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Residential Loans, at Fair Value

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

SEC Schedule, 12-29, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract]

The Company’s acquired residential loans, including distressed residential loans, non-QM loans, second mortgages and residential bridge loans, are presented at fair value on its condensed consolidated balance sheets as a result of a fair value election made at the time of acquisition or as of January 1, 2020 (see Note 2). Subsequent changes in fair value are reported in current period earnings and presented in unrealized gains (losses), net on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table presents the Company’s residential loans, at fair value, which consist of residential loans held by NYMT, Consolidated SLST and other securitizations trusts, as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):



	March 31, 2020									December 31, 2019
	Residential loans			Consolidated SLST ⁽¹⁾			Residential loans held in securitization trusts ⁽²⁾			Residential loans			Consolidated SLST ⁽¹⁾
Principal	$	1,634,920		$	1,300,630		$	45,388		$	1,464,984		$	1,322,131
(Discount)/premium	(85,691		)	5,469			292			(81,372		)	6,455
Unrealized (losses)/gains	(33,882		)	(87,800		)	(2,696		)	46,142			300
Carrying value	$	1,515,347		$	1,218,299		$	42,984		$	1,429,754		$	1,328,886

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In 2019, the Company invested in first loss subordinated securities and certain IOs and senior securities issued by a Freddie Mac-sponsored residential loan securitization. In accordance with GAAP, the Company has consolidated the underlying seasoned re-performing and non-performing residential loans held in the securitization and the SLST CDOs issued to permanently finance these residential loans, representing Consolidated SLST. SLST CDOs are included in residential collateralized debt obligations, at fair value on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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Residential loans held in securitization trusts are comprised of ARM loans transferred to Consolidated VIEs that have been securitized into sequentially rated classes of beneficial interests. These Residential CDOs are accounted for as financings and included in residential collateralized debt obligations on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets. Residential loans held in securitization trusts were included in residential loans, net on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 (see Note 5).

The following table presents the unrealized gains (losses), net attributable to residential loans, at fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):



	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2020									March 31, 2019
	Residential loans			Consolidated SLST			Residential loans held in securitization trusts			Residential loans
Unrealized (losses) gains, net	$	(81,680	)	$	(88,100	)	$	(1,730	)	$	7,883

The Company also recognized $14.3 million of net realized losses on the sale and payoff of residential loans, at fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Company recognized $3.1 million of realized gains on the sale and payoff of residential loans, at fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The geographic concentrations of credit risk exceeding 5% of the unpaid principal balance of residential loans, at fair value as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, are as follows:



	March 31, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Residential loans		Consolidated SLST		Residential loans held in securitization trusts		Residential loans		Consolidated SLST
California	21.7	%	11.1	%	1.6	%	23.9	%	11.0	%
Florida	10.2	%	10.6	%	12.4	%	9.4	%	10.6	%
New York	7.5	%	9.1	%	35.8	%	8.0	%	9.1	%
Texas	5.5	%	4.0	%	—		5.4	%	4.0	%
New Jersey	4.9	%	6.9	%	13.1	%	5.1	%	6.9	%
Maryland	4.5	%	3.8	%	5.0	%	4.6	%	3.8	%
Illinois	2.7	%	6.6	%	—		2.8	%	6.6	%
Massachusetts	2.7	%	2.9	%	17.7	%	2.8	%	2.9	%

The following table presents the fair value and aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Company's residential loans and residential loans held in securitization trusts in non-accrual status as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):



	Greater than 90 days past due				Less than 90 days past due
	Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance
March 31, 2020	$	138,120	$	167,957	$	13,269	$	15,111
December 31, 2019	106,199		122,918		9,291		10,705

Residential loans held in Consolidated SLST with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $100.4 million and $50.7 million were 90 days or more delinquent as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Repurchase Agreements - Residential Loans

Residential loans with a fair value of approximately $918.4 million and $881.2 million at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, are pledged as collateral for repurchase agreements (see Note 11).

Residential Collateralized Debt Obligations

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had Residential CDOs outstanding of $39.0 million recorded as liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets with a current weighted average interest rate of 1.56%. The Company retained the owner trust certificates, or residual interest, for three securitizations and had a net investment in the residential securitization trusts of $7.4 million. The net investment amount is the maximum amount of the Company’s investment that is at risk to loss and represents the difference between (i) the carrying amount of the residential loans, real estate owned and receivables held in residential securitization trusts and (ii) the amount of Residential CDOs outstanding. The Residential CDOs are non-recourse debt for which the Company has no obligation.

Consolidated SLST

The Company has elected the fair value option on the assets and liabilities held within Consolidated SLST, which requires that changes in valuations in the assets and liabilities of Consolidated SLST be reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Our investment in Consolidated SLST is limited to the securities that we own with an aggregate net carrying value of $182.8 million at March 31, 2020 and $276.8 million at December 31, 2019, respectively (see Note 9). During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased approximately $40.0 million in additional senior securities issued by Consolidated SLST and subsequently sold its entire investment in the senior securities issued by Consolidated SLST for sales proceeds of approximately $62.6 million at a realized loss of approximately $2.4 million, which is included in realized gains (losses), net on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The condensed consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated SLST at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):



Balance Sheet	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Residential loans, at fair value	$	1,218,299	$	1,328,886
Receivables ⁽¹⁾	3,772		5,244
Total Assets	$	1,222,071	$	1,334,130
Liabilities and Equity
Residential collateralized debt obligations, at fair value	$	1,034,992	$	1,052,829
Accrued expenses	2,646		2,643
Total Liabilities	1,037,638		1,055,472
Equity	184,433		278,658
Total Liabilities and Equity	$	1,222,071	$	1,334,130


⁽¹⁾	Included in receivables and other assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The SLST CDOs had aggregate unpaid principal balances of approximately $1.3 billion at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the weighted average interest rate on the SLST CDOs was 3.53%.

The Company does not have any claims to the assets or obligations for the liabilities of Consolidated SLST (other than those securities owned by the Company as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively). The net fair value of our investment in Consolidated SLST, which represents the difference between the carrying values of residential loans, at fair value held in Consolidated SLST less the carrying value of SLST CDOs, approximates the fair value of our underlying securities (see Note 14).

The condensed consolidated statement of operations of Consolidated SLST for the three months ended March 31, 2020 is as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):



Statement of Operations	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Interest income ⁽¹⁾	$	12,123
Interest expense ⁽²⁾	8,535
Net interest income	3,588
Unrealized losses, net ⁽³⁾	(66,134		)
Net loss	$	(62,546	)


⁽¹⁾	Included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations in interest income, residential loans.


⁽²⁾	Included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations in interest expense, residential collateralized debt obligations.

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Includes $88.1 million of unrealized losses on residential loans held in Consolidated SLST and $22.0 million of unrealized gains on SLST CDOs presented in unrealized gains (losses), net on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.