Derivatives and Hedging Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Derivatives and Hedging Activities

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company is exposed to certain risk relating to its ongoing business operations. The primary risk managed by using derivative instruments is interest rate risk. Interest rate caps have been entered into to manage interest rate risk associated with forecasted variable rate borrowings.

Interest Rate Cap Derivatives. In March 2020, the Company purchased interest rate caps designated as cash flow hedges with notional amounts totaling $130,500,000 on its variable rate subordinated debentures and were determined to be fully effective during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The interest rate caps require receipt of variable amounts from the counterparty when interest rates rise above the strike price in the contracts. The strike prices in the five year term contracts range from 1.5 percent to 2 percent 3 month LIBOR. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the interest rate caps had a fair value of $553,000 and $201,000, respectively, and were reported as other assets on the Company’s statements of financial condition. Changes in fair value were recorded in OCI. Amortization recorded on the interest rate caps totaled $126,000 and $84,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively, and was reported as a component of interest expense on subordinated debentures.

The effect of cash flow hedge accounting on OCI for the periods ending September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

	Three Months ended			Nine Months ended
(Dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2021		September 30, 2020	September 30, 2021	September 30, 2020
Amount of gain (loss) recognized in OCI	$	30	(76)	479	(532)

Residential Real Estate DerivativesThe Company enters into residential real estate derivatives for commitments (“interest rate locks”) to fund certain residential real estate loans to be sold into the secondary market. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, loan commitments with interest rate lock commitments totaled $179,578,000 and $229,862,000, respectively. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair value of the related derivatives on the interest rate lock commitments was $3,884,000 and $8,605,000, respectively, and was included in other assets with corresponding changes recorded in gain on sale of loans. The Company enters into free-standing derivatives to mitigate interest rate risk for most residential real estate loans to be sold. These derivatives include forward commitments to sell to-be-announced (“TBA”) securities which are used to economically hedge the interest rate risk associated with such loans and unfunded commitments. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, TBA commitments were $154,000,000 and $206,000,000, respectively. At September 30, 2021 the fair value of the related derivatives on the TBA securities was $759,000 and was included in other assets with the corresponding changes recorded in gain on sale of loans. At and December 31, 2020, the fair value was $2,056,000 and was included in other liabilities with corresponding changes recorded in gain on sale of loans. The Company does not enter into a commitment to sell these loans to an investor until the loan is funded and is ready to be delivered to the investor. Due to the forward sales commitments being short-term in nature, the corresponding derivatives are not significant. For all other residential real estate loans to be sold, the Company enters into “best efforts” forward sales commitments for the future delivery of loans to third party investors when interest rate lock commitments are entered into in order to economically hedge the effect of changes in interest rates resulting from its commitments to fund the loans. Forward sales commitments on a “best efforts” basis are not designated in hedge relationships until the loan is funded.