Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001015328-25-000188
Chunk: 103

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-08-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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 selling and servicing residential real estate loans for the secondary market. A main factor in the mortgage banking revenue recognized by the Company is the volume of mortgage loans originated or purchased for sale and the related production margins. Mortgage loans originated for sale totaled $681.5 million in the second quarter of 2025 as compared to $722.2 million in the second quarter of 2024. On a year-to-date basis, mortgage loans originated for sale totaled $1.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025 as compared to $1.2 billion for six months ended June 30, 2024. The slight decrease in linked quarter originations was driven by a slight uptick in rates offset by slightly higher inventory levels. The percentage of origination volume from refinancing activities was 26% and 25% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, as compared to 17% and 20%, for the same periods in 2024, respectively.

The Company records MSRs at fair value on a recurring basis. For the three months ended June 30, 2025, the fair value of the MSRs portfolio decreased as a result of an unfavorable fair value adjustment of $4.0 million and a reduction in value of $5.6 million due to payoffs, paydowns and repurchases of the existing portfolio, partially offset as retained servicing rights led to capitalization of $6.3 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the fair value of the MSRs portfolio decreased due to an unfavorable fair value adjustment of $11.5 million as well as a reduction in value of $10.3 million due to payoffs and paydowns of the existing portfolio partially offset by retained servicing rights led to capitalization of $11.0 million. See Note (9) “Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSRs”)” to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this report for a summary of the changes in the carrying value of MSRs.

Mortgage banking revenue is also impacted by changes in the fair value of derivative contracts held to economically hedge a portion of the fair value adjustments related to the Company’s MSRs portfolio. The change in fair value of the derivative contracts held as an economic hedge was a favorable $2.5 million and $7.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to an unfavorable $772,000 and $3.3