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Debt Obligations
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Obligations
Debt Obligations

Debt obligations consist of the following (dollars in thousands):

 
December 31, 2014
 
September 30, 2014
Mortgages payable
$
502,103

 
$
482,406

Junior subordinated notes
37,400

 
37,400

Total debt obligations
$
539,503

 
$
519,806



Mortgages Payable
    
During the three months ended December 31, 2014, the Trust purchased a multi-family property and incurred the following debt (dollars in thousands):

Location
 
Purchase Date
 
Acquisition
Mortgage Debt
 
Interest Rate
 
Interest Only Period
 
Maturity Date
Pensacola, FL
 
12/22/14
 
$
17,173

 
4.85
%
 
12 months
 
October 2018


Contemporaneously with the Trust's increased ownership interest in a joint venture that owns multi-family properties in Houston, TX, the Trust refinanced a $6,494,000 adjustable rate mortgage and obtained a $7,500,000 fixed rate mortgage bearing interest at 4.19%. The new mortgage is interest only until November 2015 and matures in November 2024.

Junior Subordinated Notes

At December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the Trust's junior subordinated notes had an outstanding principal balance of $37,400,000. The interest rates on the outstanding notes is set forth in the table below:
 
Interest Period
 
Interest Rate
August 1, 2012 through April 29, 2016
 
4.90
%
April 30, 2016 through April 30, 2036
 
Libor + 2.00%



Interest expense relating to the junior subordinated notes was $458,000 for each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. Amortization of the deferred costs, a component of interest expense, was $5,000 for each of the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.