Provision (Recovery) for Loan Losses:
For the Quarters Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Corporation recorded a provision for loan losses of $169,000, compared to a $645,000 recovery from the allowance for loan losses recorded during the same quarter last year. The provision for loan losses primarily reflects an increase in loans held for investment in the third quarter of fiscal 2023.
For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. During the first nine months of fiscal 2023, the Corporation recorded a provision for loan losses of $430,000, compared to a recovery from the allowance for loan losses of $2.1 million in the same period of fiscal 2022. The provision for loan losses primarily reflects an increase in loans held for investment in the first nine months of fiscal 2023.
Non-performing assets, comprised solely of non-performing loans with underlying collateral located in California, decreased $478,000 or 34 percent to $945,000, or 0.07 percent of total assets, at March 31, 2023, compared to $1.4 million, or 0.12 percent of total assets, at June 30, 2022. Non-performing loans at March 31, 2023 were comprised of five single-family loans, while non-performing loans at June 30, 2022 were comprised of seven single-family loans. At both March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2022, there was no real estate owned.
Net loan recoveries for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 were $2,000 or 0.00 percent (annualized) of average loans receivable, as compared to net loan recoveries of $6,000 or 0.00 percent (annualized) of average loans receivable for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. For the nine months ended March 31, 2023, net loan recoveries were $7,000 or 0.00 percent (annualized) of average loans receivable, as compared to net loan recoveries of $433,000 or 0.07 percent (annualized) of average loans receivable for the nine months ended March 31, 2022.
Classified assets were $3.0 million at March 31, 2023, consisting of $1.5 million of loans in the special mention category and $1.5 million of loans in the substandard category; while classified assets at June 30, 2022 were $1.6 million, consisting of $224,000 of loans in the special mention category and $1.4 million of loans in the substandard category.
At March 31, 2023, the allowance for loan losses was $6.0 million, comprised of collectively evaluated allowances of $6.0 million and individually evaluated allowances of $38,000; up eight percent from $5.6 million at June 30, 2022. The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of gross loans held for investment was 0.56 percent at March 31, 2023, compared to 0.59 percent at June 30, 2022. The allowance for loan losses was determined through quantitative and qualitative adjustments including the Bank’s charge-off experience and reflects the impact on loans held for investment from the current general economic conditions of the U.S. and California economies.
Management considers, based on currently available information, the allowance for loan losses sufficient to absorb potential losses inherent in loans held for investment. See “Asset Quality” below and Note 5 of the Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion regarding the allowance for loan losses.
Non-Interest Income:
For the Quarters Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Non-interest income decreased by $133,000, or 12 percent, to $981,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 from $1.1 million in the same period last year, primarily due to a decrease in loan servicing and other fees.
Loan servicing and other fees decreased $133,000 or 56 percent to $104,000 in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 from $237,000 in the same quarter last year. The decrease was attributable primarily to lower loan prepayment fees resulting from fewer loan payoffs, particularly in multi-family loans. Total loan prepayment fees in the third quarter of fiscal 2023 were $48,000, down $182,000 or 79 percent from $230,000 in the same quarter last year. Total loan repayments were $17.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2023, down 67 percent from $53.6 million in the same quarter last year.
For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. Total non-interest income decreased $611,000, or 17 percent, to $2.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2023 from $3.6 million for the same period last year. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in loan servicing and other fees.