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## Mortgage Loans 

## Mortgage Loans Held-for-Investment and Held-for-Sale by Portfolio Segment 

Mortgage loans are summarized as follows at: 

## Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued) 

## MetLife, Inc. 

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(1) As a result of the MetLife Bank Divestiture described in Note 3, the Company has disposed of certain mortgage loans and de-recognized its securitized reverse residential mortgage loans. 

(2) Purchases of mortgage loans were $205 million and $64 million for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. 

(3) See Note 1 for a discussion of securitized reverse residential mortgage loans. 

See “— Variable Interest Entities” for discussion of CSEs included in the table above. 

## Mortgage Loans and Valuation Allowance by Portfolio Segment 

The carrying value prior to valuation allowance (“recorded investment”) in mortgage loans held-for-investment, by portfolio segment, by method of evaluation of credit loss, and the related valuation allowances, by type of credit loss, were as follows: 

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## Valuation Allowance Rollforward by Portfolio Segment 

The changes in the valuation allowance, by portfolio segment, were as follows: 

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