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Real estate assets
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Real Estate [Abstract]  
Real estate assets

Note 4 — Real estate assets

 

The Company primarily acquires REO when a mortgage loan is foreclosed upon and the Company takes title to the property on the foreclosure date. Additionally, from time to time, the Company will acquire real estate assets in purchase transactions.

 

At June 30, 2016, the Company held 103 residential properties with a carrying value of $14.4 million that were acquired through foreclosure and have been reclassified out of its Mortgage Loan Portfolio. As of December 31, 2015, the Company held 55 residential properties with a carrying value of $6.8 million that were acquired through foreclosure and reclassified out of its Mortgage Loan Portfolio.

 

Rental property

 

As of June 30, 2016, the Company owned 3 REO properties with an aggregate carrying value of $0.8 million held for investment as rentals, at which time all of the properties were rented. None of these properties were acquired during the three-months ended June 30, 2016, through foreclosures, and none were transferred from Property held-for sale. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had one REO property having an aggregate carrying value of $0.1 million held for use as a rental, which was rented at that time.

 

Property held-for-sale
 
The Company classifies REO as property held-for sale if the property does not meet its residential rental property investment criteria. For the three-month periods ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the Company moved 41 and 20 REO properties having aggregate carrying values of $4.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively, to real estate held-for-sale from its mortgage loan portfolio. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the Company moved 80 and 45 REO properties having aggregate carrying values of $9.4 million and $7.7 million, respectively, to real estate held-for-sale from its mortgage loan portfolio. As of  the periods ended June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company’s net investments in REO held-for-sale were $16.6 million and $10.3 million, respectively.

 

 

Dispositions

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the Company sold 21 and 3 REO properties, realizing net gains of approximately $0.5 million and $27,000, respectively, which are included in Other income on the Company’s consolidated statements of income. During the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company sold 39 and 4 REO properties realizing gains, net of selling expenses, commissions and other costs, of approximately $1.1 million and $22,000 respectively. In addition, following an updated assessment of liquidation amounts expected to be realized that was performed on all REO held at the end of the quarter, a downward adjustment of approximately $0.2 million was recorded to reflect certain REO properties at the lower of cost or estimated fair value for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, respectively. The Company did not record any lower of cost or estimated fair market value adjustment in 2015.

 

The following table presents the activity in the Company’s carrying value of REO held-for-sale for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015 (in thousands):

 

Property Held-for-sale   Three months ended     Six months ended  
    June 30, 2016     June 30, 2015     June 30, 2016     June 30, 2015  
Balance at beginning of period   $ 13,380     $ 5,541     $ 10,333     $ 1,316  
Transfers from mortgage loans     5,019       3,574       9,851       7,669  
Adjustments to record at lower of cost or fair value     (154 )     -       (200 )     -  
Disposals     (2,324 )     (326 )     (4,137 )     (363 )
Other     630       229       704       396  
Balance at end of period   $ 16,551     $ 9,018     $ 16,551     $ 9,018