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LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Loans Receivable, Net and Related Allowance for Credit Losses [Abstract]  
LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

NOTE J – LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET AND RELATED ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

 

Loans receivable, net were comprised of the following:

 

    March 31,     September 30,  
    2026     2025  
    (In thousands)  
             
One-to-four family residential   $ 234,434     $ 242,454  
Commercial real estate     557,764       533,213  
Construction and land     35,714       29,287  
Home equity loans and lines of credit     30,310       31,778  
Commercial business     19,878       20,048  
Other     1,842       2,119  
Total loans receivable     879,942       858,899  
Net deferred loan fees     (1,723 )     (1,546 )
Total loans receivable, net   $ 878,219     $ 857,353  

 

The segments of the Company’s loan portfolio are disaggregated to a level that allows management to monitor risk and performance. The residential mortgage loan segment is further disaggregated into two types: first lien, amortizing term loans, and the combination of second lien amortizing term loans and home equity lines of credit. The commercial loan segment is further disaggregated into three types: loans secured by multifamily structures, loans secured by owner-occupied commercial structures, and loans secured by non-owner-occupied nonresidential properties. The construction and land loan segment consists primarily of developers or investors for the purpose of acquiring, developing and constructing residential or commercial structures and to a lesser extent one-to-four family residential construction loans made to individuals for the acquisition of and/or construction on a lot or lots on which a residential dwelling is to be built. Construction loans to developers and investors have a higher risk profile because the ultimate buyer, once development is completed, is generally not known at the time of the loan. The commercial business loan segment consists of loans made for the purpose of financing the activities of commercial customers and consists of revolving lines of credit and loans partially guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The consumer loan segment consists primarily of stock-secured installment loans but also includes unsecured personal loans and overdraft lines of credit connected with customer deposit accounts.

 

Management uses a ten-point internal risk rating system to monitor the credit quality of the overall loan portfolio. The first six categories are considered not criticized and are aggregated as “Pass” rated. The criticized rating categories utilized by management generally follow bank regulatory definitions. The Special Mention category includes assets that are currently protected but are potentially weak, resulting in an undue and unwarranted credit risk, but not to the point of justifying a Substandard classification. Loans in the Substandard category have well-defined weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt and have a distinct possibility that some loss will be sustained if the weaknesses are not corrected. Loans classified Doubtful have all the weaknesses inherent in loans classified Substandard with the added characteristic that collection or liquidation in full, based on current conditions and facts, is highly improbable. All loans greater than three months past due are considered Substandard. Any portion of a loan that has been charged off is placed in the Loss category.

 

To help ensure that risk ratings are accurate and reflect the present and future capacity of borrowers to repay a loan as agreed, the Company has a structured loan rating process with several layers of internal and external oversight.  Generally, consumer and residential mortgage loans are included in the Pass categories unless a specific action, such as severe delinquency, bankruptcy, repossession, or death occurs to raise awareness of a possible credit event. The Company’s Commercial Loan Officers are responsible for the timely and accurate risk rating of the loans in their portfolios at origination and on an ongoing basis. The Company’s Asset Review Committee performs monthly reviews of all commercial relationships internally rated 6 (“Watch”) or worse. Confirmation of appropriate risk grading is performed by an external loan review company that semi-annually reviews and assesses loans within the portfolio.  Generally, the external consultant reviews commercial relationships greater than $500 thousand and/or criticized relationships greater than $250 thousand. Detailed reviews, including plans for resolution, are performed on adversely classified loans on a monthly basis.

 

The following tables present the classes of the loan portfolio by origination year summarized by the aggregate Pass and the criticized categories of Special Mention, Substandard and Doubtful for loans subject to the Company’s internal risk rating system and by performing status for all other loans as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025:

 

    March 31, 2026     Revolving Loans        
    Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Fiscal Year     Amortized     Converted        
    2026     2025     2024     2023     2022     Prior     Cost Basis     to Term     Total  
    (In thousands)  
One-to-four family residential                                                                        
Performing   $ 12,972     $ 18,514     $ 31,387     $ 24,372     $ 28,035     $ 118,941     $     $     $ 234,221  
Non-performing                       213                               213  
Total   $ 12,972     $ 18,514     $ 31,387     $ 24,585     $ 28,035     $ 118,941     $     $     $ 234,434  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Commercial real estate                                                                        
Pass   $ 36,485     $ 107,580     $ 85,438     $ 68,105     $ 62,586     $ 185,929     $ 8,073     $ 637     $ 554,833  
Special Mention                 235       1,054             1,552                   2,841  
Substandard                             90                         90  
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 36,485     $ 107,580     $ 85,673     $ 69,159     $ 62,676     $ 187,481     $ 8,073     $ 637     $ 557,764  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Construction and land                                                                        
Pass   $ 7,635     $ 12,961     $ 12,252     $     $     $ 1,046     $ 700     $     $ 34,594  
Special Mention                                                      
Substandard                                   1,120                   1,120  
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 7,635     $ 12,961     $ 12,252     $     $     $ 2,166     $ 700     $     $ 35,714  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Home equity loans and lines of credit                                                                        
Performing   $ 196     $ 452     $ 1,052     $ 689     $ 1,484     $ 1,246     $ 25,110     $     $ 30,229  
Non-performing                       81                               81  
Total   $ 196     $ 452     $ 1,052     $ 770     $ 1,484     $ 1,246     $ 25,110     $     $ 30,310  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Commercial business                                                                        
Pass   $ 1,200     $ 484     $ 1,053     $ 441     $ 1,897     $ 2,986     $ 11,678     $ 139     $ 19,878  
Special Mention                                                      
Substandard                                                      
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 1,200     $ 484     $ 1,053     $ 441     $ 1,897     $ 2,986     $ 11,678     $ 139     $ 19,878  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Other                                                                        
Performing   $ 200     $ 2     $ 16     $     $ 16     $ 1,416     $ 192     $     $ 1,842  
Non-performing                                                      
Total   $ 200     $ 2     $ 16     $     $ 16     $ 1,416     $ 192     $     $ 1,842  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      

 

    September 30, 2025     Revolving Loans        
    Term Loans Amortized Cost Basis by Origination Fiscal Year     Amortized     Converted        
    2025     2024     2023     2022     2021     Prior     Cost Basis     to Term     Total  
    (In thousands)  
One-to-four family residential                                                                        
Performing   $ 18,873     $ 31,952     $ 36,663     $ 28,465     $ 23,556     $ 102,642     $     $     $ 242,151  
Non-performing                 213       90                               303  
Total   $ 18,873     $ 32,165     $ 36,663     $ 28,555     $ 23,556     $ 102,642     $     $     $ 242,454  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Commercial real estate                                                                        
Pass   $ 111,456     $ 86,068     $ 70,546     $ 63,905     $ 54,060     $ 140,866     $ 6,110     $     $ 533,011  
Special Mention                       91             111                   202  
Substandard                                                      
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 111,456     $ 86,068     $ 70,546     $ 63,996     $ 54,060     $ 140,977     $ 6,110     $     $ 533,213  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Construction and land                                                                        
Pass   $ 10,037     $ 12,982     $ 3,405     $     $     $ 2,863     $     $     $ 29,287  
Special Mention                                                      
Substandard                                                      
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 10,037     $ 12,982     $ 3,405     $     $     $ 2,863     $     $     $ 29,287  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Home equity loans and lines of credit                                                                        
Performing   $ 492     $ 1,181     $ 1,271     $ 1,523     $ 265     $ 1,090     $ 25,808     $     $ 31,630  
Non-performing                 148                                     148  
Total   $ 492     $ 1,181     $ 1,419     $ 1,523     $ 265     $ 1,090     $ 25,808     $     $ 31,778  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Commercial business                                                                        
Pass   $ 669     $ 1,195     $ 465     $ 2,001     $ 1,061     $ 2,270     $ 12,240     $ 147     $ 20,048  
Special Mention                                                      
Substandard                                                      
Doubtful                                                      
Total   $ 669     $ 1,195     $ 465     $ 2,001     $ 1,061     $ 2,270     $ 12,240     $ 147     $ 20,048  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      
                                                                         
Other                                                                        
Performing   $ 464     $ 18     $     $ 25     $     $ 1,423     $ 189     $     $ 2,119  
Non-performing                                                      
Total   $ 464     $ 18     $     $ 25     $     $ 1,423     $ 189     $     $ 2,119  
Current period gross charge-offs                                                      

 

Management further monitors the performance and credit quality of the loan portfolio by analyzing the age of the portfolio as determined by the length of time a recorded payment is past due. The Bank was not accruing interest on any loans delinquent 90 days or greater as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025. The following tables present the classes of the loan portfolio summarized by the aging categories of loans for the periods presented:

 

          30-59     60-89              
          Days     Days     90 Days +     Total  
    Current     Past Due     Past Due     Past Due     Loans  
    (In thousands)  
March 31, 2026                                        
One-to-four family residential   $ 230,796     $ 3,425     $     $ 213     $ 234,434  
Commercial real estate     543,245       14,284       235             557,764  
Construction and land     34,594       1,120                   35,714  
Home equity lines of credit     30,163             66       81       30,310  
Commercial business     19,187       691                   19,878  
Other     1,842                         1,842  
Total   $ 859,827     $ 19,520     $ 301     $ 294     $ 879,942  

 

          30-59     60-89              
          Days     Days     90 Days +     Total  
    Current     Past Due     Past Due     Past Due     Loans  
    (In thousands)  
September 30, 2025                              
One-to four-family residential   $ 240,975     $ 1,016     $ 160     $ 303     $ 242,454  
Commercial real estate     532,867             346             533,213  
Construction and land     29,287                         29,287  
Home equity lines of credit     31,630                   148       31,778  
Commercial business     19,913       135                   20,048  
Other     2,119                         2,119  
Total   $ 856,791     $ 1,151     $ 506     $ 451     $ 858,899  

 

There were two residential loans totaling $294 thousand that were in the process of foreclosure at March 31, 2026.

 

Individually Evaluated Loans

 

Management individually evaluates a loan when, based on current information and events, it is determined that the Company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the loan contract.

 

The following tables provide detail on the Company’s loans individually evaluated by collateral type in the Company’s allowance for credit losses with the associated allowance amount, if applicable, as of March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025:

 

    Unpaid              
    Principal     Recorded     Allowance for  
    Balance     Investment     Credit Losses  
    (In thousands)  
March 31, 2026                  
Real Estate Collateral:                        
One-to-four family residential   $ 213     $ 213     $  
Commercial real estate     510       510        
Construction and land     1,120       1,120       532  
Home loans and lines of credit     81       81        
Total   $ 1,924     $ 1,924     $ 532  

  

    Unpaid              
    Principal     Recorded     Allowance for  
    Balance     Investment     Credit Losses  
    (In thousands)  
September 30, 2025                  
Real Estate Collateral:                        
One-to-four family residential   $ 303     $ 303     $  
Home loans and lines of credit     148       148        
Total   $ 451     $ 451     $  

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

 

An ACL is maintained to absorb losses from the loan portfolio. Management reviews the loan portfolio on a quarterly basis using a defined, consistently applied process to make appropriate and timely adjustments to the ACL. When information confirms all or part of specific loans to be uncollectible, these amounts are promptly charged off against the ACL. As loans individually evaluated for impairment are promptly written down to their fair value, typically there is no portion of the ACL for individually evaluated loans.

The following tables set forth the allocation of the Bank’s ACL by loan category at the dates indicated. The portion of the ACL allocated to each loan category does not represent the total available for future losses which may occur within the loan category as the total allowance for credit losses is a valuation allocation applicable to the entire loan portfolio. The Company generally charges off the collateral or discounted cash flow deficiency on all loans at 90 days past due and all loans rated substandard or worse that are 90 days past due.

 

    One-to-Four                 Home Equity                          
    Family     Commercial     Construction     Lines of     Commercial                    
    Residential     Real Estate     and Land     Credit     Business     Other     Unallocated     Total  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
                                                 
Balance-September 30, 2025   $ 838     $ 5,975     $ 754     $ 40     $ 742     $ 2     $ (1 )   $ 8,350  
Charge-offs                                                
Recoveries                             2                   2  
Provision (credit)     (152 )     (249 )     524       (8 )     (42 )     (2 )           71  
Balance- December 31, 2025   $ 686     $ 5,726     $ 1,278     $ 32     $ 702     $     $ (1 )   $ 8,423  
Charge-offs                                                
Recoveries                             4                   4  
Provision (credit)     (17 )     92       100       (1 )     (3 )           1       172  
Balance- March 31, 2026   $ 669     $ 5,818     $ 1,378     $ 31     $ 703     $     $     $ 8,599  

 

    One-to-Four                 Home Equity                          
    Family     Commercial     Construction     Lines of     Commercial                    
    Residential     Real Estate     and Land     Credit     Business     Other     Unallocated     Total  
    (In thousands)  
                                                 
Balance- September 30, 2024   $ 755     $ 5,334     $ 624     $ 30     $ 805     $     $     $ 7,548  
Charge-offs                                                
Recoveries                             103                   103  
Provision (credit)     (1 )     261       71       3       (125 )                 209  
Balance- December 31, 2024   $ 754     $ 5,595     $ 695     $ 33     $ 783     $     $     $ 7,860  
Charge-offs                                                
Recoveries                             5                   5  
Provision (credit)     1       54       (169 )     2       (17 )           200       71  
Balance- March 31, 2025   $ 755     $ 5,649     $ 526     $ 35     $ 771     $     $ 200     $ 7,936  

 

The Company’s ACL increased by $249 thousand to $8.6 million, or 0.98% of total loan receivable, during the six months ended March 31, 2026 from $8.4 million at September 30, 2025. Growth in loans receivable during the six months ended March 31, 2026 as well as an increase in specific reserves for individually evaluated loans resulted in additional provisions for credit losses according to current economic and business conditions.

 

During the six months ended March 31, 2026, there were no loans modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.