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Short-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
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Note 14—Short-Term Debt

The borrowing facilities described throughout these Notes 14 and 15 contain various covenants, including financial covenants governing the Company’s net worth, debt-to-equity ratio and liquidity. Management believes that the Company was in compliance with these covenants as of June 30, 2026.

Assets Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase

The Company has multiple borrowing facilities in the form of asset sales under agreements to repurchase. These borrowing facilities are secured by principal-only stripped MBS, loans held for sale, participation certificates backed by mortgage servicing assets and margin deposits. Eligible assets are sold at advance rates based on the fair value (as determined by the lender) of the assets sold. Interest is charged at a rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). Principal-only stripped MBS, loans, mortgage servicing assets and participation certificates backed by mortgage servicing assets financed under these agreements may be re-pledged by the lenders.

Assets sold under agreements to repurchase are summarized below:

Quarter ended June 30, 

Six months ended June 30, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

(dollars in thousands)

Average balance of assets sold under agreements to repurchase

$

9,378,290

$

7,183,987

$

8,679,015

$

6,649,802

Weighted average interest rate (1)

5.42%

6.00%

5.36%

5.97%

Total interest expense

$

132,070

$

112,685

$

242,088

$

206,914

Maximum daily amount outstanding

$

10,648,718

$

8,581,781

$

10,648,718

$

8,690,936

(1)Excludes the effect of amortization of debt issuance costs and non-utilization fees of $5.3 million and $5.1 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $11.5 million and $9.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

June 30, 

December 31, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

(dollars in thousands)

Carrying value:

Unpaid principal balance

$

8,440,064

$

8,801,215

Unamortized debt issuance costs

(4,672)

(7,213)

$

8,435,392

$

8,794,002

Weighted average interest rate

5.24%

5.18%

Available borrowing capacity (1):

Committed

$

994,475

$

1,486,344

Uncommitted

6,480,488

3,367,758

$

7,474,963

$

4,854,102

Assets securing repurchase agreements:

Principal-only stripped mortgage-backed securities

$

609,103

$

722,528

Loans held for sale

$

6,953,878

$

8,245,256

Servicing advances (2)

$

390,814

$

406,825

Mortgage servicing rights (2)

$

9,837,309

$

7,968,105

Margin deposits (2)

$

13,976

$

10,393

(1)The amount of available borrowing capacity the Company is able to borrow under asset repurchase agreements is tied to the fair value of unencumbered assets eligible to secure those agreements and the Company’s ability to fund the agreements’ margin requirements relating to the assets financed.
(2)Beneficial interests in the Ginnie Mae MSRs, Fannie Mae MSRs, servicing advances and margin deposit assets collectively serve as the collateral securing the servicing asset financing facilities that are included in Assets sold under agreements to repurchase and the term notes and term loans included in Notes payable secured by mortgage servicing assets. The term notes and term loans are described in Note 15–Long-Term Debt - Notes payable secured by mortgage servicing assets.

Maturities

Following is a summary of maturities of outstanding advances under asset repurchase agreements by maturity date:

Remaining maturity at June 30, 2026 (1)

  ​ ​ ​

Unpaid principal balance

(dollars in thousands)

Within 30 days

$

1,895,397

Over 30 to 90 days

4,439,828

Over 90 to 180 days

837,097

Over 180 days to one year

632,742

Over one year to two years

635,000

Total assets sold under agreements to repurchase

$

8,440,064

Weighted average maturity (in months)

3.6

(1)The Company is subject to margin calls during the periods the agreements are outstanding and therefore may be required to repay a portion of the borrowings before the respective agreements mature if the fair values (as determined by the applicable lender) of the assets securing those agreements decrease.

Amounts at Risk

The amount at risk (the fair value of the assets pledged plus the related margin deposit, less the amount advanced by the counterparty and interest payable) relating to the Company’s assets sold under agreements to repurchase is summarized by asset type and counterparty below as of June 30, 2026:

Loans held for sale and MSRs

Weighted average

Counterparty

  ​ ​ ​

Amount at risk

  ​ ​ ​

maturity of advances  

  ​ ​ ​

Facility maturity

(in thousands)

Atlas Securitized Products, L.P., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Nomura Corporate Funding Americas and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (1)

$

6,587,150

June 1, 2027

June 1, 2027

Barclays Bank PLC (2)

$

986,064

January 26, 2027

October 12, 2027

Bank of America, N.A.

$

119,545

August 21, 2026

June 7, 2028

Atlas Securitized Products, L.P.

$

103,365

December 16, 2026

December 10, 2027

Nomura Corporate Funding Americas

$

57,828

July 25, 2026

August 4, 2026

Royal Bank of Canada

$

33,415

August 4, 2026

May 10, 2027

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

$

29,039

September 17, 2026

October 22, 2027

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

$

28,711

August 5, 2026

May 19, 2028

BNP Paribas

$

21,631

September 13, 2026

September 30, 2027

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

$

21,034

September 24, 2026

June 25, 2027

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

$

17,884

October 4, 2026

October 14, 2026

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

$

11,993

September 11, 2026

March 15, 2028

Citibank, N.A.

$

9,314

August 24, 2026

  ​ ​ ​

August 21, 2027

(1)The amount at risk includes the beneficial interests in Ginnie Mae MSRs, Fannie Mae MSRs, servicing advances and margin deposit assets pledged to serve as the collateral securing servicing asset facilities that issue Assets sold under agreements to repurchase and the term notes and term loans included in Notes payable secured by mortgage servicing assets. The facilities mature on various dates through December 10, 2027. The facility maturity date shown in this table represents the weighted average of those dates.

(2)The facility maturity dates are shown as weighted averages.

Principal-only stripped MBS

Counterparty

  ​ ​ ​

Amount at risk

  ​ ​ ​

Maturity

(in thousands)

Bank of America, N.A.

$

2,553

July 28, 2026

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

$

14,143

July 6, 2026

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

$

13,990

July 23, 2026

Santander US Capital Markets LLC

$

11,663

July 15, 2026

Mortgage Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreements

Two of the borrowing facilities secured by loans held for sale are in the form of mortgage loan participation purchase and sale agreements. Participation certificates, each of which represents an undivided beneficial ownership interest in mortgage loans that have been pooled with Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Fannie Mae, are sold to a lender pending securitization of the mortgage loans and sale of the resulting securities. A commitment to sell the securities resulting from the pending securitization between the Company and a non-affiliate is also assigned to the lender at the time a participation certificate is issued.

The purchase price paid by the lender for each participation certificate is based on the trade price of the security, plus an amount of interest expected to accrue on the security to its anticipated delivery date, minus a present value adjustment, any related hedging costs, and a holdback amount, that is based on a percentage of the purchase price. The holdback amount is not required to be paid to the Company until the settlement of the security and its delivery to the lender.

The mortgage loan participation purchase and sale agreements are summarized below:

Quarter ended June 30, 

Six months ended June 30, 

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

(dollars in thousands)

(dollars in thousands)

Average balance

$

292,650

$

283,853

$

307,111

$

272,512

Weighted average interest rate (1)

4.95%

5.65%

4.97%

5.64%

Total interest expense

$

3,847

$

4,168

$

8,041

$

7,972

Maximum daily amount outstanding

$

699,793

$

701,233

$

699,793

$

701,233

(1)Excludes the effect of amortization of debt issuance costs totaling $234,000 and $172,000 for the quarters ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $469,000 and $344,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

June 30, 

December 31, 

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

(dollars in thousands)

Carrying value:

Unpaid principal balance

$

696,475

$

697,087

Unamortized debt issuance costs

(469)

$

696,475

  ​ ​ ​

$

696,618

Weighted average interest rate

4.90%

4.94%

Fair value of loans pledged to secure mortgage loan participation purchase and sale agreements

$

733,023

$

738,247