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| We believe this path will yield superior results not only this year, but has the potential to enhance results in the years ahead as trillions of dollars of maturing commercial real estate debt is sorted out |
| The credit profile of our purchases, both historically and today, remain strong, with borrower credit scores above 700 FICO, loan-to-after-repair value ratios, or LTARVs, in the mid-60s, and loan-to-cost ratios, or LTCs, in the low 70s |
| On multifamily mezzanine lending, 2023 continues the historical strong performance of this asset class |
| Occupancy rates of the portfolio today have also been strong at 90% |
| We look to increase the portfolio's allocation to agencies under the current market environment, with the high spreads still presenting a compelling risk-adjusted return |
| NYMT's BPL bridge purchase program fits very well with the tighter credit box necessary for a rated transaction |
| Additionally, the asset class has also an added benefit of having outperformed in periods of economic downturn |
| For over a decade, our team has experienced generating opportunities in the multifamily bridge loan sector, coupled with extensive asset management experience, New York Mortgage Trust platform can opportunistically navigate through the CRE dislocation on multiple fronts |
| We believe this cycle can provide significant value to the company, not just over 2024, but the remainder of the decade |
| We have looked at whether or not that should be part of that disposable group and the answer is given that the cash flows are increasing, NOI is increasing in those assets as those value add program cat [ph] back programs, have achieved higher rents and in today's more difficult funding market, we believe it's better to hold those assets on a more of a medium to longer term basis and benefit from the NOI growth and property valuation increase |
| We are excited about the opportunity ahead of us |
| We experienced solid momentum in our portfolio acquisitions over the past three quarters after significantly reducing our investment activity for most of 2022, increasing our investment portfolio on a net basis by approximately $0.4 billion and $1.3 billion during the fourth quarter in the year, respectively, ending at $5.1 billion as of December 31 |
| In BPL bridge, we have made further progress to boost the volume of asset acquisitions with three quarters of consecutive growth |
| Rated transactions should provide better financing costs relative to the historical unrated structures |
| We are pleased to report that company adjusted interest income increased 22% quarter-over-quarter to $72.5 million |
| We find it more productive for our asset management team to complete any beneficial value-add programs on these properties to maintain or bolster occupancy for an improved NOI profile in the future |
| We remain committed to maintaining an attractive current yield for our shareholders and we believe that the current dividend provides excess liquidity for reinvestment in a more attractive price market |
| Through 2023, we grew our portfolio such that we can generate more consistent income, while also maintaining liquidity for future opportunities |
| When I talk about the value-add program, it's more than just releasing activity and getting a better sequential quarter of a year-over-year rent increase |
| The market reacted positively with tightening spreads across asset classes alongside a falling interest rate curve |
| Our interest rate swaps continue to benefit our portfolio, reducing our adjusted interest expense during the quarter |
| After $3.5 billion of residential bridge loans invested to date, our team has the experience to capitalize on the opportunity |
| So we have been spending a lot of time on that and see an enormous opportunity for us in the near term |
| So we find that this is a nice balance for both |
| So that's just two of the five and again, overall it's a very small portfolio and the assets we chose to put out to the market, our assets that we've completed, our value add program, where we believe that the go-forward NOIs has been stabilized and therefore the bids will be attractive for us to execute |
| Quarter-over-quarter, the agency RMBS portfolio grew by approximately 30% on a market value basis |
| For our current acquisition pipeline, we note that the credit profile of new purchases has improved versus the existing portfolio |
| At the start of the fourth quarter, we added agency RMBS at attractive spreads |
| Over the course of the last year, NYMT has refocused on growing the balance sheet to achieve more consistent earnings |
| This was the primary driver of the increase in our interest income and adjusted interest income contribution for the quarter |
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| After $0.20 dividend, quarterly adjusted economic return was negative 54 basis points |
| Nevertheless, we remained concerned about a strain in market liquidity |
| On the distress side, it's the 2021 second half vintage and later, where not only have funding costs and LTVs been cut back on senior lending, but there's also issues on NOI and basically negative carry related to current financing costs |
| The market for the sale of these properties have become more challenging, as the pending forward supply in new multifamily properties has contributed to slowing rent growth |
| economy and increased market credit concerns |
| There has been upward pressure on cap rates and market shifts, causing certain pro forma projections on NOI to be unachievable |
| We took advantage of the historically wide spreads in the sector that persisted throughout the year, driven by high interest rate volatility and tepid incremental demand from banks and money managers |
| First, an $18.3 million or $0.20 per share loss from impairment charges in real estate, due primarily to lower net operating income estimates, resulting in lower property valuations as compared to our carrying costs of multifamily properties held for sale |
| Furthermore, both ground-up and small balance multifamily present increased default management challenges if delinquencies rise |
| We were initially concerned of heightened credit risks under the Fed's restrictive interest rate regime |
| In this scenario, the CRE space is particularly vulnerable |
| This changed our plan of sale on these JV investments and multifamily properties, but due to unfavorable market conditions and a lack of transactional activity in the multifamily market, that negatively impacted our ability to secure a reasonable buyer and completely exit our investment in these giant ventures |
| These are segments of the market that have experienced constraints given the retrenchment of regional bank lending and therefore an increased risk of future credit dislocation |
| We see a spillover effect constraining residential loan markets as well |
| Overall, the operations of our consolidated multifamily joint venture properties contributed a net loss of $0.08 per share during the quarter |
| So as of February 20, we see quarter-to-date adjusted book value to be down about 3% |
| Banks' ability to offer CRE refinancing packages on one hand, while fending off CRE loss reserves on the other is likely to further restrict lending in the market |
| That's about $0.5 billion per year and banks are obviously very exposed to that, with 50% of the exposure and with that said, liquidity, we believe, will be strained as the CRE debt is sorted out |
| Adjusted book value per share ended at $12.66, down 2% from September 30 |
| Adjusted book value per share ended the quarter at $12.66 or down 2.09% |
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