicing advances with total expected proceeds of $8 million from this transfer. On August 2, 2017, the final transfer under this agreement was completed, representing $2.0 billion of unpaid principal balance, $12 million of MSR fair value, and $2 million of Servicing advances with total expected proceeds of $14 million.

New Residential. On December 28, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its portfolio of MSRs and related advances, excluding the GNMA MSRs pending sale to Lakeview, to New Residential Mortgage LLC ("New Residential"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Residential Investment Corporation. On June 16, 2017, the sale of substantially all of the committed Freddie Mac MSRs under this agreement was completed, representing $13.2 billion of unpaid principal balance, $113 million of MSR fair value, and $8 million of Servicing advances with total expected proceeds of $121 million. On July 3, 2017, the sale of substantially all of the committed Fannie Mae MSRs under this agreement was completed, representing $39.5 billion of unpaid principal balance, $342 million of MSR fair value, and $24 million of Servicing advances with total expected proceeds of $366 million. See Note 11, 'Fair Value Measurements' for a discussion of the secured borrowing arrangement.

The consummation of substantially all of the remaining MSRs and related advances contemplated by this sale agreement after the June and July sales is subject to the approvals of multiple counterparties, including origination sources, investors and trustees, as well as other customary closing requirements.

In connection with the agreement, the Company entered into a subservicing agreement with New Residential, pursuant to which the Company will subservice the loans sold in this transaction for an initial period of three years, subject to certain transfer and termination provisions, which includes 81,000 units as of June 30, 2017 as part of the secured borrowing arrangement. Additionally, there are 346,000 units in the owned portfolio that are committed to sell to New Residential as of June 30, 2017, of which 301,000 units were included in the sale that was executed on July 3, 2017.

Other counterparties. Commitments to sell MSRs to other counterparties may include: (i) agreements to sell a portion of the Company's newly-created MSRs to third parties through flow-sale agreements, where the Company will have continuing involvement as a subservicer; (ii) agreements to sell a portion of MSRs to clients that were the origination source of the MSRs that were previously part of the New Residential commitments; and (iii) agreements for small portfolio sales of existing MSRs,

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consistent with its intention to not retain a significant amount of MSRs in the future. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, $14 million of MSR fair value was sold to other counterparties.

In addition to the commitments presented on the table above, as of June 30, 2017, the Company had commitments to sell MSRs through third-party flow sales related to $17 million of the unpaid principal balance of Mortgage loans held for sale and Interest rate lock commitments that are expected to result in closed loans.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights

The activity in the total loan servicing portfolio unpaid principal balance associated with capitalized mortgage servicing rights consisted of:
 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period
$
84,657

 
$
98,990

Additions
1,605

 
2,960

Payoffs and curtailments
(6,729
)
 
(8,767
)
Sales
(12,516
)
 
(496
)
Balance, end of period
$
67,017

 
$
92,687


The activity in total capitalized MSRs consisted of: 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period (1)
$
690

 
$
880

Additions
18

 
30

Sales
(95
)
 
(5
)
Changes in fair value due to:
 

 
 

Realization of expected cash flows
(53
)
 
(61
)
Changes in market inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model
(5
)
 
(165
)
Balance, end of period (1)
$
555

 
$
679

 ———————
(1) 
As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the MSRs had a weighted-average life of 6.0 years and 6.3 years, respectively. See Note 11, 'Fair Value Measurements' for additional information regarding the valuation of MSRs.
 
Sales of Mortgage Loans

Residential mortgage loans are sold through one of the following methods: (i) sales to or pursuant to programs sponsored by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Government National Mortgage Association (collectively, the "Agencies") or (ii) sales to private investors. The Company may have continuing involvement in mortgage loans sold by retaining MSRs and/or recourse obligations, as discussed further in Note 10, 'Commitments and Contingencies'.

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The following table sets forth information regarding cash flows relating to loan sales in which the Company has continuing involvement: 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Proceeds from new loan sales or securitizations
$
1,651

 
$
3,055

Servicing fees from capitalized portfolio (1) 
104

 
153

Purchases of previously sold loans (2) 
(15
)
 
(169
)
Servicing advances (3) 
(627
)
 
(836
)
Repayment of servicing advances (3) 
782

 
872

____________________
(1) 
Includes servicing fees, late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue in which the Company has continuing involvement.
(2) 
Includes purchases of repurchase eligible loans and excludes indemnification payments to investors and insurers of the related mortgage loans. 
(3) 
Outstanding servicing advance receivables are presented in Servicing advances, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, except for advances related to loans in foreclosure or real estate owned, which are included in Other assets. Repayment of servicing advances includes the $21 million received for advances from the Lakeview and New Residential sales of MSRs executed in the six months ended June 30, 2017.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, pre-tax gains of $46 million and $95 million, respectively, related to the sale or securitization of residential mortgage loans were recognized in Gain on loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, pre-tax gains of $65 million and $108 million, respectively, related to the sale or securitization of residential mortgage loans were recognized in Gain on loans held for sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.



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5. Derivatives
 
Derivative instruments and the risks they manage are as follows:
 
Forward delivery commitments — Related to interest rate and price risk for mortgage loans held for sale and interest rate lock commitments
 
Option contracts — Related to interest rate and price risk for mortgage loans held for sale and interest rate lock commitments
 
MSR-related agreements — Related to interest rate risk for mortgage servicing rights.

Derivative instruments are recorded in Other assets and Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The Company does not have any derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments.

 The following table summarizes the gross notional amount of derivatives: 
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Interest rate lock commitments
$
887

 
$
862

Forward delivery commitments
1,811

 
2,104

Option contracts
105

 
120

MSR-related agreements (1)

 
260

 ______________
(1) 
In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company significantly reduced its MSR-related derivative hedge coverage as a result of the MSR sale agreements that fix the prices the Company expects to realize at future transfer dates. The remaining MSR-related derivatives were settled during the six months ended June 30, 2017. For further discussion of the MSR sale agreements, see Note 4, 'Servicing Activities'.
 
The following tables present the balances of outstanding derivative instruments on a gross basis and the application of counterparty and collateral netting:
 
June 30, 2017
 
Gross Assets
 
Offsetting
Payables
 
Cash Collateral
Paid
 
Net Amount
 
(In millions)
ASSETS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Subject to master netting arrangements:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments
$
3

 
$
(2
)
 
$
1

 
$
2

Not subject to master netting arrangements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate lock commitments
16

 

 

 
16

Total derivative assets
$
19

 
$
(2
)
 
$
1

 
$
18


 
Gross Liabilities
 
Offsetting
Receivables
 
Cash Collateral
 
Net Amount
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Subject to master netting arrangements:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments
$
2

 
$
(2
)
 
$

 
$

Total derivative liabilities
$
2

 
$
(2
)
 
$

 
$



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December 31, 2016
 
Gross Assets
 
Offsetting
Payables
 
Cash Collateral
Paid
 
Net Amount
 
(In millions)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subject to master netting arrangements:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments
$
13

 
$
(43
)
 
$
31

 
$
1

MSR-related agreements
19

 
(22
)
 
4

 
1

Option contracts
1

 
(1
)
 

 

Derivative assets subject to netting
33

 
(66
)
 
35

 
2

Not subject to master netting arrangements:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest rate lock commitments
18

 

 

 
18

Forward delivery commitments
1

 

 

 
1

Derivative assets not subject to netting
19

 

 

 
19

Total derivative assets
$
52

 
$
(66
)
 
$
35

 
$
21


 
Gross Liabilities
 
Offsetting
Receivables
 
Cash Collateral
Received
 
Net Amount
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Subject to master netting arrangements:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments
$
4

 
$
(10
)
 
$
11

 
$
5

MSR-related agreements
65

 
(55
)
 
2

 
12

Option contracts

 
(1
)
 
2

 
1

Derivative assets subject to netting
69

 
(66
)
 
15

 
18

Total derivative liabilities
$
69

 
$
(66
)
 
$
15

 
$
18

 
The following table summarizes the gains (losses) recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for derivative instruments:
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Gain on loans held for sale, net:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate lock commitments
$
64

 
$
101

 
$
113

 
$
178

Forward delivery commitments
(3
)
 
(14
)
 
(5
)
 
(35
)
Option contracts

 
(1
)
 
(1
)
 
(1
)
Loan servicing income, net:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
MSR-related agreements

 
58

 

 
143




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6. Other Assets

Other assets consisted of:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Derivatives (Note 5)
$
18

 
$
21

Mortgage loans in foreclosure, net (1)
16

 
21

Real estate owned, net (2)
16

 
16

Prepaid expenses
13

 
11

Equity method investments
7

 
10

Repurchase eligible loans (3)
3

 
13

Income taxes receivable (4)

 
14

Other
2

 
3

Total
$
75

 
$
109

______________
(1) 
As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, Mortgage loans in foreclosure is net of Allowance for probable foreclosure losses of $8 million and $10 million, respectively.
(2)  
As of both June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, Real estate owned is net of Adjustment to value for real estate owned of $14 million.
(3) 
Repurchase eligible loans represent certain mortgage loans sold pursuant to GNMA programs where the Company, as servicer, has the unilateral option to repurchase the loan if certain criteria are met, including if a loan is greater than 90 days delinquent and where it has been determined that there is more than a trivial benefit from exercising the repurchase option.  Regardless of whether the repurchase option has been exercised, the Company must recognize eligible loans within Other assets and a corresponding repurchase liability within Accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(4) 
As of June 30, 2017, $9 million of Income taxes payable is recorded within Accounts payable and accrued expenses.


7. Other Liabilities

Other liabilities consisted of:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Legal and regulatory matters (Note 10)
$
134

 
$
114

Pension and other post-employment benefits
11

 
11

Income tax contingencies
8

 
8

Derivatives (Note 5)

 
18

Other
7

 
6

Total
$
160

 
$
157




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8. Debt and Borrowing Arrangements

The following table summarizes the components of Debt:
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
Balance
 
Interest
Rate
(1)
 
Available
Capacity(2)
 
Balance
 
(In millions)
Committed warehouse facilities
$
515

 
3.4
%
 
$
135

 
$
556

Uncommitted warehouse facilities
4

 
2.6
%
 
296

 

Servicing advance facility
65

 
3.2
%
 
35

 
99

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Term notes due in 2019(3)
275

 
7.375
%
 
n/a

 
275

Term notes due in 2021(3)
340

 
6.375
%
 
n/a

 
340

Unsecured credit facilities

 

 
3

 

Unsecured debt, face value
615

 
 

 
 

 
615

   Debt issuance costs
(7
)
 
 
 
 
 
(8
)
Unsecured debt, net
608

 
 
 
 
 
607

Total
$
1,192

 
 

 
 

 
$
1,262

______________
(1) 
Interest rate shown represents the stated interest rate of outstanding borrowings, which may differ from the effective rate due to the amortization of premiums, discounts and issuance costs.  Warehouse facilities and the servicing advance facility are variable-rate.  Rate shown for warehouse facilities represents the weighted-average rate of current outstanding borrowings. 
(2) 
Capacity is dependent upon maintaining compliance with, or obtaining waivers of, the terms, conditions and covenants of the respective agreements, including asset-eligibility requirements. 
(3) 
On June 19, 2017, the Company commenced tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of the Senior Notes due in 2019 and 2021. Refer to "Unsecured Debt" below.

Assets pledged as collateral or funded by subservicing clients that are not available to pay the Company’s general obligations as of June 30, 2017 consisted of:
 
Warehouse
Facilities
 
Servicing
Advance
Facility
 
Subservicing Advance Liabilities (1)
 
MSRs Secured Liability (2)
 
(In millions)
Restricted cash
$
9

 
$
25

 
$

 
$

Servicing advances

 
116

 
205

 

Mortgage loans held for sale (unpaid principal balance)
535

 

 

 

Mortgage servicing rights

 

 

 
114

Total
$
544

 
$
141

 
$
205

 
$
114

______________
(1) 
Under the terms of certain subservicing arrangements, the subservicing counterparty is required to fund servicing advances for their respective portfolios of subserviced loans. A subservicing advance liability is recorded for cash received from the counterparty to fund advances and is repaid to the counterparty upon the collection of the mortgage servicing advance receivables.
(2) 
Represents MSRs that are accounted for as a secured borrowing arrangement. Refer to Note 1, 'Summary of Significant Accounting Policies' for additional information.


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The following table provides the contractual debt maturities as of June 30, 2017:
 
 
Warehouse
Facilities
 
Servicing
Advance
Facility
 
Unsecured
Debt
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Within one year
$
519

 
$
65

 
$

 
$
584

Between one and two years

 

 

 

Between two and three years

 

 
275

 
275

Between three and four years

 

 

 

Between four and five years

 

 
340

 
340

Thereafter

 

 

 

 
$
519

 
$
65

 
$
615

 
$
1,199

  
See Note 11, 'Fair Value Measurements' for the measurement of the fair value of Debt.
 
Net Interest Expense
The following table summarizes the components of Net interest expense:

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Interest income
$
11

 
$
12

 
$
20

 
$
21

Secured interest expense
(7
)
 
(8
)
 
(13
)
 
(16
)
MSRs secured interest expense (1)
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Unsecured interest expense
(9
)
 
(11
)
 
(19
)
 
(21
)
Net interest expense
$
(6
)
 
$
(7
)
 
$
(13
)
 
$
(16
)
_____________
(1) 
MSRs secured interest expense is the estimated yield on the MSRs secured liability as a result of the secured borrowing arrangement, as discussed in Note 4, 'Servicing Activities'. MSRs secured interest expense fully offsets the estimated yield on capitalized MSRs treated as a secured borrowing arrangement, which is included within Loan servicing income, net.

Mortgage Warehouse Facilities

The Company has entered into shorter term committed repurchase facilities with certain of its lenders to allow both the Company and the lender to continually evaluate facility needs and agreement terms during the execution of the Company's strategic actions and business changes. Upon expiration of these existing agreements, the Company expects to negotiate terms for repurchase facility commitments to meet its forecasted capacity needs and negotiate terms for covenants or conditions precedent to borrowing to support its intended strategic and capital actions.

On March 27, 2017, the committed mortgage repurchase facility of $100 million and the uncommitted mortgage repurchase facility of $100 million with Barclays Bank PLC were extended to July 31, 2017. On July 31, 2017, the committed and uncommitted mortgage repurchase facilities were extended to January 31, 2018.

On March 31, 2017, the committed mortgage repurchase facilities of $450 million with Wells Fargo Bank were extended to June 30, 2017. On June 30, 2017, the committed mortgage repurchase facilities were reduced by $100 million to $350 million at the Company's request, and the facilities were also extended to December 1, 2017, with incremental capacity decreases through the maturity date that are consistent with anticipated needs.

On March 31, 2017, the committed mortgage repurchase facility of $150 million with Fannie Mae expired and was not renewed by mutual agreement, and the uncommitted mortgage repurchase facility was increased to $2.0 billion. On April 30, 2017, the uncommitted mortgage repurchase facility was reduced by $1.8 billion to $200 million to better align capacity with anticipated needs.

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On March 31, 2017, the committed repurchase facility with Bank of America was reduced by $150 million to $200 million at the Company's request, and the facility was extended to June 30, 2017. On June 30, 2017, the $200 million committed repurchase facility was extended to September 29, 2017.

Servicing Advance Facility

On June 15, 2017, PHH Service Advance Receivables Trust 2013-1 ("PSART"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, extended the revolving period and revised the final maturity date of the note purchase agreement with Wells Fargo Bank for the Series 2015-1 variable funding notes to March 15, 2018 and reduced the aggregate maximum principal amount by $55 million to $100 million. The notes bear interest, payable monthly, based on LIBOR plus an agreed-upon margin.

Unsecured Debt

On June 19, 2017, the Company commenced a tender offer and consent solicitation to purchase for cash any and all of its outstanding Term Notes due in 2019 and due in 2021. The early tender offer included cash consideration of $1,100.00 for the 2019 Notes and $1,031.88 for the 2021 Notes for each $1,000 in principal amount (in dollars), plus accrued and unpaid interest. On July 3, 2017, $178 million of the 2019 Notes and $318 million of the 2021 Notes were tendered, and the Company repaid these notes for an aggregate $524 million in cash, plus accrued interest. On July 17, 2017, the tender offer expired with an insignificant amount of additional Term Notes being tendered. In connection with the tender offer, the Company will recognize a loss of $35 million in Other Operating Expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the three months ended September 30, 2017.

Debt Covenants 

During 2017, financial covenants in certain of the Company's committed mortgage repurchase facility agreements have been modified to reduce the minimum consolidated tangible net worth covenants to $450 million from $750 million, and to reduce the minimum committed mortgage warehouse financing capacity to $400 million from $750 million, which committed capacity must be provided by at least three warehouse lenders. In addition, in 2017, the Company obtained amendments to certain negative covenants in its mortgage warehouse facilities and unsecured debt indentures to the extent necessary to permit the MSR sale transaction with New Residential and the sale of certain assets of PHH Home Loans. There were no other significant amendments to the terms of the debt covenants during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants related to its debt arrangements for the second quarter of 2017.



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9. Income Taxes

Deferred Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the basis differences between assets and liabilities measured for financial reporting versus for income tax returns' purposes.  The following table summarizes the significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Deferred tax assets:
 

 
 

Federal loss carryforwards
$
23

 
$
23

State loss carryforwards and credits
37

 
39

Accrued legal and regulatory matters
53

 
46

Reserves and allowances
33

 
36

Exit cost liability
27

 
10

Other accrued liabilities
20

 
24

Gross deferred tax assets
193

 
178

Valuation allowance
(47
)
 
(44
)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
146

 
134

 
 
 
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
 

 
 

Mortgage servicing rights
152

 
234

Other
5

 
1

Deferred tax liabilities
157

 
235

Net deferred tax liability
$
11

 
$
101


The deferred tax liabilities represent the future tax liability generated upon reversal of the differences between the tax basis and book basis of certain of the Company's assets.  Deferred liabilities related to the Company's MSRs arise due to differences in the timing of income recognition for accounting and tax purposes for certain servicing rights, which generate an associated basis difference between book and tax. The decrease in the MSR deferred tax liability during the six months ended June 30, 2017 is a result of the Company's execution of the MSRs secured borrowing arrangement with New Residential that resulted in the sale of the Company's MSR portfolio for tax purposes generating taxable income and tax liability.

Effective Tax Rate

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, interim income tax benefit was recorded by applying a projected full-year effective income tax rate to the quarterly Loss before income taxes for results that are deemed to be reliably estimable. Certain items are considered not to be reliably estimable, and therefore, discrete year-to-date income tax provisions are recorded on those items. The resulting effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were (40.7)% and (35.9)%, respectively. The difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the statutory 35% rate was primarily due to:

(i)
state and local income taxes determined by the mix of income or loss from the operations by entity and state income tax jurisdiction;
(ii)
for the six months ended June 30, 2017, the net increase in the valuation allowance was driven by certain cumulative non net operating loss deferred tax assets for which state and federal valuation allowance is warranted partially offset by a decrease in the valuation allowance due to state taxable income generated during the second quarter of 2017; while for the three months ended June 30, 2017, the net decrease in valuation allowance was due to state taxable income generated; and
(iii)
tax expense related to Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests for which no tax benefit is provided.

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For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, interim income tax benefits were recorded using the discrete effective tax rate method. Management believes the use of the discrete method for this period is more appropriate than applying the full-year effective tax rate method due to the actual results for the six months ended June 30, 2016 compared to the expected results for the full year and the sensitivity of the effective tax rate to small changes in forecasted annual pre-tax income or loss. Under the discrete method, the Company determines the tax provision based upon actual results as if the interim period were a full-year period. The resulting effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 were (58.2)% and (44.0)%, respectively. The difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the statutory 35% rate was primarily due to:

(i) state and local income taxes determined by the mix of income or loss from the operations by entity and state income tax jurisdiction;
(ii) a decrease in the valuation allowance driven by the utilization of state tax losses; and
(iii) tax benefits related to income attributable to noncontrolling interests for which no taxes are provided.


10. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal and Regulatory Matters

The Company and its subsidiaries are routinely, and currently, defendants in various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of PHH's business, including class actions and other private and civil litigation. These proceedings are generally based on alleged violations of consumer protection laws (including the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA")), employment laws and contractual obligations. Similar to other mortgage loan originators and servicers, the Company and its subsidiaries are also routinely, and currently, subject to government and regulatory examinations, investigations and inquiries or other requests for information.  The resolution of these various legal and regulatory matters may result in adverse judgments, fines, penalties, injunctions and other relief against the Company as well as monetary payments or other agreements and obligations. In particular, legal proceedings brought under RESPA and other federal or state consumer protection laws that are ongoing, or may arise from time to time, may include the award of treble and other damages substantially in excess of actual losses, attorneys' fees, costs and disbursements, and other consumer and injunctive relief. These proceedings and matters are at varying procedural stages and the Company may engage in settlement discussions on certain matters in order to avoid the additional costs of engaging in litigation.

The outcome of legal and regulatory matters is difficult to predict or estimate and the ultimate time to resolve these matters may be protracted. In addition, the outcome of any legal proceeding or governmental and regulatory matter may affect the outcome of other pending legal proceedings or governmental and regulatory matters.

A liability is established for legal and regulatory contingencies when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of such loss can be reasonably estimated.  In light of the inherent uncertainties involved in litigation, legal proceedings and other governmental and regulatory matters, it is not always possible to determine a reasonable estimate of the amount of a probable loss, and the Company may estimate a range of possible loss for consideration in its estimates.  The estimates are based upon currently available information and involve significant judgment taking into account the varying stages and inherent uncertainties of such matters.  Accordingly, the Company’s estimates may change from time to time and such changes may be material to the consolidated financial results. 

As of June 30, 2017, the Company’s recorded liability associated with legal and regulatory contingencies was $134 million and is presented in Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Given the inherent uncertainties and status of the Company’s outstanding legal proceedings, the range of reasonably possible losses cannot be estimated for all matters.  For matters where the Company can estimate the range, the Company believes reasonably possible losses in excess of the recorded liability are not significant as of June 30, 2017.

There can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not result in losses in excess of the Company’s recorded liability, or in excess of the estimate of reasonably possible losses.  As a result, the ultimate resolution of any particular legal matter, or matters, could be material to the Company’s results of operations or cash flows for the period in which such matter is resolved.
 

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The following are descriptions of the Company’s significant legal and regulatory matters.
 
MMC Examination. The Company has undergone a regulatory examination by a multistate coalition of certain mortgage banking regulators (the “MMC”), and such regulators have alleged various violations of federal and state consumer protection and other laws related to the Company’s legacy mortgage servicing practices.  In July 2015, the Company received a settlement proposal from the MMC, proposing payments to certain borrowers nationwide where foreclosure proceedings were either referred to a foreclosure attorney or completed during 2009 through 2012, as well as other consumer relief and administrative penalties. In addition, the proposal would require that the Company comply with national servicing standards, submit its servicing activities to monitoring for compliance, and other injunctive relief. The Company continues to engage in substantive discussions with the MMC regarding the proposal. The Company believes it has meritorious explanations and defenses to the findings.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company entered into a consent order and paid a civil monetary penalty with the New York Department of Financial Services to close out New York's pending examination report findings, including New York findings stemming from the MMC examination.

As of June 30, 2017, the Company included an estimate of probable losses in connection with the MMC matter in the recorded liability.

HUD Subpoenas. The Company previously disclosed that it had received document subpoenas from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) requesting production of certain documents related to, among other things, the Company’s origination and underwriting process for loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) during the period between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2011. As part of the investigation, HUD has also requested documents related to a small sample of loans originated during this period. The Company also previously disclosed that this investigation could lead to a demand or claim under the False Claims Act, that the Company was cooperating in the investigation, and that the Company had engaged in substantive settlement discussions with the government towards resolving this matter.

On August 8, 2017, the Company announced it has reached a settlement of this matter with the U.S. Department of Justice for $65 million without any admission of liability. As of June 30, 2017, the settlement amount was included in the Company's recorded liability.

CFPB Enforcement Action.  In January 2014, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (the “CFPB”) initiated an administrative proceeding alleging that the Company’s reinsurance activities, including its mortgage insurance premium ceding practices, have violated certain provisions of RESPA and other laws enforced by the CFPB.  Through its reinsurance subsidiaries, the Company assumed risk in exchange for premiums ceded from primary mortgage insurance companies.

In June 2015, the Director of the CFPB issued a final order requiring the Company to pay $109 million, based upon the gross reinsurance premiums the Company received on or after July 21, 2008. Subsequently, the Company filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “Court of Appeals”).

In October 2016, the Court of Appeals issued its decision, vacating the decision of the Director of the CFPB, and finding in favor of the Company’s arguments, among others, around the correct interpretations of Section 8 of RESPA, the applicability of prior HUD interpretations around captive re-insurance and the applicability of statute of limitations to administrative enforcement proceedings at the CFPB. The Court of Appeals remanded the case to the CFPB to determine the Company's compliance with provisions of RESPA specific to whether any mortgage insurers paid more than reasonable market value to the Company for reinsurance. The Company continues to believe that it has complied with RESPA and other laws applicable to its former mortgage reinsurance activities.
In February 2017, the Court of Appeals granted the CFPB's request to rehear the case en banc and oral arguments took place in May 2017; however, the decision has not yet been issued.
Given the nature of this matter and the current status, the Company cannot estimate the amount of possible loss, or a range of possible losses, if any, in connection with this matter.


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Other Subpoenas and Investigations.  The Company previously disclosed that it had received document subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. The subpoenas requested production of certain documents related to, among other things: (i) foreclosure expenses that the Company incurred in connection with the foreclosure of loans insured or guaranteed by FHA, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and (ii) the origination and underwriting of loans sold pursuant to programs sponsored by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae.

In addition, in October 2014, the Company received a document subpoena from the Office of the Inspector General of the Federal Housing Financing Agency (the “FHFA”) requesting production of certain documents related to, among other things, its origination, underwriting and quality control processes for loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 

On August 8, 2017, the Company announced that, with respect to the investigations involving the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the Office of Inspector General of the FHFA, it has reached a settlement of these matters with the U.S. Department of Justice for $9.5 million, without any admission of liability. As of June 30, 2017, the settlement amount was included in the Company's recorded liability.

There can be no assurance that claims or litigation will not arise from the inquiry of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, or that damages and penalties, will not be incurred in connection with that matter.

Lender-Placed Insurance. The Company is currently subject to pending litigation alleging that its servicing practices around lender-placed insurance were not in compliance with applicable laws.  Through its mortgage subsidiary, the Company did have certain outsourcing arrangements for the purchase of lender-placed hazard insurance for borrowers whose coverage had lapsed.  The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to these allegations; however, in January 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to settle outstanding litigation relating to this matter and the court approved the settlement in July 2017. The Company’s recorded estimate of probable losses as of June 30, 2017 for this matter was not materially different than the losses it expects to incur in connection with the resolution.

Repurchase and Foreclosure-Related Reserves
 
Repurchase and foreclosure-related reserves are maintained for probable losses related to repurchase and indemnification obligations and for on-balance sheet loans in foreclosure and real estate owned. A summary of the activity in repurchase and foreclosure-related reserves is as follows:
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period
$
73

 
$
89

Realized losses
(13
)
 
(12
)
Increase in reserves due to:
 

 
 

Changes in assumptions
2

 
3

New loan sales
1

 
4

Balance, end of period
$
63

 
$
84


Repurchase and foreclosure-related reserves consist of the following:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
Loan repurchase and indemnification liability
$
41

 
$
49

Adjustment to value for real estate owned
14

 
14

Allowance for probable foreclosure losses
8

 
10

Total
$
63

 
$
73



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Loan Repurchases and Indemnifications. The liability for loan repurchases and indemnifications represents management’s estimate of probable losses based on the best information available and requires the application of a significant level of judgment and the use of a number of assumptions including borrower performance, investor demand patterns, expected relief from the expiration of repurchase obligations, the expected success rate in defending against requests and estimated loss severities (adjusted for home price forecasts).
 
In December 2016, the Company executed resolution agreements and paid Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to resolve substantially all representation and warranty exposure related to the sale of mortgage loans that were originated and delivered prior to September 30, 2016 and November 30, 2016, respectively. The Company's remaining exposure to repurchase and indemnification claims consists primarily of estimates for claims from private investors, losses for specific non-performing loans where the Company believes it will be required to indemnify the investor and losses from government mortgage insurance programs. Given the inherent uncertainties involved in estimating losses associated with future repurchase and indemnification requests, there is a reasonable possibility that future losses may be in excess of the recorded liability.  As of June 30, 2017, the estimated amount of reasonably possible losses in excess of the recorded liability was $10 million

The maximum amount of losses cannot be estimated because the Company does not service all of the loans for which it has provided representations or warranties. As of June 30, 2017, $59 million of loans have been identified in which the Company has full risk of loss or has identified a breach of representation and warranty provisions; 22% of which were at least 90 days delinquent (calculated based upon the unpaid principal balance of the loans).

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Guarantees

Lease Arrangements. On February 8, 2017, the Company entered into an assignment with LenderLive Network, LLC ("LenderLive") of its Jacksonville, Florida facility lease. Under the terms of the original facility lease, PHH remains jointly and severally obligated with LenderLive for performance under the lease agreement. As of June 30, 2017, the total amount of potential future lease payments under this guarantee is $14 million; however, the Company does not believe any amount of loss under this guarantee is probable.


11. Fair Value Measurements

The Company updates the valuation of each instrument recorded at fair value on a quarterly basis, evaluating all available observable information, which may include current market prices or bids, recent trade activity, changes in the levels of market activity and benchmarking of industry data.  The assessment also includes consideration of identifying the valuation approach that would be used currently by market participants.  If it is determined that a change in valuation technique or its application is appropriate, or if there are other changes in availability of observable data or market activity, the current methodology will be analyzed to determine if a transfer between levels of the valuation hierarchy is appropriate.  Such reclassifications are reported as transfers into or out of a level as of the beginning of the quarter that the change occurs. Other than the MSRs secured liability as discussed below, there has been no change in the valuation methodologies and classification pursuant to the valuation hierarchy during the six months ended June 30, 2017.
 
The incorporation of counterparty credit risk did not have a significant impact on the valuation of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value as of June 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016.
 

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Recurring Fair Value Measurements
 
The following summarizes the fair value hierarchy for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis: 
 
June 30, 2017
 
Level
One
 
Level
Two
 
Level
Three
 
Cash
Collateral
and Netting
 
Total
 
(In millions)
ASSETS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage loans held for sale
$

 
$
593

 
$
32

 
$

 
$
625

Mortgage servicing rights

 

 
555

 

 
555

Other assets—Derivative assets:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest rate lock commitments

 

 
16

 

 
16

Forward delivery commitments

 
3

 

 
(1
)
 
2

LIABILITIES
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage servicing rights secured liability
$

 
$

 
$
114

 
$

 
114

Other liabilities—Derivative liabilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments

 
2

 

 
(2
)
 

  
 
December 31, 2016
 
Level
One
 
Level
Two
 
Level
Three
 
Cash
Collateral
and Netting
 
Total
 
(In millions)
ASSETS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage loans held for sale
$

 
$
636

 
$
47

 
$

 
$
683

Mortgage servicing rights

 

 
690

 

 
690

Other assets—Derivative assets:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Interest rate lock commitments

 

 
18

 

 
18

Forward delivery commitments

 
14

 

 
(12
)
 
2

MSR-related agreements

 
19

 

 
(18
)
 
1

Option contracts

 
1

 

 
(1
)
 

LIABILITIES
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Other liabilities—Derivative liabilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Forward delivery commitments
$

 
$
4

 
$

 
$
1

 
$
5

MSR-related agreements

 
65

 

 
(53
)
 
12

Option contracts

 

 

 
1

 
1



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Significant inputs to the measurement of fair value and further information on the assets and liabilities measured at fair value are as follows:
 
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (“MLHS”).  The Company has elected to record MLHS at fair value which is intended to better reflect the underlying economics and eliminate the operational complexities of risk management activities and hedge accounting requirements. The following table reflects the difference between the carrying amounts of MLHS measured at fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal amount that the Company is contractually entitled to receive at maturity:
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
Loans 90 days or
more past due and
on non-accrual
status
 
Total
 
Loans 90 days or
more past due and
on non-accrual
status
 
(In millions)
Carrying amount
$
625

 
$
7

 
$
683

 
$
7

Aggregate unpaid principal balance
622

 
9

 
687

 
10

Difference
$
3

 
$
(2
)
 
$
(4
)
 
$
(3
)
 
The following table summarizes the components of MLHS:
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(In millions)
First mortgages:
 

 
 

Conforming
$
507

 
$
531

Non-conforming
86

 
105

Total first mortgages
593

 
636

Second lien
3

 
3

Scratch and Dent
29

 
44

Total
$
625

 
$
683


Mortgage Servicing Rights.  MSRs are classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy due to the use of significant unobservable inputs and the inactive market for such assets. The fair value of MSRs is estimated based upon projections of expected future cash flows considering prepayment estimates, the Company’s historical prepayment rates, portfolio characteristics, interest rates based on interest rate yield curves, implied volatility and other economic factors. On a quarterly basis, assumptions used in estimating fair value are validated against a number of third-party sources, which may include peer surveys, MSR broker surveys, third-party valuations and other market-based sources. The June 30, 2017 determination of fair value includes calibration of our valuation model considering the pricing associated with the MSR agreements executed in the fourth quarter of 2016. See Note 4, 'Servicing Activities' for further discussion of the MSR sale commitments.

The following tables summarize certain information regarding the initial and ending capitalization rate of MSRs:
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
Initial capitalization rate of additions to MSRs
1.14
%
 
1.02
%
 
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Capitalization servicing rate
0.83
%
 
0.82
%
Capitalization servicing multiple
3.0

 
2.9

Weighted-average servicing fee (in basis points)
27

 
28

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The significant assumptions used in estimating the fair value of MSRs were as follows (in annual rates): 
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Weighted-average prepayment speed (CPR)
9.7
%
 
9.2
%
Option adjusted spread, in basis points (OAS)
964

 
1,430

Weighted-average delinquency rate
4.2
%
 
5.1
%

The following table summarizes the estimated change in the fair value of MSRs from adverse changes in the significant assumptions: 
 
June 30, 2017
 
Weighted-
Average
Prepayment
Speed
 
Option
Adjusted
Spread
 
Weighted-
Average
Delinquency
Rate
 
(In millions)
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change
$
(20
)
 
$
(25
)
 
$
(12
)
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change
(39
)
 
(48
)
 
(23
)
 
These sensitivities are hypothetical and presented for illustrative purposes only. Changes in fair value based on a 10% variation in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, this analysis does not assume any impact resulting from management’s intervention to mitigate these variations.
 
The effect of a variation in a particular assumption is calculated without changing any other assumption, and the assumptions used in valuing the MSRs are independently aggregated. Although there are certain inter-relationships among the various key assumptions noted above, changes in one of the significant assumptions would not independently drive changes in the others.  The modeled prepayment speed assumptions are highly dependent upon interest rates, which drive borrowers’ propensity to refinance; however, there are other factors that can influence borrower refinance activity.  These factors include housing prices, the levels of home equity, underwriting standards and loan product characteristics.  The OAS is a component of the discount rate used to present value the cash flows of the MSR asset and represents the spread over a base interest rate that equates the present value of cash flows of an asset to the market price of that asset.  The weighted average delinquency rate is based on the current and projected credit characteristics of the capitalized servicing portfolio and is dependent on economic conditions, home equity and delinquency and default patterns.
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights Secured Liability. The Company elected to record the MSRs secured liability at fair value consistent with the related MSR asset. The Company initially established the value of the MSRs secured liability based on the price at which the MSRs were sold. Thereafter, the carrying value is adjusted to fair value at each reporting date, and the changes in value of the MSR secured asset and liability are expected to offset in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company records interest expense using the effective interest method based on the expected cash flows from the MSRs through the expected life of the underlying loans, which offsets the estimated yield on the MSR asset.

The fair value of MSRs secured liability is classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy due to the use of significant unobservable inputs, which is consistent with the fair value methodology of the related MSR asset. The fair value of MSRs secured liability is estimated based upon projections of expected future cash flows of the underlying MSR asset. The cash flow assumptions and prepayment assumptions used in the model are based on various factors, including portfolio characteristics, interest rates based on interest rate yield curves, implied volatility and other economic factors.

The significant assumptions used in estimating the fair value of MSRs secured liability were as follows (in annual rates):
 
June 30,
2017
Weighted-average prepayment speed (CPR)
10.0
%
Option adjusted spread, in basis points (OAS)
1,126

Weighted-average delinquency rate
2.6
%


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Derivative Instruments. Derivative instruments are classified within Level Two and Level Three of the valuation hierarchy.  The average pull through percentage used in measuring the fair value of interest rate lock commitments ("IRLCs") as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was 76% and 77%, respectively. The pull through percentage is considered a significant unobservable input and is estimated based on changes in pricing and actual borrower behavior using a historical analysis of loan closing and fallout data.  Actual loan pull through is compared to the modeled estimates in order to evaluate this assumption each period based on current trends.  Generally, a change in interest rates is accompanied by a directionally opposite change in the assumption used for the pull through percentage, and the impact to fair value of a change in pull through would be partially offset by the related change in price.
 
Level Three Measurements
 
Activity of assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy consisted of: 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2017
 
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2016
 
MLHS
 
MSRs
 
IRLCs,
net
 
MSRs Secured Liability
 
MLHS
 
MSRs
 
IRLCs,
net
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period
$
32

 
$
596

 
$
17

 
$

 
$
41

 
$
770

 
$
28

Purchases, Issuances, Sales and Settlements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases
3

 

 

 

 
3

 

 

Issuances
2

 
7

 

 
(113
)
 
2

 
17

 

Sales
(1
)
 
(19
)
 

 

 
(6
)
 
(3
)
 

Settlements
(6
)
 

 
(65
)
 
1

 
(4
)
 

 
(90
)
 
(2
)
 
(12
)
 
(65
)
 
(112
)
 
(5
)
 
14

 
(90
)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) included in:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on loans held for sale, net

 

 
64

 

 

 

 
101

Loan servicing income, net

 
(29
)
 

 
(1
)
 

 
(105
)
 

Net interest expense

 

 

 
(1
)
 
1

 

 

 

 
(29
)
 
64

 
(2
)
 
1

 
(105
)
 
101

Transfers into Level Three
6

 

 

 

 
9

 

 

Transfers out of Level Three
(4
)
 

 

 

 
(4
)
 

 

Balance, end of period
$
32

 
$
555

 
$
16

 
$
(114
)
 
$
42

 
$
679

 
$
39



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2017
 
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2016
 
MLHS
 
MSRs
 
IRLCs,
net
 
MSRs Secured Liability
 
MLHS
 
MSRs
 
IRLCs,
net
 
(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period
$
47

 
$
690

 
$
18

 
$

 
$
39

 
$
880

 
$
21

Purchases, Issuances, Sales and Settlements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases
5

 

 

 

 
8

 

 

Issuances
3

 
18

 

 
(113
)
 
3

 
30

 

Sales
(17
)
 
(95
)
 

 

 
(14
)
 
(5
)
 

Settlements
(9
)
 

 
(115
)
 
1

 
(5
)
 

 
(160
)
 
(18
)
 
(77
)
 
(115
)
 
(112
)
 
(8
)
 
25

 
(160
)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) included in:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on loans held for sale, net

 

 
113

 

 

 

 
178

Loan servicing income, net

 
(58
)
 

 
(1
)
 

 
(226
)
 

Net interest expense
1

 

 

 
(1
)
 
2

 

 

 
1

 
(58
)
 
113

 
(2
)
 
2

 
(226
)
 
178

Transfers into Level Three
11

 

 

 

 
20

 

 

Transfers out of Level Three
(9
)
 

 

 

 
(11
)
 

 

Balance, end of period
$
32

 
$
555

 
$
16

 
$
(114
)
 
$
42

 
$
679

 
$
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Transfers into Level Three generally represent mortgage loans held for sale with performance issues, origination flaws, or other characteristics that impact their salability in active secondary market transactions.  Transfers out of Level Three represent Scratch and Dent loans that were foreclosed upon and loans that have been cured.
 
Unrealized gains (losses) included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations related to assets and liabilities classified within Level Three of the valuation hierarchy that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows: 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Gain on loans held for sale, net
$
14

 
$
35

 
$
14

 
$
35

Loan servicing income, net
(4
)
 
(70
)
 
(6
)
 
(165
)
 
Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
 
As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, all financial instruments were either recorded at fair value or the carrying value approximated fair value, with the exception of Debt. For financial instruments that were not recorded at fair value, such as Cash and cash equivalents, Restricted cash, Accounts receivable and Servicing advance receivables, the carrying value approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of such instruments.
 
Debt.  The total fair value of Debt as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, and is measured using Level Two inputs. As of June 30, 2017, the fair value was estimated using the following valuation techniques: (i) $653 million was measured using a market based approach, considering the current market pricing of recent trades for the Company’s debt instruments and was calibrated to the tender offer commenced in June 2017; and (ii) $584 million was measured using observable spreads and terms for recent pricing of similar instruments.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12. Variable Interest Entities

Assets and liabilities of significant variable interest entities are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:
 
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
PHH Home
Loans
 
Servicing
Advance
Receivables
Trust
 
PHH Home
Loans
 
Servicing
Advance
Receivables
Trust
 
(In millions)
ASSETS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Cash and cash equivalents
$
61

 
$

 
$
67

 
$

Restricted cash
6

 
25

 
5

 
19

Mortgage loans held for sale
327

 

 
350

 

Accounts receivable, net
13

 

 
9

 

Servicing advances, net

 
116

 

 
150

Property and equipment, net
1

 

 
1

 

Other assets
10

 

 
11

 
1

Total assets
$
418

 
$
141

 
$
443

 
$
170

Assets held as collateral
$
290

 
$
141

 
$
320

 
$
169

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
12

 
$

 
$
11

 
$

Debt
275

 
66

 
300

 
99

Other liabilities
6

 

 
5

 

Total liabilities (1) 
$
293

 
$
66

 
$
316

 
$
99

 
———————
(1) 
Excludes intercompany payables.

PHH Home Loans is a joint venture between the Company and Realogy Corporation, which provides mortgage origination services for brokers associated with brokerages owned or franchised by Realogy Corporation, and represented substantially all of our Real Estate channel, and 27% of the Company’s total mortgage production volume (based on dollars) for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

In February 2017, the Company announced it has entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and its subsidiaries, including its mortgage origination and processing centers and the majority of its employees. On August 7, 2017, the Company completed the initial delivery under our PHH Home Loans asset sale agreement, representing the first of five expected location transfers under that agreement. The Company received $14 million as the initial installment of the purchase price. The Company expects the remaining asset sales under this agreement to occur within 2017. After the completion of these transactions, the Company would no longer operate through its Real Estate channel.

Agreements related to these intended transactions include:

Asset sale transactions. On February 15, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell certain assets of our PHH Home Loans joint venture to Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, which is a newly formed joint venture formed by subsidiaries of Realogy Holdings Corp. and Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

JV Interests Purchase. In connection with the asset sale agreements, PHH entered into an agreement to purchase Realogy's 49.9% ownership interests in the PHH Home Loans joint venture, for an amount equal to their interest in the residual equity of PHH Home Loans after the final closing of the Asset sale transactions.

At the completion of the above described transactions, the Company expects to receive or pay amounts to resolve the remaining assets and liabilities of the PHH Home Loans legal entity. The Company estimates that it will receive total proceeds of $92 million in connection with these transactions, inclusive of the amount received in August 2017.


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

In connection with this transaction, the Company recognized $3 million and $5 million of Exit and disposal costs for PHH Home Loans within the Reorganization exit program for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. Refer to Note 2, 'Exit Costs' for additional information regarding the Reorganization exit program.

13. Segment Information
 
Operations are conducted through the following two reportable segments:

Mortgage Production — provides mortgage loan origination services and sells mortgage loans.
 
Mortgage Servicing — performs servicing activities for loans originated by the Company and mortgage servicing rights purchased from others, and acts as a subservicer for certain clients that own the underlying mortgage servicing rights.
 
The Company's operations are located in the U.S. The heading Other includes expenses that are not allocated back to the two reportable segments.  Management evaluates the operating results of each of the reportable segments based upon Net revenues and Segment profit or loss, which is presented as the Income or loss before income tax expense or benefit and after Net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interest. The Mortgage Production segment profit or loss excludes Realogy’s noncontrolling interest in the profit or loss of PHH Home Loans.
 
Segment results were as follows:
 
Total Assets
 
June 30,
2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
(In millions)
Mortgage Production segment
$
847

 
$
913

Mortgage Servicing segment
1,122

 
1,428

Other
937

 
834

Total
$
2,906

 
$
3,175


 
Net Revenues
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Mortgage Production segment
$
91

 
$
162

 
$
178

 
$
275

Mortgage Servicing segment
21

 
34

 
48

 
78

Total
$
112

 
$
196

 
$
226

 
$
353

 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
Segment (Loss) Profit(2)
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Mortgage Production segment
$
(25
)
 
$
13

 
$
(66
)
 
$
(13
)
Mortgage Servicing segment
(43
)
 
(33
)
 
(77
)
 
(54
)
Other (1)
(11
)
 
(3
)
 
(37
)
 
(5
)
Total
$
(79
)
 
$
(23
)
 
$
(180
)
 
$
(72
)
———————
(1)  
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the results for Other include both Exit and disposal costs related to the exit of the PLS business and reorganization of operations and Professional and third-party service fees related to the strategic review that are not allocated to the Mortgage Production and Servicing segments.
(2)  
The following is a reconciliation of Loss before income taxes to Segment loss: 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Loss before income taxes
$
(83
)
 
$
(20
)
 
$
(188
)
 
$
(69
)
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(4
)
 
3

 
(8
)
 
3

Segment loss
$
(79
)
 
$
(23
)
 
$
(180
)
 
$
(72
)
 

14. Subsequent Event

See Note 8, 'Debt and Borrowing Arrangements' for discussion of our unsecured note tender offer and amounts related to the repayments in July 2017 as well as discussion on amendments to our debt covenants related to the sale of New Residential MSRs and sale of certain assets of PHH Home Loans.

See Note 4, 'Servicing Activities' for information regarding additional sales of MSRs that were closed after June 30, 2017.

See Note 10, 'Commitments and Contingencies' for discussion of the August 2017 settlement agreements the Company entered into with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) on behalf of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and separately with the DOJ on behalf of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to resolve certain matters regarding legacy mortgage origination and underwriting activities.

See Note 12, 'Variable Interest Entities' and Part II—Item 5 in this Form 10-Q for discussion of the first closing of PHH Home Loans asset sale on August 7, 2017.

As discussed in Note 3, 'Earnings Per Share', on May 3, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors authorized up to $100 million in open market share repurchases. Under this program, the Company repurchased an additional 689,502 shares for $10 million in cash during the third quarter of 2017 through August 4, 2017. On July 27, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors authorized an increase in share repurchases of our common stock from $100 million to up to $300 million in the aggregate.





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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Form 10-Q and Part I—Item 1. Business, Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors, Part II—Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2016 Form 10-K.
 
We are a leading provider of end to end mortgage solutions. We conduct our business through two reportable segments: Mortgage Production, which provides mortgage loan origination services and sells mortgage loans, and Mortgage Servicing, which performs servicing activities for originated and purchased loans, and acts as a subservicer.

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is presented in sections as follows: 
Executive Summary
Asset Sales and Exit Programs
Results of Operations
Risk Management
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements 
 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Business Update
Throughout 2017, we have focused on executing the necessary actions to realize the full potential of our strategic initiatives as we transition and restructure the business. These include closing our asset sale transactions, re-engineering the cost structure of the business, and transitioning to the new business model while maintaining strategic flexibility.

In the second quarter of 2017, we made significant progress on executing our strategic transactions. In May, we received approval from our shareholders for executing the MSR and Home Loans Asset sale transactions. In June, we completed the initial delivery of $121 million conforming MSRs and advances under the sale agreement with New Residential Investment Corp. ("New Residential"), and received $110 million of cash for those assets, excluding applicable holdback, through June 30, 2017. In connection with the initial transfer in June, we entered into a portfolio defense agreement with New Residential, and we began subservicing the approximately 81,000 loans that were part of the initial delivery.

Since June 30, 2017, we have made additional progress on executing transactions, including the July 3, 2017 delivery of $366 million MSRs and advances to New Residential for $332 million of cash, excluding applicable holdback. In early August, we completed the final delivery of GNMA MSRs under the Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC ("Lakeview") sale agreement, realizing $11 million of cash from that action. As a result of all of our MSR sales to date, we have recognized a receivable for holdbacks from the MSR transfers of $48 million, which will be released upon the complete delivery of the underlying mortgage loan documents, for both counterparties, and will be released to the extent not used to satisfy any indemnification claims, for New Residential. After adjusting for the completed transactions, substantially all of our remaining MSRs and advances remain committed under the New Residential agreement, which primarily relates to private investors that require consents from multiple counterparties, including origination sources, investors and trustees. While we are working diligently with New Residential and the other necessary counterparties, we currently need a substantial portion of the required consents of the private MSR portfolio committed to New Residential and we do not expect to complete those sales in the third quarter. The final net proceeds received from the MSR sales is dependent on the portfolio composition and servicing advances outstanding at each transfer date, amount of investor and origination source consents received and transaction costs.

In anticipation of completing the June and July New Residential MSR sales, in June, we launched a tender program for any and all of our senior notes. Through the completion of the tender, in July, we extinguished $496 million of note principal for consideration of $509 million plus $15 million for early tender payments and $12 million of accrued and unpaid interest. We expect to recognize a pre-tax loss in the third quarter of 2017 of $35 million in connection with the debt repayment. After the tender, $119 million of note principal remains outstanding.

In early August, we also completed the initial delivery under our PHH Home Loans asset sale agreement, representing the first of five expected location transfers under that agreement. We received $14 million as the initial installment of the $70 million total purchase price. Amounts received for the Home Loans asset sales will be divided with our minority interest partner, as we expect to realize $7 million as net proceeds from the initial transfer. We expect the remaining asset sales under this agreement to occur within the third and fourth quarters of 2017.

We continue to make progress in executing the exit of our PLS business and re-engineering our shared services platform. We currently expect $209 million in total PLS exit-related costs comprised of $120 million of operating losses and $89 million of cash exit expenses. Further, we have improved our estimate of Reorganization costs by $14 million, and now expect $36 million in total program cash costs. Through June 30, 2017, we have incurred $69 million of cash exit costs associated with our exit programs, including $18 million in cash exit costs in the second quarter of 2017. We continue to expect to have substantially exited the PLS channel by the first quarter of 2018, subject to transition support requirements, and we expect to have substantially completed our reorganization actions by the second quarter of 2018.

See details of executed and pending transactions below under "—Asset Sales and Exit Programs".
We continue to believe there will be growing demand for subservicing and that we have the potential to be well positioned in this market based upon our technology platform and established compliance management system. In the near term we are focused on achieving necessary scale through organic growth and continuously improving our operational efficiency. In portfolio retention, we have observed both margin and volume pressures due to the composition of our portfolio and current market conditions. We are experiencing margin compression in the business due to weaker gain on sale margins in the overall mortgage market and higher sales acquisition costs. We have started taking actions to improve sales productivity to counteract the volume challenges we are

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experiencing in portfolio retention, but if these trends continue, achieving the historical level of profitability in portfolio retention will be challenging and may impact the profitability of our future business.
Legal and Regulatory Matters

In August, we settled our previously disclosed regulatory matter with the FHA for $65 million and settled our previously disclosed matter with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the FHFA for approximately $9.5 million. We increased our legal and regulatory reserves by $13 million for the second quarter to reflect developments in these and certain other matters. These settlements were included in our recorded reserves as of June 30, 2017. See Note 10, 'Commitments and Contingencies' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of the settlements and our other outstanding matters.
Capital Update

In the second quarter, we executed $24 million of repurchases, retiring 1.761 million shares under our open market program through June 30, 2017. We executed $10 million in additional repurchases, retiring 689,502 additional shares, in the third quarter of 2017, through August 4th.

We are making steady progress in gaining clarity around the amount of potential excess cash available to shareholders, and as a result, our Board of Directors has increased our share repurchase authorization to up to $300 million in the aggregate from $100 million. See further discussion of risks specific to the repurchase program at “Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risk Related to our Common Stock—Our decision to return cash to shareholders through stock repurchases may not prove to be the best use of our capital or result in the effects we anticipated, including a positive return of capital to stockholders." in this Form 10-Q.

The share repurchase authorizations announced represent the next step in our anticipated capital return plan. The method, timing and amount of additional returns of capital to shareholders, if any, beyond the initiatives announced to date will depend on several factors including the total proceeds realized from our MSR sales, the value realized from our PHH Home Loans joint venture, the successful execution of our PLS exit, the resolution of our remaining legal and regulatory matters, the successful completion of other restructuring and capital management activities, and the working capital and contingency needs for the remaining business. There can be no assurances we will complete any further returns of capital to our shareholders. See further discussion of risks specific to our capital plan at “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—The amount of capital returned to shareholders, if any, as a result of our strategic actions may be less than our expectations. Furthermore, there can be no assurances about the method, timing or amounts of any such distributions." in our 2016 Form 10-K.



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ASSET SALES AND EXIT PROGRAMS

Sale of MSRs

The following table summarizes our MSRs committed under sale agreements and committed Servicing advance receivables:
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
 
MSR Fair Value
 
UPB
 
Servicing Advances
 
MSR Fair Value
 
UPB
 
(In millions)
MSR Commitments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Residential
$
403

 
$
49,118

 
$
218

 
$
579

 
$
69,937

Lakeview
12

 
1,989

 
2

 
97

 
13,369

Other counterparties
12

 
1,240

 

 
2

 
158

Total
$
427

 
$
52,347

 
$
220

 
$
678

 
$
83,464

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transactions executed since June 30, 2017 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New Residential
$
342

 
$
39,526

 
$
24

 
 
 
 
Lakeview
12

 
1,973

 
2

 
 
 
 
Other counterparties
12

 
1,233

 

 
 
 
 
Remaining commitments
$
61

 
$
9,615

 
$
194

 
 
 
 
 ______________
(1) 
On July 3, 2017 we executed the delivery of a portfolio of FNMA MSRs with New Residential. On August 2, 2017, we executed the final transfer under our sale agreement with Lakeview. We received $358 million of cash proceeds to-date from these subsequent transfers, excluding holdbacks receivable.

The remaining commitments for MSR and servicing advance sales primarily relate to MSRs committed to New Residential from private investors and securitizations. See discussion in "Executive Summary" above. For further information, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our agreements to sell substantially all of our capitalized MSRs are subject to various approvals, including regulatory approvals, shareholder approval (for the New Residential transaction), approvals from certain origination sources and investors, as well as other closing requirements, and may not be completed as anticipated, or at all.” in our 2016 Form 10-K.

We received $193 million of cash during the six months ended June 30, 2017 from executed sales or transfers of MSRs and $21 million from the transfer of advances, and we have recorded $14 million in Accounts receivable as of June 30, 2017 related to executed sales, representing document and indemnification holdbacks pursuant to the applicable contracts.

New Residential—Further information about our agreements with New Residential, and our continuing involvement with the portfolio transferred to New Residential, follows:
Subservicing Agreement. We entered into a subservicing agreement with New Residential in connection with our MSR Sale Agreement, which covers all units sold to New Residential for an initial period of three years, subject to certain early transfer and termination provisions. This subservicing relationship became effective upon the initial delivery of MSRs to New Residential on June 16, 2017. As of June 30, 2017, 81,000 units were being subserviced on behalf of New Residential. Further, on July 3, 2017, we transferred 301,000 additional units to New Residential.
As of June 30, 2017, adjusted for the July transfer of Fannie Mae MSRs, our total units subserviced is approximately 652,000, and New Residential represents a 58% client concentration in our subservicing portfolio. For further information, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our remaining business will be focused on subservicing activities, and we have significant client concentration risk related to the percentage of subservicing from agreements with Pingora Loan Servicing, LLC, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley. Further, the terms of a substantial portion of our subservicing agreements allow the owners of the servicing to terminate the subservicing agreement without cause, or to otherwise significantly decrease the number of loans we subservice on their behalf at any time." in our 2016 Form 10-K.

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Portfolio Defense Agreement. In connection with the initial delivery of MSRs to New Residential on June 16, 2017, we entered into the MSR Portfolio Defense Agreement with New Residential, pursuant to which we will be entitled, subject to compliance with the terms of the agreement, to seek to refinance loans subserviced on behalf of New Residential as part of our Portfolio Retention services. Under this agreement, we have agreed to sell the MSR with respect to loans originated under this program to New Residential. No significant activity occurred under this Portfolio Retention agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.
Secured Borrowing Accounting. Our accounting evaluation of the New Residential MSR Sale agreement and related agreements concluded that New Residential has not acquired all ownership rewards since the terms of the subservicing contract limit New Residential's ability to terminate the contract within the first three years. Therefore, our transfer of MSRs to New Residential did not qualify for sale accounting under GAAP and we will record the transactions as a secured borrowing. Upon the receipt of cash for MSRs transferred to New Residential, we recognized a Mortgage servicing rights secured liability on our balance sheet, and we continued to recognize the MSR asset. Future changes in the Mortgage servicing rights secured liability are expected to fully offset future changes in the related MSR asset, including changes in fair value. See further information about the presentation in the 'Selected Income Statement Data' tables within "Results of OperationsMortgage Servicing Segment".

Home Loans Asset Sales

We have entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and its subsidiaries to Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, which is a new joint venture formed by subsidiaries of Realogy Corporation and Guaranteed Rate, Inc. Assets of PHH Home Loans being sold include its mortgage origination and processing centers and the majority of its employees. PHH Home Loans is a joint venture between the Company and Realogy Corporation, which provides mortgage origination services for brokers associated with brokerages owned or franchised by Realogy Corporation.

We expect the asset sales to occur in a series of five transfers, based on geographic location of the mortgage origination and processing centers. On August 7, 2017, the initial Home Loans asset sale occurred, and we received $14 million of proceeds in connection with the sale. We expect to recognize $7 million of pre-tax gain from the sale, which is reduced for the portion of the proceeds attributable to non-controlling interest. We expect the remaining asset sales under this agreement to occur within 2017.

In connection with the Home Loans asset sales, we entered into an agreement to purchase Realogy's 49.9% ownership interests in the PHH Home Loans joint venture, for an amount equal to their interest in the residual equity of PHH Home Loans after the final closing of the Asset sale transactions. At the completion of the above described transactions, we expect to receive or pay amounts to resolve the remaining assets and liabilities of the PHH Home Loans legal entity. If all of these actions are completed, we estimate that we will receive total proceeds of $92 million in connection with these transactions.


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Exit Programs

We are currently executing our announced programs to exit our PLS business and to reorganize our business to "PHH 2.0". As a result of these exit programs and the transfer of employees as part of our transaction with LenderLive Network, LLC ("LenderLive") and the Home Loans asset sales, we expect to reduce our employee headcount from 3,500 at the end of 2016, to our future staffing levels of approximately 1,250 employees in the second half of 2018. The table below summarizes the total costs of these exit programs, the amount recognized to date and the expected cash flows related to the programs (all amounts are pre-tax):
 
Exit Program Costs
 
Cash Outflows
 
PLS Exit
 
Reorganization
 
Total
 
Payments To Date
 
Future Outflows
 
(In millions)
Cash Exit Costs by Segment - Q2 2017:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Production segment
$
11

 
$
1

 
$
12

 
 
 
 
Mortgage Servicing segment

 

 

 
 
 
 
Other
1

 
5

 
6

 
 
 
 
Recognized in Q2 2017
$
12

 
$
6

 
$
18

 
 
 
 
Recognized in Q1 2017
8

 
17

 
25

 
 
 
 
Recognized in Q4 2016
26

 

 
26

 
 
 
 
Estimate of remaining costs
43

 
13

 
56

 
 
 
 
Cash exit program expenditures
$
89

 
$
36

 
$
125

 
$
(8
)
 
$
117

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash charges and impairments
11

 
4

 
 
 
 
 
 
Exit costs attributed to Noncontrolling interest

 
(8
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
100

 
$
32

 
 
 
 
 
 
 ______________
(1) 
Cash outflows as presented above exclude the transfer of $7 million to Restricted cash related to a letter of credit posted in connection with the March 31, 2017 transaction with LenderLive.
We expect to incur the remaining exit costs for PLS over the next 9 months through the first quarter of 2018, and substantially all of the exit costs for Reorganization through the end of 2017. We expect the timing of cash outflows for the exit programs to extend through the end of 2018, as payments related to our severance arrangements are paid in biweekly installments, not lump sum payments.
See further details in Note 2, 'Exit Costs' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, including the total program cost estimate by segment.

Exit from Private Label Channel. For the second quarter of 2017, PLS Exit costs incurred in the Mortgage Production segment include expense related to employee retention agreements and contract termination costs.

In addition to the exit costs outlined above, in the second quarter of 2017, we incurred $25 million of pre-tax operating losses for PLS. While we implement the exit from this channel, we expect to incur further pre-tax operating losses of $70 million for PLS, including maintaining the support and compliance infrastructure needed to comply with both regulatory and contractual requirements. We currently have exit plans in place with clients representing approximately 70% of our PLS closing volume (based on closing dollars for the year ending December 31, 2016). At this time, we believe we will be in a position to substantially exit the PLS business by the first quarter of 2018, subject to certain transition support requirements. For discussion of risks related to the PLS exit, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our decision to exit our Private Label client agreements will involve a significant amount of restructuring costs, and we have risks specific to our exit plans. Furthermore, there can be no assurances that such action will be as beneficial to shareholders as if we had not taken such action.” in our 2016 Form 10-K.

Reorganization. To execute our Reorganization to PHH 2.0 and change the focus of our operations to subservicing and portfolio retention services, we are restructuring our remaining business and shared services platform. We intend to re-engineer and reduce operating and overhead costs, which may take into the third quarter of 2018 to complete. For the second quarter of 2017, Reorganization-related exit costs are primarily related to employee incentive and retention agreements and a non-cash charge related to the impairment an equity method investment. We are targeting total annualized shared service expenses of $75 million in PHH 2.0’s first full year as a stand-alone business.

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Costs associated with our exit of the Real Estate channel are included in the total reorganization program costs, representing $16 million of the total costs (or $8 million after adjusting for amounts attributed to noncontrolling interest).
For discussion of risks related to our remaining business, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our continuing operations have not been profitable over the past three years, and we intend to implement strategic actions and change the focus of our business to improve our financial results. We may not be able to fully or successfully execute or implement our business strategies or achieve our objectives, and our actions taken may not have the intended result." in our 2016 Form 10-K.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table presents our consolidated results of operations:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions, except per share data)
Net revenues
$
112

 
$
196

 
$
226

 
$
353

Total expenses
195

 
216

 
414

 
422

Loss before income taxes
(83
)
 
(20
)
 
(188
)
 
(69
)
Income tax benefit
(33
)
 
(11
)
 
(67
)
 
(30
)
Net loss
(50
)
 
(9
)
 
(121
)
 
(39
)
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(4
)
 
3

 
(8
)
 
3

Net loss attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(46
)
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(113
)
 
$
(42
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic and Diluted loss per share attributable to PHH Corporation
$
(0.86
)
 
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(2.11
)
 
$
(0.78
)
 
 
Our financial results for the second quarter of 2017 reflect exit and restructuring costs to PHH 2.0 that we had anticipated and our continued transition to a smaller business comprised of subservicing and portfolio retention services. Our second quarter of 2017 results included declines in volume from our PLS and Real Estate channels. There was $25 million in operating losses related to the exit of our PLS channel and $16 million in Exit and disposal costs related to all of our exit and restructuring activities. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, we experienced $4 million in transaction costs and related expenses from the MSRs sold to Lakeview. Further, based on further settlement discussions with the various parties, we increased the legal and regulatory matters reserve by $13 million related to adjustments for negotiated settlements and provisions for other matters.

Throughout the remainder of 2017, we expect our results to continue to be negatively impacted by our exit of the PLS channel and the costs associated with closing our asset sale transactions and re-engineering the cost structure of our operations, as discussed further in "Overview—Executive Summary". We continue to make progress on executing sales of our MSRs under our MSR sale agreements, as discussed further in "—Asset Sales and Exit Programs".

Income Taxes. We record our interim tax benefit for 2017 by applying a projected full-year effective income tax rate to our quarterly pre-tax loss for results that we deem to be reliably estimable.  For 2016, we recorded our interim tax benefit using the discrete effective tax rate method due to actual results for the second quarter of 2016 as compared to the expected results for the full year and the sensitivity of the effective tax rate to small changes in forecasted results. Certain items are considered not to be reliably estimable; therefore, we record discrete year-to-date income tax provisions on those items.

Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was (40.7)% and (58.2)%, respectively.  Our effective tax rates differ from our federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to state tax provision, changes in the valuation allowance, and income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interest for which no taxes are provided.

Our Deferred tax liabilities related to the MSR decreased by $82 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, primarily due to the executed MSR sale. We expect to have taxable income for the full year 2017 driven by the execution of the announced MSR sales.

See Note 9, 'Income Taxes' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further details.


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Revenues
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Origination and other loan fees
$
37

 
$
79

 
$
81

 
$
140

Gain on loans held for sale, net
52

 
77

 
94

 
125

Loan servicing income
58

 
91

 
120

 
182

Change in fair value of MSRs asset and secured liability, net of related derivatives
(30
)
 
(47
)
 
(59
)
 
(83
)
Net interest expense
(6
)
 
(7
)
 
(13
)
 
(16
)
Other income
1

 
3

 
3

 
5

Net revenues
$
112

 
$
196

 
$
226

 
$
353


Revenues from our Mortgage Production segment for the second quarter of 2017, including Origination and other loan fees and Gain on loans held for sale, net reflect a 47% decline in total closings. Origination and other loan fees decreased by $42 million or 53% as compared to the prior year quarter resulting from a 43% decrease in total retail closing units, primarily driven by declining PLS volume. Gain on loans held for sale, net decreased by $25 million for the second quarter of 2017 resulting primarily from a 28% decrease in saleable applications that was primarily due to our decline in PLS applications as we execute the exit of this channel.

Loan servicing income for the second quarter of 2017 was lower by $33 million or 36% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to a 26% decrease in the average capitalized portfolio from increased prepayment activity and the February 2017 sale of $10.2 billion of our GNMA portfolio to Lakeview, as well as a decline in the average number of loans in our subservicing portfolio. Transaction costs and related expenses from our 2017 MSR sales also reduced Loan servicing income.

Change in fair value of MSRs asset and secured liability, net of related derivatives for the second quarter of 2017 was favorable by $17 million compared to the second quarter of 2016. During the second quarter of 2017, we had a minimal fair value decline as our fair value was calibrated to the pricing in our MSR sale commitments, while the second quarter of 2016 reflected a 23 basis point decline in the modeled primary mortgage rate.


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Expenses
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Salaries and related expenses
$
75

 
$
92

 
$
161

 
$
182

Commissions
14

 
18

 
25

 
30

Loan origination expenses
9

 
18

 
18

 
34

Foreclosure and repossession expenses
5

 
9

 
12

 
16

Professional and third-party service fees
30

 
37

 
67

 
76

Technology equipment and software expenses
9

 
10

 
18

 
20

Occupancy and other office expenses
9

 
11

 
18

 
24

Depreciation and amortization
3

 
5

 
7

 
9

Exit and disposal costs
16

 

 
41

 

Other operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legal and regulatory reserves
13

 

 
22

 
5

Other
12

 
16

 
25

 
26

Total expenses
$
195

 
$
216

 
$
414

 
$
422


Salaries and related expenses were down $17 million or 18% compared to the prior year quarter, due to a $13 million decline in Salaries, benefits and incentives from declines in our average employee headcount and a $4 million decrease in contract labor and overtime as a result of declining volumes and our continued transition to a smaller business.

Commissions declined by $4 million or 22% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to a 12% decrease in closing volume from our real estate channel and lower private label closing units.

Loan origination expenses decreased by $9 million or 50% compared to the second quarter of 2016, primarily due to a 44% decrease in retail application units.

Foreclosure and repossession expenses were down by $4 million or 44% compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to lower foreclosure activity and improved delinquencies that were partially the result of the Lakeview GNMA MSR sale and other recent MSR sales of delinquent government loans.

Professional and third-party service fees decreased by $7 million primarily due to a decrease in information technology expenses as a result of higher costs in the second quarter of 2016 associated with the modernization and enhanced security of our information technology systems and implementing new compliance requirements in our origination business.

Exit and disposal costs were $16 million in the second quarter of 2017, which included $8 million of PLS-related contract termination costs and $8 million of severance and retention expenses for impacted employees of the PLS exit and the Reorganization.

We recorded a provision for legal and regulatory matters of $13 million in the second quarter of 2017, reflecting provisions for negotiated settlements and adjustments to reserves for other matters. See "—Executive Summary" for a discussion matters settled in the third quarter that were included in our reserves as of June 30, 2017.

Other expenses decreased by $4 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to lower service level agreement penalties related to our PLS clients and lower postage and delivery costs from our declining PLS volume.



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Mortgage Production Segment
Strategic Update
PLS and Exit Programs. In November 2016, as an outcome of our strategic review process, we announced our intentions to exit our PLS business. In the Mortgage Production segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we incurred operating losses related to PLS of $25 million and $50 million, respectively, and PLS-related exit costs of $7 million and $14 million, respectively. In addition, in the Mortgage Production segment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we incurred $3 million and $9 million, respectively, of costs related to the reorganization of our shared services function. See further discussion of the PLS operating losses and exit costs within "—Asset Sales and Exit Programs".
Real Estate Joint Venture. As an outcome of our strategic review process, we announced in February 2017 that we have entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans ("HL") and its subsidiaries, including its mortgage origination and processing centers and the majority of its employees. On August 7, 2017, we completed the initial delivery under the asset sale agreement, representing the first of five expected location transfers under that agreement. We received $14 million as the initial installment of the purchase price. We expect to complete the remaining HL Asset sales by the end of 2017, and after the completion of these sales, we will no longer operate through our Real Estate channel.
For discussion of risks related to our HL transactions, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—We have entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and to monetize our investment in the joint venture. The transaction contains a number of pre-closing conditions and is subject to PHH Corporation shareholder approval. There can be no assurance that the Company will complete the execution of these transactions or that the net proceeds realized upon the sale will equal the current estimate.” in our 2016 Form 10-K.
Business Summary
The following tables summarize the closing statistics and the allocation of revenue of our exiting and remaining Mortgage Production businesses:
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
 
Exiting
 
Remaining
 
 
 
PLS (1)
 
Real Estate
 
Portfolio Retention
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Origination and other loan fees
$
65

 
$
15

 
$
1

 
$
81

Gain on loans held for sale, net
(2
)
 
75

 
21

 
94

Net interest income

 
1

 
1

 
2

Other income
1

 

 

 
1

Net revenues
$
64

 
$
91

 
$
23

 
$
178

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Closings
$
7,696

 
$
3,062

 
$
593

 
$
11,351


 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
 
Exiting
 
Remaining
 
 
 
PLS & Wholesale (1)
 
Real Estate
 
Portfolio Retention
 
Total
 
(In millions)
Origination and other loan fees
$
122

 
$
17

 
$
1

 
$
140

Gain on loans held for sale, net
10

 
92

 
23

 
125

Net interest income
2

 
2

 
1

 
5

Other income
4

 
1

 

 
5

Net revenues
$
138

 
$
112

 
$
25

 
$
275

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Closings
$
14,514

 
$
3,461

 
$
352

 
$
18,327

________________
(1) 
Portfolio Retention has historically been included in our disclosed PLS channel data. These amounts exclude Portfolio Retention, which is displayed separately. Also, Wholesale was included in the six months ended June 30, 2016; however, we exited the platform during the second quarter of 2016.

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Our Mortgage Production segment will consist entirely of portfolio retention services once our exits of PLS and Real Estate are completed. Portfolio retention involves the refinancing of mortgages held within our current servicing portfolio, and results are currently included within the statistics of our PLS channel in the following Segment Metrics table. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, portfolio retention represented 5% of our total closing volume (based on dollars).

On June 16, 2017, we entered into a portfolio defense agreement with New Residential, which entitles us to seek refinancing of the mortgage loans we subservice under the subservicing agreement with New Residential. After adjusting for the execution of the New Residential MSR transactions in July 2017, as described in "—Asset Sales and Exit Programs", New Residential represents 58% of our total subservicing (by units as of June 30, 2017).

Future portfolio retention volumes are dependent on the size and breadth of our servicing portfolio, on the willingness of subservicing clients to permit us to perform such services and on a declining or lower interest rate environment as compared to individual mortgagor's current rates. Since November 2016, rates increased and refinancing activity has declined as the majority of individual mortgages have rates comparable or lower than current mortgage rates; therefore, limited benefit exists to the remaining population of borrowers. Based on Fannie Mae's July 2017 Economic and Housing Outlook projection of mostly stable rates during the remainder of 2017, refinancing volumes are expected to drop significantly in the full year 2017 as compared to 2016.

For discussion of risks related to our continuing business, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our continuing operations have not been profitable over the past three years, and we intend to implement strategic actions and change the focus of our business to improve our financial results. We may not be able to fully or successfully execute or implement our business strategies or achieve our objectives, and our actions taken may not have the intended result." in our 2016 Form 10-K.


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Segment Metrics:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
($ In millions)
Closings:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Saleable to investors
$
2,061

 
$
2,847

 
$
3,769

 
$
4,835

Fee-based
3,421

 
7,525

 
7,582

 
13,492

Total
$
5,482

 
$
10,372

 
$
11,351

 
$
18,327

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase
$
3,560

 
$
4,953

 
$
6,224

 
$
8,327

Refinance
1,922

 
5,419

 
5,127

 
10,000

Total
$
5,482

 
$
10,372

 
$
11,351

 
$
18,327

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail - PLS
$
3,617

 
$
7,955

 
$
8,289

 
$
14,308

Retail - Real Estate
1,865

 
2,120

 
3,062

 
3,461

Total retail
5,482

 
10,075

 
11,351

 
17,769

Wholesale/correspondent

 
297

 

 
558

Total
$
5,482

 
$
10,372

 
$
11,351

 
$
18,327

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail - PLS (units)
5,723

 
13,439

 
14,002

 
25,128

Retail - Real Estate (units)
6,218

 
7,581

 
10,426

 
12,549

Total retail (units)
11,941

 
21,020

 
24,428

 
37,677

Wholesale/correspondent (units)

 
1,180

 

 
2,191

Total (units)
11,941

 
22,200

 
24,428

 
39,868

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Applications:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Saleable to investors
$
2,978

 
$
4,132

 
$
5,517

 
$
7,444

Fee-based
4,041

 
8,512

 
8,382

 
17,503

Total
$
7,019

 
$
12,644

 
$
13,899

 
$
24,947

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

IRLCs expected to close
$
795

 
$
1,318

 
$
1,289

 
$
2,486

Total loan margin on IRLCs (in basis points)
284

 
343

 
311

 
321

Loans sold
$
1,899

 
$
2,687

 
$
3,842

 
$
4,850



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Segment Results:

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Origination and other loan fees
$
37

 
$
79

 
$
81

 
$
140

Gain on loans held for sale, net
52

 
77

 
94

 
125

Net interest income
1

 
3

 
2

 
5

Other income
1

 
3

 
1

 
5

Net revenues
91

 
162

 
178

 
275

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and related expenses
43

 
57

 
96

 
114

Commissions
14

 
18

 
25

 
30

Loan origination expenses
9

 
18

 
18

 
34

Professional and third-party service fees
8

 
6

 
12

 
11

Technology equipment and software expenses
1

 
1

 
2

 
2

Occupancy and other office expenses
5

 
7

 
11

 
14

Depreciation and amortization
1

 
3

 
3

 
5

Exit and disposal costs
10

 

 
23

 

Other operating expenses
29

 
36

 
62

 
75

Total expenses
120

 
146

 
252

 
285

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Loss) income before income taxes
(29
)
 
16

 
(74
)
 
(10
)
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(4
)
 
3

 
(8
)
 
3

Segment (loss) profit
$
(25
)
 
$
13

 
$
(66
)
 
$
(13
)
 
Quarterly Comparison:  Mortgage Production segment loss was $25 million during the second quarter of 2017 compared to a segment profit of $13 million during the second quarter of 2016.  Our second quarter of 2017 segment loss includes $25 million of PLS operating losses and $10 million of Exit and disposal costs.

Net revenues decreased to $91 million, down $71 million or 44%, compared to the prior year quarter driven by lower application and closing volumes.  The dollar volume of closings in the second quarter of 2017 declined when compared to the second quarter of 2016, primarily due to the decline in PLS as we execute the exit of this channel. Total expenses decreased to $120 million, down $26 million or 18%, compared with the second quarter of 2016, primarily driven by the decline in Loan origination expenses and Commissions from lower closing unit volume as well as a reduction in Salaries and related expenses and Corporate overhead allocation that was partially offset by Exit and disposal costs incurred in the second quarter of 2017.

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest was $4 million during the second quarter of 2017, as compared to $3 million in Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest during the second quarter of 2016. This is primarily due to the timing difference of $4 million in higher loans and IRLCs sold to PHH at June 30, 2017 compared to the prior year quarter and $3 million in Exit and disposal costs in the second quarter of 2017 related to our planned exit of the real estate channel.
 
Net revenues.  Origination and other loan fees were $37 million, down $42 million or 53% compared with the prior year quarter. Origination assistance fees decreased by $32 million, which was primarily driven by a 57% decrease in private label closing units compared to the prior year quarter. This decrease also included a $9 million decrease in appraisal income and application and other closing fees primarily driven by a 43% decrease in total retail closing units.
 
Gain on loans held for sale, net was $52 million during the second quarter of 2017, decreasing 32% as compared to $77 million for the prior year quarter. This decrease related to a 28% decrease in saleable applications that was primarily due to our decline in PLS applications as we execute the exit of this channel.
 
Net interest expense was $1 million during the second quarter of 2017, down $2 million or 67%, as compared to the second quarter of 2016, primarily due to the decline in average mortgage loans held for sale that was partially offset by the decline in average mortgage warehouse debt, both from the decline in saleable volume.


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Other income was $1 million during the second quarter of 2017 as compared to $3 million during the second quarter of 2016, primarily due to declining earnings from our equity investment in Speedy Title and Appraisal Review Services LLC ("STARS") as a result of lower appraisal volume in STARS from our announced exit from the PLS channel.

Total expenses Salaries and related expenses were down $14 million or 25% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to a $10 million decline in Salaries, benefits and incentives as a result of declines in average employee headcount and the transfer of a significant number of employees to LenderLive on March 31, 2017 as part of our transaction to outsource certain PLS mortgage origination fulfillment functions. Salaries and related expenses also included a $4 million decrease in Contract labor and overtime as a result of declining application volumes.

Loan origination expenses were down $9 million or 50% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to a 44% decrease in retail application units. Commissions were down $4 million or 22% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to a 12% decrease in closing volume from our real estate channel and lower private label closing units.

Professional and third-party service fees increased by $2 million or 33% compared to the prior year quarter, primarily due to $4 million of fees paid in the second quarter of 2017 to LenderLive for mortgage origination functions that were partially offset by lower expenses for compliance activities as compared to the prior year quarter.

Exit and disposal costs were $10 million for the second quarter of 2017, which primarily related to $8 million of PLS contract-related termination costs and $3 million of retention expenses for impacted employees of the PLS exit.

Corporate overhead allocation decreased by $4 million compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to reduced professional fees for information technology shared services. See “—Other” for a discussion of the costs that are allocated through the Corporate overhead allocation.

Other expenses decreased by $3 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to lower service level agreement penalties related to our PLS clients and lower postage and delivery costs from our declining PLS volume.

Year-to-Date Comparison:  Mortgage Production segment loss was $66 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to a segment loss of $13 million during the prior year.  Our six months ended June 30, 2017 segment loss includes $50 million of PLS operating losses and $23 million of Exit and disposal costs.

Net revenues decreased to $178 million, down $97 million or 35%, compared to the prior year driven by lower application and closing volumes.  The dollar volume of closings in the first half of 2017 declined when compared to the prior year, primarily due to the decline in PLS as we execute the exit of this channel. Total expenses decreased to $252 million, down $33 million or 12%, compared with the prior year, due to the decline in Loan origination expenses and Commissions from lower closing unit volume as well as a reduction in Salaries and related expenses and Corporate overhead allocation that was partially offset by Exit and disposal costs incurred in the first half of 2017.

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest was $8 million during the first half of 2017, as compared to $3 million in Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest during the first half of 2016. This change is primarily due to $5 million in Exit and disposal costs in the first half of 2017 related to our planned exit of the real estate channel and the timing difference of $4 million in higher loans and IRLCs sold to PHH at June 30, 2017 compared to the prior year.
 
Net revenues.  Origination and other loan fees were $81 million, down $59 million or 42% compared with the prior year. Origination assistance fees decreased by $44 million, which was primarily driven by a 44% decrease in private label closing units compared to the prior year. This decrease also included a $14 million decrease in appraisal income and application and other closing fees primarily driven by a 35% decrease in total retail closing units.
 
Gain on loans held for sale, net was $94 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017, decreasing 25% as compared to $125 million for the prior year. This decrease related to a 26% decrease in saleable applications that was primarily due to our exit from the wholesale/correspondent lending channel in the second quarter of 2016 and to the decline in PLS applications as we execute the exit of this channel.
 
Net interest expense was $2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017, down $3 million or 60%, as compared to the prior year, primarily due to the decline in average mortgage loans held for sale partially offset by the decline in average mortgage warehouse debt, both from the decline in saleable volume.


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Other income was $1 million during the first half of 2017 as compared to $5 million during the first half of 2016, primarily due to declining earnings from our equity investment in STARS, as a result of lower appraisal volume in STARS from our announced exit from the PLS channel.

Total expenses Salaries and related expenses were down $18 million or 16% compared to the prior year, due to a $12 million decline in Salaries, benefits and incentives as a result of declines in average employee headcount and the transfer of a significant number of employees to LenderLive on March 31, 2017 as part of our transaction to outsource certain PLS mortgage origination fulfillment functions. Salaries and related expenses also included a $6 million decrease in Contract labor and overtime as a result of declining application volumes.

Loan origination expenses were down $16 million or 47% compared to the prior year, primarily due to a 41% decrease in retail application units. Commissions were down $5 million, or 17%, compared to the prior year, primarily due to a 12% decrease in closing volume from our real estate channel and lower private label closing units.

Professional and third-party service fees increased by $1 million or 9% compared to the prior year, primarily due to $4 million of fees paid in 2017 to LenderLive for mortgage origination functions that were partially offset by lower expenses for compliance activities as compared to the prior year.

Exit and disposal costs were $23 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and primarily included $11 million of severance and retention expenses for impacted employees of the PLS exit and the Reorganization, $8 million of PLS contract-related termination costs, and $4 million of facility-related costs in connection with our transfer of the Jacksonville facility to LenderLive.

Corporate overhead allocation decreased by $13 million compared to the prior year primarily due to reduced professional fees for information technology shared services. See “—Other” for a discussion of the costs that are allocated through the Corporate overhead allocation.



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Selected Income Statement Data: 

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Gain on loans held for sale, net:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Gain on loans
$
44

 
$
66

 
$
85

 
$
106

  Change in fair value of Scratch and Dent and certain non-conforming mortgage loans
1

 
(1
)
 

 
(3
)
  Economic hedge results
7

 
12

 
9

 
22

Total change in fair value of mortgage loans and related derivatives
8

 
11

 
9

 
19

Total
$
52

 
$
77

 
$
94

 
$
125

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
$
6

 
$
9

 
$
11

 
$
16

Secured interest expense
(5
)
 
(6
)
 
(9
)
 
(11
)
Total
$
1

 
$
3

 
$
2

 
$
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and related expenses:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Salaries, benefits and incentives
$
42

 
$
52

 
$
93

 
$
105

Contract labor and overtime
1

 
5

 
3

 
9

Total
$
43

 
$
57

 
$
96

 
$
114

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other operating expenses:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Corporate overhead allocation
$
26

 
$
30

 
$
51

 
$
64

Other expenses
3

 
6

 
11

 
11

Total
$
29

 
$
36

 
$
62

 
$
75



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Mortgage Servicing Segment
Agreements to Sell MSRs

As an outcome of our strategic review process, during the fourth quarter of 2016, we entered into two separate agreements to sell substantially all of our MSRs, as discussed in “—Executive Summary”. In June 2017, we completed the initial sale of $13.2 billion in unpaid principal balance of Freddie Mac MSRs to New Residential, and in July 2017, we completed the sale of $39.5 billion in unpaid principal balance of Fannie Mae MSRs to New Residential. During 2017 to-date, we have also completed the execution of sales under the Lakeview Agreement, representing $13.2 billion in unpaid principal balance of GNMA MSRs. Substantially all of the remaining sale commitments of the MSRs and servicing advances currently requires consents other than GSEs and is targeted to be completed in the second half of 2017.

Our sales of MSRs to New Residential were accounted for as a secured borrowing, and accordingly, the MSRs remained on the balance sheet with the proceeds from sale recognized as MSRs secured liability.  We elected to record the MSRs secured liability at fair value consistent with the related MSR asset. Future changes in the MSRs secured liability will fully offset future changes in the related MSR asset.

As of June 30, 2017, 97% of our owned MSRs, excluding the capitalized MSRs sold to New Residential, are committed under a sale agreement. If the sales of substantially all of our MSRs are completed, we do not anticipate retaining a significant amount of capitalized MSRs in the future. In December 2016, we terminated substantially all of our MSR-related derivatives in connection with the MSR sale agreements, as our agreement with New Residential fixes the value we expect to realize on our MSRs as of the transaction date. The remaining MSR-related derivatives were settled during the six months ended June 30, 2017 with no significant impact to our results of operations.
Subservicing
If the transactions under the MSR sale agreements are completed, which is targeted to be by the end of 2017, our remaining servicing platform will consist primarily of subserviced loans. The market for subservicing clients is comprised of independent mortgage bankers, community banks, credit unions and other mortgage investors. The size of the subservicing market is dependent on the following: (i) the rate of prepayment speeds and the size of the home purchase market; (ii) lack of operational scale for smaller MSR owners who may need a subservicing partner to keep pace with consumer, regulatory and investor requirements; and (iii) MSR ownership by financial investors who do not have in-house servicing capability.

We anticipate growth in the subservicing market as mid-size and smaller servicers may sell MSRs for cash to financial investors who would contract with subservicers for assistance. We also are monitoring the political environment for possible regulatory reform and changes to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which could potentially lower costs to subservicers. However, market factors such as higher interest rates, evolving regulations, and potentially volatile capital market conditions may adversely impact demand for MSRs by non-bank investors and create a more challenging environment for subservicing.

Our subservicing agreements also have a significant risk of client retention. The terms of a substantial portion of these agreements allow the owners of the servicing to terminate the subservicing agreement without cause with respect to some or all of the subserviced loans and, in some cases, without payment of any termination fee. This risk is further magnified by our client concentration exposure, as further discussed in "—Risk Management". However, our subservicing agreement with New Residential engages us to subservice the loans sold to New Residential for an initial period of three years, subject to certain transfer and termination provisions (including New Residential's right to transfer, without cause, 25% of the subservicing units in the second year, and an additional 25% of the subservicing units in the third year of the contract). After adjusting for the July MSR sales, New Residential represents 58% of our subserviced units as of June 30, 2017.

For more information, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our remaining business will be focused on subservicing activities, and we have significant client concentration risk related to the percentage of subservicing from agreements with Pingora Loan Servicing, LLC, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley. Further, the terms of a substantial portion of our subservicing agreements allow the owners of the servicing to terminate the subservicing agreement without cause, or to otherwise significantly decrease the number of loans we subservice on their behalf at any time." in our 2016 Form 10-K.




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Segment Metrics:
 
 
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
($ In millions)
Total Loan Servicing Portfolio:
 
 
 
  Conventional loans
$
147,043

 
$
204,208

  Government loans
11,001

 
23,521

  Home equity lines of credit
1,719

 
4,012

Total Unpaid Principal Balance
$
159,763

 
$
231,741

 
 
 
 
Number of loans in owned portfolio (units)
379,231

 
609,976

Number of subserviced loans (units) (1)
351,109

 
486,596

Total number of loans serviced (units)
730,340

 
1,096,572

 
 
 
 
Weighted-average interest rate
3.8
%
 
3.8
%
 
 
 
 
Portfolio delinquency
 
 
 
% of UPB - 30 days or more past due
1.98
%
 
2.21
%
% of UPB - Foreclosure, REO and Bankruptcy
1.61
%
 
1.78
%
Units - 30 days or more past due
2.83
%
 
3.11
%
Units - Foreclosure, REO and Bankruptcy
2.12
%
 
2.19
%
 
 
 
 
Capitalized Servicing Portfolio:
 
 
 
Unpaid Principal Balance of capitalized MSRs owned
$
53,933

 
$
92,687

Unpaid Principal Balance of capitalized MSRs in secured borrowing arrangement (2)
13,084

 

Total Unpaid Principal Balance of capitalized servicing portfolio
$
67,017

 
$
92,687

 
 
 
 
Capitalized servicing rate
0.83
%
 
0.73
%
Capitalized servicing multiple
3.0

 
2.6

Weighted-average servicing fee (in basis points)
27

 
29

 
______________
(1) 
Subserviced units include 80,519 units of servicing sold to New Residential in June 2017 that was accounted for as a secured borrowing arrangement. Refer to "Asset Sales and Exit Programs" for additional information.
(2) 
Represents MSRs sold to New Residential in June 2017 that were accounted for as a secured borrowing arrangement. Refer to "Asset Sales and Exit Programs" for additional information.
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Total Loan Servicing Portfolio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average Portfolio UPB
$
161,645

 
$
232,529

 
$
165,652

 
$
230,951

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capitalized Servicing Portfolio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average Portfolio UPB
$
69,619

 
$
94,431

 
$
74,184

 
$
96,028

Payoffs and principal curtailments
3,270

 
4,812

 
6,729

 
8,767

Sales
2,200

 
224

 
12,516

 
496


  



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Segment Results: 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Loan servicing income, net
$
28

 
$
44

 
$
61

 
$
99

Net interest expense
(7
)
 
(10
)
 
(15
)
 
(21
)
Other income

 

 
2

 

Net revenues
21

 
34

 
48

 
78

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries and related expenses
15

 
19

 
32

 
37

Foreclosure and repossession expenses
5

 
9

 
12

 
16

Professional and third-party service fees
8

 
9

 
15

 
18

Technology equipment and software expenses
4

 
4

 
7

 
8

Occupancy and other office expenses
3

 
4

 
6

 
9

Depreciation and amortization

 
1

 
1

 
2

Exit and disposal costs

 

 
2

 

Other operating expenses
29

 
21

 
50

 
42

Total expenses
64

 
67

 
125

 
132

Segment loss
$
(43
)
 
$
(33
)
 
$
(77
)
 
$
(54
)
 
Quarterly Comparison:  Mortgage Servicing segment loss was $43 million during the second quarter of 2017 compared to a loss of $33 million during the prior year quarter.  Net revenues decreased to $21 million, down $13 million or 38%, compared to the prior year quarter primarily driven by declines in our Loan servicing income, net from declines in our total loan servicing portfolio.  Total expenses decreased to $64 million, down $3 million or 4%, compared with the second quarter of 2016 primarily driven by declines in Salaries and related expenses, Foreclosure and repossession expenses and Repurchase and foreclosure-related charges and a lower Corporate overhead allocation that was partially offset by a higher provision for legal and regulatory matters in the second quarter of 2017.
 
Net revenues.  Servicing fees from our capitalized portfolio decreased to $48 million, down $19 million or 28%, compared to the prior year quarter driven by a 26% decrease in our average capitalized loan servicing portfolio.  This decline in our capitalized loan servicing portfolio was primarily due to our February 2017 sale of $10.2 billion in GNMA servicing to Lakeview, as well as the persistent low interest rate environment throughout 2016 leading to high prepayment activity.

Subservicing fees decreased to $10 million, down $8 million or 44%, primarily driven by declines in the average number of loans in our subserviced portfolio from the insourcing and MSR sale actions of certain clients during the fourth quarter of 2016. We did not realize a significant benefit for the second quarter of 2017 from the over 80,000 subservicing unit additions from the sale of Freddie Mac MSRs to New Residential, as that sale took place on June 16, 2017.

Late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue decreased by $4 million or 40% due to declining late fees and other servicing fees from a smaller overall portfolio. Loss on sale of MSRs was $4 million in the second quarter of 2017 as compared to zero in the prior year quarter, primarily due to transaction related expenses from GNMA MSRs sold to Lakeview in 2017.
 
MSR valuation changes from actual prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans decreased by $9 million or 33%, primarily due to a 35% decrease in payoffs in our capitalized servicing portfolio compared to the prior year quarter.

During the second quarter of 2017, Market-related fair value adjustments decreased the value of our MSRs by $3 million, which was primarily due to a flattening of the yield curve. Negative market adjustments from interest rates were offset by the calibration of our modeled value using the pricing associated with the MSR sale commitments. We also had an insignificant net gain on MSR derivatives as we terminated all of our remaining MSR-related derivatives in connection with the MSR sale agreements in December 2016. During the second quarter of 2016, Market-related fair value adjustments decreased the value of our MSRs by $70 million, which was partially offset by $58 million of net gains on MSR derivatives. This activity was primarily attributable to a 23 basis point decline in the modeled primary mortgage rate.

Net interest expense was $7 million during the second quarter of 2017, down $3 million, as compared to the second quarter of 2016, primarily due to higher interest income from cash management activities related to our escrow accounts for our total loan servicing portfolio, as well as an increase in interest rates.

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Total expenses.  Salaries and related expenses decreased by $4 million or 21% compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to declines in average employee headcount and $2 million in severance incurred in the second quarter of 2016.

Foreclosure and repossession expenses decreased by $4 million or 44% compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to lower foreclosure activity and improved delinquencies that were partially the result of the Lakeview GNMA MSR sale and other recent MSR sales of delinquent government loans.

Repurchase and foreclosure charges decreased by $2 million primarily due to higher expenses in the second quarter of 2016 that will not be reimbursed pursuant to mortgage insurance programs as well as higher exposure for legacy repurchase claims from certain private investors in the prior year quarter.

During the second quarter of 2017, we recorded a $13 million provision for legal and regulatory matters driven by adjustments for negotiated settlements and provisions for other matters. See "--Executive Summary" for a discussion matters settled in the third quarter that were included in our reserves as of June 30, 2017.

Corporate overhead allocation decreased by $3 million compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to reduced professional fees for information technology shared services. See “—Other” for a more detailed discussion of expenses included in the Corporate overhead allocation.

Year-to-Date Comparison:  Mortgage Servicing segment loss was $77 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to a loss of $54 million during the prior year.  Net revenues decreased to $48 million, down $30 million or 38%, compared to the prior year primarily driven by declines in our Loan servicing income, net from declines in our total loan servicing portfolio.  Total expenses decreased to $125 million, down $7 million or 5%, compared with the prior year primarily driven by declines in Salaries and related expenses, Foreclosure and repossession expenses, Professional and third-party service fees and Occupancy and other office expenses and a lower Corporate overhead allocation, that was partially offset by a higher provision for legal and regulatory matters incurred in 2017.
 
Net revenues.  Servicing fees from our capitalized portfolio decreased to $102 million, down $35 million or 26%, compared to the prior year quarter driven by a 23% decrease in our average capitalized loan servicing portfolio.  This decline in our capitalized loan servicing portfolio was primarily due to our February 2017 sale of $10.2 billion in GNMA servicing to Lakeview, as well as the persistent low interest rate environment throughout 2016 leading to high prepayment activity.

Subservicing fees decreased to $21 million, down $15 million or 42%, primarily driven by declines in the average number of loans in our subserviced portfolio from the insourcing and MSR sale actions of certain clients during the fourth quarter of 2016. We did not realize a significant benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2017 from the over 80,000 subservicing unit additions from the sale of Freddie Mac MSRs to New Residential, as that sale took place on June 16, 2017.

Late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue decreased by $3 million or 17% due to declining late fees and other servicing fees from a declining overall portfolio. Loss on sale of MSRs was $13 million in the first half of 2017 as compared to $2 million in the prior year, primarily due to transaction related expenses from the GNMA MSRs sold to Lakeview in 2017.
 
MSR valuation changes from actual prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans decreased by $11 million or 23% primarily due to a 24% decrease in payoffs in our capitalized servicing portfolio compared to the prior year. MSR valuation changes from actual receipts of recurring cash flows increased by $3 million or 23% primarily due to a higher average capitalized servicing rate that was partially offset by a smaller portfolio size in the first half of 2017 compared to the prior year.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, Market-related fair value adjustments decreased the value of our MSRs by $5 million, which was primarily due to a flattening of the yield curve. Negative market adjustments from interest rates were offset by the calibration of our modeled value using the pricing associated with the MSR sale commitments. We also had an insignificant net gain on MSR derivatives as we terminated all of our remaining MSR-related derivatives in connection with the MSR sale agreements in December 2016. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, Market-related fair value adjustments decreased the value of our MSRs by $165 million, which was partially offset by $143 million of net gains on MSR derivatives. This activity was primarily attributable to a 62 basis point decline in the modeled primary mortgage rate, as well as a 79 basis point decline in the 10-year Treasury interest rate.

Net interest expense was $15 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017, down $6 million, as compared to the prior year, primarily due to higher interest income from cash management activities related to our escrow accounts for our total loan servicing portfolio, as well as an increase in interest rates.

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Other income was $2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017, as compared to zero in the prior year, as 2017 included fees earned from a client for assistance in complying with regulatory changes.
 
Total expenses.  Salaries and related expenses decreased by $5 million or 14% compared to the prior year primarily due to declines in average employee headcount and $2 million in severance incurred in the second quarter of 2016.

Foreclosure and repossession expenses decreased by $4 million or 25% compared to the prior year primarily due to lower foreclosure activity and improved delinquencies that were partially the result of the Lakeview GNMA MSR sale and other recent MSR sales of delinquent government loans.

Professional and third-party service fees decreased by $3 million or 17% compared to the prior year primarily driven by higher expenses incurred during 2016 related to compliance activities.

Occupancy and other office expenses decreased by $3 million from the prior year primarily due to reductions in printing and mailing expenses from declines in our total loan servicing portfolio, as well as reductions in our rent and related occupancy expenses as we vacated certain facilities in 2016.

Exit and disposal costs were $2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017 for severance and retention expenses related to Mortgage shared service employees as a result of the reorganization.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded a $22 million provision for legal and regulatory matters, as compared to a $5 million provision during the six months ended June 30, 2016, driven by adjustments for negotiated settlements related to our legacy mortgage servicing practices and provisions for other matters. See "—Executive Summary" for a discussion matters settled in the third quarter that were included in our reserves as of June 30, 2017.

Corporate overhead allocation decreased by $8 million compared to the prior year quarter primarily due to reduced professional fees for information technology shared services. See “—Other” for a more detailed discussion of expenses included in the Corporate overhead allocation.


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Selected Income Statement Data: 

 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Loan servicing income, net:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loan servicing income:
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
Servicing fees from capitalized portfolio
$
48

 
$
67

 
$
102

 
$
137

Subservicing fees
10

 
18

 
21

 
36

MSR yield on secured asset (1)
1

 

 
1

 

Late fees and other ancillary servicing revenue
6

 
10

 
15

 
18

Loss on sale of MSRs
(4
)
 

 
(13
)
 
(2
)
Curtailment interest paid to investors
(3
)
 
(4
)
 
(6
)
 
(7
)
Loan servicing income
$
58

 
$
91

 
$
120

 
$
182

Changes in fair value of mortgage servicing rights:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual prepayments of the underlying mortgage loans
$
(18
)
 
$
(27
)
 
$
(37
)
 
$
(48
)
Actual receipts of recurring cash flows
(8
)
 
(8
)
 
(16
)
 
(13
)
Market-related fair value adjustments (2)
(3
)
 
(70
)
 
(5
)
 
(165
)
Changes in fair value of MSR asset (2)
(29
)
 
(105
)
 
(58
)
 
(226
)
Change in fair value of MSRs secured liability
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Net derivative gain related to MSRs

 
58

 

 
143

Total
$
28

 
$
44

 
$
61

 
$
99

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
$
5

 
$
3

 
$
9

 
$
5

Secured interest expense
(2
)
 
(2
)
 
(4
)
 
(5
)
MSRs secured interest expense (2)
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 

Unsecured interest expense
(9
)
 
(11
)
 
(19
)
 
(21
)
Total
$
(7
)
 
$
(10
)
 
$
(15
)
 
$
(21
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other operating expenses:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate overhead allocation
$
10

 
$
13

 
$
19

 
$
27

Repurchase and foreclosure-related charges
3

 
5

 
2

 
3

Legal and regulatory reserves
13

 

 
22

 
5

Other expenses
3

 
3

 
7

 
7

Total
$
29

 
$
21

 
$
50

 
$
42

____________________
(1) 
Related to the secured borrowing treatment of the June 2017 sale of MSRs to New Residential, income in MSR yield on secured asset fully offsets the expense in MSRs secured interest expense.
(2) 
Related to the secured borrowing treatment of the June 2017 sale of MSRs to New Residential, Market-related fair value adjustments include a $1 million increase to change in fair value for MSRs under secured borrowing arrangements, which fully offsets the decrease to Change in fair value of MSRs secured liability.


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Other
We leverage a centralized corporate platform to provide shared services for general and administrative functions to our reportable segments.  These shared services include support associated with, among other functions, information technology, enterprise risk management, internal audit, human resources, accounting and finance and communications.  The costs associated with these shared general and administrative functions, in addition to the cost of managing the overall corporate function, are recorded within Other and allocated to our reportable segments through a corporate overhead allocation.  The Corporate overhead allocation to each segment is determined based upon the actual and estimated usage by function or expense category.
Results:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In millions)
Salaries and related expenses
$
17

 
$
16

 
$
33

 
$
31

Professional and third-party service fees
14

 
22

 
40

 
47

Technology equipment and software expenses
4

 
5

 
9

 
10

Occupancy and other office expenses
1

 

 
1

 
1

Depreciation and amortization
2

 
1

 
3

 
2

Exit and disposal costs
6

 

 
16

 

   Other
3

 
2

 
5

 
5

Total expenses before allocation
47

 
46

 
107

 
96

Corporate overhead allocation:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Mortgage Production segment
(26
)
 
(30
)
 
(51
)
 
(64
)
Mortgage Servicing segment
(10
)
 
(13
)
 
(19
)
 
(27
)
Total expenses
11

 
3

 
37

 
5

Net loss before income taxes
$
(11
)
 
$
(3
)
 
$
(37
)
 
$
(5
)
Quarterly Comparison:  Net loss before income taxes was $11 million during the second quarter of 2017, compared to a loss of $3 million during the prior year quarter.  The net loss of the Other segment primarily represents losses that are not allocated back to our reportable segments. For the second quarter of 2017, the net loss primarily represents costs associated with our strategic review and Exit and disposal costs related to our reorganization of our operations to subservicing and portfolio retention services.
Total expenses. Total expenses before allocations increased to $47 million, as compared to $46 million in the prior year quarter. Exit and disposal costs of $6 million in the second quarter of 2017 are primarily a result of recording acceleration of existing retention awards for impacted Other shared services employees primarily related to the reorganization.
Professional and third-party service fees decreased to $14 million, down $8 million as compared to the prior year quarter. This decrease was primarily due to a $7 million decrease in information technology expenses as a result of higher costs in the second quarter of 2016 associated with the modernization and enhanced security of our information technology systems and implementing new compliance requirements in our origination business.
Year-to-Date Comparison:  Net loss before income taxes was $37 million for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to a loss of $5 million during the prior year.  For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the net loss primarily represents costs associated with our strategic review and Exit and disposal costs related to our reorganization of our operations to subservicing and portfolio retention services.
Total expenses. Total expenses before allocations increased to $107 million, up $11 million, or 11%, compared to the prior year. The increase in total expenses is primarily from Exit and disposal costs in the first half of 2017 of $16 million resulting from severance and retention expenses for impacted Other shared services employees primarily related to the reorganization.
Professional and third-party service fees declined to $40 million, down $7 million, or 15%, compared to the prior year. This decrease was primarily due to an $18 million decrease in information technology expenses as a result of higher costs in the first half of 2016 associated with the modernization and enhanced security of our information technology systems and implementing new compliance requirements in our origination business, as well as a $3 million decline in consulting expenses for other shared service functions. This was partially offset by an increase of $14 million in strategic review costs.

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RISK MANAGEMENT
 
We are exposed to various business risks which may significantly impact our financial results including, but not limited to: (i) interest rate risk; (ii) consumer credit risk; (iii) counterparty and concentration risk; (iv) liquidity risk; and (v) operational risk.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there have been no significant changes to our liquidity risk or operational risk.  In addition, as of June 30, 2017, there were no significant concentrations of credit risk with any individual counterparty or group of counterparties with respect to our derivative transactions.

Interest Rate Risk

Our principal market exposure is to interest rate risk, specifically long-term Treasury and mortgage interest rates due to their impact on mortgage-related assets and commitments.  We are also exposed to changes in short-term interest rates on certain variable rate borrowings related to mortgage warehouse debt. We anticipate that such interest rates will remain our primary benchmark for market risk for the foreseeable future.
 
Refer to “—Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for an analysis of the impact of changes in interest rates on the valuation of assets and liabilities that are sensitive to interest rates.

Consumer Credit Risk

We are not subject to the majority of the credit-related risks inherent in maintaining a mortgage loan portfolio because loans are not held for investment purposes.  Our exposure to consumer credit risk primarily relates to loan repurchase and indemnification obligations from breaches of representation and warranty provisions of our loan sale or servicing agreements, which result in indemnification payments or exposure to loan defaults and foreclosures. We subject the population of repurchase and indemnification requests received to a review and appeal process to establish the validity of the claim and corresponding obligation.
 
We have established a loan repurchase and indemnification liability for our estimate of exposure to losses related to our obligation to repurchase or indemnify investors for loans sold, which as of June 30, 2017 was $41 million.  Given the inherent uncertainties involved in estimating losses associated with future repurchase and indemnification requests, there is a reasonable possibility that future losses may be in excess of the recorded liability.  As of June 30, 2017, the estimated amount of reasonably possible losses in excess of the recorded liability was approximately $10 million, which relates to our estimate of repurchase and foreclosure-related charges that may not be reimbursed pursuant to government mortgage insurance programs or in the event we do not file insurance claims. 
 
See Note 10, 'Commitments and Contingencies' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding loan repurchase and indemnification requests and our repurchase and foreclosure-related reserves.

Counterparty and Concentration Risk
Production. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, our mortgage loan originations were derived from our relationships with significant counterparties as follows:
27% through our PLS relationship with Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A. ("Morgan Stanley");
27% through the Real Estate channel, from our relationships with Realogy and its affiliates;
12% through our PLS relationship with HSBC Bank USA ("HSBC"); and
8% through our PLS relationship with Merrill Lynch Home Loans, a division of Bank of America, N.A. ("Merrill Lynch").
In November 2016, as an outcome of our strategic review process, we announced our intentions to exit our PLS business, which represented 73% of our total closing volume (based on dollars) for the six months ended June 30, 2017. In February 2017, we entered into an agreement to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans, which constitutes substantially all of our Real Estate channel and represented 27% of our total closing volume (based on dollars) for the six months ended June 30, 2017. If the asset sale of PHH Home Loans is successfully completed, our remaining mortgage loan origination business will consist of portfolio retention. There can be no assurances that our closing volumes, agreements or relationships will not be subject to further change.

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See “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—"Our decision to exit our Private Label client agreements will involve a significant amount of restructuring costs, and we have risks specific to our exit plans. Furthermore, there can be no assurances that such action will be as beneficial to shareholders as if we had not taken such action." and “We have entered into agreements to sell certain assets of PHH Home Loans and to monetize our investment in the joint venture. The transaction contains a number of pre-closing conditions and is subject to PHH Corporation shareholder approval. There can be no assurance that the Company will complete the execution of these transactions or that the net proceeds realized upon the sale will equal the current estimate." in our 2016 Form 10-K.
Servicing. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, there have been no significant changes to our total servicing portfolio's geographic, delinquency, and agency concentration risks, as previously outlined in our 2016 Form 10-K. If the remaining transactions under the MSR sale agreements are completed, our future servicing platform will consist primarily of subserviced loans. Our Mortgage Servicing segment has exposure to concentration risk and client retention risk with respect to our subservicing agreements. After the execution of the MSR transactions with New Residential in June and July 2017, our subservicing concentration (by units as of June 30, 2017) is as follows: 58% from New Residential, 18% from Pingora Loan Servicing, LLC, 8% from HSBC and 6% from Morgan Stanley.
Our agreement to sell the majority of our capitalized MSRs to New Residential contains a three-year subservicing term, subject to certain transfer and termination provisions (including New Residential's right to transfer, without cause, 25% of the subservicing units in the second year, and an additional 25% of the subservicing units in the third year of the contract). A substantial portion of our other subservicing agreements allow the owners of the servicing to terminate the subservicing agreement without cause with respect to some or all of the subserviced loans and, in some cases, without payment of any termination fee.  Market conditions, including interest rates and future economic projections, could impact investor demand to hold MSRs, which may result in our loss of additional subservicing relationships, or significantly decrease the number of loans under such relationships. Further, our subservicing relationships may be negatively impacted by our planned exit of the PLS origination channel, and such clients may elect to transfer their subservicing relationships to other counterparties upon sourcing a new origination services provider. The termination of subservicing agreements, or other significant reductions to our subservicing units, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
For further discussion of concentration risks related to our subservicing agreements, see “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—Our remaining business will be focused on subservicing activities, and we have significant client concentration risk related to the percentage of subservicing from agreements with Pingora Loan Servicing, LLC, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley. Further, the terms of a substantial portion of our subservicing agreements allow the owners of the servicing to terminate the subservicing agreement without cause, or to otherwise significantly decrease the number of loans we subservice on their behalf at any time.” in our 2016 Form 10-K.


LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our sources of liquidity include: unrestricted Cash and cash equivalents; proceeds from the sale or securitization of mortgage loans; secured borrowings, including mortgage warehouse and servicing advance facilities; cash flows from operations; the unsecured debt markets; asset sales; and equity markets. Our primary operating funding needs arise from the origination and financing of mortgage loans and the retention of mortgage servicing rights. Our liquidity needs can also be significantly influenced by changes in interest rates due to collateral posting requirements from derivative agreements as well as the levels of repurchase and indemnification requests. Given our expectation for business volumes, we believe that our sources of liquidity are adequate to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months.

Our total unrestricted cash position as of June 30, 2017, is $1.0 billion, which includes $61 million of cash in variable interest entities.  We have identified expected uses of our cash over the next 12 months which, include the following estimated outflows: 
$146 million related to the exit of the PLS business, including expected operating losses and costs to complete the exit;
$29 million for costs associated with re-engineering and transitioning our business;
$524 million to retire a portion of our senior unsecured notes in July 2017, including the early tender premium paid; and
$24 million for payment of MSR transaction costs and strategic review advisory, legal and professional fees.
Further, we intend to maintain excess cash to cover contingencies, which include $134 million related to our legal and regulatory reserves, and $40 million related to other contingencies for mortgage loan repurchases, MSR sale agreement indemnifications, and other contingencies.

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In connection with the initial delivery of MSRs to New Residential, on June 19, 2017, we commenced tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of the Senior Notes due in 2019 and 2021. On July 3, 2017, we repaid $178 million of the 2019 Notes and $318 million of the 2021 Notes for an aggregate $524 million in cash, plus accrued interest, and at the expiration of the tender on July 17, 2017, the remaining repayment of notes under the tender was not significant. After the completion of the tender, $119 million principal of Notes remains outstanding.

We expect that the remaining proceeds from the MSR sale agreements will be used to repay borrowings under our servicing advance facility and to pay taxes.

In May 2017, our Board of Directors authorized up to $100 million in open market share repurchases as an initial action in our plan to return capital to shareholders. During the second quarter, we completed the repurchase of 1,760,964 shares for $24 million, while in the third quarter of 2017 through August 4th, we executed $10 million in additional repurchases, retiring 689,502 shares. In late July 2017, our Board of Directors increased the amount of authorized share repurchases to up to an aggregate $300 million.

The method, timing and amount of additional returns of capital to our shareholders, if any, beyond the initiatives announced to date will depend on several factors including market and business conditions and the trading price of our common stock, total proceeds realized from our MSR sales, the value realized from PHH Home Loans joint venture, the successful execution of our PLS exit, the resolution of our outstanding legal and regulatory matters, the successful completion of other restructuring activities, and the working capital requirements and contingency needs for the remaining business. There can be no assurances we will complete any further return of capital to our shareholders. For more information, see “Part II—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to our Common StockOur decision to return cash to shareholders through stock repurchases may not prove to be the best use of our capital or result in the effects we anticipated, including a positive return of capital to stockholders." in this Form 10-Q and “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Strategies—The amount of capital returned to shareholders, if any, as a result of our strategic actions may be less than our expectations. Furthermore, there can be no assurances about the method, timing or amounts of any such distributions." in our 2016 Form 10-K.


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As of June 30, 2017, a significant portion of our assets are under financing arrangements or are subject to sale commitments. The following table identifies the Total assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets that are unencumbered:
 
Total Assets
 
Collateral for Asset-backed borrowing arrangements
 
Sale
Commitments (1)
 
Other(2)
 
Unencumbered Assets
 
(In millions)
Cash and cash equivalents
$
1,001

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,001

Restricted cash
75

 
34

 

 
41

 

Mortgage loans held for sale
625

 
535

 

 

 
90

Accounts receivable, net
74

 

 

 

 
74

Servicing advances, net
473

 
116

 
104

 
205

 
48

Mortgage servicing rights
555

 

 
427

 
114

 
14

Property and equipment, net
28

 

 

 

 
28

Other assets
75

 

 

 
3


72

Total assets
$
2,906

 
$
685

 
$
531

 
$
363

 
$
1,327

___________________
(1)
Total Servicing advances committed to be transferred under our MSR sale agreements of $220 million as of June 30, 2017 includes both advances that are presently collateral for asset-backed borrowing arrangements and amounts that are self-funded. Therefore, the Servicing advances committed under MSR sale agreements appears in both columns of the table above.
(2) 
Other restrictions and encumbrances include the following:
Restricted cash represents letters of credit, funds received for pending mortgage closings, and other contractual arrangements.
Servicing advances represent the balance of Servicing advance liabilities for advances funded by our subservicing clients, as discussed below under "DebtServicing Advance Funding Arrangements".
MSRs represent amounts under secured borrowing arrangements where we have recognized a liability for MSRs transferred to a third party that does not meet the criteria for sale accounting. See further discussion in Note 1, 'Summary of Significant Accounting Policies' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Cash Flows
 
The following table summarizes the changes in Cash and cash equivalents: 
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
Change
 
(In millions)
Cash provided by (used in):
 

 
 

 
 

Operating activities
$
50

 
$
(136
)
 
$
186

Investing activities
39

 
139

 
(100
)
Financing activities
6

 
96

 
(90
)
Net increase in Cash and cash equivalents
$
95

 
$
99

 
$
(4
)

Operating Activities
 
Our cash flows from operating activities reflect the net cash generated or used in our business operations and can be significantly impacted by the timing of mortgage loan originations and sales.  The operating results of our businesses are also impacted by significant non-cash activities which include: (i) the capitalization of mortgage servicing rights in our Mortgage Production segment and (ii) the change in fair value of mortgage servicing rights and MSRs secured liability in our Mortgage Servicing segment. 
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2017, cash provided by our operating activities was $50 million which was primarily driven by the impact of net collections of Servicing advances and timing differences between the origination and sale of mortgages as Mortgage loans held for sale decreased between December 31, 2016 and June 30, 2017. This was partially offset by operating losses primarily in our PLS business and cash used for strategic review costs.
 

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During the six months ended June 30, 2016, cash used in our operating activities was $136 million which was primarily driven by the impact of timing differences between the origination and sale of mortgages as Mortgage loans held for sale in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets increased by $179 million between December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2016 that was partially offset by operating benefits from amendments to our private label and subservicing agreements.
 
Investing Activities
 
Cash flows from investing activities include cash flows related to collateral postings or settlements of our MSR derivatives, proceeds on the sale of mortgage servicing rights, purchases of property and equipment and changes in the funding requirements of restricted cash.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2017, cash provided by our investing activities was $39 million, which was driven by $102 million of cash received from the proceeds on the sale of MSRs and related servicing advances, including the GNMA MSR sales to Lakeview, that was partially offset by $45 million of net cash paid for MSR derivatives settled in the first quarter of 2017 as substantially all of our MSR derivatives were terminated in December 2016 in connection with the MSR sale agreements.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, cash provided by our investing activities was $139 million, which was driven by $146 million of net cash received from MSR derivatives for cash collateral amounts and settlement activity due to changes in interest rates.
 
Financing Activities
 
Our cash flows from financing activities include proceeds from and payments on borrowings under our mortgage warehouse facilities, servicing advance facility and MSRs secured borrowing arrangement.  The fluctuations in the amount of borrowings within each period are due to working capital needs and the funding requirements for assets, including Mortgage loans held for sale and Mortgage servicing rights.  The outstanding balances under our warehouse and servicing advance debt facilities vary daily based on our current funding needs for eligible collateral and our decisions regarding the use of excess available cash to fund assets.  As of the end of each quarter, our financing activities and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets reflect our efforts to maximize secured borrowings against the available asset base, increasing the ending cash balance.  Within each quarter, excess available cash is utilized to fund assets rather than using the asset-backed borrowing arrangements, given the relative borrowing costs and returns on invested cash.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2017, cash provided by our financing activities was $6 million, which primarily related to $102 million of proceeds from the June sale of Freddie Mac MSRs to New Residential that was treated as a secured borrowing arrangement. This was partially offset by $70 million of net payments on our secured borrowings primarily resulting from the decreased funding requirements for Mortgage loans held for sale and Servicing advances and $24 million used to retire shares in our open market share repurchase program.

During the six months ended June 30, 2016, cash provided by our financing activities was $96 million which primarily related to $122 million of net proceeds on secured borrowings primarily resulting from increased funding requirements for Mortgage loans held for sale that was partially offset by $23 million used to retire shares in our open market share repurchase program.

Debt
The following table summarizes our Debt as of June 30, 2017:
 
 
Outstanding Balance
 
Collateral(1)
 
(In millions)
Warehouse facilities
$
519

 
$
544

Servicing advance facility
65

 
141

Unsecured debt, net
608

 

Total
$
1,192

 
$
685

 
_________________
(1) 
Assets held as collateral are not available to pay our general obligations.
 

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See Note 8, 'Debt and Borrowing Arrangements' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding our debt covenants and other components of our debt.
 
Warehouse Facilities
 
We utilize both committed and uncommitted warehouse facilities, and we evaluate our capacity need under these facilities based on forecasted volume of mortgage loan closings and sales. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we reduced the aggregate committed capacity of our facilities in response to our expected saleable production volume and to reduce expenses associated with the facilities.

Mortgage warehouse facilities consisted of the following as of June 30, 2017:
 
 
Total
Capacity
 
Outstanding Balance
 
Available
Capacity(1)
 
Maturity
Date
 
(In millions)
 
 
Debt:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Committed facilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
$
350

 
$
260

 
$
90

 
12/1/2017
Bank of America, N.A.
200

 
166

 
34

 
9/29/2017
Barclays Bank PLC (2)
100

 
89

 
11

 
7/31/2017
Committed warehouse facilities
650

 
515

 
135

 
 
Uncommitted facilities:
 

 
 

 


 
 
Fannie Mae
200

 
4

 
196

 
n/a       
Barclays Bank PLC
100

 

 
100

 
n/a       
Total
$
950

 
$
519

 
$
431

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Off-Balance Sheet Gestation Facilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Uncommitted facilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$
150

 
$

 
$
150

 
n/a       
 
___________________
(1) 
Capacity is dependent upon maintaining compliance with the terms, conditions and covenants of the respective agreements and may be further limited by asset eligibility requirements.
(2) 
On July 31, 2017, the maturity of this facility was extended to January 31, 2018.

Servicing Advance Funding Arrangements
 
As of June 30, 2017, there are $473 million of Servicing advance receivables, net on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, including $203 million from our own funds, and the remainder funded as outlined below:
 
 
Total
Capacity
 
Outstanding Balance
 
Available
Capacity(1)
 
Maturity
Date
 
(In millions)
 
 
Debt:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Servicing Advance Receivables Trust (2)
$
100

 
$
65

 
$
35

 
3/15/2018
Subservicing advance liabilities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
Client-funded amounts
n/a

 
205

 
n/a

 
n/a
Total
 

 
$
270

 
 

 
 
__________________
(1) 
Capacity is dependent upon maintaining compliance with the terms, conditions and covenants of the respective agreements and may be further limited by asset eligibility requirements.
(2) 
On June 15, 2017, the facility's revolving period was extended and the final maturity date was revised to March 15, 2018. At our request, the aggregate maximum principal amount of the facility was also reduced by $55 million to $100 million.
 

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Unsecured Debt

Unsecured borrowing arrangements consisted of the following as of June 30, 2017
 
Balance
at Maturity
(1)
 
Outstanding Balance
 
Maturity
Date
 
(In millions)
 
 
 
7.375% Term notes due in 2019
$
275

 
$
273

 
9/1/2019
 
6.375% Term notes due in 2021
340

 
335

 
8/15/2021
 
Total
$
615

 
$
608

 
0
 
 __________________
(1) 
On June 19, 2017, we commenced tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of the Senior Notes due in 2019 and 2021. On July 3, 2017, we repaid $178 million of the 2019 Notes and $318 million of the 2021 Notes for an aggregate $524 million in cash, plus accrued interest. On July 17, 2017, upon expiration of the tender offer, the amount of notes repaid was not significant. At the completion of the tender, $119 million of note principal remains outstanding, representing $97 million of the 2019 Notes and $22 million of the 2021 Notes. We expect we will recognize a loss of $35 million in Other Operating Expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations related to this debt retirement during the three months ended September 30, 2017.
 
As of August 4, 2017, our credit ratings on our senior unsecured debt were as follows: 
 
Senior
Debt
 
Short-Term
Debt
Moody’s Investors Service
B1
 
NP
Standard & Poor's Rating Services
B-
 
N/A
 
A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, may not reflect all of the risks associated with an investment in our debt securities and is subject to revision or withdrawal by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. Our senior unsecured long-term debt credit ratings are below investment grade, and as a result, our access to the public debt markets may be severely limited in comparison to the ability of investment grade issuers to access such markets.  See further discussion at “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors—Liquidity Risks—We may be limited in our ability to obtain or renew financing in the unsecured credit markets on economically viable terms or at all, due to our senior unsecured long-term debt ratings being below investment grade and due to our history of reported losses from continuing operations since becoming a standalone mortgage company.” in our 2016 Form 10-K.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
 
There have not been any significant changes to the critical accounting policies and estimates described under “Part II—Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our 2016 Form 10-K.
 
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
For information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements and the expected impact on our financial statements, see Note 1, 'Summary of Significant Accounting Policies' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.




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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
Interest Rate Risk

Our principal market exposure is to interest rate risk, specifically long-term Treasury and mortgage interest rates due to their impact on mortgage-related assets and commitments.  Additionally, our escrow earnings on our mortgage servicing rights are sensitive to changes in short-term interest rates such as LIBOR. We also are exposed to changes in short-term interest rates on certain variable rate borrowings including our mortgage warehouse debt and our servicing advance facility. The valuation of our Mortgage servicing rights and Mortgage servicing rights secured liability is based, in part, on the realization of the forward yield curve due to the impact that expected future interest rates have on our expected cash flows. We anticipate that such interest rates will remain our primary benchmark for market risk for the foreseeable future.
 
We assess our market risk based on changes in interest rates utilizing a sensitivity analysis.  The sensitivity analysis measures the potential impact on fair values based on hypothetical changes (increases and decreases) in interest rates. These sensitivities are hypothetical and presented for illustrative purposes only. Changes in fair value based on variations in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in fair value may not be linear.

The following table summarizes the estimated change in the fair value of our Mortgage pipeline, Mortgage servicing rights, Mortgage servicing rights secured liability and unsecured debt that are sensitive to interest rates as of June 30, 2017 given hypothetical instantaneous parallel shifts in the yield curve: 
 
Change in Fair Value
 
Down
100 bps
 
Down
50 bps
 
Down
25 bps
 
Up
25 bps
 
Up
50 bps
 
Up
100 bps
 
(In millions)
Mortgage pipeline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage loans held for sale
$
12

 
$
7

 
$
4

 
$
(4
)
 
$
(9
)
 
$
(19
)
Interest rate lock commitments (1)
11

 
7

 
4

 
(5
)
 
(10
)
 
(24
)
Forward delivery commitments (1)
(25
)
 
(14
)
 
(8
)
 
9

 
18

 
39

Option contracts (1)

 

 

 

 
2

 
5

Total Mortgage pipeline
(2
)
 

 

 

 
1

 
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MSRs and related secured liability
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage servicing rights owned (2)
(122
)
 
(58
)
 
(28
)
 
26

 
49

 
88

Mortgage servicing rights secured asset (3)
(32
)
 
(15
)
 
(7
)
 
6

 
12

 
21

MSRs secured liability (3)
32

 
15

 
7

 
(6
)
 
(12
)
 
(21
)
Total MSRs and related secured liability
(122
)
 
(58
)
 
(28
)
 
26

 
49

 
88

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unsecured term debt
(19
)
 
(9
)
 
(5
)
 
5

 
9

 
18

Total, net
$
(143
)
 
$
(67
)
 
$
(33
)
 
$
31

 
$
59

 
$
107

__________________
(1) 
Included in Other assets or Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2) 
During 2017, we ended our MSR-related derivative hedge coverage as a result of our sale agreement with New Residential that fixes the prices we expect to realize at future transfer dates. We do not expect changes in interest rates to substantially impact the fair value of owned MSRs since our determination of fair value at June 30, 2017 considers the committed pricing of MSR sale agreements, which is for the substantial majority of our remaining owned MSRs. For further discussion of those agreements and other requirements that must be met to complete such sales, see Note 4, 'Servicing Activities' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

(3) 
During June 2017, we sold $13.2 billion in unpaid principal balance of MSRs to New Residential, which has a fair value of $114 million as of June 30, 2017.  This transfer was accounted for as a secured borrowing, and accordingly, the MSR remained on the balance sheet with the proceeds from sale recognized as MSRs secured liability.  The interest rate sensitivity of this secured borrowing is reflected within Mortgage servicing rights secured asset and MSRs secured liability, and any changes in fair value are expected to fully offset.



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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
 
DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of the end of the period covered by this Report on Form 10-Q, management performed, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2017.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

In the second quarter of 2017, there were changes in our internal control over financial reporting related to the transition of certain PLS mortgage origination fulfillment functions that had been performed internally to an outsource partner.  The transition of these functions has resulted in changes in origination functions, and the related control processes, from internally performed to externally performed by the outsource partner; however, management oversight of all origination functions continues to be performed internally.

There have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

For information regarding legal proceedings, see Note 10, 'Commitments and Contingencies' in the accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Item 1A.  Risk Factors

This Item 1A. should be read in conjunction with "Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our 2016 Form 10-K. Other than with respect to the discussion below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K.

Risks Related to our Common Stock
Our decision to return cash to shareholders through stock repurchases may not prove to be the best use of our capital or result in the effects we anticipated, including a positive return of capital to stockholders.

We have authority from our Board of Directors to repurchase up to $300 million in the aggregate of our Common stock. On August 8, 2017, we announced that, pursuant to this authority, we intend to launch a modified Dutch auction tender offer for our Common stock in the aggregate amount of $266 million, which represents the remaining amount under our authorization after giving effect to share repurchases to date. The execution of share repurchases under such tender program is dependent on how many stockholders elect to tender, and is subject to a number of terms and conditions.  The tender offer will reduce our "public float," which is the number of shares of our Common stock that are owned by non-affiliated stockholders and available for trading in the securities markets, which may reduce the volume of trading in our shares and result in reduced liquidity and, potentially, lower trading prices. We intend to fund the tender offer with available cash, which will burden our liquidity and prevent us from using the cash for other corporate purposes.

There can be no assurances that our stock repurchases will have the effects we anticipated.  Our stock repurchases may not return value to stockholders because the market price of our stock may decline significantly below the levels at which we repurchased shares of Common stock. Our stock repurchases are intended to deliver stockholder value over the long-term, but the price we pay for shares in the tender offer may be dilutive and may not be the best use of our capital.  There can be no assurance that we will repurchase the full amount authorized or that any past or future repurchases will have a positive impact on our stock price.



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Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

The following table presents our share repurchase activity for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.
Period
 
Total number of shares purchased
 
Average price paid per share
 
Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs(1)
 
Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan or program
April 1, 2017 to April 30, 2017
 

 
$

 

 
$
100,000,000

May 1, 2017 to May 31, 2017
 
526,964

 
13.54

 
526,964

 
92,866,872

June 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017
 
1,234,000

 
13.63

 
1,234,000

 
76,043,105

Total
 
1,760,964

 
$
13.60

 
1,760,964

 
$
76,043,105

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(1) 
On May 3, 2017, our Board of Directors authorized up to $100 million in open market purchases, and this authorization does not have a defined expiration date.

All shares received under the share repurchase programs are retired upon receipt and are reported as a reduction of shares issued and outstanding, and the cash paid is recorded as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For more information about our repurchase activity and about additional repurchases authorized by our Board of Directors in the third quarter, see “Part I—Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” in this Form 10-Q.


Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.


Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.


Item 5.  Other Information

Initial Closing of PHH Home Loans Asset Sales
On August 7, 2017, the Company closed the initial sale of certain assets of PHH Home Loans, LLC (“PHH Home Loans”) and RMR Financial, LLC (“RMR”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PHH Home Loans, to Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC (“GRA”), a new joint venture formed by subsidiaries of Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”) and Guaranteed Rate, Inc., pursuant to the asset purchase agreement dated as of February 15, 2017, by and among the Company, PHH Home Loans, RMR and GRA. PHH Home Loans is a joint venture between the Company and Realogy, which provides mortgage origination services for brokers associated with brokerages owned or franchised by Realogy. The purchase price paid by GRA for the initial sale was $14 million (which represents 20% of the total purchase price for the asset sales) and the Company expects to recognize $7 million of pre-tax gain from the sale, which is reduced for the portion of the proceeds attributable to Realogy’s interest in PHH Home Loans. The remaining asset sales are expected to be effected over four additional closings, with 20% of the purchase price to be paid at each closing. There can be no assurance that the sales of the remaining assets of PHH Home Loans will close as contemplated, if at all. The Company and GRA are parties to the above-referenced asset purchase agreement. There are no other pre-existing relationships between GRA and the Company.

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In connection with the Home Loans asset sales, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase Realogy’s 49.9% ownership interests in the PHH Home Loans joint venture, for an amount equal to their interest in the residual equity of PHH Home Loans after the final closing of the asset sale transactions. At the completion of the above described transactions, the Company expects to receive or pay amounts to resolve the remaining assets and liabilities of the PHH Home Loans legal entity. If all of these actions are completed, the Company estimates it will receive total proceeds of $92 million in connection with these transactions.


Item 6.  Exhibits

Information in response to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the Exhibit Index to this Form 10-Q.

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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 9th day of August, 2017.
 
 
 
PHH CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Robert B. Crowl
 
 
Robert B. Crowl
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael R. Bogansky
 
 
Michael R. Bogansky
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
Incorporation by Reference
 
 
 
 
 
4.1
 
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 3, 2017, among PHH Corporation, as issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
4.2
 
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 3, 2017, among PHH Corporation, as issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
Letter Agreement among PHH Corporation, EJF Capital LLC, EJF Debt Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. and EJF Debt Opportunities GP, LLC dated April 28, 2017.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
10.2
 
Amendment Number One dated as of June 16, 2017 to the Flow Mortgage Loan Subservicing Agreement between New Residential Mortgage LLC, as Servicing Rights Owner, and PHH Mortgage Corporation, as Servicer.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 19, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
10.3*
 
MSR Portfolio Defense Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2017, by and between PHH Mortgage Corporation, as subservicer, and New Residential Mortgage LLC, as the MSR owner.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 19, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
10.4†
 
Consulting Agreement by and between PHH Corporation and Glen A. Messina dated June 28, 2017.
 
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
10.5†
 
Separation and General Release Agreement dated June 28, 2017 by and between Glen A. Messina and PHH Corporation.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
10.6†
 
Separation and General Release Agreement dated June 30, 2017 by and between Kathryn Ruggieri and PHH Corporation.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Furnished herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
32.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Furnished herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 
Filed herewith.
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
 
Filed herewith.
________________
† 
Management or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
**
Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which portions are omitted and filed separately with the SEC.


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