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2006 Annual Report

 

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
$
2,658
$
2,358
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)
$
2,869
$
2,658
Footnote (1) For 2006, amount reflects changes in discount rates and prepayment speed assumptions, mostly due to changes in interest rates. For 2005, amount reflects $291 million related to change in value attributed to SFAS 133 hedged MSRs, and $63 million of impairments.
Footnote (2) Before the adoption of SFAS 156, there was an impairment allowance of $257 million at December 31, 2005.

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
Change in
Weighted-average lives
 
(Dollars in millions) Fixed Adjustable Change in
Fair value
Prepayment rates
Impact of 10% decrease
0.33
years
0.26
years
$
135
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)
n/a = not applicable