Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company uses forward commitments in hedging the interest rate risk exposure on its fixed and adjustable rate commitments. The Company’s derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes; therefore, changes in fair value are recognized in current period earnings. Realized and unrealized gains and losses from the Company's non-designated derivative instruments are included in loan origination fees and gain on sale of loans, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Changes in the fair value of the Company's derivative financial instruments are as follows for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
2023 2022
Unrealized hedging gains (losses)
 $ 1,404  $ (27,936)
Notional and Fair Value
The notional and fair value of derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments were as follows at December 31, 2023 and 2022:
Fair Value
Notional
Value		 Derivative
Asset		 Derivative
Liability
Balance at December 31, 2023
IRLCs $ 821,865  $ 14,902  $ — 
Forward delivery commitments and best efforts sales commitments $ 933,850  $ 693  $ 16,245 
Balance at December 31, 2022
IRLCs $ 810,514  $ 1,518  $ — 
Forward delivery commitments and best efforts sales commitments $ 1,127,154  $ 1,602  $ 5,173 
The Company had an additional $163.8 million and $256.3 million of outstanding forward contracts and mandatory sell commitments, comprised of closed loans with equal and offsetting UPB amounts allocated to them, at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company also had $343.0 million and $470.8 million in closed hedge instruments not yet settled at December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. See “Note 2—Fair Value Measurements” for fair value disclosure of the derivative instruments.
The following table presents the quantitative information about IRLCs and the fair value measurements as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:
2023 2022
Unobservable Input Range (Weighted Average)
Loan funding probability (“pull-through”)
0% - 100% (86.5%)
0% - 100% (93.4%)
Counterparty agreements for forward commitments contain master netting agreements. The master netting agreements contain a legal right to offset amounts due to and from the same counterparty, including the right to obtain cash collateral. The Company incurred no credit losses due to nonperformance of any of its counterparties during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
The table below represents financial assets and liabilities that are subject to master netting arrangements categorized by financial instrument:
Gross
Amounts of
Recognized Assets (Liabilities)		 Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Balance
Sheet
Cash Collateral Paid and Offset in the Balance Sheet
 Net
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets (Liabilities) in
the Balance
Sheet
December 31, 2023
Forward delivery commitments
$ 8  $ (2,837) 3,522  $ 693 
Total assets $ 8  $ (2,837) $ 3,522  $ 693 
Forward delivery commitments and best efforts sales commitments $ (18,105) $ 148  $ 1,712  $ (16,245)
Total liabilities $ (18,105) $ 148  $ 1,712  $ (16,245)
December 31, 2022
Forward delivery commitments $ 1,887  $ (285) $ —  $ 1,602 
Total assets $ 1,887  $ (285) $ —  $ 1,602 
Forward delivery commitments and best efforts sales commitments $ (11,399) $ 4,959  $ 1,267  $ (5,173)
Total liabilities $ (11,399) $ 4,959  $ 1,267  $ (5,173)