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Residential Whole Loans and Bridge Loans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Variable Interest Entities  
Residential Whole Loans and Bridge Loans Residential Whole Loans and Bridge Loans
 
Residential Whole-Loan Trusts
 
Revolving Mortgage Investment Trust 2015-1QR2

Revolving Mortgage Investment Trust 2015-1QR2 ("RMI 2015 Trust") was formed to acquire Non-QM residential whole loans. RMI 2015 Trust issued a trust certificate that is wholly-owned by the Company and represents the entire beneficial interest in pools of Non-QM residential whole loans held by the trust. The Company consolidates the trust since it met the definition of a VIE and the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. The Company classifies the underlying Non-QM residential whole loans owned by the trust in "Residential whole loans, at fair value" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and has eliminated the intercompany trust certificate in consolidation.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the RMI 2015 Trust owns 1,065 and 770 Non-QM residential whole loans with a fair value of $401.5 million and $451.7 million, respectively. The loans are financed under the Company's residential whole loan facility, and the Company holds the financing liability outside the RMI 2015 Trust. Refer to Note 7 - Financings for details.

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2019-2

In May 2019, the Company formed Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2019-2 ("Arroyo Trust 2019"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to complete its first residential mortgage-backed securitization comprised of $945.5 million of Non-QM residential whole loans. The Arroyo Trust 2019 issued $919.0 million of mortgage-backed notes and retained all the subordinate and residual debt securities ("Owner Certificates"), which includes the required 5% eligible risk retention. Refer to Note 7 - "Financings" for details. The Company consolidates the trust since it met the definition of a VIE and the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. The Company classifies the underlying Non-QM residential whole loans in "Residential whole loans, at fair value" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and eliminated the intercompany Owner Certificates in consolidation.

As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Arroyo Trust 2019 owns 859 and 1,042 Non-QM residential whole loans with a fair value of $275.0 million and $374.3 million, respectively.

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2020-1

In June 2020, the Company formed Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2020-1 ("Arroyo Trust 2020"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to complete its second residential mortgage-backed securitization comprised of $355.8 million of Non-QM residential whole loans. The Arroyo Trust 2020 issued $341.7 million of mortgage-backed notes and retained all the subordinate and residual debt securities, which includes the required 5% eligible risk retention. Refer to Note 7 - "Financings" for details. The Company consolidates the trust since it met the definition of a VIE and the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. The Company classifies the underlying Non-QM residential whole loans in "Residential whole loans, at fair value" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and eliminated the intercompany Owner Certificates.

As of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Arroyo Trust 2020 owns 455 and 543 Non-QM Non-QM residential whole loans with a fair value of $145.2 million and $195.7 million, respectively.

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2022-1

In February 2022, the Company formed Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2022-1 ("Arroyo Trust 2022-1"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to complete its third residential mortgage-backed securitization comprised of $432.0 million of Non-QM residential whole loans. The Arroyo Trust 2022-1 issued $398.9 million of mortgage-backed notes and retained all the subordinate and residual debt securities, which includes the required 5% eligible risk retention. Refer to Note 7 - "Financings" for details. The Company consolidates the trust since it met the definition of a VIE and the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. The Company classifies the underlying Non-QM residential whole loans in "Residential whole loans, at fair value" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and eliminated the intercompany Owners Certificates.
As of June 30, 2022, the Arroyo Trust 2022-1 owns 718 Non-QM residential whole loans with a fair value of $372.7 million. The Company has elected the fair value option for the securitized debt. The fair values for the Company’s Non-QM loans held in the Arroyo Trust 2022-1 are measured using the fair value of the securitized debt based on the CFE valuation methodology. The Company determined that the securitized debt is more actively traded and, therefore, more observable.

Residential Bridge Loan Trust

    In February 2017, the Company formed Revolving Mortgage Investment Trust 2017-BRQ1 ("RMI 2017 Trust") to acquire Residential Bridge Loans. RMI 2017 Trust issued a trust certificate that is wholly-owned by the Company and represents the entire beneficial interest in pools of residential bridge loans and certain residential whole loans held by the trust. Residential bridge loans are mortgage loans secured by residences, typically short-term. The Company consolidates the trust since it met the definition of a VIE and the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary. The Company has eliminated the intercompany trust certificate in consolidation.

The Company is no longer allocating capital to residential bridge loans. As of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, there were seven and eight remaining residential bridge loans in the RMI 2017 Trust with a fair value of $5.1 million and $5.2 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the trust also owned five and six investor fixed rate residential mortgages with a fair value of $1.4 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

Consolidated Residential Whole Loan and Residential Bridge Loan Trusts

The following table presents a summary of the assets and liabilities of the consolidated residential whole loan trusts and residential bridge loan trust included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
 
 June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Cash and cash equivalents$— $266 
Residential whole loans, at fair value ($1,195,853 and $1,023,502 pledged as collateral, at fair value, respectively)
1,195,853 1,023,502 
Residential bridge loans, at fair value ($5,095 and $5,207 pledged as collateral, at fair value, respectively)
5,095 5,207 
Investment related receivable11,906 22,087 
Interest receivable6,387 5,282 
Total assets$1,219,241 $1,056,344 
Securitized debt, net$730,087 $519,118 
Interest payable1,906 1,316 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses61 69 
Total liabilities$732,054 $520,503 

The residential whole loans held by the consolidated Arroyo Trust 2019, Arroyo Trust 2020, and Arroyo Trust 2022-1 are held solely to satisfy the liabilities of each respective trust, and has no recourse to the general credit of the Company. The Company is not contractually required and has not provided any additional financial support to the trusts for the periods ended June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

The following table presents the components of the fair value of residential whole loans and residential bridge loans as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
 
 Residential whole loans, at Fair ValueResidential bridge loans, at Fair Value
 June 30, 2022December 31, 2021June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
Principal balance$1,239,970 $989,143 $5,585 $5,834 
Unamortized premium33,176 31,070 — — 
Unamortized discount(1,764)(1,337)— — 
Amortized cost1,271,382 1,018,876 5,585 5,834 
Gross unrealized gains1,860 14,190 — 78 
Gross unrealized losses(77,389)(9,564)(490)(484)
Fair value$1,195,853 $1,023,502 $5,095 $5,428 

Residential Whole Loans

The residential whole loans have low LTV's and are comprised of 3,097 Non-QM adjustable rate mortgages and five investor fixed rate residential mortgages. The following tables present certain information about the Company’s residential whole loan investment portfolio at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
 
June 30, 2022
   Weighted Average
Current Coupon RateNumber of LoansPrincipal
 Balance
Original LTV
Original 
FICO Score(1)
Expected 
Life (years)
Contractual 
Maturity 
(years)
Coupon 
Rate
2.01% – 3.00%
40 $22,650 66.3 %758 9.028.82.9 %
3.01% – 4.00%
484 247,017 65.0 %757 6.228.23.7 %
4.01% – 5.00%
1,451 498,639 63.6 %749 4.826.44.6 %
5.01% – 6.00%
895 366,805 66.2 %742 4.027.55.5 %
6.01% – 7.00%
216 98,409 71.7 %742 3.129.46.4 %
7.01% - 8.00%
16 6,450 75.1 %737 2.729.67.4 %
Total3,102 $1,239,970 65.4 %748 4.827.44.8 %
(1)The original FICO score is not available for 250 loans with a principal balance of approximately $83.2 million at June 30, 2022. The Company has excluded these loans from the weighted average computations.
 
December 31, 2021
   Weighted Average
Current Coupon RateNumber of LoansPrincipal 
Balance
Original LTV
Original 
FICO Score(1)
Expected 
Life (years)(2)
Contractual 
Maturity 
(years)
Coupon 
Rate
2.01% – 3.00%
27 $15,640 65.1 %757 5.328.82.8 %
3.01% – 4.00%
496 244,022 63.7 %756 3.328.03.7 %
4.01% – 5.00%
1,051 413,451 65.1 %747 2.928.24.7 %
5.01% – 6.00%
757 305,344 64.9 %738 3.026.85.4 %
6.01% – 7.00%
28 10,181 67.9 %721 3.125.86.3 %
7.01% - 8.00%
505 73.2 %753 4.526.87.1 %
Total2,361 $989,143 64.8 %746 3.127.74.6 %
(1)The original FICO score is not available for 230 loans with a principal balance of approximately $74.3 million at December 31, 2021. The Company has excluded these loans from the weighted average computations.
The following table presents geographic concentrations by U.S. state in which the collateral securing the Company’s residential whole loans are located as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
StateState ConcentrationPrincipal BalanceStateState ConcentrationPrincipal Balance
California66.4 %$823,450 California73.9 %$730,771 
New York9.8 %121,760 New York11.6 %114,625 
Texas4.7 %58,349 Florida 2.7 %26,293 
Florida4.0 %49,888 Georgia2.5 %25,106 
Georgia3.6 %44,224 Texas1.9 %19,062 
Other11.5 %142,299 Other7.4 %73,286 
Total100.0 %$1,239,970 Total100.0 %$989,143 


Residential Bridge Loans

The Company is no longer allocating capital to residential bridge loans. The following tables present certain information about the remaining residential bridge loans which are non-performing in the Company's investment portfolio at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
 
June 30, 2022
c  Weighted Average
Current Coupon RateNumber of LoansPrincipal
Balance
Original LTV
Contractual
Maturity
(months)(1)
Coupon
Rate
7.01% – 9.00%
3$2,946 70.4 %0.08.8 %
9.01% – 11.00%
22,144 78.1 %0.010.4 %
11.01% – 13.00%
2495 69.7 %0.011.4 %
Total7$5,585 73.3 %0.09.7 %

December 31, 2021
   Weighted Average
Current Coupon RateNumber of LoansPrincipal
Balance
Original LTV
Contractual
Maturity
(months)(1)
Coupon
Rate
7.01% – 9.00%
3$2,946 70.4 %0.08.8 %
9.01% – 11.00%
42,393 76.7 %0.010.4 %
11.01% – 13.00%
2495 69.7 %0.011.4 %
Total9$5,834 72.9 %0.09.7 %
(1) Non-performing loans that are past their maturity date are excluded from the calculation of the weighted average contractual maturity. The weighted average contractual maturity for these loans is zero.
The following table presents geographic concentrations by U.S. state in which the collateral securing the Company’s residential bridge loans are located as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 (dollars in thousands):
  
June 30, 2022December 31, 2021
StateConcentrationPrincipal BalanceStateConcentrationPrincipal Balance
New York47.1 %$2,631 New York45.1 %$2,631 
California31.4 %1,754 California30.1 %1,754 
Florida20.1 %1,125 Florida19.3 %1,125 
New Jersey1.4 %75 New Jersey3.7 %219 
Total100.0 %5,585 Pennsylvania1.8 %105 
Total100.0 %$5,834 

Non-performing Loans

The following table presents the aging of the residential whole loans and bridge loans as of June 30, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
Residential whole loans(1)
Bridge loans
No of LoansPrincipalFair ValueNo of LoansPrincipalFair Value
Current(1)
3,073 $1,226,815 $1,183,917 — $— $— 
1-30 days2,213 2,142 — — — 
31-60 days359 361 849 832 
61-90 days— — — — — — 
90+ days20 10,583 9,433 4,736 4,263 
Total3,102 $1,239,970 $1,195,853 $5,585 $5,095 
(1) As of June 30, 2022, there was one loan in forbearance.

Residential Whole Loans
    
As of June 30, 2022, there were 20 residential whole loans carried at fair value in non-accrual status with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $10.6 million and a fair value of $9.4 million. These nonperforming loans represent approximately 0.9% of the total outstanding principal balance. These loans are collateral dependent with a weighted average original LTV of 64.0%.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 20 residential whole loans carried at fair value in non-accrual status with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $12.2 million and a fair value of approximately $12.0 million. These nonperforming loans represent approximately 1.2% of the total outstanding principal balance. These loans are collateral dependent with a weighted average original LTV of 60.0%.

These loans are carried at fair value, and accordingly no allowance for credit losses or credit loss expense was recorded, since the adjustment for credit losses, if any, would be reflected in the fair value of these loans as a component of "Unrealized gain (loss), net" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company stopped accruing interest income for these loans when they became contractually 90 days delinquent.

Residential Bridge Loans

    As of June 30, 2022, the Company had seven remaining residential bridge loans in the portfolio. Of these, six were in non-accrual status with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $4.7 million and a fair value of $4.3 million. These nonperforming loans had an outstanding principal balance of $4.7 million. These loans are collateral dependent.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had nine remaining Residential Bridge Loans in the portfolio. Of these, six were in non-accrual status with an unpaid principal balance of $4.8 million and a fair value of $4.4 million. These nonperforming loans had an outstanding principal balance of $5.8 million. These loans are collateral dependent.

The remaining Residential Bridge Loans were carried at fair value. No allowance for credit losses was recorded because the valuation adjustments as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, if any, would be reflected in the fair value of these loans. The Company stopped accruing interest income for these loans when they became contractually 90 days delinquent.

Residential Real Estate Owned
    
As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had four residential REO properties with an aggregate carrying value of $1.1 million, related to foreclosed Bridge Loans. The residential REO properties are held for sale and accordingly carried at the lower of cost or fair value less cost to sell. The residential REO properties are classified in "Other assets" in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.