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Other Assets
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Other Assets [Abstract]  
Other Assets Other Assets
The following table presents the components of the Company’s Other assets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

(In Thousands)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
REO (1)
$298,866 $411,659 
Capital contributions made to loan origination partners108,887 147,992 
Other interest-earning assets45,442 70,468 
Interest receivable42,723 70,986 
Other MBS and loan related receivables36,342 43,842 
Other39,354 39,304 
Total Other Assets$571,614 $784,251 

(1)    Includes $59.3 million and $27.3 million of REO that is held-for-investment at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
(a) Real Estate Owned

At September 30, 2020, the Company had 1,131 REO properties with an aggregate carrying value of $298.9 million. At December 31, 2019, the Company had 1,652 REO properties with an aggregate carrying value of $411.7 million.
At September 30, 2020, $295.7 million of residential real estate property was held by the Company that was acquired either through a completed foreclosure proceeding or from completion of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or similar legal agreement. In addition, formal foreclosure proceedings were in process with respect to $132.5 million of residential whole loans held at carrying value and $487.3 million of residential whole loans held at fair value at September 30, 2020.

The following table presents the activity in the Company’s REO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In Thousands)2020201920202019
Balance at beginning of period$348,516 $334,069 $411,659 $249,413 
Adjustments to record at lower of cost or fair value
93 (3,875)(11,796)(9,264)
Transfer from residential whole loans (1)
15,672 61,888 74,891 193,531 
Purchases and capital improvements, net536 5,108 9,334 16,307 
Disposals (2)
(65,951)(20,990)(185,222)(73,787)
Balance at end of period$298,866 $376,200 $298,866 $376,200 
Number of properties1,131 1,508 1,131 1,508 

(1)Includes net gain recorded on transfer of approximately $834,000 and $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively; and approximately $4.1 million and $16.1 million for nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
(2)During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold 267 and 812 REO properties for consideration of $69.9 million and $195.2 million, realizing net gains of approximately $3.9 million and $10.0 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold 142 and 431 REO properties for consideration of $23.0 million and $80.0 million, realizing net gains of approximately $2.1 million and $5.8 million, respectively. These amounts are included in Other Income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
(b) Capital Contributions Made to Loan Origination Partners

The Company has made investments in several loan originators as part of its strategy to be a reliable source of capital to select partners from whom it sources residential mortgage loans through both flow arrangements and bulk purchases. To date, such contributions of capital include the following investments (based on their carrying value prior to any impairments): $31.0 million of common equity, $68.0 million of preferred equity and $75.0 million of convertible notes. In addition, for certain partners, options or warrants may have also been acquired that provide the Company the ability to increase the level of its investment if certain conditions are met. At the end of each reporting period, or earlier if circumstances warrant, the Company evaluates whether the nature of its interests and other involvement with the investee entity requires the Company to apply equity method accounting or consolidate the results of the investee entity with the Company’s financial results. To date, the nature of the Company’s interests and/or involvement with investee companies has not resulted in consolidation. Further, to the extent that the nature of the Company’s interests has resulted in the need for the Company to apply equity method accounting, the impact of such accounting on the Company’s results for periods subsequent to that in which the Company was determined to have significant influence over the investee company was not material for any period. As the interests acquired to date by the Company generally do not have a readily determinable fair value, the Company accounts for its non-equity method interests (including any acquired options and warrants) in loan originators initially at cost. The carrying value of these investments is adjusted if it is determined that an impairment has occurred or if there has been a subsequent observable transaction in either the investee company’s equity securities or a similar security that provides evidence to support an adjustment to the carrying value. Following an evaluation of the anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic conditions for the short to medium term, the Company recorded impairment charges of $65.2 million on investments in certain loan origination partners during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, which was included in “Impairment and other losses on securities available-for-sale and other assets” on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company did not record any impairment charges on investments in certain loan origination partners during the three months ended September 30, 2020. At September 30, 2020, approximately $840.5 million of the Company’s Residential whole loans, at carrying value were serviced by entities in which the Company has an investment.
(c) Derivative Instruments
 
The Company’s derivative instruments have generally been comprised of Swaps, the majority of which were designated as cash flow hedges against the interest rate risk associated with certain borrowings. In addition, in connection with managing risks associated with purchases of longer duration Agency MBS, the Company has also entered into Swaps that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes.

In response to the turmoil in the financial markets resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic experienced during the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company unwound all of its approximately $4.1 billion of Swap hedging transactions late in the first quarter in order to recover previously posted margin. Gains or losses associated with these Swap hedging transactions are required to be transferred from AOCI to earnings over the original term of the Swap, if the underlying hedged item or transactions are assessed as probable of occurring. After the closing of several new financing transactions late in the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company evaluated its anticipated future financing requirements. The Company concluded that it was no longer probable that certain previously used financing strategies, including those that primarily utilized repurchase agreements with funding costs that reset on a monthly basis, would be used by the Company on an ongoing basis, as this financing strategy had been essentially replaced by the new financing transactions. Consequently, the Company concluded that it was appropriate to transfer from AOCI to earnings approximately $49.9 million of losses on Swaps that had previously been designated as hedges for accounting purposes, because the hedged transactions were no longer considered probable to occur. In addition, during the quarter ended September 30, 2020, the Company transferred from AOCI to earnings approximately $7.2 million of losses on Swaps that had been previously designated as hedges for accounting purposes as the Company had assessed that the underlying transactions were no longer probable of occurring. These amounts are included in Other income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. At September 30, 2020, there are no remaining losses included in AOCI on Swaps previously designated as hedges for accounting purposes.

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Derivative Instrument (1)
Designation Notional AmountFair ValueNotional AmountFair Value
(In Thousands)  
Swaps
Hedging$— $— $2,942,000 $— 
SwapsNon-Hedging$— $— $230,000 $— 
 
(1) Represents Swaps executed bilaterally with a counterparty in the over-the-counter market but then novated to a central clearing house, whereby the central clearing house becomes the counterparty to both of the original counterparties.

Swaps
 
The following table presents the assets pledged as collateral against the Company’s Swap contracts at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
 
(In Thousands)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Agency MBS, at fair value$— $2,241 
Restricted cash— 16,777 
Total assets pledged against Swaps$— $19,018 
 

 
The following table presents information about the Company’s Swaps at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
 Notional AmountWeighted Average Fixed-Pay
Interest Rate
Weighted Average Variable
Interest Rate (2) 
Notional Amount Weighted Average Fixed-Pay
Interest Rate
 Weighted Average Variable
Interest Rate (2)
Maturity (1)
(Dollars in Thousands)
Over 3 months to 6 months$— — %— %$200,000 2.05 %1.70 %
Over 6 months to 12 months— — — 1,430,000 2.30 1.77 
Over 12 months to 24 months— — — 1,300,000 2.11 1.86 
Over 24 months to 36 months— — — 20,000 1.38 1.90 
Over 36 months to 48 months— — — 222,000 2.88 1.84 
Total Swaps$— — %— %$3,172,000 2.24 %1.81 %

(1)  Each maturity category reflects contractual amortization and/or maturity of notional amounts.
(2)  Reflects the benchmark variable rate due from the counterparty at the date presented, which rate adjusts monthly or quarterly based on one-month or three-month LIBOR, respectively.

 
The following table presents the net impact of the Company’s derivative hedging instruments on its net interest expense and the weighted average interest rate paid and received for such Swaps for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(Dollars in Thousands)2020201920202019
Interest (expense)/income attributable to Swaps$— $(322)$(3,359)$1,561 
Weighted average Swap rate paid— %2.29 %2.06 %2.32 %
Weighted average Swap rate received— %2.24 %1.63 %2.40 %
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded net losses on Swaps not designated in hedging relationships of approximately $4.3 million, which included $9.4 million of losses realized on the unwind of certain Swaps. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded net losses on Swaps not designated in hedging relationships of approximately $929,000 and $17.3 million, respectively, which included $3.7 million and $17.7 million of losses realized on the unwind of certain Swaps. These amounts are included in Other income, net on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

Impact of Derivative Hedging Instruments on AOCI
 
The following table presents the impact of the Company’s derivative hedging instruments on its AOCI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(In Thousands)2020201920202019
AOCI from derivative hedging instruments:
Balance at beginning of period$(7,176)$(28,114)$(22,675)$3,121 
Net loss on Swaps— (233)(50,127)(30,384)
Reclassification adjustment for losses/gains related to hedging instruments included in net income7,176 (685)72,802 (1,769)
Balance at end of period$— $(29,032)$— $(29,032)