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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

    (Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20202021

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: 001-35000

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

 

80-0629925

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

 

 

7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200E

Bethesda, Maryland20814

(301) (301) 215-5500

(Address of principal executive offices and registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address, and former fiscal year if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share

WD

New York Stock Exchange

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer  

Smaller Reporting Company

 

Accelerated Filer

Emerging Growth Company

 

Non-accelerated Filer

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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

As of July 29, 2020,2021, there were 31,104,09431,821,841 total shares of common stock outstanding.

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Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
Form 10-Q
INDEX

Page

PART I

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

3

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2723

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

5249

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

5350

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

5350

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

5450

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

5450

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

5452

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

5452

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

5452

Item 5.

Other Information

5552

Item 6.

Exhibits

5553

Signatures

5754

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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

June 30, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Assets

(unaudited)

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

275,202

$

120,685

$

326,518

$

321,097

Restricted cash

 

10,894

 

8,677

 

15,842

 

19,432

Pledged securities, at fair value

 

128,296

 

121,767

 

146,548

 

137,236

Loans held for sale, at fair value

 

1,733,598

 

787,035

 

1,718,444

 

2,449,198

Loans held for investment, net

 

404,527

 

543,542

 

272,033

 

360,402

Mortgage servicing rights

 

778,269

 

718,799

 

915,519

 

862,813

Goodwill and other intangible assets

 

251,165

 

182,959

 

268,018

 

250,838

Derivative assets

 

27,085

 

15,568

 

36,751

 

49,786

Receivables, net

 

50,188

 

52,146

 

80,196

 

65,735

Other assets

 

133,825

 

124,021

 

163,252

 

134,438

Total assets

$

3,793,049

$

2,675,199

$

3,943,121

$

4,650,975

Liabilities

Warehouse notes payable

$

1,863,654

$

906,128

$

1,823,982

$

2,517,156

Note payable

 

292,819

 

293,964

 

290,498

 

291,593

Guaranty obligation, net of accumulated amortization

 

54,872

 

54,695

Allowance for risk-sharing obligations

 

69,191

 

11,471

 

60,329

 

75,313

Guaranty obligation, net

 

50,369

 

52,306

Derivative liabilities

 

13,739

 

36

 

30,411

 

5,066

Performance deposits from borrowers

 

11,696

 

7,996

Other liabilities

396,527

358,624

394,037

513,319

Total liabilities

$

2,702,498

$

1,632,914

$

2,649,626

$

3,454,753

Equity

Preferred shares, authorized 50,000; NaN issued.

$

$

Common stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 200,000; issued and outstanding 30,369 shares at June 30, 2020 and 30,035 shares at December 31, 2019.

 

304

 

300

Stockholders' Equity

Preferred stock (authorized 50,000; NaN issued)

$

$

Common stock ($0.01 par value; authorized 200,000 shares; issued and outstanding 31,034 shares at June 30, 2021 and 30,678 shares at December 31, 2020)

 

310

 

307

Additional paid-in capital ("APIC")

 

238,094

 

237,877

 

255,676

 

241,004

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI")

249

737

Accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI")

2,578

1,968

Retained earnings

 

851,904

 

796,775

 

1,034,931

 

952,943

Total stockholders’ equity

$

1,090,551

$

1,035,689

$

1,293,495

$

1,196,222

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

6,596

Total equity

$

1,090,551

$

1,042,285

Commitments and contingencies (NOTES 2 and 9)

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

$

3,793,049

$

2,675,199

$

3,943,121

$

4,650,975

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Revenues

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

77,907

$

65,610

$

154,280

$

123,407

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

90,369

41,271

158,369

82,209

Servicing fees

 

56,862

 

53,006

 

112,296

 

105,205

Net warehouse interest income

 

9,401

 

6,411

 

14,896

 

13,432

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

2,671

 

14,616

 

13,414

 

28,684

Other revenues

 

15,615

 

19,411

 

33,727

 

34,825

Total revenues

$

252,825

$

200,325

$

486,982

$

387,762

Expenses

Personnel

$

106,920

$

84,398

$

196,445

$

156,029

Amortization and depreciation

42,317

37,381

82,079

75,284

Provision for credit losses

 

4,903

 

961

 

28,546

 

3,636

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

2,078

 

3,777

 

4,938

 

7,429

Other operating expenses

 

13,069

 

16,830

 

31,159

 

32,322

Total expenses

$

169,287

$

143,347

$

343,167

$

274,700

Income from operations

$

83,538

$

56,978

$

143,815

$

113,062

Income tax expense

 

21,479

 

14,832

 

34,151

 

26,856

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

62,059

$

42,146

$

109,664

$

86,206

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

 

 

(50)

 

(224)

 

(208)

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

62,059

$

42,196

$

109,888

$

86,414

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

Net change in unrealized gains and losses on pledged available-for-sale securities

1,430

666

(487)

967

Walker & Dunlop comprehensive income

$

63,489

$

42,862

$

109,401

$

87,381

Basic earnings per share (NOTE 10)

$

1.98

$

1.36

$

3.52

$

2.80

Diluted earnings per share (NOTE 10)

$

1.95

$

1.33

$

3.44

$

2.72

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

 

30,352

 

29,985

 

30,288

 

29,834

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

 

30,860

 

30,744

 

30,960

 

30,720

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Revenues

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

107,472

$

77,907

$

183,351

$

154,280

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

61,849

90,369

119,784

158,369

Servicing fees

 

69,052

 

56,862

 

135,030

 

112,296

Property sales broker fees

22,454

3,561

31,496

13,173

Net warehouse interest income

 

4,630

 

9,401

 

9,185

 

14,896

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

1,823

 

2,671

 

3,940

 

13,414

Other revenues

 

14,131

 

12,054

 

22,913

 

20,554

Total revenues

$

281,411

$

252,825

$

505,699

$

486,982

Expenses

Personnel

$

141,421

$

106,920

$

237,636

$

196,445

Amortization and depreciation

48,510

42,317

95,381

82,079

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

(4,326)

 

4,903

 

(15,646)

 

28,546

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

1,760

 

2,078

 

3,525

 

4,938

Other operating expenses

 

19,748

 

13,069

 

37,335

 

31,159

Total expenses

$

207,113

$

169,287

$

358,231

$

343,167

Income from operations

$

74,298

$

83,538

$

147,468

$

143,815

Income tax expense

 

18,240

 

21,479

 

33,358

 

34,151

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

114,110

$

109,664

Less: net loss from noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

(224)

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

114,110

$

109,888

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on pledged available-for-sale securities, net of taxes

768

1,430

610

(487)

Walker & Dunlop comprehensive income

$

56,826

$

63,489

$

114,720

$

109,401

Basic earnings per share (NOTE 10)

$

1.75

$

1.98

$

3.57

$

3.52

Diluted earnings per share (NOTE 10)

$

1.73

$

1.95

$

3.52

$

3.44

Basic weighted-average shares outstanding

 

31,019

 

30,352

 

30,922

 

30,288

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

 

31,370

 

30,860

31,322

 

30,960

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021

Common Stock

Retained

Total Stockholders'

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

APIC

  

AOCI

  

Earnings

  

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

30,678

$

307

$

241,004

$

1,968

$

952,943

$

1,196,222

Walker & Dunlop net income

58,052

58,052

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

(158)

(158)

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

7,836

7,836

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

430

4

12,602

12,606

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(131)

(1)

(13,373)

(13,374)

Cash dividends paid ($0.50 per common share)

(16,052)

(16,052)

Balance at March 31, 2021

30,977

$

310

$

248,069

$

1,810

$

994,943

$

1,245,132

Walker & Dunlop net income

56,058

56,058

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

768

768

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

7,892

7,892

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

64

1

530

531

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(7)

(1)

(815)

(816)

Cash dividends paid ($0.50 per common share)

(16,070)

(16,070)

Balance at June 30, 2021

31,034

$

310

$

255,676

$

2,578

$

1,034,931

$

1,293,495

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020

Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

Retained

Noncontrolling

Total

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

APIC

  

AOCI

  

Earnings

  

Interests

  

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2019

30,035

$

300

$

237,877

$

737

$

796,775

$

6,596

$

1,042,285

Cumulative-effect adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-13, net of tax

(23,678)

(23,678)

Walker & Dunlop net income

47,829

47,829

Net loss from noncontrolling interests

(224)

(224)

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

675

675

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

(1,918)

(1,918)

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

5,061

5,061

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

675

7

11,362

11,369

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(380)

(4)

(18,293)

(8,440)

(26,737)

Cash dividends paid ($0.36 per common share)

(11,347)

(11,347)

Balance at March 31, 2020

30,330

$

303

$

236,007

$

(1,181)

$

801,139

$

7,047

$

1,043,315

Walker & Dunlop net income

62,059

62,059

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

(3,295)

(7,047)

(10,342)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

1,430

1,430

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

5,592

5,592

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

50

1

195

196

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(11)

(405)

(405)

Cash dividends paid ($0.36 per common share)

(11,294)

(11,294)

Balance at June 30, 2020

30,369

$

304

$

238,094

$

249

$

851,904

$

$

1,090,551

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

For the six months ended June 30, 

 

    

2020

    

2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

109,664

$

86,206

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Gains attributable to the fair value of future servicing rights, net of guaranty obligation

 

(158,369)

 

(82,209)

Change in the fair value of premiums and origination fees

 

(25,459)

 

938

Amortization and depreciation

 

82,079

 

75,284

Provision for credit losses

 

28,546

 

3,636

Originations of loans held for sale

(10,281,562)

(7,913,982)

Sales of loans to third parties

9,381,412

7,696,034

Other operating activities, net

41,046

(25,111)

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

(822,643)

$

(159,204)

Cash flows from investing activities

Capital expenditures

$

(1,539)

$

(3,392)

Purchases of equity-method investments

(850)

Purchases of pledged available-for-sale ("AFS") securities

(14,155)

(7,562)

Proceeds from prepayment of pledged debt AFS securities

4,739

Distributions from (investments in) joint ventures, net

(6,470)

(18,518)

Acquisitions, net of cash received

(46,784)

(7,180)

Originations of loans held for investment

 

 

(83,402)

Principal collected on loans held for investment upon payoff

 

139,030

 

150,761

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

$

73,971

$

30,707

Cash flows from financing activities

Borrowings (repayments) of warehouse notes payable, net

$

1,009,302

$

129,412

Borrowings of interim warehouse notes payable

 

33,127

 

54,757

Repayments of interim warehouse notes payable

 

(84,959)

 

(32,264)

Repayments of note payable

 

(1,489)

 

(1,500)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

6,565

 

4,188

Repurchase of common stock

 

(27,142)

 

(25,915)

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

(5,216)

Cash dividends paid

(22,641)

(18,630)

Payment of contingent consideration

(1,641)

(6,450)

Debt issuance costs

 

(1,932)

 

(1,729)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

$

903,974

$

101,869

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents (NOTE 2)

$

155,302

$

(26,628)

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

136,566

 

120,348

Total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at end of period

$

291,868

$

93,720

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

Cash paid to third parties for interest

$

24,237

$

36,003

Cash paid for income taxes

1,479

24,865

For the six months ended June 30, 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

114,110

$

109,664

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Gains attributable to the fair value of future servicing rights, net of guaranty obligation

 

(119,784)

 

(158,369)

Change in the fair value of premiums and origination fees

 

9,047

 

(25,459)

Amortization and depreciation

 

95,381

 

82,079

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

(15,646)

 

28,546

Originations of loans held for sale

(7,293,128)

(10,281,562)

Proceeds from transfers of loans held for sale

8,024,903

9,381,412

Other operating activities, net

(55,541)

41,046

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

759,342

$

(822,643)

Cash flows from investing activities

Capital expenditures

$

(3,800)

$

(1,539)

Purchases of equity-method investments

(3,248)

(850)

Purchases of pledged available-for-sale ("AFS") securities

(2,000)

(14,155)

Proceeds from prepayment and sale of pledged AFS securities

22,092

4,739

Investments in joint ventures

(38,805)

(17,160)

Distributions from joint ventures

22,113

10,690

Acquisitions, net of cash received

(10,507)

(46,784)

Originations of loans held for investment

 

(116,087)

 

Principal collected on loans held for investment

 

205,653

 

139,030

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

$

75,411

$

73,971

Cash flows from financing activities

Borrowings (repayments) of warehouse notes payable, net

$

(744,281)

$

1,009,302

Borrowings of interim warehouse notes payable

 

84,766

 

33,127

Repayments of interim warehouse notes payable

 

(34,174)

 

(84,959)

Repayments of note payable

 

(1,490)

 

(1,489)

Repayment of secured borrowings

(73,312)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

13,137

 

6,565

Repurchase of common stock

 

(14,190)

 

(27,142)

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

(5,216)

Cash dividends paid

(32,122)

(22,641)

Payment of contingent consideration

(1,641)

Debt issuance costs

 

(1,333)

 

(1,932)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

$

(802,999)

$

903,974

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents (NOTE 2)

$

31,754

$

155,302

Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

358,002

 

136,566

Total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at end of period

$

389,756

$

291,868

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

Cash paid to third parties for interest

$

16,708

$

24,237

Cash paid for income taxes

26,723

1,479

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These financial statements represent the condensed consolidated financial position and results of operations of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Walker & Dunlop” and the “Company” mean the Walker & Dunlop consolidated companies. The statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they may not include certain financial statement disclosures and other information required for annual financial statements. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20192020 (“20192020 Form 10-K”). In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the Company in the interim periods presented have been included. Results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 20202021 or thereafter.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company and conducts the majority of its operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC, the operating company. Walker & Dunlop is one of the leading commercial real estate services and finance companies in the United States. The Company originates, sells, and services a range of commercial real estate debt and equity financing products, provides multifamily property sales brokerage with a focus on multifamily, and valuation services, engages in commercial real estate investment management activities. Through its mortgage bankersactivities, provides housing market research, and property sales brokers, the Company offers its customers agency lending, debt brokerage,delivers real estate-related investment banking and principal lending and investing products, and multifamily property salesadvisory services.

Through its agency lending products, the Company originates and sells loans pursuant to the programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac,”Mac” and, together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”), the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, “HUD”). Through its debt brokerage products, the Company brokers, and in some cases services, loans for various life insurance companies, commercial banks, commercial mortgage-backed securities issuers, and other institutional investors, in which cases the Company does not fund the loan.

The Company also provides a variety of commercial real estate debt and equity solutions through its principal lending and investing products, including interim loans, and preferred and joint venture equity on commercial real estate properties. Interim loans on multifamily properties are offered (i) through the Company and recorded on the Company’s balance sheet (the “Interim Loan Program”) and (ii) through a joint venture with an affiliate of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., in which the Company holds a 15% ownership interest (the “Interim Program JV”). Interim loans on all commercial real estate property types are also offered through separate accounts managed by the Company’s subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Inc. (“WDIP”), formerly named JCR Capital Investment Corporation.. Preferred and joint venture equity on commercial real estate properties are offered through funds managed by WDIP.

The Company brokers the sale of multifamily properties through its wholly owned subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales, LLC (“WDIS”). In some cases, the Company also provides the debt financing for the property sale.

The Company has a joint venture, branded as “Apprise by Walker & Dunlop,” with an international technology services company to offer automated multifamily valuation and appraisal services (the “Appraisal JV”). The Appraisal JV leverages technology and data science to dramatically improve the consistency, transparency, and speed of multifamily appraisals in the U.S. through the licensing of the partner’s technology and leveraging of the Company’s expertise in the commercial real estate industry. The Company owns a 50% interest in the Appraisal JV and accounts for the interest as an equity-method investment. The operations of the Appraisal JV for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 were immaterial.

During the third quarter of 2021, the Company closed on the acquisition of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of Zelman Holdings, LLC (“Zelman”) through a 75% interest in a newly formed entity, WDIB, LLC (“WDIB”). WDIB will provide housing market research and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation—The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Walker & Dunlop, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiaries, and its majority owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The Company consolidates entities in which it has a controlling financial interest based on either the variable interest entity (“VIE”) or the voting

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interest method.model. The Company is required to first apply the VIE model to determine whether it holds a variable interest in an entity, and if so, whether the entity is a VIE. Under the VIE model, the Company consolidates an entity when it both holds a variable interest in an entity and is the primary beneficiary. If the Company determines it does not hold a variable interest in a VIE, it then applies the voting interest model. Under the voting interest model, the Company consolidates an entity when it holds a majority voting interest in an entity. If the Company does not have a majority voting interest but has significant influence, it uses the equity method of accounting. In instances where the Company owns less than 100% of the equity interests of an entity but owns a majority of the voting interests or has control over an entity, the Company accounts for the portion of equity not attributable to Walker & Dunlop, Inc. as Noncontrolling interests inon the balance sheet and the portion of net income not attributable to Walker & Dunlop, Inc. as Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests in the income statement.

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Use of Estimates—The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, including guaranty obligations, allowance for risk-sharing obligations, capitalized mortgage servicing rights, derivative instruments and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may vary from these estimates.

Coronavirus Disease—In January 2020, the first cases of a novel strain of the coronavirus known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19” or, “the virus”) were reported in the U.S., and in March 2020 the World Health Organization recognized the virus as a global pandemic. In the months since, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant global economic disruption as a result of the measures taken by countries and local municipalities to contain the spread of the virus (the “COVID-19 Crisis” or the “Crisis”). In the U.S., the only country that the Company operates in, Federal, state and local authorities have taken actions to both contain the spread of the virus while simultaneously providing substantial liquidity to Americans, domestic businesses, and the financial markets in an effort to mitigate the adverse financial impact of the virus.

The COVID-19 Crisis has not had a material impact on the Company’s operations, its cash flows, or the amount and availability of its liquidity. Although it is not possible to reliably estimate the extent and duration of the COVID-19 Crisis as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, management has made adjustments to the carrying values of the Company’s liabilities impacted by the Crisis based on its best estimates and assumptions including the Company’s estimate of future expected credit losses under both the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and ServicingTM (“DUS”) program and the loans originated for the Company balance sheet. The Company continues to generate positive cash flow to support its business activities as its most significant capital relationships (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD) have not been meaningfully affected by the Crisis. In addition, the financial institutions with which the Company partners to provide warehouse financing do not appear to have been materially impacted by the Crisis, and there has not been, and we do not expect there to be, any disruption to the amount or availability of liquidity necessary to support the Company’s operations.

Subsequent Events—The Company has evaluated the effects of all events that have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2020. There have been no material events that would require recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements.2021. The Company has made certain disclosures in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements of events that have occurred subsequent to June 30, 2020. No2021. There have been no other material subsequent events have occurred that would require disclosure.recognition in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, allowance for risk-sharing obligations, capitalized mortgage servicing rights, derivative instruments, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Actual results may vary from these estimates.

Derivative Assets and Liabilities—Loan commitments canthat meet the definition of a derivative asset and are recorded at fair value inon the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets upon the executions of the commitmentcommitments to originate a loan with a borrower and to sell the loan to an investor, with a corresponding amount recognized as revenue inon the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The estimated fair value of loan commitments includes (i) the fair value of loan origination fees and premiums on the anticipated sale of the loan, net of co-broker fees (included in Derivative assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and as a component of Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements)Statements of Income), (ii) the fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loan, net of any estimated net future cash flows associated with the risk-sharingguarantee obligation (or the “guaranty obligation;” included(included in Derivative assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and in Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements)Statements of Income), and (iii) the effects of interest rate movements between the trade date and balance sheet date. Loan commitments are generally derivative assets but can become derivative liabilities if the effects of the interest rate movement between the trade date and the balance sheet date are greater than the combination of (i) and (ii) above. Forward salessale commitments canthat meet the definition of either a derivative assetare recorded as either derivative assets or derivative liabilityliabilities depending on the effects of the interest rate movements between the trade date and the balance sheet date. Adjustments to the fair value are reflected as a component of income within Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The co-broker fees for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 were $7.9$3.6 million and $5.4$7.9 million, respectively and $15.3$8.9 million and $8.2$15.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Loans Held for Investment, net—Loans held for investment are multifamily loans originated by the Company through the Interim Loan Program for properties that currently do not qualify for permanent GSE or HUD (collectively, the “Agencies”) financing. These loans have terms of up to three years and 2019, respectively.are all adjustable-rate, interest-only, multifamily loans with similar risk characteristics and no geographic concentration. The fair valueloans are carried at their unpaid principal balances, adjusted for net unamortized loan fees and costs, and net of expected guaranty obligation recognized at commitmentany allowance for loan losses.

As of June 30, 2021, Loans held for investment, net consisted of 9 loans with an aggregate $276.7 million of unpaid principal balance less $0.5 million of net unamortized deferred fees and costs and $4.2 million of allowance for loan losses. As of December 31, 2020, Loans held for investment, net consisted of 18 loans with an aggregate $366.3 million of unpaid principal balance less $1.1 million of net unamortized deferred fees and costs and $4.8 million of allowance for loan losses.

During the third quarter of 2018, the Company transferred a portfolio of participating interests in loans held for investment to a third party that was paid off in the second quarter of 2021. The Company accounted for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $1.3 million and $4.4 million respectively, and $2.6 million and $8.5 million fortransfer as a secured borrowing, with the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company presents two components of its revenue as Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net. Previously, the Company presented these two lines as one line item called Gains from mortgage banking activities and disclosed the breakout of Gains from mortgage banking activities in a footnote to the consolidated financial statements. The footnote disclosure is no longer considered necessary as the breakout is provided on the faceaggregate unpaid principal balance of the Condensed Consolidated Statementsloans of Income. All prior periods have been adjusted to conform to the current-year presentation.

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Guaranty Obligation and Allowance for risk sharing obligations— When a loan is sold under the DUS program, the Company undertakes an obligation to partially guarantee the credit performance of the loan. Upon loan sale, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guaranty is recognized and$81.5 million presented as Guaranty obligation, neta component of accumulated amortizationLoans held for investment, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The recognized guaranty obligation isSheets as of December 31, 2020, and the fair valuesecured borrowing of the Company’s obligation to stand ready to perform over the term of the guaranty, including credit risk.

In determining the fair value of the guaranty obligation, the Company considers the risk profile of the collateral, historical loss experience, and various market indicators. Generally, the estimated fair value of the guaranty obligation is based$73.3 million presented within Other liabilities on the present value of the cash flows expected to be paid under the guaranty over the estimated life of the loan discounted using a rate consistent with what is used for the calculation of the mortgage servicing right for each loan. The estimated life of the guaranty obligation is the estimated period over which the Company believes it will be required to stand ready under the guaranty. Subsequent to the initial measurement date, the liability is amortized over the life of the guaranty period, unless the loan defaults or is paid off prior to maturity, using the straight-line method as a component of and reduction to Amortization and depreciation in the Condensed Consolidated StatementsBalance Sheets as of Income.

Overall CECL ApproachDecember 31, 2020.

The Company usesassesses the weighted-average remaining maturity method (“WARM”)credit quality of loans held for calculating its allowance for risk-sharing obligations,investment in the Company’s liabilitysame manner as it does for the off-balance-sheet credit exposure associated withloans in the Fannie Mae at risk DUS loans. WARM usesat-risk portfolio and records an average annual charge-off rate that contains loss content over multiple vintages andallowance for these loans as necessary. The allowance for loan terms andlosses is used as a foundation for estimating the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) reserve. The average annual charge-off rate is applied to the unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) over the contractual term, further adjusted for estimated prepayments and amortization to arrive at the CECL reserve for the entire current portfolio as described further below.

Considering the Company’s long history servicing Fannie Mae DUS loans, the Company maximizes the use of historical internal data because the Company has extensive historical data from which to calculate historical loss rates and principal paydown by loan term type for its exposure to credit loss on its homogeneous portfolio of Fannie Mae DUS multifamily loans. Additionally, the Company believes its properties, loss history, and underwriting standards are not similar to public data such as loss historiescollectively for loans originated for collateralized mortgage-backed securities conduits.

Runoff Rate

One of the key inputs into a WARM calculation is the runoff rate, which is the expected rate at which loans in the current portfolio will prepay and amortize in the future. As the loans the Company originates have different original lives and runoff over different periods, the Company groups loans by similar origination dates (vintage) and contractual maturity terms for purposes of calculating the runoff rate. The Company originates loans under the DUS program with various terms generally ranging from several years to 15 years; each of these various loan terms has a different runoff rate.

The Company uses its historical runoff rate for each of the different loan term pools as a proxy for the expected runoff rate. The Company believes that borrower behavior and macroeconomic conditions will not deviate significantly from historical performance over the approximately ten-year period over which the Company has compiled the actual loss data. The ten-year period captures the various cycles of industry performance and provides a period that is long enough to capture sufficient observations of runoff history. In addition, due to the prepayment protection provisions for Fannie Mae DUS loans, we have not seen significant volatility in historical prepayment rates due to changes in interest rates and would not expect this to change in future periods.

The historical annual runoff rate is calculated for each year of a loan’s life for each vintage in the portfolio and aggregated with the calculated runoff rate for each comparable year in every vintage. For example, the annual runoff rate for the first year of loans originated in 2010 is aggregated with the annual runoff rate for the first year of loans originated in 2011, 2012, and so on to calculate the average annual runoff rate for the first year of a loan. This average runoff calculation is performed for each year of a loan’s life for each of the various loan terms to create a matrix of historical average annual runoffs by year for the entire portfolio.

The Company segments its current portfolio of at risk DUS loans outstanding by original loan term type and years remaining and then applies the appropriate historical average runoff rates to calculate the expected remaining balance at the end of each reporting period in the future. For example, for a loan with an original ten-year term and seven years remaining, the Company applies the historical average annual

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runoff rate for a ten-year loan for year four to arrive at the remaining UPB one year from the current period, the historical average runoff rate for year five to arrive at the remaining UPB two years from the current period, and so on up to the loan’s maturity date.

CECL Reserve Calculation

Once the Company has calculated the estimated outstanding UPB for each future year until maturity for each loan term type, the Company then applies the average annual charge-off rate (as further described below) to each future year’s expected UPB. The Company then aggregates the allowance calculated for each year within each loan term type and for all different maturity years to arrive at the CECL reserve for the portfolio.

The weighted-average annual charge-off rate is calculated using a ten-year look-back period, utilizing the average portfolio balance and settled losses for each year. A ten-year period is used as the Company believes that this period of time includes sufficiently different economic conditions to generate a reasonable estimate of expected results in the future, given the relatively long-term nature of the current portfolio. This approach captures the adverse impact of the years following the great financial crisis of 2007-2010 because multifamily commercial loans have a lag period from the time of initial distress indications through the timing of loss settlement. The same loss rate is utilized across each loan term type as the Company is not aware of any historical or industry-published data to indicate there is any difference in the occurrence probability or loss severity for a loan based on its loan origination term.

Reasonable and Supportable Forecast Period

The Company currently uses one year for its reasonable and supportable forecast period (the “forecast period”) as the Company believes forecasts beyond one year are inherently less reliable. The Company uses forecasts of unemployment rates, historically a highly correlated indicator for multifamily occupancy rates, and net operating income growth to assess what macroeconomic and multifamily market conditions are expected to be like over the coming year. The Company then associates the forecasted conditions with a similar historical period over the past ten years, which could be one or several years, and uses the Company’s average loss rate for that historical period as a basis for the charge-off rate used for the forecast period. For all remaining years until maturity, the Company uses the weighted-average annual charge-off rate for the ten-year period as described above to estimate losses. The average loss rate from a historical period used for the forecast period may be adjusted as necessary if the forecasted macroeconomic and industry conditions differ materially from the historical period.

Identification of Specific Reserves for Defaulted Loans

The Company monitors the performance of each risk-sharing loan for events or conditions which may signal a potential default. The Company’s process for identifying which risk-sharing loans may be probable of default consists of an assessment of several qualitative and quantitative factors including payment status, property financial performance, local real estate market conditions, loan-to-value ratio, debt-service-coverage ratio (“DSCR”), property condition, and financial strength of the borrower or key principal(s). In instances where payment under the guaranty on a specific loan is determined to be probable (as the loan is probable of foreclosure or has foreclosed), the Company separately measures the expected loss through an assessment of the underlying fair value of the asset, disposition costs, and the risk-sharing percentage (the “specific reserve”) through a charge to the provision for risk-sharing obligations, which is a component of Provision for credit losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. These loans are removed from the WARM calculation described above, and the associated loan-specific mortgage servicing right and guaranty obligation are written off. The expected loss on the risk-sharing obligation is dependent on the fair value of the underlying property as the loans are collateral dependent. Historically, initial recognition of a specific reserve occurs at or before a loan becomes 60 days delinquent.

The amount of the specific reserve considers historical loss experience, adverse situations affecting individual loans, the estimated disposition value of the underlying collateral, and the level of risk sharing. The estimate of property fair value at initial recognition of the specific reserve is based on appraisals, broker opinions of value, or net operating income and market capitalization rates, depending on the facts and circumstances associated with the loan. The Company regularly monitors the specific reserves on all applicable loans and updates loss estimates as current information is received. The settlement with Fannie Mae is based on the actual sales price of the property and selling and property preservation costs and considers the Fannie Mae loss-sharing requirements. The maximum amount of the loss the Company absorbs at the time of default is generally 20% of the origination unpaid principal balance of the loan.

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Loans Held for Investment, net—Loans held for investment are multifamily loans originated by the Company for properties that currently do not qualify for permanent GSE or HUD (collectively, the “Agencies”) financing. These loans have terms of up to three years and are all multifamily loans with similar risk characteristics and no geographic concentration. The loans are carried at their unpaid principal balances, adjusted for net unamortized fees and costs, and net of any allowance for loan losses.

As of June 30, 2020, Loans held for investment, net consisted of 19 loans with an aggregate $407.6 million of unpaid principal balance less $1.1 million of net unamortized deferred fees and costs and $2.0 million of allowance for loan losses. As of December 31, 2019, Loans held for investment, net consisted of 22 loans with an aggregate $546.6 million of unpaid principal balance less $2.0 million of net unamortized deferred fees and costs and $1.1 million of allowance for loan losses.

During the third quarter of 2018, the Company transferred a portfolio of participating interests in loans held for investment to a third party that is scheduled to mature in the third quarter of 2021. The Company accounted for the transfer as a secured borrowing. The aggregate unpaid principal balance of the loans of $79.0 million and $78.3 million is presented as a component of Loans held for investment, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and the secured borrowing of $71.1 million and $70.5 million is included within Other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company does not have credit risk related to the $71.1 million of loans that were transferred.

The Company assesses the credit quality in the same manner as it does for the loans in the Fannie Mae at risk portfolio as described above and records a specific reserve for impaired loans. The allowance for loan losses is estimated collectively for loans with similar characteristics and for which there is no evidence of impairment.characteristics. The collective allowance is based on the same methodology that the Company uses to estimate its CECL reservesallowance for at riskrisk-sharing obligations under the Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) standard for at-risk Fannie Mae DUSDelegated Underwriting and Servicing (“DUS”) loans as described above(with the exception of a reversion period) because the nature of the underlying collateral is the same, and the loans have similar characteristics, except they are significantly shorter in maturity. The reasonable and supportable forecast period used for the CECL reserveallowance for loans held for investment is one year.

Due to the forecasted economic conditions associated with the Crisis, the Company recorded a $1.1 million provision for loan losses during the three months ended March 31, 2020, and a small benefit for the three months ended June 30, 2020 as the balance of these loans decreased. The charge-offloss rate for the forecastedforecast period was 3615 basis points and 936 basis points as of June 30, 20202021 and January 1,December 31, 2020, respectively. The charge-offloss rate for the remaining period until maturity was 9 basis points as of both June 30, 20202021 and January 1,December 31, 2020.

NaN loan held for investment with an unpaid principal balance of $14.7 million that was originated in 2017 was delinquent impaired, and on non-accrual status as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. The Company had a $0.6$3.7 million specific reserve for this loan based on its collateral fair value as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 20192020 and has not recorded any interest related to this loan since it went on non-accrual status.status in 2019. All other loans were current as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. The amortized cost basis of loans that were current as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 20192020 was $391.8$261.5 million and $531.9$350.5 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, $162.02021, $77.4 million, $46.1 million, and $138.5 million of the loans that were current were originated in 2018, while $230.9 million were originated in 2019.

2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Prior to 2019, the Company had not experienced any delinquencies related to its loans held for investment. The Company has never charged off any loans held for investment.

Provision (Benefit) for Credit LossesThe Company records the income statement impact of the changes in the allowance for loan losses and the allowance for risk-sharing obligations within Provision (benefit) for credit losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. NOTE 4 contains additional discussion related to the allowance for risk-sharing obligations. Provision (benefit) for credit losses consisted of the following activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019:2020:

For the three months ended 

For the six months ended 

For the three months ended

For the six months ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

Components of Provision for Credit Losses (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Components of Provision (Benefit) for Credit Losses (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Provision (benefit) for loan losses

$

(178)

$

25

$

928

$

648

$

(75)

$

(178)

$

(662)

$

928

Provision for risk-sharing obligations

 

5,081

 

936

 

27,618

 

2,988

Provision for credit losses

$

4,903

$

961

$

28,546

$

3,636

Provision (benefit) for risk-sharing obligations

 

(4,251)

 

5,081

 

(14,984)

 

27,618

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

$

(4,326)

$

4,903

$

(15,646)

$

28,546

Net Warehouse Interest Income—The Company presents warehouse interest income net of warehouse interest expense. Warehouse interest income is the interest earned from loans held for sale and loans held for investment. Generally, a substantial portion of the Company’s loans is financed with matched borrowings under one of its warehouse facilities. The remaining portion of loans not funded with matched borrowings is financed with the Company’s own cash. The Company also occasionally fully funds a small number of loans held for sale or loans held for investment with its own cash. Warehouse interest expense is incurred on borrowings used to fund loans solely while they are held for sale or for investment. Warehouse interest income and expense are earned or incurred on loans held for sale after a loan is closed and before a loan is sold. Warehouse interest income and expense are earned or incurred on loans held for investment after a loan is closed and before a loan is repaid.Included in Net warehouse interest income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 are the following components:

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Net Warehouse Interest Income—The Company presents warehouse interest income net of warehouse interest expense. Warehouse interest income is the interest earned from loans held for sale and loans held for investment. Generally, a substantial portion of the loans that are held for sale or held for investment are financed with matched borrowings under one of our warehouse facilities. The portion of loans held for sale or held for investment not funded with matched borrowings is financed with the Company’s own cash. The Company fully funds a small number of loans held for sale or loans held for investment with corporate cash. Warehouse interest expense is incurred on borrowings used to fund loans solely while they are held for sale or for investment. Warehouse interest income and expense are earned or incurred on loans held for sale after a loan is closed and before a loan is sold. Warehouse interest income and expense are earned or incurred, respectively, on loans held for investment after a loan is closed and before a loan is repaid. Included in Net warehouse interest income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 are the following components:

For the three months ended 

For the six months ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

Components of Net Warehouse Interest Income

(in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Warehouse interest income - loans held for sale

$

17,098

$

12,992

$

24,501

$

26,976

Warehouse interest expense - loans held for sale

 

(10,785)

 

(12,782)

 

(16,695)

 

(26,737)

Net warehouse interest income - loans held for sale

$

6,313

$

210

$

7,806

$

239

Warehouse interest income - loans held for investment

$

4,763

$

8,268

$

11,068

$

17,047

Warehouse interest expense - loans held for investment

 

(1,675)

 

(2,067)

 

(3,978)

 

(3,854)

Warehouse interest income - secured borrowings

849

920

1,695

1,808

Warehouse interest expense - secured borrowings

(849)

(920)

(1,695)

(1,808)

Net warehouse interest income - loans held for investment

$

3,088

$

6,201

$

7,090

$

13,193

Total net warehouse interest income

$

9,401

$

6,411

$

14,896

$

13,432

For the three months ended 

For the six months ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

Components of Net Warehouse Interest Income (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Warehouse interest income - loans held for sale

$

7,863

$

17,098

$

16,981

$

24,501

Warehouse interest expense - loans held for sale

 

(4,979)

 

(10,785)

 

(11,638)

 

(16,695)

Net warehouse interest income - loans held for sale

$

2,884

$

6,313

$

5,343

$

7,806

Warehouse interest income - loans held for investment

$

2,962

$

4,763

$

6,190

$

11,068

Warehouse interest expense - loans held for investment

 

(1,216)

 

(1,675)

 

(2,348)

 

(3,978)

Warehouse interest income - secured borrowings

883

849

1,748

1,695

Warehouse interest expense - secured borrowings

(883)

(849)

(1,748)

(1,695)

Net warehouse interest income - loans held for investment

$

1,746

$

3,088

$

3,842

$

7,090

Total net warehouse interest income

$

4,630

$

9,401

$

9,185

$

14,896

       

Statement of Cash Flows—For presentation in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, the Company considers pledged cash and cash equivalents (as detailed in NOTE 9) to be restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents. The following table in conjunction with the detail of Pledged securities, at fair value presented in NOTE 9, presents a reconciliation of the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents as presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to the related captions in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 20202021 and 20192020 and December 31, 20192020 and 2018.2019.

June 30, 

December 31,

June 30, 

December 31,

(in thousands)

2020

    

2019

    

2019

    

2018

 

2021

    

2020

    

2020

    

2019

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

275,202

$

74,184

$

120,685

$

90,058

$

326,518

$

275,202

$

321,097

$

120,685

Restricted cash

10,894

15,454

8,677

20,821

15,842

10,894

19,432

8,677

Pledged cash and cash equivalents (NOTE 9)

 

5,772

 

4,082

 

7,204

 

9,469

 

47,396

 

5,772

 

17,473

 

7,204

Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents

$

291,868

$

93,720

$

136,566

$

120,348

$

389,756

$

291,868

$

358,002

$

136,566

       

Income Taxes—The Company records the realizable excess tax benefits from stock compensation as a reduction to income tax expense. The Company recorded realizable excess tax benefits ofwere $1.2 million and $0.1 million and 0 duringfor the three months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, and $3.1$5.2 million and $3.4$3.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Contracts with CustomersSubstantially allA majority of the Company’s revenues are derived from the following sources, all of which are excluded from the accounting provisions applicable to contracts with customers: (i) financial instruments, (ii) transfers and servicing, (iii) derivative transactions, and (iv) investments in debt securities/equity-method investments. The remaining portion of revenues is derived from contracts with customers. The Company’s contracts with customers do not require significant judgment or material estimates that affect the determination of the transaction price (including the assessment of variable consideration), the allocation of the transaction price to performance obligations, and the determination of the timing of the satisfaction of performance obligations. Additionally, the earnings process for the Company’s contracts with customers is not complicated and is generally completed in a short period of time. The following table presents information about the Company’s contracts with customers for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019:2020:

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For the three months ended 

For the six months ended 

For the three months ended 

For the six months ended 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

Description (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Statement of income line item

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Statement of income line item

Certain loan origination fees

$

8,689

$

15,381

$

30,037

$

26,912

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

43,222

$

8,689

$

67,123

$

30,037

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

Property sales broker fees, investment management fees, assumption fees, application fees, and other

 

8,210

 

11,445

 

23,274

 

20,407

Other revenues

Property sales broker fees

22,454

3,561

31,496

13,173

Property sales broker fees

Investment management fees, application fees, and other

 

7,928

 

4,649

 

14,178

 

10,101

Other revenues

Total revenues derived from contracts with customers

$

16,899

$

26,826

$

53,311

$

47,319

$

73,604

$

16,899

$

112,797

$

53,311

Litigation—In the ordinary course of business, the Company may be party to various claims and litigation, none of which the Company believes is material. The Company cannot predict the outcome of any pending litigation and may be subject to consequences that could include fines, penalties, and other costs, and the Company’s reputation and business may be impacted. The Company believes that any liability that

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could be imposed on the Company in connection with the disposition of any pending lawsuits would not have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, liquidity, or financial condition.

Recently Adopted and Recently Announced Accounting Pronouncements—There have been no material changes to the accounting policies discussed in NOTE 2 of the Company’s 20192020 Form 10-K, except for the changes to the Company’s accounting policies related to the allowance for risk-sharing obligations and allowance for loan losses in connection with the adoption of a new accounting standard as disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2020.10-K. There are no recently announced but not yet effective accounting pronouncements that are expected to have a material impact to the Company as of June 30, 2020.2021.

Reclassifications—TheCompany has made certain immaterial reclassifications to prior-year balances to conform to current-year    presentations.

NOTE 3—MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

The fair value of the mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. The Company uses a discounted static cash flow valuation approach, and the key economic assumption is the discount rate. For example, see the following sensitivities:

The impact of a 100-basis point increase in the discount rate at June 30, 2021 would be a decrease in the fair value of $36.9 million to the MSRs outstanding as of June 30, 2021.

The impact of a 200-basis point increase in the discount rate at June 30, 2021 would be a decrease in the fair value of $71.4 million to the MSRs outstanding as June 30, 2021.

These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be used with caution. These estimates do not include interplay among assumptions and are estimated as a portfolio rather than individual assets.

Activity related to MSRs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 follows:

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

Roll Forward of MSRs (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Beginning balance

$

909,884

$

722,486

$

862,813

$

718,799

Additions, following the sale of loan

 

57,300

 

99,589

 

153,940

 

143,803

Amortization

 

(43,914)

 

(36,706)

 

(86,466)

 

(71,924)

Pre-payments and write-offs

 

(7,751)

 

(7,100)

 

(14,768)

 

(12,409)

Ending balance

$

915,519

$

778,269

$

915,519

$

778,269

The following table summarizes the gross value, accumulated amortization, and net carrying value of the Company’s MSRs as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

Components of MSRs (in thousands)

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

Gross Value

$

1,492,694

$

1,394,901

Accumulated amortization

 

(577,175)

 

(532,088)

Net carrying value

$

915,519

$

862,813

The expected amortization of MSRs held in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2021 is shown in the table below. Actual amortization may vary from these estimates.

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Expected

(in thousands)

  Amortization  

Six Months Ending December 31, 

2021

$

85,722

Year Ending December 31, 

2022

$

161,765

2023

 

147,795

2024

 

126,499

2025

 

106,360

2026

 

86,897

Thereafter

200,481

Total

$

915,519

NOTE 3—MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS

Mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) represent the carrying value of the commercial servicing rights retained by the Company for mortgage loans originated and sold and MSRs acquired from third parties. The initial capitalized amount is equal to the estimated fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing rights. MSRs are amortized using the interest method over the period that servicing income is expected to be received. The Company has 1 class of MSRs.

The fair values of the MSRs at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were $959.0 million and $910.5 million, respectively. The Company uses a discounted static cash flow valuation approach, and the key economic assumption is the discount rate. For example, see the following sensitivities:

The impact of a 100-basis point increase in the discount rate at June 30, 2020 is a decrease in the fair value of $28.6 million.

The impact of a 200-basis point increase in the discount rate at June 30, 2020 is a decrease in the fair value of $55.5 million.

These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be used with caution. These hypothetical scenarios do not include interplay among assumptions and are estimated as a portfolio rather than for individual assets.

Activity related to capitalized MSRs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is shown in the table below:

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

Roll Forward of MSRs (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Beginning balance

$

722,486

$

677,946

$

718,799

$

670,146

Additions, following the sale of loan

 

99,589

 

48,695

 

143,803

 

95,797

Amortization

 

(36,706)

 

(34,267)

 

(71,924)

 

(68,470)

Pre-payments and write-offs

 

(7,100)

 

(4,347)

 

(12,409)

 

(9,446)

Ending balance

$

778,269

$

688,027

$

778,269

$

688,027

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The following table summarizes the gross value, accumulated amortization, and net carrying value of the Company’s MSRs as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

Components of MSRs (in thousands)

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Gross Value

$

1,281,002

$

1,201,542

Accumulated amortization

 

(502,733)

 

(482,743)

Net carrying value

$

778,269

$

718,799

The expected amortization of MSRs recorded as of June 30, 2020 is shown in the table below. Actual amortization may vary from these estimates.

  

Expected

(in thousands)

  Amortization  

Six Months Ending December 31, 

2020

$

72,786

Year Ending December 31, 

2021

$

136,659

2022

 

122,719

2023

 

109,200

2024

 

94,794

2025

 

75,945

Thereafter

166,166

Total

$

778,269

NOTE 4—GUARANTY OBLIGATION AND ALLOWANCE FOR RISK-SHARING OBLIGATIONS

When a loan is sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program, the Company typically agrees to guarantee a portion of the ultimate loss incurred on the loan should the borrower fail to perform. The compensation for this risk is a component of the servicing fee on the loan. The guaranty is in force while the loan is outstanding. The Company does not provide a guaranty for any other loan product it sells or brokers. Activity related to the guaranty obligation for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 20192020 is presented in the following table:

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

Roll Forward of Guaranty Obligation (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Beginning balance

$

51,836

$

55,758

$

52,306

$

54,695

Additions, following the sale of loan

 

853

 

1,608

 

2,574

 

3,470

Amortization

 

(2,320)

 

(2,494)

 

(4,511)

 

(4,761)

Other

1,468

Ending balance

$

50,369

$

54,872

$

50,369

$

54,872

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

Roll Forward of Guaranty Obligation (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Beginning balance

$

55,758

$

49,376

$

54,695

$

46,870

Additions, following the sale of loan

 

1,608

 

4,731

 

3,470

 

9,594

Amortization

 

(2,494)

 

(2,347)

 

(4,761)

 

(4,696)

Other

(346)

1,468

(354)

Ending balance

$

54,872

$

51,414

$

54,872

$

51,414

Substantially all loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program contain partial or full risk-sharing guaranties that are based on the credit performance of the loan. The Company records an estimate of the loss reserve for CECL for all loans in its Fannie Mae at-risk servicing portfolio and presents this loss reserve as Allowance for risk-sharing obligations on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company utilizes the weighted-average remaining maturity (“WARM”) method to calculate the CECL reserve and one year for the reasonable and supportable forecast period (the “forecast period”) as the Company currently believes forecasts beyond one year are inherently less reliable. The WARM method uses an average annual charge-off rate that contains loss content over multiple vintages and loan terms and is used as a foundation for estimating the CECL reserve. The average annual charge-off rate is applied to the unpaid principal balance over the contractual term, further adjusted for estimated prepayments and amortization to arrive at the CECL reserve for the entire current portfolio. Activity related to the allowance for risk-sharing obligations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 is shown in the following table:follows:

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

June 30, 

June 30, 

 

Roll Forward of Allowance for Risk-sharing Obligations (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Roll Forward of Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligations (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Beginning balance

$

64,110

$

6,682

$

11,471

$

4,622

$

64,580

$

64,110

$

75,313

$

11,471

Adjustment related to adoption of ASU 2016-13

31,570

Adjustment related to adoption of CECL

31,570

Provision (benefit) for risk-sharing obligations

 

5,081

 

936

 

27,618

 

2,988

 

(4,251)

 

5,081

 

(14,984)

 

27,618

Write-offs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

346

(1,468)

354

(1,468)

Ending balance

$

69,191

$

7,964

$

69,191

$

7,964

$

60,329

$

69,191

$

60,329

$

69,191

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As a result of January 1,the onset of the pandemic and the resulting forecasts for significant unemployment rates during 2020, the Company recognized the CECL transition adjustment based on its assessment of the multifamily market and the macroeconomic environment at that time, concluding that the projections for the coming year were for continued strong performance similar to the past few years. The Company’s losses have been de minimis over the past few years. Considering that the Company’s historical loss rate consisted of both strong and weak multifamily and macroeconomic periods, the Company concluded it was appropriate to adjust the loss rate downward for the forecast period. The loss factor applied for the forecast period in the WARM CECL calculation was 1 basis point, which approximated the average of the actual loss rate for the past two years as these conditions were expected to prevail over the course of the forecast period. The Company reverted to the actual historical loss rate of 1.76 basis points for all remaining years in the calculation.

Conditions changed significantly beginning in March 2020 due to the Crisis across the world and the resulting global social distancing and lockdown measures that were put in place by national/state/local authorities with varying expected longevities. These actions reversed macroeconomic conditions from sustained strength to short-term global economic contraction, causing unemployment rates to rise sharply and a recession to ensue.

These conditions have impacted, and are expected to continue to impact, unemployment rates and consumer incomes which are expected to have an adverse impact on multifamily occupancy rates and property cash flows in the near term, increasing the likelihood of delinquencies, loan defaults, and risk-sharing losses. The Company concluded that the potential impacts due to the Crisis are expected to be generally consistent with the great financial crisis of 2007-2010. However, the Company expects the Crisis will impact the multifamily market over a one-year period instead of a two-year period but result in less severe losses over the shortened time frame. The charge offs recorded by the Company during the great financial crisis of 2007-2010 totaled 12 basis points over the two-year period. The Company adjusted the charge-off rate down to 7 basis points to reflectas of June 30, 2020, resulting in the current expected economic and operating environment based on the following:

The DSCR of the Company’s current at risk servicing portfolio is substantially higher than it was immediately prior to the last recession,
The fair values of the properties collateralizing the at risk servicing portfolio are higher than they were immediately prior to the last recession, and
The expected positive impacts of the unprecedented level of economic stimulus from the federal government.

The charge-off rate of 7 basis points was usedsubstantial provision for risk-sharing obligations for the forecast periodsix months ended June 30, 2020 and an increase in the allowance for risk-sharing obligations as of MarchJune 30, 2020 as seen above. During the first half of 2021, economic conditions began to improve significantly, with reported and forecast unemployment rates significantly better compared to both December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020. In response to improving unemployment statistics and the expected continued overall health of the multifamily market, the Company adjusted the loss rate for the forecast period from 6 basis points as of December 31, 2020 withto 4 basis points as of March 31, 2021 and 3 basis points as of June 30, 2021. These decreases in the loss rate resulted in the benefits for risk-sharing obligations seen above. For the remaining expected life of the portfolio, the Company reverted over a reversionone-year period on a straight-line basis to thea historical weighted average charge-offloss rate of 1.762 basis points for all remaining yearsperiods shown in the calculation.roll forward above.

The calculated CECL reserve for the Company’s $39.9$45.9 billion at riskat-risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio as of June 30, 20202021 was $62.3$52.8 million compared to $34.7$67.0 million as of the date of adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1,December 31, 2020. The significant increase in the CECL reserve was principally related to the forecasted impacts of the Crisis. The weighted-average remaining life of the at riskat-risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio as of June 30, 20202021 was 7.77.5 years. The at-risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio does not include at-risk loans held for sale.

NaN loans that defaulted in 2019 havehad aggregate specificcollateral-based reserves of $6.9$7.6 million and $8.3 million as of June 30, 2020. The properties related to these 2 at risk loans were both off-campus student living facilities in the same city. The Company does not have any additional at risk loans related to student living facilities in this city.2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

As of June 30, 2020,2021, the maximum quantifiable contingent liability associated with the Company’s guarantees for the at-risk loans         serviced under the Fannie Mae DUS agreement was $8.3$9.5 billion. The maximum quantifiable contingent liability is not representative of the actual loss the Company would incur. The Company would be liable for this amount only if all of the loans it services for Fannie Mae, for which the Company retains some risk of loss, were to default and all of the collateral underlying these loans were determined to be without value at the time of settlement.

NOTE 5—SERVICING

The total unpaid principal balance of loans the Company was servicing for various institutional investors was $100.0$112.3 billion as of June 30, 20202021 compared to $93.2$107.2 billion as of December 31, 2019.2020.

As of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, custodial escrow accounts relating to loans serviced by the Company totaled $2.3$3.0 billion and $2.6$3.1 billion, respectively. These amounts are not included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as such amounts

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are not Company assets.assets; however, the Company is entitled to earn interest income on these escrow balances, presented as a component of Escrow earnings and other interest income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Certain cash deposits associated with the escrow accounts at other financial institutions exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limits. The Company places these deposits with financial institutions that meet the requirements of the Agencies and where it believes the risk of loss to be minimal.

For most loans we service under the Fannie Mae DUS program, we are required to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees for up to four months should a borrower cease making payments under the terms of their loan, including while that loan is in forbearance. After advancing for four months, we request reimbursement by Fannie Mae for the principal and interest advances, and Fannie Mae will reimburse us within 60 days of the request. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had advances of $1.1 million related to loans in our Fannie Mae portfolio. The Company has borrowing capacity, as more fully described in NOTE 6, to fund these advances. The Company had an immaterial amount of borrowings related to advances on the Fannie Mae DUS portfolio as of June 30, 2020.

For loans we service under the Ginnie Mae (“HUD”) program, we are obligated to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees until the HUD loan is brought current, fully paid, or assigned to HUD. We are eligible to assign a loan to HUD once it is in default for 30 days. If the loan is not brought current, or the loan otherwise defaults, we are not reimbursed for our advances until such time as we assign the loan to HUD or work out a payment modification for the borrower. For loans in default, we may repurchase those loans out of the Ginnie Mae security, at which time our advance requirements cease and we may then modify and resell the loan or assign the loan back to HUD, at which time we will be reimbursed for our advances. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had advances of $4.8 million for loans in our HUD portfolio.

We are not obligated to make advances on any of the other loans we service in our portfolio, including loans we service under the Freddie Mac Optigo program.

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had $5.9 million and $2.1 million of aggregate outstanding principal and interest and tax and escrow advances, respectively. These advances are included as a component of Receivables, net in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

NOTE 6—WAREHOUSE NOTES PAYABLE

AtAs of June 30, 2020,2021, to provide financing for the Company’s loan origination activities, the Company has arranged for warehouse lines of credit. In support ofto borrowers under the Agencies’ programs, the Company has committed and uncommitted warehouse lines of credit in the amount of $3.0$3.9 billion with certain national banks and a $1.5 billion uncommitted facility with Fannie Mae (collectively, the “Agency Warehouse Facilities”). TheIn support of these Agency Warehouse Facilities, the Company has pledged substantially all of its loans held for sale againstunder the Agency Warehouse Facilities.Company’s approved programs. The Company’s ability to originate mortgage loans for sale depends upon its ability to secure and maintain these types of short-term financings on acceptable terms.

Additionally, atas of June 30, 2020,2021, the Company has arranged for warehouse lines of credit in the amount of $0.3$0.4 billion with certain national banks to assist in funding loans held for investment under the Interim Loan Program (“Interim Warehouse Facilities”). The Company has pledged substantially all of its loans held for investment for which funding is obtained against these Interim Warehouse Facilities. The Company’s ability to originate loans held for investment depends upon its ability to secure and maintain these types of short-term financings on acceptable terms.  

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The following table provides additional detail about the warehouse lines of creditmaximum amount and outstanding borrowings under Warehouse notes payable at June 30, 2020:2021 follows:

June 30, 2020

 

June 30, 2021

 

(dollars in thousands)

    

Committed

    

Uncommitted

Total Facility

Outstanding

    

    

 

    

Committed

    

Uncommitted

Total Facility

Outstanding

    

    

 

Facility1

Amount

Amount

Capacity

Balance

Interest rate

 

Facility(1)

Amount

Amount

Capacity

Balance

Interest rate(2)

 

Agency Warehouse Facility #1

$

350,000

$

200,000

$

550,000

$

210,331

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

$

425,000

$

$

425,000

$

347,747

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #2

 

500,000

 

300,000

 

800,000

 

313,285

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

 

700,000

 

300,000

 

1,000,000

 

390,370

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #3

 

500,000

 

265,000

 

765,000

 

267,738

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

 

600,000

 

265,000

 

865,000

 

125,951

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #4

350,000

350,000

240,330

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

350,000

350,000

246,769

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #5

500,000

500,000

401,055

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

1,000,000

1,000,000

276,874

30-day LIBOR plus 1.45%

Agency Warehouse Facility #6

150,000

100,000

250,000

70,913

30-day LIBOR plus 1.40%

Total National Bank Agency Warehouse Facilities

$

1,700,000

$

1,265,000

$

2,965,000

$

1,432,739

$

2,225,000

$

1,665,000

$

3,890,000

$

1,458,624

Fannie Mae repurchase agreement, uncommitted line and open maturity

 

 

1,500,000

 

1,500,000

 

241,951

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

1,500,000

 

180,953

 

Total Agency Warehouse Facilities

$

1,700,000

$

2,765,000

$

4,465,000

$

1,674,690

$

2,225,000

$

3,165,000

$

5,390,000

$

1,639,577

Interim Warehouse Facility #1

$

135,000

$

$

135,000

$

102,030

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90%

$

135,000

$

$

135,000

$

71,572

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90%

Interim Warehouse Facility #2

 

100,000

 

 

100,000

 

34,000

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.65%

 

100,000

 

 

100,000

 

34,000

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.65% to 2.00%

Interim Warehouse Facility #3

 

33,761

 

 

33,761

 

33,761

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90% to 2.50%

 

75,000

 

75,000

 

150,000

 

59,453

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.75% to 3.25%

Interim Warehouse Facility #4

19,810

19,810

19,810

30-day LIBOR plus 3.00%

19,810

19,810

19,810

30-day LIBOR plus 3.00%

Total National Bank Interim Warehouse Facilities

$

288,571

$

$

288,571

$

189,601

$

329,810

$

75,000

$

404,810

$

184,835

Debt issuance costs

 

 

 

 

(637)

 

 

 

 

(430)

Total warehouse facilities

$

1,988,571

$

2,765,000

$

4,753,571

$

1,863,654

$

2,554,810

$

3,240,000

$

5,794,810

$

1,823,982

(1)Agency Warehouse Facilities, including the Fannie Mae repurchase agreement are used to fund loans held for sale, while Interim Warehouse Facilities are used to fund loans held for investment.
(2)Interest rate presented does not include the effect of interest rate floors.

1

The following amendments to the Agency Warehouse Facilities includingwere executed in the Fannie Mae repurchase agreement are usednormal course of business to fund loans held for sale, while Interim Warehouse Facilities are used to fund loans held for investment.support the growth of the Company’s Agency business.  

On June 5, 2020,During the second quarter of 2021, the Company executed the fifthan amendment to the warehouse agreement related to Agency Warehouse Facility #1 that created a $100.0 million sublimit withindecreased the $350.0 million committed capacityborrowing rate to fund COVID-19 forbearance advances under the Fannie Mae DUS program, as discussed in NOTE 5. Borrowings under the agreement are collateralized by Fannie Mae’s commitment to repay the advances and are funded at 90% of the principal and interest advanced and bear interest at 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 175130 basis points with an interest-ratefrom 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points and decreased the 30-day LIBOR floor of 50to 0 from 25 basis points. The Company had immaterial borrowings under the sublimit related to COVID-19 forbearances as of June 30, 2020.

During the thirdsecond quarter of 2020,2021, the Company executed an amendmentamendments to lower the interest-rate floor from 50 basis pointsagreement related to 25 basis points on the $100.0 million sublimit. No changes toAgency Warehouse Facility #2 that extended the maturity date were made as part ofto April 14, 2022 and decreased the amendment, and the facility, including the sublimit, is setborrowing rate to mature on October 26, 2020.30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

During the second quarter of 2020,2021, the Company executed the 11th amendmentamendments to the warehouse agreement related to Agency Warehouse Facility #3 that extended the maturity date to April 30, 2021 forMay 14, 2022, increased the committed borrowing capacityrate to 30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 115 basis points, and added $265.0 million in uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest atdecreased the same rate and has the same maturity date as the committed facility. The amendment also added a 30-day LIBOR floor ofto 0 basis points from 50 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

During the second quarter of 2020,2021, the Company executed the 11than amendment to the creditagreement related to Agency Warehouse Facility #4 that extended the maturity date to June 22, 2022, decreased the borrowing rate to 30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points, and securitydecreased the 30-day LIBOR floor to 5 basis points from 25 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2021.

During the first quarter of 2021, the Company executed an agreement to establish Agency Warehouse Facility #6. The warehouse facility has a $150.0 million maximum committed borrowing capacity, provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans, and matures March 5, 2022. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and the borrowings under the warehouse agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points with a 30-day LIBOR floor of 25 basis points. In addition to the committed borrowing capacity, the agreement provides $100.0 million of uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest at the same rate as the committed

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facility. The facility agreement requires the Company’s compliance with the same financial covenants as provided in the facility agreement for Agency Warehouse Facility #1, as described in the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2021.

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company executed amendments to the agreement related to Interim Warehouse Facility #1 that extended the maturity date to April 30, 2021.May 14, 2022 and decreased the 30-day LIBOR floor to 0 basis points from 50 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company executed a loan and security agreement to establish Interim Warehouse Facility #4. The $19.8 million committed warehouse loan and security agreement with a national bank funds 1 specific loan. The agreement provides for a maturity date to coincide with the maturity date for the underlying loan. Borrowings under the facility are full recourse to the Company and bear interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 300 basis points, with an interest-rate floor of 450 basis points. The committed warehouse loan and security agreement has only 2 financial covenants, both of which are similar to the other Interim Warehouse Facilities. The Company may request additional capacity under the agreement to fund specific loans. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.

Interim Warehouse Facility #3 expired according to its terms during the second quarter of 2020. The facility had committed borrowing capacity of $75.0 million prior to expiring. According to the terms of the repurchase agreement, the lender is required to continue to fund

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the interim loan balances of $33.8 million that were outstanding as of the expiration date of the facility. The facility will be paid off as the underlying interim loans are paid off.

The Company allowed an interim warehouse facility with 0 outstanding borrowings to expire according to its terms during the second quarter of 2020. The Company believes that the 3 remaining committed and uncommitted credit facilities from national banks and the Company’s corporate cash provide the Company with sufficient borrowing capacity to conduct its Interim Program lending operations.

The warehouse notes payable are subject to various financial covenants, all of which the Company was in compliance with as of June 30, 2021.

Interest on the current period end.Company’s warehouse notes payable is based on 30-day LIBOR. As a result of the expected transition from LIBOR, the Company has updated its debt agreements to include fallback language to govern the transition from 30-day LIBOR to an alternative reference rate.  

NOTE 7—GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Activity related toA summary of the Company’s goodwill for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019is as follows:

For the six months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Roll Forward of Goodwill (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Beginning balance

$

180,424

$

173,904

$

248,958

$

180,424

Additions from acquisitions

 

68,534

 

6,520

 

17,507

 

68,534

Impairment

 

 

 

 

Ending balance

$

248,958

$

180,424

$

266,465

$

248,958

The immaterial additions to goodwill from acquisitions during 2021 shown in the table above during the six months ended June 30, 20202021 relate to 1 acquisition in each of the purchasesfirst and second quarters of 2021. The activity in the first quarter of 2021 was from the purchase of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities from 3 debtan investment sales brokerage companiescompany, for an aggregate consideration of $69.4$12.7 million, which consisted of $7.5 million of cash and $5.2 million of $46.8contingent consideration. The activity in the second quarter of 2021 was from the purchase of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities from a company with a technology platform that streamlines and accelerates the quoting, processing, and underwriting of small-balance multifamily loans while providing the borrower with a web-based, user-friendly interface. The acquisition is part of the Company’s overall strategy to significantly increase its small-balance lending volumes using technology. The aggregate consideration paid was $5.3 million, $5.0which includes $3.0 million of cash and $2.3 million of contingent consideration. The Company completed the purchase accounting for both acquisitions.

During the third quarter of 2021, the Company acquired a controlling interest in Zelman, which specializes in housing market research and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services for $53.6 million of cash and $5.3 million of the Company’s common stock, and $17.6 million of contingent consideration. subject to subsequent working capital adjustments. The contingent consideration may be earned over either a four-year period or five-year period afterCompany has not completed the closing of each acquisition, provided certain revenue targets have been met. The contingent consideration includedaccounting for the acquisitions is non-cash considerationacquisition as of the issuance date of these financial statements. Therefore, disclosures relating to the goodwill recognized and thus not reflected in the amount of cash consideration paid in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration using a probability-based, discounted cash flow estimate for the revenue targets (Level 3).

The acquired businesses operate in the Columbus, Ohio and New York City metropolitan areas. These acquisitions expand the Company’s network of loan originators and geographical reach and provide further diversification to its loan origination platform. Substantially all of the value associated with the acquisitions was related to the assembled workforces and commercial lending platform, resulting in substantially all of the consideration being allocated to goodwill. The Company expects all goodwill to be tax deductible, with the tax-deductible amount of goodwill related to the contingent consideration to be determined once the cash payments to settle the contingent consideration are made. The other assets acquired and the liabilities assumed were immaterial. The operations of these three companies have since been merged into the Company’s existing operations. The goodwill resulting from the acquisitions is allocated to the Company’s single reporting unit. The purchase accounting for the 3 acquisitions has been completed as of June 30, 2020.could not be presented.

As of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the remaining balance of intangible assets acquired from acquisitions totaled $2.2$1.6 million and $2.5$1.9 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2020,2021, the weighted-average period over which the Company expects thethese intangible assets to be amortized is 4.33.7 years.

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A summary of the Company’s contingent consideration liabilities, which is included in Otherliabilities, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as of and for the six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 20192020 follows:

For the six months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Roll Forward of Contingent Consideration Liabilities (in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2021

    

2020

Beginning balance

$

5,752

$

11,630

$

28,829

$

5,752

Additions

17,649

7,504

17,649

Accretion

497

286

906

497

Payments

(5,800)

(6,450)

(5,800)

Ending balance

$

18,098

$

5,466

$

37,239

$

18,098

The contingent consideration liabilities above relate to (i) acquisitions of debt brokerage companies and an investment sales brokerage company completed over the past several years, including 2021, (ii) the purchase of noncontrolling interests in 20172020 and 2020.(iii) the aforementioned technology company acquired in 2021. The contingent consideration for each of the acquisitions may be earned over various lengths of time after each acquisition, with a maximum earn-out period of five years, provided certain revenue targets and other metrics have been met. The last of the 5 earn-out periods related to thesethe contingent consideration liabilities ends in the secondfirst quarter of 2025.2026. In each case, the Company estimated the initial fair value of the contingent consideration using a probability-based, discounted cash flow model.

The contingent consideration included for the acquisitions and purchase of noncontrolling interests is non-cash and thus not reflected in the amount of cash consideration paid on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

NOTE 88—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company uses valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach, and/or the cost approach to measure assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. In that regard, accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is as follows:

Level 1—Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.
Level 2—Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These might include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as interest rates, discount rates, volatilities, prepayment speeds, earnings rates, credit risks,risk, etc.) or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3—Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall valuation.

The Company's MSRs are measured at fair value at inception, and thereafter on a nonrecurring basis. That is, the instruments are not measured at fair value on an ongoing basis but are subject to fair value adjustmentsmeasurement when there is evidence of impairment.impairment and for disclosure purposes (NOTE 3). The Company's MSRs do not trade in an active, open market with readily observable prices. While sales of multifamily MSRs do occur on occasion, precise terms and conditions vary with each transaction and are not readily available. Accordingly, the estimated fair value of the Company’s MSRs was developed using discounted cash flow models that calculate the present value of estimated future net servicing income. The model considers contractually specified servicing fees, prepayment assumptions, estimated revenue from escrow accounts, delinquency status, late charges, costs to service, and other economic factors. The Company periodically reassesses and adjusts, when necessary, the underlying inputs and assumptions used in the model to reflect observable market conditions and assumptions that a market participant wouldparticipants consider in valuing an MSR asset. MSRs are carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below. These valuation methodologies were applied to all of the Company's assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

Derivative Instruments—The derivative positions consist of interest rate lock commitments with borrowers and forward sale

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assets. During the first quarter of 2021, the Company reduced the discount rate and escrow earnings rate assumptions for its capitalized MSRs based on market participant data. MSRs are carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value.

A description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, as well as the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy, is set forth below.

Derivative Instruments—The derivative positions consist of interest rate lock commitments with borrowers and forward sale agreements to the Agencies. The fair value of these instruments is estimated using a discounted cash flow model developed based on changes in the applicable U.S. Treasury rate and other observable market data. The value was determined after considering the potential impact of collateralization, adjusted to reflect nonperformance risk of both the counterparty and the Company, and are classified within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.
Loans Held for SaleLoansAll loans held for sale presented in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are reported at fair value. The Company determines the fair value of the loans held for sale using discounted cash flow models that incorporate quoted observable inputs from market participants.participants such as changes in the U.S. Treasury rate. Therefore, the Company classifies these loans held for sale as Level 2.
Pledged Securities—Investments in money market funds are valued using quoted market prices from recent trades. Therefore, the Company classifies this portion of pledged securities as Level 1. The Company determines the fair value of its AFS investments in Agency debt securities using discounted cash flows that incorporate observable inputs from market participants and then compares the fair value to broker estimates of fair value.value. Consequently, the Company classifies this portion of pledged securities as Level 2.

The following table summarizes financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020,2021 and December 31, 2019,2020, segregated by the level of the valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy used to measure fair value:

    

Quoted Prices in

    

Significant

    

Significant

    

 

Active Markets

Other

Other

 

For Identical

Observable

Unobservable

 

Assets

Inputs

Inputs

Balance as of

 

Balance as of

 

(in thousands)

(Level 1)

(Level 2)

(Level 3)

Period End

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Period End

 

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2021

Assets

Loans held for sale

$

$

1,733,598

$

$

1,733,598

$

$

1,718,444

$

$

1,718,444

Pledged securities

 

5,772

 

122,524

 

 

128,296

 

47,396

 

99,152

 

 

146,548

Derivative assets

 

 

 

27,085

 

27,085

 

 

 

36,751

 

36,751

Total

$

5,772

$

1,856,122

$

27,085

$

1,888,979

$

47,396

$

1,817,596

$

36,751

$

1,901,743

Liabilities

Derivative liabilities

$

$

$

13,739

$

13,739

$

$

$

30,411

$

30,411

Total

$

$

$

13,739

$

13,739

$

$

$

30,411

$

30,411

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2020

Assets

Loans held for sale

$

$

787,035

$

$

787,035

$

$

2,449,198

$

$

2,449,198

Pledged securities

 

7,204

 

114,563

 

 

121,767

 

17,473

 

119,763

 

 

137,236

Derivative assets

 

 

 

15,568

 

15,568

 

 

 

49,786

 

49,786

Total

$

7,204

$

901,598

$

15,568

$

924,370

$

17,473

$

2,568,961

$

49,786

$

2,636,220

Liabilities

Derivative liabilities

$

$

$

36

$

36

$

$

$

5,066

$

5,066

Total

$

$

$

36

$

36

$

$

$

5,066

$

5,066

There were 0 transfers between any of the levels within the fair value hierarchy during the six months ended June 30, 2020.2021.

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Derivative instruments (Level 3) are outstanding for short periods of time (generally less than 60 days). A roll forward of derivative instruments is presented below for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019:2020:

Fair Value Measurements

Using Significant Unobservable Inputs:

Derivative Instruments

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

 

Derivative assets and liabilities, net

Beginning balance

$

(14,390)

$

(2,286)

$

15,532

$

2,839

Settlements

 

(140,540)

 

(117,297)

 

(314,835)

 

(221,157)

Realized gains recorded in earnings (1)

 

154,930

 

119,583

 

299,303

 

218,318

Unrealized gains (losses) recorded in earnings (1)

 

13,346

 

(12,702)

 

13,346

 

(12,702)

Ending balance

$

13,346

$

(12,702)

$

13,346

$

(12,702)

Level 3 Fair Value Measurements:

Derivative Instruments

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Derivative Assets and Liabilities, net (in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

 

Beginning balance

$

48,880

$

(14,390)

$

44,720

$

15,532

Settlements

 

(211,771)

 

(140,540)

 

(341,515)

 

(314,835)

Realized gains recorded in earnings(1)

 

162,891

 

154,930

 

296,795

 

299,303

Unrealized gains (losses) recorded in earnings(1)

 

6,340

 

13,346

 

6,340

 

13,346

Ending balance

$

6,340

$

13,346

$

6,340

$

13,346

(1)Realized and unrealized gains (losses) from derivatives are recognized in Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table presents information about significant unobservable inputs used in the recurring measurement of the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2020:2021:

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Measurements

 

(in thousands)

    

Fair Value

    

Valuation Technique

    

Unobservable Input (1)

    

Input Value (1)

 

Derivative assets

$

27,085

 

Discounted cash flow

 

Counterparty credit risk

 

Derivative liabilities

$

13,739

 

Discounted cash flow

 

Counterparty credit risk

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

(in thousands)

    

Fair Value

    

Valuation Technique

    

Unobservable Input (1)

    

Input Value (1)

 

Derivative assets

$

36,751

 

Discounted cash flow

 

Counterparty credit risk

 

Derivative liabilities

$

30,411

 

Discounted cash flow

 

Counterparty credit risk

 

(1)Significant increases in this input may lead to significantly lower fair value measurements.

The carrying amounts and the fair values of the Company's financial instruments as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 20192020 are presented below:

June 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

 

    

Carrying

    

Fair

    

Carrying

    

Fair

 

(in thousands)

Amount

Value

Amount

Value

 

Financial assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

275,202

$

275,202

$

120,685

$

120,685

Restricted cash

 

10,894

 

10,894

 

8,677

 

8,677

Pledged securities

 

128,296

 

128,296

 

121,767

 

121,767

Loans held for sale

 

1,733,598

 

1,733,598

 

787,035

 

787,035

Loans held for investment, net

 

404,527

 

407,003

 

543,542

 

546,033

Derivative assets

 

27,085

 

27,085

 

15,568

 

15,568

Total financial assets

$

2,579,602

$

2,582,078

$

1,597,274

$

1,599,765

Financial liabilities:

Derivative liabilities

$

13,739

$

13,739

$

36

$

36

Secured borrowings

71,137

71,137

70,548

70,548

Warehouse notes payable

 

1,863,654

 

1,864,291

 

906,128

 

906,821

Note payable

 

292,819

 

296,261

 

293,964

 

297,750

Total financial liabilities

$

2,241,349

$

2,245,428

$

1,270,676

$

1,275,155

June 30, 2021

December 31, 2020

 

    

Carrying

    

Fair

    

Carrying

    

Fair

 

(in thousands)

Amount

Value

Amount

Value

 

Financial Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

326,518

$

326,518

$

321,097

$

321,097

Restricted cash

 

15,842

 

15,842

 

19,432

 

19,432

Pledged securities

 

146,548

 

146,548

 

137,236

 

137,236

Loans held for sale

 

1,718,444

 

1,718,444

 

2,449,198

 

2,449,198

Loans held for investment, net

 

272,033

 

273,021

 

360,402

 

362,586

Derivative assets

 

36,751

 

36,751

 

49,786

 

49,786

Total financial assets

$

2,516,136

$

2,517,124

$

3,337,151

$

3,339,335

Financial Liabilities:

Derivative liabilities

$

30,411

$

30,411

$

5,066

$

5,066

Secured borrowings

73,314

73,314

Warehouse notes payable

 

1,823,982

 

1,824,413

 

2,517,156

 

2,518,101

Note payable

 

290,498

 

293,284

 

291,593

 

294,773

Total financial liabilities

$

2,144,891

$

2,148,108

$

2,887,129

$

2,891,254

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The following methods and assumptions were used for recurring fair value measurements as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash—The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments (Level 1).

Pledged Securities—Consist of cash, highly liquid investments in money market accounts invested in government securities, and investments in Agency debt securities. The investments of the money market funds typically have maturities of 90 days or less and are valued using quoted market prices from recent trades. The fair value of the Agency debt securities incorporates the contractual cash flows of the security discounted at market-rate, risk-adjusted yields.

Loans Held for Sale—Consist of originated loans that are generally transferred or sold within 60 days from the date that thea mortgage loan is funded and are valued using discounted cash flow models that incorporate observable inputsprices from market participants.

Derivative Instruments—Consist of interest rate lock commitments and forward sale agreements. These instruments are valued using discounted cash flow models developed based on changes in the U.S. Treasury rate and other observable market data. The value is determined after considering the potential impact of collateralization, adjusted to reflect nonperformance risk of both the counterparty and the Company.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments and Loans Held for Sale—In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contractual commitments to originate and sell multifamily mortgage loans at fixed prices with fixed expiration dates. The commitments become effective when the borrowers "lock-in" a specified interest rate within time frames established by the Company. All mortgagors are evaluated for creditworthiness prior to the extension of the commitment. Market risk arises if interest rates move adversely between the time of the "lock-in" of rates by the borrower and the sale date of the loan to an investor.

To mitigate the effect of the interest rate risk inherent in providing rate lock commitments to borrowers, the Company's policy is to enterCompany enters into a sale commitment with the investor simultaneoussimultaneously with the rate lock commitment with the borrower. The sale contract with the investor locks in an interest rate and price for the sale of the loan. The terms of the contract with the investor and the rate lock with the borrower are matched in substantially all respects, with the objective of eliminating interest rate risk to the extent practical. Sale commitments with the investors have an expiration date that is longer than our related commitments to the borrower to allow, among other things, for the closing of the loan and processing of paperwork to deliver the loan into the sale commitment.

Both the rate lock commitments to borrowers and the forward sale contracts to buyers are undesignated derivatives and, accordingly, are marked to fair value through Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The fair value of the Company's rate lock commitments to borrowers and loans held for sale and the related input levels includes, as applicable:

the estimated gain fromof the expected loan sale to the investor (Level 2);
the expected net cash flows associated with servicing the loan, net of any guaranty obligations retained (Level 2);
the effects of interest rate movements between the date of the rate lock and the balance sheet date (Level 2); and
the nonperformance risk of both the counterparty and the Company (Level 3; derivative instruments only).

The estimated gain considers the origination fees the Company expects to collect upon loan closing (derivative instruments only) and premiums the Company expects to receive upon sale of the loan (Level 2). The fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with servicing the loan is calculated pursuant to the valuation techniques applicable to the fair value of future servicing, net at loan sale (Level 2).

To calculate the effects of interest rate movements, the Company uses applicable published U.S. Treasury prices, and multiplies the price movement between the rate lock date and the balance sheet date by the notional loan commitment amount (Level 2).

The fair value of the Company's forward sales contracts to investors considers the market price movementeffects of the same type of securityinterest rate movements between the trade date and the balance sheet date (Level 2). The market price changes are multiplied by the notional amount of the forward sales contracts to measure the fair value.

The fair value of the Company’s interest rate lock commitments and forward sales contracts is adjusted to reflect the risk that the agreement will not be fulfilled. The Company’s exposure to nonperformance in interest rate lock commitments and forward sale contracts is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Given the credit quality of our counterparties and the short duration of interest rate

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is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. Given the credit quality of our counterparties and the short duration of interest rate lock commitments and forward sale contracts, the risk of nonperformance by the Company’s counterparties has historically been minimal (Level 3).

The following table presents the components of fair value and other relevant information associated with the Company’s derivative instruments and loans held for sale as of June 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020:

Fair Value Adjustment Components

Balance Sheet Location

 

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Fair Value

 

Notional or

Estimated

Total

Adjustment

 

Principal

Gain

Interest Rate

Fair Value 

Derivative

Derivative

to Loans 

 

(in thousands)

Amount

on Sale

Movement

Adjustment

Assets

Liabilities

Held for Sale

 

June 30, 2020

Rate lock commitments

$

945,009

$

24,912

$

1,097

$

26,009

$

26,057

$

(48)

$

Forward sale contracts

 

2,619,701

 

 

(12,663)

 

(12,663)

 

1,028

(13,691)

 

Loans held for sale

 

1,674,692

 

47,340

 

11,566

 

58,906

 

 

 

58,906

Total

$

72,252

$

$

72,252

$

27,085

$

(13,739)

$

58,906

December 31, 2019

Rate lock commitments

$

511,114

$

12,199

$

(1,975)

$

10,224

$

10,247

$

(23)

$

Forward sale contracts

 

1,285,656

 

 

5,308

 

5,308

 

5,321

(13)

 

Loans held for sale

 

774,542

 

15,826

 

(3,333)

 

12,493

 

 

 

12,493

Total

$

28,025

$

$

28,025

$

15,568

$

(36)

$

12,493

Fair Value Adjustment Components

Balance Sheet Location

 

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

Fair Value

 

Notional or

Estimated

Total

Adjustment

 

Principal

Gain

Interest Rate

Fair Value 

Derivative

Derivative

to Loans 

 

(in thousands)

Amount

on Sale

Movement

Adjustment

Assets

Liabilities

Held for Sale

 

June 30, 2021

Rate lock commitments

$

816,038

$

27,913

$

7,958

$

35,871

$

36,202

$

(331)

$

Forward sale contracts

 

2,470,432

 

 

(29,531)

 

(29,531)

 

549

(30,080)

 

Loans held for sale

 

1,654,394

 

42,477

 

21,573

 

64,050

 

 

 

64,050

Total

$

70,390

$

$

70,390

$

36,751

$

(30,411)

$

64,050

December 31, 2020

Rate lock commitments

$

1,374,784

$

45,581

$

(1,697)

$

43,884

$

43,895

$

(11)

$

Forward sale contracts

 

3,760,953

 

 

836

 

836

 

5,891

(5,055)

 

Loans held for sale

 

2,386,169

 

62,167

 

861

 

63,028

 

 

 

63,028

Total

$

107,748

$

$

107,748

$

49,786

$

(5,066)

$

63,028

NOTE 99—FANNIE MAE COMMITMENTS AND PLEDGED SECURITIES

Fannie Mae DUS Related Commitments—Commitments for the origination and subsequent sale and delivery of loans to Fannie Mae represent those mortgage loan transactions where the borrower has locked an interest rate and scheduled closing, and the Company has entered into a mandatory delivery commitment to sell the loan to Fannie Mae. As discussed in NOTE 8, the Company accounts for these commitments as derivatives recorded at fair value.

The Company is generally required to share the risk of any losses associated with loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program. The Company is required to secure these obligations by assigning restricted cash balances and securities to Fannie Mae, which are classified as Pledged securities, at fair value on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The amount of collateral required by Fannie Mae is a formulaic calculation at the loan level and considers the balance of the loan, the risk level of the loan, the age of the loan, and the level of risk-sharing. Fannie Mae requires restricted liquidity for Tier 2 loans of 75 basis points, which is funded over a 48-month period that begins upon delivery of the loan to Fannie Mae. Pledged securities held in the form of money market funds holding U.S. Treasuries are discounted 5%, and multifamily Agency mortgage-backed securities (“Agency MBS”) are discounted 4% for purposes of calculating compliance with the restricted liquidity requirements. As seen below, the Company held substantially allthe majority of its pledged securities in Agency MBS as of June 30, 2020.2021. The majority of the loans for which the Company has risk sharing are Tier 2 loans.

The Company is in compliance with the June 30, 20202021 collateral requirements as outlined above. As of June 30, 2020,2021, reserve requirements for the DUS loan portfolio will require the Company to fund $68.8$66.9 million in additional pledged securitiesrestricted liquidity over the next 48 months, assuming no further principal paydowns, prepayments, or defaults within the at riskat-risk portfolio. Fannie Mae periodically reassesseshas in the past reassessed the DUS Capital Standards and may make changes to these standards in the future. The Company generates sufficient cash flow from its operations to meet these capital standards and does not expect any future changes to have a material impact on its future operations; however, any future increases to collateral requirements may adversely impact the Company’s available cash.

Fannie Mae has established benchmark standards for capital adequacy and reserves the right to terminate the Company's servicing authority for all or some of the portfolio if, at any time, it determines that the Company's financial condition is not adequate to support its obligations under the DUS agreement. The Company is required to maintain acceptable net worth as defined in the agreement, and the Company satisfied the requirements as of June 30, 2020.2021. The net worth requirement is derived primarily from unpaid principal balances on Fannie Mae loans and the level of risk sharing. At June 30, 2020,2021, the net worth requirement was $216.6$245.4 million, and the Company's net worth, as defined in the requirements, was $1.1 billion, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC. As of June 30, 2021, the

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defined in the requirements, was $861.6 million, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC. As of June 30, 2020, the Company was required to maintain at least $42.9$48.7 million of liquid assets to meet operational liquidity requirements for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and Ginnie Mae. As of June 30, 2020,Mae, and the Company had operational liquidity, as defined in the requirements, of $325.0$359.3 million as of June 30, 2021, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC.

Pledged Securities, at Fair ValuePledged securities, at fair value consisted of the following balances as of June 30, 20202021 and 20192020 and December 31, 20192020 and 2018:2019:

June 30, 

December 31,

(in thousands)

2020

    

2019

    

2019

    

2018

 

Pledged cash and cash equivalents:

Restricted cash

$

1,768

$

3,242

$

2,150

$

3,029

Money market funds

4,004

840

5,054

6,440

Total pledged cash and cash equivalents

$

5,772

$

4,082

$

7,204

$

9,469

Agency MBS

 

122,524

115,207

 

114,563

 

106,862

Total pledged securities, at fair value

$

128,296

$

119,289

$

121,767

$

116,331

June 30, 

December 31,

Pledged Securities (in thousands)

2021

    

2020

    

2020

    

2019

 

Restricted cash

$

7,442

$

1,768

$

4,954

$

2,150

Money market funds

39,954

4,004

12,519

5,054

Total pledged cash and cash equivalents

$

47,396

$

5,772

$

17,473

$

7,204

Agency MBS

 

99,152

122,524

 

119,763

 

114,563

Total pledged securities, at fair value

$

146,548

$

128,296

$

137,236

$

121,767

The information in the preceding table is presented to reconcile beginning and ending cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as more fully discussed in NOTE 2.

The Company’s investments included within Pledged securities, at fair value consist primarily of money market funds and Agency debt securities. The investments in Agency debt securities consist of multifamily Agency MBS and are all accounted for as AFS securities. The following table provides additional information related toWhen the AFSfair value of Agency MBS as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

Fair Value and Amortized Cost of Agency MBS (in thousands)

June 30, 2020

    

December 31, 2019

    

Fair value

$

122,524

$

114,563

Amortized cost

122,257

113,580

Total gains for securities with net gains in AOCI

600

1,145

Total losses for securities with net losses in AOCI

 

(333)

 

(162)

Fair value of securities with unrealized losses

 

70,709

 

66,526

is lower than the carrying value, the Company assesses whether an allowance for credit losses is necessary. The Company hasdoes not recordedrecord an allowance for credit losses for any of theits AFS securities, including those whose fair value is less than amortized cost, as of June 30, 2020.when the AFS securities are issued by the GSEs. The contractual cash flows of these AFS securities are guaranteed by the GSEs, which are government-sponsored enterprises under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Accordingly, it is expected that the securities would not be settled at a price less than the amortized cost bases of these securities. The Company does not intend to sell any of the Agency MBS, nor does the Company believe that it is more likely than not that it would be required to sell these investments before recovery of their amortized cost basis, which may be at maturity. NaNThe following table provides additional information related to the Agency MBS as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

Fair Value and Amortized Cost of Agency MBS (in thousands)

June 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

    

Fair value

$

99,152

$

119,763

Amortized cost

95,710

117,136

Total gains for securities with net gains in AOCI

3,572

2,669

Total losses for securities with net losses in AOCI

 

(130)

 

(42)

Fair value of securities with unrealized losses

 

2,204

 

12,267

None of the pledged securities has been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than 12 months.

The following table provides contractual maturity information related to the Agency MBS. The money market funds invest in short-term Federal Government and Agency debt securities and have no stated maturity date.

June 30, 2020

Detail of Agency MBS Maturities (in thousands)

Fair Value

    

Amortized Cost

    

Within one year

$

$

After one year through five years

2,485

2,508

After five years through ten years

99,673

99,820

After ten years

 

20,366

19,929

Total

$

122,524

$

122,257

June 30, 2021

Detail of Agency MBS Maturities (in thousands)

Fair Value

    

Amortized Cost

    

Within one year

$

$

After one year through five years

6,820

6,792

After five years through ten years

64,196

63,407

After ten years

 

28,136

25,511

Total

$

99,152

$

95,710

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NOTE 10—EARNINGS PER SHARE AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated under the two-class method. The two-class method allocates all earnings (distributed and undistributed) to each class of common stock and participating securities based on their respective rights to receive dividends. The Company

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NOTE 10—EARNINGS PER SHARE

EPS is calculated under the two-class method. The two-class method allocates all earnings (distributed and undistributed) to each class of common stock and participating securities based on their respective rights to receive dividends. The Company grants share-based awards to various employees and nonemployee directors under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan that entitle recipients to receive nonforfeitable dividends during the vesting period on a basis equivalent to the dividends paid to holders of common stock. These unvested awards meet the definition of participating securities.

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 20192020 under the two-class method. Participating securities arewere included in the calculation of diluted EPS using the two-class method, as this computation was more dilutive than the treasury-stock method.

For the three months ended
June 30,

For the six months ended
June 30,

 

EPS Calculations (in thousands, except per share amounts)

2020

2019

2020

2019

 

Calculation of basic EPS

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

62,059

$

42,196

$

109,888

$

86,414

Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities

 

1,873

 

1,328

 

3,392

 

2,835

Net income applicable to common stockholders

$

60,186

$

40,868

$

106,496

$

83,579

Weighted-average basic shares outstanding

30,352

29,985

30,288

29,834

Basic EPS

$

1.98

$

1.36

$

3.52

$

2.80

Calculation of diluted EPS

Net income applicable to common stockholders

$

60,186

$

40,868

$

106,496

$

83,579

Add: reallocation of dividends and undistributed earnings based on assumed conversion

25

25

57

62

Net income allocated to common stockholders

$

60,211

$

40,893

$

106,553

$

83,641

Weighted-average basic shares outstanding

30,352

29,985

30,288

29,834

Add: weighted-average diluted non-participating securities

508

759

672

886

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding

30,860

30,744

30,960

30,720

Diluted EPS

$

1.95

$

1.33

$

3.44

$

2.72

For the three months ended June 30, 

For the six months ended June 30, 

 

EPS Calculations (in thousands, except per share amounts)

2021

2020

2021

2020

 

Calculation of basic EPS

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

114,110

$

109,888

Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities

 

1,831

 

1,873

 

3,798

 

3,392

Net income applicable to common stockholders

$

54,227

$

60,186

$

110,312

$

106,496

Weighted-average basic shares outstanding

31,019

30,352

30,922

30,288

Basic EPS

$

1.75

$

1.98

$

3.57

$

3.52

Calculation of diluted EPS

Net income applicable to common stockholders

$

54,227

$

60,186

$

110,312

$

106,496

Add: reallocation of dividends and undistributed earnings based on assumed conversion

14

25

34

57

Net income allocated to common stockholders

$

54,241

$

60,211

$

110,346

$

106,553

Weighted-average basic shares outstanding

31,019

30,352

30,922

30,288

Add: weighted-average diluted non-participating securities

351

508

400

672

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding

31,370

30,860

31,322

30,960

Diluted EPS

$

1.73

$

1.95

$

3.52

$

3.44

The assumed proceeds used for calculating the dilutive impact of restricted stock awards under the treasury-stock method includes the unrecognized compensation costs associated with the awards. 537 thousandFor the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, an immaterial number of average restricted shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share under the treasury method formethod. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively,537 thousand average restricted shares and an immaterial number of average restricted shares, respectively, were excluded. These average restricted shares were excluded forfrom the three and six months ended June 30, 2019computation of diluted earnings per share under the treasury method because the effect would have been anti-dilutive, (theas the grant date market price of the restricted shares was greater than the average market price of the Company’s shares during the periods presented).presented.

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NOTE 11—TOTAL EQUITY

A summary of changes in total equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020

Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

Retained

Noncontrolling

Total

(in thousands)

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

APIC

  

AOCI

  

Earnings

  

Interests

  

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

30,035

$

300

$

237,877

$

737

$

796,775

$

6,596

$

1,042,285

Cumulative-effect adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-13, net of tax

(23,678)

(23,678)

Walker & Dunlop net income

47,829

47,829

Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

(224)

(224)

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

675

675

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

(1,918)

(1,918)

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

5,061

5,061

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

675

7

11,362

11,369

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(380)

(4)

(18,293)

(8,440)

(26,737)

Cash dividends paid ($0.36 per common share)

(11,347)

(11,347)

Balance at March 31, 2020

30,330

$

303

$

236,007

$

(1,181)

$

801,139

$

7,047

$

1,043,315

Walker & Dunlop net income

62,059

62,059

Purchase of noncontrolling interests

(3,295)

(7,047)

(10,342)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

1,430

1,430

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

5,592

5,592

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

50

1

195

196

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(11)

(405)

(405)

Cash dividends paid ($0.36 per common share)

(11,294)

(11,294)

Balance at June 30, 2020

30,369

$

304

$

238,094

$

249

$

851,904

$

$

1,090,551

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019

Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

Retained

Noncontrolling

Total

(in thousands)

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

APIC

  

AOCI

  

Earnings

  

Interests

  

Equity

Balance at December 31, 2018

29,497

$

295

$

235,152

$

(75)

$

666,752

$

5,068

$

907,192

Cumulative-effect adjustment for adoption of ASU 2016-02, net of tax

(1,002)

(1,002)

Walker & Dunlop net income

44,218

44,218

Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

(158)

(158)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

301

301

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

6,812

6,812

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

935

9

4,178

4,187

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(459)

(4)

(22,400)

(1,755)

(24,159)

Cash dividends paid ($0.30 per common share)

(9,319)

(9,319)

Balance at March 31, 2019

29,973

$

300

$

223,742

$

226

$

698,894

$

4,910

$

928,072

Walker & Dunlop net income

42,196

42,196

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Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

(50)

(50)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

666

666

Stock-based compensation - equity classified

4,417

4,417

Issuance of common stock in connection with equity compensation plans

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1

Repurchase and retirement of common stock

(33)

(1)

(538)

(1,217)

(1,756)

Cash dividends paid ($0.30 per common share)

(9,311)

(9,311)

Balance at June 30, 2019

29,964

$

300

$

227,621

$

892

$

730,562

$

4,860

$

964,235

During the first quarter of 2020, theThe Company’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that permits the repurchase of up to $50.0$75.0 million of the Company’s common stock over a 12-month period beginning on February 11, 2020.12, 2021. During the first quarterand second quarters of 2020,2021, the Company repurchased 0.2 milliondid 0t repurchase any shares of its common stock under athe share repurchase program at a weighted average price of $63.58 per share and immediately retired the shares, reducing stockholders’ equity by $10.2 million. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock.program. As of June 30, 2020,2021, the Company had $39.8$75.0 million of authorized share repurchase capacity remaining under the 20202021 share repurchase program.

During each of the first and second quarters of 2020,2021, the Company paid a dividend of $0.36$0.50 per share. On August 4, 2020,2021, the Company’s Board of directorsDirectors declared a dividend of $0.36$0.50 per share for the third quarter of 2020.2021. The dividend will be paid on September 8, 20203, 2021 to all holders of record of the Company’s restricted and unrestricted common stock as of August 21, 2020.19, 2021.

The Company’s noteNote payable (“Term Loan”) contains direct restrictions toon the amount of dividends the Company may pay, and the warehouse creditdebt facilities and agreements with the Agencies contain minimum equity, liquidity, and other capital requirements that indirectly restrict the amount of dividends the Company may pay. The Company does not believe that these restrictions currently limit the amount of dividends the Company intends tocan pay for the foreseeable future.

As disclosed in NOTE 7, the Company issued $5.0 million of Company stock in connection with acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2020, a non-cash transaction.

At the beginning of the second quarter of 2020, the Company purchased noncontrolling interests from one of the members of WDIS for an aggregate $5.2 million in cash, which resulted in reductions to noncontrolling interest in proportion to the member’s ownership percentage and to APIC for the excess of the purchase price over the noncontrolling interest balance. During the second quarter of 2020, the Company also exercised its call option to purchase the other member’s interest. This purchase will close in the third quarter of 2020, with an effective date of April 1, 2020.

Since the 2 transactions to purchase all of the noncontrolling interests were contemplated together and the effective date of both transactions is April 1, 2020, the Company did not record any Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the second quarter of 2020. Additionally, the Company reclassified all remaining noncontrolling interests to Other liabilities in theCondensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020, a non-cash transaction.

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

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”). The following discussion contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that include risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or contemplated in those forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under the headings “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 20192020 (“2020 Form 10-K”).

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company,” “Walker & Dunlop,” “we,” or “us”), may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, projections, plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions.

The forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q reflect our current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statement. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking:

the future of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac,” and together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”), including their existence, relationship to the U.S. federal government, origination capacities, and their impact on our business;
the general volatility and global economic disruption caused by the spread of the COVID pandemic (“COVID-19 Crisis” or “Crisis”) and its expected impact on our business operations, financial results and cash flows and liquidity, including due to our principal and interest advance obligations on the Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae loans we service;

changes to and trends in the interest rate environment and its impact on our business;

our growth strategy;

our projected financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations;

our ability to obtain and maintain warehouse and other loan funding arrangements;

our ability to make future dividend payments or repurchase shares of our common stock;

availability of and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and our ability to develop and retain relationships with borrowers, key principals, and lenders;

degree and nature of our competition;

changes in governmental regulations and policies, tax laws and rates, and similar matters and the impact of such regulations, policies, and actions;

our ability to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to us;us, including additional regulatory requirements for broker-dealer and other financial services firms that became applicable to us upon our acquisition of Zelman (as defined below);

trends in the commercial real estate finance market, commercial real estate values, the credit and capital markets, or the general economy, including demand for multifamily housing and rent growth;

general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of our common stock;

our ability to prevent, detect, and mitigate cybersecurity risks; and

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other risks and uncertainties associated with our business described in our 20192020 Form 10-K and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith projections, assumptions, and expectations, they are not guarantees of future results. Furthermore, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by applicable law. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors.”

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Business

We are one of the leading commercial real estate services and finance companies in the United States, with a primary focus on multifamily lending, debt brokerage, and property sales. We were the largest lender to multifamily properties and the fourth largest overall commercial real estate lender in the country in 2020. We leverage our technological resources and investments to (i) provide an enhanced experience for our customers, (ii) identify refinancing and other financial opportunities for our existing customers, and (iii) identify potential new customers. We believe our people, brand, and technology provide us with a competitive advantage, as evidenced by the fact that 55% of refinancing volumes in the quarter were new loans to us and 22% of total transaction volumes were from new customers.

We have been in business for more than 80 years; a Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing™ ("DUS") lender since 1988, when the DUS program began; a lender with the Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”), and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, “HUD”) since acquiring a HUD license in 2009; and a Freddie Mac Multifamily approved seller/servicer for Conventional loans since 2009.Loans. We originate, sell, and service a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, provide multifamily property sales brokerage and appraisal services, and engage in commercial real estate investment management activities. We provide housing market research and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services, which provides our clients and us with market insight into many areas in the single-family and multifamily markets. Our clients are owners and developers of multifamily properties and other commercial real estate assets across the country, some of whom are the largest owners and developers in the industry. We originate and sell multifamily loans through the programs of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD (collectively, the “Agencies”). We retain servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all loans that we originate for the Agencies’ programs. We are approved as a Fannie Mae DUS lender nationally, an approved member of Freddie Mac’sMac Multifamily OptigoSM networkOptigo® Seller/Servicer (“Freddie Mac Optigo”lender”) nationally for Conventional, Seniors Housing, and Targeted Affordable Housing, and small balance loans, a HUD Multifamily Accelerated Processing (“MAP”) lender nationally, a HUD Section 232 LEAN (“LEAN”) lender nationally, and a Ginnie Mae issuer. We broker, and occasionally service, loans for severalmany life insurance companies, commercial banks, and other institutional investors, in which cases we do not fund the loan but rather act as a loan broker. We also underwrite, service, and asset-manage interim loans. Most of these interim loans are closed through a joint venture.venture or through separate accounts managed by our investment management subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Inc. (“WDIP”). Those interim loans not closed by the joint venture or WDIP are originated by us and held for investment and includedpresented on our balance sheet.sheet as loans held for investment.

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company. We conduct the majority of our operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC, our operating company.

Agency Lending and Loan Servicing

We recognize loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net from our productslending with the Agencies when we commit to both originate a loan with a borrower and sell that loan to an investor. The loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net for these transactions reflect the fair value attributable to loan origination fees, premiums on the sale of loans, net of any co-broker fees, and the fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with servicing the loans, net of any guaranty obligations retained.

We generally fund our Agency loan products through warehouse facility financing and sell them to investors in accordance with the related loan sale commitment, which we obtain concurrent with rate lock. Proceeds from the sale of the loan are used to pay off the warehouse borrowing. The sale of the loan is typically completed within 60 days after the loan is closed. We earn net warehouse interest income from

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loans held for sale while they are outstanding equal to the difference between the note rate on the loan and the cost of borrowing of the warehouse facility.

We retain servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all of our Agency loan products that we originate and sell and generate cash revenues from the fees we receive for servicing the loans, from the interest income on escrow deposits held on behalf of borrowers, and from other ancillary fees relating to servicing the loans. Servicing fees, which are based on servicing fee rates set at the time an investor agrees to purchase the loan and on the unpaid principal balance of the loan, are generally paid monthly for the duration of the loan. Our Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac servicing arrangements generally provide for prepayment protection to us in the event of a voluntary prepayment. For loans serviced outside of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we typically do not have similar prepayment protections. For most loans we service under the Fannie Mae DUS program, we are required to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees for four months should a borrower cease making payments under the terms of their loan, including while that loan is in forbearance. After advancing for four months, we may request reimbursement by Fannie Mae for the principal and interest advances, and Fannie Mae will reimburse us for these advances within 60 days of the request. Under the Ginnie Mae program, we are obligated to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees until the HUD loan is brought current, fully paid or assigned to HUD. We are eligible to assign a loan to HUD once it is in default for 30 days. If the loan is not brought current, or the loan otherwise defaults, we are not reimbursed for our advances until such time as we assign the loan to HUD or work out a payment modification for the borrower. For loans in default, we may repurchase those loans out of the Ginnie Mae security, at which time our advance requirements cease and we may then modify and resell the loan or assign the loan back to HUD, at which time we will be reimbursed for our advances. Under the Freddie Mac OptigoOptigo® program, and our bank and life insurance company servicing agreements, we are not obligated to make advances on the loans we service.

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Our loan commitments and loans held for sale are currently not exposed to unhedged interest rate risk during the loan commitment, closing, and delivery process. The sale or placement of each loan to an investor is negotiated prior to establishing the coupon rate for the loan. We also seek to mitigate the risk of a loan not closing. We have agreements in place with the Agencies that specify the cost of a failed loan delivery in the event we fail to deliver the loan to the investor. To protect us against such risk, we require a deposit from the borrower at rate lock that is typically more than the potential cost of non-delivery. The deposit is returned to the borrower only once the loan is closed. Any potential loss from a catastrophic change in the property condition while the loan is held for sale using warehouse facility financing is mitigated through property insurance equal to replacement cost. We are also protected contractually from an investor’s failure to purchase the loan. We have experienced an immaterial number of failed deliveries in our history and have incurred immaterial losses on such failed deliveries.

We have risk-sharing obligations on substantially all loans we originate under the Fannie Mae DUS program. When a Fannie Mae DUS loan is subject to full risk-sharing, we absorb losses on the first 5% of the unpaid principal balance of a loan at the time of loss settlement, and above 5% we share a percentage of the loss with Fannie Mae, with our maximum loss capped at 20% of the original unpaid principal balance of the loan (subject to doubling or tripling if the loan does not meet specific underwriting criteria or if the loan defaults within 12 months of its sale to Fannie Mae). Our full risk-sharing is currently limited to loans up to $200$250 million, which equates to a maximum loss per loan of $40$50 million (such exposure would occur in the event that the underlying collateral is determined to be completely without value at the time of loss). For loans in excess of $200$250 million, we receive modified risk-sharing. We also may request modified risk-sharing at the time of origination on loans below $200$250 million, which reduces our potential risk-sharing losses from the levels described above if we do not believe that we are being fully compensated for the risks of the transactions.transaction. The full risk-sharing limit in prior years was less than $250 million. Accordingly, loans originated in prior years may be subject to modified risk-sharing at much lower levels.

Our servicing fees for risk-sharing loans include compensation for the risk-sharing obligations and are larger than the servicing fees we would receive from Fannie Mae for loans with no risk-sharing obligations. We receive a lower servicing fee for modified risk-sharing than for full risk-sharing.

As part of our overall growth strategy, we are focused on significantly growing and investing in our small-balance lending business, which involves a high volume of transactions with smaller loan balances. In support of this business, we acquired a company with a technology platform that streamlines and accelerates the quoting, processing, and underwriting of small-balance, multifamily loans. Additionally, the technology platform provides the borrower with a web-based, user-friendly interface, enhancing the borrower’s experience during the origination process.

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Debt Brokerage

Our mortgage bankers who focus on debt brokerage are engaged by borrowers to work with a variety of institutional lenders to find the most appropriate loan instrument for the borrowers' needs. These loans are then funded directly by the institutional lender, and we receive an origination fee for placing the loan. For those brokered loans we also service, we collect ongoing servicing fees while those loans remain in our servicing portfolio. The servicing fees we typically earn on brokered loan transactions are substantially lower than the servicing fees we earn for servicing loans with the Agencies.

Principal Lending and Investing

Our “Interim Program” is composed of the loans held by the Interim Program JV and the Interim Loan Program as described below. Through a joint venture with an affiliate of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., we offer short-term senior secured debt financing products that provide floating-rate, interest-only loans for terms of generally up to three years to experienced borrowers seeking to acquire or reposition multifamily properties that do not currently qualify for permanent financing (the “Interim Program JV” or the “joint venture”). The joint venture funds its operations using a combination of equity contributions from its owners and third-party credit facilities. We hold a 15% ownership interest in the Interim Program JV and are responsible for sourcing, underwriting, servicing, and asset-managing the loans originated by the joint venture. The Interim Program JV assumes full risk of loss while the loans it originates are outstanding, while we assume risk commensurate with our 15% ownership interest.

Using a combination of our own capital and warehouse debt financing, we offer interim loans that do not meet the criteria of the Interim Program JV (the “Interim Loan Program”). We underwrite, service, and asset-manage all loans executed through the Interim Loan Program. We originate and hold these Interim Loan Program loans for investment, which are included on our balance sheet, and during the time that these loans are outstanding, we assume the full risk of loss (the “Interim Loan Program”).loss. The ultimate goal of the Interim Loan Program is to provide permanent Agency financing on these transitional properties. Since we began originating interim loans in 2012, we have not charged off any Interim Program loans.

During the second quarter of 2018, the Company acquired JCR Capital Investment CorporationWDIP and its subsidiaries now knownfunction as Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Inc. (“WDIP”), the operator of a private commercial real estate investment adviser focused on the management of debt, preferred equity, and mezzanine equity investments in middle-market commercial real estate funds. The acquisitionactivities of WDIP, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, isare part of our strategy to grow and diversify our operations by growing our investment

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management platform. WDIP’s current assets under management (“AUM”) of $1.2 billion primarily consist of fourfive sources: Fund III, Fund IV, Fund V, and Fund VI (collectively, the “Funds”), and separate accounts managed for life insurance companies. AUM for the Funds consists of both unfunded commitments and funded investments and AUM for the separate accounts consist entirely of funded investments. Unfunded commitments are highest during the fund raising and investment phases. WDIP receives management fees based on both unfunded commitments and funded investments. Additionally, with respect to the Funds, WDIP receives a percentage of the return above the fund return hurdle rate specified in the fund agreements.

Property Sales

We offer property sales brokerage services to owners and developers of multifamily properties that are seeking to sell these properties through our subsidiary Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales, LLC (“WDIS”). Through these property sales brokerage services, we seek to maximize proceeds and certainty of closure for our clients using our knowledge of the commercial real estate and capital markets and relying on our experienced transaction professionals. We receive a sales commission for brokering the sale of these multifamily assets on behalf of our clients.clients, and we often times are able to provide financing to the purchaser of the properties through our Agency or debt brokerage teams. Our property sales services are offered in various regions throughout the United States. We have increased the number of property sales brokers and the geographical reach of our investment sales platform over the past several years through hiring and acquisitions and intend to continue this expansion in support of our growth strategy.

Appraisal Services

We have a joint venture branded Apprise by Walker & Dunlop with an international technology services company to offer automated multifamily appraisal services (“Appraisal JV”). The Appraisal JV leverages technology and data science to dramatically improve the consistency, transparency, and speed of multifamily property appraisals in the U.S. through the licensing of our partner’s technology and leveraging of our expertise in the commercial real estate industry. We own a 50% interest in the Appraisal JV and account for the interest as an equity-method investment. While the operations of the Appraisal JV for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 were immaterial, the Appraisal JV’s

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operations continue to rapidly grow with significant increases in the volume of appraisal reports generated and a client list that includes several national commercial real estate lenders.

Housing Market Research and Real Estate Investment Banking Services

During the third quarter of 2021, we closed on the acquisition of certain assets and the assumption of certain liabilities of Zelman Holdings, LLC (“Zelman”) through a 75% interest in a newly formed entity, WDIB, LLC (“WDIB”). Zelman is a nationally recognized housing market research and investment banking firm that will enhance the information we provide to our clients and increase our access to high-quality market insight in many areas of the single-family and multifamily markets, including construction trends, demographics, mortgage finance, and real estate technology and services. Zelman generates revenues through the sale of its housing market research data and related publications to banks, investment banks and other financial institutions, and through its offering of real estate-related investment banking and advisory services.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Additionally, we consolidate the activities of WDIS, and prior to the second quarter of 2020, presented the portion of WDIS that we did not control as Noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Due to the repurchase activity as more fully described in the footnotes to the financial statements, we did not have noncontrolling interests as of June 30, 2020 and did not have net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests for the second quarter of 2020.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), which requirerequires management to make estimates based on certain judgments and assumptions that are inherently uncertain and affect reported amounts. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors management believes to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions.assumptions and the use of different judgments and assumptions may have a material impact on our results. We believe the following critical accounting policiesestimates represent the areas where more significant judgments and estimates are used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. Additional information about our critical accounting estimates and other significant accounting policies are discussed in NOTE 2 of the consolidated financial statements in our 2020 Form 10-K.

Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSRs”). MSRs are recorded at fair value at loan sale or upon purchase. The fair value of MSRs acquired through a stand-alone servicing portfolio purchase (“PMSR”) is equal to the purchase price paid. The fair value at loan sale (“OMSR”) is based on estimates of expected net cash flows associated with the servicing rights and takes into consideration an estimate of loan prepayment. Initially, the fair value amount is included as a component of the derivative asset fair value at the loan commitment date. The estimated net cash flows from servicing, which includes assumptions for discount rate, escrow earnings, prepayment speed, and servicing costs, are discounted at a rate that reflects the credit and liquidity risk of the OMSR over the estimated life of the underlying loan. The discount rates used throughout the periods presented for all OMSRs were between 10%8-14% and 15%10-15% for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and varied based on the loan type. The life of the underlying loan is estimated giving consideration to the prepayment provisions in the loan.loan and assumptions about loan behaviors around those provisions. Our model for OMSRs assumes no prepayment whileprior to the expiration of the prepayment provisions have not expired and full prepayment of the loan at or near the point wherewhen the prepayment provisions have expired. We record an individual OMSR asset (or liability) for each loan at loan sale. The fair value of MSRs acquired through a stand-alone servicing portfolio purchase (“PMSR”) is equal to the purchase price paid. For PMSRs, we record and amortize a portfolio-level MSR asset based on the estimated remaining life of the portfolio using the prepayment characteristics of the portfolio.

The assumptions used to estimate the fair value of capitalized OMSRs are based on internal modelsdeveloped internally and are periodically compared to assumptions used by other market participants. Due to the relatively few transactions in the multifamily MSR market and the lack of significant changes in assumptions by market participants, we have experienced littlelimited volatility in the assumptions we used during the periods presented,historically, including the most-significant assumption – the discount rate. Additionally, weWe do not expect to see significant volatility in the assumptions for the foreseeable future. ManagementWe actively monitorsmonitor the assumptions used and makesmake adjustments to those assumptions when market conditions change, or other factors indicate such adjustments are warranted. We carry OMSRsDuring the first quarter of 2021, we reduced the discount rate and PMSRs at the lower of amortized cost or fair value and evaluate the carrying valueescrow earnings rate assumptions for impairment quarterly. We test for impairment on PMSRs separately fromour OMSRs. The PMSRs and OMSRs are tested for impairment at the portfolio level. We have never recorded an impairment of MSRs in our history. We engage a third party to assist in determining an estimated fair value of our existing and outstanding MSRs on at least a semi-annual basis.

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Revenue is recognized when we record a derivative asset upon the simultaneous commitments to originate a loan with a borrower and sell the loan to an investor. The commitment asset related to the loan origination is recognized at fair value, which reflects Changes in our discount rate assumptions may materially impact the fair value of the contractual loan origination related fees and sale premiums, net of any co-broker fees, and the estimated fair valueMSRs (NOTE 3 of the expected net cash flows associated withcondensed consolidated financial statements details the servicingportfolio-level impact of the loan, net of the estimated net future cash flows associated with any risk-sharing obligations (the “servicing component of the commitment asset”). Upon loan sale, we derecognize the servicing component of the commitment asset and recognize an OMSR. All OMSRs are amortized into expense using the interest method over the estimated life of the loan and presented as a component of Amortization and depreciationchange in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.discount rate).

For OMSRs, the individual loan-level OMSR is written off through a charge to Amortization and depreciation when a loan prepays, defaults, or is probable of default. For PMSRs, a constant rate of prepayments and defaults is included in the determination of the portfolio’s estimated life at purchase (and thus included as a component of the portfolio’s amortization). Accordingly, prepayments and defaults of individual loans do not change the level of amortization expense recorded for the portfolio unless the pattern of actual prepayments and defaults varies significantly from the

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estimated pattern. When such a significant difference in the pattern of estimated and actual prepayments and defaults occurs, we prospectively adjust the estimated life of the portfolio (and thus future amortization) to approximate the actual pattern observed. During the second quarter of 2020, we reducedWe have made adjustments to the estimated life of two of our PMSR portfolios, asPMSRs in the past when the actual prepayment experience hadof prepayments differed materially from the expected prepayment experience as interest rates have declined during 2020. We reduced the estimated life of these portfolios by 2.6 years. We are uncertain whether additional adjustments to the estimated lives of these portfolios will be necessary in the near term.prepayments.

Allowance for Risk-sharingRisk-Sharing Obligations. This reserve liability (referred to as “allowance”) for risk-sharing obligations relates to our at riskFannie Mae at-risk servicing portfolio and is presented as a separate liability within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.on our balance sheets. We record aan estimate of the loss reserve for the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) for all loans in our Fannie Mae at riskat-risk servicing portfolio using the weighted-average remaining maturity method (“WARM”). WARM uses an average annual charge-offloss rate that contains loss content over multiple vintages and loan terms and is used as a foundation for estimating the CECL reserve. The average annual charge-offloss rate is applied to the estimated unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) over the contractual term, further adjusted for estimated prepayments and amortization to arrive at the CECL reserve for the entire current portfolio as described further below. We currently use one year for our reasonable and supportable forecast period (“forecast period”) as we believe forecasts beyond one year are inherently less reliable. During the forecast period, we apply an adjusted loss factor associated with a similar historical period. We revert to the historical loss rate over a one-year period on a straight-line basis.

One of the key components of a WARM calculation is the runoff rate, which is the expected rate at which loans in the current portfolio will prepayamortize and amortizeprepay in the future. As the loans we originate have different original lives and runoff over different periods, weWe group loans by similar origination dates (vintage) and contractual maturity terms for purposes of calculating the runoff rate. We originate loans under the DUS program with various terms generally ranging from several years to 15 years; each of these various loan terms has a different runoff rate.

Once we have calculated the estimated outstanding UPB for each future year until maturity for each loan term type, we then apply the average annual charge-off rate (as further described below) The runoff rates applied to each future year’s expected UPB. We then aggregatevintage and contractual maturity term is determined using historical data; however, changes in prepayment and amortization behavior may significantly impact the allowance calculated for each year within each loan term type and for all different maturity years to arrive at the CECL reserve for the portfolio.estimate.

The weighted-average annual charge-offloss rate is calculated using a ten-year10-year look-back period, utilizing the average portfolio balance and settled losses for each year. A ten-year10-year period is used as we believe that this period of time includes sufficiently different economic conditions to generate a reasonable estimate of expected results in the future, given the relatively long-term nature of the current portfolio. Changes in our expectations and forecasts may materially impact the estimate.

We use one year for our reasonable and supportable forecast period (“forecast period”) as we believe forecasts beyond one year are inherently less reliable. We use forecasts of such factors as unemployment rates, historically a highly correlated indicator for multi-family occupancy rates, and net operating income growth to assess what macroeconomic and multifamily market conditions are expected to be like over the forecast period. We then associate the forecasted conditions with a similar historical period over the past ten years, which could be one or several years, and use our average loss rate for that historical period as a basis for the charge-off rate used for the forecast period. For all remaining years until maturity, we use the weighted-average annual charge-off rate for the ten-year period as described above to estimate losses. The average loss rate from a historical period used for the forecast period may be adjusted as necessary if the forecasted macroeconomic and industry conditions differ materially from the historical period.

We perform a quarterly evaluation of all ofevaluate our risk-sharing loans on a quarterly basis to determine whether a specific loss is probable. Our process for identifying which risk-sharingthere are loans may bethat are probable of loss consists of an assessment of severaldefault. Specifically, we assess a loan’s qualitative and quantitative risk factors, includingsuch as payment status, property financial performance, local real estate market conditions, loan-to-value ratio, debt-service-coverage ratio,

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(“DSCR”), and property condition, and financial strength of the borrower or key principal(s). In instances where payment under the guaranty oncondition. When a specific loan is determined to be probable and estimable (asof default based on these factors, we remove the loan is probable of foreclosure or in foreclosure), we record a liabilityfrom the WARM calculation and individually assess the loan for the estimated allowance for risk-sharing (a “specific reserve”) through a chargepotential credit loss. This assessment requires certain judgments and assumptions to the provision for risk-sharing obligations, which is a component of Provision for credit losses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, along with a write-off of the associated loan-specific mortgage servicing right and guaranty obligation. Historically, initial recognition of a specific reserve occurs at or before a loan becomes 60 days delinquent.

The amount of the specific reserve considers the historical loss experience, adverse situations affecting individual loans, the estimated disposition value of the underlying collateral, and the level of risk sharing. The estimate of property fair value at initial recognition of the specific reserve is based on appraisals, broker opinions of value, or net operating income and market capitalization rates, depending on the facts and circumstances associated with the loan. We regularly monitor the specific reserves on all applicable loans and up-dates loss estimates as current information is received. The settlement with Fannie Mae is based on the actual sales price ofbe made regarding the property values and selling and property preservation costs and considers the Fannie Mae loss-sharing requirements. The maximum amount of the loss we absorb at the time of default is generally 20% of the origination unpaid principal balance of the loan.

other factors, that may differ significantly from actual results. Loss settlement with Fannie Mae has historically concluded within 18 to 36 months after foreclosure. Historically, the initial specificcollateral-based reserves have not varied significantly from the final settlement. Given

We actively monitor the unprecedented nature of the impacts of the Crisis on the domestic economyjudgments and commercial real estateassumptions used in particular, we are uncertain whether such trends will continue in the future. The loss-sharing requirements are further detailed below in the “Credit Quality and our Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligations” section.Obligation estimate and make adjustments to those assumptions when market conditions change, or when other factors indicate such adjustments are warranted. We believe the level of Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligation is appropriate based on our expectations of future market conditions; however, changes in one or more of the judgments or assumptions used above could have a significant impact on the estimate.  

Overview of Current Business Environment

DuringEntering 2021, the last two fiscal years, over 80% of the Company’s transaction volumes have been driven by the financing and sale of multifamily properties in thepandemic continued to impact macroeconomic conditions with U.S. As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 Crisis, numerous Americans, including many renters in multifamily properties, are experiencing significant financial hardship. Those hardships have resulted in dramatic increases in unemployment creating uncertainty about whether many Americans will be able to continue paying their monthly rent as the depth and duration of the Crisis increases. In responserates at elevated levels but significantly improved compared to the financial hardships being experienced across the U.S., we have seen unprecedented levelsmiddle of economic2020. Congress passed three pandemic stimulus and protections put in place by Congress. Most notably, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act includes considerable capital investments andpackages to provide funding for government programs meant to support households, businesses and the U.S. economy during the recession created by the COVID-19 Crisis.

Included in the CARES Act are several provisions that specifically impact our business. First, the CARES Act includes provisions that prevented the eviction of residential tenants of certain buildings secured by federally backed mortgage loans for a period of 120 days following the passage of the CARES Act. Although this provision has expired, future legislation may include similar eviction prohibitions. Second, the CARES Act provided $260 billion to extend unemployment insurance, $290 billion to make direct stimulus payments todirectly supporting households and $52 billion to provide nutrition programs, housing assistance and family services.businesses. Specifically, as it relates to our business, the nearly $600a total of $47 billion allocated to these programs has provided the funds necessary to enablein renter assistance was funded, which enabled many renters to continue meetingto meet monthly obligations. Finally,In the CARES Act allocates over $250 billion to tax relief provisions that reduce interest deductibility limitations, refund payroll tax creditssecond quarter of 2021, vaccination programs across the U.S. accelerated and defer various payroll taxes. These provisions provided tax deferralsbecame widely available to the Company overpublic, resulting in most jurisdictions eliminating or significantly curtailing economic restrictions. With the past four months. Manylifting of economic restrictions, macroeconomic conditions are recovering quickly with the reported unemployment rate falling to 5.9% as of June 2021 from 6.7% as of December 2020. Although vaccines and vaccination programs are widely available to the public and cases remain relatively low compared to the height of the provisions of the CARES Act expired atpandemic, cases have begun to rise in July 2021 primarily due to new variants, and there is still uncertainty around the end of July 2020,the pandemic and Congress is working on an extension of many of the benefits.If Congress fails to extend certain provisions of the CARES Act, or significantly reduces the amount of stimulus payments going forward, it could have a negative effect on our liquidity or on our borrowers’ ability to repay their loans.ongoing economic recovery.

Other Federal programs are also benefitted by the CARES Act toTo support the economy through the economic downturn. Notably, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Exchange Stabilization Fund (“ESF”) has been increased by over $450 billion. The expansion of the ESF will enable the U.S. Federal Reserve to put significant lending programs in place to support small business lending programs, main street lending programs, and various other corporate lending programs. These lending programs may assist some of our borrowers with the liquidity necessary to fund their operations should the duration of the Crisis extend late into the year. Outside of the support allocated by the CARES Act,recovery, the Federal Reserve has adopted other measures in response to the financial downturn. In March of 2020, the Federal Reserve broughtset the Federal Funds Rate toat a target of 0% to .25% in an emergency cut in response to0.25% at the pending COVID-19 outbreak. Prior to this move,beginning of the Federal Reserve had loweredpandemic and has maintained that rate through the Fed Funds Rate by 75 basis points during 2019 lowering the target rate to 1.50% - 1.75%.first six months of 2021. The Federal Reserve also indicated in July of 2020its June 2021 meeting that it intends to keep rates at these low levels foras the foreseeable future in ordereconomy continues to support an economic recovery. recover and until the economy reaches what it believes is full employment.

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This action by the Federal Reserve, along with the Federal Reserve’s short-term commitment to buycontinue buying Treasury securities and Agency mortgage-backed securities (“Agency MBS”) in amounts necessary to support the smooth functioning of capital markets, has enabled Agency securities to continue trading

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uninterrupted with little to no change in the credit spreads that drive pricing of Agency mortgage-backed securitiesMBS and has contributed to very low long-term mortgage interest rates, which form the basis for most of our lending.

The low rate environment contributed to the increase in our lending volumes in the first half of 2020.

Finally, the Agencies have separately responded to the COVID-19 Crisis by halting the eviction of tenants living in assets they have financed. This has directly influenced borrowers’ ability to manage tenants that are either unable to pay, or elect not to pay, their monthly obligations. In response, numerous multifamily owner-operators are working closely with affected renters to provide economic assistance during this time of need, up to and including rent forbearance for those experiencing a financial hardship. The Agencies responded further to the COVID-19 Crisispandemic by offering loan forbearance to borrowers for up to 180 days, provided a borrower is able to show that a property is experiencing a financial hardship as a direct result of the COVID-19 Crisis.pandemic. Under the loan forbearance plan, borrowers will repay the forborne payments over a 12- to 24-month period without penalties. For borrowers under the loan forbearance plan, the Agencies also require the borrowers to halt eviction of tenants living in the financed assets and provide tenants flexibility in repayment of delinquent rent. In the second quarter of 2021, the Agencies extended this program through September 2021. The creation of these two programsthe loan forbearance program may have a direct impact on oursome borrowers’ ability to make monthly debt service payments, and in turn, may impact the Company’s obligation to advance funds to bondholders under our servicing agreements with Fannie Mae and HUD. We do not have advance obligations with respect to our Freddie Mac or life insurance servicing agreements. As of June 30, 2020,To date, very few of our multifamily borrowers have neededrequested loan forbearance, requiring us to advance $1.1 million and $4.8 million of debt service paymentsour outstanding advances were immaterial under our Fannie Mae and HUD servicing agreements respectively compared to $0.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively, at March 31, 2020.June 30, 2021. Declining rent collections and a borrower’s inability to make all required payments once the forbearance period is over could lead to an increase in delinquencies and losses beyond what we have experienced since the great financial crisis of 2007-2010. The prolonged nature2007-2010, although we have not experienced this to date and our current expectation is for credit conditions to continue improving over time as broad-based economic growth accelerates in a post-pandemic environment.

Multifamily property fundamentals prior to the pandemic were strong and have maintained this strength through the pandemic and the ongoing recovery with only minor disruptions during the pandemic. According to RealPage, a provider of commercial real estate data and analytics, occupancy rates have increased to 96.5% as of June 2021, compared to 95.8% as of December 2019, prior to the start of the Crisis could resultpandemic. Rent growth in the second quarter of 2021 improved to an annualized growth rate of 6.3%.

Our multifamily property sales volumes grew significantly year over year in the second quarter of 2021, as (i) the multifamily acquisitions market was very active during the quarter, (ii) we have expanded the number of forbearance requests increasing forproperty sales brokers and the remaindergeographical reach of our property sales platform, and (iii) our volume in the second quarter of 2020 givenwas unusually low due to the current high levels of domestic unemployment.

The most immediate impact of the Crisis was felt by our multifamily property sales operations. We saw a significant decline in investment sales activity because of the COVID-19 Crisis. Long-term,pandemic. Long term, we believe the market fundamentals remainwill continue to be positive for multifamily property sales. Many would-be buyers and sellers are waiting to transact until they have a better sense of the depth and duration of the Crisis and associated recession. However, overOver the last several years, and in the months leading up to the COVID-19 Crisis,pandemic, household formation and a dearth of supply of entry-level single-family homes led to strong demand for rental housing in most geographic areas. Consequently, the fundamentals of the multifamily property sales market were strong enteringprior to the COVID-19 Crisis,pandemic, and when coupled with the financial protections put in place by Congresseconomic recovery and the Agencies,rising real-estate prices, it is our expectation that market demand for multifamily housingproperty sales will continue to grow as this asset class will remain an attractive investment option.

Our debt brokerage platform continued its strong growth into the second quarter of 2021, with brokered volume increasing significantly during the year. The increase in volume reflects the continued demand from private capital providers, with activity focused not only on multifamily but other commercial real estate assets such as office and retail. Additionally, our debt brokerage volume in the second halfquarter of 2020 will recover, continuingwas unusually low due to make multifamily properties an attractive investment option. Once the economy beginspandemic. We expect the non-multifamily debt financing volumes to continue to recover from the recent disruption, we anticipate our property sales activity to ultimately return to pre-Crisis levels. According to RealPage, a provider ofover time as other commercial real estate data and analytics, new lease signings on multifamily properties were higher in June 2020 than in June 2019 in most major geographic markets and the first couple weeks of July continued this trend, suggesting that the multifamily market is beginning to recover.asset classes stabilize post-pandemic.

Despite the disruption to multifamily property sales, ourOur Agency multifamily debt financing operations remain active. The Agencies are countercyclical sources of capital tohave remained very active over the multifamily industry and are continuing to lend during the COVID-19 Crisis, just as they did during the great financial crisis of 2007-2010.past year. We are a market-leading originator with the Agencies, and the Agencies remain the most significant providers of capital to the multifamily market. Consequently, we continue to see significant activity in our multifamily lending operations, and we continue to see lending opportunities consistent with pre-Crisis levels. We believe our market leadership positions us to be a significant lender with the Agencies for the foreseeable future.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) establishes loan origination caps for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each year. In September 2019,November 2020, FHFA revisedestablished Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s 2021 loan origination caps to $100.0at $70 billion each for all multifamily business forbusiness. During the five-quarter period beginning with the fourth quarter 2019 through the fourth quarter of 2020. The new caps apply to all multifamily business with no exclusions. As of the second quarter of 2020,three months ended June 30, 2021, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had $48multifamily origination volumes of $10.9 billion and $52$13.1 billion, respectively, down 44.1% and 35.5%, respectively, from the same period in 2020. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had multifamily origination volumes of capacity remaining under FHFA’s multifamily loan origination caps. In$32.4 billion and $27.1 billion, respectively, down 3.9% and 10.6% from the second quarterfirst half of 2020, we saw strongrespectively, leaving a combined $80.5 billion of available lending activity from our Agency operationscapacity for the remainder of the year. GSE lending volume slowed in the first half of 2021, as the Agencies maintained and even increased their historical market share during 2020GSEs’ pricing on multifamily debt has been less competitive as other capital sources pulled back fromreenter the market, dueand as the GSEs manage their originations under their lending caps. With a combined $80.5 billion or 58% of available lending capacity remaining, we expect the GSEs’ lending to accelerate in the second half of 2021.

Our debt financing operations with HUD remained strong during the first half of 2021, with HUD loan volumes increasing 5% and 30% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, as compared to the COVID-19 Crisis. same periods in 2020. The increase in HUD debt financing volumes was driven by continued strong demand for HUD’s multifamily lending product, which provides borrowers with favorable economics on long-term, fully amortizing debt.

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We expect strength in our Agency operations to continue givendespite the continued pull back byreturn of other capital sources. An additional positive factor influencing multifamily financing volumes is the historically low interest rate environment, which is incentivizing some borrowers to refinance their properties in spite of the current challenges.prepayment penalty fees they may incur. We continue to seek to addadditional resources and scale to our Agency lending platform.

Our originations with the Agencies are our most profitable executions as they provide significant non-cash gains from MSRs that turn into significant cash revenue streams from future servicing fees. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, servicing fees are up 21% and 20%, respectively, over the same periods last year due to the record amount of MSRs we generated in 2020. A decline in our Agency originations would negatively impact our financial results as our non-cash revenues would decrease disproportionately with debt financing volume and future servicing fee revenue would be constrained or decline.

Our debt financing operations with HUD grew during the first half of 2020, with HUD loans accounting for 10% and 6% of our debt financing volumes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, compared to 3% for both the three and six months ended

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June 30, 2019. The increase in HUD debt financing volumes was partially a result of the government shutdown during the first half of 2019 and partially a result of HUD originations being countercyclical sources of capital, similar to the GSEs.

Our non-multifamily focused mortgage brokerage operations have also been impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis. The Crisis had an immediate negative impact on the supply of capital to commercial real estate, most noticeably for hospitality, office, and retail assets. Our debt brokerage platform delivered record financing volumes prior to the onset of the Crisis in the U.S. As a result of the Crisis, we have seen an increase in brokered financing transactions put on hold or cancelled altogether, impacting our production volumes during the second quarter of 2020. In the short term, we expect non-multifamily debt financing volumes to remain at relatively low levels as banks and life insurance companies reduce their origination volumes in response to the Crisis.

We entered into the Interim Program JV to both increase the overall capital available to transitional multifamily properties and to dramatically expand our capacity to originate Interim Program loans. The demand for transitional lending has brought increased competition from lenders, specifically banks, mortgage real estate investment trusts, and life insurance companies. As it did with other typesFor the second quarter of lending,2021, we originated $206.5 million of Interim Program JV loans, compared to no originations in the COVID-19 Crisis has resulted in a pullbacksecond quarter of capital sources for interim lending opportunities.2020. In response to the Crisis,second quarter of 2020, we did not originate any new Interim Program loans sinceas a result of the Crisis began and continue to maintain a cautious outlook on new originations.pandemic. Except for one loan that defaulted in early 2019, the loans in our portfolio and in the Interim Program JV continue to perform as agreed, but we could see higher levels of default or requests for forbearance as the impacts of the Crisis become clearer.

As of June 30, 2020, we have not furloughed any employees as a result of the Crisis and currently do not have any plans in place to furlough any employees as a result of the Crisis. Additionally, since March 15, 2020, substantially all of our employees have been able to work remotely.agreed.

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Results of Operations

FollowingThe following is a discussion of our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020. The financial results are not necessarily indicative of future results. Our quarterly results have fluctuated in the past and are expected to fluctuate in the future, reflecting the interest-rate environment, the volume of transactions, business acquisitions, regulatory actions, industry trends, and general economic conditions. Please refer to theThe table below which provides supplemental data regarding our financial performance.

SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING DATA

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

2020

    

2019

    

    

2021

    

2020

2021

    

2020

    

Transaction Volume:

Components of Debt Financing Volume

Fannie Mae

$

2,762,299

$

2,357,560

$

6,933,790

$

4,340,370

$

1,911,976

$

2,762,299

$

3,445,000

$

6,933,790

Freddie Mac

 

1,769,280

 

1,532,939

 

2,767,076

 

3,106,573

 

1,003,319

 

1,769,280

 

2,016,039

 

2,767,076

Ginnie Mae - HUD

 

640,150

 

191,502

 

994,837

 

369,760

Ginnie Mae ̶ HUD

 

672,574

 

640,150

 

1,294,707

 

994,837

Brokered (1)

 

1,495,500

 

1,945,006

 

5,489,385

 

3,379,135

 

6,280,578

 

1,495,500

 

10,583,070

 

5,489,385

Principal Lending and Investing (2)

 

14,091

 

177,844

 

122,041

 

253,706

 

318,237

 

14,091

 

496,487

 

122,041

Total Debt Financing Volume

$

6,681,320

$

6,204,851

$

16,307,129

$

11,449,544

$

10,186,684

$

6,681,320

$

17,835,303

$

16,307,129

Property Sales Volume

446,684

1,101,518

2,177,301

1,798,129

3,341,532

446,684

4,737,292

2,177,301

Total Transaction Volume

$

7,128,004

$

7,306,369

$

18,484,430

$

13,247,673

$

13,528,216

$

7,128,004

$

22,572,595

$

18,484,430

Key Performance Metrics:

Operating margin

33

%  

28

%  

30

%  

29

%  

26

%  

33

%  

29

%  

30

%  

Return on equity

23

18

21

19

18

23

19

21

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

62,059

$

42,196

$

109,888

$

86,414

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

114,110

$

109,888

Adjusted EBITDA (3)

48,394

62,609

112,522

129,293

66,514

48,394

127,181

112,522

Diluted EPS

1.95

1.33

3.44

2.72

1.73

1.95

3.52

3.44

Key Expense Metrics (as a percentage of total revenues):

Personnel expenses

42

%  

42

%  

40

%  

40

%  

50

%  

42

%  

47

%  

40

%  

Other operating expenses

5

8

6

8

7

5

7

6

Key Revenue Metrics (as a percentage of debt financing volume):

Origination related fees (4)

1.17

%  

1.08

%  

0.95

%  

1.09

%  

1.07

%  

1.17

%  

1.04

%  

0.95

%  

Gains attributable to MSRs (4)

1.36

0.68

0.98

0.73

Gains attributable to MSRs, as a percentage of Agency debt financing volume (5)

1.75

1.01

1.48

1.05

MSR income(5)

0.63

1.36

0.69

0.98

MSR income, as a percentage of Agency debt financing volume(6)

1.72

1.75

1.77

1.48

(dollars in thousands)

As of June 30, 

As of June 30, 

Managed Portfolio:

    

2020

    

2019

    

    

2021

    

2020

    

Components of Servicing Portfolio

Fannie Mae

$

45,160,004

$

38,236,807

$

51,077,660

$

45,160,004

Freddie Mac

 

33,222,090

 

31,811,145

 

37,887,969

 

33,222,090

Ginnie Mae - HUD

 

9,749,888

 

10,066,874

 

9,904,246

 

9,749,888

Brokered (6)(7)

 

11,519,629

 

9,535,470

 

13,129,969

 

11,519,629

Principal Lending and Investing (7)(8)

 

336,473

 

246,729

 

276,738

 

336,473

Total Servicing Portfolio

$

99,988,084

$

89,897,025

$

112,276,582

$

99,988,084

Assets under management (8)(9)

1,884,673

1,595,446

1,801,577

1,884,673

Total Managed Portfolio

$

101,872,757

$

91,492,471

$

114,078,159

$

101,872,757

Key Servicing Portfolio Metrics (end of period):

Weighted-average servicing fee rate (basis points)

23.3

23.4

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Weighted-average remaining servicing portfolio term (years)

SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING DATA -continued

As of June 30, 

Key Servicing Portfolio Metrics (end of period):

2021

    

2020

Custodial escrow account balance (in billions)

$

3.0

$

2.3

Weighted-average servicing fee rate (basis points)

24.5

23.3

Weighted-average remaining servicing portfolio term (years)

9.2

9.5

9.5

9.8

The following table summarizestables present WDIP’s AUM as of June 30, 2021 and 2020:

As of June 30, 2021

Unfunded

Funded

Components of WDIP assets under management (in thousands)

    

Commitments

    

Investments

    

Total

  

Fund III

$

37,781

$

83,471

$

121,252

Fund IV

88,827

111,616

200,443

Fund V

232,560

39,256

271,816

Fund VI

27,655

27,655

Separate accounts

550,879

550,879

Total assets under management

$

386,823

$

785,222

$

1,172,045

As of June 30, 2020

Unfunded

Funded

Unfunded

Funded

Components of WDIP assets under management (in thousands)

    

Commitments

    

Investments

    

Total

  

Components of WDIP assets under management (in thousands)

    

Commitments

    

Investments

    

Total

Fund III

$

79,267

$

100,059

$

179,326

Fund III

$

79,267

$

100,059

$

179,326

Fund IV

165,294

141,087

306,381

Fund IV

165,294

141,087

306,381

Fund V

194,753

7,342

202,095

Fund V

194,753

7,342

202,095

Separate accounts

501,604

501,604

Separate accounts

501,604

501,604

Total assets under management

$

439,314

$

750,092

$

1,189,406

Total assets under management

$

439,314

$

750,092

$

1,189,406

(1)Brokered transactions for life insurance companies, commercial banks, and other capital sources.
(2)For the three months ended June 30, 2021, includes $206.5 million from the Interim Program JV, $95.7 million from the Interim Loan Program, and $16.0 million from WDIP separate accounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, includes $351.0 million from the Interim Program JV, $129.5 million from the Interim Loan Program and $16.0 million from WDIP separate accounts. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, includes $14.1 million from WDIP separate accounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, includes $86.2 million from the Interim Program JV and $35.8 million from WDIP separate accounts. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, includes $128.5 million from the Interim Program JV, $2.5 million from the Interim Program, and $46.8 million from WDIP separate accounts. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, includes $143.7 million from the Interim Program JV, $35.9 million from the Interim Program, and $74.1 million from WDIP separate accounts.
(3)This is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information on adjusted EBITDA, refer to the section below titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
(4)Excludes the income and debt financing volume from Principal Lending and Investing.
(5)The fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loan, net of any guaranty obligations retained. Excludes the income and mortgage bankingdebt financing volume from Principal Lending and Investing.
(5)(6)The fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loan, net of any guaranty obligations retained, as a percentage of Agency volume.
(6)(7)Brokered loans serviced primarily for life insurance companies.
(7)(8)Consists of interim loans not managed for the Interim Program JV.
(8)(9)As of June 30, 2021, includes $629.5 million of Interim Program JV managed loans and WDIP assets under management of $1.2 billion. As of June 30, 2020, includes $624.1 million of Interim Program JV managed loans, $71.1 million of loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner, and WDIP assets under management of $1.2 billion. As of June 30, 2019, includes $504.3 million of Interim Program JV managed loans, $70.1 million of loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner, and WDIP assets under management of $1.0 billion.

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The following tables present a period-to-period comparison of our financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

FINANCIAL RESULTS – THREE MONTHS

For the three months ended

 

For the three months ended

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

Change

 

Revenues

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

77,907

$

65,610

$

12,297

19

%  

$

107,472

$

77,907

$

29,565

38

%  

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

90,369

41,271

49,098

119

61,849

90,369

(28,520)

(32)

Servicing fees

��

 

56,862

 

53,006

 

3,856

7

 

69,052

 

56,862

 

12,190

21

Property sales broker fees

22,454

3,561

18,893

531

Net warehouse interest income

 

9,401

 

6,411

 

2,990

47

 

4,630

 

9,401

 

(4,771)

(51)

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

2,671

 

14,616

 

(11,945)

(82)

 

1,823

 

2,671

 

(848)

(32)

Property sales broker fees

3,561

5,752

(2,191)

(38)

Other revenues

 

12,054

 

13,659

 

(1,605)

(12)

 

14,131

 

12,054

 

2,077

17

Total revenues

$

252,825

$

200,325

$

52,500

26

$

281,411

$

252,825

$

28,586

11

Expenses

Personnel

$

106,920

$

84,398

$

22,522

27

%  

$

141,421

$

106,920

$

34,501

32

%  

Amortization and depreciation

 

42,317

 

37,381

 

4,936

13

 

48,510

 

42,317

 

6,193

15

Provision for credit losses

 

4,903

 

961

 

3,942

410

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

(4,326)

 

4,903

 

(9,229)

(188)

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

2,078

 

3,777

 

(1,699)

(45)

 

1,760

 

2,078

 

(318)

(15)

Other operating expenses

 

13,069

 

16,830

 

(3,761)

(22)

 

19,748

 

13,069

 

6,679

51

Total expenses

$

169,287

$

143,347

$

25,940

18

$

207,113

$

169,287

$

37,826

22

Income from operations

$

83,538

$

56,978

$

26,560

47

$

74,298

$

83,538

$

(9,240)

(11)

Income tax expense

 

18,240

 

21,479

 

(3,239)

(15)

Net income

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

(6,001)

(10)

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Income tax expense

 

21,479

 

14,832

 

6,647

45

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

62,059

$

42,146

$

19,913

47

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

 

 

(50)

 

50

 

(100)

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

62,059

$

42,196

$

19,863

47

FINANCIAL RESULTS – SIX MONTHS

For the six months ended

 

For the six months ended

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

Change

 

  

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

Change

 

  

Revenues

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net

$

154,280

$

123,407

$

30,873

25

%  

$

183,351

$

154,280

$

29,071

19

%  

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

158,369

82,209

76,160

93

119,784

158,369

(38,585)

(24)

Servicing fees

 

112,296

 

105,205

 

7,091

7

 

135,030

 

112,296

 

22,734

20

Property sales broker fees

31,496

13,173

18,323

139

Net warehouse interest income

 

14,896

 

13,432

 

1,464

11

 

9,185

 

14,896

 

(5,711)

(38)

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

13,414

 

28,684

 

(15,270)

(53)

 

3,940

 

13,414

 

(9,474)

(71)

Property sales broker fees

13,173

10,293

2,880

28

Other revenues

 

20,554

 

24,532

 

(3,978)

(16)

 

22,913

 

20,554

 

2,359

11

Total revenues

$

486,982

$

387,762

$

99,220

26

$

505,699

$

486,982

$

18,717

4

Expenses

Personnel

$

196,445

$

156,029

$

40,416

26

%  

$

237,636

$

196,445

$

41,191

21

%  

Amortization and depreciation

82,079

75,284

6,795

9

95,381

82,079

13,302

16

Provision for credit losses

 

28,546

 

3,636

 

24,910

685

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

(15,646)

 

28,546

 

(44,192)

(155)

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

4,938

 

7,429

 

(2,491)

(34)

 

3,525

 

4,938

 

(1,413)

(29)

Other operating expenses

 

31,159

 

32,322

 

(1,163)

(4)

 

37,335

 

31,159

 

6,176

20

Total expenses

$

343,167

$

274,700

$

68,467

25

$

358,231

$

343,167

$

15,064

4

Income from operations

$

143,815

$

113,062

$

30,753

27

$

147,468

$

143,815

$

3,653

3

Income tax expense

 

34,151

 

26,856

 

7,295

27

 

33,358

 

34,151

 

(793)

(2)

Net income before noncontrolling interests

$

109,664

$

86,206

$

23,458

27

$

114,110

$

109,664

$

4,446

4

Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests

 

(224)

 

(208)

 

(16)

 

8

Less: net loss from noncontrolling interests

 

 

(224)

 

224

 

(100)

Walker & Dunlop net income

$

109,888

$

86,414

$

23,474

27

$

114,110

$

109,888

$

4,222

4

Overview

For theThree months ended June 30, 2021 compared to three months ended June 30, 2020 the

The increase in revenues was mainly driven by increases in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net (“origination fees”), servicing fees, and property sales broker fees, partially offset by decreases in fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net (“MSR Income”). and net warehouse interest income. The increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees was primarily related to an increase in debt financing volumes. The increase in MSR Income was primarily driven both by theoverall increase in debt financing volume, and an increaseparticularly in the weighted-average servicing fee on the Fannie Maeour brokered debt originated during the quarter.financing volume. Servicing fees increased largely from an increase in the average servicing portfolio outstanding. The increase in netproperty sales broker fees was a result of an increase in property sales volume. MSR Income decreased as a result of a decrease in Agency debt financing volume. Net warehouse interest income was related to an increase in net warehouse interest income from loans held for sale due to significant increases in the average balance and the net spread, partially offset by a decrease in net warehouse interest income from loans held for investment. Escrow earnings and other interest income decreased largelyprimarily due to a decrease in the earnings rate. The decrease in property sales broker fees was principally due to a decrease in propertyaverage balance outstanding for both loans held for sale volume.(“LHFS”) and loans held for investment (“LHFI”).  

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, theThe increase in expenses was largely attributable to increases in personnel expenses, amortization and depreciation, and other operating expenses, partially offset by a change in provision (benefit) for credit losses. The increase in personnel expenses was primarily a result of an increase in commission costs due to an increase in total transaction volume and salaries and benefits costs due primarily todriven by an increase in the average headcount, subjective bonuses due to the Company’s strong performance during the quarter, and commissions due to the increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net.headcount. Amortization and depreciation expense increased due to an increase in the average MSR balance. Other operating expenses increased largely as a result of the overall growth of the Company over the past year. The increasechange to a benefit for credit losses in 2021 from a provision for credit losses was mainly due to a change in the calculation of our allowances for credit losses due to a new accounting standard. During the prior year, our allowances for credit losses were calculated based on an incurred loss methodology. During the current year, we implemented the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) accounting standard, which requires

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allowances to be calculated based on an expected lifetime credit loss methodology. The decrease in interest expense on corporate debt2020 was driven by lower short-term interest rates onimprovements in the forecasted unemployment rate, resulting in a decrease in our long-term debt. Other operating expenses decreased primarily dueCECL reserves.

Six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to lower travel and entertainment costs due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 the

The increase in revenues was mainly driven by increases in loan origination fees, servicing fees, and debt brokerageproperty sales broker fees, partially offset by decreases in MSR Income, net warehouse interest income, and MSR Income.escrow earnings and other interest income. The increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees was primarily related to an increase in debt financing volumes. The increase in MSR Income was primarily driven both by theoverall increase in debt financing volume, particularly in our brokered and an increase in the weighted-average servicing fee on Fannie Mae debt servicing volume.HUD loan origination volumes. Servicing fees increased largely from an increase in the average servicing portfolio outstanding. Escrow earnings and other interest income decreased principally due to a decrease in the earnings rate. The increase in property sales broker fees was principally due to ana result of

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the increase in property salesales volume. Other revenuesMSR Income decreased largely as a result of a decrease in prepayment fees.Agency debt financing volume. Net warehouse interest income decreased due to decreases in the average balances and net spreads for both LHFS and LHFI. Escrow earnings and other interest income decreased largely due to a substantial decrease in the average earnings rate.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, theThe increase in expenses was principallymainly driven by increases in personnel expenses, amortization and depreciation, and other operating expenses, partially offset by a change in provision (benefit) for credit losses. The increase in personnel expenses was largelyprimarily a result of an increase in commission costs due to an increase in total transaction volume and salaries and benefits costs due primarily to an increase in the average headcount, subjective bonuses due to the Company’s strong performance during the first half of 2020, and commissions due to the increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net.headcount. Amortization and depreciation expense increased due to an increase in the average MSR balance. Other operating expenses increased as a result of the overall growth of the Company over the past year. The increasechange to a benefit for credit losses in 2021 from a provision for credit losses was mainly due to a change in the calculation of our allowances for credit losses due to the adoption of CECL. The decrease in interest expense on corporate debt2020 was driven by lower short-term interest rates onimprovements in the forecasted unemployment rate, resulting in a decrease in our long-term debt.CECL reserve.

Revenues

Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net. The following tables provide additional information that helps explain changes in loan origination fees and debt brokerage fees, net and fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, netMSR Income period over period:

Debt Financing Volume by Product Type

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

2020

2019

2020

2019

Fannie Mae

41

%

38

%

43

%

38

%

Freddie Mac

26

25

17

27

Ginnie Mae - HUD

10

3

6

3

Brokered

23

31

33

30

Principal Lending and Investing

-

3

1

2

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(dollars in thousands)

2020

2019

2020

2019

Origination Fees

$

77,907

$

65,610

$

154,280

$

123,407

Dollar Change

$

12,297

$

30,873

Percentage Change

19

%

25

%

MSR Income (1)

$

90,369

$

41,271

$

158,369

$

82,209

Dollar Change

$

49,098

$

76,160

Percentage Change

119

%

93

%

Origination Fee Rate (2) (basis points)

117

108

95

109

Basis Point Change

9

(14)

Percentage Change

8

%

(13)

%

MSR Rate (3) (basis points)

136

68

98

73

Basis Point Change

68

25

Percentage Change

100

%

34

%

Agency MSR Rate (4) (basis points)

175

101

148

105

Basis Point Change

74

43

Percentage Change

73

%

41

%

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Debt Financing Volume by Product Type

2021

2020

2021

2020

Fannie Mae

19

%

41

%

19

%

43

%

Freddie Mac

10

26

11

17

Ginnie Mae ̶ HUD

7

10

7

6

Brokered

61

23

60

33

Principal Lending and Investing

3

3

1

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For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Mortgage Banking Details (dollars in thousands)

2021

2020

2021

2020

Origination Fees

$

107,472

$

77,907

$

183,351

$

154,280

Dollar Change

$

29,565

$

29,071

Percentage Change

38

%

19

MSR Income (1)

$

61,849

$

90,369

$

119,784

$

158,369

Dollar Change

$

(28,520)

$

(38,585)

Percentage Change

(32)

%

(24)

Origination Fee Rate (2) (basis points)

107

117

104

95

Basis Point Change

(10)

9

Percentage Change

(9)

%

9

MSR Rate (3) (basis points)

63

136

69

98

Basis Point Change

(73)

(29)

Percentage Change

(54)

%

(30)

Agency MSR Rate (4) (basis points)

172

175

177

148

Basis Point Change

(3)

29

Percentage Change

(2)

%

20

(1)The fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loan, net of any guaranty obligations retained.
(2)Origination fees as a percentage of total mortgage banking volume.
(3)MSR Income as a percentage of total mortgage banking volume.debt financing volume, excluding the income and debt financing volume from principal lending and investing.
(4)MSR Income as a percentage of Agency mortgage bankingdebt financing volume.

The increases in origination fees and MSR income forFor the three months ended June 30, 2020 were related to an 8%2021, the increase in origination fees was driven by the significant increase in overall debt financing volume, and a more favorable transaction mix leading to an increaseparticularly by substantial growth in origination fee and MSR rates. Duringour brokered debt financing volume, which grew by 320% from the three months ended June 30, 2020, 77% of our total mortgage banking volume related to Agency loans compared to 66% during the three months ended June 30, 2019, leading to increases2020. The increase in the origination fee and MSR rates. The weighted-average servicing fee on Fannie Mae debt financing volume nearly doubled year over year, contributingfees due to the increase in MSR Income and the Agency MSR Rate. HUD debt financing volumes were a major contributor to the increase in Agency transaction mix year over year, with HUD loans accounting for 10% of debt financing volumes compared to 3% for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the increases in origination feesvolume was largely driven by a 42% increase in debt financing volume, partially offset by a decrease in the origination fee rate resulting from the shift in transaction mix from 77% Agency loans in 2020 to 36% Agency loans in 2021. We typically earn higher origination fees on Agency loans than brokered loans.

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MSR Income decreased for the three months ended June 30, 2021, primarily as a result of a 36% decrease in Agency debt financing volume.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the increase in origination fees was driven by the significant increase in overall debt financing, driven by the growth in our brokered debt financing volume fornoted above, which grew by 93% from the six months ended June 30, 2020. Additionally, the origination fee rate increased from 2020 to 2021 as during the first quarter of 2020, includedwe originated a $2.1 billion portfolio for which we receivedof Fannie Mae loans that had a small loanvery low origination fee rate. The increaserate, with no comparable activity in 2021.  

MSR Income was primarily attributable todeclined for the six months ended June 30, 2021, as a 60% increaseresult of a 44% decrease in Fannie MaeAgency debt financing volume year over year and a significant increase in the weighted-average servicing fee on Fannie Mae debt financing volume year over year, both of which also led to thevolumes partially offset by an increase in the Agency MSR Rate. The Agency MSR Rate increased year over year due to the large portfolio discussed above, which had a very low servicing fee.

See the “Overview of Current Business Environment” section above for a detailed discussion of the factors driving the changes in mortgage bankingdebt financing volumes.

Servicing Fees. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increases were principally the result ofincrease was primarily attributable to increases in the average servicing portfolio period over period as shown below primarily due to newhigher loan originations and relatively few payoffs partially offset by a decreaseover the last 12 months, coupled with increases in the servicing portfolio’s weighted-averageaverage servicing fee raterates as shown below. The decreaseincreases in the weighted-averageaverage servicing fee was due to a lower weighted-average servicing fee on our neware the result of the large volume of Fannie Mae debt financing volume than on the Fannie Mae loans that have matured or prepaidwith high servicing fees over the past year. The lower weighted-average servicing fee on Fannie Mae debt financing for both

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

Servicing Fees Details (dollars in thousands)

2021

2020

2021

2020

Average Servicing Portfolio

$

110,949,226

$

97,997,335

$

109,736,658

$

96,132,240

Dollar Change

12,951,891

13,604,418

Percentage Change

13

%

14

%

Average Servicing Fee (basis points)

24.4

23.2

24.3

23.2

Basis Point Change

1.2

1.1

Percentage Change

5.2

%

4.7

%

Property sales broker fees. For the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021, the increase in property sales broker fees was primarily driven by significant increases in the large Fannie Mae portfolio mentionedproperty sales volume year over year. See the “Overview of Current Business Environment” section above which hadfor a weighted-average servicing feedetailed discussion of ten basis points, slightly offset by higher servicing fees on the remainder of our Fannie Mae debt financingfactors driving the changes in property sales volumes.

Servicing Fees Details

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(dollars in thousands)

2020

2019

2020

2019

Average Servicing Portfolio

$

97,997,335

$

88,827,191

$

96,132,240

$

87,771,921

Dollar Change

$

9,170,144

$

8,360,319

Percentage Change

10

%

10

%

Average Servicing Fee (basis points)

23.2

23.7

23.2

23.9

Basis Point Change

(0.5)

(0.7)

Percentage Change

(2)

%

(3)

%

Net Warehouse Interest Income. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increasedecreases in net warehouse interest income was primarilywere the result of the increasedecreases in net warehouse interest income from loans held for sale (“LHFS”), partially offset by aboth LHFS and LHFI. The decrease in the net warehouse interest income from LHFS for the three months ended June 30, 2021 was due to a 59% decrease in the average outstanding balance due to the lower volume of Agency loans held for investment (“LHFI”). Thein 2021 than 2020, partially offset by a 12% increase in the net spreads, as the short-term interest rates upon which we incur interest expense decreased at a faster rate than the mortgage rates upon which we earn interest income. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the decrease in net warehouse interest income from LHFS was due to an increasea 25% decrease in the average outstanding balance due to the lower volume of Agency loans in 2021 than 2020, coupled with a 9% decrease in net spreads, from seven basis points to 97 basis points coupled withas the mortgage rates upon which we earn interest income increased at a 110% increase inslower rate than the average LHFS outstanding balance. short-term interest rates upon which we incur interest expense.

The decrease in interest income from LHFI for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily due to a substantial decreasedecreases in the average outstanding balance coupled with decreases in the net spreadspread. The average outstanding balance decreased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 due to low origination activity during the year ended December 31, 2020, as the market for interim loans was interrupted due to the pandemic. The payoffs we had in 2020 were not fully replaced with new originations, resulting in a slight decreaselower starting balance in 2021 than in 2020. We have seen an increase in our interim loan volume in 2021, particularly during the averagesecond quarter. The decreases in net spreads for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 were the result of having a larger balance of LHFI outstanding balance. During the prior year, the Company held a large loan that was fully funded with corporate cash resulting in an overall high net spread. During the current year, a much smaller balance of loans was fully funded with corporate cash.2020 than 2021.

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Net Warehouse Interest Income Details

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

June 30, 

(dollars in thousands)

2020

2019

2020

2019

Net Warehouse Interest Income Details (dollars in thousands)

2021

2020

2021

2020

Average LHFS Outstanding Balance

$

2,599,844

$

1,236,616

$

1,716,444

$

1,112,247

$

1,057,876

$

2,599,844

$

1,288,592

$

1,716,444

Dollar Change

$

1,363,228

$

604,197

$

(1,541,968)

$

(427,852)

Percentage Change

110

%

54

%

(59)

%

(25)

%

LHFS Net Spread (basis points)

97

7

91

4

109

97

83

91

Basis Point Change

90

87

12

(8)

Percentage Change

1286

%

2175

%

12

%

(9)

%

Average LHFI Outstanding Balance

$

362,345

$

386,379

$

401,532

$

396,270

$

262,309

$

362,345

$

280,171

$

401,532

Dollar Change

$

(24,034)

$

5,262

$

(100,036)

$

(121,361)

Percentage Change

(6)

%

1

%

(28)

%

(30)

%

LHFI Net Spread (basis points)

341

642

353

666

266

341

274

353

Basis Point Change

(301)

(313)

(75)

(79)

Percentage Change

(47)

%

(47)

%

(22)

%

(22)

%

Escrow Earnings and Other Interest Income. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the decreases weredecrease was primarily due to substantial decreasesa significant decrease in average earnings rate on our escrow accounts resulting from a decrease in short-term interest rates in the average earnings rates period over period,broader market, slightly offset by increasesan increase in the average balance of escrow accounts. The increases in the average balance wereaccounts due to increasesan increase in the average servicing portfolio.  The decreases in the average earnings rate were due to substantial decreases in short-term interest rates, upon which our earnings rates are based, over the past 12 months as discussed above in the “Overview of Current Business Environment” section.

Property Sales Broker Fees. The decrease in property sales broker fees for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was the result of decreased property sales volume due to market participants’ pull back in activity due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 Crisis.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the increase in property sales broker fees was the result of a 21% increase in property sales volume due to the strong property sales volume in the first quarter of 2020.

Other Revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the decrease was largely attributable to a $2.4 million decrease in prepayment fees and a $1.8 million decrease in income from equity-method investments.

Expenses

Personnel. For the three months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increase was primarily the result of an $8.5a $27.4 million increase in commission costs due to higher origination fees and property sales revenues, a $5.4 million increase in salaries and benefits due to an increase in the average headcount to support our growth efforts, and a $3.8$2.2 million increase in other personnel costs, both due to acquisitions and hiring to support our growth.stock compensation expense. The average headcount increased from 735 in 2019 to 860 in 2020. Additionally, the accrual for subjective bonuses2020 to 1027 in 2021. Stock compensation increased by $10.8 million due to higher expense associated with a stock grant provided to the increasesvast majority of our non-executive employee base in the accrual rate and the average headcount period over period. Commission costs increased $6.8 million due to the increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net noted previously.fourth quarter of 2020.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increase was primarily the result of a $3.1$24.9 million increase in commission costs due to higher origination fees and property sales revenues, an $11.5 million increase in salaries and benefits due to an increase in average headcount to support our growth efforts, and a $2.3$4.9 million increase in other personnel costs, both due to acquisitions and hiring to support our growth.stock compensation expense. The average headcount increased from 734848 for the first six months of 2020 to 999 for the first six months of 2021. Stock compensation increased due to higher expense associated with our performance share plans and a stock grant provided to the vast majority of our non-executive employee base in 2019 to 848 inthe fourth quarter of 2020. Additionally, the accrualThe expense for subjective bonuses increased by $9.1 millionour performance share plans was unusually low during 2020 due to the increases inuncertainty associated with the accrual rate and the average headcount period over period. Commission costs increased $17.8 million due to the increase in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net noted previously.pandemic.

Amortization and Depreciation. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increases wereincrease was primarily attributableattributed to loan origination activity and the resulting growth in the average MSR balances.balance. Over the past 12 months, we have added $90.2$137.2 million of MSRs, net of amortization and write offs due to prepayment. Additionally, write off of MSRs increased $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $2.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Provision (Benefit) for Credit Losses. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, the change in the provision (benefit) for credit losses was due to improvements in the forecasted unemployment rate and sustained strength in occupancy and other multifamily operating fundamentals. We lowered our forecast-period loss rate for our June 30, 2021 CECL reserve calculation to three basis points from four basis points as of March 31, 2021, resulting in a benefit for credit losses for the three months ended June 30, 2021. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the increaseprovision for credit losses was primarily attributable to the increase in the calculated CECL reserve for our at riskat-risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio. Theportfolio and the resulting increase in the CECL reserve was driven by an increaseas we did not change the forecasted loss rate from March 31, 2020 to June 30, 2020.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the change in the provision (benefit) for credit losses was due to the improvements in the forecasted unemployment rate and sustained strength in multifamily operating fundamentals noted above. In the first half of 2020, we increased our forecasted loss rate for our June 30, 2020 CECL reserve calculation to seven basis points from one basis point upon implementation at January 1, 2020 as a result of the expected negative economic impacts of the pandemic, which resulted in a significant provision expense for the six months ended June 30, 2020. With the economic improvements noted above, we lowered our forecast-period loss rate for our June 30, 2021 CECL reserve calculation to three basis points from six basis points at December 31, 2020, resulting in a significant benefit for credit losses in 2021.  

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at riskWe have not experienced any defaults and minimal delinquencies in our at-risk servicing portfolio upon whichsince the CECL reserve is calculated.onset of the pandemic.

Other Operating Expenses. The loss ratesincrease for the one-year forecast periodthree months ended June 30, 2021 primarily stemmed from increased professional fees due to our growth initiatives, travel costs as our bankers and the subsequent years usedbrokers resumed traveling for in our CECL reserve calculation did not change from those used as of March 31, 2020.person meetings, and other expenses.

ForThe increase for the six months ended June 30, 2020, the increase2021 was principallylargely attributable to increased technology costs and growth efforts, professional fees due to the increase in the calculated CECL reserve for our at risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio. As of June 30, 2020, the CECL reserve was $62.3 million compared to $34.7 million as of the date of the adoption of CECL on January 1, 2020. The significant increase in the CECL reserve during the first half of 2020 was principally related to the forecasted economic impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis. As a result of the COVID-19 Crisis, the charge-off rate for the forecast period increased from one basis point as of January 1, 2020 to seven basis points as of June 30, 2020.

Interest Expense on Corporate Debt.  For the threegrowth initiatives, and six months ended June 30, 2020, the decreases were due to the aforementioned decrease in short-term rates over the past 12 months.

Other Operating Expenses.  For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the decrease was largely due to a $2.9 million decrease in travel and entertainment costs due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.other operating expenses.

Income Tax Expense. For the three months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increasedecrease in income tax expense relates primarily to the 47% increase11% decrease in income from operations partially offset byand a slight$1.1 million increase in realizable excess tax benefits recognized year over year anddue to a 19 basis-point dropsubstantial increase in the estimated annual effective tax rate.price at which restricted stock vested and options were exercised.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020,2021, the increasedecrease in income tax expense was drivenrelates primarily to a $2.0 million increase in realizable excess tax benefits recognized year over year due to a substantial increase in the number of shares of restricted stock vested and options exercised and an increase in the price at which these awards vested or were exercised, partially offset by the 27%3% increase in income from operations.

We do not expect our annual estimated effective tax rate to differ significantly from the 26.0%26.2% rate estimated for the sixthree months ended June 30, 20202021 as the vast majority of our equity compensation plans vest in the first quarter.we do not have significant permanent differences. Accordingly, we expect an estimated effective tax rate of between 26%approximately 25.5% and 27%26.5% for the remainder of the year. The effective tax rate decreased slightly year over year from 23.7% in 2020 to 22.6% in 2021 due to the increase in realizable excess tax benefits, partially offset by a slightly higher estimated annual effective tax rate in 2021 compared to 2020. The increase in the estimated annual effective tax rate was due to an increase in the value of executive restricted and performance shares that vested in 2021 compared to 2020.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we use adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. The presentation of adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. When analyzing our operating performance, readers should use adjusted EBITDA in addition to, and not as an alternative for, net income. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before income taxes, interest expense on our term loan facility, and amortization and depreciation, adjusted for provision for credit losses net of write-offs, stock-based incentive compensation charges, and non-cash revenues such as the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use, as it does not reflect certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments. The amounts shown for adjusted EBITDA may also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our debt instruments, which are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges that are used to determine compliance with financial covenants.

We use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the operating performance of our business, for comparison with forecasts and strategic plans, and for benchmarking performance externally against competitors. We believe that adjusted EBITDA,this non-GAAP measure, when read in conjunction with our GAAP financials, provides useful information to investors by offering:

the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of our on-goingongoing operating results;
the ability to better identify trends in our underlying business and perform related trend analyses; and
a better understanding of how management plans and measures our underlying business.

We believe that adjusted EBITDA has limitations in that it does not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that adjusted EBITDA should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with net income. Adjusted EBITDA is calculatedreconciled to net income as follows.follows:

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ADJUSTED FINANCIAL METRIC RECONCILIATION TO GAAP

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

    

Reconciliation of Walker & Dunlop Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA

Walker & Dunlop Net Income

$

62,059

$

42,196

$

109,888

$

86,414

Income tax expense

 

21,479

 

14,832

 

34,151

 

26,856

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

2,078

 

3,777

 

4,938

 

7,429

Amortization and depreciation

 

42,317

 

37,381

 

82,079

 

75,284

Provision for credit losses

 

4,903

 

961

 

28,546

 

3,636

Net write-offs

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation expense

 

5,927

 

4,733

 

11,289

 

11,883

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

 

(90,369)

 

(41,271)

 

(158,369)

 

(82,209)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

48,394

$

62,609

$

112,522

$

129,293

(1)Represents the fair value of the expected net cash flows from servicing recognized at commitment, net of any expected guaranty obligation.

For the three months ended

For the six months ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in thousands)

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

    

Reconciliation of Walker & Dunlop Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA

Walker & Dunlop Net Income

$

56,058

$

62,059

$

114,110

$

109,888

Income tax expense

 

18,240

 

21,479

 

33,358

 

34,151

Interest expense on corporate debt

 

1,760

 

2,078

 

3,525

 

4,938

Amortization and depreciation

 

48,510

 

42,317

 

95,381

 

82,079

Provision (benefit) for credit losses

 

(4,326)

 

4,903

 

(15,646)

 

28,546

Net write-offs

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation expense

 

8,121

 

5,927

 

16,237

 

11,289

Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net

 

(61,849)

 

(90,369)

 

(119,784)

 

(158,369)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

66,514

$

48,394

$

127,181

$

112,522

The following tables presenttable presents a period-to-period comparison of the components of adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

ADJUSTED EBITDA – THREE MONTHS

For the three months ended

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

Change

 

Origination fees

$

107,472

$

77,907

$

29,565

38

%  

Servicing fees

 

69,052

 

56,862

 

12,190

21

Property sales broker fees

22,454

3,561

18,893

531

Net warehouse interest income

 

4,630

 

9,401

 

(4,771)

(51)

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

1,823

 

2,671

 

(848)

(32)

Other revenues

 

14,131

 

12,054

 

2,077

17

Personnel

 

(133,300)

 

(100,993)

 

(32,307)

32

Net write-offs

 

 

 

N/A

Other operating expenses

 

(19,748)

 

(13,069)

 

(6,679)

51

Adjusted EBITDA

$

66,514

$

48,394

$

18,120

37

ADJUSTED EBITDA – SIX MONTHS

For the six months ended 

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

Change

 

Origination fees

$

183,351

$

154,280

$

29,071

19

%  

Servicing fees

 

135,030

 

112,296

 

22,734

20

Property sales broker fees

31,496

13,173

18,323

139

Net warehouse interest income

 

9,185

 

14,896

 

(5,711)

(38)

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

3,940

 

13,414

 

(9,474)

(71)

Other revenues

 

22,913

 

20,778

 

2,135

10

Personnel

 

(221,399)

 

(185,156)

 

(36,243)

20

Net write-offs

 

 

 

N/A

Other operating expenses

 

(37,335)

 

(31,159)

 

(6,176)

20

Adjusted EBITDA

$

127,181

$

112,522

$

14,659

13

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Three and six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to three and six months ended June 30, 2020

Origination fees increased due to significant increases in overall debt financing volumes. Servicing fees increased due to increases in the average servicing portfolio period over period as a result of the substantial loan originations and relatively few payoffs over the last 12 months and increases in the average servicing fee. Property sales broker fees increased as a result of the increases in property sales volumes. Net warehouse interest income decreased primarily due to decreases in the average outstanding balances. Escrow earnings and other interest income decreased primarily as a result of declines in the average earnings rates. The increases in personnel expense were primarily due to increased commission costs due to the increases in total transaction volumes and salaries and benefits resulting from increases in average headcount. Other operating expenses increased as a result of the overall growth of the Company over the past year.

For the three months ended

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

Change

 

Origination fees

$

77,907

$

65,610

$

12,297

19

%  

Servicing fees

 

56,862

 

53,006

 

3,856

7

Net warehouse interest income

 

9,401

 

6,411

 

2,990

47

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

2,671

 

14,616

 

(11,945)

(82)

Other revenues

 

15,615

 

19,461

 

(3,846)

(20)

Personnel

 

(100,993)

 

(79,665)

 

(21,328)

27

Net write-offs

 

 

 

N/A

Other operating expenses

 

(13,069)

 

(16,830)

 

3,761

(22)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

48,394

$

62,609

$

(14,215)

(23)

ADJUSTED EBITDA – SIX MONTHS

For the six months ended 

 

June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

Change

 

Origination fees

$

154,280

$

123,407

$

30,873

25

%  

Servicing fees

 

112,296

 

105,205

 

7,091

7

Net warehouse interest income

 

14,896

 

13,432

 

1,464

11

Escrow earnings and other interest income

 

13,414

 

28,684

 

(15,270)

(53)

Other revenues

 

33,951

 

35,033

 

(1,082)

(3)

Personnel

 

(185,156)

 

(144,146)

 

(41,010)

28

Net write-offs

 

 

 

N/A

Other operating expenses

 

(31,159)

 

(32,322)

 

1,163

(4)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

112,522

$

129,293

$

(16,771)

(13)

See the table above for the components of the change in adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The increases in loan origination and debt brokerage fees were primarily related to the increases in debt financing volumes. Servicing fees

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increased due to increases in the average servicing portfolio period over period as a result of new loan originations. The increases in net warehouse interest income were related to increases in net warehouse interest income from loans held for sale due to increases in both the average balance and net spread, partially offset by decreases in net warehouse interest income from loans held for investment primarily due to substantial decreases in the net spread. Escrow earnings and other interest income decreased as a result of decreases in the average earnings rate. Other revenues decreased primarily due to decreases in property sales broker fees and prepayment fees. The increases in personnel expense were primarily the result of the commissions from the increases in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and average headcount, resulting in increased salaries and benefits, other personnel costs, and subjective bonuses. Other operating expenses decreased primarily due to lower travel and entertainment costs due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, slightly offset by increased occupancy costs due to the larger average headcount period over period.

Financial Condition

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our cash flows from operating activities are generated from loan sales, servicing fees, escrow earnings, net warehouse interest income, property sales broker fees, and other income, net of loan originations and operating costs. Our cash flows from operations are impacted by the fees generated by our loan originations, the timing of loan closings, and the period of time loans are held for sale in the warehouse loan facility prior to delivery to the investor.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

We usually lease facilities and equipment for our operations. Our cash flows from investing activities also include the funding and repayment of loans held for investment, contributions to and distributions from joint ventures, and the purchase of available-for-sale (“AFS”)AFS securities pledged to Fannie Mae. We opportunistically invest cash for acquisitions and MSR portfolio purchases.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

We use our warehouse loan facilities and, when necessary, our corporate cash to fund loan closings. We believe that our current warehouse loan facilities are adequate to meet our increasing loan origination needs. Historically, we have used a combination of long-term debt and cash flows from operations to fund acquisitions, repurchase shares, pay cash dividends, and fund a portion of loans held for investment. We also use warehouse loan facilities and corporate cash to fund COVID-19 forbearance advances.

Six Months Ended June 30, 20202021 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 20192020

The following table presents a period-to-period comparison of the significant components of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

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SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the six months ended June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

For the six months ended June 30, 

Dollar

Percentage

 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

Change

    

Change

 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

    

Change

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$

(822,643)

$

(159,204)

$

(663,439)

417

%  

$

759,342

$

(822,643)

$

1,581,985

(192)

%  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

73,971

 

30,707

 

43,264

141

 

75,411

 

73,971

 

1,440

2

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

903,974

 

101,869

 

802,105

787

 

(802,999)

 

903,974

 

(1,706,973)

(189)

Total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at end of period ("Total cash")

291,868

93,720

198,148

211

389,756

291,868

97,888

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Cash flows from (used in) operating activities

Net receipt (use) of cash for loan origination activity

$

(900,150)

$

(217,948)

$

(682,202)

313

%  

$

731,775

$

(900,150)

$

1,631,925

(181)

%  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, excluding loan origination activity

77,507

58,744

18,763

32

27,567

77,507

(49,940)

(64)

Cash flows from (used in) investing activities

Net purchases of pledged available-for-sale securities

$

(9,416)

$

(7,562)

$

(1,854)

25

%  

Distributions from (investments in) joint ventures, net

(6,470)

(18,518)

12,048

(65)

Purchases of pledged AFS securities

$

(2,000)

$

(14,155)

$

12,155

(86)

%  

Proceeds from the prepayment/sale of pledged AFS securities

22,092

4,739

17,353

366

Acquisitions, net of cash received

(46,784)

(7,180)

(39,604)

552

(10,507)

(46,784)

36,277

(78)

Originations of loans held for investment

(83,402)

83,402

(100)

Total principal collected on loans held for investment

 

139,030

 

150,761

 

(11,731)

(8)

Net payoff of (investment in) loans held for investment

$

139,030

$

67,359

$

71,671

106

%  

89,566

139,030

(49,464)

(36)

Net distributions from (investments in) joint ventures

$

(16,692)

$

(6,470)

$

(10,222)

158

%

Cash flows from (used in) financing activities

Borrowings (repayments) of warehouse notes payable, net

$

1,009,302

$

129,412

$

879,890

680

%  

$

(744,281)

$

1,009,302

$

(1,753,583)

(174)

%  

Borrowings of interim warehouse notes payable

 

33,127

 

54,757

 

(21,630)

(40)

 

84,766

 

33,127

 

51,639

156

Repayments of interim warehouse notes payable

 

(84,959)

 

(32,264)

 

(52,695)

163

 

(34,174)

 

(84,959)

 

50,785

(60)

Repurchase of noncontrolling interest

(5,216)

(5,216)

N/A

Repurchase of common stock

(14,190)

(27,142)

12,952

(48)

Repayment of secured borrowings

(73,312)

(73,312)

N/A

Cash dividends paid

(22,641)

(18,630)

(4,011)

22

(32,122)

(22,641)

(9,481)

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Total cash increased by $198.1 million to $291.9 million as of June 30, 2020 from $93.7 million as of June 30, 2019.

The increase was primarily driven by the significant increase in net loan origination activity and an increase in the net payoff on loans held for investment. The increase in origination activity resulted in cash provided by net warehouse borrowings of $1.0 billion compared to cash provided by net warehouse borrowings of $0.1 billion as of June 30, 2020 and June 20, 2019, respectively, offset by net cash used in loan origination activity of $0.9 billion and $0.2 billion as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively.

Changeschange in cash flows from operating activities werewas driven primarily by loans originated and sold. Such loans are held for short periods of time, generally less than 60 days, and impact cash flows presented as of a point in time. The increase in cash flows from operatingreceived in loan origination activities is primarily attributable to the use of $0.9 billion for the funding of loan originations, net of sales of loans held for sale outpacing originations by $731.8 million during the first half of 2021 (net receipt of cash) compared to third partiesoriginations outpacing sales of loans held for sale by $900.2 million during the first half of 2020 (net use of cash). Our Agency debt financing activity decreased year over year, which resulted in less cash used in originations during the first six months of 2020 compared to the use of $0.2 billion for the funding of loan originations, net of sales to third parties during the first six months of 2019.2021. Excluding cash received or used for the origination and sale of loans, net cash flows provided by operations waswere $27.6 million in 2021, down from $77.5 million during the first six months of 2020 compared to net cash provided by operations of $58.7 million during the first six months of 2019. Net cash provided by operating activities, excluding loan origination activity increased primarilyin 2020. The decrease was largely due to a $24.9an increase in cash used to pay down other liabilities of $82.1 million, larger non-cash provision for credit losses in addition to favorable adjustments in other operating activities, partially offset by non-cash gains from our future servicing rights anda $34.5 million change in the adjustment for the change in the fair value of premiums and origination fees in 2020 compared to 2019, resulting in a larger positive adjustment to net income before noncontrolling interests.fees.

The slight change in cash provided by investing activities is primarily attributable to increasesan increase in thecash provided by prepayment and sale of pledged AFS securities, a decrease in cash used for acquisitions, and a decrease in purchases of AFS securities, almost entirely offset by a decrease in net payoff of loans held for investment and distributionsan increase in net investment in joint ventures.

The change to cash used in financing activities from joint ventures,cash provided by financing activity was primarily attributable to the change to net warehouse repayments in 2021 from net warehouse borrowings in 2020, the repayment of our secured borrowings, and an increase in cash dividends paid, partially offset by increasesnet borrowings of interim warehouse notes payable and a decrease in cash paid for acquisitions andstock repurchases. The change to net purchasesrepayments of AFS securities.warehouse notes payable during 2021 was largely due to the increase in net cash received for loan origination activity, resulting in net repayments of the related warehouse notes payables. The repayment of secured borrowings was the result of the secured borrowing being paid off in the second quarter of 2021, a unique transaction. Cash dividends paid increased as a result of the increase in our dividend to $0.50 per share in 2021 compared to $0.36 per share in 2020. Net repayments of interim warehouse notes payable in 2020 changed to net payoffborrowings of interim warehouse notes payable in 2021 due to a decrease in net payoffs of loans held for investment during the first six monthsmentioned above. The decrease in cash paid for repurchases of 2020common stock was $139.0 million comparedrelated to $67.4 million during the first six months of 2019. The increase in net payoffs was driven by significantly reduced levels of net loan originations in our Interim Loan Program in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019, asrepurchases under approved stock repurchase programs. In 2021, we did not originaterepurchase any loans held for investmentshares under approved repurchase programs, while in the first six months2020 we repurchased $10.2 million of shares under such programs.

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2020. The increase in purchases of pledged AFS securities was due to an increase in our collateral requirements related to our guarantee obligation for loans under the Fannie Mae DUS program as a result of increases in the DUS servicing portfolio. The increase in cash used for acquisitions was due to a year-over-year increase in the size and number of companies acquired. The increase in distributions from joint ventures was related to a reduction in the number of loans originated by the joint venture due to the COVID-19 Crisis.

The change in cash provided by financing activities was primarily attributable to the change in net warehouse borrowings period to period, partially offset by increases in cash dividends paid, repurchases of noncontrolling interests, and net repayments of interim warehouse notes payable. The change in net borrowings of warehouse notes payable during the first six months of 2020 was due to a larger increase in the unpaid principal balance of LHFS funded by Agency Warehouse Facilities (as defined below) from December 31, 2019 to June 30, 2020 than from December 31, 2018 to June 30, 2019. During 2020, the unpaid principal balance of LHFS funded by Agency Warehouse Facilities increased $946.5 million from their December 31, 2019 balance compared to an increase of $228.6 million during the same period in 2019. Additionally, as of December 31, 2019, we funded $109.0 million of the LHFI with our own cash, resulting in lower repayments of warehouse notes payable for the six months ended June 30, 2020 than during the same period in 2019.

The change in net borrowings of interim warehouse notes payable was principally due to interim loan origination and repayment activity period over period. During 2019, we originated several loans that were fully funded with corporate cash and had multiple payoffs of loans. During 2020, we had no originations and significant payoff activity, leading to a change from net borrowings to net repayments period over period. The increase in cash used for purchase of noncontrolling interest was a result of our purchase of noncontrolling interests from one of the members of WDIS in the second quarter of 2020, a unique transaction. The increase in cash dividends paid was the result of our increasing the dividends paid per share by 20% year over year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Uses of Liquidity, Cash and Cash Equivalents

Our significant recurring cash flow requirements consist of (i) short-term liquidity necessary to (i) fund loans held for sale; (ii) liquidity necessary to fund loans held for investment under the Interim Loan Program; (iii) liquidity necessary to pay cash dividends; (iv) liquidity necessary to fund our portion of the equity necessary for the operations of the Interim Program JV;JV, the Appraisal JV, and other equity-method investments; (v) meet working capital needs to support our day-to-day operations, including servicing advances debt service payments, servicing advances and payments for salaries, commissions, and income taxes; and (vi) meet working capital needs to satisfy collateral requirements for our Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing obligations and to meet the operational liquidity requirements of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, Ginnie Mae, and our warehouse facility lenders. Due to recent market developments as a result of the COVID-19 Crisis, we expect to experience an increase in our short term cash flow needs for servicing advances of principal and interest and guarantee fees related to certain Fannie Mae and HUD loans that are serviced and asset-managed by us and that are currently delinquent or in forbearance. The advances for principal and interest are guaranteed to be repaid to us by Fannie Mae and HUD.

Fannie Mae has established benchmark standards for capital adequacy and reserves the right to terminate our servicing authority for all or some of the portfolio if, at any time, it determines that our financial condition is not adequate to support our obligations under the DUS agreement. We are required to maintain acceptable net worth as defined in the standards, and we satisfied the requirements as of June 30, 2020 requirements.2021. The net worth requirement is derived primarily from unpaid balances on Fannie Mae loans and the level of risk-sharing. AtAs of June 30, 2020,2021, the net worth requirement was $216.6$245.4 million, and our net worth as defined in the requirements, was $861.6 million,$1.1 billion, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we were required to maintain at least $42.9$48.7 million of liquid assets to meet our operational liquidity requirements for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, Ginnie Mae and our warehouse facility lenders. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we had operational liquidity as defined in the requirements, of $325.0$359.3 million, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC.

We paid a cash dividend of $0.36$0.50 per share in each of the first and second quarters of 2020,2021, which is 20%39% higher than the quarterly dividendsdividend paid in 2019.each of the first and second quarters of 2020. On August 4, 2020, the Company’s2021, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.36$0.50 per share for the third quarter of 2020.2021. The dividend will be paid on September 8, 20203, 2021 to all holders of record of the Company’s restricted and unrestricted common stock as of August 21, 2020. 19, 2021.

Over the past three years, we have returned $181.0$206.6 million to investors in the form of the repurchase of 1.91.6 million shares of our common stock under share repurchase programs for a cost of $89.8$76.1 million and cash dividend payments of $91.2$130.5 million. Additionally, we have invested $141.5$120.3 million in acquisitions and the purchase of mortgage servicing rights. We occasionallyacquisitions. On occasion, we may use cash to fully fund some loans held for investment or loans held for sale instead of using our warehouse lines. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we used corporate cash to fully fund loans held for investment with an unpaid principal balance of $70.6 million. In response to the pullback in lending on

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transitional properties as a result of the COVID-19 Crisis, we have temporarily ceased originating new$14.7 million and loans held for investment while we wait for the impactssale of the Crisis to be better understood.$14.2 million. We continually seek opportunities to executecomplete additional acquisitions and purchases of mortgage servicing rights and complete such acquisitions if we believe the economics of these acquisitions are favorable.  

In February 2020,2021, our Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase program that permits the repurchase of up to $50.0$75 million of shares of our common stock over a 12-month period beginning on February 11, 2020.12, 2021. Through June 30, 20202021 we hadhave not repurchased 0.2 millionany shares under the 20202021 repurchase program for an aggregate cost of $10.2 million and had $39.8have $75.0 million of remaining capacity under that program.

Historically, our cash flows from operations and warehouse facilities have been sufficient to enable us to meet our short-term liquidity needs and other funding requirements. We believe that cash flows from operations and warehouse facilities will continue to be sufficient for us to meet our current obligations and funding requirements for the foreseeable future, including any additional advance obligations that may be required under our Fannie Mae and HUD loan servicing agreements due to the impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis.future.

Restricted Cash and Pledged Securities

Restricted cash consists primarily of good faith deposits held on behalf of borrowers between the time we enter into a loan commitment with the borrower and the investor purchases the loan. We are generally required to share the risk of any losses associated with loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program.program, our only off-balance sheet arrangement. We are required to secure this obligation by assigning collateral to Fannie Mae. We meet this obligation by assigning pledged securities to Fannie Mae. The amount of collateral required by Fannie Mae is a formulaic calculation at the loan level and considers the balance of the loan, the risk level of the loan, the age of the loan, and the level of risk-sharing. Fannie Mae requires collateral for Tier 2 loans of 75 basis points, which is funded over a 48-month period that begins upon delivery of the loan to Fannie Mae. Collateral held in the form of money market funds holding U.S. Treasuries is discounted 5%, and multifamily Agency mortgage-backed securities (“Agency MBS”)MBS are discounted 4% for purposes of calculating compliance with the collateral requirements. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we held substantially all collateralof our restricted liquidity in Agency MBS.MBS in the aggregate amount of $99.2 million. Additionally, the majority of the loans for which we have risk sharingrisk-sharing are Tier 2 loans. We fund any growth in our Fannie Mae required operational liquidity and collateral requirements from our working capital.

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We are in compliance with the June 30, 20202021 collateral requirements as outlined above. As of June 30, 2020,2021, reserve requirements for the June 30, 2021 DUS loan portfolio will require us to fund $68.8$66.9 million in additional restricted liquidity over the next 48 months, assuming no further principal paydowns, prepayments, or defaults within our at riskat-risk portfolio. Fannie Mae periodically reassesseshas assessed the DUS Capital Standards in the past and may make changes to these standards in the future. We generate sufficient cash flowflows from our operations to meet these capital standards and do not expect any future changes to have a material impact on our future operations; however, any future changes to collateral requirements may adversely impact our available cash.

Under the provisions of the DUS agreement, we must also maintain a certain level of liquid assets referred to as the operational and unrestricted portions of the required reserves each year. We satisfied these requirements as of June 30, 2020.2021.

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Sources of Liquidity: Warehouse Facilities

The following table provides information related to our warehouse facilities as of June 30, 2020.2021.

June 30, 2020

(dollars in thousands)

    

Committed

    

Uncommitted

Total Facility

Outstanding

    

Facility (1)

Amount

Amount

Capacity

Balance

Interest rate

Agency Warehouse Facility #1

$

350,000

$

200,000

$

550,000

$

210,331

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

Agency Warehouse Facility #2

 

500,000

 

300,000

 

800,000

 

313,285

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

Agency Warehouse Facility #3

 

500,000

 

265,000

 

765,000

 

267,738

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

Agency Warehouse Facility #4

 

350,000

 

 

350,000

 

240,330

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

Agency Warehouse Facility #5

500,000

500,000

401,055

30-day LIBOR plus 1.15%

Total National Bank Agency Warehouse Facilities

$

1,700,000

$

1,265,000

$

2,965,000

$

1,432,739

Fannie Mae repurchase agreement, uncommitted line and open maturity

1,500,000

1,500,000

241,951

Total Agency Warehouse Facilities

$

1,700,000

$

2,765,000

$

4,465,000

$

1,674,690

Interim Warehouse Facility #1

$

135,000

$

$

135,000

$

102,030

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90%

Interim Warehouse Facility #2

100,000

100,000

34,000

30-day LIBOR plus 1.65%

Interim Warehouse Facility #3

33,761

33,761

33,761

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90% to 2.50%

Interim Warehouse Facility #4

19,810

19,810

19,810

30-day LIBOR plus 3.00%

Total National Bank Interim Warehouse Facilities

288,571

288,571

189,601

Total warehouse facilities

$

1,988,571

$

2,765,000

$

4,753,571

$

1,864,291

June 30, 2021

(dollars in thousands)

    

Committed

    

Uncommitted

Total Facility

Outstanding

    

Facility(1)

Amount

Amount

Capacity

Balance

Interest rate(2)

Agency Warehouse Facility #1

$

425,000

$

$

425,000

$

347,747

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #2

 

700,000

 

300,000

 

1,000,000

 

390,370

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #3

 

600,000

 

265,000

 

865,000

 

125,951

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #4

 

350,000

 

 

350,000

 

246,769

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.30%

Agency Warehouse Facility #5

1,000,000

1,000,000

276,874

30-day LIBOR plus 1.45%

Agency Warehouse Facility #6

150,000

$

100,000

$

250,000

$

70,913

30-day LIBOR plus 1.40%

Total National Bank Agency Warehouse Facilities

2,225,000

1,665,000

3,890,000

1,458,624

Fannie Mae repurchase agreement, uncommitted line and open maturity

$

$

1,500,000

$

1,500,000

$

180,953

Total Agency Warehouse Facilities

2,225,000

3,165,000

5,390,000

1,639,577

Interim Warehouse Facility #1

$

135,000

$

$

135,000

$

71,572

 

30-day LIBOR plus 1.90%

Interim Warehouse Facility #2

100,000

100,000

34,000

30-day LIBOR plus 1.65% to 2.00%

Interim Warehouse Facility #3

75,000

75,000

150,000

59,453

30-day LIBOR plus 1.75% to 3.25%

Interim Warehouse Facility #4

19,810

19,810

19,810

30-day LIBOR plus 3.00%

Total National Bank Interim Warehouse Facilities

329,810

75,000

404,810

184,835

Total warehouse facilities

$

2,554,810

$

3,240,000

$

5,794,810

$

1,824,412

(1)Agency Warehouse Facilities, including the Fannie Mae repurchase agreement are used to fund loans held for sale, while Interim Warehouse Facilities are used to fund loans held for investment.
(2)Interest rate presented does not include the effect of interest rate floors.

Agency Warehouse Facilities

AtAs of June 30, 2020, to provide financing to borrowers under the Agencies’ programs,2021, we have five committed and uncommittedhad six warehouse lines of credit in the aggregate amount of $3.0$3.9 billion with certain national banks and a $1.5 billion uncommitted facility with Fannie Mae (collectively, the “Agency Warehouse Facilities”). Five that we use to fund substantially all of theseour loan originations. The six warehouse facilities are revolving commitments we expect to renew annually (consistent with industry practice), and the Fannie Mae facility is provided on an uncommitted basis without a specific maturity date. Our ability to originate mortgage loans intended to be sold under an Agency execution depends upon our ability to secure and maintain these types of short-term financing agreements on acceptable terms.

Agency Warehouse Facility #1#1:

We have a warehousing credit and security agreement with a national bank for a $350.0$425.0 million committed warehouse line that is scheduled to mature on October 26, 2020.25, 2021. The agreement provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance and borrowings under this line bear interest at the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 115130 basis points. In addition to the committed borrowing capacity, the agreement provides $200.0 million of uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest at the same rate as the committed facility. During the second quarter of 2020, we executed the fifth amendment to the warehouse agreement that created a $100.0 million sublimit within the $350.0 million committed capacity to fund COVID-19 forbearance advances under the Fannie Mae DUS program. Borrowings under the agreement are collateralized by Fannie Mae’s

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commitment to repay the advances and are funded at 90% of the principal and interest advanced and bear interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 175 basis points with an interest-rate floor of 50 basis points. We had immaterial borrowings related to the COVID-19 forbearances as of June 30, 2020. During the third quarter of 2020,2021, we executed an amendment that decreased the borrowing rate to lower the interest-rate floor from 5030-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points and decreased the 30-day LIBOR floor to zero from 25 basis points on the $100.0 million sublimit. No changes to the maturity date were made as part of the amendment and the facility including the sublimit are set to mature on October 26, 2020. points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement in 20202021.

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Agency Warehouse Facility #2#2:

We have a warehousing credit and security agreement with a national bank for a $500.0$700.0 million committed warehouse line that is scheduled to mature on September 8, 2020.April 14, 2022. The warehousing credit and security agreementcommitted warehouse facility provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and borrowings under this line bear interest at the 30-day LIBOR plus 115130 basis points. In addition to the committed borrowing capacity, the agreement provides $300.0 million of uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest at the same rate as the committed facility. During the second quarter of 2021, we executed amendments that extended the maturity date thereunder until April 14, 2022 and decreased the borrowing rate to 30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

Agency Warehouse Facility #3#3:

We have a warehousing$600.0 million committed warehouse credit and security agreement with a national bank for a $500.0 million committed warehouse line that is scheduled to mature on April 30, 2021.May 14, 2022. The committed warehouse facility provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and the borrowings under the warehouse agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 115130 basis points. During the second quarter of 2020,2021, we executed the 11th amendment to the warehouse agreement related to this facilityamendments that extended the maturity date to April 30, 2021May 14, 2022 for the committed borrowing capacitycapacity. Additionally, the amendments increased the borrowing rate to 30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 115 basis points and added $265.0 million in uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest atdecreased the same rate and has the same maturity date as the committed facility. The amendment also added a 30-day LIBOR floor ofto zero basis points from 50 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

Agency Warehouse Facility #4#4:

We have a warehousing$350.0 million committed warehouse credit and security agreement with a national bank for a $350.0 million committed warehouse line that is scheduled to mature on October 4, 2020.June 22, 2022. The warehouse facility provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, FHA, and defaulted HUD and FHA loans and has a sublimit of $75.0 million to fund defaulted HUD and FHA loans. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and the borrowings under this linethe warehouse agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 115130 basis points. During the second quarter of 2021, we executed an amendment that extended the maturity date thereunder until June 22, 2022, decreased the borrowing rate to 30-day LIBOR plus 130 basis points from 30-day LIBOR plus 140 basis points, and decreased the 30-day LIBOR floor to five basis points from 25 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2021.

Agency Warehouse Facility #5:

We have a master repurchase agreement with a national bank for a $1.0 billion uncommitted advance credit facility that is scheduled to mature on August 23, 2021. The facility provides us with the ability to fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and the borrowings under the repurchase agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 145 basis points. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

Agency Warehouse Facility #5#6:

We have a warehousing credit and securityDuring the first quarter of 2021, we entered into an agreement with a national bank forto establish Agency Warehouse Facility #6. The facility has a $500.0$150.0 million uncommitted warehouse line that is scheduledcommitted borrowing capacity and provides us with the ability to mature on August 24, 2020. The Company can fund Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, and FHA loans under the facility. Advances are made at 100% of the loan balance, and the borrowings under the warehouse agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 115140 basis points. The agreement also provides $100.0 million of uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest at the same rate as the committed facility. No material modifications have beenwere made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

The negative and financial covenants of the warehouse agreement substantially conform to those of the warehouse agreement for Agency Warehouse Facility #1, as described in our 2020 Form 10-K.

Uncommitted Agency Warehouse Facility:

We have a $1.5 billion uncommitted facility with Fannie Mae under its ASAP funding program. After approval of certain loan documents, Fannie Mae will fund loans after closing, and the advances are used to repay the primary warehouse line. Fannie Mae will advance 99% of the loan balance. There is no expiration date for this facility. The uncommitted facility has no specific negative or financial covenants.

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Interim Warehouse Facilities

To assist in funding loans held for investment under the Interim Loan Program, we have three remaining committed and uncommittedfour warehouse facilities with certain national banks in the aggregate amount of $288.6$404.8 million as of June 30, 20202021 (“Interim Warehouse Facilities”). Consistent with industry practice, twothree of these facilities are revolving commitments we expect to renew annually or bi-annually, and two are commitmentsone is a commitment that maturematures according to the maturity datesdate of the underlying loans.loan it finances. Our ability to originate loans held for investment depends upon our ability to secure and maintain these types of short-term financings on acceptable terms.

Interim Warehouse Facility #1#1:

We have a $135.0 million committed warehouse line agreement with a national bank that is scheduled to mature on April 30, 2021.May 14, 2022. The facility provides us with the ability to fund first mortgage loans on multifamily real estate properties for periods of up to three years, using available cash in combination with advances under the facility. Borrowings under the facility are full recourse to the Company and

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bear interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 190 basis points. Repayments under the credit agreement are interest-only, with principal repayments made upon the earlier of the refinancing of an underlying mortgage or the maturity of an advance under the credit agreement. During the second quarter of 2020,2021, we executed the 11th amendment to the credit and security agreement related to this facilityamendments that extended the maturity date to April 30, 2021.May 14, 2022 and decreased the 30-day LIBOR floor to zero basis points from 50 basis points. No other material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

Interim Warehouse Facility #2#2:

We have a $100.0 million committed warehouse line agreement with a national bank that is scheduled to mature on December 13, 2021. The agreement provides us with the ability to fund first mortgage loans on multifamily real estate properties for periods of up to three years, using available cash in combination with advances under the facility. Borrowings under the facility are full recourse to the Company. All borrowings originally bear interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 165 to 200 basis points.points (“the spread”). The spread varies according to the type of asset the borrowing finances. The lender retains a first priority security interest in all mortgages funded by such advances on a cross-collateralized basis. Repayments under the credit agreement are interest-only, with principal repayments made upon the earlier of the refinancing of an underlying mortgage or the maturity of an advance under the credit agreement. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.2021.

Interim Warehouse Facility #3#3:

We hadhave a $75.0 million repurchase agreement with a national bank that maturedis scheduled to mature on May 18, 2020. AccordingDecember 20, 2021. The agreement provides us with the ability to fund first mortgage loans on multifamily real estate properties for periods of up to three years, using available cash in combination with advances under the facility. Borrowings under the facility are full recourse to the termsCompany. The borrowings under the agreement bear interest at a rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 175 to 325 basis points. The spread varies according to the type of asset the borrowing finances. Repayments under the credit agreement are interest-only, with principal repayments made upon the earlier of the repurchaserefinancing of an underlying mortgage or the maturity of an advance under the credit agreement. In addition to the committed borrowing capacity, the agreement provides $75.0 million of uncommitted borrowing capacity that bears interest at the lender is required to continue to fund the interim loan balances of $33.8 million that were outstanding as of the expiration date of the facility. The facility will be paid offsame rate as the underlying interim loans are paid off.committed facility. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2021.

Interim Warehouse Facility #4#4:

During the first quarter of 2020, we executedWe have a loan and security agreement to establish Interim Warehouse Facility #4. The $19.8 million committed warehouse loan and security agreement with a national bank that funds one specific loan. The agreement provides for a maturity date to coincide with the maturity date for the underlying loan. Borrowings under the facility are full recourse and bear interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 300 basis points, with a floor of 450 basis points. Repayments under the credit agreement are interest-only, with principal repayments made upon the earlier of the refinancing of an underlying mortgage or the maturity of an advance under the credit agreement. The committed warehouse loan and security agreement has only two financial covenants, both of which are similar to the other Interim Warehouse Facilities. We may request additional capacity under the agreement to fund specific loans. No material modifications have been made to the agreement during 2020.

During the second quarter of 2020, we allowed an interim warehouse facility with no outstanding borrowings to expire according to its terms. We believe that the three remaining committed and uncommitted interim credit facilities from national banks and our corporate cash provide us with sufficient borrowing capacity to conduct our Interim Program lending operations.2021.

The warehouse agreements above contain cross-default provisions, such that if a default occurs under any of our warehouse agreements, generally the lenders under our other warehouse agreements could also declare a default. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we were in compliance with all of our warehouse line covenants.

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We believe that the combination of our capital and warehouse facilities is adequate to meet our loan origination needs.

Note Payable

We haveOn November 7, 2018, we entered into a senior secured term loan credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides that amended and restated our prior credit agreement and provided for a $300.0 million term loan that was issued at a discount of 0.5% (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan was issued at a 0.5% discount, has a stated maturity date of November 7, 2025, and bears interest at 30-day LIBOR plus 200 basis points. At any time, we may also elect to request one or more incremental term loan commitments not to exceed $150.0 million, provided that the total indebtedness would not cause the leverage ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to exceed 2.00 to 1.00.

We are obligated to repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan in consecutive quarterly installments equal to $0.7 million on the last business day of each of March, June, September, and December. The Term Loan also requires certain other prepayments in certain circumstances pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement. The final principal installment of the Term Loan is

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required to be paid in full on November 7, 2025 (or, if earlier, the date of acceleration of the Term Loan pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement) and will be in an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal of the Term Loan on such date (together with all accrued interest thereon).

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by Walker & Dunlop Multifamily, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Walker & Dunlop Capital, LLC, and W&D BE, Inc., each of which is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (together with the Company, the “Loan Parties”), pursuant to the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement entered into on November 7, 2018 among the Loan Parties and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”). Subject to certain exceptions and qualifications contained in the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to cause any newly created or acquired subsidiary, unless such subsidiary has been designated as an Excluded Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, to guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Company may designate a newly created or acquired subsidiary as an Excluded Subsidiary, so long as certain conditions and requirements provided for in the Term LoanCredit Agreement are met. As of June 30, 2020,2021, the outstanding unpaid principal balance of the term loanTerm Loan was $296.3$293.3 million.

During the second quarter of 2020, we executed the 2nd amendment to the Credit Agreement to amend the definition of Permitted Subsidiary Collateral to include principal and interest forbearance advances funded by the sublimit created under Agency Warehouse #1.

The note payable and the warehouse facilities are senior obligations of the Company. The Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants. As of June 30, 2020,2021, we were in compliance with all such covenants.covenants related to the Credit Agreement.

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Credit Quality and Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligations

The following table sets forth certain information useful in evaluating our credit performance.

June 30, 

 

June 30, 

 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2020

    

2019

    

    

2021

    

2020

    

Key Credit Metrics

Risk-sharing servicing portfolio:

Fannie Mae Full Risk

$

35,707,326

$

30,996,641

$

42,444,569

$

35,707,326

Fannie Mae Modified Risk

 

9,411,097

 

7,180,234

 

8,617,020

 

9,411,097

Freddie Mac Modified Risk

 

52,696

 

52,938

 

36,894

 

52,696

Total risk-sharing servicing portfolio

$

45,171,119

$

38,229,813

$

51,098,483

$

45,171,119

Non-risk-sharing servicing portfolio:

Fannie Mae No Risk

$

41,581

$

59,932

$

16,071

$

41,581

Freddie Mac No Risk

 

33,169,394

 

31,758,207

 

37,851,075

 

33,169,394

GNMA - HUD No Risk

 

9,749,888

 

10,066,874

 

9,904,246

 

9,749,888

Brokered

 

11,519,629

 

9,535,470

 

13,129,969

 

11,519,629

Total non-risk-sharing servicing portfolio

$

54,480,492

$

51,420,483

$

60,901,361

$

54,480,492

Total loans serviced for others

$

99,651,611

$

89,650,296

$

111,999,844

$

99,651,611

Interim loans (full risk) servicing portfolio

 

336,473

 

246,729

 

276,738

 

336,473

Total servicing portfolio unpaid principal balance

$

99,988,084

$

89,897,025

$

112,276,582

$

99,988,084

Interim Program JV Managed Loans (1)

695,267

574,430

629,532

695,267

At risk servicing portfolio (2)

$

40,640,024

$

34,795,771

$

46,866,767

$

40,640,024

Maximum exposure to at risk portfolio (3)

 

8,266,261

 

7,118,314

 

9,517,609

 

8,266,261

Defaulted loans

 

48,481

 

20,981

 

48,481

 

48,481

Specifically identified at risk loan balances associated with allowance for risk-sharing obligations

48,481

20,981

Defaulted loans as a percentage of the at risk portfolio

0.12

%

0.06

%  

Allowance for risk-sharing as a percentage of the at risk portfolio

0.17

0.02

Defaulted loans as a percentage of the at-risk portfolio

0.10

%

0.12

%

Allowance for risk-sharing as a percentage of the at-risk portfolio

0.13

0.17

Allowance for risk-sharing as a percentage of maximum exposure

0.84

0.11

0.63

0.84

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(1)As of June 30, 2021, this balance consists entirely of Interim Program JV managed loans. As of June 30, 2020, this balance consists of $71.1 million of loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner and $624.1 million of Interim Program JV managed loans. As of June 30, 2019, this balance consists of $70.1 million of loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner and $504.3 million of Interim Program JV managed loans. We indirectly share in a portion of the risk of loss associated with Interim Program JV managed loans through our 15% equity ownership in the Interim Program JV. We have no exposure to risk of loss for the loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner. The balance of this line is included as a component of assets under management in the Supplemental Operating Data table above.
(2)At riskAt-risk servicing portfolio is defined as the balance of Fannie Mae DUS loans subject to the risk-sharing formula described below, as well as a small number of Freddie Mac loans on which we share in the risk of loss. Use of the at riskat-risk portfolio provides for comparability of the full risk-sharing and modified risk-sharing loans because the provision and allowance for risk-sharing obligations are based on the at riskat-risk balances of the associated loans. Accordingly, we have presented the key statistics as a percentage of the at riskat-risk portfolio.

For example, a $15.0$15 million loan with 50% risk-sharing has the same potential risk exposure as a $7.5 million loan with full DUS risk sharing. Accordingly, if the $15.0$15 million loan with 50% risk-sharing were to default, we would view the overall loss as a percentage of the at riskat-risk balance, or $7.5 million, to ensure comparability between all risk-sharing obligations. To date, substantially all of the risk-sharing obligations that we have settled have been from full risk-sharing loans.

(3)Represents the maximum loss we would incur under our risk-sharing obligations if all of the loans we service, for which we retain some risk of loss, were to default and all of the collateral underlying these loans was determined to be without value at the time of settlement. The maximum exposure is not representative of the actual loss we would incur.

Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing obligations are based on a tiered formula and represent substantially all of our risk-sharing activities. The risk-sharing tiers and the amount of the risk-sharing obligations we absorb under full risk-sharing are provided below. Except as described in the following paragraph, the maximum amount of risk-sharing obligations we absorb at the time of default is generally 20% of the origination UPBunpaid principal balance (“UPB”) of the loan.

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Risk-Sharing Losses

    

Percentage Absorbed by Us

First 5% of UPB at the time of loss settlement

100%

Next 20% of UPB at the time of loss settlement

25%

Losses above 25% of UPB at the time of loss settlement

10%

Maximum loss

 

20% of origination UPB

Fannie Mae can double or triple our risk-sharing obligation if the loan does not meet specific underwriting criteria or if a loan defaults within 12 months of its sale to Fannie Mae. We may request modified risk-sharing at the time of origination, which reduces our potential risk-sharing obligation from the levels described above.

We use several techniques to manage our risk exposure under the Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing program. These techniques include maintaining a strong underwriting and approval process, evaluating and modifying our underwriting criteria given the underlying multifamily housing market fundamentals, limiting our geographic market and borrower exposures, and electing the modified risk-sharing option under the Fannie Mae DUS program.

Our Fannie Mae risk-sharing cap is currently $200.0 million. Accordingly, our maximum loss exposure on any one loan is $40.0 million (such exposure would occur if the underlying collateral is determined to be completely without value at the timeThe “Business” section of loss). We may request modified risk-sharing at the time“Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of origination, which reduces our potential risk-sharing losses from the levels described above if we do not believe that we are being fairly compensated for the risksFinancial Condition and Results of Operations” contains a discussion of the transaction.risk-sharing caps we have with Fannie Mae.

We regularly monitor the credit quality of all loans for which we have a risk-sharing obligation. Loans with indicators of underperforming credit are placed on a watch lists,list, assigned a numerical risk rating based on our assessment of the relative credit weakness, and subjected to additional evaluation or loss mitigation. Indicators of underperforming credit include poor financial performance, poor physical condition, poor management, and delinquency. A specificcollateral-based reserve is recorded when it is probable that a risk-sharing loan will foreclose or has foreclosed, and a reserve for estimated credit losses and a guaranty obligation are recorded for all other risk-sharing loans.

With the spreadAs a result of the COVID-19 Crisis acrossonset of the worldpandemic and the resulting global social distancing and lockdown measures that have been put in place by national/state/local authorities, macroeconomic conditions have reversed from sustained strength to short-term global economic contraction, causingforecasts for significant unemployment rates to rise sharply and a recession to ensue. The calculatedfor the remainder of 2020, we adjusted the loss rate for the forecast period CECL reserve, resulting in a total allowance for our at risk Fannie Mae servicing portfoliorisk-sharing obligation of $69.2 million as of June 30, 2020, was $62.3 millionor 17 basis points of the at-risk balance. During the second quarter of 2021, economic conditions began to improve significantly, with reported unemployment rates and forecasts for future unemployment rates at improved rates compared to $34.7both December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020. In response to the improving unemployment statistics, we adjusted the loss rate for the forecast period downwards as of June 30, 2021, resulting in a $15.0 million benefit for risk-sharing obligations and a decrease in the allowance for risk-sharing obligations to $60.3 million as of the dateJune 30, 2021 from $75.3 million as of adoptionDecember 31, 2020, or 13 basis points and 17 basis points of the CECL

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accounting standard on January 1, 2020. The significant increase in the CECL reserve is principally related to the forecasted impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis.June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

As of June 30, 2021, and 2020, and 2019, our allowance for risk-sharing obligations was $69.2 million and $8.0 million, respectively, or 17 basis points and two basis points of the at risk balance, respectively. The allowance for risk-sharing obligations as of June 30, 2020 was substantially comprised of the aforementioned CECL reserve. As there was only one small defaulted loan in the at risk servicing portfolio as of June 30, 2019, the allowance for risk-sharing obligations was based primarily on our collective assessment of the probability of loss related to the loans on the watch list as of June 30, 2019, using the accounting standards in place at the time.

As of June 30, 2020, loans with an aggregate UPB of $48.5 million in our at riskat-risk portfolio were in default compared to $21.0 million at June 30, 2019. Our provisiondefault. We had a benefit for risk-sharing obligations were $5.1 million and $0.9of $4.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $27.6 million and $3.02021 compared to a provision for risk-sharing obligations of $5.1 million for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.2020. For the three months ended June 30, 2021, the benefit for risk-sharing obligations was the result of a decrease in the CECL reserve due to improved unemployment forecasts. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the provision was entirely the result of an increase in the UPBbalance of our at riskthe at-risk servicing portfolio. We had a benefit for risk-sharing obligations of $15.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 compared to a provision for risk-sharing obligations of $27.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, the majority of the benefit for risk-sharing obligations was the result of a decrease in the CECL reserve due to improved unemployment forecasts. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the majority of the provision was primarily the result of an increase in the forecasted losses resulting from the COVID-19 Crisis. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the majority of the provision was associated with a loan that defaulted during the period.pandemic.

We have never been required to repurchase a loan.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Other than the risk-sharing obligations under the Fannie Mae DUS Program disclosed previously in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we do not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements.

New/Recent Accounting Pronouncements

As discussedseen in NOTE 2 toin the financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there are no accounting pronouncements that the Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued and that have the potential to impact us but have not yet been adopted by us as of June 30, 2020.2021.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

For loans held for sale to the Agencies,Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD, we are not currently exposed to unhedged interest rate risk during the loan commitment, closing, and delivery processes. The sale or placement of each loan to an investor is negotiated prior to closing on the loan with the borrower, and the sale or placement is typically effectuated within 60 days of closing. The coupon rate for the loan is set at the same time we establish the interest rate with the investor.

Some of our assets and liabilities are subject to changes in interest rates. Earnings from escrows are generally based ontrack LIBOR. 30-day LIBOR as of June 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was 1610 basis points and 24016 basis points, respectively. The following table shows the impact on our annual escrow earnings due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in 30-day LIBOR based on our escrow balances outstanding at each period end. A portion of these changes in earnings as a result of a 100-basis point increase in the 30-day LIBOR would be delayed several months due to the negotiated nature of some of our escrow arrangements.

(in thousands)

As of June 30, 

As of June 30, 

Change in annual escrow earnings due to:

    

2020

    

2019

    

    

2021

    

2020

    

100 basis point increase in 30-day LIBOR

$

22,939

$

19,981

$

30,204

$

22,939

100 basis point decrease in 30-day LIBOR (1)

 

(3,269)

 

(19,981)

 

(2,996)

 

(3,269)

The borrowing cost of our warehouse facilities used to fund loans held for sale and loans held for investment is based on LIBOR. The interest income on our loans held for investment is based on LIBOR. The LIBOR reset date for loans held for investment is the same date as the LIBOR reset date for the corresponding warehouse facility. The following table shows the impact on our annual net warehouse interest

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income due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in 30-day LIBOR, based on our warehouse borrowings outstanding at each period end. The changes shown below do not reflect an increase or decrease in the interest rate earned on our loans held for sale.

(in thousands)

As of June 30, 

As of June 30, 

Change in annual net warehouse interest income due to:

    

2020

    

2019

    

2021

    

2020

100 basis point increase in 30-day LIBOR

$

(15,377)

$

(6,595)

$

(15,928)

$

(15,377)

100 basis point decrease in 30-day LIBOR (1)

 

1,864

 

6,595

 

1,147

 

1,864

All of our corporate debt is based on 30-day LIBOR. The following table shows the impact on our annual income from operationsearnings due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in 30-day LIBOR based on our note payable balance outstanding at each period end.

(in thousands)

As of June 30, 

As of June 30, 

Change in annual income from operations due to:

    

2020

    

2019

    

2021

    

2020

100 basis point increase in 30-day LIBOR

$

(2,963)

$

(2,985)

$

(2,933)

$

(2,963)

100 basis point decrease in 30-day LIBOR (1)

 

474

 

2,985

 

295

 

474

(1)The decrease is limited to the 30-day LIBOR rate as of period end as 30-day LIBOR was less than 100 basis points.

(1)

The decrease in 2020 was limitedLIBOR Transition

In the first quarter of 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator for the administration of LIBOR, announced specific dates for its intention to 16 basis points asstop publishing LIBOR rates, including the 30-day LIBOR as of(our primary reference rate) which is scheduled for   June 30, 2020 was less than 100 basis points.

2023. It is expected that legacy LIBOR-based loans will transition to Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) before June 30, 2023. We continue to monitor our LIBOR exposure, review legal contracts and assess fallback language impacts, engage with our clients and other stakeholders, and monitor developments associated with LIBOR alternatives.  

Market Value Risk

The fair value of our MSRs is subject to market risk. A 100-basis point increase or decrease in the weighted averageweighted-average discount rate would decrease or increase, respectively, the fair value of our MSRs by approximately $28.636.9 million as of June 30, 2020,2021, compared to $27.1$28.6 million as of June 30, 2019.2020. Our Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac servicing engagements provide for prepayment fees in the event of a voluntary

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prepayment prior to the expiration of the prepayment protection period. Our servicing contracts with institutional investors and HUD do not require them to provide us with prepayment fees. As of June 30, 2020, 87%2021, 89% of the servicing fees are protected from the risk of prepayment through prepayment provisions compared to 86%87% as of June 30, 2019; given2020. Given this significant level of prepayment protection, we do not hedge our servicing portfolio for prepayment risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and principal 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.

Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 20202021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In the ordinary course of business, we may be party to various claims and litigation, none of which we believe is material. We cannot predict the outcome of any pending litigation and may be subject to consequences that could include fines, penalties and other costs, and our reputation and business may be impacted. Our management believes that any liability that could be imposed on us in connection with the disposition of any pending lawsuits would not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, liquidity, or financial condition.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

We have included in Part I, Item 1A of our 20192020 Form 10-K descriptions of certain risks and uncertainties that could affect our business, future performance, or financial condition (the “Risk Factors”). ThereExcept as described below, there have been no material changes from the disclosures provided in the 20192020 Form 10-K and in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 with respect to the Risk Factors. Investors should consider the Risk Factors prior to making an investment decision with respect to the Company’s stock.

If we fail to comply with laws, regulations and market standards regarding the privacy, use, and security of customer information, or if we are the target of a successful cyber-attack, we may be subject to legal and regulatory actions and our reputation would be harmed.

We receive, maintain, and store non-public personal information of some of our customers. The technology and other controls and processes designed to secure our customer information and to prevent, detect, and remedy any unauthorized access to that information were designed to obtain reasonable, not absolute, assurance that such information is secure and that any unauthorized access is identified and addressed appropriately. We, and our service providers, are regularly subject to cyberattacks that are increasingly sophisticated, that are often designed to evade detection, and/or that seek to damage or disrupt our network and other information systems. Certain of these cyberattacks have resulted in unauthorized access by third parties to information that we receive, maintain and store in the course of our business. Although these cyberattacks have not resulted in material financial impacts or disruptions or our business, given the accelerating scope and frequency of cyberattacks, there can be no assurance that the incidents we have experienced or any future incident will not materially impact our security, operations and financial results. Future cyberattacks could result in a loss of data, operational disruptions, and even lost business and goodwill.

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Additionally, we could incur significant costs associated with the recovery from a cyberattack, and these costs may exceed, or the events to which they relate, may be excluded from, coverage under, our cyber insurance.

If customer information is inappropriately accessed and used by a third party or an employee for illegal purposes, such as identity theft, we may be responsible to the affected applicant or borrower for any losses he or she may have incurred as a result of misappropriation. In such an instance, we may be liable to a governmental authority for fines or penalties, or subject to litigation, associated with a lapse in the integrity and security of our customers' information. Additionally, if we are the target of a successful cyber-attack, we may experience reputational harm that could impact our standing with our customers and adversely impact our financial results.

We regularly update our existing information technology systems and install new technologies when deemed necessary and regularly provide employee awareness training around phishing, malware, and other cyber risks and physical security to address the risk of cyber-attacks and other security breaches. However, such preventative measures may not be sufficient to prevent, detect or deflect future cyber-attacks or a breach of information, including customer information. Additionally, most of our employees have worked remotely since March of 2020 and some portion of our work force will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. While we have designed our controls and processes to operate in a remote working environment, there is a heightened risk such controls and processes may not detect or prevent unauthorized access to our information systems.

Risks Related to Our Acquisition of Zelman

As a registered broker-dealer, Zelman is subject to extensive regulation that exposes us to a variety of risks associated with the securities industry, for which we have not been previously exposed.

Broker-dealer and other financial services firms are subject to extensive regulatory requirements under federal and state laws and regulations and self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) rules. Zelman is registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and in the states in which Zelman conducts securities business and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and other SROs. Zelman is subject to regulation, examination and disciplinary action by the SEC, FINRA and state securities regulators, as well as other governmental authorities and SROs with which Zelman is registered or licensed or of which Zelman is a member.

The regulations applicable to broker-dealers depend in part on the nature of the business conducted by the broker-dealer, and generally cover all aspects of the securities business, including, among other things, sales practices, fee arrangements, disclosures to clients, capital adequacy, use and safekeeping of clients’ funds and securities, recordkeeping and reporting and the qualification and conduct of officers, employees and independent contractors. As part of this regulatory scheme, broker-dealers are subject to regular and special examinations by the SEC and FINRA intended to determine their compliance with securities laws, regulations and rules. Following an examination’s conclusion, a broker-dealer may receive a deficiency letter identifying potential compliance or supervisory weaknesses or rule violations which the firm must address.

The SEC, FINRA and other governmental authorities and SROs may bring enforcement proceedings against firms and place other limitations on firms subject to their jurisdiction, as well as their officers, directors, employees and independent contractors, whether arising out of an examination or otherwise, for violations of the securities laws, regulations and rules. Sanctions can include cease-and-desist orders, censures, fines, civil monetary penalties and disgorgement, limitations on a firm’s business activities, suspension, revocation of FINRA membership or expulsion of the firm from the securities industry. Criminal actions are referred to the appropriate criminal law enforcement agency. Similarly, the attorneys general of each state could bring legal action to ensure compliance with state securities laws, and regulatory agencies in foreign countries have similar authority. Any such proceeding against Zelman, or any of its associated persons, could harm our reputation, cause us to lose clients or fail to gain new clients and have a material adverse effect on our business.

Additionally, our acquisition of Zelman may invite increased scrutiny from the SEC, FINRA and other governmental authorities into the other financial services which we provide, particularly our debt brokerage and property sales services. While we believe that we are in compliance with all relevant securities laws, regulations and rules, these regulatory organizations may choose to investigate our business practices outside of those of our broker-dealer subsidiary. Such investigations, whether or not they result in enforcement proceedings or criminal actions, could harm our reputation, cause us to lose clients or fail to gain new clients and materially and adversely affect us.

Financial services firms are also subject to rules and regulations relating to the prevention and detection of money laundering. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”) mandates that financial institutions, including broker-dealers and investment advisers, establish

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and implement anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 and the rules thereunder. Financial services firms must maintain AML policies, procedures and controls, designate an AML compliance officer to oversee the firm’s AML program, implement appropriate employee training and provide for annual independent testing of the program. Any failure to comply with AML requirements could subject us to disciplinary sanctions and other penalties.

Our ability to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations will be largely dependent on our establishment and maintenance of compliance, supervision, recordkeeping and reporting and audit systems and procedures, as well as our ability to attract and retain qualified compliance, audit and risk management personnel. While we will adopt policies and procedures we believe are reasonably designed to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, these systems and procedures may not be fully effective, and there can be no assurance that regulators or third parties will not raise material issues with respect to our past or future compliance with applicable regulations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, subject to the Company’s approval, grantees have the option of electing to satisfy minimum tax withholdingwithholding obligations at the time of vesting or exercise by allowing usthe Company to withhold and purchase at the prevailing market price the shares of stock otherwise issuable to the grantee. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020,2021, we purchased 11eight thousand shares to satisfy grantee tax withholding obligations on share-vesting events. Additionally, we announced a share repurchase program inDuring the first quarter of 2020. The repurchase program authorized by our2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that permits us tothe repurchase of up to $50.0$75.0 million of shares of ourthe Company’s common stock over a 12-month period endingbeginning on February 10,12, 2021. During the quarter ended June 30, 20202021 we did not repurchase any shares under the 2020this share repurchase program. The Company had $39.8$75.0 million of authorized share repurchase capacity remaining as of June 30, 2020.2021. The following table provides information regarding common stock repurchases for the quarter ended June 30, 2020:2021:

Total Number of

Approximate 

Total Number of

Approximate 

 Shares Purchased as

Dollar Value

 Shares Purchased as

Dollar Value

Total Number

Average 

Part of Publicly

 of Shares that May

Total Number

Average 

Part of Publicly

 of Shares that May

    

of Shares

    

Price Paid

    

Announced Plans

    

 Yet Be Purchased Under

    

of Shares

    

Price Paid

    

Announced Plans

    

 Yet Be Purchased Under

Period

Purchased

 per Share 

or Programs

the Plans or Programs

Purchased

 per Share 

or Programs

the Plans or Programs

April 1-30, 2020

2,861

$

33.44

$

39,782

May 1-31, 2020

5,739

37.21

39,782

June 1-30, 2020

2,297

41.32

39,782

April 1-30, 2021

2,872

$

105.28

$

75,000

May 1-31, 2021

2,675

110.98

75,000

June 1-30, 2021

1,988

101.83

75,000

2nd Quarter

10,897

$

37.09

7,535

$

106.39

$

75,000

On January 29, 2020, we issued 75,734 shares of our common stock as partial consideration for our acquisition of certain assets of AKS Capital Partners LLC. The shares issued are prohibited from being transferred until January 29, 2021. The issuance of the shares was deemed to be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits:

2.1

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2010, by and among Mallory Walker, Howard W. Smith, William M. Walker, Taylor Walker, Richard C. Warner, Donna Mighty, Michael Yavinsky, Edward B. Hermes, Deborah A. Wilson and Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168535) filed on December 1, 2010)

2.2

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2010, between Column Guaranteed LLC and Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168535) filed on December 1, 2010)

2.3

Amendment No. 1 to Contribution Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2010, by and between Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Column Guaranteed LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168535) filed on December 13, 2010)

2.4

Purchase Agreement, dated June 7, 2012, by and among Walker & Dunlop, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, LLC, CW Financial Services LLC and CWCapital LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on June 15, 2012)

3.1

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168535) filed on December 1, 2010)

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 21, 2017)November 8, 2018)

4.1

Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-168535) filed on September 30, 2010)

4.2

Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 20, 2010, by and among Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Mallory Walker, Taylor Walker, William M. Walker, Howard W. Smith, III, Richard C. Warner, Donna Mighty, Michael Yavinsky, Ted Hermes, Deborah A. Wilson and Column Guaranteed LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 27, 2010)

4.3

Stockholders Agreement, dated December 20, 2010, by and among William M. Walker, Mallory Walker, Column Guaranteed LLC and Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 27, 2010)

4.4

Piggy-Back Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 7, 2012, by and among Column Guaranteed, LLC, William M. Walker, Mallory Walker, Howard W. Smith, III, Deborah A. Wilson, Richard C. Warner, CW Financial Services LLC and Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012 filed on August 9, 2012)

4.5

Voting Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2012, by and among Walker & Dunlop, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Mallory Walker, William M. Walker, Richard Warner, Deborah Wilson, Richard M. Lucas, and Howard W. Smith, III, and CW Financial Services LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex C of the Company’s proxy statement filed on July 26, 2012)

4.6

Voting Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2012, by and among Walker & Dunlop, Inc., Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Column Guaranteed, LLC and CW Financial Services LLC (incorporated by reference to Annex D of the Company’s proxy statement filed on July 26, 2012)

10.1†*10.1

EmploymentNinth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, betweenas of April 15, 2021, by and among Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and William M. WalkerPNC Bank, National Association, as Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 20, 2021).

10.2†*10.2

EmploymentTenth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit and Security Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, betweenas of June 8, 2021, by and among Walker & Dunlop, LLC, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Howard W. Smith, III

10.3†*

Employment Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, between Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Stephen P. Theobald

10.4†*

Employment Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, between Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Richard M. Lucas

10.5†*

Employment Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, between Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Paula A. Pryor

10.6†*

Indemnification Agreement, dated May 14, 2020, between Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and Paula A. Pryor

10.7

Amendment No. 2, dated as of June 5, 2020, to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2018, among Walker & Dunlop, Inc., the lenders party thereto, and Wells FargoPNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2020)

10.8†

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on March 27, 2020)

10.9†

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.10†

Form of Performance Stock Unit Agreement under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.11†

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.12†

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Directors) under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.13†

Management Deferred Stock Unit Purchase Matching Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

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10.14†

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Management Deferred Stock Unit Purchase Matching Program) under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.15†

Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement (Management Deferred Stock Unit Purchase Matching Program) under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)

10.16†

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Transfer Agreement under 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-238259) filed May 14, 2020)11, 2021).

31.1

*

Certification of Walker & Dunlop, Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

*

Certification of Walker & Dunlop, Inc.'s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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Certification of Walker & Dunlop, Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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*: Filed herewith.

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Information in this Form 10-Q furnished herewith shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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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.

 

 Walker & Dunlop, Inc

 

 

Date: August 5, 20202021

By:  

/s/ William M. Walker

 

 

William M. Walker

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: August 5, 20202021

By:  

/s/ Stephen P. Theobald

 

 

Stephen P. Theobald

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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