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Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization
Organization
UWM Holdings Corporation ("UWMC"), a Delaware corporation, through its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”), engages in the origination, sale and servicing of residential mortgage loans throughout the U.S.
The Company is organized in an “Up-C” structure in which United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC (“UWM”), a Michigan limited liability company (the operating subsidiary) is 100% owned directly by UWM Holdings, LLC (“Holdings LLC”), a Delaware limited liability company which is in turn owned by SFS Holding Corp. (“SFS Corp.”), a Michigan corporation and by the Company. Holdings LLC has two classes of equity, Class B Common Units, which are held solely by SFS Corp., and Class A Common Units, which are held solely by the Company. The Company is the manager of Holdings LLC and its only material direct asset consists of the Class A Common Units in Holdings LLC.
The Company’s current capital structure authorizes four classes of common Stock, Class A common stock, Class B common stock, Class C common stock and Class D common stock. Each of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock have the same economic interest in the Company, with Class A Common Stock having one vote per share and the Class B Common Stock having 10 votes per share. The holders of Class C common stock and Class D common stock do not have any economic rights, but have one vote per share and 10 votes per share, respectively. Pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, only SFS Corp. and its shareholders can hold either Class B Common Stock or Class D Common Stock.
As part of our structure, SFS Corp. holds Holdings LLC Class B Common Units and an equal number of shares of Class D common stock (each, a “Paired Interest"). Each Paired Interest may be exchanged at any time by SFS Corp. into, at the option of the Company, either, (a) cash or (b) one share of the Company’s Class B common stock (an "Exchange Transaction"). Each share of Class B common stock is convertible into one share of Class A common stock upon the transfer or assignment of such share from SFS Corp. to a non-affiliated third-party. See Note 11 - Non-Controlling Interest for further information.
In addition to the Paired Interests that SFS Corp. received in connection with its 2021 acquisition, SFS Corp. was entitled to receive 22,690,421 additional Paired Interests to the extent that the volume weighted average per share price of the Company's Class A common stock over any 10 trading days within any 30 trading day period is greater than or equal to each of the following stock price targets prior to January 21, 2026: $13.00, $15.00, $17.00 and $19.00 per share (total of approximately 90.8 million additional Paired Interests). The Company accounted for the potential earn-out shares as a component of stockholders' equity in accordance with applicable U.S. GAAP. See Note 17 - Earnings Per Share for further information. The applicable stock price targets were not achieved during the earn-out period and, therefore, SFS Corp.'s contingent right to receive these additional Paired Interests expired on January 21, 2026.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and presented in U.S. dollars. They have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, these condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of our results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented. However, our results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full fiscal year or for any other future period.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Operating Segment
Operating Segment
The Company operates in a single segment and is engaged in the origination, sale and servicing of residential mortgage loans, exclusively in the wholesale channel. The President and Chief Executive Officer is the Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The CODM uses consolidated net income and total assets in assessing the Company's operational
performance and in making resource allocation and strategic decisions. The CODM is regularly provided with only the consolidated expenses and assets as presented on the face of the accompanying financial statements, which are included in the measures of the Company's consolidated net income and total assets.
Loans Eligible for Repurchase from Ginnie Mae
Loans Eligible for Repurchase from Ginnie Mae
For certain loans sold to Ginnie Mae, the Company as the servicer has the unilateral right to repurchase any individual loan in a Ginnie Mae pool if that loan meets defined criteria (generally loans that are more than 90 days past due). When the Company has the unilateral right to repurchase the delinquent loans, the previously sold assets are required to be re-recognized on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets and corresponding liabilities at the loan's unpaid principal balance, regardless of the Company’s intent to exercise its option to repurchase. The recognition of previously sold loans does not impact the accounting for the previously recognized mortgage servicing rights ("MSRs").
Income Taxes And Tax Receivable Agreement
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes during interim periods by applying an estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date earnings (loss) before income taxes to compute the year-to-date tax expense (or benefit). At the end of each interim period, the Company estimates the effective tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that arise during the period. In any period in which the Company acquires additional units of Holdings LLC by means of an Exchange Transaction, the Company records the related income tax effects as an adjustment to equity. See Note 15 – Income Taxes for further information.
Tax Receivable Agreement
The Company has entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement ("TRA") with SFS Corp. that obligates the Company to make payments to SFS Corp. of 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in federal, state and local income tax that the Company actually realizes as a result of (i) certain increases in tax basis resulting from Exchange Transactions; (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by the Company as a result of payments it makes under the TRA; (iii) certain increases in tax basis resulting from payments the Company makes under the TRA; and (iv) disproportionate allocations (if any) of tax benefits to the Company which arise from, among other things, the sale of certain assets as a result of taxable income allocation rules in the United States. The Company will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these tax savings.
The Company accounts for liabilities arising from the TRA as a loss contingency recorded within "Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other". Changes in the liability, other than those due to Exchange Transactions, are measured and recorded when estimated amounts due under the TRA are probable and can be reasonably estimated, and reported as part of "Other expense/(income)" in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. In any period in which the Company acquires additional units of Holdings LLC by means of an Exchange Transaction, the Company records the related adjustment to the TRA liability as an adjustment to equity.
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
The Company enters into various transactions with related parties.
Stock-Based Compensation
Stock-Based Compensation
In 2021, the Company adopted the UWM Holdings Corporation 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan allows for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), and stock appreciation rights. Pursuant to the 2020 Plan, the Company reserved a total of 80,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance of stock-based compensation awards, and 38,033,281 shares remained available for issuance under the 2020 Plan as of March 31, 2026.
Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant and is included in "Salaries, commissions and benefits" on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company made a policy election to recognize the effects of forfeitures as they occur.
Accounting Standards Issued but Not Yet Effective
Accounting Standards Issued but Not Yet Effective
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires additional disclosure of certain costs and expenses within the notes to the consolidated financial statements. The ASU may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early
adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impacts of the guidance in this ASU and will include the required disclosures in its consolidated financial statements once adopted.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which eliminates the consideration of project development stages and clarifies the threshold to begin capitalizing costs. The ASU may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impacts of the guidance in this ASU.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements, which improves the consistency of interim financial reporting requirements and introduces a new requirement to disclose material events occurring after the end of the most recent annual reporting period. The ASU may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impacts of the guidance in this ASU and will include the required disclosures in its interim consolidated financial statements once adopted.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined under U.S. GAAP as the price that would be received if an asset were sold or the price that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants at the measurement date. Required disclosures include classification of fair value measurements within a three-level hierarchy (Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3). Classification of a fair value measurement within the hierarchy is dependent on the classification and significance of the inputs used to determine the fair value measurement. Observable inputs are those that are observed, implied from, or corroborated with externally available market information. Unobservable inputs represent the Company’s estimates of market participants’ assumptions.
Fair value measurements are classified in the following manner:
Level 1—Valuation is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
Level 2—Valuation is based on either observable prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, observable prices for similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are derived directly from, or through correlation to, observable market data at the measurement date.
Level 3—Valuation is based on the Company’s or others’ models using significant unobservable assumptions at the measurement date that a market participant would use.
In determining fair value measurements, the Company uses observable inputs whenever possible. The level of a fair value measurement within the hierarchy is dependent on the lowest level of input that has a significant impact on the measurement as a whole. If quoted market prices are available at the measurement date or are available for similar instruments, such prices are used in the measurements. If observable market data is not available at the measurement date, judgment is required to measure fair value.
The following is a description of measurement techniques for items recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. There were no material items recorded at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of March 31, 2026 or December 31, 2025.

Mortgage loans at fair value: The Company has elected the fair value option for mortgage loans. The fair values of mortgage loans are based on valuation models that use the market price for similar loans sold in the secondary market. As these prices are derived from market observable inputs, they are categorized as Level 2.

IRLCs: The Company's interest rate lock commitments are derivative instruments that are recorded at fair value based on valuation models that use the market price for similar loans sold in the secondary market. The IRLCs are then subject to an estimated loan funding probability, or “pullthrough rate.” Given the significant and unobservable nature of the pullthrough rate assumption, IRLC fair value measurements are classified as Level 3.
FLSCs: The Company enters into forward loan sales commitments to sell certain mortgage loans which are recorded at fair value based on valuation models. The Company’s expectation of the amount of its interest rate lock commitments that will ultimately close is a factor in determining the position. The valuation models utilize the fair value of related mortgage loans determined using observable market data, and therefore, the fair value measurements of these commitments are categorized as Level 2.

Other interest rate derivatives: The Company has entered into other interest rate derivatives as part of its overall interest rate risk mitigation strategy. These financial instruments are generally comprised of interest rate swap futures, treasury futures, and forward loan purchase commitments. The interest rate swap and treasury futures are valued based on quoted prices in an active market and are therefore categorized as Level 1. The forward loan purchase commitments are valued based on observable market data and therefore categorized as Level 2. None of these other financial instruments were outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

Investment securities at fair value, pledged: The Company has previously sold mortgage loans that it originates through its private label securitization transactions. In executing these securitizations, the Company sells mortgage loans to a securitization trust for cash and, in some cases, retained interests in the trust. The Company has elected the fair value option for subsequently measuring the retained beneficial interests in the securitization trusts. The fair value of these investment securities is primarily based on observable market data and therefore categorized as Level 2.

MSRs: The fair value of MSRs is determined using a valuation model that calculates the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows. The model includes estimates of prepayment speeds, discount rates, cost to service, float earnings, contractual servicing fee income, and ancillary income and late fees, among others. These estimates are supported by market and economic data collected from various sources. These fair value measurements are classified as Level 3.