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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q   
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016

OR


☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _______ to ____________

Commission file number 001-32216

NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland 
47-0934168 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

275 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(212) 792-0107
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer ☒Accelerated Filer ☐Non-Accelerated Filer ☐Smaller Reporting Company ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ☐ No ☒


The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding on November 1, 2015May 5, 2016 was 109,401,721.109,409,236.





NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.

FORM 10-Q

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   




PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except share data)
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
(unaudited)  (unaudited)  
ASSETS      
Investment securities, available for sale, at fair value (including pledged securities of $636,081 and $702,684, respectively)$733,227
 $816,647
Investment securities, available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trusts40,608
 38,594
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net)132,882
 149,614
Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net)156,062
 221,591
Distressed residential mortgage loans353,357
 361,106
Investment securities, available for sale, at fair value (including $41,490 and $40,734 held in securitization trusts as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively and pledged securities of $645,267 and $639,683, as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)$794,473
 $765,454
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, net113,186
 119,921
Distressed residential mortgage loans, net (including $0 and $114,214 held in securitization trusts)537,616
 558,989
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, at fair value7,296,462
 8,365,514
7,250,586
 7,105,336
Derivative assets286,913
 288,850
288,925
 228,775
Receivables for securities sold1,480
 
1,858
 
Cash and cash equivalents123,801
 75,598
39,931
 61,959
Receivables and other assets237,018
 222,491
226,369
 215,808
Total Assets (1)
$9,361,810
 $10,540,005
$9,252,944
 $9,056,242
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      
Liabilities:      
Financing arrangements, portfolio investments$586,075
 $651,965
$589,919
 $577,413
Financing arrangements, distressed residential mortgage loans185,452
 238,949
216,604
 212,155
Residential collateralized debt obligations129,090
 145,542
110,023
 116,710
Multi-family collateralized debt obligations, at fair value7,011,351
 8,048,053
6,957,293
 6,818,901
Securitized debt140,946
 232,877
83,471
 116,541
Derivative liabilities6,670
 1,463
4,998
 1,500
Payable for securities purchased283,991
 283,537
311,250
 227,969
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (including $572 and $6,317 to related parties, respectively)62,587
 74,692
Accrued expenses and other liabilities59,378
 59,527
Subordinated debentures45,000
 45,000
45,000
 45,000
Total liabilities (1)
8,451,162
 9,722,078
8,377,936
 8,175,716
Commitments and Contingencies
 

 
Stockholders' Equity:      
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 7.75% Series B cumulative redeemable, $25 liquidation preference per share, 6,000,000 and 3,450,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively72,397
 72,397
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 7.875% Series C cumulative redeemable, $25 liquidation preference per share, 4,140,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2015, 3,600,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively86,862
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 109,401,721 and 105,094,565 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively1,094
 1,051
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 7.75% Series B cumulative redeemable, $25 liquidation preference per share, 6,000,000 shares authorized, 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding$72,397
 $72,397
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 7.875% Series C cumulative redeemable, $25 liquidation preference per share, 4,140,000 shares authorized, 3,600,000 shares issued and outstanding86,862
 86,862
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 109,409,236 and 109,401,721 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively1,094
 1,094
Additional paid-in capital734,381
 701,871
734,664
 734,610
Accumulated other comprehensive income2,222
 10,015
Retained earnings13,692
 32,593
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)4,106
 (2,854)
Accumulated deficit(24,115) (11,583)
Total stockholders' equity910,648
 817,927
$875,008
 $880,526
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity$9,361,810
 $10,540,005
$9,252,944
 $9,056,242

(1) Our condensed consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities ("VIEs") as the Company is the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, assets of consolidated VIEs totaled $7,674,252$7,432,157 and $8,847,078,$7,413,082, respectively, and the liabilities of consolidated VIEs totaled $7,307,182$7,175,369 and $8,457,034,$7,077,175, respectively. See Note 7 for further discussion.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
INTEREST INCOME:          
Investment securities and other$6,792
 $12,868
 $28,332
 $42,025
$8,434
 $11,344
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts63,431
 75,891
 192,715
 226,336
63,532
 66,300
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts875
 970
 2,950
 2,772
837
 1,180
Distressed residential mortgage loans11,489
 5,208
 31,975
 14,590
8,823
 10,161
Total interest income82,587
 94,937
 255,972
 285,723
81,626
 88,985
          
INTEREST EXPENSE:          
Investment securities and other3,432
 1,230
 10,337
 4,102
3,849
 3,463
Multi-family collateralized debt obligations57,388
 69,310
 174,475
 207,167
57,200
 60,095
Residential collateralized debt obligations219
 223
 679
 686
303
 239
Securitized debt2,782
 4,389
 8,883
 13,350
2,131
 3,127
Subordinated debentures474
 465
 1,402
 1,390
501
 460
Total interest expense64,295
 75,617
 195,776
 226,695
63,984
 67,384
   
NET INTEREST INCOME18,292
 19,320
 60,196
 59,028
17,642
 21,601
          
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):       
Provision for loan losses(1,117) (82) (1,664) (1,234)
Realized (loss) gain on investment securities and related hedges, net(2,895) 17,055
 (3,062) 20,419
OTHER INCOME (LOSS):   
Recovery (provision) for loan losses645
 (436)
Realized gain on investment securities and related hedges, net1,266
 1,124
Gain on de-consolidation of multi-family loans held in securitization trust and multi-family collateralized debt obligations
 
 1,483
 

 1,483
Realized gain on distressed residential mortgage loans27,224
 834
 31,514
 9,477
5,548
 676
Unrealized loss on investment securities and related hedges, net(2,631) (1,020) (3,643) (4,047)(2,490) (5,728)
Unrealized (loss) gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net(2,170) 18,115
 16,876
 43,060
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 (3,397) 
 (3,397)
Other income (including $1,293, $1,244, $4,873 and $1,548 from related parties, respectively)1,807
 1,613
 6,393
 2,326
Unrealized gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net818
 13,628
Other income3,073
 2,286
Total other income20,218
 33,118
 47,897
 66,604
8,860
 13,033
          
Base management and incentive fees (including $1,029, $5,747, $5,851 and $7,966 to related parties, respectively)3,676
 7,752
 14,687
 15,396
Base management and incentive fees3,526
 6,870
Expenses related to distressed residential mortgage loans3,261
 1,491
 7,827
 3,920
3,194
 1,884
Other general and administrative expenses2,893
 2,370
 7,302
 7,433
2,640
 2,092
Total general, administrative and other expenses9,830
 11,613
 29,816
 26,749
9,360
 10,846
          
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES28,680
 40,825
 78,277
 98,883
17,142
 23,788
Income tax expense3,048
 1,100
 4,471
 4,668
191
 245
NET INCOME25,632
 39,725
 73,806
 94,215
16,951
 23,543
Preferred stock dividends(3,225) (1,453) (7,765) (4,359)(3,225) (1,453)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$22,407
 $38,272
 $66,041
 $89,856
$13,726
 $22,090
          
Basic income per common share$0.20
 $0.42
 $0.61
 $1.06
$0.13
 $0.21
Diluted income per common share$0.20
 $0.42
 $0.61
 $1.06
$0.13
 $0.21
Weighted average shares outstanding-basic109,402
 90,685
 108,061
 85,018
109,402
 105,488
Weighted average shares outstanding-diluted109,402
 90,685
 108,061
 85,018
109,402
 105,488

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
 For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2015 2014 2015 2014
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$22,407
 $38,272
 $66,041
 $89,856
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)       
Increase in net unrealized gain on available for sale securities3,566
 3,759
 3,212
 25,636
Reclassification adjustment for net gain included in net income
 (4,884) (9,063) (4,884)
(Decrease) increase in fair value of derivative instruments utilized for cash flow hedges(781) 1,181
 (1,942) (149)
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)2,785
 56
 (7,793) 20,603
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$25,192
 $38,328
 $58,248
 $110,459
 For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 2016 2015
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$13,726
 $22,090
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME   
Increase in fair value on available for sale securities7,862
 3,137
Decrease in fair value of derivative instruments utilized for cash flow hedges(902) (1,261)
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME6,960
 1,876
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS$20,686
 $23,966

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
Common
Stock
 
Preferred
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
(Loss) Income
 Total
Balance, December 31, 2014$1,051
 $72,397
 $701,871
 $32,593
 $10,015
 $817,927
Net income
 
 
 73,806
 
 73,806
Stock issuance, net43
 86,862
 32,510
 
 
 119,415
Dividends declared
 
 
 (92,707) 
 (92,707)
Reclassification adjustment for net gain included in net income
 
 
 
 (9,063) (9,063)
Increase in net unrealized loss on available for sale securities
 
 
 
 3,212
 3,212
Decrease in fair value of derivative instruments utilized for cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 (1,942) (1,942)
Balance, September 30, 2015$1,094
 $159,259
 $734,381
 $13,692
 $2,222
 $910,648
 
Common
Stock
 
Preferred
Stock
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 Accumulated Deficit 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
(Loss) Income
 Total
Balance, December 31, 2015$1,094
 $159,259
 $734,610
 $(11,583) $(2,854) $880,526
Net income
 
 
 16,951
 
 16,951
Stock issuance, net
 
 54
 
 
 54
Dividends declared on common and preferred stock
 
 

 (29,483) 
 (29,483)
Increase in fair value on available for sale securities
 
 
 
 7,862
 7,862
Decrease in fair value of derivative instruments utilized for cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 (902) (902)
Balance, March 31, 2016$1,094
 $159,259
 $734,664
 $(24,115) $4,106
 $875,008

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)


For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net income$73,806
 $94,215
$16,951
 $23,543
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Net amortization1,440
 (2,883)
Realized loss (gain) on investment securities and related hedges, net3,062
 (20,419)
Net amortization (accretion)1,012
 (1,226)
Realized gain on investment securities and related hedges, net(1,266) (1,124)
Realized gain on distressed residential mortgage loans(31,514) (9,477)(5,548) (676)
Unrealized loss on investment securities and related hedges, net3,643
 4,047
2,490
 5,728
Gain on de-consolidation of multi-family loans held in securitization trusts and multi-family collateralized debt obligations(1,483) 

 (1,483)
Unrealized gain on loans and debt held in multi-family securitization trusts(16,876) (43,060)(818) (13,628)
Net decrease in loans held for sale14
 38
151
 4
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 3,397
Provision for loan losses1,664
 1,234
(Recovery of) provision for loan losses(645) 436
Income from investments in limited partnerships and limited liability companies(8,603) (2,192)(4,366) (2,920)
Distributions of income from investments in limited partnership and limited liability companies6,199
 1,019
6,119
 2,302
Amortization of stock based compensation, net721
 929
253
 174
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:      
Receivables and other assets8,331
 (825)4,339
 (136)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities and accrued expenses, related parties(11,758) 2,629
Accrued expenses and other liabilities(151) (5,346)
Net cash provided by operating activities28,646
 28,652
18,521
 5,648
   
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:      
Restricted cash1,577
 (19,754)(6,483) 1,534
Proceeds from sales of investment securities58,875
 
Purchases of investment securities(87,844) (20,273)(90,351) 
Proceeds from sales of investment securities67,775
 41,442
Purchases of FHLBI stock(5,445) 
Purchases of other assets(29) (100)(2) (4)
Funding of first mortgage loan
 (1,142)
Funding of mezzanine loans, equity and preferred equity investments(43,800) (12,567)
 (12,701)
Proceeds from sale of mezzanine loans
 5,590
Net (purchases) proceeds on other derivative instruments settled during the period(5,820) 4,360
Net proceeds on other derivative instruments settled during the period1,418
 1,165
Principal repayments received on residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts16,100
 9,949
6,421
 6,776
Principal repayments and proceeds from sales and refinancing of distressed residential mortgage loans232,075
 61,036
47,441
 36,643
Principal repayments received on multi-family loans held in securitization trusts57,421
 50,195
34,745
 19,793
Principal paydowns on investment securities - available for sale79,055
 75,140
24,427
 11,618
Proceeds from sale of real estate owned750
 3,559
541
 344
Purchases of residential mortgage loans and distressed residential mortgage loans(97,654) (50,515)(29,684) 
Proceeds from sales of loans held in multi-family securitization trusts65,587
 

 44,261
Net cash provided by investing activities279,748
 146,920
47,348
 109,429
   
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:      
Payments made on financing arrangements, net of FHLBI advances(119,387) (163,244)
Common stock issuance, net31,832
 185,734
Preferred stock issuance, net86,862
 
Net Proceeds from (payments made on) financing arrangements, including FHLBI advances and payments16,955
 (32,945)
Common stock issuance (repurchases), net(198) 20,839
Dividends paid on common stock(87,061) (62,220)(26,256) (28,376)
Dividends paid on preferred stock(5,993) (4,359)(3,225) (1,453)
Payments made on residential collateralized debt obligations(16,519) (10,151)(6,715) (7,205)
Payments made on multi-family collateralized debt obligations(57,411) (53,543)(34,741) (19,790)
Payments made on securitized debt(92,514) (71,074)(33,717) (32,755)
Net cash used in financing activities(260,191) (178,857)(87,897) (101,685)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents48,203
 (3,285)
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents(22,028) 13,392
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Period75,598
 31,798
61,959
 75,598
Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Period$123,801
 $28,513
$39,931
 $88,990
   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
(Dollar amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)


   
Supplemental Disclosure:      
Cash paid for interest$232,077
 $265,842
$75,048
 $82,606
Cash paid for income taxes$2,720
 $5,741
$807
 $1,180
Non-Cash Investment Activities:      
Sales of investment securities not yet settled$1,480
 $
$1,858
 $19,373
Purchase of investment securities not yet settled$283,991
 $215,417
$311,250
 $350,145
Deconsolidation of multi-family loans held in securitization trusts$1,075,529
 $
$
 $1,075,529
Deconsolidation of multi-family collateralized debt obligations$1,009,942
 $
$
 $1,031,268
Non-Cash Financing Activities:      
Dividends declared on common stock to be paid in subsequent period$26,256
 $24,485
$26,258
 $29,147
Dividends declared on preferred stock to be paid in subsequent period$3,225
 $1,453
$3,225
 $1,453

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2015March 31, 2016
(unaudited)
1.Organization

New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries ("we,NYMT," "we," "our," "NYMT" or the “Company"), is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, in the business of acquiring, investing in, financing and managing primarily mortgage-related assets and financial assets. Our objective is to manage a portfolio of investments that will deliver stable distributions to our stockholders over diverse economic conditions. We intend to achieve this objectiveconditions through a combination of income generated by net interest margin and net realized capital gains from our diversified investment portfolio. Our portfolio includes investments in mortgage-related and financial assets, residential mortgage loans, including loans sourced from distressed markets, multi-family CMBS, mezzanine loans to and preferred equity investments in owners of multi-family properties, equity and debt securities issued by entities that invest in commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments, Agency RMBS consisting of fixed-rate, adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate RMBS and Agency IOs consisting of interest only and inverse interest-only RMBS that represent the right to the interest component of the cash flow from a pool of mortgage loans.loans and certain other investments in mortgage-related and financial assets.

The Company conducts its business through the parent company, New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., and several subsidiaries, including special purpose subsidiaries established for residential loan, distressed residential loan and CMBS securitization purposes, taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs") and qualified REIT subsidiaries ("QRSs"). The Company consolidates all of its subsidiaries under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The Company is organized and conducts its operations to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As such, the Company will generally not be subject to federal income tax on that portion of its income that is distributed to stockholders if it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders by the due date of its federal income tax return and complies with various other requirements.


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2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Definitions – The following defines certain of the commonly used terms in these financial statements: “RMBS”

“RMBS” refers to residential adjustable-rate, hybrid adjustable-rate, fixed-rate, interest only and inverse interest only and principal only mortgage-backed securities; “Agency
“Agency RMBS” refers to RMBS representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation (“GSE”), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), or an agency of the U.S. government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”); “non-Agency
“Non-Agency RMBS” refers to RMBS backed by prime jumbo mortgage loans including re-performing and non-performing loans; “IOs”
“IOs” refers collectively to interest only and inverse interest only mortgage-backed securities that represent the right to the interest component of the cash flow from a pool of mortgage loans; “POs”
“POs” refers to mortgage-backed securities that represent the right to the principal component of the cash flow from a pool of mortgage loans; “Agency
“Agency IOs” refers to an IO that represents the right to the interest component of the cash flows from a pool of residential mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a GSE or an agency of the U.S. government; “ARMs”
“ARMs” refers to adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans; “Prime
“Prime ARM loans” and “residential securitized loans” each refer to prime credit quality residential ARM loans (“prime ARM loans”) held in securitization trusts; “Agency ARMs” refers to Agency RMBS comprised of adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate RMBS; “CMBS”
“CMBS” refers to commercial mortgage-backed securities comprised of commercial mortgage pass-through securities, as well as IO or PO securities that represent the right to a specific component of the cash flow from a pool of commercial mortgage loans; “multi-family
“Multi-family CMBS” refers to CMBS backed by commercial mortgage loans on multi-family properties; “CDOs” refers to collateralized debt obligations; and “CLO”
“CLO” refers to collateralized loan obligations.

Basis of Presentation – The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 20142015 has been derived from audited financial statements. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of changes in stockholders’ equity for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 are unaudited. In our opinion, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X and the instructions to Form 10-Q. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014,2015, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management has made significant estimates in several areas, including valuation of its CMBS investments, multi-family loans held in securitization trusts and multi-family CDOs, as well as, income recognition on distressed residential mortgage loans purchased at a discount. Although the Company’s estimates contemplate current conditions and how it expects them to change in the future, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be different than anticipated in those estimates, which could materially impact the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition. Management has made significant estimates in several areas, including valuation of its CMBS investments, multi-family loans held in securitization trusts and multi-family CDOs, as well as, income recognition on distressed residential mortgage loans purchased at a discount.

Principles of Consolidation and Variable Interest Entities – The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of all its subsidiaries which are majority-owned, controlled by the Company or a VIE where the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.



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A VIE is an entity that lacks one or more of the characteristics of a voting interest entity. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The Company consolidates a VIE when it is the primary beneficiary of such VIE.VIE, herein referred to as a "Consolidated VIE". As primary beneficiary, it has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and a right to receive benefits or absorb losses of the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE. The Company is required to reconsider its evaluation of whether to consolidate a VIE each reporting period, based upon changes in the facts and circumstances pertaining to the VIE.


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Investment Securities Available for Sale – The Company's investment securities, where the fair value option has not been elected and which are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”), include Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS and CLOs.CMBS. The Company has elected the fair value option for its Agency IOs, U.S. Treasury securities, certain Agency ARMs and Agency Fixed Securitiesfixed rate securities within the Agency IO portfolio, which measures unrealized gains and losses through earnings in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The fair value option was elected for these investment securities to mitigate earnings volatility by better matchingmatch the accounting for these investment securities with the related derivative instruments within the Agency IO portfolio. The derivative instruments within the Agency IO portfolio, which are not designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes.

The Company generally intends to hold its investment securities until maturity; however, from time to time, it may sell any of its securities as part of the overall management of its business. As a result, our investment securities are classified as available for sale securities.

Realized gains and losses recorded on the sale of investment securities available for sale are based on the specific identification method and included in realized gain (loss) on investment securities and related hedges in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Interest income on our investment securities available for sale is accrued based on the outstanding principal balance and their contractual terms. Purchase premiums or discounts on investment securities are amortized or accreted to interest income over the estimated life of the investment securities using the effective yield method. Adjustments to amortization are made for actual prepayment activity.

Interest income on our credit sensitive securities, such as our CMBS that were purchased at a discount to par value, is recognized based on the security’s effective interest rate. The effective interest rate on these securities is based on management’s estimate from each security of the projected cash flows, which are estimated based on assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of credit losses. On at least a quarterly basis, management reviews and, if appropriate, adjusts its cash flow projections based on input and analysis received from external sources, internal models, and its judgment about interest rates, prepayment rates, the timing and amount of credit losses, and other factors. Changes in cash flows from those originally projected, or from those estimated at the last evaluation, may result in a prospective change in the yield/interest income recognized on these securities.

A portion of the purchase discount on the Company’s first loss tranche PO multi-family CMBS is designated as non-accretable purchase discount or credit reserve, which partially mitigates the Company’s risk of loss on the mortgages collateralizing such multi-family CMBS, and is not expected to be accreted into interest income. The amount designated as a credit reserve may be adjusted over time, based on the actual performance of the security, its underlying collateral, actual and projected cash flow from such collateral, economic conditions and other factors. If the performance of a security with a credit reserve is more favorable than forecasted, a portion of the amount designated as credit reserve may be accreted into interest income over time. Conversely, if the performance of a security with a credit reserve is less favorable than forecasted, the amount designated as credit reserve may be increased, or impairment charges and writedowns of such securities to a new cost basis could be required.

The Company accounts for debt securities that are of high credit quality (generally those rated AA or better by a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization, or NRSRO), at date of acquisition in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 320-10. The Company accounts for debt securities that are not of high credit quality (i.e., those whose risk of loss is less than remote) or securities that can be contractually prepaid such that we would not recover our initial investment at the date of acquisition in accordance with ASC 325-40. The Company considers credit ratings, the underlying credit risk and other market factors in determining whether the debt securities are of high credit quality; however, securities rated lower than AA or an equivalent rating are not considered of high credit quality and are accounted for in accordance with ASC 325-40. If ratings are inconsistent among NRSROs, the Company uses the lower rating in determining whether the securities are of high credit quality.





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The Company assesses its impaired securities on at least a quarterly basis and designates such impairments as either “temporary” or “other-than-temporary” by applying the guidance prescribed in ASC Topic 320-10. When the fair value of an investment security is less than its amortized cost as of the reporting balance sheet date, the security is considered impaired.  If the Company intends to sell an impaired security, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the impaired security before its anticipated recovery, then it must recognize an other-than-temporary impairment through earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s amortized cost and its fair value as of the balance sheet date. If the Company does not expect to sell an other-than-temporarily impaired security, only the portion of the other-than-temporary impairment related to credit losses is recognized through earnings with the remainder recognized as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Impairments recognized through other comprehensive income (loss) do not impact earnings. Following the recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment through earnings, a new cost basis is established for the security, which may not be adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value through earnings. However, other-than-temporary impairments recognized through earnings may be accreted back to the amortized cost basis of the security on a prospective basis through interest income. The determination as to whether an other-than-temporary impairment exists and, if so, the amount considered other-than-temporarily impaired is subjective, as such determinations are based on both factual and subjective information available at the time of assessment as well the Company’s estimates of the future performance and cash flow projections. As a result, the timing and amount of other-than-temporary impairments constitute material estimates that are susceptible to significant change.

In determining the other-than temporary impairment related to credit losses for securities that are not of high credit quality, the Company compares the present value of the remaining cash flows expected to be collected at the prior reporting date or purchase date, (or last date previously revised)whichever is most recent against the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected at the current financial reporting date. The Company considers information available about the past and expected future performance of underlying mortgage loans, including timing of expected future cash flows, prepayment rates, default rates, loss severities and delinquency rates.


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Investment Securities Available for Sale Held in Securitization Trusts – The Company’s investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are comprised of multi-family CMBS consisting of PO securities that represent the first loss tranche of the securitizations from which they were issued, or “first loss tranche”, and certain IOs issued from two Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations. These securities are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported in OCI. Realized gains and losses recorded on the sale of investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts are based on the specific identification method and included in realized gain (loss) on sale of securities and related hedges in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Purchase premiums or discounts are amortized or accreted to interest income over the estimated life of the investment securities using the effective yield method.

Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts – Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are comprised of certain ARM loans transferred to Consolidated VIEs that have been securitized into sequentially rated classes of beneficial interests. The Company accounted for these securitization trusts as financings which are consolidated into the Company’s financial statements. Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are carried at their unpaid principal balances, net of unamortized premium or discount, unamortized loan origination costs and allowance for loan losses. Interest income is accrued and recognized as revenue when earned according to the terms of the mortgage loans and when, in the opinion of management, it is collectible. The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued when, in management’s opinion, the interest is not collectible in the normal course of business, but in no case when payment becomes greater than 90 days delinquent. Loans return to accrual status when principal and interest become current and are anticipated to be fully collectible.

We establish an allowance for loan losses based on management's judgment and estimate of credit losses inherent in our portfolio of residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts. Estimation involves the consideration of various credit-related factors, including but not limited to, macro-economic conditions, current housing market conditions, loan-to-value ratios, delinquency status, historical credit loss severity rates, purchased mortgage insurance, the borrower's current economic condition and other factors deemed to warrant consideration. Additionally, we look at the balance of any delinquent loan and compare that to the current value of the collateralizing property. We utilize various home valuation methodologies including appraisals, broker pricing opinions, internet-based property data services to review comparable properties in the same area or consult with a real estate agent in the property's area.

Acquired Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans – Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are comprised of pools of fixed and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans acquired by the Company at a discount, (thatwith evidence of credit deterioration since their origination and where it is due, in part, topossible that the credit quality of the borrower).Company will not collect all contractually required principal payments. Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are distressed residential mortgage loans transferred to Consolidated VIEs that have been securitized into beneficial interests. The Company accounted for these securitization trusts as financings which are consolidated into the Company’s financial statements.

The Company considers the purchase price for the acquired distressed residential mortgage loans to be at fair value at the date of acquisition. These acquired distressed residential mortgage loans were initially recorded at fair value with no allowance for loan losses.

Acquired distressed residential mortgage loans that have evidence of deteriorated credit quality at acquisition are accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30, "Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality" ("ASC 310-30"). Management evaluates whether there is evidence of credit quality deterioration as of the acquisition date using indicators such as past due or modified status, risk ratings, recent borrower credit scores and recent loan-to-value percentages. Acquired distressed residential mortgage loans are recorded at fair value as the date of acquisition, with no allowance for loan losses. Under ASC 310-30, the acquired loans may be accounted for individually or aggregated and accounted for as a pool of loans if the loans being aggregated have common risk characteristics. A pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an expectation of aggregate cash flows. Once a pool is assembled, it is treated as if it was one loan for purposes of applying the accounting guidanceguidance.

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Under ASC 310-30, the excess of cash flows expected to be collected over the carrying amount of the loans, referred to as the “accretable yield,” is accreted into interest income over the life of the loans in each pool or individually using a level yield methodology. Accordingly, our acquired distressed residential mortgage loans accounted for under ASC 310-30 are not subject to classification as nonaccrual classification in the same manner as our residential mortgage loans that were not distressed when acquired by us. Rather, interest income on acquired distressed residential mortgage loans relates to the accretable yield recognized at the pool level or on an individual loan basis, and not to contractual interest payments received at the loan level. The difference between contractually required principal and interest payments and the cash flows expected to be collected, referred to as the “nonaccretable difference,” includes estimates of both the impact of prepayments and expected credit losses over the life of the individual loan, or the pool (for loans grouped into a pool).


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The CompanyManagement monitors actual cash collections against its expectations, and revised cash flow estimates are prepared as necessary. These estimates incorporate assumptions regarding default rates, loss severities, value of the underlying real estate securing the loans, the amounts and timing of prepayments and other factors that reflect then-current market conditions. A decrease in expected cash flows in subsequent periods may indicate that the loan pool or individual loan, as applicable, is impaired thus requiring the establishment of an allowance for loan losses by a charge to the provision for loan losses. An increase in expected cash flows in subsequent periods initially reduces any previously established allowance for loan losses by the increase in the present value of cash flows expected to be collected, and results in a recalculation of the amount of accretable yield for the loan pool. The adjustment of accretable yield due to an increase in expected cash flows is accounted for prospectively as a change in estimate. The additional cash flows expected to be collected are reclassified from the nonaccretable difference to the accretable yield, and the amount of periodic accretion is adjusted accordingly over the remaining life of the loans in the pool or individual loan, as applicable. The impacts of (i) prepayments, (ii) changes in variable interest rates, and (iii) any other changes in the timing of expected cash flows are recognized prospectively as adjustments to interest income.

An acquiredA distressed residential mortgage loan disposal, which may be resolved either throughinclude a loan sale, receipt of payment (inin full or in part) from the borrower the saleor foreclosure, results in removal of the loan to a third party, or foreclosure offrom the collateral. For acquired distressed residential mortgage loans held in pools, inloan pool at its allocated carrying amount. In the event of a sale of the loan and receipt of payment (in full or partial) from the borrower, a gain or loss on sale is recognized and reported based on the difference between the sales proceeds or payment from the borrower and the allocated carrying amount of the acquired distressed residential mortgage loan. In the case of a foreclosure, an individual loan is removed from the pool, ata gain or loss on sale is recognized and reported based on the difference between the fair value of the underlying collateral less costs to sell. For loans satisfied by payment in full,sell and the loan is removed fromcarrying amount of the pool. acquired distressed residential mortgage loan.

The Company uses the specific allocation method for the removal of loans as the estimated cash flows and related carrying amount for each individual loan are known. In these cases, the remaining accretable yield is unaffected and any material change in remaining effective yield caused by the removal of the loan from the pool is addressed by the re-assessment of the estimate of cash flows for the pool prospectively.

Acquired distressed residential mortgage loans subject to modification are not removed from the pool even if those loans would otherwise be considered troubled debt restructurings because the pool, and not the individual loan, represents the unit of account.

For individual loans not accounted for in pools that are sold or satisfied by payment in full, a gain or loss on sale is recognized and reported based on the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the acquired distressed residential mortgage loan. In the case of a foreclosure, thea gain or loss sale is recognized ifand reported based on the carrying value exceedsdifference between the fair value of the underlying collateral (lessless costs to sell). A gain is not recognized if the fair value of collateral (less costs to sell) exceedssell and the carrying value.amount of the acquired distressed residential mortgage loan.


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Multi-Family Loans Held in Securitization Trusts – Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts are comprised of multi-family mortgage loans held in five and six Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations (the “Consolidated K-Series”) as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, respectively.2015. Based on a number of factors, we determined that we were the primary beneficiary of each VIE within the Consolidated K-Series, met the criteria for consolidation and, accordingly, have consolidated these Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations, including their assets, liabilities, income and expenses in our financial statements. The Company has elected the fair value option on each of the assets and liabilities held within the Consolidated K-Series, which requires that changes in valuations in the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series be reflected in the Company's accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations,operations. The Company has adopted ASU 2014-13 effective January 1, 2016, which updates the guidance on measuring the financial assets and financial liabilities of consolidated collateralized financing entities, or CFEs. The update allows the Company to measure both the financial assets and financial liabilities of a qualifying CFE it consolidates using the fair value of either the CFE’s financial assets or financial liabilities, whichever is more observable. As the Company’s securitization trusts are considered qualifying CFEs, the Company determines the fair value of multi-family loans held in securitization trusts based on the fair value of its multi-family collateralized debt obligations and its retained interests from these securitizations (eliminated in consolidation in accordance with U.S. GAAP), as the Company believes this accounting treatmentfair value of these instruments is more accurately and consistently reflects its results of operations.observable.

Interest income is accrued and recognized as revenue when earned according to the terms of the mortgage loans and when, in the opinion of management, it is collectible. The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued when, in management’s opinion, the interest is not collectible in the normal course of business, but in no case when payment becomes greater than 90 days delinquent. Loans return to accrual status when principal and interest become current and are anticipated to be fully collectible.

Mezzanine Loan and Preferred Equity Investments – The Company invests in mezzanine loans and preferred equity of entities that have significant real estate assets. The mezzanine loan is secured by a pledge of the borrower’s equity ownership in the property. Unlike a mortgage, this loan does not represent a lien on the property. Therefore, it is always junior and subordinate to any first-lien as well as second liens, if applicable, on the property. These loans are senior to any preferred equity or common equity interests. Purchasers of mezzanine loans benefit from a right to foreclose on the ownership equity in a more efficient manner than senior mortgage debt.

A preferred equity investment is an equity investment in the entity that owns the underlying property. Preferred equity is not secured by the underlying property, but holders have priority relative to common equity holders on cash flow distributions and proceeds from capital events. In addition, preferred equity holders may be able to enhance their position and protect their equity position with covenants that limit the entity’s activities and grant the holder the exclusive right to control the property after an event of default.


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Mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments, where the risks and payment characteristics are equivalent to mezzanine loans, are accounted for as loans held for investment and are stated at unpaid principal balance, adjusted for any unamortized premium or discount, deferred fees or expenses, net of valuation allowances, and are included in receivables and other assets. We accreteThe Company has evaluated its mezzanine loan and preferred equity investments for accounting treatment as loans versus equity investment utilizing the guidance provided by the ADC Arrangements Subsection of ASC 310, Receivables.
For mezzanine loan and preferred equity investments where the characteristics, facts and circumstances indicate that loan accounting treatment is appropriate, the Company accretes or amortizeamortizes any discounts or premiums and deferred fees and expenses over the life of the related loan receivableasset utilizing the effective interest method or straight line-method, if the result is not materially different. We evaluate

Management evaluates the collectibility of both interest and principal of each of our loans, if circumstances warrant, to determine whether they are impaired. A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms. When a loan is impaired, the amount of the loss accrual is calculated by comparing the carrying amount of the investment to the estimated fair value of the loan or, as a practical expedient, to the value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. Interest income is accrued and recognized as revenue when earned according to the terms of the loans and when, in the opinion of management, it is collectible. The accrual of interest on loans is discontinued when, in management’s opinion, the interest is not collectible in the normal course of business, but in all cases when payment becomes greater than 90 days delinquent. Loans return to accrual status when principal and interest become current and are anticipated to be fully collectible.

The Company had preferred equity and mezzanine loan investments accounted for as loans included in receivables and other assets in the amounts of $44.4 million and $44.2 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments where the risks and payment characteristics are equivalent to an equity investment are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. See “Investment in Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Companies.Unconsolidated Entities. The mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments are included in receivables and other assets.
 

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Mortgage Loans Held for Investment – Mortgage loans held for investment are stated at unpaid principal balance, adjusted for any unamortized premium or discount, deferred fees or expenses, net of valuation allowances, and are included in receivables and other assets. Interest income is accrued on the principal amount of the loan based on the loan’s contractual interest rate. Amortization of premiums and discounts is recorded using the effective yield method. Interest income, amortization of premiums and discounts and prepayment fees are reported in interest income. A loan is considered to be impaired when it is probable that based upon current information and events, the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Based on the facts and circumstances of the individual loans being impaired, loan specific valuation allowances are established for the excess carrying value of the loan over either: (i) the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate, (ii) the estimated fair value of the loan’s underlying collateral if the loan is in the process of foreclosure or otherwise collateral dependent, or (iii) the loan’s observable market price.

Investments in Limited Partnership and Limited Liability CompaniesUnconsolidated Entities Non-controlling, unconsolidated ownership interests in an entity may be accounted for using the equity method, at fair value or the cost method. In circumstances where the Company has a non-controlling interest but either owns a significant interest or is able to exert influence over the affairs of the enterprise, the Company utilizes the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method of accounting, the initial investment is increased each period for additional capital contributions and a proportionate share of the entity’s earnings or preferred return and decreased for cash distributions and a proportionate share of the entity’s losses. Where the Company is not required to fund additional losses, the Company does not continue to record its proportionate share of the entity’s losses such that its investment balance would go below zero.

Management periodically reviews its investments for impairment based on projected cash flows from the entity over the holding period. When any impairment is identified, the investments are written down to recoverable amounts. The Company had equity method investments included in receivables and other assets in the amounts of $19.9 million and $20.1 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

The Company may account for an investment in an unconsolidated entity at fair value by electing the fair value option. The Company elected the fair value option for certain investments in unconsolidated entities that own interests (directly or indirectly) in commercial and residential real estate assets because the Company determined that such presentation represents the underlying economics of the respective investment. The Company records the change in fair value of its investment in other income in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company had investments in unconsolidated entities at fair value included in receivables and other assets in the amounts of $65.8 million and $67.6 million as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Investments in unconsolidated entities accounted at fair value consist of the following as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

  March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Investment Name Ownership InterestCarrying Amount Ownership InterestCarrying Amount
RB Development Holding Company, LLC 63%$2,034
 63%$1,927
RB Multifamily Investors LLC (1)
 70%$54,814
 70%$56,891
Morrocroft Neighborhood Stabilization Fund II, LP 11%$8,950
 13%$8,753

(1)Includes the Company's preferred and common equity interests.

The following table presents income (loss) from investments in unconsolidated entities accounted at fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
  Three Months Ended March 31,
Investment Name 2016 2015
RB Development Holding Company, LLC $107
 $35
RB Multifamily Investors LLC (1)
 1,756
 1,147
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The Company accounts for an investment that does not qualify for equity method accounting or for which the fair value option was not elected using the cost method if the Company determines the investment in the unconsolidated entity is insignificant. Under the cost method, equity in earnings is recorded as dividends are received to the extent they are not considered a return of capital, which is recorded as a reduction of cost of the investment. The Company had no investments in unconsolidated entities accounted for using the cost method.

Cash and Cash Equivalents – Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, amounts due from banks and overnight deposits. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in highly rated financial institutions, and at times these balances exceed insurable amounts.

Receivables and Other Assets – Receivables and other assets as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 include restricted cash held by third parties of $52.7$27.3 million and $54.2$20.8 million, respectively. Included in restricted cash is $23.9$13.5 million and $40.6$11.6 million held in our Agency IO portfolio to be used for trading purposes and $12.1$13.3 million and $11.4$8.2 million held by counterparties as collateral for hedging instruments as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. Interest receivable on multi-family loans held in securitization trusts is also included in the amounts of $23.9$24.5 million and $29.8$24.6 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively.

Financing Arrangements, Portfolio Investments – The Company finances the majority of its Agency RMBS using repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances.agreements. Under a repurchase agreement, an asset is sold to a counterparty to be repurchased at a future date at a predetermined price, which represents the original sales price plus interest. The Company accounts for these repurchase agreements as financings under ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing. Under ASC 860, for these transactions to be treatedare carried at their contractual amounts, as financings, they must be separate transactions and not linked. Ifspecified in the Company finances the purchase of its securities withrespective agreements. Borrowings under repurchase agreements with the same counterparty from which the securities are purchased and both transactions are entered into contemporaneously or in contemplationgenerally bear interest rates of each other, the transactions are presumed under GAAP to be part of the same arrangement, or a "Linked Transaction," unless certain criteria are met. None of the Company’s repurchase agreements are accounted for as linked transactions because they met the applicable criteria in accordance with ASC 860-10-40.specified margin over one-month LIBOR.


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On February 20, 2015, our wholly-owned, captive-insurance subsidiary, Great Lakes Insurance Holdings LLC (“GLIH”), became a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (“FHLBI”). As a memberOn January 12, 2016, the regulator of the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, released a final rule that amends regulations governing FHLB membership, including preventing captive insurance companies from being eligible for FHLB membership. Under the terms of the final rule, the Company's captive insurance subsidiary is required to terminate its membership and repay its existing advances within one year following the effective date of the final rule. In addition, the Company's captive insurance subsidiary is prohibited from taking new advances or renewing existing maturing advances during the one year transition period. The final rule became effective on February 19, 2016. During January 2016, the Company repaid all of its outstanding FHLBI GLIH has access to a variety of products and services offered by the FHLBI, including secured advances. As of September 30, 2015, GLIH had $121 million in outstanding secured advances, from FHLBI, which are included on the Company’s accompanying condensed balance sheets in financing arrangements, portfolio investments.repayment was funded primarily through repurchase agreement financing.

Financing Arrangements, Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans – The Company finances a portion of its residential mortgage loans, including its distressed residential mortgage loans through a repurchase agreement, expiring within one year.12 to 15 months. The borrowing under the repurchase agreement bears an interest rate of a specified margin over one-month LIBOR. The repurchase agreement is treated as a collateralized financing transaction and is carried at the contractual amounts, as specified in the respective agreement. Costs related to the establishment of the repurchase agreement which include underwriting, legal, accounting and other fees are reflected as deferred charges. Such costs are includedpresented as a deduction from the corresponding debt liability on the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in receivables and other assets in the amount of $0.4$1.9 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and $1.7$2.3 million as of December 31, 2014.2015. These deferred charges are amortized as an adjustment to interest expense using the effective interest method, or straight line-method, if the result is not materially different.

Residential Collateralized Debt Obligations (“Residential CDOs”) – We use Residential CDOs to permanently finance our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts. For financial reporting purposes, the ARM loans held as collateral are recorded as assets of the Company and the Residential CDOs are recorded as the Company’s debt. The Company has completed four residential mortgage loan securitizations since inception. Thein 2005 and 2006.The first three were accounted for as a permanent financing while the fourth was accounted for as a sale and accordingly, is not included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Multi-Family Collateralized Debt Obligations (“Multi-Family CDOs”) – We consolidated the Consolidated K-Series including their debt, referred to as Multi-Family CDOs, in our financial statements. The Multi-Family CDOs permanently finance the multi-family mortgage loans held in the Consolidated K-Series securitizations. For financial reporting purposes, the loans held as collateral are recorded as assets of the Company and the Multi-Family CDOs are recorded as the Company’s debt. We refer to both the Residential CDOs and Multi-Family CDOs as CDOs in this report.





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Securitized Debt – Securitized Debt represents third-party liabilities of Consolidated VIEs and excludes liabilities of the VIEs acquired by the Company that are eliminated on consolidation. The Company has entered into several financing transactions that resulted in the Company consolidating as VIEs the special purpose entities (the “SPEs”) that were created to facilitate the transactions and to which underlying assets in connection with the financing were transferred. The Company engaged in these transactions primarily to obtain permanent or longer term financing on a portion of its multi-family CMBS and acquired distressed residential mortgage loans.

Costs related to issuance of securitized debt which include underwriting, rating agency, legal, accounting and other fees are reflected as deferred charges. Such costs are includedpresented as a deduction from the corresponding debt liability on the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets in receivables and other assets in the amount of $1.3$0.5 million and $2.2$1.0 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. These deferred charges are amortized as an adjustment to interest expense using the effective interest method, or straight line-method, if the result is not materially different.

Derivative Financial InstrumentsTheIn accordance with ASC 815, the Company has developed risk management programs and processes, which include investments inrecords derivative financial instruments designed to manageon its consolidated balance sheet as assets or liabilities at fair value. Changes in fair value are accounted for depending on the use of the derivative instruments and whether they qualify for hedge accounting treatment.

In connection with our investment in Agency IOs, the Company uses several types of derivative instruments such as interest rate swaps, futures, put and prepaymentcall options on futures and TBAs to hedge the interest rate risk, as well as spread risk associated with its securities investment activities.

Derivative instruments contain an element of risk in the event that the counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of such agreements.these investments. The Company minimizes its risk exposure by limiting the counterparties with which it enters into contracts to banks and investment banks who meet established credit and capital guidelines.

The Company invests inalso purchase, or sells short, To-Be-Announced securities (“TBAs”) through its Agency IO portfolio. TBAs are forward-settling purchases and sales of Agency RMBS where the underlying pools of mortgage loans are “To-Be-Announced.” Pursuant to these TBA transactions, we agree to purchase or sell, for future settlement, Agency RMBS with certain principal and interest terms and certain types of underlying collateral, but the particular Agency RMBS to be delivered is not identified until shortly before the TBA settlement date. For TBA contracts that we have entered into, we have not asserted that physical settlement is probable, therefore we have not designated these forward commitments as hedging instruments. RealizedThe use of TBAs, futures, options on futures and interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio hedge the overall risk profile of investment securities in the portfolio. The derivative instruments in our Agency IO portfolio are not designated as hedging instruments, therefore realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with these TBAsderivative instruments are recognized through earnings and reported as part of the other income (expense)(loss) category in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.


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TableThe Company also uses interest rate swaps to hedge the variable cash flows associated with borrowings made under its financing arrangements and Residential CDOs. We typically pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate based on one month LIBOR, on the notional amount of Contents


For derivative instruments that are designatedthe interest rate swaps. The floating rate we receive under our swap agreements has the effect of offsetting the repricing characteristics and cash flows of our financing arrangements. These interest rate swaps, qualify as a cash flow hedge, where the effective portion of the gain or loss on the derivative instrument is reported as a component of OCI and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss on the derivative instruments in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change.

For instruments that are not designated or qualify as a cash flow hedge, such as our use of U.S. Treasury securities or financial futures and options on financial futures contracts, any realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with these instruments are recognized through earnings as other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.change

Termination of Hedging Relationships – The Company employs risk management monitoring procedures to ensure that the designated hedging relationships are demonstrating, and are expected to continue to demonstrate, a high level of effectiveness. Hedge accounting is discontinued on a prospective basis if it is determined that the hedging relationship is no longer highly effective or expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes in fair value of the hedged item.

Additionally, the Company may elect to un-designate a hedge relationship during an interim period and re-designate upon the rebalancing of a hedge profile and the corresponding hedge relationship. When hedge accounting is discontinued, the Company continues to carry the derivative instruments at fair value with changes recorded in current earnings.

Revenue Recognition – Interest income on our investment securities and on our mortgage loans is accrued based on the outstanding principal balance and their contractual terms. Premiums and discounts associated with investment securities and mortgage loans at the time of purchase or origination are amortized into interest income over the life of such securities using the effective yield method. Adjustments to amortization are made for actual prepayment activity.

Interest income on our credit sensitive securities, such as our CLOs and certain of our CMBS that were purchased at a discount to par value, is recognized based on the security’s effective interest rate. The effective interest rate on these securities is based on management’s estimate from each security of the projected cash flows, which are estimated based on the Company’s assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of credit losses. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company reviews and, if appropriate, makes adjustments to its cash flow projections based on input and analysis received from external sources, internal models, and its judgment about interest rates, prepayment rates, the timing and amount of credit losses, and other factors. Changes in cash flows from those originally projected, or from those estimated at the last evaluation, may result in a prospective change in the yield/interest income recognized on these securities.

Based on the projected cash flows from the Company’s first loss tranche PO multi-family CMBS purchased at a discount to par value, a portion of the purchase discount is designated as non-accretable purchase discount or credit reserve, which partially mitigates the Company’s risk of loss on the mortgages collateralizing such multi-family CMBS, and is not expected to be accreted into interest income. The amount designated as a credit reserve may be adjusted over time, based on the actual performance of the security, its underlying collateral, actual and projected cash flow from such collateral, economic conditions and other factors. If the performance of a security with a credit reserve is more favorable than forecasted, a portion of the amount designated as credit reserve may be accreted into interest income over time. Conversely, if the performance of a security with a credit reserve is less favorable than forecasted, the amount designated as credit reserve may be increased, or impairment charges and write-downs of such securities to a new cost basis could result.

With respect to interest rate swaps that have not been designated as hedges, any net payments under, or fluctuations in the fair value of, such swaps will be recognized in current earnings.

See Acquired Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans” for a description of our revenue recognition policy for acquired distressed residential mortgage loans.

Manager Compensation - We are a party to separate investment management agreements with Headlands Asset Management LLC (“Headlands”), The Midway Group, LP (“Midway”) and RiverBanc LLC (“RiverBanc”), with Headlands providing investment management services with respect to our investments in certain distressed residential mortgage loans, Midway providing investment management services with respect to our investments in Agency IOs, and RiverBanc providing investment management services with respect to our investments in multifamily CMBS and certain commercial real estate-related equity and debt investments. These investment management agreements provide for the payment to our investment managers of a management fee, incentive fee and reimbursement of certain operating expenses, which are accrued and expensed during the period for which they are earned or incurred.



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Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) – The Company’s comprehensive income/(loss) available to common stockholders includes net income, the change in net unrealized gains/(losses) on its available for sale securities and its derivative hedging instruments, currently comprised of interest rate swaps, (to the extent that such changes are not recorded in earnings), adjusted by realized net gains/(losses) reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) for available for sale securities and is reduced by dividends declared on the Company’s preferred stock.

Employee Benefits Plans – The Company sponsors a defined contribution plan (the “Plan”) for all eligible domestic employees. The Plan qualifies as a deferred salary arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”). The Company made no contributions to the Plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014.2015.

Stock Based Compensation The Company has awarded restricted stock to eligible employees and officers as part of their compensation. Compensation expense for equity based awards and stock issued for services are recognized over the vesting period of such awards and services based upon the fair value of the award at the grant date.

The Company has awarded restricted stock to eligible employees and officers as part of their compensation. Compensation expense for awarded restricted stock is based on the grant date fair value of the stock and is recognized over the vesting period.

In May 2015, the Company granted certain Performance Share Awards (“PSAs”) which cliff vest after a three-year period, subject to the achievement of certain performance criteria based on a formula tied to the Company’s achievement of three-year total stockholder return (“TSR”) and the Company’s TSR relative to the TSR of certain peer companies. The feature in this award constitutes a “market condition” which impacts the amount of compensation expense recognized for these awards. The grant date fair values of PSAs were determined through Monte-Carlo simulation analysis.

Income Taxes – The Company operates in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT under the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Requirements for qualification as a REIT include various restrictions on ownership of the Company’s stock, requirements concerning distribution of taxable income and certain restrictions on the nature of assets and sources of income. A REIT must distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders, of which 85% plus any undistributed amounts from the prior year must be distributed within the taxable year in order to avoid the imposition of an excise tax. Distribution of the remaining balance may extend until timely filing of the Company’s tax return in the subsequent taxable year. Qualifying distributions of taxable income are deductible by a REIT in computing taxable income.

Certain activities of the Company are conducted through TRSs and therefore are subject to federal and various state and local income taxes. Accordingly, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

ASC 740, Income Taxes, provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the financial statements. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Company’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. In situations involving uncertain tax positions related to income tax matters, we do not recognize benefits unless it is more likely than not that they will be sustained. ASC 740 was applied to all open taxable years as of the effective date. Management’s determinations regarding ASC 740 may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, an ongoing analysis of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof. The Company will recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense.

Earnings Per Share – Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company.

Segment Reporting – ASC 280, Segment Reporting, is the authoritative guidance for the way public entities report information about operating segments in their annual financial statements. We are a REIT focused on the business of acquiring, investing in, financing and managing primarily mortgage-related and financial assets, and currently operate in only one reportable segment.


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Summary of Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Receivables (ASC 310)

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-04, Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40)—Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure (“ASU 2014-04”). The amendments of this ASU are intended to clarify when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan such that the loan should be derecognized and the real estate recognized. In addition, the amendments clarify that if an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, then a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan, upon either: (1) the creditor obtaining legal title to the residential real estate property upon completion of a foreclosure, or (2) the borrower conveying all interest in the residential real estate property to the creditor to satisfy that loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. ASU 2014-04 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2014-04 did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations and disclosures.

Transfers and Servicing (ASC 860)

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing: Repurchase-to-Maturity Transaction, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures (“ASU 2014-09”). This guidance requires repurchase-to-maturity transactions to be accounted for as secured borrowings as if the transferor retains effective control, even though the transferred financial assets are not returned to the transferor at settlement. ASU 2014-09 also eliminates existing guidance for repurchase financings and requires instead that entities consider the initial transfer and the related repurchase agreement separately when applying the derecognition requirements of ASC 860, Transfers and Servicing. New disclosures will be required for (1) certain transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, and (2) transfers accounted for as sales when the transferor also retains substantially all of the exposure to the economic return on the transferred financial assets throughout the term of the transaction. ASU 2014-09 became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2014-11 did not have a significant effect on our financial condition, results of operations and disclosures.

Revenue Recognition (Topic 606)

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”). This guidance creates a new, principle-based revenue recognition framework that will affect nearly every revenue-generating entity. ASU 2014-09 also creates a new topic in the Codification, Topic 606 (“ASC 606”). In addition to superseding and replacing nearly all existing U.S. GAAP revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance, ASC 606 does the following: (1) establishes a new control-based revenue recognition model; (2) changes the basis for deciding when revenue is recognized over time or at a point in time; (3) provides new and more detailed guidance on specific aspects of revenue recognition; and (4) expands and improves disclosures about revenue. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 that defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods therein. Early application is not permitted for public business entities. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance.


Consolidation (Topic 810)

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-13, Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financing Entity (“ASU 2014-13”). For entities that consolidate a collateralized financing entity within the scope of this update, an option to elect to measure the financial assets and the financial liabilities of that collateralized financing entity using either the measurement alternative included in this Update or Topic 820 on fair value measurement is provided. The guidance isbecame effective for fiscal yearsthe Company beginning after December 15, 2015, and the interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period. We do not expect theJanuary 1, 2016. The adoption of this ASU 2014-13 tousing the modified retrospective approach did not have a significant effectan impact on ourthe Company's financial condition and results of operations and disclosures.operations.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”). which changes the guidance on the consolidation of certain investment funds as well as both the variable interest model and the voting model. The update is intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and securitization structures (collateralized debt obligations, collateralized loan obligations, and mortgage-backed security transactions). The guidance isbecame effective for fiscal yearsthe Company beginning after December 31, 2015, and the interim periods within those fiscal years. EarlyJanuary 1, 2016. The adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual period. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance.ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.


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Interest - Imputation of Interest (Topic 835)

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”). The amendments in ASU 2015-03 are intended to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. These amendments require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The guidance became effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10)

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities ("ASU 2016-01"). The amendments in ASU 2015-03 does not address presentation2016-01 require (1) equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements. Given the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff statedthose that they would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the termresult in consolidation of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardlessinvestee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of whether there are any outstanding borrowings onfinancial instruments for disclosure purposes, (3) separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables) and eliminates the line-of-credit arrangement. ASU 2015-15 adds these SEC commentsrequirement for public business entities to disclose the "S" section ofmethod(s) and (4) significant assumptions used to estimate the Codification.fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2015, and15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We do not expectThe Company is currently assessing the adoptionimpact of ASU 2015-03 to have a significant effect on our financial condition, results of operations and disclosures.this guidance.



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Leases (Topic 842)

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) ("ASU 2016-02") which required organizations that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations creates by those leases. Under the new guidance, a lessee will be required to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. Consistent with GAAP, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. Both types of leases however must now be recognized on the balance sheet. The lessee will be required to recognize both a lease liability, which is a lessee‘s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis, and a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance.

Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323)

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-07, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting ("ASU 2016-07"). The amendments eliminate the requirement that when an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence, an investor must adjust the investment, results of operations, and retained earnings retroactively on a step-by-step basis as if the equity method had been in effect during all previous periods that the investment had been held. The amendments require that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor’s previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment becomes qualified for equity method accounting. Therefore, upon qualifying for the equity method of accounting, no retroactive adjustment of the investment is required.

Additionally, the amendments require that an entity that has an available-for-sale equity security that becomes qualified for the equity method of accounting recognize through earnings the unrealized holding gain or loss in accumulated other comprehensive income at the date the investment becomes qualified for use of the equity method. The amendments are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The amendments should be applied prospectively upon their effective date to increases in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence that result in the adoption of the equity method. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance.

Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718)

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU 2016-09"). The amendments simplify several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transaction including: (a) income tax consequences; (b) classification of awards as either equity or liabilities; and (c) classification on the statement of cash flows. The amendments are effective beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted for any interim or annual period. The Company has determined that this ASU will not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.





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3.Investment Securities Available For Sale

Investment securities available for sale consisted of the following as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Amortized  Cost Unrealized Fair Value Amortized  Cost Unrealized Fair ValueAmortized  Cost Unrealized Fair Value Amortized  Cost Unrealized Fair Value
 Gains Losses Gains Losses  Gains Losses Gains Losses 
Agency RMBS (1):
               
Agency RMBS (1)
               
Agency ARMs                              
Freddie Mac$61,303
 $67
 $(268) $61,102
 $57,597
 $55
 $(488) $57,164
$79,924
 $190
 $(229) $79,885
 $62,383
 $41
 $(770) $61,654
Fannie Mae99,287
 88
 (595) 98,780
 113,192
 81
 (1,037) 112,236
88,005
 224
 (393) 87,836
 92,605
 121
 (1,334) 91,392
Ginnie Mae3,087
 8
 (14) 3,081
 12,552
 
 (259) 12,293
35,985
 166
 (253) 35,898
 20,172
 55
 (260) 19,967
Total Agency ARMs163,677
 163
 (877) 162,963
 183,341
 136
 (1,784) 181,693
203,914
 580
 (875) 203,619
 175,160
 217
 (2,364) 173,013
Agency Fixed Rate                              
Freddie Mac33,186
 
 (413) 32,773
 37,800
 
 (629) 37,171
29,994
 
 (287) 29,707
 31,076
 
 (719) 30,357
Fannie Mae396,470
 
 (7,921) 388,549
 451,694
 
 (10,184) 441,510
365,466
 
 (6,369) 359,097
 380,684
 
 (12,149) 368,535
Ginnie Mae12,256
 6
 (309) 11,953
 
 
 
 
521
 
 (8) 513
 25,923
 9
 (111) 25,821
Total Agency Fixed Rate441,912
 6
 (8,643) 433,275
 489,494
 
 (10,813) 478,681
395,981
 
 (6,664) 389,317
 437,683
 9
 (12,979) 424,713
Agency IOs (1)
                              
Freddie Mac35,144
 852
 (5,013) 30,983
 38,844
 273
 (5,779) 33,338
26,216
 860
 (4,676) 22,400
 28,970
 680
 (4,471) 25,179
Fannie Mae44,599
 646
 (5,846) 39,399
 53,666
 741
 (6,388) 48,019
37,632
 446
 (7,718) 30,360
 39,603
 433
 (6,341) 33,695
Ginnie Mae60,383
 779
 (6,277) 54,885
 42,991
 310
 (5,527) 37,774
70,794
 1,697
 (8,043) 64,448
 63,050
 511
 (7,045) 56,516
Total Agency IOs140,126
 2,277
 (17,136) 125,267
 135,501
 1,324
 (17,694) 119,131
134,642
 3,003
 (20,437) 117,208
 131,623
 1,624
 (17,857) 115,390
Total Agency RMBS745,715
 2,446
 (26,656) 721,505
 808,336
 1,460
 (30,291) 779,505
734,537
 3,583
 (27,976) 710,144
 744,466
 1,850
 (33,200) 713,116
Non-Agency RMBS1,815
 56
 (255) 1,616
 2,061
 69
 (191) 1,939
17,126
 120
 (247) 16,999
 1,727
 51
 (211) 1,567
U.S. Treasury securities(1)10,113
 
 (7) 10,106
 
 
 
 
7,982
 7
 
 7,989
 10,113
 
 (76) 10,037
CLOs
 
 
 
 26,140
 9,063
 
 35,203
CMBS (2)
47,237
 12,104
 
 59,341
 28,692
 12,042
 
 40,734
Total investment securities available for sale$757,643
 $2,502
 $(26,918) $733,227
 $836,537
 $10,592
 $(30,482) $816,647
$806,882
 $15,814
 $(28,223) $794,473
 $784,998
 $13,943
 $(33,487) $765,454
CMBS$28,031
 $12,577
 $
 $40,608
 $26,193
 $12,401
 $
 $38,594
Total investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts$28,031
 $12,577
 $
 $40,608
 $26,193
 $12,401
 $
 $38,594

(1)Included in investment securities available for sale are Agency IOs, Agency RMBS and U.S. Treasury securities managed by Midway that are measured at fair value through earnings.
(2) Included in CMBS is $41.5 million and $40.7 million of investment securities for sale held in securitization trusts as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Realized Gain or Loss Activity

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016, the Company received proceeds of approximately $33.3$58.9 million and $67.8 million respectively, realizing approximately a loss of $0.1 million and a gain of $3.1 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company received proceeds of approximately $41.4 million, realizing $16.5 million of net gains, from the saleon sales of investment securities available for sale.sale realizing a loss of approximately $0.5 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company had no sales of investments securities.

Weighted Average Life

Actual maturities of our available for sale securities are generally shorter than stated contractual maturities (which range(with maturities up to 30 years), as they are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments and prepayments of principal. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, based on management’s estimates using the three month historical constant prepayment rate (“CPR”), the weighted average life of the Company’s available for sale securities portfolio was approximately 4.124.2 years and 4.955 years, respectively.


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The following table sets forth the weighted average lives our investment securities available for sale as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Weighted Average LifeSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
0 to 5 years$540,758
 $393,080
$622,949
 $518,594
Over 5 to 10 years162,765
 365,386
152,537
 219,747
10+ years29,704
 58,181
18,987
 27,113
Total$733,227
 $816,647
$794,473
 $765,454

Portfolio Interest Reset Periods

The following tables set forth the stated reset periods of our investment securities available for sale and investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 at carrying value (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Less than 6
months
 6 to 24
months
 More than
24 months
 Total Less than
6 months
 6 to 24
months
 More than
24 months
 TotalLess than 6
months
 6 to 24
months
 More than
24 months
 Total Less than
6 months
 6 to 24
months
 More than
24 months
 Total
Agency RMBS$140,615
 $30,418
 $550,472
 $721,505
 $89,442
 $21,746
 $668,317
 $779,505
$146,846
 $53,003
 $510,295
 $710,144
 $92,693
 $44,700
 $575,723
 $713,116
Non-Agency RMBS1,616
 
 
 1,616
 1,939
 
 
 1,939
15,309
 
 1,690
 16,999
 188
 1,379
 
 1,567
U.S. Treasury securities10,106
 
 
 10,106
 
 
 
 

 7,989
 
 7,989
 10,037
 
 
 10,037
CLOs
 
 
 
 35,203
 
 
 35,203
CMBS17,851
 
 41,490
 59,341
 
 
 40,734
 40,734
Total investment securities available for sale$152,337
 $30,418
 $550,472
 $733,227
 $126,584
 $21,746
 $668,317
 $816,647
$180,006
 $60,992
 $553,475
 $794,473
 $102,918
 $46,079
 $616,457
 $765,454
CMBS$
 $
 $40,608
 $40,608
 $
 $
 $38,594
 $38,594
Total investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts$
 $
 $40,608
 $40,608
 $
 $
 $38,594
 $38,594

Unrealized Losses in OCI

The following tables present the Company's investment securities available for sale in an unrealized loss position reported through OCI, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015Less than 12 Months Greater than 12 months Total
March 31, 2016Less than 12 Months Greater than 12 months Total
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Agency RMBS$146,480
 $(1,090) $409,662
 $(8,395) $556,142
 $(9,485)$18,641
 $(359) $455,020
 $(7,125) $473,661
 $(7,484)
Non-Agency RMBS594
 (116) 200
 (140) 794
 (256)
 
 712
 (247) 712
 (247)
Total investment securities available for sale$147,074
 $(1,206) $409,862
 $(8,535) $556,936
 $(9,741)$18,641
 $(359) $455,732
 $(7,372) $474,373
 $(7,731)

December 31, 2014Less than 12 Months Greater than 12 months Total
December 31, 2015Less than 12 Months Greater than 12 months Total
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
Carrying
Value
 
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Agency RMBS$
 $
 $638,936
 $(12,597) $638,936
 $(12,597)$71,587
 $(688) $476,157
 $(14,497) $547,744
 $(15,185)
Non-Agency RMBS
 
 967
 (191) 967
 (191)771
 
 796
 (211) 1,567
 (211)
Total investment securities available for sale$
 $
 $639,903
 $(12,788) $639,903
 $(12,788)$72,358
 $(688) $476,953
 $(14,708) $549,311
 $(15,396)

Other than Temporary Impairment

For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, the Company recognized no other-than-temporary impairment through earnings.

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4.Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (Net) and Real Estate Owned

Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net) consist of the following as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Unpaid principal balance$136,203
 $152,277
$116,118
 $122,545
Deferred origination costs – net864
 968
736
 775
Reserve for loan losses(4,185) (3,631)(3,668) (3,399)
Total$132,882
 $149,614
$113,186
 $119,921

Allowance for Loan Losses - The following table presents the activity in the Company's allowance for loan losses on residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Balance at beginning of period$3,631
 $2,989
$3,399
 $3,631
Provisions for loan losses819
 522
246
 310
Transfer to real estate owned(70) (157)23
 1
Charge-offs(195) 

 
Balance at the end of period$4,185
 $3,354
$3,668
 $3,942

On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates the adequacy of its allowance for loan losses. The Company’s allowance for loan losses as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 was $4.2$3.7 million, representing 307316 basis points of the outstanding principal balance of residential loans held in securitization trusts, as compared to 238277 basis points as of December 31, 2014.2015. As part of the Company’s allowance for loan loss adequacy analysis, management will assess an overall level of allowances while also assessing credit losses inherent in each non-performing residential mortgage loan held in securitization trusts. These estimates involve the consideration of various credit related factors, including but not limited to, current housing market conditions, current loan to value ratios, delinquency status, the borrower’s current economic and credit status and other relevant factors.

Real Estate Owned – The following table presents the activity in the Company’s real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Balance at beginning of period965
 $1,108
$411
 $965
Write downs
 (103)
 
Transfer from/(to) mortgage loans held in securitization trusts(121) 241
23
 (192)
Disposal(365) (577)
 (315)
Balance at the end of period479
 $669
$434
 $458

Real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts are included in receivables and other assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and write downs are included in provision for loan losses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for reporting purposes.


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All of the Company’s mortgage loans and real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts are pledged as collateral for the Residential CDOs issued by the Company. The Company’s net investment in the residential securitization trusts, which 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 mortgage loans and real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts and (ii) the amount of Residential CDOs outstanding, was $4.8$4.3 million and $5.6$4.4 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively.



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Delinquency Status of Our Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we had 34 delinquent loans with an aggregate principal amount outstanding of approximately $21.3$19.2 million categorized as Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (net). Of the $21.3 million in delinquent loans, $13.8 of which $11.7 million, or 65%61%, are under some form of temporary modified payment plan. The table below shows delinquencies in our portfolio of residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, including real estate owned (“REO”) through foreclosure, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 (dollar amounts in thousands):

September 30, 2015March 31, 2016
Days Late
Number of
Delinquent
Loans 
 
Total
Unpaid
Principal 
 
% of Loan
Portfolio 
Number of
Delinquent
Loans 
 
Total
Unpaid
Principal 
 
% of Loan
Portfolio 
30 - 602 $352
 0.26%4 $1,033
 0.89%
61 - 901 123
 0.09%1 $685
 0.59%
90 +31 20,838
 15.13%29 $17,491
 14.99%
Real estate owned through foreclosure4 1,502
 1.09%3 $574
 0.49%

As of December 31, 2014,2015, we had 3331 delinquent loans with an aggregate principal amount outstanding of approximately $18.5$18.0 million categorized as Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (net). Of the $18.5 million in delinquent loans, $9.4, of which $11.9 million, or 51%67%, are under some form of modified payment plan. The table below shows delinquencies in our portfolio of residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, including real estate owned through foreclosure (REO), as of December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):

December 31, 20142015
Days Late
Number of Delinquent
Loans 
 
Total
Unpaid Principal 
 
% of Loan
Portfolio 
Number of Delinquent
Loans 
 
Total
Unpaid Principal 
 
% of Loan
Portfolio 
30 - 604 $1,522
 0.99%3 $825
 0.67%
61 - 90 $
 %2 $1,763
 1.43%
90 +29 $16,997
 11.01%26 $15,365
 12.48%
Real estate owned through foreclosure6 $2,100
 1.36%3 $574
 0.47%

The geographic concentrations of credit risk exceeding 5% of the total loan balances in our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts and real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 are as follows:
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
New York35.2% 36.1%34.1% 35.6%
Massachusetts23.0% 24.0%20.9% 20.7%
New Jersey11.6% 10.9%11.6% 11.1%
Florida6.9% 6.2%8.0% 7.7%
Connecticut5.8% 5.9%6.8% 6.5%


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5.Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans

As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the carrying value of the Company’s distressed residential mortgage loans, including distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, amounts to approximately $509.4$537.6 million and $582.7$559.0 million, respectively.

The Company considers its purchase price for the distressed residential mortgage loans, including distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, to be at fair value at the date of acquisition. The Company only establishes an allowance for loan losses subsequent to acquisition.

There were no acquisitions of distressed residential mortgage loans during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The following table presents information regarding the estimates of the contractually required payments, the cash flows expected to be collected, and the estimated fair value of the distressed residential mortgage loans acquired during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015March 31, 2016
Contractually required principal and interest$207,395
$52,302
Non-accretable yield(16,354)(5,464)
Expected cash flows to be collected191,041
46,838
Accretable yield(97,206)(25,759)
Fair value at the date of acquisition$93,835
$21,079

The following table details activity in accretable yield for the distressed residential mortgage loans, including distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 September 30, 2014March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015
Balance at beginning of period$640,416
 $171,112
$579,009
 $640,416
Additions108,780
 181,324
29,581
 1,317
Disposals(187,001) (73,906)(59,629) (12,658)
Accretion(31,962) (14,400)(8,815) (10,218)
Balance at end of period (1)
$530,233
 $264,130
$540,146
 $618,857

(1) 
Accretable yield is the excess of the distressed residential mortgage loans’ cash flows expected to be collected over the purchase price. The cash flows expected to be collected represents the Company’s estimate of the amount and timing of undiscounted principal and interest cash flows. Additions include accretable yield estimates for purchases made during the period and reclassification to accretable yield from nonaccretable yield. Deletions include distressed residential mortgage loan dispositions, which include refinancing, sale and foreclosure of the underlying collateral and resulting removal of the distressed residential mortgage loans from the accretable yield, and reclassifications from accretable to nonaccretable yield. The reclassifications between accretable and nonaccretable yield and the accretion of interest income is based on various estimates regarding loan performance and the value of the underlying real estate securing the loans. As the Company continues to update its estimates regarding the loans and the underlying collateral, the accretable yield may change. Therefore, the amount of accretable income recorded in the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 is not necessarily indicative of future results.


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The geographic concentrations of credit risk exceeding 5% of the unpaid principal balance of our distressed residential mortgage loans, including distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, are as follows:
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Florida13.1% 12.4%11.9% 12.6%
California8.3% 7.7%
North Carolina8.7% 8.2%8.0% 8.1%
California7.1% 8.9%
Georgia6.5% 6.9%6.1% 6.1%
Maryland5.2% 5.4%
New York4.4% 5.1%5.0% 5.2%

The Company’sAs of March 31, 2016, the Company had no distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts. At December 31, 2015, the Company's distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts with a carrying value of approximately $156.1$114.2 million and $221.6 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, arewere pledged as collateral for certain of the Securitized Debt issued by the Company (see Note 7). In addition, distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of approximately $259.3$247.7 million and $307.0 million at September 30,March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, are pledged as collateral for a Master Repurchase Agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch (see Note 10).

6.Consolidated K-Series

The Company has elected the fair value option on the assets and liabilities held within the Consolidated K-Series, which requires that changes in valuations in the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series be reflected in the Company's statements of operations. Our investment in the Consolidated K-Series is limited to the multi-family CMBS comprised of first loss tranche PO securities and/or certain IOs issued by certain K-Series securitizations with an aggregate net carrying value of $285.1$293.3 million and $317.5$286.4 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (see Note 7). The Consolidated K-Series is comprised of five and six K-Series securitizations as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, respectively.2015.

The condensed consolidated balance sheets of the Consolidated K-Series at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

Balance SheetsSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Assets      
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts$7,296,462
 $8,365,514
$7,250,586
 $7,105,336
Receivables23,940
 29,809
24,492
 24,579
Total Assets$7,320,402
 $8,395,323
$7,275,078
 $7,129,915
Liabilities and Equity      
Multi-family CDOs$7,011,351
 $8,048,053
$6,957,293
 $6,818,901
Accrued expenses23,843
 29,354
24,396
 24,483
Total Liabilities7,035,194
 8,077,407
6,981,689
 6,843,384
Equity285,208
 317,916
293,389
 286,531
Total Liabilities and Equity$7,320,402
 $8,395,323
$7,275,078
 $7,129,915

The multi-family loans held in securitization trusts had an unpaid principal balance of approximately $6.8 billion and $7.9$6.8 billion at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. The multi-family CDOs had an unpaid principal balance of approximately $6.8 billion and $7.9 billion at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, respectively.2015. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the current weighted average interest rate on these multi-family CDOs was 4.11% and 4.15%, respectively.3.98%.

In February 2015, the Company sold a first loss PO security in one of the Company’s Consolidated K-Series obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 million and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.


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The Company does not have any claims to the assets or obligations for the liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series (other than the security represented by our first loss tranche securities). We have elected the fair value option for the Consolidated K-Series. The net fair value of our investment in the Consolidated K-Series, which represents the difference between the carrying values of multi-family loans held in securitization trusts less the carrying value of multi-family CDOs, approximates the fair value of our underlying securities. The fair value of our underlying securities is determined using the same valuation methodology as our CMBS investments available for sale (see Note 14).

The condensed consolidated statements of operations of the Consolidated K-Series for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively, are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Statements of Operations2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Interest income$63,431
 $75,891
 $192,715
 $226,336
$63,532
 $66,300
Interest expense57,388
 69,310
 174,475
 207,167
57,200
 60,095
Net interest income6,043
 6,581
 18,240
 19,169
6,332
 6,205
Unrealized (loss) gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net(2,170) 18,115
 16,876
 43,060
Unrealized gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net818
 13,628
Net Income$3,873
 $24,696
 $35,116
 $62,229
$7,150
 $19,833

The geographic concentrations of credit risk exceeding 5% of the total loan balances related to our CMBS investments included in investment securities available for sale and multi-family loans held in securitization trusts as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, are as follows:

September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
California13.7% 13.5%13.9% 13.8%
Texas12.6% 12.5%12.4% 12.3%
New York8.0% 7.7%8.1% 8.0%
Maryland5.2% 5.2%5.3% 5.2%


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7.Use of Special Purpose Entities and Variable Interest Entities

A SPE is an entity designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it.The Company uses SPEs are often used to facilitate transactions that involve securitizing financial assets or re-securitizing previously securitized financial assets. The objective of such transactions may include obtaining non-recourse financing, obtaining liquidity or refinancing the underlying securitized financial assets on improved terms. Securitization involves transferring assets to an SPE to convert all or a portion of those assets into cash before they would have been realized in the normal course of business through the SPE’s issuance of debt or equity instruments. Investors in an SPE usually have recourse only to the assets in the SPE and depending on the overall structure of the transaction, may benefit from various forms of credit enhancement, such as over-collateralization in the form of excess assets in the SPE, priority with respect to receipt of cash flows relative to holders of other debt or equity instruments issued by the SPE, or a line of credit or other form of liquidity agreement that is designed with the objective of ensuring that investors receive principal and/or interest cash flow on the investment in accordance with the terms of their investment agreement.

The Company has evaluated its CMBS investments in Freddie Mac-sponsored K-Series securitizationsentered into resecuritization and financing transactions which required the Company to analyze and determine whether theythe SPEs that were created to facilitate the transactions are VIEs. In addition,VIEs in accordance with ASC 810 and if so, whether the Company alsois the primary beneficiary requiring consolidation. The Company evaluated itsthe following resecuritization and financing transactions, such astransactions: 1) its Residential CDOs completed in 2005,2005; 2) its multi-family CMBS re-securitization transaction completed in May 2012,2012; 3) its collateralized recourse financing transactions completed in November 2013 and 4) its distressed residential mortgage loan securitization transactions completed in December 2012, July 2013 and September 2013 (each a “Financing VIE” and collectively, the “Financing VIEs”) and concluded that the entities created to facilitate each of the transactions are VIEs and that the Company is the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. Accordingly, the Company consolidated the Financing VIEs as of March 31, 2016.

The Company then completed an analysisinvests in multi-family CMBS consisting of PO securities that represent the first loss tranche of the securitizations from which they were issued, and certain IOs issued from Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitization trusts. The Company has evaluated these CMBS investments in Freddie Mac-sponsored K-Series securitization trusts to determine whether they are VIEs and if so, whether the VIEs should beCompany is the primary beneficiary requiring consolidation. The Company has determined that five Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitization trusts as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively are VIEs. The Company also determined that it is the primary beneficiary of each VIE within the Consolidated K-Series and, accordingly, has consolidated byits assets, liabilities, income and expenses in the accompanying consolidated financial statements (see Notes 2 and 6). One of the Company’s multi-family CMBS investments included in the Consolidated K-Series (herein referred to as "Non-Financed VIEs") is not subject to any financing as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

In analyzing whether the Company based on considerationis primary beneficiary of the Consolidated K-Series and the Financing VIEs (collectively referred to in this footnote as "Consolidated VIEs"), the Company considered its involvement in each of the VIEs, including the design and purpose of the SPE,each VIE, and whether its involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the VIEs. In determining whether the Company would be considered the primary beneficiary, the following factors were assessed:

whether the Company has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE; and
whether the Company has a right to receive benefits or absorb losses of the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE.

The Company has determined that it has a variable interest in the Consolidated K-Series for which it is the primary beneficiary and has a controlling financial interest and, accordingly, has consolidated their assets, liabilities, income and expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements (see Notes 2 and 6).

Also, based on its evaluation of the factors discussed above, including its involvement in the purpose and design of the entity, the Company determined that the Financing VIEs met the criteria for consolidation and, accordingly, consolidated the Financing VIEs created to facilitate these transactions as of September 30, 2015.

The following tables presentspresent a summary of the assets and liabilities of these consolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. Intercompany balances have been eliminated for purposes of this presentation.


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Assets and Liabilities of consolidatedConsolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Financing VIEs Non-financed VIEs  Financing VIEs Non-financed VIEs  
Multi-family
CMBS re-
securitization(1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse
Financing(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Mortgage
Loan
Securitization
 
Residential
Mortgage
Loan Securitization
 
Multi-
family
CMBS(3)
 Total
Multi-family
CMBS re-
securitization(1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse
Financing(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Mortgage
Loan
Securitization(3)
 
Residential
Mortgage
Loan Securitization
 
Multi-
family
CMBS
 Total
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trusts$40,608
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $40,608
$41,490
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $41,490
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net)
 
 
 132,882
 
 132,882

 
 
 113,186
 
 113,186
Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trust, (net)
 
 156,062
 
 
 156,062
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, at fair value1,269,821
 4,749,797
 
 
 1,276,844
 7,296,462
1,249,895
 4,743,795
 
 
 1,256,896
 7,250,586
Receivables and other assets4,835
 14,896
 22,178
 1,023
 5,306
 48,238
4,476
 14,981
 856
 1,150
 5,432
 26,895
Total assets$1,315,264
 $4,764,693
 $178,240
 $133,905
 $1,282,150
 $7,674,252
$1,295,861
 $4,758,776
 $856
 $114,336
 $1,262,328
 $7,432,157
                      
Residential collateralized debt obligations$
 $
 $
 $129,090
 $
 $129,090
$
 $
 $
 $110,023
 $
 $110,023
Multi-family collateralized debt obligations, at fair value1,214,259
 4,581,768
 
 
 1,215,324
 7,011,351
1,193,308
 4,570,783
 
 
 1,193,202
 6,957,293
Securitized debt27,962
 55,853
 57,131
 
 
 140,946
27,781
 55,690
 
 
 
 83,471
Accrued expenses and other liabilities4,384
 14,313
 1,777
 15
 5,306
 25,795
4,455
 14,677
 
 18
 5,432
 24,582
Total liabilities$1,246,605
 $4,651,934
 $58,908
 $129,105
 $1,220,630
 $7,307,182
$1,225,544
 $4,641,150
 $
 $110,041
 $1,198,634
 $7,175,369

(1)
The Company classified the multi-family CMBS issued by two K-Series securitizations and held by this Financing VIE as available for sale securities as the purpose is not to trade these securities. The Financing VIE consolidated one K-Series securitization that issued certain of the multi-family CMBS owned by the Company, including its assets, liabilities, income and expenses, in its financial statements, as based on a number of factors, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary and has a controlling financial interest in this particular K-Series securitization (see Note 6).
(2)
The multi-family CMBS serving as collateral under the November 2013 collateralized recourse financing are comprised of securities issued from three separate Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations. The Financing VIE consolidated these K-Series securitizations, including their assets, liabilities, income and expenses, in its financial statements as based on a number of factors, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary and has a controlling financial interest in such K-Series securitizations (see Note 6).
(3)One of the Company’s Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations included in the Consolidated K-Series is not subject to any financing as of September 30, 2015. March 31, 2016.
(3)
In February 2015,2016, the Company sold a first loss PO security issued by onerepaid the Company’s outstanding notes from its distressed residential mortgage loan securitizations transactions completed in 2013 with original principal amounts of $138.3 million and outstanding principal balance at the time of repayment amounting to $31.9 million. With the repayment of the Consolidated K-Series securitizations obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 millionnotes, the Company terminated and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Familydeconsolidated the Financing VIEs that facilitated these financing transactions and the distressed residential loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.serving as collateral on the notes were transferred back to the Company.





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Assets and Liabilities of consolidated Financing VIEs as of December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Financing VIEs Non-financed VIEs  Financing VIEs Non-financed VIEs  
Multi-family
CMBS re-
securitization(1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse
Financing(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Mortgage
Loan
Securitization
 
Residential
Mortgage
Loan Securitization
 
Multi-
family
CMBS(3)
 Total
Multi-family
CMBS re-
securitization(1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse
Financing(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Mortgage
Loan
Securitization (3)
 
Residential
Mortgage
Loan Securitization
 
Multi-
family
CMBS(4)
 Total
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trusts$38,594
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $38,594
$40,734
 $
 $
 $
 $
 $40,734
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net)
 
 
 149,614
 
 149,614

 
 
 119,921
 
 119,921
Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trust (net)
 
 221,591
 
 
 221,591

 
 114,214
 
 
 114,214
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, at fair value1,273,633
 4,720,908
 
 
 2,370,973
 8,365,514
1,224,036
 4,633,061
 
 
 1,248,239
 7,105,336
Receivables and other assets5,097
 15,631
 39,084
 1,545
 10,408
 71,765
4,864
 15,281
 6,076
 1,200
 5,456
 32,877
Total assets$1,317,324
 $4,736,539
 $260,675
 $151,159
 $2,381,381
 $8,847,078
$1,269,634
 $4,648,342
 $120,290
 $121,121
 $1,253,695
 $7,413,082
                      
Residential collateralized debt obligations$
 $
 $
 $145,542
 $
 $145,542
$
 $
 $
 $116,710
 $
 $116,710
Multi-family collateralized debt obligations, at fair value1,221,555
 4,558,065
 
 
 2,268,433
 8,048,053
1,168,470
 4,464,340
 
 
 1,186,091
 6,818,901
Securitized debt27,660
 55,853
 149,364
 
 
 232,877
27,613
 55,629
 33,299
 
 
 116,541
Accrued expenses and other liabilities4,581
 14,639
 1,024
 14
 10,304
 30,562
4,436
 14,750
 368
 13
 5,456
 25,023
Total liabilities$1,253,796
 $4,628,557
 $150,388
 $145,556
 $2,278,737
 $8,457,034
$1,200,519
 $4,534,719
 $33,667
 $116,723
 $1,191,547
 $7,077,175

(1)
The Company classified the multi-family CMBS issued by two K-Series securitizations and held by this Financing VIE as available for sale securities as the purpose is not to trade these securities. The Financing VIE consolidated one K-Series securitization that issued certain of the multi-family CMBS owned by the Company, including its assets, liabilities, income and expenses, in its financial statements, as based on a number of factors, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary and has a controlling financial interest in this particular K-Series securitization (see Note 6).
(2)
The multi-family CMBS serving as collateral under the November 2013 collateralized recourse financing are comprised of securities issued from three separate Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations. The Financing VIE consolidated these K-Series securitizations, including their assets, liabilities, income and expenses, in its financial statements as based on a number of factors, the Company determined that it was the primary beneficiary and has a controlling financial interest in such K-Series securitizations (see Note 6).
(3)
In September 2014,December 2015, the Company repaid the Company’s outstanding notes from its collateralized recourse financingdistressed residential mortgage loan securitization transaction completed in NovemberDecember 2012 with aan original principal amount of $52.0$38.7 million and outstanding principal balance at the time of repayment amounting to $5.5 million. With the repayment of the notes, the Company terminated and deconsolidated the Financing VIE that facilitated thethis financing transaction and the multi-family CMBSdistressed residential loans serving as collateral on the notes were transferred back to the Company.
(3)Two of the Company’s Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations included in the Consolidated K-Series are not subject to any Financing VIE as of December 31, 2014.


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(4)
In February 2015, the Company sold a first loss tranche PO security issued by one of the Consolidated K-Series securitizations obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 million and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.

The following table summarizes the Company’s securitized debt collateralized by multi-family CMBS and distressed residential mortgage loans (dollar amounts in thousands):
 
Multi-family CMBS
Re-securitization (1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse Financing (2)
 
Distressed
Residential Mortgage
Loan Securitizations (3)
Original Face amount of Notes issued by the VIE and purchased by third party investors$35,000
 $55,853
 $176,970
Principal Amount at September 30, 2015$33,927
 $55,853
 $57,132
Principal Amount at December 31, 2014$34,208
 $55,853
 $149,364
Carrying Value at September 30, 2015 (4)
$27,962
 $55,853
 $57,131
Carrying Value at December 31, 2014 (4)
$27,660
 $55,853
 $149,364
Pass-through rate of Notes issued5.35% One-month LIBOR plus 5.25%  4.25% - 4.85%
 
Multi-family CMBS
Re-securitization (1)
 
Collateralized
Recourse Financing (2)
 
Distressed
Residential Mortgage
Loan Securitizations (3)
Principal Amount at March 31, 2016$33,720
 $55,853
 $
Principal Amount at December 31, 2015$33,781
 $55,853
 $33,656
Carrying Value at March 31, 2016 (4)
$27,781
 $55,690
 $
Carrying Value at December 31, 2015 (4)
$27,613
 $55,629
 $33,299
Pass-through rate of Notes issued5.35% One-month LIBOR plus 5.25% 4.25% - 4.85%

(1) 
The Company engaged in the re-securitization transaction primarily for the purpose of obtaining non-recourse financing on a portion of its multi-family CMBS portfolio. As a result of engaging in this transaction, the Company remains economically exposed to the first loss position on the underlying multi-family CMBS transferred to the Consolidated VIE. The holders of the Note have no recourse to the general credit of the Company, but the Company does have the obligation, under certain circumstances, to repurchase assets upon the breach of certain representations and warranties. The Company will receive all remaining cash flow, if any, through its retained ownership.
(2) 
The Company entered into a CMBS Master Repurchase Agreement with a three-year term for the purpose of financing a portion of its multi-family CMBS portfolio. In connection with the transaction, the Company agreed to guarantee the due and punctual payment of its wholly-owned subsidiary's obligations under the CMBS Master Repurchase Agreement.
(3) 
The Company engaged in these transactions for the purpose of financing distressed residential mortgage loans acquired by the Company. The distressed residential mortgage loans serving as collateral for the financings are comprised of performing, re-performing and, to a lesser extent, non-performing, fixed and adjustable-rate, fully-amortizing, interest only and balloon, seasoned mortgage loans secured by first liens on one to four family properties. Two of the four securitization transactions provide for a revolving period of one to two years from the date of the respective financing (“Revolving Period”) where no principal payments will be made on these two notes. All cash proceeds generated by the distressed residential mortgage loans and received by the respective securitization trust during the Revolving Period, after payment of interest on the respective note, reserve amounts and certain other transaction expenses, will be available for the purchase by the respective trust of additional mortgage loans that satisfy certain eligibility criteria. In December 2015, the Company repaid the Company’s outstanding notes from its distressed residential mortgage loan securitization transaction completed in December 2012 with an original principal amount of $38.7 million and outstanding principal balance at the time of repayment amounting to $5.5 million. With the repayment of the notes, the Company terminated and deconsolidated the Financing VIE that facilitated this financing transaction and the distressed residential loans serving as collateral on the notes were transferred back to the Company.
(4) 
Classified as securitized debt in the liability section of the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.sheets, net of debt issuance costs.



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The following table presents contractual maturity information about the Financing VIEs’ securitized debt as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively:
Scheduled Maturity (principal amount)
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
(Dollar amount in thousands)      
Within 24 months$112,984
 $205,217
$55,853
 $89,509
Over 36 months33,927
 34,208
33,720
 33,781
Total146,911
 239,425
Total outstanding principal89,573
 123,290
Discount(5,965) (6,548)(5,555) (5,763)
Debt Issuance Cost(547) (986)
Carrying value$140,946
 $232,877
$83,471
 $116,541

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Residential Mortgage Loan Securitization Transaction

The Company has completed four residential mortgage loan securitizations (other than the distressed residential mortgage loan securitizations discussed above) since inception, the first three were accounted for as permanent financings and have been included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. The fourth was accounted for as a sale and accordingly, is not included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Unconsolidated VIEs

The Company has evaluated its multi-family CMBS investments in two Freddie Mac-sponsored K-Series securitizations, as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, and its mezzanine loan, preferred equity and other equity investments as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, to determine whether they are VIEs and should be consolidated by the Company. Based on a number of factors, the Company determined that it does not have a controlling financial interest and is not the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. The following table presents the classification and carrying value of unconsolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Investment
securities
available for
sale, at fair
value 
 Receivables and other Assets Total 
Investment
securities
available for
sale, at fair
value, held in
securitization
trusts
 
Receivables and
other Assets
 Total
Investment
securities
available for
sale, at fair
value 
 Receivables and other Assets Total 
Investment
securities
available for
sale, at fair value
 
Receivables and
other Assets
 Total
Multi-Family CMBS$40,608
 $77
 $40,685
 $38,594
 $80
 $38,674
$41,490
 $75
 $41,565
 $40,734
 $76
 $40,810
Mezzanine loan and equity investments
 118,049
 118,049
 
 72,799
 72,799
Mezzanine loan, preferred equity and investments in unconsolidated entities
 128,027
 128,027
 
 129,887
 129,887
Total assets$40,608
 $118,126
 $158,734
 $38,594
 $72,879
 $111,473
$41,490
 $128,102
 $169,592
 $40,734
 $129,963
 $170,697

Our maximum loss exposure on the multi-family CMBS investments, mezzanine loan and equity investments is approximately $158.7$169.6 million and $111.5$170.7 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure does not exceed the carrying value of its investments.


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8.Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company enters into derivative instruments to managein connection with its interest rate risk exposure.management activities. These derivative instruments include interest rate swaps, swaptions and futures. The Company may also purchase or sell short TBAs and U.S. Treasury securities, purchase put or call options on U.S. Treasury futures or invest in other types of mortgage derivative securities.

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments that were not designated as hedging instruments and their location in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):

Derivatives Not Designated
as Hedging Instruments
 Balance Sheet Location September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014 Balance Sheet Location March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
TBA securities (1)
 Derivative assets $285,859
 $284,971
 Derivative assets $288,455
 $226,929
Options on U.S. Treasury futures Derivative assets 79
 15
Interest rate swap futures Derivative assets 
 706
Swaptions Derivative assets 391
 821
Eurodollar futures Derivative liabilities 3,277
 1,242
U.S. Treasury futures Derivative assets 
 379
 Derivative liabilities 64
 
Swaptions Derivative assets 946
 2,273
Options on U.S. Treasury futures Derivative assets 108
 92
Eurodollar futures Derivative liabilities 3,312
 900
Interest rate swaps(2)
 Derivative liabilities 410
 232
Interest rate swap futures Derivative liabilities 2,140
 331
 Derivative liabilities 682
 
U.S. Treasury futures Derivative liabilities 
 
Interest rate swaps(1)
 Derivative liabilities 377
 258

(1)
Open TBA purchases and sales involving the same counterparty, same underlying deliverable and the same settlement date are reflected in our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements on a net basis.
(2) 
Includes interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio. Contracts in a liability position of $0.5 million have been netted against the asset position of $0.1 million in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2016. There was no netting of interest rate swaps at December 31, 2015.

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The tables below summarize the activity of derivative instruments not designated as hedges for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
Notional Amount For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015Notional Amount For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Derivatives Not Designated
as Hedging Instruments
December 31, 2014 Additions 
Settlement,
Expiration
or Exercise 
 September 30, 2015December 31, 2015 Additions 
Settlement,
Expiration
or Exercise 
 March 31, 2016
TBA securities$273,000
 $2,970,000
 $(2,966,000) $277,000
$222,000
 $1,065,000
 $(1,006,000) $281,000
U.S. Treasury futures2,300
 150,200
 (152,500) 

 70,600
 (35,300) 35,300
Interest rate swap futures(190,100) 886,300
 (868,700) (172,500)(137,200) 316,500
 (272,900) (93,600)
Eurodollar futures(2,961,000) 2,520,000
 (2,253,000) (2,694,000)(2,769,000) 676,000
 (1,484,000) (3,577,000)
Options on U.S. Treasury futures21,000
 310,000
 (215,000) 116,000
28,000
 29,000
 (35,000) 22,000
Swaptions180,000
 9,000
 
 189,000
159,000
 
 (5,000) 154,000
Interest rate swaps10,000
 
 
 10,000
10,000
 5,000
 
 15,000


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Notional Amount For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014Notional Amount For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Derivatives Not Designated
as Hedging Instruments
December 31, 2013 Additions 
Settlement,
Expiration
or Exercise 
 September 30, 2014December 31, 2014 Additions 
Settlement,
Expiration
or Exercise 
 March 31, 2015
TBA securities$188,000
 $1,812,000
 $(1,792,000) $208,000
$273,000
 $1,171,000
 $(1,123,000) $321,000
U.S. Treasury futures(11,900) 96,700
 (86,000) (1,200)2,300
 91,500
 (64,200) 29,600
Interest rate swap futures(242,700) 712,900
 (702,800) (232,600)(190,100) 318,500
 (336,400) (208,000)
Eurodollar futures(3,360,000) 2,649,000
 (2,067,000) (2,778,000)(2,961,000) 471,000
 (388,000) (2,878,000)
Options on U.S. Treasury futures40,000
 
 (40,000) 
21,000
 152,000
 (122,000) 51,000
Swaptions100,000
 
 (70,000) 30,000
180,000
 5,000
 
 185,000
Interest rate swaps10,000
 
 
 10,000

The following tables presents the components of realized and unrealized gains and losses related to our derivative instruments that were not designated as hedging instruments included in other income (expense) in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses) Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses)Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses) Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses)
TBA Securities$3,499
 $2,632
 $2,652
 $(2,348)$4,808
 $1,976
 $2,829
 $655
Eurodollar futures (1)
(809) (1,023) (441) 853
(781) (2,035) (247) (1,573)
Interest rate swaps
 (150) 
 

 (119) 
 (184)
Swaptions
 (713) 
 73

 (128) 
 (556)
U.S. Treasury and Interest rate swap futures and options(5,593) (646) (1,629) 2,241
(2,271) (1,384) (1,445) (3,056)
Total$(2,903) $100
 $582
 $819
$1,756
 $(1,690) $1,137
 $(4,714)


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 Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2015 2014
 Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses) Realized Gains (Losses) Unrealized Gains (Losses)
TBA Securities$4,085
 $538
 $10,007
 $198
Eurodollar futures (1)
(2,088) (2,412) (1,879) 1,061
Interest rate swaps
 (179) 
 
Swaptions
 (754) 
 (769)
U.S. Treasury and Interest rate swap futures and options(8,204) (2,353) (4,155) (2,999)
Total$(6,207) $(5,160) $3,973
 $(2,509)
(1) 
At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Eurodollar futures consist of 2,6943,577 contracts with expiration dates ranging between December 2015June 2016 and September 2017.

The use of TBAs exposes the Company to market value risk, as the market value of the securities that the Company is required to purchase pursuant to a TBA transaction may decline belowincrease or decrease from the agreed-upon purchase price. Conversely, the market value of the securities that the Company is required to sell pursuant to a TBA transaction may increase above the agreed upon sale price. At September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, our condensed consolidated balance sheets include TBA-related liabilities of $283.9$286.9 million and $283.5$228.0 million included in payable for securities purchased, respectively. Open TBA purchases and sales involving the same counterparty, same underlying deliverable and the same settlement date are reflected in our condensed consolidated financial statements on a net basis. TBA sales amounting to approximately $4.1$157.4 million were netted against TBA`TBA purchases amounting to approximately $288.0$444.3 million at September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016. There was no$55.1 million netting of TBA sales against TBA purchases of $283.1 million at December 31, 2014.2015.

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

The following table presents the fair value of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments and their location in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):

Derivatives Designated
as Hedging Instruments
 Balance Sheet Location 
Total Notional Amount
 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Interest Rate Swaps Derivative liability $255,000
 $808
 $
Interest Rate Swaps Derivative asset 350,000
 
 1,135

The following table presents the impact of the Company’s derivative instruments on the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments2015 2014
Accumulated other comprehensive income for derivative instruments:   
Balance at beginning of the period$1,134
 $2,041
Unrealized (loss) on interest rate swaps(1,942) (149)
Balance at end of the period$(808) $1,892

The Company estimates that over the next 12 months, approximately $1.0 million of the net unrealized gains on the interest rate swaps will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings.


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The following table details the impact of the Company’s interest rate swaps, except interest swaps included in ourits Agency IO portfolio, designated as hedging instruments included in interest expense forare used to hedge the threevariable cash flows associated with borrowings made under our financing arrangements including FHLBI advances until January 2016 and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2015 2014 2015 2014
Interest income       
Interest expense-investment securities$397
 $462
 $1,288
 $1,387

The Company’s interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges against the benchmark interest rate risk associated with its short term repurchase agreements.hedges. There were no costs incurred at the inception of ourthe Company's interest rate swaps, under which the Company agrees to pay a fixed rate of interest and receive a variable interest rate based on one month LIBOR, on the notional amount of the interest rate swaps.

The Company documents its risk-management policies, including objectives and strategies, as they relate to its hedging activities, and upon entering into hedging transactions, documents the relationship between the hedging instrument and the hedged liability contemporaneously. The Company assesses, both at inception of a hedge and on an on-going basis, whether or not the hedge is “highly effective” when using the matched term basis.


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The Company discontinues hedge accounting on a prospective basis and recognizes changes in the fair value through earnings when: (i) it is determined that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting cash flows of a hedged item (including forecasted transactions); (ii) it is no longer probable that the forecasted transaction will occur; or (iii) it is determined that designating the derivative as a hedge is no longer appropriate. The Company’s derivative instruments are carried on the Company’s balance sheets at fair value, as assets, if their fair value is positive, or as liabilities, if their fair value is negative. For the Company’s derivative instruments that are designated as “cash flow hedges,” changes in their fair value are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), provided that the hedges are effective. A change in fair value for any ineffective amount of the Company’s derivative instruments would be recognized in earnings. The Company has not recognized any change in the value of its existing derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges through earnings as a result of ineffectiveness of any of its hedges.

The following table presents information aboutthe fair value of derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments and their location in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):

Derivatives Designated
as Hedging Instruments
 Balance Sheet Location 
Total Notional Amount
 March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Interest Rate Swaps Derivative liability $215,000
 $598
 $
Interest Rate Swaps Derivative asset 215,000
 
 304

The Company has netting arrangements by counterparty with respect to its interest rate swaps. There was no netting of interest rate swaps designated as hedging instruments at March 31, 2016.

The following table presents the impact of September 30,the Company’s derivative instruments on the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
  September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
Maturity (1)
 
Notional
Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Pay
Interest Rate
 
Notional
Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Pay
Interest Rate
Within 30 Days $40,000
 0.39% $
 %
Over 30 days to 3 months 
 % 
 %
Over 3 months to 6 months 
 % 
 %
Over 6 months to 12 months 
 % 135,000
 0.45%
Over 12 months to 24 months 135,000
 0.91% 
 %
Over 24 months to 36 months 80,000
 0.71% 215,000
 0.83%
Over 36 months to 48 months 
 % 
 %
Over 48 months to 60 months 10,000
 2.25% 10,000
 2.25%
Total $265,000
 0.82% $360,000
 0.73%
 Three Months Ended March 31,
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments2016 2015
Accumulated other comprehensive income for derivative instruments:   
Balance at beginning of the period$304
 $1,135
Unrealized loss on interest rate swaps(902) (1,261)
Balance at end of the period$(598) $(126)
(1)The Company enters into interest rate swap transactions whereby the Company pays a fixed rate of interest and receives one month LIBOR.

The Company estimates that over the next 12 months, approximately $0.6 million of the net unrealized gains on the interest rate swaps will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into earnings.

The following table details the impact of the Company’s interest rate swaps designated as hedging instruments included in interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 Three Months Ended March 31,
 2016 2015
Interest income   
Interest expense-investment securities$218
 $451












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The following table presents information about our interest rate swaps whereby we receive floating rate payments in exchange for fixed rate payments (includes interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio) as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
  March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Swap Maturities 
 
Notional
Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Interest Rate
 Weighted Average
Variable Interest Rate
 
Notional
Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed
Interest Rate
 Weighted Average
Variable Interest Rate
2017 $215,000
 0.83% 0.43% $215,000
 0.83% 0.39%
2019 10,000
 2.25% 0.64% 10,000
 2.25% 0.59%
Total $225,000
 0.90% 0.44% $225,000
 0.90% 0.40%

The following table presents information about our interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio whereby we receive fixed rate payments in exchange for floating rate payments as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
  March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Swap Maturities Notional
Amount
 Weighted Average
Fixed Interest Rate
 Weighted Average
Variable Interest Rate
 Notional
Amount
 Weighted Average
Fixed
Interest Rate
 Weighted Average
Variable Interest Rate
2026 $5,000
 1.80% 0.62% $
 % %
Total $5,000
 1.80% 0.62% $
 % %

The use of derivatives exposes the Company to counterparty credit risks in the event of a default by a counterparty. If a counterparty defaults under the applicable derivative agreement, the Company may be unable to collect payments to which it is entitled under its derivative agreements and may have difficulty collecting the assets it pledged as collateral against such derivatives. The Company currently has in place with all counterparties bi-lateral margin agreements requiring a party to post collateral to the Company for any valuation deficit. This arrangement is intended to limit the Company’s exposure to losses in the event of a counterparty default.


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The Company is required to pledge assets under a bi-lateral margin arrangement, including either cash or Agency RMBS, as collateral for its interest rate swaps, futures contracts and TBAs, whose collateral requirements vary by counterparty and change over time based on the market value, notional amount, and remaining term of the agreement. In the event the Company is unable to meet a margin call under one of its agreements, thereby causing an event of default or triggering an early termination event under one of its agreements, the counterparty to such agreement may have the option to terminate all of such counterparty’s outstanding transactions with the Company. In addition, under this scenario, any close-out amount due to the counterparty upon termination of the counterparty’s transactions would be immediately payable by the Company pursuant to the applicable agreement. The Company believes it was in compliance with all margin requirements under its agreements as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014.2015. The Company had $12.1$10.1 million and $11.4$6.3 million of restricted cash related to margin posted for its agreements as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. The restricted cash held by third parties is included in receivables and other assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.


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9.Financing Arrangements, Portfolio Investments

The Company finances its portfolio investments with a combination of repurchase agreements and, until January 2016, Federal Home Loan Bank advances. The Company has entered into repurchase agreements with third party financial institutions and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, GLIH, as a member of the FHLBI, hashad access to a variety of products and services offered by the FHLBI, including secured advances.advances, until January 2016 when the regulator of the FHLB system amended regulations governing FHLB membership. These financing arrangements are short-term borrowings that bear interest rates typically based on a spread to LIBOR, and are secured by the securities which they finance.

At September 30,March 31, 2016, the Company had repurchase agreements with an outstanding balance of $589.9 million and a weighted average interest rate of 0.84%. At December 31, 2015, the Company had repurchase agreements with an outstanding balance of $586.1$456.4 million and a weighted average interest rate of 0.52%. At December 31, 2014, the Company had repurchase agreements with an outstanding balance of $652.0 million and a weighted average interest rate of 0.43%0.77%.

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, GLIH had $121 million inno outstanding secured advances with a weighted average borrowing rate of 0.29%, and had an additional $79 million of available uncommitted capacity for borrowings, which may be adjusted at the sole discretion of the FHLBI. Each advance requiresadvances. Advances require approval by the FHLBI and isare secured by collateral in accordance with the FHLBI’s credit and collateral guidelines, as may be revised from time to time by the FHLBI. Eligible collateral may includeincluded Agency RMBS and certain non-Agency RMBS with a rating of A and above, conventional 1-4 family residential mortgage loans and commercial real estate loans. Investment securities available for sale with a carrying value of $129.2 million at September 30, 2015, are pledged or restricted as collateral for the future payment obligations of FHLBI advances. The FHLBI advances had contractual maturities within 30 days from September 30, 2015.

The FHLBI retains the right to mark the underlying collateral for FHLBI advances to fair value. A reduction in the value of pledged assets would require the Company to provide additional collateral. In addition, as a condition to membership in the FHLBI, the Company is required to purchase and hold a certain amount of FHLBI stock, which is based, in part, upon the outstanding principal balance of advances from the FHLBI. At September 30, 2015, the Company had stock in the FHLBI totaling $5.4 million, which is included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. FHLBI stock is considered a non-marketable, long-term investment, is carried at cost and is subject to recoverability testing under applicable accounting standards. This stock can only be redeemed or sold at its par value, and only to the FHLBI. Accordingly, when evaluating FHLBI stock for impairment, the Company considers the ultimate recoverability of the par value rather than recognizing temporary declines in value. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had not recognized an impairment charge related to its FHLBI stock.


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The following table presents detailed information about the Company’s borrowings under financing arrangements including FHLBI advances and associated assets pledged as collateral at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Outstanding
Financing
Arrangements
 
Fair Value of
Collateral
Pledged
 
Amortized
Cost
of Collateral
Pledged
 
Outstanding
Financing
Arrangements
 
Fair Value of
Collateral
Pledged
 
Amortized
Cost
of Collateral
Pledged
Outstanding
Financing
Arrangements
 
Fair Value of
Collateral
Pledged
 
Amortized
Cost
of Collateral
Pledged
 
Outstanding
Financing
Arrangements (1)
 
Fair Value of
Collateral
Pledged
 
Amortized
Cost
of Collateral
Pledged
Agency ARMs$239,353
 $157,007
 $157,870
 $171,852
 $181,694
 $183,342
$146,840
 $156,070
 $156,473
 $227,609
 $141,585
 $143,754
Agency Fixed Rate271,489
 384,794
 392,470
 413,199
 437,002
 446,851
344,829
 362,401
 368,685
 261,644
 374,691
 386,853
Agency IOs/U.S. Treasury Securities75,233
 94,280
 107,127
 66,914
 83,988
 95,129
82,188
 105,853
 119,103
 88,160
 123,407
 139,218
Non Agency/CMBS16,062
 20,943
 20,943
 
 
 
Balance at end of the period$586,075
 $636,081
 $657,467
 $651,965
 $702,684
 $725,322
$589,919
 $645,267
 $665,204
 $577,413
 $639,683
 $669,825

(1)    Includes FHLBI advances amounting to $121.0 million as of December 31, 2015.

As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the average days to maturity for financing arrangements, including FHLBI advances, were 2923 days and 2627 days, respectively. The Company’s accrued interest payable on outstanding financing arrangements, including FHLBI advances at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 amounts to $0.1$0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table presents contractual maturity information about the Company’s outstanding financing arrangements, including FHLBI advances at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Contractual MaturitySeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Within 30 days$505,250
 $157,008
$503,937
 $468,402
Over 30 days to 90 days48,505
 494,957
85,982
 85,423
Over 90 days32,320
 

 23,588
Total$586,075
 $651,965
$589,919
 $577,413

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the outstanding balance under our financing arrangements was funded at an advance rate of 92.4%92.0% that implies an average haircut of 7.6%8.0%. The weighted average “haircut” related to our repurchase agreement financing for our Agency RMBS (excluding Agency IOs), Non Agency RMBS, CMBS and Agency IOs was approximately 5%, 20%, 25% and 25%, respectively.


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In the event we are unable to obtain sufficient short-term financing through existing financings arrangements, or our lenders start to require additional collateral, we may have to liquidate our investment securities at a disadvantageous time, which could result in losses. Any losses resulting from the disposition of our investment securities in this manner could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and net profitability. At September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Company had financing arrangements with 67 and 106 counterparties, respectively. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we had no counterparties where the amount at risk was in excess of 5% of Stockholders’ Equity. The amount at risk is defined as the fair value of securities pledged as collateral to the financing arrangement in excess of the financing arrangement liability.

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company had $123.8$39.9 million in cash and $158.7$171.4 million in unencumbered investment securities to meet additional haircut or market valuation requirements, including $87.0$96.9 million of RMBS, of which $85.4$93.8 million are Agency RMBS, and $61.5$74.5 million of multi-family CMBS (which represents the(including $63.7 million of net fair value of certain first loss tranche PO securities and/or certain IOs issued by certain K-Series securitizations included in the Consolidated K-Series). The $123.8$39.9 million of cash, the $87.0$96.9 million of RMBS, the $61.5$74.5 million of CMBS, and the $23.9$13.5 million held in overnight deposits in our Agency IO portfolio included in restricted cash (that is available to meet margin calls as it relates to our Agency IO portfolio financing arrangements), which collectively represent 52.3%38.1% of our financing arrangements, are liquid and could be monetized to pay down or collateralize the liability immediately.


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10.Financing Arrangements, Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans

OnThe Company has a master repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch in an aggregate principal amount of up to $250.0 million, to fund future purchases of distressed residential mortgage loans. The outstanding balance on this master repurchase agreement as of March 31, 2016 and December 16, 2014,31, 2015 amounts to approximately $218.5 million and $214.5 million, respectively, bearing interest at one month LIBOR plus 2.50% (2.93% and 2.92% at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively) and expires on December 15, 2016.

In addition, on November 25, 2015, the Company entered into a master repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch in an aggregate principal amount of up to $260.0$100.0 million, to fund a portionthe future purchase of the purchase price of a pool of distressed residential mortgage loans. The outstanding balance on the master repurchase agreement will bear interest at one-month LIBOR plus 4.0% and expires on May 25, 2017. There was no outstanding balance on this master repurchase agreement as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014 amounts to approximately $185.5 million and $238.9 million, respectively, bearing interest at one month LIBOR plus 2.50% (2.69% and 2.66% at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively) and expires on December 17, 2015.

During the term of thisthe master repurchase agreement,agreements, proceeds from the pool ofresidential mortgage loans, including the Company's distressed residential mortgage loans will be applied to pay any price differential and to reduce the aggregate repurchase price of the collateral. The financingfinancings under the master repurchase agreement isagreements are subject to margin calls to the extent the market value of the pool of distressed residential mortgage loans falls below specified levels and repurchase may be accelerated upon an event of default under the master repurchase agreement.agreements. The master repurchase agreement containsagreements contain various covenants, including among other things, to maintain certain levels of net worth, liquidity and leverage ratios. The Company is in compliance with such covenants as of NovemberMay 5, 2015.2016.

11.Residential Collateralized Debt Obligations

The Company’s Residential CDOs, which are recorded as liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets, are secured by ARM loans pledged as collateral, which are recorded as assets of the Company. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Company had Residential CDOs outstanding of $129.1$110.0 million and $145.5$116.7 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the current weighted average interest rate on these Residential CDOs was 0.57%0.81% and 0.55%0.80%, respectively. The Residential CDOs are collateralized by ARM loans with a principal balance of $136.2$116.1 million and $152.3$122.5 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. The Company retained the owner trust certificates, or residual interest for three securitizations, and, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, had a net investment in the residential securitization trusts of $4.8$4.3 million and $5.6$4.4 million, respectively.


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12.Subordinated Debentures

Subordinated debentures are trust preferred securities that are fully guaranteed by the Company with respect to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, redemption or repayment. The following table summarizes the key details of the Company’s subordinated debentures as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 (dollar amounts in thousands):
 NYM Preferred Trust I NYM Preferred Trust II
Principal value of trust preferred securities$25,000
 $20,000
Interest RateThree month LIBOR plus 3.75%, resetting quarterly
 Three month LIBOR plus 3.95%, resetting quarterly
Scheduled maturityMarch 30, 2035
 October 30, 2035

As of NovemberMay 5, 2015,2016, the Company has not been notified, and is not aware, of any event of default under the covenants for the subordinated debentures.

13.Commitments and Contingencies

Loans Sold to Third Parties – The Company sold its mortgage lending business in March 2007. In the normal course of business, the Company is obligated to repurchase loans based on violations of representations and warranties in the loan sale agreements. The Company did not repurchase any loans during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016.

Outstanding Litigation The Company is at times subject to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company does not believe that any of its current legal proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations, financial condition or cash flows.


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14.Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company has established and documented processes for determining fair values. Fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If listed prices or quotes are not available, then fair value is based upon internally developed models that primarily use inputs that are market-based or independently-sourced market parameters, including interest rate yield curves.

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The following describes the valuation methodologies used for the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.

a.
Investment Securities Available for Sale (RMBS, U.S. Treasury Securitiesand CLOs) Fair value for the RMBSinvestment securities in our portfolio, except the CMBS held in securitization trusts are valued using a third-party pricing service or are based on quoted prices provided by dealers who make markets in similar financial instruments. The dealers will incorporate common market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to the Treasury curve or interest rate swap curve as well as underlying characteristics of the particular security including coupon, periodic and life caps, collateral type, rate reset period and seasoning or age of the security. If quoted prices for a security are not reasonably available from a dealer, the security will be re-classified as a Level 3 security and, as a result, management will determine the fair value based on characteristics of the security that the Company receives from the issuer and based on available market information. Management reviews all prices used in determining valuationfair value to ensure they represent current market conditions. This review includes surveying similar market transactions, comparisons to interest pricing models as well as offerings of like securities by dealers. The Company's investment securities, that are comprised of RMBS and CLOs are valued based upon readily observable market parameters and are classified as Level 2 fair values. The Company’s U.S. Treasury securities are classified as Level 1 fair values.

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except the CMBS held in securitization trusts are valued based upon readily observable market parameters and are classified as Level 1 or 2 fair values.

The Company’s CMBS held in securitization trusts are comprised of securities for which there are not substantially similar securities that trade frequently, the Company classifies these securities as Level 3 fair values. Fair value of the Company’s CMBS investments held in securitization trusts is based on an internal valuation model that considers expected cash flows from the underlying loans and yields required by market participants. The significant unobservable inputs used in the measurement of these investments are projected losses of certain identified loans within the pool of loans and a discount rate. The discount rate used in determining fair value incorporates default rate, loss severity and current market interest rates. The discount rate ranges from 4.5% to 10.5%. Significant increases or decreases in these inputs would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

b.
Investment Securities Available for Sale (CMBS) –Multi As the Company’s CMBS investments are comprised of securities for which there are not substantially similar securities that trade frequently, the Company classifies these securities as Level 3 fair values. Fair value of the Company’s CMBS investments is based on an internal valuation model that considers expected cash flows from the underlying loans and yields required by market participants. The significant unobservable inputs used in the measurement of these investments are projected losses of certain identified loans within the pool of loans and a discount rate. The discount rate used in determining fair value incorporates default rate, loss severity and current market interest rates. The discount rate ranges from 4.2% to 10.3%. Significant increases or decreases in these inputs would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

c.
Multi-Family-Family Loans Held in Securitization Trusts – Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts are recordedcarried at fair value as a result of a fair value election and classified as Level 3 fair values. FairEffective January 1, 2016, the Company determines the fair value of multi-family loans held in securitization trusts based on the fair value of its multi-family collateralized debt obligations and its retained interests from these securitizations (eliminated in consolidation in accordance with U.S. GAAP), as the fair value of these instruments is more observable. Prior to January 1, 2016, fair value was based on an internal valuation model that considers expected cash flows from the underlying loans and yields required by market participants. The significant unobservable inputs used in the measurement of these investments are discount rates. The discount rate used in determining fair value incorporates default rate, loss severity and current market interest rates. The discount rate ranges from 2.6% to 5.3%.Significant increases or decreases in these inputs would result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement.

d.c.
Derivative Instruments – The fair value of interest rate swaps, swaptions, options and TBAs are based on dealer quotes. The fair value of future contracts are based on exchange-traded prices. The Company’s derivatives are classified as Level 1 or Level 2 fair values.



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e.d.
Multi-Family CDOs – Multi-Family collateralized debt obligations are recorded at fair value and classified as Level 3 fair values. The fair value of Multi-family CDOs is determined using a third party pricing service or are based on quoted prices provided by dealers who make markets in similar financial instruments. The dealers will consider contractual cash payments and yields expected by market participants. Dealers also incorporate common market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to the Treasury curve or interest rate swap curve as well as underlying characteristics of the particular security including coupon, periodic and life caps, collateral type, rate reset period and seasoning or age of the security. The Company’s Multi-family CDOs are classified as Level 3 fair values.

e.
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities – Fair value for investments in unconsolidated entities is determined based on a valuation model using assumptions for the timing and amount of expected future cash flow for income and realization events for the underlying assets in the unconsolidated entities and a discount rate. This fair value measurement is generally based on unobservable inputs and, as such, is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.


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The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets (dollar amounts in thousands):
Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis atMeasured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis at
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets carried at fair value                              
Investment securities available for sale:                              
Agency RMBS$
 $721,505
 $
 $721,505
 $
 $779,505
 $
 $779,505
$
 $710,144
 $
 $710,144
 $
 $713,116
 $
 $713,116
Non-Agency RMBS
 1,616
 
 1,616
 
 1,939
 
 1,939

 16,999
 
 16,999
 
 1,567
 
 1,567
CLOs
 
 
 
 
 35,203
 
 35,203
U.S. Treasury Securities10,106
 
 
 10,106
 
 
 
 
7,989
 
 
 7,989
 10,037
 
 
 10,037
Investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts:               
CMBS
 
 40,608
 40,608
 
 
 38,594
 38,594

 17,851
 41,490
 59,341
 
 
 40,734
 40,734
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts
 
 7,296,462
 7,296,462
 
 
 8,365,514
 8,365,514

 
 7,250,586
 7,250,586
 
 
 7,105,336
 7,105,336
Derivative assets:                              
TBA Securities
 285,859
 
 285,859
 
 284,971
 
 284,971

 288,455
 
 288,455
 
 226,929
 
 226,929
Options on U.S. Treasury futures108
 
 
 108
 92
 
 
 92
79
 
 
 79
 15
 
 
 15
U.S. Treasury futures
 
 
 
 379
 
 
 379
Interest rate swap futures
 
 
 
 706
 
 
 706
Interest rate swaps
 

 
 
 
 1,135
 
 1,135

 
 
 
 
 304
 
 304
Swaptions
 946
 
 946
 
 2,273
 
 2,273

 391
 
 391
 
 821
 
 821
Investments in unconsolidated entities
 
 65,798
 65,798
 
 
 67,571
 67,571
Total$10,214
 $1,009,926
 $7,337,070
 $8,357,210
 $471
 $1,105,026
 $8,404,108
 $9,509,605
$8,068
 $1,033,840
 $7,357,874
 $8,399,782
 $10,758
 $942,737
 $7,213,641
 $8,167,136
Liabilities carried at fair value                              
Multi-family collateralized debt obligations$
 $
 $7,011,351
 $7,011,351
 $
 $
 $8,048,053
 $8,048,053
$
 $
 $6,957,293
 $6,957,293
 $
 $
 $6,818,901
 $6,818,901
Derivative liabilities:                              
U.S. Treasury futures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
64
 
 
 64
 
 
 
 
Eurodollar futures3,312
 
 
 3,312
 900
 
 
 900
3,277
 
 
 3,277
 1,242
 
 
 1,242
Interest rate swaps
 1,218
 
 1,218
 
 232
 
 232

 975
 
 975
 
 258
 
 258
Interest rate swap futures2,140
 
 
 2,140
 331
 
 
 331
682
 
 
 682
 
 
 
 
Total$5,452
 $1,218
 $7,011,351
 $7,018,021
 $1,231
 $232
 $8,048,053
 $8,049,516
$4,023
 $975
 $6,957,293
 $6,962,291
 $1,242
 $258
 $6,818,901
 $6,820,401


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The following table details changes in valuation for the Level 3 assets for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (amounts in thousands):

Level 3 Assets:
Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Balance at beginning of period$8,404,108
 $8,203,600
$7,213,641
 $8,442,604
Total gains/(losses) (realized/unrealized)      
Included in earnings (1)
65,735
 267,236
182,880
 131,421
Included in other comprehensive income177
 11,653
63
 68
Sales(2)
(1,075,529) (41,442)
 (1,075,529)
Contributions
 12,701
Paydowns(57,421) (50,195)(34,745) (19,793)
Sale of real estate owned
 (3,351)
Distributions(3,965) (382)
Balance at the end of period$7,337,070
 $8,387,501
$7,357,874
 $7,491,090

(1) 
Amounts included in interest income from multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, unrealized gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net, realized gain (loss) on investment securities and related hedges net and gain on deconsolidation.
(2) 
In February 2015, the Company sold a first loss PO security from one of the Company’s Consolidated K-Series securitizations obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 million and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.

The following table details changes in valuation for the Level 3 liabilities for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (amounts in thousands):

Level 3 Liabilities:
Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 20142016 2015
Balance at beginning of period$8,048,053
 $7,871,020
$6,818,901
 $8,048,053
Total gains/(losses) (realized/unrealized)      
Included in earnings (1)
30,651
 187,536
173,133
 109,686
Included in other comprehensive income
 
Sales(2)
(1,009,942) 

 (1,031,268)
Paydowns(57,411) (53,543)(34,741) (19,790)
Balance at the end of period$7,011,351
 $8,005,013
$6,957,293
 $7,106,681

(1) 
Amounts included in interest expense on multi-family collateralized debt obligations, realized gain (loss) on investment securities and related hedges net and unrealized gain on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts, net.trusts.
(2) 
In February 2015, the Company sold a first loss PO security from one of the Company’s Consolidated K-Series securitizations obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 million and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.

The following table details the changes in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings for our Level 3 assets and liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Change in unrealized gains (losses)– assets$90,904
 $(56,122) $90,599
 $284,568
$189,932
 $136,396
Change in unrealized (losses) gains – liabilities(93,074) 74,237
 (73,723) (241,508)(189,114) (122,768)
Net change in unrealized (losses) gains included in earnings for assets and liabilities$(2,170) $18,115
 $16,876
 $43,060
Net change in unrealized gains included in earnings for assets and liabilities$818
 $13,628


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Any changes to the valuation methodology are reviewed by management to ensure the changes are appropriate. As markets and products develop and the pricing for certain products becomes more transparent, the Company continues to refine its valuation methodologies. The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date. The Company uses inputs that are current as of each reporting date, which may include periods of market dislocation, during which time price transparency may be reduced. This condition could cause the Company’s financial instruments to be reclassified from Level 2 to Level 3 in future periods.

The following table presents assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets (dollar amounts in thousands):
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis atAssets Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis at
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalLevel 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts – impaired loans (net)$
 $
 $12,336
 $12,336
 $
 $
 $9,323
 $9,323
$
 $
 $9,565
 $9,565
 $
 $
 $8,976
 $8,976
Real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts
 
 479
 479
 
 
 965
 965

 
 434
 434
 
 
 411
 411

The following table presents gains (losses) incurred for assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively, on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts – impaired loans (net)$(189) $(287) $(845) $(654)$269
 $(285)
Real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts
 (50) 26
 (103)(23) 

Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts – Impaired Loans (net) – Impaired residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are recorded at amortized cost less specific loan loss reserves. Impaired loan value is based on management’s estimate of the net realizable value taking into consideration local market conditions of the property, updated appraisal values of the property and estimated expenses required to remediate the impaired loan.

Real Estate Owned Held in Residential Securitization Trusts – Real estate owned held in the residential securitization trusts are recorded at net realizable value. Any subsequent adjustment will result in the reduction in carrying value with the corresponding amount charged to earnings. Net realizable value based on an estimate of disposal taking into consideration local market conditions of the property, updated appraisal values of the property and estimated expenses required to sell the property.


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The following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s financial instruments at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, (dollar amounts in thousands):
  September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014  March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Fair Value
Hierarchy Level
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Fair Value
Hierarchy Level
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
Financial Assets:                  
Cash and cash equivalentsLevel 1 $123,801
 $123,801
 $75,598
 $75,598
Level 1 $39,931
 $39,931
 $61,959
 $61,959
Investment securities available for sale(1)Level 1 or 2 733,227
 733,227
 816,647
 816,647
Level 1, 2 or 3 794,473
 794,473
 765,454
 765,454
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trustsLevel 3 40,608
 40,608
 38,594
 38,594
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net)Level 3 132,882
 119,362
 149,614
 135,241
Level 3 113,186
 100,909
 119,921
 109,120
Distressed residential mortgage loans (net) (1)
Level 3 509,419
 510,045
 582,697
 599,182
Distressed residential mortgage loans (net) (2)
Level 3 537,616
 547,818
 558,989
 564,310
Multi-family loans held in securitization trustsLevel 3 7,296,462
 7,296,462
 8,365,514
 8,365,514
Level 3 7,250,586
 7,250,586
 7,105,336
 7,105,336
Derivative assetsLevel 1 or 2 286,913
 286,913
 288,850
 288,850
Level 1 or 2 288,925
 288,925
 228,775
 228,775
Mortgage loans held for sale (net) (2)
Level 3 5,807
 5,847
 7,712
 7,713
First mortgage loans (2)
Level 3 11,621
 12,092
 9,544
 9,832
Mezzanine loan and equity investments (2)
Level 3 110,158
 110,564
 66,951
 67,233
Mortgage loans held for sale (net) (3)
Level 3 5,755
 5,859
 5,471
 5,557
Mortgage loans held for investment (3)
Level 3 6,501
 6,641
 2,706
 2,846
Mezzanine and preferred equity investments (3)(4)
Level 3 44,355
 44,717
 44,151
 44,540
Investments in unconsolidated entities(5)
Level 3 85,497
 86,090
 87,065
 87,558
Receivable for securities soldLevel 1 1,480
 1,480
 
 
Level 1 1,858
 1,858
 
 
Financial Liabilities:                  
Financing arrangements, portfolio investmentsLevel 2 $586,075
 $586,075
 $651,965
 $651,965
Level 2 $589,919
 $589,919
 $577,413
 $577,413
Financing arrangements, distressed residential mortgage loansLevel 2 185,452
 185,452
 238,949
 238,949
Financing arrangements, residential mortgage loansLevel 2 216,604
 216,604
 212,155
 212,155
Residential collateralized debt obligationsLevel 3 129,090
 117,040
 145,542
 130,919
Level 3 110,023
 98,113
 116,710
 105,606
Multi-family collateralized debt obligationsLevel 3 7,011,351
 7,011,351
 8,048,053
 8,048,053
Level 3 6,957,293
 6,957,293
 6,818,901
 6,818,901
Securitized debtLevel 3 140,946
 146,754
 232,877
 240,341
Level 3 83,471
 89,742
 116,541
 123,776
Derivative liabilitiesLevel 1 or 2 6,670
 6,670
 1,463
 1,463
Level 1 or 2 4,998
 4,998
 1,500
 1,500
Payable for securities purchasedLevel 1 283,991
 283,991
 283,537
 283,537
Level 1 311,250
 311,250
 227,969
 227,969
Subordinated debenturesLevel 3 45,000
 36,712
 45,000
 36,531
Level 3 45,000
 33,846
 45,000
 42,731

(1)
Includes $41.5 million and $40.7 million of investment securities for sale held in securitization trusts as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.
(2) 
Includes distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts with a carrying value amounting to approximately $156.1 million$0 and $221.6$114.2 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, and distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value amounting to approximately $353.4$537.6 million and $361.1$444.8 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively.
(2)(3) 
Included in receivables and other assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(4)
Includes mezzanine and preferred equity investments accounted for as loans (see Note 2).
(5)
Includes investments in unconsolidated entities accounted for under the fair value option with a carrying value of $65.8 million and $67.6 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

In addition to the methodology to determine the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reported at fair value on a recurring basis and non-recurring basis, as previously described, the following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in arriving at the fair value of the Company’s other financial instruments in the table immediately above:

a.
Cash and cash equivalents – Estimated fair value approximates the carrying value of such assets.

b.
Residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net) – Residential mortgage loans held in the securitization trusts are recorded at amortized cost. Fair value is based on an internal valuation model that considers the aggregated characteristics of groups of loans such as, but not limited to, collateral type, index, interest rate, margin, length of fixed-rate period, life cap, periodic cap, underwriting standards, age and credit estimated using the estimated market prices for similar types of loans.

c.
Distressed residential mortgage loans (net) – Fair value is estimated using pricing models taking into consideration current interest rates, loan amount, payment status and property type, and forecasts of future interest rates, home prices and property values, prepayment speeds, default, loss severities, and actual purchases and sales of similar loans.

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e.
Mortgage loans held for sale (net) – The fair value of mortgage loans held for sale (net) are estimated by the Company based on the price that would be received if the loans were sold as whole loans taking into consideration the aggregated characteristics of the loans such as, but not limited to, collateral type, index, interest rate, margin, length of fixed interest rate period, life time cap, periodic cap, underwriting standards, age and credit.

f.
First mortgageMezzanine loan and mezzanine loan andpreferred equity investments – Estimated fair value is determined by both market comparable pricing and discounted cash flows. The discounted cash flows are based on the underlying contractual cash flows and estimated changes in market yields. The fair value also reflects consideration of changes in credit risk since the origination or time of initial investment.

g.
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities – Fair value for investments in unconsolidated entities is determined based on a valuation model using assumptions for the timing and amount of expected future cash flow for income and realization events for the underlying assets in the unconsolidated entities and a discount rate. This fair value measurement is generally based on unobservable inputs and, as such, is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

h.
Financing arrangements – The fair value of these financing arrangements approximates cost as they are short term in nature.

h.i.
Residential collateralized debt obligations – The fair value of these CDOs is based on discounted cash flows as well as market pricing on comparable obligations.

i.j.
Securitized debt – The fair value of securitized debt is based on discounted cash flows using management’s estimate for market yields.

j.k.
Payable for securities purchased – Estimated fair value approximates the carrying value of such liabilities.

k.l.
Subordinated debentures – The fair value of these subordinated debentures is based on discounted cash flows using management’s estimate for market yields.


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15.Stockholders' Equity

(a)Dividends on Preferred Stock

The Company had 200,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, with 6,600,000 and 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014.2015.

On June 4, 2013, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares of 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”), with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25 per share, in an underwritten public offering, for net proceeds of approximately $72.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, there were 6,000,000 and 3,450,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock authorized, respectively.authorized. The Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to receive a dividend at a rate of 7.75% per year on the $25 liquidation preference and is senior to the common stock with respect to dividends and distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

On April 22, 2015, the Company issued 3,600,000 shares of 7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”), with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25 per share, in an underwritten public offering, for net proceeds of approximately $86.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses. As of September 30,March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there were 4,140,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock authorized. The Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to receive a dividend at a rate of 7.875% per year on the $25 liquidation preference and is senior to the common stock with respect to dividends and distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

The Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock generally do not have any voting rights, subject to an exception in the event the Company fails to pay dividends on such stock for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive). Under such circumstances, holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class with the holders of all other classes or series of our preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, will be entitled to vote to elect two additional directors to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) until all unpaid dividends have been paid or declared and set apart for payment. In addition, certain material and adverse changes to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock cannot be made without the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock.

TheNeither the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock are not redeemable by the Company prior to June 4, 2018, in the case of the Series B Preferred Stock, and April 22, 2020, respectively,in the case of the Series C Preferred Stock, except under circumstances intended to preserve the Company’s qualification as a REIT and except upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the Articles Supplementary designating the Series B Preferred Stock

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and Series C Preferred Stock, respectively). On and after June 4, 2018 and April 22, 2020, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, respectively, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

In addition, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, within 120 days after the first date, on which such Change of Control occurred, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

TheEach of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock has no stated maturity, is not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption and will remain outstanding indefinitely unless repurchased or redeemed by the Company or converted into the Company’s common stock in connection with a Change of Control by the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock.Control.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock will have the right (unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, respectively) to convert some or all of the Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock held by such holder into a number of shares of our common stock per share of Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock determined by a formula, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions described in the applicable Articles Supplementary for such series.

From the time of original issuance of each of the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock through September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company has declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on such series of stock. The following table presents the relevant dates with respect to quarterly cash dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock from January 1, 20142015 through September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and cash dividends on Series C Preferred Stock from issuance through September 30, 2015:March 31, 2016:

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 Series B Preferred Stock Series C Preferred Stock 
 DeclarationDate 
Record
Date
 
Payment
Date
 
Cash
Dividend
Per Share
 
Declaration
Date
 
Record
Date
 
Payment
Date
 Cash Dividend Per Share 
 
 
 September 18, 2015 October 1, 2015 October 15, 2015 0.484375
 September 18, 2015 October 1, 2015 October 15, 2015 0.4921875
 
 June 18, 2015 July 1, 2015 July 15, 2015 0.484375
 June 18, 2015 July 1, 2015 July 15, 2015 0.4539100
(1) 
 March 18, 2015 April 1, 2015 April 15, 2015 0.484375
 
 
 
 
 
 December 12, 2014 January 1, 2015 January 15, 2015 0.484375
 
 
 
 
 
 September 18, 2014 October 1, 2014 October 15, 2014 0.484375
 
 
 
 
 
 June 18, 2014 July 1, 2014 July 15, 2014 0.484375
 
 
 
 
 
 March 31, 2014 April 1, 2014 April 15, 2014 0.484375
 
 
 
 
 
 Series B Preferred Stock Series C Preferred Stock 
 Declaration Date 
Record
Date
 
Payment
Date
 
Cash
Dividend
Per Share
 
Declaration
Date
 
Record
Date
 
Payment
Date
 Cash Dividend Per Share 
 
 
 March 18, 2016 April 1, 2016 April 15, 2016 $0.484375
 March 18, 2016 April 1, 2016 April 15, 2016 $0.4921875
 
 December 16, 2015 January 1, 2016 January 15, 2016 0.484375
 December 16, 2015 January 1, 2016 January 15, 2016 0.4921875
 
 September 18, 2015 October 1, 2015 October 15, 2015 0.484375
 September 18, 2015 October 1, 2015 October 15, 2015 0.4921875
 
 June 18, 2015 July 1, 2015 July 15, 2015 0.484375
 June 18, 2015 July 1, 2015 July 15, 2015 0.4539100
(1) 
 March 18, 2015 April 1, 2015 April 15, 2015 0.484375
     

(1) 
Cash dividend for the partial quarterly period that began on April 22, 2015 and ended on July 14, 2015.

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(b)Dividends on Common Stock

The following table presents cash dividends declared by the Company on its common stock with respect to each of the quarterly periods commencing January 1, 20142015 and ended September 30, 2015:March 31, 2016:
Period Declaration Date Record Date Payment Date Cash Dividend Per Share Declaration Date Record Date Payment Date Cash Dividend Per Share
First Quarter 2016 March 18, 2016 March 28, 2016 April 25, 2016 $0.24
Fourth Quarter 2015 December 16, 2015 December 28, 2015 January 25, 2016 0.24
Third Quarter 2015 September 18, 2015 September 28, 2015 October 26, 2015 $0.24
 September 18, 2015 September 28, 2015 October 26, 2015 0.24
Second Quarter 2015 June 18, 2015 June 29, 2015 July 27, 2015 $0.27
 June 18, 2015 June 29, 2015 July 27, 2015 0.27
First Quarter 2015 March 18, 2015 March 30, 2015 April 27, 2015 $0.27
 March 18, 2015 March 30, 2015 April 27, 2015 0.27
Fourth Quarter 2014 December 12, 2014 December 22, 2014 January 26, 2015 $0.27
Third Quarter 2014 September 18, 2014 September 29, 2014 October 27, 2014 $0.27
Second Quarter 2014 June 18, 2014 June 30, 2014 July 25, 2014 $0.27
First Quarter 2014 March 13, 2014 March 24, 2014 April 25, 2014 $0.27

(c)Public Offering of Common Stock

The table below presents information with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock issued through underwritten public offerings during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. There were no underwritten public offerings of common stock during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and three months ended March 31, 2015.
Share Issue Date Shares Issued 
Net Proceeds (1)
(Amounts in Thousands)    
April 7, 2014 14,950
 $109,916
January 10, 2014 11,500
 $75,846
(1)
Proceeds are net of underwriting costs and offering expenses paid by the Company.

(d)Equity Distribution Agreements

On March 20, 2015, the Company entered into separate equity distribution agreements (collectively, the “Equity Distribution Agreements”) with each of JMP Securities LLC (“JMP”) and MLV & Co. LLC (“MLV”), each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”, pursuant to which the Company may sell up to $75,000,000 of aggregate value of (i) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per and (ii) shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, from time to time through the Agents. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements and may at any time suspend solicitations and offers under the Equity Distribution Agreements. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2015, the Company issued 2,789,4391,375,682 shares of its common stock respectively, under the Equity Distribution Agreements, at an average sales price of $7.91, respectively,$8.04, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $21.6$10.8 million after deducting the placement fees. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company issued no shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, approximately $52.9 million of securities remains available for issuance under the Equity Distribution Agreements.

On March 20, 2015, in connection with the Company’s execution of the Equity Distribution Agreements described above, the Company delivered to JMP a notice of termination of the Equity Distribution Agreement dated June 11, 2012 (the “Prior Equity Distribution Agreement”), which termination became effective March 23, 2015. The Prior Equity Distribution Agreement provided for the sale by the Company of common stock having a maximum aggregate value of up to $25,000,000 from time to time through JMP, as the Company’s agent. During the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2015, the Company issued 1,326,676 shares under the Prior Equity Distribution Agreement, at an average sales price of $7.89 resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $10.3 million, after deducting the placement fees. During the term of the Prior Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company sold a total of 2,153,989 shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.63 per share pursuant to the Prior Distribution Agreement, resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $16.1 million.


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16.Earnings Per Share

The Company calculates basic net income per share by dividing net income for the period by weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding for that period. Diluted net income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as convertible preferred stock, stock options and unvested restricted or performance stock, but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted-average number of shares outstanding. There were no dilutive instruments for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014.2015.

The following table presents the computation of basic and dilutive net income per share for the periods indicated (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Numerator:
          
Net income attributable to common stockholders– Basic$22,407
 $38,272
 $66,041
 $89,856
$13,726
 $22,090
Net income attributable to common stockholders– Dilutive$22,407
 $38,272
 $66,041
 $89,856
$13,726
 $22,090
Denominator:          
Weighted average basic shares outstanding109,402
 90,685
 108,061
 85,018
Weighted average dilutive shares outstanding109,402
 90,685
 108,061
 85,018
Weighted average basic and diluted shares outstanding109,402
 105,488
EPS:          
Basic EPS$0.20
 $0.42
 $0.61
 $1.06
$0.13
 $0.21
Dilutive EPS$0.20
 $0.42
 $0.61
 $1.06
$0.13
 $0.21

17.Stock Based Compensation

Pursuant to the Company’s 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”), as approved by the Company’s stockholders, eligible employees, officers and directors of the Company have the opportunity to acquire the Company's common stock through the award of restricted common stock, performance share awards and other equity awards under the 2010 Plan. The maximum number of shares that may be issued under the 2010 Plan is 1,190,000.

Of the common stock authorized at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, 551,6092015, 491,156 shares and 862,512551,609 shares, respectively, were reserved for issuance under the 2010 Plan. The Company’s non-employee directors have been issued 146,935 and 111,311 shares under the 2010 Plan as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, respectively.2015. The Company’s employees have been issued 401,827462,280 and 216,177401,827 restricted shares under the 2010 Plan as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. At September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, there were 280,457219,058 and 162,171280,457 shares of unvested restricted stock outstanding under the 2010 Plan.

(a)Restricted Common Stock Awards

During the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, the Company recognized non-cash compensation expense on its restricted common stock awards of $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized non-cash compensation expense on its restricted common stock awards of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively.million. Dividends are paid on all restricted common stock issued, whether those shares have vested or not. In general, non-vested restricted stock is forfeited upon the recipient's termination of employment. There were no forfeitures during the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014.2015.


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A summary of the activity of the Company's non-vested restricted stock under the 2010 Plan for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively, is presented below:
2015 20142016 2015
Number of
Non-vested
Restricted
Shares
 
Weighted
Average Per Share
Grant Date
Fair Value (1)
 
Number of
Non-vested
Restricted
Shares
 
Weighted
Average Per Share
Grant Date
Fair Value (1)
Number of
Non-vested
Restricted
Shares
 
Weighted
Average Per Share
Grant Date
Fair Value (1)
 
Number of
Non-vested
Restricted
Shares
 
Weighted
Average Per Share
Grant Date
Fair Value (1)
Non-vested shares at January 1162,171
 $7.26
 94,873
 $7.01
280,457
 $7.63
 162,171
 $7.26
Granted185,650
 7.79
 104,517
 7.39
60,453
 4.16
 185,650
 7.79
Vested(67,364) 7.18
 (37,219) 6.97
(121,852) 7.54
 (67,364) 7.18
Non-vested shares as of September 30280,457
 $7.63
 162,171
 $7.26
Non-vested shares as of March 31219,058
 $6.72
 280,457
 $7.63
Weighted-average fair value of restricted stock granted during the period185,650
 $7.79
 104,517
 $7.39
60,453
 $4.16
 185,650
 $7.79

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The grant date fair value of restricted stock awards is based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock at the grant date.

At September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, the Company had unrecognized compensation expense of $1.0$1.4 million and $0.9$2.0 million, respectively, related to the non-vested shares of restricted common stock under the 2010 Plan. The unrecognized compensation expense at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.31.9 years. The total fair value of restricted shares vested during the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 was approximately $0.5$0.6 million and $0.3$0.5 million, respectively. The requisite service period for restricted shares at issuance is 3 years.

(b)Performance Share Awards

In May 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved a performance share award (“PSA”) pursuant to the 2010 Plan to the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. The PSA granted consisted of 89,629 shares of common stock and had a grant date fair value of approximately $0.4 million. The PSA are awards under which the number of underlying shares of Company common stock that vest and that the recipient becomes entitled to receive at the time of vesting will generally range from 0% to 200% of the target number of PSAs granted, with the target number of PSAs granted being adjusted to reflect the value of the reinvestment of any dividends declared on Company common stock during the vesting period. Vesting of these PSUs will occur at the end of three years based on three-year TSR, as follows:

If three-year TSR is less than 33%, then 0% of the PSUsPSAs will vest;

If three-year TSR is greater than or equal to 33% and the TSR is not in the bottom quartile of an identified peer group, then 100% of the PSAs will vest;

If three-year TSR is greater than or equal to 33% and the TSR is in the top quartile of an identified peer group, then 200% of the PSAs will vest;

If three-year TSR is greater than or equal to 33% and the TSR is in the bottom quartile of an identified peer group, then 50% of the PSAs will vest.

TSR is defined, with respect to the Company and each member of the identified peer group, as applicable, as the average annual total shareholder return based on common stock price appreciation/depreciation during the applicable measurement period or until the date of a change of control, whichever first occurs, plus the value on the last day of the applicable measurement period or the date of a change of control of common shares if all cash dividends declared on a common share during such period were reinvested in additional common shares.

The grant date fair values of PSAs were determined through a Monte-Carlo simulation of the Company’s common stock total shareholder return and the common stock total shareholder return of its peer companies to determine the TSR of the Company’s common stock relative to its peer companies over a future period of three years. For the 2015 PSA grant, the inputs used by the model to determine the fair value are (i) historical stock return volatilities of the Company and its peer companies over the most recent three year period, (ii) a risk free rate based on the three year U.S. Treasury rate on grant date, and (iii) historical pairwise stock return correlations between the Company and its peer companies over the most recent three year period.

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Compensation expenses related to PSAs were $32.0 thousand and $43.5$31.7 thousand for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.March 31, 2016. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, there was $0.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested PSAs.


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18.Income Taxes

At September 30,For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, a wholly owned TRS of the Company had approximately $55.9 million of net operating loss carryforwards whichqualified to be taxed as a REIT under the Code for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As long as the Company does not expect to be able to utilize to offset future taxable income. The carryforwards will expire between 2024 through 2028. The Internal Revenue Code places certain limitations on the annual amount of net operating loss carryforwards that can be utilized if certain changes in the Company’s ownership occur. The Company determined during 2012 that it had undergone ownership changes within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 382 thatqualifies as a REIT, the Company believesgenerally will substantially eliminate utilization of these net operating loss carryforwardsnot be subject to offset future taxable income. In general, if a company incurs an ownership change under Section 382, the company's ability to utilize a net operating loss, or NOL carryforward to offsetU.S. federal income taxes on its taxable income becomes limited to a certain amount per year.

In 2014,the extent it annually distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to stockholders and does not engage in prohibited transactions. Certain activities the Company through its wholly owned TRSs, incurred net operating losses in the aggregate amount of approximately $3.6 million. The Company’s carryforward net operating losses, which areperforms may produce income that will not subject to a Section 382 limitation, will expire between 2033 and 2034 if they are not offset by future taxable income. Additionally, during 2014, the Company, through one of its wholly owned TRSs, also incurred approximately $3.5 million in capital losses. The Company’s carryforward capital losses will expire by 2018 if they are not offset by future capital gains.be qualifying income for REIT purposes. The Company has recorded a valuation allowance against certain deferreddesignated its TRSs to engage in these activities. The tables below reflect the taxes accrued at the TRS level and the tax assets at September 30, 2015 as management does not believe that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will be realized.attributes included in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company files income tax returns withprovision for the U.S. federal governmentthree months ended March 31, 2016 and various state and local jurisdictions. The CompanyMarch 31, 2015 is no longer subject to tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2011. The Company has assessed its tax positions for all open years, which includes 2012 to 2014 and concluded that there are no material uncertainties to be recognized.comprised of the following components (dollar amounts in thousands):

During the three
 March 31, 2016 March 31, 2015
Current income tax expense$72
 $998
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)119
 (753)
Total provision$191
 $245

Deferred Tax Assets and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company’s TRSs recorded approximately $3.0 million and $4.5 million, respectively, of income tax expense. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company’s TRSs recorded approximately $1.1 million and $4.7 million, respectively, of income tax expense. The Company’s estimated taxable income differs from the federal statutory rate as a result of state and local taxes, non-taxable REIT income, a valuation allowance and other differences.Liabilities

The componentsmajor sources of temporary differences included in the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilitiestheir deferred tax effect as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Deferred tax assets      
Net operating loss carryforward$27,876
 $28,704
$2,339
 $2,083
Net capital loss carryforward4,111
 1,592
1,575
 2,029
GAAP/Tax basis differences3,055
 1,755
2,747
 3,043
Total deferred tax assets (1)
35,042
 32,051
$6,661
 $7,155
Valuation allowance (1)
(32,896) (30,412)
Deferred tax liabilities      
Deferred tax liabilities1,308
 1,040
$908
 $192
Total deferred tax liabilities (2)
1,308
 1,040
908
 192
Valuation allowance (1)
(5,366) (6,457)
Total net deferred tax asset
$838
 $599
$387
 $506

(1) 
Included in receivables and other assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(2) 
Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
As of March 31, 2016, the Company through wholly owned TRSs, had incurred net operating losses in the aggregate amount of approximately $5.0 million. The Company’s carryforward net operating losses will expire between 2033 and 2034 if they are not offset by future taxable income. Additionally, as of March 31, 2016, the Company, through one of its wholly owned TRSs, also incurred approximately $3.4 million in capital losses. The Company’s carryforward capital losses will expire between 2018 and 2020 if they are not offset by future capital gains. At March 31, 2016, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets as management does not believe that it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will be realized.



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The Company files income tax returns with the U.S. federal government and various state and local jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2012. The Company has assessed its tax positions for all open years, which includes 2012 to 2015 and concluded that there are no material uncertainties to be recognized.

In addition, based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements.



19.Related Party Transactions

On April 5, 2011, the Company entered into a management agreement with RiverBanc, pursuant to which RiverBanc provides investment management services to the Company. On March 13, 2013, the Company entered into an amended and restated management agreement with RiverBanc (as amended, the “RiverBanc Management Agreement”). The RiverBanc Management Agreement replaced the prior management agreement between RiverBanc and the Company, dated as of April 5, 2011. The amended and restated agreement has an effective date of January 1, 2013 and has aan initial term that will expireexpired on December 31, 2015 and is now subject to automatic annual one-year renewals thereof.(subject to any notice of termination).

As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Company owned a 20% membership interest in RiverBanc. For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, the Company recognized approximately $0.3 million loss and $0.5 million in income related to its investment in RiverBanc, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized approximately $1.1$0.1 million and $1.4$0.7 million in income related to its investment in RiverBanc, respectively.

RiverBanc manages an entity, RB Multifamily Investors LLC (“RBMI”), in which the Company owns, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, approximately 67%, respectively of the outstanding common equity interests. Pursuant to a management agreement between RiverBanc and this entity, RiverBanc is entitled to receive base management and incentive fees for its management of assets owned by RBMI. Our total investment in RBMI, which is included in receivable and other assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, amounts to approximately $56.0$54.8 million and $36.6$56.9 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. Included in our total investment in RBMI are preferred equity interests amounting to approximately $40.4 million and $22.9$41.5 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014, respectively.2015. For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, the Company recognized $1.6$1.8 million and $4.4 million in income related to our investment in RMI, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized $0.1 million and $0.1$1.1 million in income related to its investment in RBMI, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, the Company expensed $1.0$1.2 million and $5.9$3.9 million in fees to RiverBanc, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company expensed $5.7 million and $8.0 million in fees to RiverBanc, respectively As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Company had fees payable to RiverBanc of $0.6$0.7 million and $6.3$1.7 million, respectively, included in accrued expenses and other liabilities.

20.Subsequent Events

On April 15, 2016, the Company closed on a securitization transaction that involved the issuance and sale of $177.5 million of Class A Notes representing beneficial ownership in a pool of performing and re-performing seasoned mortgage loans. The Company retained $25.5 million of Class M Notes and a $79.8 million equity certificate.  In addition, the Company holds 5% of the Class A Notes issued, which resulted in gross proceeds to the Company from the sale of the remaining Class A Notes of approximately $167.7 million. The Class A Notes have an expected redemption date of March 25, 2019, with a stated final maturity date of March 25, 2021 and a stated interest rate of 4.00%. 

On May 3, 2016, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with the members of RiverBanc.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will acquire the remaining 80% membership interests in RiverBanc for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $24 million.





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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, or in press releases or other written or oral communications issued or made by us, statements which are not historical in nature, including those containing words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “goal,” “objective,” “will,” “may” or similar expressions, are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

Forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. The following factors are examples of those that could cause actual results to vary from our forward-looking statements: changes in interest rates and the market value of our securities, changes in credit spreads, the impact of the downgrade of the long-term credit ratings of the U.S., Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae; market volatility; changes in the prepayment rates on the mortgage loans underlying our investment securities; increased rates of default and/or decreased recovery rates on our assets; delays in identifying and acquiring our targeted assets; our ability to borrow to finance our assets; changes in government laws, regulations or policies affecting our business, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury and those relating to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae; our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal tax purposes; our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and risks associated with investing in real estate assets, including changes in business conditions and the general economy. These and other risks, uncertainties and factors, including the risk factors described in this report, in Part I, Item 1A – “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20142015 and as updated by our subsequent filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements we make. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time and it is not possible to predict those events or how they may affect us. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Defined Terms

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q we refer to New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, as “we,” “us,” “Company,” or “our,” unless we specifically state otherwise or the context indicates otherwise. We refer to our wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiaries as “TRSs” and our wholly-owned qualified REIT subsidiaries as “QRSs.” In addition, the following defines certain of the commonly used terms in this report: “RMBS” refers to residential mortgage-backed securities comprised of adjustable-rate, hybrid adjustable-rate, fixed-rate, interest only and inverse interest only, and principal only securities; “Agency RMBS” refers to RMBS representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation (“GSE”), such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), or an agency of the U.S. government, such as the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”); “Agency ARMs” refers to Agency RMBS comprised of adjustable-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate RMBS; “non-Agency RMBS” refers to RMBS backed by prime jumbo and Alternative A-paper (“Alt-A”) residential mortgage loans; “IOs” refers collectively to interest only and inverse interest only mortgage-backed securities that represent the right to the interest component of the cash flow from a pool of mortgage loans; “Agency IOs” refers to IOs that represent the right to the interest components of the cash flow from a pool of residential mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a GSE or an agency of the U.S. government; “POs” refers to mortgage-backed securities that represent the right to the principal component of the cash flow from a pool of mortgage loans; “ARMs” refers to adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans; “prime ARM loans” and “residential securitized loans” each refer to prime credit quality residential ARM loans (“prime ARM loans”) held in securitization trusts; “distressed residential loans” refers to pools of performing and re-performing, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, fully amortizing, interest-only and balloon, seasoned mortgage loans secured by first liens on one- to four-family properties; “CMBS” refers to commercial mortgage-backed securities comprised of commercial mortgage pass-through securities, as well as IO or PO securities that represent the right to a specific component of the cash flow from a pool of commercial mortgage loans; “multi-family CMBS” refers to CMBS backed by commercial mortgage loans on multi-family properties; “CDOs” refers to collateralized debt obligations; “CLO” refers to collateralized loan obligation; “Consolidated K-Series” refers to, as of September 30, 2015, five separate Freddie Mac- sponsored multi-family loan K-Series securitizations, or as ofMarch 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014six2015, five separate Freddie Mac- sponsored multi-family loan K-Series securitizations, of which we, or one of our special purpose entities,(“SPEs”), own the first loss PO securities and certain IO securities; “Variable Interest Entity” or “VIE” refers to an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties; and “Consolidated VIEs” refers to VIEs where the Company is the primary beneficiary, as it has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and a right to receive benefits or absorb losses of the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE.

General

We are a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes, in the business of acquiring, investing in, financing and managing primarily mortgage-related assets and financial assets. Our objective is to manage a portfolio of investments that will deliver long-term stable distributions to our stockholders over diversechanging economic conditions. We intend to achieve this objectiveconditions through a combination of net interest margin and net realized capital gains from oura diversified investment portfolio. Our portfolio includes certain credit sensitive assets and investments sourced from distressed markets in recent years that create the potential for capital gains, as well as more traditional types of mortgage-related investments that generate interest income.

We have endeavored to build in recent years a diversifiedOur investment portfolio that includes elements of interest rate and credit risk, as we believe a portfolio diversified among interest rate and credit risks are best suited to delivering stable cash flows over various economic cycles. Under our investment strategy, our targeted assets currently include residential mortgage loans, including second mortgages and loans sourced from distressed markets, multi-family CMBS, mezzanine loans to and preferred equity investments in owners of multi-family properties, equity and debt securities issued by entities that invest in residential and commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments and Agency RMBS. Subject to maintaining our qualification as a REIT, we also may opportunistically acquire and manage various other types of mortgage-related and financial assets that we believe will compensate us appropriately for the risks associated with them, including, without limitation, non-Agency RMBS (which may include IOs and POs), collateralized mortgage obligations and securities issued by newly originated residential securitizations, including credit sensitive securities from these securitizations.

We seek to achieve a balanced and diverse funding mix to finance our assets and operations. To this end, weWe currently rely primarily on a combination of short-term borrowings, such as repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances with terms typically of 30 days, (or currently, in some cases, up tolonger term repurchase agreement borrowing with terms between one year)year and 18 months and longer term structured financings, such as securitization and re-securitization transactions,securitizations, with terms longer than one year.





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We internally manage a certain portion of our portfolio, including Agency ARMs, fixed-rate Agency RMBS, non-Agency RMBS, CLOsresidential securitized loans and certain residentialsecond mortgage loans held in securitization trusts.loans. In addition, as part of our investment strategy, we also contract with certain external investment managers to manage specific asset types targeted by us. We are a party to separate investment management agreements with Headlands Asset Management, LLC, or Headlands, RiverBanc, LLC, or RiverBanc, and The Midway and RiverBanc,Group, L.P., or Midway, with Headlands providing investment management services with respect to our investments in certain distressed residential mortgage loans, Midway providing investment management services with respect to our investments in Agency IOs, and RiverBanc providing investment management services with respect to our investments in multi-family CMBS and certain commercial real estate-related investments.investments, and Midway providing investment management services with respect to our investments in Agency IOs.

Key ThirdFirst Quarter 20152016 Developments

SalesRepayment of FHLBI Advances

On January 12, 2016, the regulator of the FHLB system, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, released a final rule that amends regulations governing FHLB membership, including preventing captive insurance companies from being eligible for FHLB membership.  Under the terms of the final rule, our captive insurance subsidiary is required to terminate its membership and repay its existing advances within one year following the effective date of the final rule.  In addition, our captive insurance subsidiary is prohibited from taking new advances or renewing existing maturing advances during the one-year transition period. The final rule became effective on February 19, 2016.  During January 2016, we repaid all of our outstanding FHLBI advances, which was funded primarily through repurchase agreement financing. In April 2016, we redeemed $5.4 million of FHLBI stock, representing majority of our investment in FHLBI stock.

Repayment of Outstanding Notes from Distressed Residential Mortgage LoansLoan Securitization Transactions

In September 2015,February 2016, we sold two pools ofrepaid the outstanding notes from our 2013 distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of approximately $120.3 million for aggregate proceeds of approximately $144.2 million,loan securitizations, which resulted in a net realized gain, before income taxes, of approximately $23.9 million.

Acquisition of Residential Mortgage Loans

During the third quarter of 2015, we closed on the acquisition of residential mortgage loans, primarily distressed residential mortgage loans forhad an aggregate purchase price, including accrued interest, of approximately $67.6 million. The pools were comprised of performing and re-performing first lien mortgage loans having an aggregate unpaidoutstanding principal balance of approximately $81.4$31.9 million at the purchase date.time of repayment. The notes were issued in 2013 in an aggregate original principal amount of $138.3 million.

ThirdFirst Quarter 20152016 Common Stock and Preferred Stock Dividends

On SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share of common stock for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016. The dividend was paid on October 26, 2015April 25, 2016 to our common stockholders of record as of SeptemberMarch 28, 2015.2016.

On SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, in accordance with the terms of our Series B Preferred Stock, our Board of Directors declared a Series B Preferred Stock quarterly cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of Series B Preferred Stock. The dividend was paid on OctoberApril 15, 20152016 to our Series B Preferred stockholders of record as of OctoberApril 1, 2015.2016.

Also on SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, in accordance with the terms of our Series C Preferred Stock, our Board of Directors declared a Series C Preferred Stock quarterly cash dividend of $0.4921875 per share of Series C Preferred Stock. The dividend was paid on OctoberApril 15, 20152016 to our Series C Preferred stockholders of record as of OctoberApril 1, 2015.2016.

Subsequent Events

Securitization Transaction

On April 15, 2016, the Company closed on a securitization transaction that involved the issuance and sale of $177.5 million of Class A Notes representing beneficial ownership in a pool of performing and re-performing seasoned mortgage loans. The Company retained $25.5 million of Class M Notes and a $79.8 million equity certificate.  In addition, the Company holds 5% of the Class A Notes issued, which resulted in gross proceeds to the Company from the sale of the remaining Class A Notes of approximately $167.7 million.


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RiverBanc LLC Acquisition

On May 3, 2016, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Donlon Family LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“DF LLC”), JMP Investment Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company(“JMP”), and Hypotheca Capital, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“Hypotheca” and, together with DF LLC and JMP, the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the Company will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests of RiverBanc. Such acquisition of membership interests being referred to collectively herein as the “RiverBanc Acquisition.” RiverBanc is an investment management firm and registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that was founded in 2010 and has sourced and managed over $400 million of direct and indirect investments in multifamily apartment properties on behalf of both public and private institutional investors, including the Company. Hypotheca is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, through which the Company indirectly owns 20% of RiverBanc. As of March 31, 2016, RiverBanc manages, directly or indirectly, approximately $371.5 million of the Company’s capital.
At the closing of the acquisition, DF LLC and JMP will receive total consideration of cash in the aggregate amount of approximately $24 million, subject to certain adjustments and holdback amounts as described in the Purchase Agreement. Of the cash consideration payable to DF LLC, $3 million will be subject to a holdback at closing, which amount shall be subsequently paid following receipt by the Company of notice from DF LLC that DF LLC or its affiliates has acquired shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate purchase price of not less than $3 million.  The closing of the acquisition is subject to customary closing requirements and conditions, including the execution of a mutually acceptable employment agreement between Kevin Donlon, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RiverBanc, and the Company. While the Company expects to close the acquisition in the second quarter of 2016, there can be no assurance that the acquisition will close, or if it will close on the Company’s expected schedule.

Current Market Conditions and Commentary

General. TheRecently released U.S. economic data suggests that the U.S. economy exhibited lower U.S. real gross domestic product (“GDP”)experienced little to no growth induring the thirdfirst quarter of 2015 posting an increase of 1.5% (advance estimate) in GDP, which follows an increase of 3.9% (revised) in GDP2016, although economic growth is expected to improve during the second quarterbalance of 2015. Due2016. According to the stronger-than-anticipated rebound in GDP during the second quarter of 2015, Federal Reserve policymakers have slightly increased their GDP growth projections for 2015. According to minutes of the Federal Reserve’s September 2015March 2016 meeting, Federal Reserve policymakers expect slowing GDP growth in 2016, 2017 and 2018, with the central tendency projections for GDP growth in 2015 have been increasedranging from 2.1% to 2.3% for 2016, 2.0% to 2.3% (as compared tofor 2017, and 1.8% to 2.0% as of June 2015), whereas projections2.1% for 2016 decreased slightly with projections of 2.2% to 2.6% (as compared to 2.4% and 2.7% as of June 2015) due to slower projected productivity growth.2018.

The U.S. labor market exhibited lower than expected job growthwas substantially unchanged during the thirdfirst quarter of 2016, with the unemployment rate and number of unemployed persons essentially unchanged from December 31, 2015. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. unemployment rate at the end of September 2015 was 5.1%, which was unchanged from the unemployment rate5.0% as of the end of August 2015 and slightly lower from the 5.3% unemployment rate as of the end of June 2015. TotalMarch 2016, while total nonfarm payroll employment posted an estimated average monthly increase of approximately 167,000 jobs during the third quarter of 2015, as compared to an average monthly increase of approximately 223,000 jobs during the second quarter of 2015 and 197,000209,000 jobs during the first quarter of 2015. Overall, job growth in 2015 has averaged 198,000 per month, compared with2016, down modestly from an average monthly gainincrease of 260,000221,000 jobs in 2014.2015.


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Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy.In OctoberDecember 2015, given indications that the U.S. economy had improved sufficiently, the Federal Reserve maintained its intent to keepannounced that it would raise the target range for the federal funds rate between 0%by 25 basis points and 0.25% andhas indicated its expectations for additional rate hikes in 2016, although the Federal Reserve opted not to increase the rate at its January or March 2016 meetings. The Federal Reserve indicated following its March 2016 meeting that in determining how longthe size and timing of future adjustments to maintain the current target range for the Federal Reservefederal funds rate, it will assess progress, both realized and expected towardseconomic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2% inflation. Market participants generally understand thatSignificant uncertainty with respect to the speed at which the Federal Reserve would likewill tighten its monetary policy continues to move forward on raisingpersist and may result in substantial market volatility in the federal funds rate andfuture. We anticipate further uncertainty as the bond market currently anticipates thatrecent economic data suggests tepid growth for the U.S. economy in the first such increase in the federal funds rate will likely occur in December 2015 or the beginningquarter of 2016 which may cause the Federal Reserve to leave rates lower for an extended period. Greater uncertainty frequently leads to wider asset spreads or lower prices and that any such increase will occur at a very slow pace. higher hedging costs.

Single-Family Homes and Residential Mortgage Market. The residential real estate market has shown signs of improvement during 2015 after decelerating throughout much of 2014. TheU.S. home prices continued to advance in January 2016, continuing the home price appreciation trend that marked 2015. Data released by S&P Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller index ofHome Price Indices for January 2016 showed that, on average, home prices in 20 major cities decreased by 0.2% in July 2015 (as compared to June 2015), but still posted a year-over-year gain of 5.0%.increased 5.7% for the 20-City Composite over January 2015. In addition, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, privately-owned housing starts for single family homes averaged a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 during the third quarter of 2015, as compared to 685,000 during the second quarter of 2015, 636,000792,000 during the first quarter of 2015 and 707,700 in2016, as compared to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 636,000 for the year ended December 31, 2014.first quarter of 2015. We expect the single-family residential real estate market to continue to improve modestly in the near term although we believe the rate of home price increases is more likely to slow than to accelerate. Improvingand that improving single family housing fundamentals shouldwill have a positive impact on the overall credit profile of our existing portfolio of distressed residential loans.

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Multi-family Housing.Apartments and other residential rental properties remain one of the better performing segments of the commercial real estate market. According to data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, starts on multi-family homes containing five units or more averaged a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000327,000 during the thirdfirst quarter of 2015 and 417,111 during the nine months ended September 30, 2015,2016, as compared to 342,100 during321,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.first quarter of 2015. Moreover, even with the recent growth in supply, vacancy trends in the multi-family sector appear to beremain stable. According to the fourth quarter of 2015 Multifamily Vacancy Index (“MVI”), which is produced by the National Association of Home Builders and surveys the multifamily housing industry’s perception of vacancies, the MVI decreased one point to 34 during the second quarter of 2015, which is the lowest levelwas at 40 for that index since the fourth quarter of 2012.2015, up from 36 for the first quarter of 2015, but largely in-line with index scores over the prior eight quarters and equal to the level reported for the fourth quarter of 2014. Strength in the multi-family housing sector has contributed to valuation improvements for multi-family properties and, in turn, many of the multi-family CMBS that we own. We expect the multi-family sector to continue to be a strong performer in the near term given the current favorable conditions for multi-family housing in the U.S.
 
Credit Spreads. DuringThe first quarter of 2016 was a story of divergence, with widening credit spreads in the first six monthshalf of 2015, wethe quarter while the second half of the quarter saw a further tightening of credit spreads which had a positive impact onfor risk assets tighten again. Tightening credit spreads generally increase the value of many of our credit sensitive assets while also resulting in a more challenging current return environment for new investment in manywidening credit spreads generally decrease the value of these asset classes. However, duringassets.
Financing markets. During the thirdfirst quarter of 2015, credit spreads on many of the credit sensitive assets in which we invest widened, which negatively impacted the valuation of many of these assets, particularly our multi-family CMBS investments, for the quarter.

Financing markets. During the third quarter of 2015,2016, the bond market continued to experienceexperienced a significant amount of volatility with the closing yield of the ten-year U.S. Treasury Note trading between 2.01%1.65% and 2.43%2.24%, settling at 2.06% at September 30, 2015, as compared to 2.35% at June 30, 2015 and 1.94%1.77% at March 31, 2015. Meanwhile short-term interest rates have held steady for the most part during the first quarter of 2015. The 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) was 0.19% at September 30, 2015, which is effectively unchanged from June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015.2016.


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Developments at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Payments on the Agency ARMs and fixed-rate Agency RMBS in which we invest are guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In addition, although not guaranteed by Freddie Mac, all of our multi-family CMBS hashave been issued by securitization vehicles sponsored by Freddie Mac and the Agency IOs we invest in are issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. As broadly publicized, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are presently under federal conservatorship as the U.S. Government continues to evaluate the future of these entities and what role the U.S. Government should continue to play in the housing markets in the future. Since being placed under federal conservatorship, there have been a number of proposals introduced, both from industry groups and by the U.S. Congress, relating to changing the role of the U.S. government in the mortgage market and reforming or eliminating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It remains unclear how the U.S. Congress will move forward on such reform at this time and what impact, if any, this reform will have on mortgage REITs. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors-Risks Related to Our Business and Our Company-Changes in laws and regulations affecting the relationship between Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the U.S. government may adversely affect our business.”

Significant Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

A summary of our critical accounting policies is included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20142015 and “Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the condensed consolidated financial statements included therein.

Revenue Recognition. Interest income on our investment securities available for sale and on our mortgage loans is accrued based on the outstanding principal balance and their contractual terms. Premiums and discounts associated with investment securities and mortgage loans at the time of purchase or origination are amortized into interest income over the life of such securities using the effective yield method. Adjustments to premium amortization are made for actual prepayment activity.

Interest income on our credit sensitive securities, such as our non-Agency RMBS and certain of our CMBS that were purchased at a discount to par value, is recognized based on the security’s effective interest rate. The effective interest rate on these securities is based on management’s estimate from each security of the projected cash flows, which are estimated based on the Company’s assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of credit losses. On at least a quarterly basis, the Companymanagement reviews and, if appropriate, makes adjustments toadjusts its cash flow projections based on input and analysis received from external sources, internal models, and its own judgment about interest rates, prepayment rates, the timing and amount of credit losses, and other factors. Changes in cash flows from those originally projected, or from those estimated at the last evaluation, may result in a prospective change in the yield/interest income recognized on these securities.

BasedA portion of the purchase discount on the projected cash flows from the Company’s first loss tranche PO multi-family CMBS purchased at a discount to par value, a portion of the purchase discount is designated as non-accretable purchase discount or credit reserve, which partially mitigates the Company’s risk of loss on the mortgages collateralizing such multi-family CMBS, and is not expected to be accreted into interest income. The amount designated as a credit reserve may be adjusted over time, based on the actual performance of the security, its underlying collateral, actual and projected cash flow from such collateral, economic conditions and other factors. If the performance of a security with a credit reserve is more favorable than forecasted, a portion of the amount designated as credit reserve may be accreted into interest income over time. Conversely, if the performance of a security with a credit reserve is less favorable than forecasted, the amount designated as credit reserve may be increased, or impairment charges and write-downs of such securities to a new cost basis could result.be required.

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With respect to interest rate swaps that have not been designated as hedges, any net payments under, or fluctuations in the fair value of, such swaps will be recognized in current earnings.

Fair value.Value. The Company has established and documented processes for determining fair values. Fair value is based upon quoted market prices, where available. If listed prices or quotes are not available, then fair value is based upon internally developed models that primarily use inputs that are market-based or independently-sourced market parameters, including interest rate yield curves. Such inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s interest-only CMBS, principal-only CMBS, multi-family loans held in securitization trusts and multi-family CDOs are considered to be the most significant of its fair value estimates.

The Company’s valuation methodologies are described in “Note 14 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments” included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts – Impaired Loans (net).Impaired residential mortgage loans held in the securitization trusts are recorded at amortized cost less specific loan loss reserves. Impaired loan value is based on management’s estimate of the net realizable value taking into consideration local market conditions of the distressed property, updated appraisal values of the property and estimated expenses required to remediate the impaired loan.


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Variable Interest Entities – A VIE is an entity that lacks one or more of the characteristics of a voting interest entity. A VIE is defined as an entity in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The Company consolidates a VIE when it is the primary beneficiary of such VIE. As primary beneficiary, it has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE and a right to receive benefits or absorb losses of the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE. The Company is required to reconsider its evaluation of whether to consolidate a VIE each reporting period, based upon changes in the facts and circumstances pertaining to the VIE.

Loan Consolidation Reporting Requirement for Certain Multi-Family K-Series Securitizations. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we owned 100% of the first loss tranche of securities of the Consolidated K-Series. The Consolidated K-Series collectively represents, as of September 30,March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, five separate Freddie Mac sponsored multi-family loan K-Series securitizations, or as of December 31, 2014, six separate Freddie Mac sponsored multi-family loan K-Series securitizations, of which we, or one of our SPEs, own the first loss PO securities and certain IO securities. We determined that the Consolidated K-Series were VIEs and that we are the primary beneficiary of the Consolidated K-Series. As a result, we are required to consolidate the Consolidated K-Series’ underlying multi-family loans including their liabilities, income and expenses in our consolidated financial statements. We have elected the fair value option on the assets and liabilities held within the Consolidated K-Series, which requires that changes in valuations in the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series to be reflected in our condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Fair Value Option – The fair value option provides an election that allows companies to irrevocably elect fair value for financial assets and liabilities on an instrument-by-instrument basis at initial recognition. Changes in fair value for assets and liabilities for which the election is made will be recognized in earnings as they occur. The Company elected the fair value option for its Agency IO strategy, certain of its investments in unconsolidated entities and the Consolidated K-Series (as defined in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q)report).

Acquired Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans – Acquired distressed residential mortgage loans that have evidence of deteriorated credit quality at acquisition are accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30, "Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality" ("ASC 310-30"). Management evaluates whether there is evidence of credit quality deterioration as of the acquisition date using indicators such as past due or modified status, risk ratings, recent borrower credit scores and recent loan-to-value percentages. Acquired distressed residential mortgage loans are recorded at fair value at the date of acquisition, with no allowance for loan losses. Under ASC 310-30, the acquired loans may be aggregated and accounted for as a pool of loans if the loans being aggregated have common risk characteristics. A pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of aggregate cash flows. Once a pool is assembled, it is treated as if it was one loan for purposes of applying the accounting guidanceguidance.








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Under ASC 310-30, the excess of cash flows expected to be collected over the carrying amount of the loans, referred to as the “accretable yield,” is accreted into interest income over the life of the loans in each pool or individually using a level yield methodology. Accordingly, our acquired distressed residential mortgage loans accounted for under ASC 310-30 are not subject to classification as nonaccrual classification in the same manner as our residential mortgage loans that were not distressed when acquired by us. Rather, interest income on acquired distressed residential mortgage loans relates to the accretable yield recognized at the pool level or on an individual loan basis, and not to contractual interest payments received at the loan level. The difference between contractually required principal and interest payments and the cash flows expected to be collected, referred to as the “non-accretable“nonaccretable difference,” includes estimates of both the impact of prepayments and expected credit losses over the life of the individual loan, or the pool (for loans grouped into a pool).

The CompanyManagement monitors actual cash collections against its expectations, and revised cash flow expectations are prepared as necessary. A decrease in expected cash flows in subsequent periods may indicate that the loan pool or individual loan, as applicable, is impaired, thus requiring the establishment of an allowance for loan losses by a charge to the provision for loan losses. An increase in expected cash flows in subsequent periods initially reduces any previously established allowance for loan losses by the increase in the present value of cash flows expected to be collected, and results in a recalculation of the amount of accretable yield for the loan pool. The adjustment of accretable yield due to ana significant increase in expected cash flows is accounted for prospectively as a change in estimate. The additional cash flows expected to be collected are reclassified from the non-accretablenonaccretable difference to the accretable yield, and the amount of periodic accretion is adjusted accordingly over the remaining life of the loans in the pool or individual loan, as applicable. The impacts of (i) prepayments, (ii) changes in variable interest rates, and (iii) any other changes in the timing of expected cash flows are recognized prospectively as adjustments to interest income.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

A discussion of recent accounting pronouncements and the possible effects on our financial statements is included in “Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.



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Capital Allocation

The following tables set forth our allocated capital by investment type at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):

At September 30, 2015:March 31, 2016:
Agency
RMBS(1) 
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans (3)
 
Residential Securitized
Loans(4)
 
Other(5)
 Total
Agency
RMBS(1) 
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans (3)
 
Residential Securitized
Loans(4)
 
Other(5)
 Total
Carrying value$596,238
 $135,373
 $446,659
 $512,760
 $132,882
 $5,842
 $1,829,754
$531,572
 $188,251
 $473,745
 $541,366
 $113,186
 $32,766
 $1,880,886
Liabilities:                          
Callable(6)
(505,183) (80,892) 
 (185,452) 
 
 (771,527)(471,383) (102,474) (5,661) (217,555) 
 (9,450) (806,523)
Non-callable
 
 (83,815) (57,131) (129,090) (45,000) (315,036)
 
 (83,471) 
 (110,023) (45,000) (238,494)
Hedges (Net)(7)
1,440
 6,901
 
 
 
 
 8,341
2,358
 (19,555) 
 
 
 
 (17,197)
Cash(8)
5,002
 41,224
 695
 16,165
 
 101,280
 164,366
5,316
 28,934
 719
 
 
 22,101
 57,070
Other9,171
 5,206
 (580) 10,064
 1,008
 (30,119) (5,250)10,524
 6,739
 (1,599) 12,472
 1,132
 (30,002) (734)
Net capital allocated$106,668
 $107,812
 $362,959
 $296,406
 $4,800
 $32,003
 $910,648
$78,387
 $101,895
 $383,733
 $336,283
 $4,295
 $(29,585) $875,008
% of capital allocated9.0% 11.6% 43.9% 38.4% 0.5% (3.4)% 


(1) 
Includes both Agency ARMs and Agency fixed rate RMBS.
(2) 
The Company determined it is the primary beneficiary of the Consolidated K-Series and has consolidated the Consolidated K-Series into the Company’s financial statements. A reconciliation to our financial statements as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 follows:
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, at fair value$7,296,462
$7,250,585
Multi-family CDOs, at fair value(7,011,351)(6,957,293)
Net carrying value285,111
293,292
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trusts40,608
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value59,341
Total CMBS, at fair value325,719
352,633
First mortgage loan, mezzanine loan and preferred equity investments120,940
First mortgage loan, mezzanine loan, preferred equity and other equity investments121,111
Financing arrangements(5,661)
Securitized debt(83,815)(83,471)
Cash and other115
(879)
Net Capital in Multi-Family$362,959
$383,733

(3) 
Includes mortgage loans held for sale with a carrying value of $3.3$3.7 million that is included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet in receivables and other assets.
(4) 
Represents our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts. We securitized these loans in 2005.
(5) 
Other includes non-Agency RMBS and loans held for investment. Other non-callable liabilities consist of $45.0 million in subordinated debentures.
(6) 
Includes repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances.agreements.
(7) 
Includes derivative assets, derivative liabilities, payable for securities purchased and restricted cash posted as margin.
(8) 
Includes $23.9$13.5 million held in overnight deposits in our Agency IO portfolio to be used for trading purposes. Such deposit isThese deposits are included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet in receivables and other assets.


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At December 31, 2014:2015:
Agency
RMBS(1) 
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans(3)
 
Residential Securitized
Loans(4)
 
Other(5)
 Total
Agency
RMBS(1) 
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family(2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans(3)
 
Residential Securitized
Loans(4)
 
Other(5)
 Total
Carrying value$660,374
 $119,131
 $430,789
 $587,860
 $149,614
 $41,383
 $1,989,151
$547,745
 $175,408
 $450,228
 $562,303
 $119,921
 $15,184
 $1,870,789
Liabilities:                          
Callable(6)
(585,051) (66,914) 
 (238,949) 
 
 (890,914)(489,253) (88,160) 
 (214,490) 
 
 (791,903)
Non-callable
 
 (83,513) (149,364) (145,542) (45,000) (423,419)
 
 (83,871) (33,657) (116,710) (45,000) (279,238)
Hedges (Net)(7)
3,501
 11,415
 
 
 
 
 14,916
2,997
 2,623
 
 
 
 
 5,620
Cash(8)
2,781
 40,572
 
 
 
 72,809
 116,162
5,477
 13,663
 525
 551
 
 56,213
 76,429
Other2,731
 3,329
 (5,569) 39,759
 1,531
 (29,750) 12,031
9,311
 4,799
 (2,185) 13,330
 1,187
 (27,613) (1,171)
Net capital allocated$84,336
 $107,533
 $341,707
 $239,306
 $5,603
 $39,442
 $817,927
$76,277
 $108,333
 $364,697
 $328,037
 $4,398
 $(1,216) $880,526
% of capital allocated8.7% 12.3% 41.4% 37.3% 0.5% (0.1)%  

(1) 
Includes both Agency ARMs and Agency fixed rate RMBS.
(2) 
The Company determined it is the primary beneficiary of the Consolidated K-Series and has consolidated the Consolidated K-Series into the Company’s financial statements. A reconciliation to our financial statements as of December 31, 20142015 follows:
Multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, at fair value$8,365,514
$7,105,336
Multi-family CDOs, at fair value(8,048,053)(6,818,901)
Net carrying value317,461
286,435
Investment securities available for sale, at fair value held in securitization trusts38,594
40,734
Total CMBS, at fair value356,055
327,169
First mortgage loan, mezzanine loan and preferred equity investments74,734
123,059
Securitized debt(83,513)(83,871)
Other(5,569)(1,660)
Net Capital in Multi-family$341,707
$364,697
(3) 
Includes mortgage loans held for sale with a carrying value of $5.2$3.3 million that is included in the Company’s accompanying consolidated balance sheet in receivables and other assets.
(4) 
Represents our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts. We securitized these loans in 2005.
(5) 
Other includes CLOs having a carrying value of $35.2 million, non-Agency RMBS and mortgage loans held for sale and mortgage loans held for investment. Other non-callable liabilities consist of $45.0 million in subordinated debentures.
(6) 
Includes repurchase agreements.agreements and FHLBI advances.
(7) 
Includes derivative assets, derivative liabilities, payable for securities purchased and restricted cash posted as margin.
(8) 
Includes $40.6$11.6 million held in overnight deposits in our Agency IO portfolio to be used for trading purposes. Such deposit isThese deposits are included in the Company’s accompanying consolidated balance sheet in receivables and other assets.



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Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 to the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $22.4 million and $66.0$13.7 million as compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $38.3 million and $89.9$22.1 million for the same periodsperiod in 2014.2015. The main components of the change in net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to the same periods in 20142015 are detailed in the following table (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2015 2014 $ Change 2015 2014 $ Change2016 2015 $ Change
Net interest income$18,292
 $19,320
 $(1,028) $60,196
 $59,028
 $1,168
$17,642
 $21,601
 $(3,959)
Total other income$20,218
 $33,118
 $(12,900) $47,897
 $66,604
 $(18,707)$8,860
 $13,033
 $(4,173)
Total general, administrative and other expenses$(9,830) $(11,613) $1,783
 $(29,816) $(26,749) $(3,067)$9,360
 $10,846
 $(1,486)
Income from operations before income taxes$28,680
 $40,825
 $(12,145) $78,277
 $98,883
 $(20,606)$17,142
 $23,788
 $(6,646)
Income tax expense$(3,048) $(1,100) $(1,948) $(4,471) $(4,668) $197
$191
 $245
 $(54)
Net income$25,632
 $39,725
 $(14,093) $73,806
 $94,215
 $(20,409)$16,951
 $23,543
 $(6,592)
Preferred stock dividends$(3,225) $(1,453) $(1,772) $(7,765) $(4,359) $(3,406)$(3,225) $(1,453) $(1,772)
Net income attributable to common stockholders$22,407
 $38,272
 $(15,865) $66,041
 $89,856
 $(23,815)$13,726
 $22,090
 $(8,364)
Basic income per common share$0.20
 $0.42
 $(0.22) $0.61
 $1.06
 $(0.45)$0.13
 $0.21
 $(0.08)
Diluted income per common share$0.20
 $0.42
 $(0.22) $0.61
 $1.06
 $(0.45)$0.13
 $0.21
 $(0.08)

Net Interest Income

The decrease in net interest income of approximately $1.0$4.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to the corresponding period in 20142015 was primarily driven by:
An increase in net interest income of approximately $5.0 million in our distressed residential loan portfolio due to an increase in average interest earning assets in this portfolio. Average interest earning assets in this portfolio increased to $591.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to $254.7 million in the corresponding period in 2014.

A decrease in net interest income of approximately $1.8 million and $0.9 million in our Agency IO and Agency RMBS portfolios, respectively, due to a decrease in average interest earning assets in these portfolios and higher prepayment rates.

A decrease in net interest income of approximately $0.8 million in our multi-family portfolio due to a reduction in this portfolio’s average interest earning assets.

A decrease in net interest income of approximately $2.4$2.8 million due to the sale of CLO securities in the second quarter of 2015.

The increaseA decrease in net interest income of approximately $1.2and $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as comparedin our Agency RMBS portfolios due to the corresponding perioda decrease in 2014 was driven by:average interest earning assets in this portfolio.

An increaseA decrease in net interest income of approximately $13.5$0.6 million in our distressed residential loan portfolio due to an increasea decrease in average interest earning assets in this portfolio. Average interest earning assets in this portfolio increaseddecreased to $581.9$561.7 million for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to $241.4$576.2 million forin the corresponding period in 2014.2015.

A decreaseAn increase in net interest income of approximately $6.9 million and $2.6 million in our Agency IO and Agency RMBS portfolios, respectively, due to a decrease in average interest earning assets in these portfolios and higher prepayment rates.


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A decrease in net interest income of approximately $2.0$0.8 million in our multi-family portfolio due to a reductionan increase in this portfolio’s average interest earning assets. We sold two multi-family CMBS PO and two IO securities in the third and fourth quarter of 2014 and one multi-family CMBS PO security in the first quarter of 2015 and several multi-family CMBS IO securities in the third quarter of 2015.

A decrease in net interest income of approximately $0.5 million due to the sale of CLO securities in the second quarter of 2015.

Other Income

The decrease in other income of approximately $12.9$4.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to the corresponding period in 20142015 was primarily driven by:

A decrease in realized gain on investment securities and related hedges of $20.0 million. Our Agency IO portfolio experienced a $3.5 million increase in realized losses on its derivative instruments for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared to the same period in 2014. In addition, realized gains in our multi-family portfolio decreased by $16.4 million due to the sale of a single multi-family CMBS in the third quarter of 2014 that resulted in a realized gain amounting to $16.5 million.

An increase in net unrealized loss on investment securities and related hedges of $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, primarily related to our Agency IO portfolio. For the three months ended September 30, 2015, our Agency IO portfolio was negatively impacted by increased prepayment levels and overall interest rate volatility.

An decline in net unrealized gains on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts of $20.3$12.8 million duefor the three months ended as compared to a wideningthe corresponding period in 2015. Credit spreads for these assets widened during the last quarter of 2015 and first half of the first quarter of 2016, although the second half of the first quarter of 2016 saw credit spreads in the third quarter of 2015.tighten again on these assets.

An increase in realized gains on distressed residential mortgage loans of $26.4$4.9 million due primarily to the sale of two poolsa pool of distressed residential mortgage loans in September 2015 with a carrying value of $120.3 millionFebruary 2016 for aggregate proceeds of approximately $144.2$39.5 million, which resulted in a net realized gain, before income taxes, of approximately $5.5 million. Because each loan buyer’s diligence requirements differ, income generation from


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A decrease in net unrealized loss on investment securities and related hedges of $3.2 million for the workout or resalethree months ended March 31, 2016, primarily related to our Agency IO portfolio. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, our Agency IO portfolio had a net increase in the mark-to-market valuation of these loans remains challenging to predictits investment securities and is expected to be uneven from quarter to quarter.hedges.

An increase in other income of $0.2$0.8 million, which is primarily due to an increase in income from our common and preferred equity ownership interests in RB Multifamily Investors LLC, an entity that invests in commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments. RB Multifamily Investors LLC is externally managed by RiverBanc.

The decrease in other income of approximately $18.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period in 2014 was driven by:

A decrease in realized gain on investment securities and related hedges of $23.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014. Our Agency IO portfolio had an increase of $10.2 million in realized losses on its derivative instruments. In addition, realized gains in our multi-family portfolio decreased by $16.4 million due to the sale of a single multi-family CMBS in the third quarter of 2014 that resulted in a realized gain amounting to $16.5 million. We also realized gains amounting to $3.2 million on the sale of our CLO investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

A decrease in net unrealized losses on investment securities and related hedges of $0.4 million for nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014, primarily related to our Agency IO portfolio. Our Agency IO portfolio was negatively impacted by increased prepayment levels and overall interest rate volatility in the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

An increase in gain on de-consolidation of $1.5 million due to the sale of a first loss PO security issued by a single Freddie Mac-sponsored securitization included in the Consolidated K-Series in the first quarter of 2015.

A decrease in net unrealized gains on multi-family loans and debt held in securitization trusts of $26.2 million due to the deceleration in tightening of credit spreads in the 2015 period as compared to the 2014 period.

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An increase in realized gains on distressed residential mortgage loans of $22.0 million due primarily to the sale of two pools of distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of $120.3 million for aggregate proceeds of approximately $144.2 million in September 2015.

An increase in other income of $4.1 million which is primarily due to an increase in income from our common and preferred equity ownership interests in RB Multifamily Investors LLC, an entity that invests in commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments and is externally managed by RiverBanc.

Comparative Expenses (dollar amounts in thousands)

Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended March 31,
General, Administrative and Other Expenses2015 2014 $ Change 2015 2014 $ Change2016 2015 $ Change
Salaries, benefits and directors’ compensation$1,196
 $1,244
 $(48) $3,558
 $3,438
 $120
$1,297
 $1,082
 $215
Professional Fees$562
 $263
 $299
Base management and incentive fees3,676
 7,752
 (4,076) 14,687
 15,396
 (709)$3,526
 $6,870
 $(3,344)
Expenses on distressed residential mortgage loans3,261
 1,491
 1,770
 7,827
 3,920
 3,907
$3,194
 $1,884
 $1,310
Other1,697
 1,126
 571
 3,744
 3,995
 (251)$781
 $747
 $34
Total$9,830
 $11,613
 $(1,783) $29,816
 $26,749
 $3,067
$9,360
 $10,846
 $(1,486)

The decrease in base management and incentive fees for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to the same periodsperiod in 20142015 was primarily driven by a decrease in incentive compensation earned by RiverBanc. In the third quarter of 2014, RiverBanc earned incentive compensation of $3.2 million from the sale of thea multi-family CMBS security that generated $16.5 millionincluded in realized gains.the Consolidated K-Series in the first quarter of 2015.

The increase in expenses related to distressed residential mortgage loans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the same periods in 2014 is due to a higher average balance of loans outstanding, thereby resulting in higher servicing costs, work-out costs and due diligence costs.


Income Tax Expense

The increase in income tax expense of approximately $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to the same period in 2014 was primarily2015 is due to increased loan sale activityhigher work-out costs for seasoned loans as well as an increase in our distressed residential loan portfolio duringappraisal costs on outstanding loans in the third quarter of 2015 as compared to third quarter of 2014. The realized gain on sale from loan activity is transacted in a taxable REIT subsidiary for REIT compliance purposes and accordingly is subject to local, state and federal taxes.portfolio.



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Quarterly Comparative Net Interest Spread

Our results of operations for our investment portfolio during a given period typically reflect the net interest income earned on our investment portfolio of RMBS, CMBS (including CMBS held in securitization trusts), residential securitized loans, distressed residential loans including distressed residential loans held in securitization trusts, loans held for investment, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments, where the risks and payment characteristics are equivalent to accounted for as loans, loans held for sale and CLOs (collectively, our “Interest Earning Assets”). The net interest spread is impacted by factors such as our cost of financing, the interest rate that our investments bear and our interest rate hedging strategies. Furthermore, the amount of premium or discount paid on purchased portfolio investments and the prepayment rates on portfolio investments will impact the net interest spread as such factors will be amortized over the expected term of such investments. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on TBAs, Eurodollar and Treasury futures and other derivatives associated with our Agency IO investments, which do not utilize hedge accounting for financial reporting purposes, are included in other income (expense)(loss) in our statement of operations, and therefore, not reflected in the data set forth below.

The following table sets forth certain information about our portfolio by investment type and their related interest income, interest expense, weighted average yield, average cost of funds and net interest spread for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016
Agency
RMBS
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family (1) (2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans
 
Residential
Securitized
Loans
 Other Total
Agency
RMBS
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family (1) (2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans
 
Residential
Securitized
Loans
 Other Total
Interest Income$2,413
 $2,322
 $8,070
 $11,540
 $824
 $30
 $25,199
$2,454
 $3,637
 $8,647
 $8,858
 $744
 $86
 $24,426
Interest Expense(1,161) (225) (1,503) (3,325) (219) 
 (6,433)(1,155) (515) (1,545) (2,604) (303) (161) (6,283)
Net Interest Income (3)
$1,252
 $2,097
 $6,567
 $8,215
 $605
 $30
 $18,766
$1,299
 $3,122
 $7,102
 $6,254
 $441
 $(75) $18,143
                          
Average Interest Earning Assets (2) (4)
$610,301
 $134,765
 $264,935
 $591,792
 $141,400
 $2,488
 $1,745,681
$573,605
 $137,546
 $286,051
 $561,685
 $121,152
 $6,736
 $1,686,775
Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets(5)
1.58 % 6.89 % 12.18 % 7.8 % 2.33 % 4.82% 5.77 %1.71 % 10.58 % 12.09 % 6.31 % 2.46 % 5.11% 5.79 %
Average Cost of Funds (6)
(0.88)% (1.29)% (7.06)% (3.94)% (0.64)% % (2.23)%(0.95)% (2.48)% (7.29)% (4.18)% (1.05)% 
 (2.46)%
Net interest spread(7)
0.70 % 5.60 % 5.12 % 3.86 % 1.69 % 4.82% 3.54 %0.76 % 8.10 % 4.80 % 2.13 % 1.41 % 5.11% 3.33 %
             
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015        
             
Interest Income$8,555
 $8,229
 $23,735
 $32,367
 $2,559
 $6,052
 $81,497
Interest Expense(3,556) (625) (4,489) (10,550) (679) 
 (19,899)
Net Interest Income (3)
$4,999
 $7,604
 $19,246
 $21,817
 $1,880
 $6,052
 $61,598
             
Average Interest Earning Assets (2) (4)
$634,274
 $131,480
 $264,523
 $581,893
 $146,360
 $21,881
 $1,780,411
Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets (5)
1.8 % 8.34 % 11.96 % 7.42 % 2.33 % 36.88% 6.10 %
Average Cost of Funds (6)
(0.87)% (1.27)% (7.11)% (3.99)% (0.65)% % (2.23)%
Net interest spread(7)
0.93 % 7.07 % 4.85 % 3.43 % 1.68 % 36.88% 3.87 %

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015

Agency
RMBS
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family (1) (2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans
 
Residential
Securitized
Loans
 Other Total
Agency
RMBS
 Agency IOs 
Multi-
Family (1) (2)
 
Distressed
Residential
Loans
 
Residential
Securitized
Loans
 Other Total
Interest Income$3,217
 $4,052
 $9,760
 $5,209
 $966
 $2,423
 $25,627
$3,315
 $3,566
 $7,821
 $10,554
 $871
 $2,763
 $28,890
Interest Expense(1,030) (188) (2,417) (1,972) (223) (12) (5,842)(1,220) (198) (1,486) (3,687) (239) 
 (6,830)
Net Interest Income (3)
$2,187
 $3,864
 $7,343
 $3,237
 $743
 $2,411
 $19,785
$2,095
 $3,368
 $6,335
 $6,867
 $632
 $2,763
 $22,060
             
Average Interest Earning Assets (2) (4)
$711,233
 $145,911
 $312,391
 $254,682
 $159,496
 $25,692
 $1,609,405
$659,488
 $131,589
 $265,221
 $576,214
 $152,013
 $30,250
 $1,814,775
Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets (5)
1.81 % 11.11 % 12.5 % 8.18 % 2.42 % 37.72 % 6.37 %2.01 % 10.84 % 11.8 % 7.33 % 2.29 % 36.54% 6.37 %
Average Cost of Funds (6)
(0.72)% (0.86)% (7.18)% (4.78)% (0.58)% (1.85)% (2.09)%(0.85)% (1.23)% (7.15)% (4.03)% (0.67)% % (2.22)%
Net interest spread(7)
1.09 % 10.25 % 5.32 % 3.4 % 1.84 % 35.87 % 4.28 %1.16 % 9.61 % 4.65 % 3.30 % 1.62 % 36.54% 4.15 %
             
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014          
             
Interest Income$10,964
 $15,137
 $28,495
 $14,414
 $2,946
 $6,600
 $78,556
Interest Expense(3,394) (622) (7,286) (6,064) (686) (86) (18,138)
Net Interest Income (3)
$7,570
 $14,515
 $21,209
 $8,350
 $2,260
 $6,514
 $60,418
Average Interest Earning Assets (2) (4)
$738,595
 $148,406
 $306,843
 $241,449
 $163,094
 $23,818
 $1,622,205
Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets (5)
1.98 % 13.6 % 12.38 % 7.96 % 2.41 % 36.95 % 6.46 %
Average Cost of Funds (6)
(0.71)% (0.91)% (7.20)% (4.79)% (0.59)% (1.75)% (2.03)%
Net interest spread (7)
1.27 % 12.69 % 5.18 % 3.17 % 1.82 % 35.2 % 4.43 %

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(1) 
The Company determined it is the primary beneficiary of certain Freddie Mac-sponsoredthe Consolidated K-Series securitizations (the “Consolidated K-Series,” as(as defined below) and has consolidated the Consolidated K-Series into the Company’s financial statements. Average Interest Earning Assets for the periods indicated exclude all Consolidated K-Series assets other than those securities issued by the securitizations comprising the Consolidated K-Series that are actually owned by us and interest income amounts represent interest income earned by securities that are actually owned by us. A reconciliation of our interest income in multi-family investments to our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014 is set forth below (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2015 2014 2015 20142016 2015
Interest income, multi-family loans held in securitization trusts$63,431
 $75,891
 $192,715
 $226,336
$63,532
 $66,300
Interest income, investment securities, available for sale (a)
870
 2,546
 2,623
 7,440
922
 827
Interest expense, multi-family collateralized obligation57,388
 69,310
 174,475
 207,167
57,200
 60,095
Interest income, multi-family CMBS6,913
 9,127
 20,863
 26,609
7,254
 7,032
Interest income, mezzanine loan and preferred equity investments (1)(a)
1,157
 633
 2,872
 1,886
1,393
 789
Interest income in Multi-Family$8,070
 $9,760
 $23,735
 $28,495
$8,647
 $7,821

(a) Included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations in interest income, investment securities and other.
Included in the Company’s accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations in interest income, investment securities and other.

(2) 
Average Interest Earning Assets for the quarter excludes all Consolidated K-Series assets other than those securities issued by the securitizations comprising the Consolidated K-Series that are actually owned by us.
(3) 
Net Interest Income excludes interest expense on our subordinated debentures.
(4) 
Our Average Interest Earning Assets is calculated each quarter based on daily average amortized cost.cost for the respective periods.
(5) 
Our Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets was calculated by dividing our annualized interest income for the quarter by our averageAverage Interest Earning Assets for the quarter.
(6) 
Our Average Cost of Funds was calculated by dividing our annualized interest expense by our average interest bearing liabilities, excluding subordinated debentures for the quarter.respective periods. Our Average Cost of fundsFunds includes interest expense on our interest rate swaps.
(7) 
Net Interest Spread is the difference between our Weighted Average Yield on Interest Earning Assets and our Average Cost of Funds, excluding the Weighted Average Cost of subordinated debentures.






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Prepayment Experience

The following table sets forth the actual constant prepayment rates (“CPR”) for selected asset classes, by quarter, for the quarterly periods indicated:
Quarter Ended
Agency
ARMs

Agency
Fixed
Rate

Agency
IOs

Non-Agency
RMBS

Residential
Securitizations

Total Weighted
Average

Agency
ARMs

Agency
Fixed
Rate

Agency
IOs

Non-Agency
RMBS

Residential
Securitizations

Total Weighted
Average
March 31, 2016 13.5% 7.9% 14.7% 12.9% 14.8% 12.7%
December 31, 2015 16.9% 8.5% 14.6% 15.3% 31.2% 14.7%
September 30, 2015
18.6%
10.5%
18.0%
12.5%
8.9%
15.1%
18.6% 10.5% 18.0% 12.54% 8.9% 15.1%
June 30, 2015
9.2%
10.6%
16.3%
12.5%
11.1%
13.3%
9.2% 10.6% 16.3% 12.5% 11.1% 13.3%
March 31, 2015
9.1%
6.5%
14.7%
15.5%
13.7%
11.5%
9.1% 6.5% 14.7% 15.5% 13.7% 11.5%
December 31, 2014
12.3%
6.5%
14.6%
13.7%
5.4%
11.1%
12.3% 6.5% 14.6% 13.7% 5.4% 11.1%
September 30, 2014
20.5%
9.2%
15.2%
18.7%
5.4%
13.1%
20.5% 9.2% 15.2% 18.7% 5.4% 13.1%
June 30, 2014
9.9%
6.7%
12.7%
10.5%
7.0%
10.1%
9.9% 6.7% 12.7% 10.5% 7.0% 10.1%
March 31, 2014
8.8%
5.2%
11.3%
9.7%
7.5%
8.8%
8.8% 5.2% 11.3% 9.7% 7.5% 8.8%
December 31, 2013
6.7%
5.3%
13.5%
16.8%
12.6%
10.0%
September 30, 2013
16.8%
8.5%
20.4%
23.6%
12.0%
15.3%


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When prepayment expectations over the remaining life of assets increase, we have to amortize premiums or discount over a shorter time period resulting in a reduced yield to maturity on our investment assets. Conversely, if prepayment expectations decrease, the premium or discounts would be amortized over a longer period resulting in a higher yield to maturity. In addition, the market values and cash flows from our Agency IOs can be materially adversely affected during periods of elevated prepayments. We monitor our prepayment experience on a monthly basis and adjust the amortization rate to reflect current market conditions.

Financial Condition

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we had approximately $9.4$9.3 billion of total assets, as compared to approximately $10.5$9.1 billion of total assets as of December 31, 2014. The decrease in total assets is primarily a result of our de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust due to the sale of a first loss PO security in one of the Company’s Consolidated K-Series. A significant portion of our assets represents the assets comprising the Consolidated K-Series, which we consolidate under the accounting rules.2015. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Consolidated K-Series assets amounted to approximately $7.3 billion and $8.4$7.1 billion, respectively. See "Significant Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies—Loan Consolidation Reporting Requirement for Certain Multi-Family K-Series Securitizations" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Balance Sheet Analysis

Investment Securities Available for Sale. At September 30, 2015, ourOur securities portfolio includes Agency RMBS, including Agency fixed-rate and ARM pass-through certificates, Agency IOs, CMBS, non-Agency RMBS, and U.S. Treasury securities, which are classified as investment securities available for sale. At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we had no investment securities in a single issuer or entity that had an aggregate book value in excess of 10% of our total assets. The decreaseincrease in carrying value ofour investment securities available for sale as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 as compared to December 31, 20142015 is primarily a resultrelated to our purchases of principal paydowns, as well as a decline in pricing due to an increase in interest rate volatility.non-Agency RMBS and CMBS during the quarter.


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The following tables set forth the balances of our investment securities available for sale by vintage (i.e., by issue year) as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):

September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Par Value 
Carrying Value
 Par Value 
Carrying Value
Par Value 
Carrying Value
 Par Value 
Carrying Value
Agency RMBS              
ARMs              
Prior to 2011$24,792
 $26,252
 $19,129
 $20,329
20117,672
 8,102
 19,408
 20,381
2012121,314
 126,438
 135,885
 140,983
Prior to 2013$179,900
 $188,263
 $163,980
 $170,049
2013855
 875
 
 
12,951
 13,346
 1,282
 1,313
2014723
 760
 
 
1,386
 1,430
 1,203
 1,233
2015493
 536
 
 
559
 580
 401
 418
Total ARMs$155,849
 $162,963
 $174,422
 $181,693
194,796
 203,619
 166,866
 173,013
Fixed        
  
  
  
2011$10,486
 $10,867
 $1,899
 $1,973
2012403,035
 419,843
 458,871
 476,708
Prior to 2013372,272
 388,804
 408,240
 422,488
20132,507
 2,565
 
 

 
 309
 335
2015469
 513
 1,668
 1,890
Total Fixed$416,028
 $433,275
 $460,770
 $478,681
372,741
 389,317
 410,217
 424,713
IO        
  
  
  
Prior to 2011$178,391
 $26,233
 $202,962
 $28,312
2011105,981
 16,446
 132,545
 20,858
2012246,806
 39,947
 278,332
 46,262
Prior to 2013448,003
 68,478
 484,683
 74,652
2013118,500
 20,667
 125,176
 21,822
109,392
 18,162
 113,845
 19,214
201468,106
 8,613
 16,577
 1,877
62,853
 7,196
 65,295
 7,976
201586,676
 13,361
 
 
112,824
 19,030
 91,837
 13,548
201640,374
 4,342
 
 
Total IOs$804,460
 $125,267
 $755,592
 $119,131
773,446
 117,208
 755,660
 115,390
       
Total Agency RMBS$1,376,337
 $721,505
 $1,390,784
 $779,505
1,340,983
 710,144
 1,332,743
 713,116
       
U.S. Treasury securities        
  
  
  
Prior to 201110,000
 10,106
 
 

 
 10,000
 10,037
20168,000
 7,989
 
 
Total US Treasury Securities8,000
 7,989
 10,000
 10,037
Non Agency RMBS        
  
  
  
20062,203
 1,616
 2,533
 1,939
19,029
 16,999
 2,088
 1,567
CLOs       
2007
 
 35,550
 35,203
       
CMBS       
Prior to 2013 (1)
844,922
 41,490
 853,408
 40,734
20135,912
 5,351
 
 
20142,500
 2,201
 
 
201511,880
 10,299
 
 
Total CMBS865,214
 59,341
 853,408
 40,734
       
Total$1,388,540
 $733,227
 $1,428,867
 $816,647
$2,233,226
 $794,473
 $2,188,239
 $765,454

(1)
These amounts represent multi-family CMBS available for sale held in securitization trusts at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.


Investment Securities Available for Sale Held in Securitization Trusts. At September 30, 2015, our securities portfolio includes multi-family CMBS classified as investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts, which are multi-family CMBS transferred to Consolidated VIEs that have been securitized into beneficial interests. The following table sets forth the balances of our investment securities available for sale held in securitization trusts by vintage (i.e., by issue year) as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollar amounts in thousands):
 September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014
 Par Value 
Carrying
Value
 Par Value 
Carrying
Value
CMBS:       
2011$861,643
 $40,608
 $886,117
 $38,594
Total$861,643
 $40,608
 $886,117
 $38,594


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Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (net). Included in our portfolio are prime ARM loans that we originated or purchased in bulk from third parties that met our investment criteria and portfolio requirements and that we subsequently securitized in 2005.

At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts totaled approximately $132.9$113.2 million. The Company’s net investment in the residential securitization trusts, was $4.8 million at September 30, 2015, which is the maximum amount of the Company’s investment that is at risk to loss and represents the difference between the carrying amount of (i) the ARM mortgage loans and real estate owned held in residential securitization trusts and (ii) the amount of Residential CDOs outstanding.outstanding, was $4.3 million. Of the residential mortgage loans held in securitized trusts, 100% are traditional ARMs or hybrid ARMs, 83.7%82.6% of which are ARM loans that are interest only. With respect to the hybrid ARMs included in these securitizations, interest rate reset periods were predominately five years or less and the interest-only period is typically nine years, which mitigates the “payment shock” at the time of interest rate reset. None of the residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are pay option-ARMs or ARMs with negative amortization.

The following table details our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 Number of Loans 
Unpaid
Principal
 Carrying Value
September 30, 2015357
 $136,203
 $132,882
December 31, 2014395
 $152,277
 $149,614
 Number of Loans 
Unpaid
Principal
 Carrying Value
March 31, 2016321
 $116,118
 $113,186
December 31, 2015331
 $122,545
 $119,921

Characteristics of Our Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts:

The following table sets forth the composition of our residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Average High Low Average High LowAverage High Low Average High Low
General Loan Characteristics:                      
Original Loan Balance$442
 $2,950
 $48
 $441
 $2,950
 $48
$427
 $2,850
 $48
 $432
 $2,850
 $48
Current Coupon Rate2.77% 7.25% 1.25% 2.75% 7.25% 1.25%2.93% 4.63% 1.50% 2.82% 4.63% 1.38%
Gross Margin2.38% 4.13% 1.13% 2.38% 4.13% 1.13%2.37% 4.13% 1.13% 2.37% 4.13% 1.13%
Lifetime Cap11.35% 13.25% 9.38% 11.34% 13.25% 9.38%11.29% 13.25% 9.38% 11.30% 13.25% 9.38%
Original Term (Months)360
 360
 360
 360
 360
 360
360
 360
 360
 360
 360
 360
Remaining Term (Months)236
 243
 202
 245
 252
 211
229
 237
 196
 233
 240
 199
Average Months to Reset3
 11
 1
 3
 11
 1
6
 11
 1
 5
 11
 1
Original FICO Score724
 818
 593
 726
 818
 593
725
 818
 593
 724
 818
 593
Original LTV70.05% 95.00% 13.94% 70.38% 95% 13.94%69.62% 95.00% 13.94% 69.77% 95.00% 13.94%


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The following tables detail the activity for the residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts (net) for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015, and 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
Principal Premium 
Allowance for
Loan Losses
 
Net Carrying
Value
Principal Premium 
Allowance for
Loan Losses
 
Net Carrying
Value
Balance, January 1, 2015$152,277
 $968
 $(3,631) $149,614
Balance, January 1, 2016$122,545
 $775
 $(3,399) $119,921
Principal repayments(16,100) 
 
 (16,100)(6,427) 
 
 (6,427)
Provision for loan loss
 
 (819) (819)
 
 (246) (246)
Transfer to real estate owned26
 
 70
 96

 
 (23) (23)
Charge-Offs
 
 195
 195

 
 
 
Amortization of premium
 (104) 
 (104)
 (39) 
 (39)
Balance, September 30, 2015$136,203
 $864
 $(4,185) $132,882
Balance, March 31, 2016$116,118
 $736
 $(3,668) $113,186
Principal Premium 
Allowance for
Loan Losses
 Net Carrying ValuePrincipal Premium 
Allowance for
Loan Losses
 Net Carrying Value
Balance, January 1, 2014$165,173
 $1,053
 $(2,989) $163,237
Balance, January 1, 2015$152,277
 $968
 $(3,631) $149,614
Principal repayments(10,483) 
 
 (10,483)(6,775) 
 
 (6,775)
Provision for loan loss
 
 (522) (522)
 
 (310) (310)
Transfer to real estate owned(530) 
 157
 (373)193
 
 (1) 192
Charge-Offs1,112
 
 
 1,112

 
 
 
Amortization of premium
 (69) 
 (69)
 (44) 
 (44)
Balance, September 30, 2014$155,272
 $984
 $(3,354) $152,902
Balance, March 31, 2015$145,695
 $924
 $(3,942) $142,677

Acquired Distressed Residential Mortgage LoansLoans.. Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts and distressed residential mortgage loans are comprised of pools of fixed and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans acquired by the Company at a discount, to par value (thatwith evidence of credit deterioration since their origination and where it is due, in part, toprobable that the Company will not collect all contractually required principal payments. Management evaluates whether there is evidence of credit quality deterioration as of the borrower).acquisition date using indicators such as past due or modified status, risk ratings, recent borrower credit scores and recent loan-to-value percentages. Distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts are distressed residential mortgage loans transferred to Consolidated VIEs that have been securitized into beneficial interests.

At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014,The following table details our portfolio of distressed residential mortgage loans, had a carrying value of $509.4 millionincluding those distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, at March 31, 2016 and $582.7 million, respectively.December 31, 2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 
Number of
Loans
 Unpaid principal Carrying Value
March 31, 20165,752
 $608,914
 $537,616
December 31, 20155,877
 $640,570
 $558,989

The Company’s distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts with a carrying value of approximately $156.1 million$0 and $221.6$114.2 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, are pledged as collateral for certain of the securitized debt issued by the Company. The Company’s net investment in these securitization trusts, which is the maximum amount of the Company’s investment that is at risk to loss and represents the difference between the carrying amount of the net assets and liabilities associated with the distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, was $119.3$0.9 million and $110.3$86.6 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively.

In addition, distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of approximately $259.3$247.7 million and $327.4$307.0 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively, are pledged as collateral for a master repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch.

The following table details our portfolio of distressed residential mortgage loans, including those distressed residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands):
 
Number of
Loans
 Unpaid principal Carrying Value
September 30, 20155,565
 $579,592
 $509,419
December 31, 20146,291
 $684,508
 $582,697



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Characteristics of Our Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans, including Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts:

Loan to Value at PurchaseSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
50.00% or less3.5% 3.6%3.7% 3.3%
50.01% - 60.00%3.6% 3.7%4.1% 3.6%
60.01% - 70.00%6.6% 6.6%6.6% 6.7%
70.01% - 80.00%9.7% 9.0%10.3% 10.0%
80.01% - 90.00%12.1% 11.9%12.2% 11.9%
90.01% - 100.00%13.5% 12.4%13.3% 13.1%
100.01% and over51.0% 52.8%49.8% 51.4%
Total100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0%

FICO Scores at PurchaseSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
550 or less16.6% 13.8%17.5% 17.7%
551 to 60029.5% 26.3%29.4% 30.3%
601 to 65028.3% 29.0%27.9% 28.2%
651 to 70016.3% 18.4%15.6% 15.4%
701 to 7507.1% 8.9%7.2% 6.5%
751 to 8002.0% 3.0%2.1% 1.7%
801 and over0.2% 0.6%0.3% 0.2%
Total100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0%

Current CouponSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
3.00% or less13.0% 17.1%13.0% 14.9%
3.01% - 4.00%8.3% 7.0%10.7% 9.3%
4.01% - 5.00%19.5% 15.2%21.2% 21.3%
5.01% – 6.00%12.0% 12.7%11.5% 11.5%
6.01% and over47.2% 48.0%43.6% 43.0%
Total100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0%

Delinquency StatusSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Current80.5% 88.2%73.9% 68.1%
31 – 60 days3.8% 5.5%12.2% 11.0%
61 – 90 days4.7% 2.3%1.4% 9.0%
90+ days11.0% 4.0%12.5% 11.9%
Total100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0%

Origination YearSeptember 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
2005 or earlier26.6% 25.6%27.1% 27.1%
200618.9% 19.8%18.7% 19.0%
200734.1% 36.6%33.7% 34.2%
2008 or later20.4% 18.1%20.5% 19.7%
Total100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0%


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Consolidated K-Series. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we owned 100% of the first loss securities of the Consolidated K-Series. The Consolidated K-Series are comprised of multi-family mortgage loans held in five and six Freddie Mac-sponsored multi-family K-Series securitizations, as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, of which we, or one of our SPEs, own the first loss securities and certain IOs. We determined that the securitizations comprising the Consolidated K-Series were VIEs and that we are the primary beneficiary of these securitizations. Accordingly, we are required to consolidate the Consolidated K-Series’ underlying multi-family loans and related debt, income and expense in our financial statements.

We have elected the fair value option on the assets and liabilities held within the Consolidated K-Series, which requires that changes in valuations in the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series will be reflected in our consolidated statement of operations. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Consolidated K-Series was comprised of $7.3 billion and $8.4$7.1 billion, respectively, in multi-family loans held in securitization trusts and $7.0 billion and $8.0$6.8 billion, respectively, in multi-family CDOs, outstanding with a weighted average interest rate of 4.11%3.98%. As a result of the consolidation of the Consolidated K-Series, our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015 included $63.4$63.5 million and $192.7$66.3 million in interest income, respectively, and $57.4$57.2 million and $174.5$60.1 million in interest expense, respectively. Also, we recognized a $2.2$0.8 million unrealized loss and $16.9$13.6 million unrealized gain in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2015, respectively, as a result of the fair value accounting method election.

We do not have any claims to the assets (other than the security represented by our first loss piece) or obligations for the liabilities of the Consolidated K-Series. Our investment in the Consolidated K-Series is limited to the multi-family CMBS comprised of first loss tranche PO securities and or/certain IOs issued by these K-Series securitizations with an aggregate net carrying value of $285.1$293.3 million and $317.5$286.4 million as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively.

In February 2015, the Company sold a first loss PO security in one of the Company’s Consolidated K-Series obtaining total proceeds of approximately $44.3 million and realizing a gain of approximately $1.5 million. The sale resulted in a de-consolidation of $1.1 billion in Multi-Family loans held in a securitization trust and $1.0 billion in Multi-Family CDOs.

Multi-Family CMBS Loan Characteristics:

The following table details the loan characteristics of the loans that back the multi-family CMBS (including the Consolidated K-Series) in our portfolio as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively (dollar amounts in thousands, except as noted):
September 30, 2015 December 31, 2014March 31, 2016 December 31, 2015
Current balance of loans$9,106,779
 $10,189,074
$8,953
 $9,034
Number of loans550
 610
545
 548
Weighted average original LTV68.8% 68.8%68.9% 68.8%
Weighted average underwritten debt service coverage ratio1.49x
 1.48x
1.49x
 1.49x
Current average loan size$16,558
 $16,703
$16,427
 $16,486
Weighted average original loan term (in months)119
 119
120
 120
Weighted average current remaining term (in months)78
 82
79
 79
Weighted average loan rate4.40% 4.54%4.39% 4.40%
First mortgages100% 100%100% 100%
Geographic state concentration (greater than 5.0%):      
California13.7% 13.5%13.9% 13.8%
Texas12.6% 12.5%12.4% 12.3%
New York8.0% 7.7%8.1% 8.0%
Maryland5.2% 5.2%5.3% 5.2%

Financing Arrangements, Portfolio Investments. The Company finances its portfolio investments with a combination ofprimarily through repurchase agreements and, until January 2016, Federal Home Loan Bank advances. The Company has entered into repurchase agreements with third party financial institutions and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, GLIH, which is a member of the FHLBI, hashad access to a variety of products and services offered by the FHLBI, including secured advances.advances, until January 2016 when the regulator of the FHLB system amended regulations governing FHLB membership. These financing arrangements are short-term borrowings that bear interest rates typically based on a spread to LIBOR, and are secured by the securities which they finance.

As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we had approximately $586.1$589.9 million and $652.0$577.4 million, respectively, of borrowings under financing arrangements, including Federal Home Loan Bank advances, respectively.advances. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the current weighted average borrowing rate on these financing facilities was 0.52%0.84% and 0.43%0.71%, respectively.

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As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we had no counterparties where the amount at risk was in excess of 5% of stockholders’ equity. The amount at risk is defined as the fair value of securities pledged as collateral to the financing agreement in excess of the financing agreement liability.

As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the outstanding balance under our financing agreements was funded at an advance rate of 92.4%92.0% and 92.8%92.1% that implies an average haircut of 7.6%8.0% and 7.2%7.9%, respectively. The weighted average “haircut” related to our repurchase agreement financing for our Agency RMBS (excluding Agency IOs), non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and Agency IOs was approximately 5%, 20%, 25% and 25%, respectively.

The following table details the ending balance, quarterly average balance and maximum balance at any month-end during each quarter in 2016, 2015 2014 and 20132014 for outstanding financing arrangements, including Federal Home Loan Bank advances (dollar amounts in thousands):
Quarter Ended 
Quarterly Average
Balance
 
End of Quarter
Balance
 
Maximum Balance
at any Month-End
 
Quarterly Average
Balance
 
End of Quarter
Balance
 
Maximum Balance
at any Month-End
March 31, 2016 $576,822
 $589,919
 $589,919
      
December 31, 2015 $574,847
 $577,413
 $578,136
September 30, 2015 $578,491
 $586,075
 $586,075
 $578,491
 $586,075
 $586,075
June 30, 2015 $513,254
 $585,492
 $585,492
 $513,254
 $585,492
 $585,492
March 31, 2015 $633,132
 $619,741
 $645,162
 $633,132
 $619,741
 $645,162
      
December 31, 2014 $658,360
 $651,965
 $668,901
 $658,360
 $651,965
 $668,901
September 30, 2014 $639,831
 $627,881
 $653,181
 $639,831
 $627,881
 $653,181
June 30, 2014 $725,761
 $668,428
 $758,857
 $725,761
 $668,428
 $758,857
March 31, 2014 $774,545
 $767,827
 $784,019
 $774,545
 $767,827
 $784,019
December 31, 2013 $796,044
 $791,125
 $800,193
September 30, 2013 $799,341
 $794,181
 $810,506
June 30, 2013 $885,942
 $855,153
 $924,667

Financing Arrangements, Distressed Residential Mortgage Loans. On December 16, 2014, theThe Company entered intohas a master repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $250 million, to fund a portion of the purchase price of a poolfuture purchases of distressed residential mortgage loans comprised of re-performing loans. The outstanding balance on the master repurchase agreement, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, amounts to approximately $185.5$218.5 million and $238.9$214.5 million, respectively, borebearing interest at one-month LIBOR plus 2.50% (2.69%(2.93% and 2.66%2.92% at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively) and expires on December 17, 2015.15, 2016. Distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of approximately $259.3$247.7 million at September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, are pledged as collateral for the borrowings under the master repurchase agreement. The Company expects to roll outstanding borrowings under this master repurchase agreement into a new repurchase agreement or other financing prior to or at maturity.

In addition, on November 25, 2015, the Company entered into a master repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100 million, to fund the future purchase of residential mortgage loans. The outstanding balance on the master repurchase agreement will bear interest at one-month LIBOR plus 4.0% and expires on May 25, 2017. There was no outstanding balance on this master repurchase agreement as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

Residential Collateralized Debt Obligations. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, we had Residential CDOs of $129.1$110.0 million and $145.5$116.7 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the weighted average interest rate of these Residential CDOs was 0.57%%0.81% and 0.55%0.80%, respectively. The Residential CDOs are collateralized by ARM loans with a principal balance of $136.2$116.1 million and $152.3$122.5 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, respectively. The Company retained the owner trust certificates, or residual interest for three securitizations, and, as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, had a net investment in the residential securitization trusts of $4.8$4.3 million and $5.6$4.4 million, respectively.

Securitized Debt. As of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015 we had approximately $140.9$83.5 million and $232.9$116.5 million of securitized debt, respectively. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the weighted average interest rate for our securitized debt was 5.57% and 5.28%, respectively. The Company’s securitized debt is collateralized by multi-family CMBS and distressed residential mortgage loans. In February 2016, the Company repaid the Company’s outstanding notes from its distressed residential mortgage loan securitization transactions completed in 2013 with original principal amounts of $138.3 million and outstanding principal balance at the time of repayment amounting to $31.9 million. See Note 7 of our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for more information on securitized debt. The reduction in our securitized debt is due to paydown

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Subordinated Debentures. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, certain of our wholly owned subsidiaries had trust preferred securities outstanding of $45.0 million with a weighted average interest rate of 4.2%4.46%. The securities are fully guaranteed by us with respect to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, redemption or repayment. These securities are classified as subordinated debentures in the liability section of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.


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Derivative Assets and Liabilities. We generally hedgeThe Company enters into derivative instruments in connection with its risk management activities. These derivative instruments may include interest rate swaps, swaptions, futures, put and call options on futures and mortgage derivatives such as forward-settling purchases and sales of Agency RMBS where the risks related to changes in interest rates related to our borrowings as well as market valuesunderlying pools of our overall portfolio.mortgage loans are “To-Be-Announced,” or TBAs.

In order to reduceconnection with our interest rate risk related to our borrowings,investment in Agency IOs, we may utilize various hedgingseveral types of derivative instruments such as interest rate swap agreement contracts wherebyswaps, futures, put and call options on futures and TBAs to hedge the interest rate risk and spread risk. This hedging technique is dynamic in nature and requires frequent adjustments, which accordingly makes it very difficult to qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Hedge accounting treatment requires specific identification of a risk or group of risks and then requires that we designate a particular trade to that risk with no minimal ability to adjust over the life of the transaction. Because we and Midway are frequently adjusting these derivative instruments in response to current market conditions, we have determined to account for all the derivative instruments related to our Agency IO investments as derivatives not designated as hedging instruments. Realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with derivatives in our Agency IO portfolio are recognized through earnings in the consolidated statements of operations.

We also use interest rate swaps (separately from interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio) to hedge variable cash flows associated with borrowings made under our financing arrangements and Residential CDOs. We typically pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate based on one month LIBOR, on the notional amount of the interest rate swaps. The floating rate we receive floating rate payments in exchange for fixed rate payments, effectively convertingunder our short termswap agreements has the effect of offsetting the repricing characteristics and cash flows of our financing arrangement or Residential CDOs to a fixed rate.arrangements. At September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2014,2015, the Company had $255.0 million and $350.0$215.0 million of notional amount of interest rate swaps outstanding that qualify as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes. The interest rate swaps had a net fair market liability value of $0.8$0.6 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and net fair market asset value of $1.1$0.3 million at December 31, 2014. At September 30, 2015, the Company had $10 million of notional amount of interest rate swaps with a net fair market liability value of $0.4 million that was not designated as a hedging instrument (2015. See Note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q).

In addition to utilizing interest rate swaps, we may purchase or sell short U.S. Treasury securities or enter into Eurodollar or other futures contracts or options on futures to help mitigate the potential impact of changes in interest rates on the performance of our Agency IOs. We may borrow securities to cover short sales of U.S. Treasury securities under reverse repurchase agreements. Realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with purchases and short sales of U.S. Treasury securities, Eurodollar or other futures and swaptions are recognized through earnings in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company uses To-Be-Announced securities, or TBAs, U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. Treasury futures and options to hedge interest rate risk, as well as spread risk associated with its investments in Agency IOs. For example, we may utilize TBAs to hedge the interest rate or yield spread risk inherent in our long Agency RMBS positions associated with our investments in Agency IOs by taking short positions in TBAs that are similar in character. In a TBA transaction, we would agree to purchase or sell,10-Q for future delivery, Agency RMBS with certain principal and interest terms and certain types of underlying collateral, but the particular Agency RMBS to be delivered is not identified until shortly before the TBA settlement date. The Company typically does not take delivery of TBAs, but rather settles with its trading counterparties on a net basis. TBAs are liquid and have quoted market prices and represent the most actively traded class of RMBS. For TBA contracts that we have entered into, we have not asserted that physical settlement is probable. Because we have not designated these forward commitments associated with our Agency IOs as hedging instruments, realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with these TBAs, U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. Treasury futures and options are recognized through earnings in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The use of TBAs exposes the Company to market value risk, as the market value of the securities that the Company is required to purchase pursuant to a TBA transaction may decline below the agreed-upon purchase price. Conversely, the market value of the securities that the Company is required to sell pursuant to a TBA transaction may increase above the agreed upon sale price. The use of TBAs associated with our Agency IO investments creates significant short term payables (and/or receivables)more information on our balance sheet.derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Derivative financial instruments may contain credit risk to the extent that the institutional counterparties may be unable to meet the terms of the agreements. We minimize this risk by limiting our counterparties to major financial institutions with good credit ratings. In addition, we regularly monitor the potential risk of loss with any one party resulting from this type of credit risk. Accordingly, we do not expect any material losses as a result of default by other parties, but we cannot guarantee that we will not experience counterparty failures in the future.

In connection with our investment in Agency IOs, we utilize several types of derivative instruments to hedge the overall risk profile of these investments. This hedging technique is dynamic in nature and requires frequent adjustments, which accordingly makes it very difficult to qualify for hedge accounting treatment. Hedge accounting treatment requires specific identification of a risk or group of risks and then requires that we designate a particular trade to that risk with no minimal ability to adjust over the life of the transaction. Because we and Midway are frequently adjusting these derivative instruments in response to changing market conditions, we have determined to account for all the derivative instruments related to our Agency IO investments as derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.

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Balance Sheet Analysis - Stockholders’ Equity

Stockholders’ equity at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 was $910.6$875.0 million and included $2.2$4.1 million of accumulated other comprehensive income. The accumulated other comprehensive lossincome primarily consisted of $12.6$12.1 million in net unrealized gains related to our CMBS, partially offset by $0.8$0.6 million in unrealized derivative losses related to cash flow hedges and $9.5$7.4 million in unrealized losses related to our Agency RMBS and non-Agency RMBS. Stockholders’ equity at December 31, 20142015 was $817.9$880.5 million and included $10.0$2.9 million of accumulated other comprehensive income.loss. The accumulated other comprehensive incomeloss consisted of $9.1 million in unrealized gains primarily related to our CLOs, $12.4 million in net unrealized gains related to our CMBS and $1.1 million in unrealized derivative gains related to cash flow hedges, partially offset by $12.6$15.2 million in unrealized losses related to our Agency RMBS and non-Agency RMBS.RMBS offset by $12.0 million in net unrealized gains related to our CMBS and $0.3 million in unrealized derivative gains related to cash flow hedges.














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Analysis of Changes in Book Value

The following table analyzes the changes in book value of our common stock for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands, except per share):
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Amount Shares 
Per Share (1)
 Amount Shares 
Per Share(1) 
Amount Shares 
Per Share (1)
Beginning Balance$746,449
 109,402
 $6.82
 $742,927
 105,095
 $7.07
$715,526
 109,402
 $6.54
Common stock issuance, net (2)
263
 

 

 32,552
 4,307
 
54
 7
 

Preferred stock issuance, net
 

 
 86,862
 

 
Preferred stock liquidation preference
 
 
 (90,000) 

 
Balance after share issuance activity746,712
 109,402
 6.83
 772,341
 109,402
 7.06
715,580
 109,409
 6.54
Dividends declared(26,256) 

 (0.24) (84,941) 

 (0.78)(26,258) 

 (0.24)
Net change AOCI: (2)

 
 
 
 
 
Net change AOCI: (3)

 
 

Hedges(781) 

 (0.01) (1,943) 

 (0.02)(902) 

 (0.01)
RMBS3,811
 

 0.04
 3,036
 

 0.03
7,799
 

 0.07
CMBS(245) 

 
 177
 

 
63
 

 
CLOs
 

 
 (9,063) 

 (0.08)
Net income attributable to common stockholders22,407
 

 0.20
 66,041
 

 0.61
13,726
 

 0.13
Ending Balance$745,648
 109,402
 $6.82
 $745,648
 109,402
 $6.82
$710,008
 109,409
 $6.49

(1) 
Outstanding shares used to calculate book value per share for the ending balance is based on outstanding shares as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 of 109,401,721.109,409,236.
(2) 
Includes amortization of stock based compensation.
(3) 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”).

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, fund and maintain investments, comply with margin requirements, fund our operations, pay management, incentive and consulting fees, pay dividends to our stockholders and other general business needs. Our investments and assets, excluding the principal only multi-family CMBS we invest in, generate liquidity on an ongoing basis through principal and interest payments, prepayments, net earnings retained prior to payment of dividends and distributions from unconsolidated investments. Our principal only multi-family CMBS are backed by balloon non-recourse mortgage loans that provide for the payment of principal at maturity date, which is typically seven to ten years from the date the underlying mortgage loans are originated, and therefore do not directly contribute to monthly cash flows. In addition, the Company will, from time to time, sell on an opportunistic basis certain securities, as part of its overall investment strategy and these sales are expected to provide additional liquidity.

During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, net cash increaseddecreased by $48.2$22.0 million, as a result of $279.7$47.3 million provided by investing activities and $28.6$18.5 million of cash provided by operating activities offset by $260.2$87.9 million used in financing activities. Our investing activities primarily included $65.6 million in proceeds from sale of loans held in multi-family securitization trusts, $67.8$58.9 million in proceeds from sales of investment securities, $79.1$24.4 million in principal paydowns received on investment securities available for sale, $57.4$34.7 million in principal repayments received on multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, $16.1$6.4 million in principal repayments received on residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts, $232.1$47.4 million in principal repayments and proceeds from sales and refinancing of distressed residential mortgage loans, partially offset by $97.7$29.7 million in purchases of residential mortgage loans and distressed residential mortgage loans $43.8 million in the funding of mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments, $87.8$90.4 million in purchases of investment securities and $5.4 million in purchases of FHLBI stock.securities. Our financing activities primarily included $17.0 million in net proceeds from common stock issuances of $31.8 million and proceeds from preferred stock issuance of $86.9 million, partiallyfinancing arrangements offset by $119.4 million in payments of financing arrangements, net of FHLBI advances, $57.4$34.7 million in payments made on multi-family CDOs, $93.1$29.5 million in dividends paid on common stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, $16.5$6.7 million in payments made on Residential CDOs, and $92.5$33.7 million in payments made on securitized debt.







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We fund our investments and operations through a balanced and diverse funding mix, which includes proceeds from equity offerings, short-term and longer-term repurchase agreement borrowings, FHLBI advances, CDOs, securitized debt, and trust preferred debentures.debentures and, until January 2016, we also used FHLBI advances. The type and terms of financing used by us depends on the asset being financed. In those cases where we utilize some form of structured financing, be it through CDOs, longer-term repurchase agreements or securitized debt, (including financings similar to our CMBS Master Repurchase Agreements), the cash flow produced by the assets that serve as collateral for these structured finance instruments may be restricted in terms of its use or applied to pay principal or interest on CDOs, repurchase agreements, or notes that are senior to our interests. At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents balances of $123.8$39.9 million, which increaseddecreased from $75.6$62.0 million at December 31, 2014.2015. Based on our current investment portfolio, new investment initiatives, leverage ratio and available and future possible borrowing arrangements, we believe our existing cash balances, funds available under our various financing arrangements and cash flows from operations will meet our liquidity requirements for at least the next 12 months.

Liquidity – Financing Arrangements

We rely primarily on short-term repurchase agreements to finance the more liquid assets in our investment portfolio, such as Agency RMBS. In recent years, certain repurchase agreement lenders have elected to exit the repo lending market for various reasons, including new capital requirement regulations. However, as certain lenders have exited the space, other financing counterparties that had not participated in the repo lending market historically have begun to step in to replace many of the lenders that have elected to exit.

In light of the evolving repurchase agreement lending environment, we intend to replace a portion of our repurchase agreement borrowings with secured advances from the FHLBI, of which, GLIH, one of our subsidiaries, is a member. Each advance from the FHLBI will require approval by the FHLBI and will be secured by collateral in accordance with the FHLBI’s credit and collateral guidelines, as may be revised from time to time by the FHLBI. Eligible collateral may include conventional one-to-four family residential mortgage loans, CMBS, Agency RMBS and Non-Agency RMBS with an A rating and above. In connection with GLIH becoming a member of the FHLBI, the Company has agreed to guarantee the due and punctual payment of GLIH’s obligations under its financing agreement with FHLBI. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had $121.0 million in outstanding secured advances from FHLBI.

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As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we have outstanding short-term repurchase agreements, a form of collateralized short-term borrowing, with fiveseven different financial institutions. These agreements are secured by certain of our investment securities and bear interest rates that have historically moved in close relationship to LIBOR. Our borrowings under repurchase agreements are based on the fair value of our investment securities portfolio. Interest rate changes and increased prepayment activity can have a negative impact on the valuation of these securities, reducing the amount we can borrow under these agreements. Moreover, our repurchase agreements allow the counterparties to determine a new market value of the collateral to reflect current market conditions and because these lines of financing are not committed, the counterparty can call the loan at any time. Market value of the collateral represents the price of such collateral obtained from generally recognized sources or most recent closing bid quotation from such source plus accrued income. If a counterparty determines that the value of the collateral has decreased, the counterparty may initiate a margin call and require us to either post additional collateral to cover such decrease or repay a portion of the outstanding borrowing in cash, on minimal notice. Moreover, in the event an existing counterparty elected to not renew the outstanding balance at its maturity into a new repurchase agreement, we would be required to repay the outstanding balance with cash or proceeds received from a new counterparty or to surrender the securities that serve as collateral for the outstanding balance, or any combination thereof. If we are unable to secure financing from a new counterparty and had to surrender the collateral, we would expect to incur a loss. In addition, in the event one of our lenders under the repurchase agreement defaults on its obligation to “re-sell” or return to us the securities that are securing the borrowings at the end of the term of the repurchase agreement, we would incur a loss on the transaction equal to the amount of “haircut” associated with the short-term repurchase agreement, which we sometimes refer to as the “amount at risk.” As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we had an aggregate amount at risk under our repurchase agreements with fiveseven counterparties of approximately $41.8$55.3 million, with no more than approximately $22.4$23.7 million at risk with any single counterparty. At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company had short-term repurchase agreement borrowings of $465.1$589.9 million as compared to $652.0$577.4 million as of December 31, 2014.2015.

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company had $123.8$39.9 million in cash and $158.7$171.4 million in unencumbered investment securities to meet additional haircut or market valuation requirements, including $87.0$96.9 million of RMBS, of which $85.4$93.8 million are Agency RMBS, and $61.5$74.5 million of multi-family CMBS (which represents the(including $63.7 million of net fair value of certain first loss tranche PO securities and/or certain IOs issued by certain K-Series securitizations included in the Consolidated K-Series). The $123.8$39.9 million of cash, the $87.0$96.9 million in RMBS, $61.5$74.5 million of CMBS, and $23.9$13.5 million held in overnight deposits in our Agency IO portfolio included in restricted cash (that is available to meet margin calls as it relates to our Agency IO portfolio financing arrangements), which collectively represent 52.3%38.1% of our financing arrangements, are liquid and could be monetized to pay down or collateralize the liability immediately.

At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the Company also had atwo master repurchase agreementagreements with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch in an aggregate principal amount of up to $260.0$250 million and $100 million, expiring on December 17, 2015.15, 2016 and May 25, 2017, respectively. The outstanding balancebalances under the master repurchase agreement amounted to approximately $185.5$218.5 million and $0 at September 30, 2015. This master repurchaseMarch 31, 2016. The agreement with an aggregate principal amount of $250 million is collateralized by distressed residential mortgage loans with a carrying value of $259.3$247.7 million at September 30, 2015. The Company expects to roll outstanding borrowings under this master repurchase agreement into a new repurchase agreement or other financing prior to or at maturity.March 31, 2016.




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At September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we also had other longer-term debt, including Residential CDOs outstanding of $129.1$110.0 million, multi-family CDOs outstanding of $7.0 billion (which represent obligations of the Consolidated K-Series), subordinated debt of $45.0 million and securitized debt of $140.9$83.5 million. The CDOs are collateralized by residential and multi-family loans held in securitization trusts, respectively. The securitized debt represents the notes issued in (i) our May 2012 multi-family re-securitization transaction and (ii) our November 2013 multi-family CMBS collateralized recourse financing transaction, and (iii) our December 2012, July 2013 and September 2013 distressed residential mortgage loan securitization transactions, which are described in Note 7 of our condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, our overall leverage ratio, including both our short- and longer-term financing, such as securitized debt and subordinated debt (and excluding the CDOs issued by the Consolidated K-Series and our Residential CDOs) divided by stockholders’ equity, was approximately 1.1 to 1. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, our leverage ratio on our short term financings or callable debt was approximately 0.80.9 to 1. We monitor all at risk or short term borrowings to ensure that we have adequate liquidity to satisfy margin calls and have the ability to respond to other market disruptions.


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Liquidity – Hedging and Other Factors

Certain of our hedging instruments may also impact our liquidity. We use interest rate swaps, swaptions, TBAs, Eurodollar or other futures contracts to hedge interest rate risk associated with our investments in Agency RMBS, (includingincluding Agency IOs). IOs.

With respect to interest rate swaps, futures contracts and TBAs, initial margin deposits, which can be compromised of either cash or securities, will be made upon entering into these contracts and can be either cash or securities.contracts. During the period these contracts are open, changes in the value of the contract are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by marking to market on a daily basis to reflect the market value of these contracts at the end of each day’s trading. We may be required to satisfy variable margin payments periodically, depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred.

We also use In addition, because delivery of TBAs to hedge interest rate risk associated with our investments in Agency IOs. Since delivery for these securities extendsextend beyond the typical settlement dates for most non-derivative investments, these transactions are more prone to market fluctuations between the trade date and the ultimate settlement date, and thereby are more vulnerable to increasing amounts at risk with the applicable counterparties. The use of TBAs associated with our Agency IO investments creates significant short term payables (and/or receivables) amounting $283.9to $286.9 million at September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, and is included in payable for securities purchased on our condensed consolidated balance sheet.

We also use U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. Treasury futures and optionsinterest rate swaps (separately from interest rate swaps in our Agency IO portfolio) to hedge interest rate riskvariable cash flows associated with borrowings made under our investments in Agency IOsfinancing arrangements and interest rate swap agreements and swaptions as a mechanism to reduce the interest rate risk of our Agency ARMs and residential mortgage loans held in securitization trusts.Residential CDOs.

For additional information regarding the Company’s derivative instruments and hedging activities for the periods covered by this report, including the fair values and notional amounts of these instruments and realized and unrealized gains and losses relating to these instruments, please see Note 8 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report. Also, please see Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk, under the caption, “Fair Value Risk”, for a tabular presentation of the sensitivity of the market value and net duration changes of the Company’s portfolio across various changes in interest rates, which takes into account the Company’s hedging activities.

Liquidity — Equity Offerings

In addition to the financing arrangements described above under the caption “Liquidity—Financing Arrangements,” we also rely on secondary equity offerings of common and preferred stock as a source of both short-term and long-term liquidity. On April 22, 2015, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of 3,600,000 shares of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock. The issuance and sale of the 3,600,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock resulted in total net proceeds to the Company of approximately $86.9 million after deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

We also may generate liquidity through the sale of shares of our common stock in an “at the market” offering program pursuant to an equity distribution agreement, as well as through the sale of shares of our common stock pursuant to our Dividend Reinvestment Plan, or DRIP. On January 14, 2013, we filed a registration statement on Form S-3 to enable us to issueOur DRIP provides for the issuance of up to $20,000,000 of shares of our common stock pursuant to our DRIP.stock.

On March 20, 2015, the Company entered into separate equity distribution agreements (collectively, the “Equity Distribution Agreements”) with each of JMP Securities LLC (“JMP”) and MLV & Co. LLC (“MLV”), each an “Agent” and collectively, the “Agents”, pursuant to which the Company may sell up to $75,000,000 of aggregate value of (i) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per and (ii) shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, from time to time through the Agents. Pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreements, the shares may be offered and sold through the Agents in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Global Select Market or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or, subject to the terms of a written notice from us, in privately negotiated transactions. We have no obligation to sell any of the shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements and may at any time suspend solicitations and offers under the Equity Distribution Agreements. During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015, the CompanyMarch 31, 2016, there were no shares issued 2,789,439 shares under the Equity Distribution Agreements, at an average sales price of $7.91, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $21.6 million, after deducting the placement fees.Agreements. As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, approximately $52.9 million of securities remains available for issuance under the Equity Distribution Agreements.


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On March 20, 2015, in connection with the Company’s execution of the Equity Distribution Agreements described above, the Company delivered to JMP a notice of termination of the Equity Distribution Agreement dated June 11, 2012 (the “Prior Equity Distribution Agreement”), which termination became effective March 23, 2015. The Prior Equity Distribution Agreement provided for the sale by the Company of common stock having a maximum aggregate value of up to $25,000,000 from time to time through JMP, as the Company’s agent. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company issued 1,326,676 shares under the Prior Equity Distribution Agreement, at an average sales price of $7.89 resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $10.3 million, after deducting the placement fees. During the term of the Prior Equity Distribution Agreement, the Company sold a total of 2,153,989 shares of its common stock at an average price of $7.63 per share pursuant to the Prior Distribution Agreement, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $16.1 million

Management Agreements

We have investment management agreements with RiverBanc, Midway and Headlands, pursuant to which we pay these managers a base management and incentive fee, if earned, quarterly in arrears. See "- Results of Operations - Comparison of the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014March 31, 2015 - Comparative Expenses" for more information regarding the base management and incentive fee incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016.

Dividends

On SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, we declared a Series B Preferred Stock cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of Series B Preferred Stock for the quarterly period that began on JulyJanuary 15, 20152016 and ended on OctoberApril 14, 2015. This2016. The dividend was paid on OctoberApril 15, 20152016 to holders of record ofour Series B Preferred Stockstockholders of record as of OctoberApril 1, 2015.2016.

On SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, we declared a Series C Preferred Stock cash dividend of $0.4921875 per share of Series C Preferred Stock for the quarterly period that began on JulyJanuary 15, 20152016 and ended on OctoberApril 14, 2015. This2016. The dividend was paid on OctoberApril 15, 20152016 to holdersour Series C Preferred stockholders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as of OctoberApril 1, 2015.2016.

On SeptemberMarch 18, 2015,2016, we declared a 2015 third2016 first quarter cash dividend of $0.24 per common share. The dividend was paid on October 26, 2015April 25, 2016 to common stockholders of record as of SeptemberMarch 28, 2015.2016. The dividend was paid out of our working capital.

We expect to continue to pay quarterly cash dividends on our common stock during the near term. However, our Board of Directors will continue to evaluate our dividend policy each quarter and will make adjustments as necessary, based on a variety of factors, including, among other things, the need to maintain our REIT status, our financial condition, liquidity, earnings projections and business prospects. Our dividend policy does not constitute an obligation to pay dividends.

We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the various requirements to maintain our REIT status and to minimize or avoid corporate income tax and the nondeductible excise tax. However, differences in timing between the recognition of REIT taxable income and the actual receipt of cash could require us to sell assets or to borrow funds on a short-term basis to meet the REIT distribution requirements and to minimize or avoid corporate income tax and the nondeductible excise tax.

Exposure to European financial counterparties

We finance the acquisition of a significant portion of our mortgage-backed securities with repurchase agreements. In connection with these financing arrangements, we pledge our securities as collateral to secure the borrowings. The amount of collateral pledged will typically exceed the amount of the financing with the extent of over-collateralization from 5% of the amount borrowed (in the case of Agency ARM and Agency fixed rate RMBS collateral) and up to 25% (in the case of Agency IOs)IOs and CMBS).

While our repurchase agreement financing results in us recording a liability to the counterparty in our consolidated balance sheet, we are exposed to the counterparty, if during the term of the repurchase agreement financing, a lender should default on its obligation and we are not able to recover our pledged assets. The amount of this exposure is the difference between the amount loaned to us plus interest due to the counterparty and the fair value of the collateral pledged by us to the lender (including accrued interest receivable on such collateral).

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Several large European banks have experienced financial difficulty in recent years, some of whom have required a rescue or assistance from other large European banks or the European Central Bank. Some of these banks have U.S. banking subsidiaries which have provided repurchase agreement financing or interest rate swap agreements to us in connection with the acquisition of various investments, including mortgage-backed securities investments. We have outstanding repurchase agreement borrowings with Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in the amount of $185.5$218.5 million at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 with a net exposure of $73.8$29.2 million. In addition, certain of our U.S. based counterparties may have significant exposure to the financial and economic turmoil in Europe which could impact their future lending activities or cause them to default under agreements with us. In the event one or more of these counterparties or their affiliates experience liquidity difficulties in the future, our liquidity could be materially adversely affected.



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Inflation

For the periods presented herein, inflation has been relatively low and we believe that inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations. The impact of inflation is primarily reflected in the increased costs of our operations. Virtually all our assets and liabilities are financial in nature. Our consolidated financial statements and corresponding notes thereto have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which require the measurement of financial position and operating results in terms of historical dollars without considering the changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation. As a result, interest rates and other factors influence our performance far more than inflation. Inflation affects our operations primarily through its effect on interest rates, since interest rates typically increase during periods of high inflation and decrease during periods of low inflation. During periods of increasing interest rates, demand for mortgages and a borrower’s ability to qualify for mortgage financing in a purchase transaction may be adversely affected. During periods of decreasing interest rates, borrowers may prepay their mortgages, which in turn may adversely affect our yield and subsequently the value of our portfolio of mortgage assets.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not maintain any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Further, we have not guaranteed any obligations of unconsolidated entities nor do we have any commitment or intent to provide funding to any such entities.

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

This section should be read in conjunction with “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part II of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our subsequent periodic reports filed with the SEC.

We seek to manage risks that we believe will impact our business including, interest rates, liquidity, prepayments, credit quality and market value. When managing these risks we consider the impact on our assets, liabilities and derivative positions. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we believe the risk can be quantified from historical experience andexperience. We seek to actively manage that risk, to generate risk-adjusted total returns that we believe compensate us appropriately for those risks and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we take.

The following analysis includes forward-looking statements that assume that certain market conditions occur. Actual results may differ materially from these projected results due to changes in our portfolio assets and borrowings mix and due to developments in the domestic and global financial and real estate markets. Developments in the financial markets include the likelihood of changing interest rates and the relationship of various interest rates and their impact on our portfolio yield, cost of funds and cash flows. The analytical methods that we use to assess and mitigate these market risks should not be considered projections of future events or operating performance.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rates are sensitive to many factors, including governmental, monetary, tax policies, domestic and international economic conditions, and political or regulatory matters beyond our control. Changes in interest rates affect the value of the financial assets we manage and hold in our investment portfolio and the variable-rate borrowings we use to finance our portfolio. Changes in interest rates also affect the interest rate swaps and caps, Eurodollar and other futures, TBAs and other securities or instruments we use to hedge our portfolio. As a result, our net interest income is particularly affected by changes in interest rates.

For example, we hold RMBS, some of which may have fixed rates or interest rates that adjust on various dates that are not synchronized to the adjustment dates on our repurchase agreements. In general, the re-pricing of our repurchase agreements occurs more quickly than the re-pricing of our variable-interest rate assets. Thus, it is likely that our floating rate borrowings, such as our repurchase agreements, may react to interest rates before our RMBS because the weighted average next re-pricing dates on the related borrowings may have shorter time periods than that of the RMBS. In addition, the interest rates on our Agency ARMs backed by hybrid ARMs may be limited to a “periodic cap,” or an increase of typically 1% or 2% per adjustment period, while our borrowings do not have comparable limitations. Moreover, changes in interest rates can directly impact prepayment speeds, thereby affecting our net return on RMBS. During a declining interest rate environment, the prepayment of RMBS may accelerate (as borrowers may opt to refinance at a lower interest rate) causing the amount of liabilities that have been extended by the use of interest rate swaps to increase relative to the amount of RMBS, possibly resulting in a decline in our net return on RMBS, as replacement RMBS may have a lower yield than those being prepaid. Conversely, during an increasing interest rate environment, RMBS may prepay more slowly than expected, requiring us to finance a higher amount of RMBS than originally forecast and at a time when interest rates may be higher, resulting in a decline in our net return on RMBS. Accordingly, each of these scenarios can negatively impact our net interest income.

We seek to manage interest rate risk in our portfolio by utilizing interest rate swaps, swaptions, caps, Eurodollar and other futures, options and U.S. Treasury securities with the goal of optimizing the earnings potential while seeking to maintain long term stable portfolio values. We continually monitor the duration of our mortgage assets and have a policy to hedge the financing of those assets such that the net duration of the assets, our borrowed funds related to such assets, and related hedging instruments, is less than one year. In addition, we utilize TBAs to mitigate the risks on our long Agency RMBS positions associated with our investments in Agency IOs.

We utilize a model-based risk analysis system to assist in projecting portfolio performances over a scenario of different interest rates. The model incorporates shifts in interest rates, changes in prepayments and other factors impacting the valuations of our financial securities and instruments, including mortgage-backed securities, repurchase agreements, interest rate swaps and interest rate caps, TBAs and Eurodollar futures.


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Based on the results of the model, the instantaneous changes in interest rates specified below would have had the following effect on net interest income for the next 12 months based on our assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Changes in Net Interest Income
Changes in Interest Rates
Changes in Net Interest
Income
Changes in Net Interest
Income
+200$4,926$5,895
+100$5,361$5,261
-100$(14,957)$(10,144)

Interest rate changes may also impact our net book value as our financial assets and related hedge derivatives are marked-to-market each quarter. Generally, as interest rates increase, the value of our mortgage assets, other than IOs, decreases, and conversely, as interest rates decrease, the value of such investments will increase. The value of an IO will likely be negatively affected in a declining interest rate environment due to the risk of increasing prepayment rates because the IOs’ value is wholly contingent on the underlying mortgage loans having an outstanding balance. In general, we expect that, over time, decreases in the value of our portfolio attributable to interest rate changes will be offset, to the degree we are hedged, by increases in the value of our interest rate swaps or other financial instruments used for hedging purposes, and vice versa. However, the relationship between spreads on securities and spreads on our hedging instruments may vary from time to time, resulting in a net aggregate book value increase or decline. That said, unless there is a material impairment in value that would result in a payment not being received on a security or loan, changes in the book value of our portfolio will not directly affect our recurring earnings or our ability to make a distribution to our stockholders.

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet potential cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, fund and maintain investments, pay dividends to our stockholders and other general business needs. We recognize the need to have funds available to operate our business. It is our policy to have adequate liquidity at all times. We plan to meet liquidity through normal operations with the goal of avoiding unplanned sales of assets or emergency borrowing of funds.

Our principal sources of liquidity are repurchase agreements, Federal Home Loan Bank advances, the CDOs we have issued to finance our loans held in securitization trusts, securitized debt, trust preferred securities, the principal and interest payments from our assets and cash proceeds from the issuance of equity or debt securities (as market and other conditions permit). We believe our existing cash balances and cash flows from operations will be sufficient for our liquidity requirements for at least the next 12 months.

We are subject to “margin call” risk under our repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances.agreements. In the event the value of our assets pledged as collateral suddenly decreases, margin calls relating to our repurchase agreements and Federal Home Loan Bank advances could increase, causing an adverse change in our liquidity position. Additionally, if one or more of our repurchase agreement counterparties chooses not to provide ongoing funding, we may be unable to replace the financing through other lenders on favorable terms or at all. As such, we provide no assurance that we will be able to roll over our repurchase agreements as they mature from time to time in the future. See Item 2, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information about our liquidity and capital resource management.

Derivative financial instruments used to hedge interest rate risk are subject to “margin call” risk. For example, under our interest rate swaps, typically we pay a fixed rate to the counterparties while they pay us a floating rate. If interest rates drop below the fixed rate we are paying on an interest rate swap, we may be required to post cash margin.

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Prepayment Risk

When borrowers repay the principal on their residential mortgage loans before maturity or faster than their scheduled amortization, the effect is to shorten the period over which interest is earned, and therefore, reduce the yield for residential mortgage assets purchased at a premium to their then current balance, as with our portfolio of Agency RMBS. Conversely, residential mortgage assets purchased for less than their then current balance, such as our distressed residential mortgage loans, exhibit higher yields due to faster prepayments. Furthermore, actual prepayment speeds may differ from our modeled prepayment speed projections impacting the effectiveness of any hedges we have in place to mitigate financing and/or fair value risk. Generally, when market interest rates decline, borrowers have a tendency to refinance their mortgages, thereby increasing prepayments. The impact of increasing prepayment rates, whether as a result of declining interest rates, government intervention in the mortgage markets or otherwise, is particularly acute with respect to our Agency IOs. Because the value of an IO security is wholly contingent on the underlying mortgage loans having an outstanding principal balance, an unexpected increase in prepayment rates on the pool of mortgage loans underlying the IOs could significantly negatively impact the performance of our Agency IOs.

Our modeled prepayments will help determine the amount of hedging we use to off-set changes in interest rates. If actual prepayment rates are higher than modeled, the yield will be less than modeled in cases where we paid a premium for the particular residential mortgage asset. Conversely, when we have paid a premium, if actual prepayment rates experienced are slower than modeled, we would amortize the premium over a longer time period, resulting in a higher yield to maturity.

In an environment of increasing prepayment speeds, the timing difference between the actual cash receipt of principal paydowns and the announcement of the principal paydown may result in additional margin requirements from our repurchase agreement counterparties.

We mitigate prepayment risk by constantly evaluating our residential mortgage assets relative to prepayment speeds observed for assets with similar structures, quantities and characteristics. Furthermore, we stress-test the portfolio as to prepayment speeds and interest rate risk in order to further develop or make modifications to our hedge balances. Historically, we have not hedged 100% of our liability costs due to prepayment risk.

Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk that we will not fully collect the principal we have invested in our credit sensitive assets, including distressed residential and other mortgage loans, CMBS and commercial real estate and commercial real estate-related debt investments, and CLOs, due to borrower defaults. In selecting the credit sensitive assets in our portfolio, we seek to identify and invest in assets with characteristics that we believe offset or limit the exposure of borrower defaults to the Company.

We seek to manage credit risk through our pre-acquisition or pre-funding due diligence process, and by factoring projected credit losses into the purchase price we pay or loan terms we negotiate for all of our credit sensitive assets. In general, we evaluate relative valuation, supply and demand trends, prepayment rates, delinquency and default rates, vintage of collateral and macroeconomic factors as part of this process. Nevertheless, these procedures do not guarantee unanticipated credit losses which would materially affect our operating results.

With respect to the $509.4$537.6 million of distressed residential mortgage loans the Company owned at September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, the mortgage loans were purchased at a discount to par reflecting their distressed state or perceived higher risk of default, which may include higher loan to value ratios and, in certain instances, delinquent loan payments. Prior to the acquisition of distressed residential mortgage loans, the Company validates key information provided by the sellers that is necessary to determine the value of the distressed residential mortgage loans. We then seek to maximize the value of the mortgage loans that we acquire either through borrower assisted refinancing, outright loan sale or through foreclosure and resale of the underlying home. We evaluate credit quality on an ongoing basis by reviewing borrower’s payment status and current financial and economic condition. Additionally, we look at the carrying value of any delinquent loan and compare to the current value of the underlying collateral.

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As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we own $315.6$325.6 million of first loss CMBS comprised solely of first loss POs that are backed by commercial mortgage loans on multi-family properties at a weighted average amortized purchase price of approximately 33.9%36.3% of current par. Prior to the acquisition of each of our first loss CMBS securities, the Company completed an extensive review of the underlying loan collateral, including loan level cash flow re-underwriting, site inspections on selected properties, property specific cash flow and loss modeling, review of appraisals, property condition and environmental reports, and other credit risk analyses. We continue to monitor credit quality on an ongoing basis using updated property level financial reports provided by borrowers and periodic site inspection of selected properties. We also reconcile on a monthly basis the actual bond distributions received against projected distributions to assure proper allocation of cash flow generated by the underlying loan pool.

As of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, we own approximately $119.8$129.9 million of first mortgage loan, mezzanine loan, preferred equity and equity investments at September 30, 2015, backed by residential and multi-family properties. The performance and value of these investments depend upon the applicable operating partner’s or borrower’s ability to effectively operate the multifamily and residential properties, including approximately $56.0 millionthat serve as the underlying collateral, to produce cash flows adequate to pay distributions, interest or principal due to us. The Company monitors the performance and credit quality of the underlying assets that serve as collateral for its investments. In the case of our multi-family investments, the procedures for ongoing monitoring include financial statement analysis and regularly scheduled site inspections of portfolio properties to assess property physical condition, performance of on-site staff and competitive activity in common equitythe sub-market. We also formulate annual budgets and preferred equity interestsperformance goals alongside our operating partners for use in RB Multifamily Investors LLC, an entity that invests in commercial real estatemeasuring the ongoing investment performance and commercial real estate-related debtcredit quality of our investments.


Fair Value Risk

Changes in interest rates also expose us to market value (fair value) fluctuation on our assets, liabilities and hedges. While the fair value of the majority of our assets (when excluding all Consolidated K-Series assets other than the securities we actually own) that are measured on a recurring basis are determined using Level 2 fair values, we own certain assets, such as our CMBS, for which fair values may not be readily available if there are no active trading markets for the instruments. In such cases, fair values would only be derived or estimated for these investments using various valuation techniques, such as computing the present value of estimated future cash flows using discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. However, the determination of estimated future cash flows is inherently subjective and imprecise. Minor changes in assumptions or estimation methodologies can have a material effect on these derived or estimated fair values. Our fair value estimates and assumptions are indicative of the interest rate environments as of September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and do not take into consideration the effects of subsequent interest rate fluctuations.

We note that the values of our investments in derivative instruments, primarily interest rate hedges on our debt, will be sensitive to changes in market interest rates, interest rate spreads, credit spreads and other market factors. The value of these investments can vary and has varied materially from period to period.

The following describes the methods and assumptions we use in estimating fair values of our financial instruments:

Fair value estimates are made as of a specific point in time based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. These techniques involve uncertainties and are significantly affected by the assumptions used and the judgments made regarding risk characteristics of various financial instruments, discount rates, estimate of future cash flows, future expected loss experience and other factors.

Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates and the resulting fair values. Derived fair value estimates cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, could not be realized in an immediate sale of the instrument. Also, because of differences in methodologies and assumptions used to estimate fair values, the fair values used by us should not be compared to those of other companies.

The table below presents the sensitivity of the market value and net duration changes of our portfolio as of September 30, 2015,March 31, 2016, using a discounted cash flow simulation model assuming an instantaneous interest rate shift. Application of this method results in an estimation of the fair market value change of our assets, liabilities and hedging instruments per 100 basis point (“bp”) shift in interest rates.

The use of hedging instruments is a critical part of our interest rate risk management strategies, and the effects of these hedging instruments on the market value of the portfolio are reflected in the model's output. This analysis also takes into consideration the value of options embedded in our mortgage assets including constraints on the re-pricing of the interest rate of assets resulting from periodic and lifetime cap features, as well as prepayment options. Assets and liabilities that are not interest rate-sensitive such as cash, payment receivables, prepaid expenses, payables and accrued expenses are excluded.

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Changes in assumptions including, but not limited to, volatility, mortgage and financing spreads, prepayment behavior, defaults, as well as the timing and level of interest rate changes will affect the results of the model. Therefore, actual results are likely to vary from modeled results.

Market Value Changes
Changes in
Interest Rates
 
Changes in
Market Value
 
Net
Duration
 
Changes in
Market Value
 
Net
Duration
 (Amounts in thousands)  (Amounts in thousands) 
+200 $(81,278) 3.44 $(94,797) 3.62
+100 $(39,587) 3.09 $(47,967) 3.21
Base 
 2.32 
 2.67
-100 $19,332 1.11 $35,772 1.88

It should be noted that the model is used as a tool to identify potential risk in a changing interest rate environment but does not include any changes in portfolio composition, financing strategies, market spreads or changes in overall market liquidity.

Although market value sensitivity analysis is widely accepted in identifying interest rate risk, it does not take into consideration changes that may occur such as, but not limited to, changes in investment and financing strategies, changes in market spreads and changes in business volumes. Accordingly, we make extensive use of an earnings simulation model to further analyze our level of interest rate risk.

There are a number of key assumptions in our earnings simulation model. These key assumptions include changes in market conditions that affect interest rates, the pricing of ARM products, the availability of investment assets and the availability and the cost of financing for portfolio assets. Other key assumptions made in using the simulation model include prepayment speeds and management's investment, financing and hedging strategies, and the issuance of new equity. We typically run the simulation model under a variety of hypothetical business scenarios that may include different interest rate scenarios, different investment strategies, different prepayment possibilities and other scenarios that provide us with a range of possible earnings outcomes in order to assess potential interest rate risk. The assumptions used represent our estimate of the likely effect of changes in interest rates and do not necessarily reflect actual results. The earnings simulation model takes into account periodic and lifetime caps embedded in our assets in determining the earnings at risk.


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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2015.March 31, 2016.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed under “Item"Item 1A. Risk Factors”Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20142015.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q forUse of Proceeds.

During the quartersthree months ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015.2016, the Company repurchased 0.1 million shares of common stock at an average price of $4.75 per share in connection with the satisfaction of employee tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock awards.

The table below sets forth the information with respect to purchases made by or on the behalf of the Company or any affiliated purchaser (as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act, as amended), of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Period Total # of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid Per Share Total # of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program Maximum # of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under Plans or Programs
January 1-31, 2016:        
Employee Transaction
(1) 

 
 N/A N/A
February 1-29, 2016:        
Employee Transaction
(1) 
41,513
 $4.78
 N/A N/A
March 1-31, 2016:        
Employee Transaction
(1) 
11,425
 $4.66
 N/A N/A
Total Employee Transactions
(1) 
52,938
 $4.75
 N/A N/A

(1) The Company's 2010 Plan provides that the value of the shares forfeited be based on the price of its common stock on the date the relevant shares vest.

Item 6. Exhibits

The information set forth under “Exhibit Index”"Exhibit Index" below is incorporated herein by reference.




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 NEW YORK MORTGAGE TRUST, INC.
   
Date: NovemberMay 5, 20152016By:/s/ Steven R. Mumma
  Steven R. Mumma
  Chief Executive Officer and President
  (Principal Executive Officer) 

Date: NovemberMay 5, 20152016By:/s/ Kristine R. Nario
  Kristine R. Nario
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 



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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 
 
Description 
2.1Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, by and among Donlon Family LLC, JMP Investment Holdings LLC, Hypotheca Capital, LLC, RiverBanc LLC and New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., dated May 3, 2016.
3.1(a) Articles of Amendment and Restatement of New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2014).
     
3.2 Bylaws of New York Mortgage Trust, Inc., as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2011).
     
3.3 Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013).
   
3.4 Articles Supplementary classifying and designating 2,550,000 additional shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2015).
   
3.5 Articles Supplementary classifying and designating the 7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2015).
     
4.1 Form of Common Stock Certificate. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Registration No. 333-111668), effective June 23, 2004).
     
4.2(a)4.2Form of Certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013).
4.3Form of Certificate representing the Series C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2015).
4.4(a) Junior Subordinated Indenture between The New York Mortgage Company, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee, dated September 1, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2005).
     
4.2(b)4.4(b) Parent Guarantee Agreement between New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as guarantee trustee, dated September 1, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2005).
     
4.3(a)4.5(a) Junior Subordinated Indenture between The New York Mortgage Company, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee, dated March 15, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(a) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2012).
     
4.3(b)4.5(b) Parent Guarantee Agreement between New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as guarantee trustee, dated March 15, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(b) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2012).
   

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4.4
4.6 Parent Guarantee Agreement by New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. for the benefit of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, dated April 2, 2015. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3(d) of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2015.)
4.7Indenture, dated April 15, 2016, by and between NYMT Residential 2016-RP1, LLC and U.S. Bank National Association (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2016.)
   
   
Certain instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt securities of the Registrant and its subsidiaries are omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish to the SEC, upon request, copies of any such instruments. 
   
4.5Form of Certificate representing the Series B Preferred Stock. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013).
4.6Form of Certificate representing the Series C Preferred Stock. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2015).

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12.1  Statement re: Computation of Ratios.
   
31.1 Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
   
31.2 Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
   
32.1 Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.*
   
101.INS XBRL Instance Document **
   
101.SCH Taxonomy Extension Schema Document **
   
101.CAL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document **
   
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document **
   
101.LAB Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document **
   
101.PRE Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document **

*Furnished herewith. Such certification shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

**
Submitted electronically herewith. Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following documents formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and December 31, 20142015; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30,March 31, 2016 and 2015 and 2014; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and 2014;2015; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015;March 31, 2016; (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2015March 31, 2016 and2014;and 2015; and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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