Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Derivative Financial Instruments

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Derivative Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments

5. 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, and therefore, changes in fair value are recorded in current period earnings. Hedging gains and losses are included in loan origination fees and gain on sale, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss).

Net hedging gains were as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Hedging gains

 

 

61,969

 

 

 

18,437

 

 

 

 

For the nine months ended

September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Hedging gains

 

 

160,167

 

 

 

26,628

 

 

Notional and Fair Value

The notional and fair value of derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments were as follows at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

Notional Value

 

 

Derivative Asset

 

 

Derivative Liability

 

Balance at September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRLCs

 

$

6,370,618

 

 

$

186,016

 

 

$

 

Forward commitments

 

$

6,531,047

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,790

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IRLCs

 

$

1,524,540

 

 

$

19,922

 

 

$

 

Forward commitments

 

$

1,961,733

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,863

 

 

The Company had an additional $855.2 million and $427.7 million of outstanding forward contracts and mandatory sell commitments, comprised of closed loans with equal and offsetting unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) amounts allocated to them, at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company also had $454.2 million and $376.5 million in closed hedge instruments not yet settled at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. See Note 2 for fair value disclosure of the derivative instruments.

The following table presents the quantitative information about IRLCs and the fair value measurements as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

September 30,

2020

 

December 31,

2019

Unobservable Input

 

Range (Weighted Average)

Loan funding probability ("pull-through")

 

0% - 100% (88.1%)

 

0% - 100% (89.4%)

 

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. Derivative assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets represent derivative contracts in a gain position net of loss positions with the same counterparty and, therefore, also represent the Company’s maximum counterparty credit risk. The Company incurred no credit losses due to nonperformance of any of its counterparties during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.