Company: TWO-PC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001465740-25-000083
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Company: TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 170
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 effects of any embedded options and other risk inherent in MSR; and cost to service. The Company obtains third-party valuations, industry surveys and other available market data quarterly to assess the reasonableness of the significant unobservable inputs used in the cash flow model, as well as the fair value calculated by the cash flow model, subject to internally-established hierarchy and override procedures. As a result, the Company classified 100% of its MSR as Level 3 fair value assets at December 31, 2024.Mortgage loans held-for-sale. The Company recognizes on its consolidated balance sheets originated mortgage loans held-for-sale that are carried at fair value as a result of a fair value option election. The Company estimates fair value of mortgage loans held-for-sale using a market approach by utilizing either: (i) the fair value of securities backed by similar mortgage loans, adjusted for certain factors to approximate the fair value of a whole mortgage loan, including the value attributable to mortgage servicing and credit risk; (ii) current commitments to purchase loans; or (iii) recent observable market trades for similar loans, adjusted for credit risk and other individual loan characteristics. As these fair values are derived from market observable inputs, the Company classified 100% of its mortgage loans held-for-sale as Level 2 fair value assets at December 31, 2024.Derivative instruments. The Company may enter into a variety of derivative financial instruments as part of its hedging strategies, including over-the-counter, or OTC, derivative contracts, such as interest rate swaps and swaptions. The Company utilizes third-party brokers to value its OTC derivative instruments. The Company classified 100% of its interest rate swaps reported at fair value as Level 2 at December 31, 2024. The Company did not hold any interest rate swaptions at December 31, 2024.The Company may also enter into certain other derivative financial instruments, such as inverse interest-only securities, TBAs, futures and options on futures. The Company utilizes third-party pricing vendors to value inverse interest-only securities, as these instruments are similar in form to the Company’s AFS securities. The Company classified 100% of its inverse interest-only securities at fair value as Level 2 at December 31, 2024. TBAs, futures and options on futures are considered to be active markets such that participants transact with sufficient frequency and volume to provide transparent pricing information for identical instruments. The Company utilizes third-party pricing vendors to value TBAs, futures and options on futures