Note 8 Mortgage Servicing Rights
Effective January 1, 2006, the Corporation adopted SFAS 156 and accounts for consumer-related MSRs at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income in Mortgage Banking Income. The Corporation economically hedges these MSRs with certain derivatives such as options and interest rate swaps. Prior to January 1, 2006, consumer-related MSRs were accounted for on a lower of cost or market basis and hedged with derivatives that qualified for SFAS 133 hedge accounting.
The following table presents activity for consumer-related MSRs for 2006 and 2005.
(Dollars in millions) | 2006 | 2005 |
---|---|---|
Balance, January 1 |
$ |
$ |
MBNA balance, January 1, 2006 | 9 | |
Additions | 572 | 860 |
Sales of MSRs | (71) | (176) |
Impact of customer payments | (713) | |
Amortization | | (612) |
Other changes in MSR market value (1) | 414 | 228 |
Balance, December 31 (2)
|
$ |
$ |
Commercial-related MSRs are accounted for using the amortization method (i.e., lower of cost or market). Commercial-related MSRs were $176 million and $148 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005 and are not included in the table above.
The key economic assumptions used in valuations of MSRs included modeled prepayment rates and resultant weighted-average lives of the MSRs and the option adjusted spread (OAS) levels. An OAS model runs multiple interest rate scenarios and projects prepayments specific to each one of those interest rate scenarios.
As of December 31, 2006, the fair value of consumer-related MSRs was $2.9 billion, and the modeled weighted-average lives of MSRs related to fixed and adjustable rate loans (including hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgages) were 4.98 years and 3.19 years. The following table presents the sensitivity of the weighted-average lives and fair value of MSRs to changes in modeled assumptions.
December 31, 2006 | |||
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Change in Weighted-average lives |
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(Dollars in millions) | Fixed | Adjustable | Change in Fair value |
Prepayment rates | |||
Impact of 10% decrease
|
0.33 years |
0.26 years |
$ |
Impact of 20% decrease
|
0.70 | 0.58 | 289 |
Impact of 10% increase
|
(0.29) | (0.23) | (120) |
Impact of 20% increase
|
(0.55) | (0.42) | (227) |
OAS level | |||
Impact of 100 bps decrease
|
n/a | n/a | 109 |
Impact of 200 bps decrease
|
n/a | n/a | 227 |
Impact of 100 bps increase
|
n/a | n/a | (101) |
Impact of 200 bps increase
|
n/a | n/a | (195) |