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Organization and Description of Business

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Organization and Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business
1. Organization and Description of Business
Finance of America Companies Inc. ("FoA," "Company," or "Successor") was incorporated in Delaware on October 9, 2020. FoA is a financial services holding company which, through its operating subsidiaries, is an originator and servicer of residential mortgage loans and provider of complementary financial services.
FoA has a controlling financial interest in Finance of America Equity Capital LLC ("FoA Equity" or "Predecessor"). FoA Equity owns all of the outstanding equity interests in Finance of America Funding LLC ("FOAF"). FOAF wholly owns Finance of America Holdings LLC ("FAH") and Incenter LLC ("Incenter" and collectively, with FoA Equity, FOAF, and FAH, known as "holding company subsidiaries").
The Company, through its FAH holding company subsidiary, operates two lending companies, Finance of America Mortgage LLC ("FAM") and Finance of America Reverse ("FAR") (collectively, the "operating lending subsidiaries"). Effective January 1, 2022, the Company's operating lending subsidiary Finance of America Commercial LLC ("FACo"), which previously operated as a separate operating lending subsidiary under FAH, merged with FAM, with FAM being the surviving operating lending subsidiary. Through FAM and FAR, the Company originates, purchases, sells, and securitizes conventional (conforming to the underwriting standards of Fannie Mae ("FNMA") or Freddie Mac ("FHLMC"); collectively referred to as government sponsored entities ("GSEs")), government-insured (Federal Housing Administration or "FHA"), government guaranteed (Department of Veteran Affairs or "VA"), and non-agency residential and reverse mortgages. FAM (prior to January 1, 2022 through FACo) also originates or acquires a variety of commercial mortgage loans made to owners and investors of single and multi-family residential rental properties, as well as government-insured agricultural loans made to farmers to fund their inputs and operating expenses for the upcoming growing season. Additionally, FAM originates or acquires secured and unsecured home improvement loans or receivables. The Company, through its Incenter holding company subsidiary, has operating service companies (the "operating service subsidiaries" and together with the operating lending subsidiaries, the "operating subsidiaries") which provide lender services, title insurance services, secondary markets advisory services, mortgage trade brokerage, appraisal, and capital management services to customers in the residential mortgage, student lending, and commercial lending industries. Incenter operates a foreign branch in the Philippines for fulfillment transactional support.
Organizational Updates
On October 20, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company authorized a plan to discontinue the operations of the Company’s Mortgage Originations segment, other than the Home Improvement channel (the Disposition”). The Disposition commenced in the fourth quarter of 2022 and was completed on February 28, 2023. Refer to Note 39 - Subsequent Events for additional information.
On December 6, 2022, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement with American Advisors Group ("AAG"). Also on December 6, 2022, concurrently with the execution of the asset purchase agreement, FAR entered into a Servicing Rights Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “MSR Purchase Agreement”) and a Loan Sale Agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement” and collectively with the asset purchase agreement and MSR Purchase Agreement, the “AAG Transaction”) with AAG. As of December 31, 2022, the AAG Transaction has not closed and is expected to be consummated in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
On February 1, 2023, the Company's indirect subsidiary, Incenter, entered into an agreement to sell one hundred percent of (i) the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Agents National Title Holding Company (“ANTIC”), a direct subsidiary of Incenter and an indirect subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) the issued and outstanding membership interests of Boston National Holdings LLC (“BNT”), a direct subsidiary of Incenter and an indirect subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “Incenter Transaction”). The Company has historically included the operations of ANTIC and BNT in its Lender Services operating segment. Refer to Note 39 - Subsequent Events for additional information.
On February 19, 2023, the Company's indirect subsidiary, FAH, entered into an agreement to sell certain operational assets of FAM, operating as FACo (the "FACo Transaction"). The Company has historically included the operations of FACo in its Commercial Originations operating segment. Refer to Note 39 - Subsequent Events for additional information.