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MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT
6 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2015
MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT [Abstract]  
MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT
NOTE 9 • MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT
 
Most of the properties we own serve as collateral for separate mortgage loans on single properties or groups of properties. The majority of these mortgages payable are non-recourse to us, other than for standard carve-out obligations such as fraud, waste, failure to insure, environmental conditions and failure to pay real estate taxes. Interest rates on mortgages payable range from 2.70% to 8.25%, and the mortgages have varying maturity dates from the current fiscal year through July 1, 2036. As of October 31, 2015, our management believes there are no defaults or material compliance issues in regard to any mortgages payable other than one $122.6 million non-recourse loan by one of our subsidiaries, for which we received a default notice from the special servicer on April 14, 2015 due to nonpayment on April 6, 2015. This loan is related to assets held for sale. The aggregate estimated fair value of the assets securing this loan is less than the outstanding loan balance of $122.6 million. This loan matures in October 2016 and has an interest rate of 5.93%. We are currently discussing a deed in lieu agreement with the lender, but we can give no assurance that such resolution will be entered into or that another mutually acceptable resolution will be reached.
 
Of the mortgages payable, the balances of fixed rate mortgages totalled $639.1 million at October 31, 2015 and $629.8 million at April 30, 2015. The balances of variable rate mortgages totalled $89.8 million and $38.3 million as of October 31, 2015 and April 30, 2015, respectively. We do not utilize derivative financial instruments to mitigate our exposure to changes in market interest rates. Most of the fixed rate mortgages have substantial pre-payment penalties. As of October 31, 2015, the weighted average rate of interest on our mortgage debt was 5.04%, compared to 4.95% on April 30, 2015. The aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable as of October 31, 2015, excluding $133.4 million in outstanding mortgage indebtedness related to assets held for sale, is as follows:
 
Fiscal year ended April 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2016 (remainder)
 
$
58,971
 
2017
  
43,389
 
2018
  
41,008
 
2019
  
116,390
 
2020
  
110,690
 
Thereafter
  
358,525
 
Total payments
 
$
728,973
 
 
In addition to the individual first mortgage loans comprising our $728.9 million of mortgage indebtedness, we also have a revolving, multi-bank line of credit with First International Bank and Trust, Watford City, North Dakota, as lead bank, which had, as of October 31, 2015, lending commitments of $100.0 million. This line of credit is not included in our mortgage indebtedness total. As of October 31, 2015, the line of credit was secured by mortgages on 16 properties. Under the terms of the line of credit, properties may be added and removed from the collateral pool with the agreement of the lenders. Participants in this credit facility as of October 31, 2015 included, in addition to First International Bank, the following financial institutions: The Bank of North Dakota; First Western Bank and Trust; Dacotah Bank; Highland Bank; American State Bank & Trust Company; Town & Country Credit Union, WoodTrust Bank, and United Community Bank. As of October 31, 2015, the line of credit had an interest rate of 4.75% and a minimum outstanding principal balance requirement of $17.5 million. As of October 31, 2015 and April 30, 2015, we had borrowed $17.5 million and $60.5 million, respectively. The line of credit includes covenants and restrictions requiring us to achieve on a fiscal and calendar quarter basis a debt service coverage ratio on borrowing base collateral of 1.25x in the aggregate and 1.00x on individual assets in the collateral pool. We are also required to maintain minimum depository account(s) totaling $6.0 million with First International Bank, of which $1.5 million is to be held in a non-interest bearing account. As of October 31, 2015, we believe we were in compliance with the line of credit’s covenants.