Nationstar Mortgage

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NYSE: NSM, “Nationstar”) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire certain residential mortgage servicing assets and other assets (collectively, “Mortgage Servicing Assets”) from Residential Capital, LLC and related entities (collectively, “ResCap”) in connection with ResCap’s proposed asset sale pursuant to a plan under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Transaction”).

Nationstar expects the acquired Mortgage Servicing Assets to total approximately $374 billion, including $201 billion in primary residential mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) and $173 billion in subservicing contracts, as measured by unpaid principal balances as of February 29, 2012, approximately $1.8 billion of related servicing advance receivables and certain other complimentary assets. The Transaction is expected to close in late 2012, subject to the conditions and auction process described below.

Upon closing, the acquisition will make Nationstar the largest non-bank residential mortgage loan servicer and one of the largest residential mortgage loan originators in the United States. With this transaction, Nationstar anticipates adding more than 2.4 million customers to a customer base of over 1 million, and growing its total servicing and sub-servicing book to approximately $550 billion.

“We believe this transaction will cement Nationstar’s position as the nation’s pre-eminent non-bank mortgage servicer, and it reflects a record of servicing performance that has made us a partner of choice in a transforming industry,” said Nationstar CEO Jay Bray. “This potential transaction and our pending acquisition of servicing rights from Aurora represent terrific opportunities to acquire assets and operations from best-in-class servicers without the burden of certain legacy liabilities.

[NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE]

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