| Mortgage Servicing Rights |
Mortgage Servicing Rights We have investments in mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) that result from the sale of loans to the secondary market for which we retain the servicing. We account for these MSRs at their fair value. The unpaid principal loan balance of our servicing portfolio is presented in the following table as of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | March 31, 2026 | | December 31, 2025 | | Federal National Mortgage Association | $ | 2,697,849 | | | $ | 2,674,584 | | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | 2,062,412 | | | 2,058,343 | | | Government National Mortgage Association | 1,429,930 | | | 1,420,376 | | | Federal Home Loan Bank | 164,512 | | | 121,476 | | | Other | 993 | | | 1,012 | | | Total | $ | 6,355,696 | | | $ | 6,275,791 | |
The activity of MSRs carried at fair value is as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the three months ended March 31, | | | | | | | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | | | | | | Balance, beginning of period | $ | 86,651 | | | $ | 84,258 | | | | | | | | | | | Additions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Servicing resulting from transfers of financial assets | 4,271 | | | 2,653 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Changes in fair value: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model | 1,350 | | | (1,389) | | | | | | | | | | | Changes in fair value due to pay-offs, pay-downs, and runoff | (3,279) | | | (2,595) | | | | | | | | | | | Balance, end of period | $ | 88,993 | | | $ | 82,927 | | | | | | | | | |
The following represents the weighted-average key assumptions used to estimate the fair value of MSRs as of: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | March 31, 2026 | | December 31, 2025 | | March 31, 2025 | | | | Discount rate | 9.72 | % | | 9.81 | % | | 10.14 | % | | | | Total prepayment speeds | 8.66 | % | | 9.04 | % | | 8.62 | % | | | | Cost of servicing each loan | $91/per loan | | $91/per loan | | $93/per loan | | |
Total servicing and ancillary fees earned from the mortgage servicing portfolio is presented in the following table: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For the three months ended March 31, | | | | | | | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | | | | | | Servicing fees | $ | 4,698 | | | $ | 4,260 | | | | | | | | | | | Late and ancillary fees | 271 | | | 245 | | | | | | | | | | | Total | $ | 4,969 | | | $ | 4,505 | | | | | | | | | |
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