Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Fortress Investment Group LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/07/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. [NSM]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10105
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 68,771,850
I
See Explanation of Responses (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Fortress Investment Group LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
FIG Corp.
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
Fortress Operating Entity I LP
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
FIG LLC
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
FORTRESS INVESTMENT FUND GP (HOLDINGS) LLC
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd.
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    
FIF HE Holdings LLC
C/O FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10105
    X    

Signatures

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of Fortress Investment Group LLC 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of FIG Corp. 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of FIG Corp., its General Partner 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of FIG LLC 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of Fortress Investment Fund GP (Holdings) LLC 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ David N. Brooks, Secretary of Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd. 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Pete Smith, Manager of FIF HE Holdings LLC 03/07/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Fortress Investment Group LLC wholly owns FIG Corp., which is the general partner of Fortress Operating Entity I LP ("FOE I"), which is the sole managing member of each of FIG LLC and Fortress Investment Fund GP (Holding) LLC ("Holdings III") and wholly owns Fortress Fund IV GP Holdings Ltd. ("Holdings IV"). Holdings III is the sole managing member of Fortress Fund III GP LLC ("GP III"). Holdings IV is the general partner of Fortress Fund IV GP L.P. ("GP IV").
(2) GP III is the general partner of and FIG LLC is the investment advisor to each of Fortress Investment Fund III LP ("Fund III"), Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP ("Fund III B"), Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP ("Fund III C"), Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) L.P. ("Fund III D") and Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) L.P. ("Fund III E"). Fund III B is the sole managing member of FIF III B HE BLKR LLC ("Blocker III B"). Fund III C is the sole managing member of FIF III C HE BLKR LLC ("Blocker III C", together with Fund III, Fund III D, Fund III E and Blocker III B, "Fortress Funds III").
(3) GP IV is the general partner of and FIG LLC is the investment advisor to each of Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P. ("Fund IV A"), Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P. ("Fund IV B"), Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P. ("Fund IV C"), Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P. ("Fund IV D"), Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P. ("Fund IV E"), Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P. ("Fund IV F") and Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P. ("Fund IV G", together with Fund IV C and Fund IV F, "Funds IV CFG"). Fund IV B is the sole managing member of FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC ("Blocker IV B"). Funds IV CFG wholly own FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC ("Blocker IV CFG", together with Fund IV A, Fund IV D, Fund IV E, Blocker IV B and Fortress Funds III, "Fortress Funds").
(4) Fortress Funds are the sole members of FIF HE Holdings LLC, which directly holds shares of common stock of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. reported herein (the "Shares").
(5) Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein and the inclusion of the Shares in this report shall not be deemed to be an admission of beneficial ownership of the Shares for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise.
 
Remarks:
Form 1 of 3

This Form 3 is the first of three being filed by Fortress Investment Group LLC. Three Forms 3 (each, a "Form") are being filed as there are more than twenty joint filers.  Filers on the second Form are: Fortress Fund III GP LLC, Fortress Investment Fund III LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund B) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund C) LP, Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund III (Fund E) L.P., FIF III B HE BLKR LLC and FIF III C HE BLKR LLC. Filers on the third Form are: Fortress Fund IV GP L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund A) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund B) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund C) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund D) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund E) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund F) L.P., Fortress Investment Fund IV (Fund G) L.P., FIF IV B HE BLKR LLC and FIF IV CFG HE BLKR LLC.

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