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Note 10 - Mortgages and Notes Payable
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
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10.
Mortgages and Notes Payable
 
We have nonrecourse mortgage loans for certain communities totaling
$73.5
million and
$82.1
million (net of debt issuance costs) at
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
respectively, which are secured by the related real property, including any improvements,
with an aggregate book value of
$195.8
million and
$201.8
million, respectively. The weighted-average interest rate on these obligations was
5.1%
and
4.9%
at
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
respectively, and the mortgage loan payments on each community primarily correspond to home deliveries. We also have nonrecourse mortgage loans on our corporate headquarters totaling
$14.0
million and
$14.3
million at
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
respectively. These loans had a weighted-average interest rate of
8.8%
at both
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
respectively. As of
January
31,
2017,
these loans had installment obligations with annual principal maturities in the years ending
October
 
31
of:
$1.0
million in
2017,
$1.4
million in
2018,
$1.5
million in
2019,
$1.7
million in
2020,
$1.8
million in
2021
and
$6.6
million after
2021.
    
In
June
2013,
K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (“K. Hovnanian”), as borrower, and we and certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a
five
-year,
$75.0
million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and issuing bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a lender. The Credit Facility is available for both letters of credit and general corporate purposes. The Credit Facility does not contain any financial maintenance covenants, but does contain certain restrictive covenants that track those contained in our indenture governing the
8.0%
Senior Notes due
2019,
which are described in Note
11.
 The Credit Facility also contains certain customary events of default which would permit the administrative agent at the request of the required lenders to, among other things, declare all loans then outstanding to be immediately due and payable if such default is not cured within applicable grace periods, including the failure to make timely payments of amounts payable under the Credit Facility or other material indebtedness or the acceleration of other material indebtedness, the failure to comply with agreements and covenants or for representations or warranties to be correct in all material respects when made, specified events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and the entry of a material judgment against a loan party. Outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility accrue interest at an annual rate equal to either, as selected by K. Hovnanian, (i) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread determined on the date of such borrowing or (ii) an adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) rate plus the applicable spread determined as of the date
two
business days prior to the
first
day of the interest period for such borrowing. As of
January
31,
2017
there were
$52.0
million of borrowings and
$16.0
million of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of
October
31,
2016,
there were
$52.0
million of borrowings and
$17.9
million of letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. As of
January
31,
2017,
we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Credit Facility.
 
In addition to the Credit Facility, we have certain stand–alone cash collateralized letter of credit agreements and facilities under which there was a total of
$1.7
million letters of credit outstanding at both
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
respectively. These agreements and facilities require us to maintain specified amounts of cash as collateral in segregated accounts to support the letters of credit issued thereunder, which will affect the amount of cash we have available for other uses. As of both
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
the amount of cash collateral in these segregated accounts was
$1.7
million, respectively, which is reflected in “Restricted cash and cash equivalents” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
Our wholly owned mortgage banking subsidiary, K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, LLC (“K. Hovnanian Mortgage”), originates mortgage loans primarily from the sale of our homes. Such mortgage loans and related servicing rights are sold in the
secondary
mortgage market within a short period of time. In certain instances, we retain the servicing rights for a small amount of loans. Our secured Master Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on
January
31,
2017
to extend the maturity to
January
30,
2018,
is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to
$50.0
million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at an adjusted LIBOR rate, which was
0.78%
at
January
31,
2017,
plus the applicable margin of
2.5%
or
2.63%
based upon type of loan. As of
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Chase Master Repurchase Agreement was
$25.7
million and
$44.1
million, respectively.
 
K. Hovnanian Mortgage has another secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Customers Bank (“Customers Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on
February
17,
2017,
that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to
$50.0
million through its maturity on
February
16,
2018.
The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable daily or as loans are sold to permanent investors on outstanding advances at the current LIBOR rate, plus the applicable margin ranging from
2.5%
to
5.25%
based on the type of loan and the number of days outstanding on the warehouse line. As of
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Customers Master Repurchase Agreement was
$19.1
million and
$38.8
million, respectively.
 
K. Hovnanian Mortgage has a
third
secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC (“Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on
February
23,
2016,
that is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to
$50.0
million through its maturity on
February
21,
2017.
The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly on outstanding advances at the Credit Suisse Base Rate (as defined in the loan documents), which was
1.37%
at
January
31,
2017,
plus the applicable margin of
2.25%
to
2.5%.
There were no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement as of
January
31,
2017.
As of
October
31,
2016
the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding was
$32.9
million
.
   
In
February
2014,
K. Hovnanian Mortgage executed a secured Master Repurchase Agreement with Comerica Bank (“Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement”), which was amended on
December
23,
2016
to extend the maturity date to
December
22,
2017.
The Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement is a short-term borrowing facility that provides up to
$50.0
million through maturity. The loan is secured by the mortgages held for sale and is repaid when we sell the underlying mortgage loans to permanent investors. Interest is payable monthly at the current LIBOR rate, subject to a floor of
0.25%,
plus the applicable margin of
2.5%.
As of
January
31,
2017
and
October
31,
2016,
the aggregate principal amount of all borrowings outstanding under the Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement was
$14.7
million and
$29.8
million, respectively.
 
The Chase Master Repurchase Agreement, Customers Master Repurchase Agreement, Credit Suisse Master Repurchase Agreement and Comerica Master Repurchase Agreement (together, the “Master Repurchase Agreements”) require K. Hovnanian Mortgage to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios and other financial condition tests. Because of the extremely short period of time mortgages are held by K. Hovnanian Mortgage before the mortgages are sold to investors (generally a period of a few weeks), the immateriality to us on a consolidated basis of the size of the Master Repurchase Agreements, the levels required by these financial covenants, our ability based on our immediately available resources to contribute sufficient capital to cure any default, were such conditions to occur, and our right to cure any conditions of default based on the terms of the applicable agreement, we do not consider any of these covenants to be substantive or material. As of
January
31,
2017,
we believe we were in compliance with the covenants under the Master Repurchase Agreements.