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Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 5/10/18, at 4:18pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 1520566-18-29 · File #: 1-35449

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/10/18  Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. 10-Q        3/31/18  101:18M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.27M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     45K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 4: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31.1 Certification by CEO                   HTML     37K 
 5: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31.2 Certification by CFO                   HTML     37K 
 6: EX-32.1     Exhibit 32.1 Certification by CEO                   HTML     31K 
 7: EX-32.2     Exhibit 32.2 Certification by CFO                   HTML     30K 
14: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     49K 
15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    114K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     55K 
17: R4          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     89K 
18: R5          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     55K 
                Equity                                                           
19: R6          Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    131K 
20: R7          Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation        HTML     63K 
21: R8          Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML    177K 
                Liabilities                                                      
22: R9          Advances and Other Receivables, Net                 HTML     54K 
23: R10         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net                     HTML     73K 
24: R11         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment         HTML     94K 
25: R12         Other Assets                                        HTML     50K 
26: R13         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    119K 
27: R14         Indebtedness                                        HTML    254K 
28: R15         Payables and Accrued Liabilities                    HTML     68K 
29: R16         Securitizations and Financings                      HTML    100K 
30: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     33K 
31: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     43K 
32: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    320K 
33: R20         Capital Requirements                                HTML     34K 
34: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     62K 
35: R22         Business Segment Reporting                          HTML    177K 
36: R23         Guarantor Financial Statement Information           HTML    783K 
37: R24         Transactions with Affiliates                        HTML     44K 
38: R25         Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation        HTML     88K 
                (Policies)                                                       
39: R26         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML    170K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
40: R27         Advances and Other Receivables, Net (Tables)        HTML     49K 
41: R28         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net (Tables)            HTML     59K 
42: R29         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment         HTML     87K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R30         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     45K 
44: R31         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    117K 
45: R32         Indebtedness (Tables)                               HTML    244K 
46: R33         Payables and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)           HTML     62K 
47: R34         Securitizations and Financings (Tables)             HTML     98K 
48: R35         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     37K 
49: R36         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    305K 
50: R37         Business Segment Reporting (Tables)                 HTML    176K 
51: R38         Guarantor Financial Statement Information (Tables)  HTML    781K 
52: R39         Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation -      HTML     41K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
53: R40         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     47K 
                Liabilities - MSRs and Related Liabilities                       
                (Details)                                                        
54: R41         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     45K 
                Liabilities - MSR's at Fair Value (Details)                      
55: R42         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     53K 
                Liabilities - Narrative (Details)                                
56: R43         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     40K 
                Liabilities - UPB related to owned MSRs (Details)                
57: R44         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     70K 
                Liabilities - Fair Value Assumptions (Details)                   
58: R45         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     49K 
                Liabilities - Fair Value Sensitivity Analysis                    
                (Details)                                                        
59: R46         Mortgage Servicing Rights ("MSRs") and Related      HTML     45K 
                Liabilities - Servicing Revenue (Details)                        
60: R47         Advances and Other Receivables, Net - Schedule of   HTML     35K 
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
61: R48         Advances and Other Receivables, Net - Narrative     HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R49         Advances and Other Receivables, Net - Advances and  HTML     37K 
                Other Receivables Roll Forward (Details)                         
63: R50         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net - Schedule of       HTML     38K 
                Reverse Mortgage Interest (Details)                              
64: R51         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net - Narrative         HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R52         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net - Unsecuritized     HTML     38K 
                Interest (Details)                                               
66: R53         Reverse Mortgage Interests, Net - Reserves Roll     HTML     34K 
                Forward (Details)                                                
67: R54         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment -       HTML     38K 
                Mortgage Loans Held for Sale (Details)                           
68: R55         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment -       HTML     52K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
69: R56         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment -       HTML     45K 
                Reconciliation to Cash Flow (Details)                            
70: R57         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment -       HTML     44K 
                Mortgage Loans Held for Investment (Details)                     
71: R58         Mortgage Loans Held for Sale and Investment -       HTML     39K 
                Accretable Yield (Details)                                       
72: R59         Other Assets - Schedule of Others Assets (Details)  HTML     52K 
73: R60         Other Assets - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     36K 
74: R61         Derivative Financial Instruments - Narrative        HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments - Derivative       HTML     74K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
76: R63         Indebtedness - Notes Payable Summary (Details)      HTML    145K 
77: R64         Indebtedness - Summary of Unsecured Senior Notes    HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R65         Indebtedness - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     64K 
79: R66         Indebtedness - Schedule of Notes Maturity           HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R67         Indebtedness - Summary of Other Non-Recourse Debt   HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R68         Payables and Accrued Liabilities - Schedule of      HTML     63K 
                Accounts Payable (Details)                                       
82: R69         Payables and Accrued Liabilities - Repurchase       HTML     35K 
                Reserves (Details)                                               
83: R70         Securitizations and Financings - Assets and         HTML     78K 
                Liabilities of Consolidated VIEs (Details)                       
84: R71         Securitizations and Financings - Securitization     HTML     34K 
                Trusts (Details)                                                 
85: R72         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     44K 
86: R73         Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Taxes (Details)   HTML     33K 
87: R74         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     31K 
88: R75         Fair Value Measurements - Measured on a Recurring   HTML    111K 
                Basis (Details)                                                  
89: R76         Fair Value Measurements - Level 3 Reconciliation    HTML     69K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R77         Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value by Balance     HTML    134K 
                Sheet Line Item (Details)                                        
91: R78         Capital Requirements - Narrative (Details)          HTML     30K 
92: R79         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R80         Business Segment Reporting - Financial Information  HTML     94K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R81         Guarantor Financial Statement Information -         HTML     36K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
95: R82         Guarantor Financial Statement Information -         HTML    160K 
                Consolidating Balance Sheets (Details)                           
96: R83         Guarantor Financial Statement Information -         HTML    111K 
                Consolidating Statements of Operations (Details)                 
97: R84         Guarantor Financial Statement Information -         HTML    224K 
                Consolidating Statements of Cash Flow (Details)                  
98: R85         Transactions with Affiliates - Narrative (Details)  HTML     55K 
100: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    185K  
99: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    137K 
 8: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- nsm-20180331                        XML   7.11M 
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- nsm-20180331_cal                XML    289K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- nsm-20180331_def                 XML    952K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nsm-20180331_lab                      XML   2.10M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- nsm-20180331_pre               XML   1.34M 
 9: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- nsm-20180331                          XSD    277K 
101: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001520566-18-000029-xbrl      Zip    410K

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — nsm-20180331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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<link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.nationstarmtg.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisDetails" xlink:href="nsm-20180331.xsd#FairValueMeasurementsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisDetails" xlink:type="simple"/>

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Filing Submission 0001520566-18-000029 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 5/10/18, at 4:18pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 1520566-18-29 · File #: 1-35449

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — nsm-20180331_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents