Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) 10-Q 2020 Q3 Quarterly report

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

or

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

Commission file number: 001-32136

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	20-0057959
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
333 Earle Ovington Boulevard, Suite 900 Uniondale, NY (Address of principal executive offices)	11553 (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (516) 506-4200

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

Title of each class	Trading symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	ABR	New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock, 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable, par value $0.01 per share	ABR-PA	New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock, 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable, par value $0.01 per share	ABR-PB	New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Stock, 8.50% Series C Cumulative Redeemable, par value $0.01 per share	ABR-PC	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  ☑	Accelerated filer  ☐	Non-accelerated filer  ☐
Smaller reporting company  ☐	Emerging growth company  ☐

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 ☑

Issuer has 116,131,077 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding at October 23, 2020.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)	2
Consolidated Balance Sheets	2
Consolidated Statements of Income	3
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity	4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	55
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	70
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	71
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	71
Item 1A. Risk Factors	71
Item 6. Exhibits	73
Signatures	74

Forward-Looking Statements

The information contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q is not a complete description of our business or the risks associated with an investment in Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.  We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report.

This report contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the operating performance of our investments and financing needs. We use words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “should,” “will,” “may” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements include these words.  Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions, discuss future expectations, describe future plans and strategies, contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition or state other forward-looking information.  Our ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain.  These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results.  Factors that could have a material adverse effect on our operations and future prospects include, but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions generally, and the real estate market specifically, in particular, due to the uncertainties created by the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic; the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition; adverse changes in our status with government-sponsored enterprises affecting our ability to originate loans through such programs; changes in interest rates; the quality and size of the investment pipeline and the rate at which we can invest our cash; impairments in the value of the collateral underlying our loans and investments; changes in federal and state laws and regulations, including changes in tax laws; the availability and cost of capital for future investments; and competition. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which reflect our views as of the date of this report.  The factors noted above could cause our actual results to differ significantly from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

Additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties we face is contained in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Report”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 14, 2020 and in our other reports and filings with the SEC.

Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.  We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform these statements to actual results.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
	(Unaudited)
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	192,204	$	299,687
Restricted cash		110,263		210,875
Loans and investments, net (allowance for credit losses: $146,745 and $71,069, respectively)		4,910,872		4,189,960
Loans held-for-sale, net		631,138		861,360
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net		335,235		286,420
Securities held-to-maturity, net (allowance for credit losses: $1,628 and $0, respectively)		118,260		88,699
Investments in equity affiliates		82,322		41,800
Real estate owned, net		2,894		13,220
Due from related party		23,814		10,651
Goodwill and other intangible assets		106,716		110,700
Other assets		175,500		125,788
Total assets	$	6,689,218	$	6,239,160
Liabilities and Equity:
Credit facilities and repurchase agreements	$	1,449,940	$	1,678,288
Collateralized loan obligations		2,516,032		2,130,121
Debt fund		—		68,629
Senior unsecured notes		662,289		319,799
Convertible senior unsecured notes, net		266,706		284,152
Junior subordinated notes to subsidiary trust issuing preferred securities		141,470		140,949
Due to related party		802		13,100
Due to borrowers		76,304		79,148
Allowance for loss-sharing obligations		71,160		34,648
Other liabilities		181,279		134,299
Total liabilities		5,365,982		4,883,133
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Equity:
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, cumulative, redeemable, $0.01 par value: 100,000,000 shares authorized; special voting preferred shares; 17,632,371 and 20,369,265 shares issued and outstanding, respectively; 8.25% Series A, $38,788 aggregate liquidation preference; 1,551,500 shares issued and outstanding; 7.75% Series B, $31,500 aggregate liquidation preference; 1,260,000 shares issued and outstanding; 8.50% Series C, $22,500 aggregate liquidation preference; 900,000 shares issued and outstanding		89,472		89,501
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 500,000,000 shares authorized; 115,930,351 and 109,706,214 shares issued and outstanding, respectively		1,159		1,097
Additional paid-in capital		1,222,945		1,154,932
Accumulated deficit		(120,539)		(60,920)
Total Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. stockholders' equity		1,193,037		1,184,610
Noncontrolling interest		130,199		171,417
Total equity		1,323,236		1,356,027
Total liabilities and equity	$	6,689,218	$	6,239,160

Note: Our consolidated balance sheets include assets and liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities, or VIEs, as we are the primary beneficiary of these VIEs. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, assets of our consolidated VIEs totaled $3,112,755 and $2,784,756, respectively, and the liabilities of our consolidated VIEs totaled $2,518,745 and $2,209,599, respectively. See Note 15 for discussion of our VIEs.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Interest income	$	81,701	$	80,509	$	253,307	$	233,957
Interest expense		37,888		48,064		129,172		138,213
Net interest income		43,813		32,445		124,135		95,744
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		19,895		21,298		60,566		51,897
Mortgage servicing rights		42,357		29,911		96,708		62,852
Servicing revenue, net		13,348		13,790		40,156		39,954
Property operating income		1,033		2,237		3,976		8,187
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(753)		(5,003)		(58,852)		(6,726)
Other income, net		1,050		325		3,404		1,314
Total other revenue		76,930		62,558		145,958		157,478
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		32,962		32,861		101,652		93,647
Selling and administrative		9,356		10,882		29,013		31,122
Property operating expenses		1,300		2,563		4,778		7,649
Depreciation and amortization		1,922		1,841		5,830		5,663
Impairment loss on real estate owned		—		—		—		1,000
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		(2,227)		735		21,706		1,557
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		(7,586)		—		59,510		—
Total other expenses		35,727		48,882		222,489		140,638
Income before extinguishment of debt, sale of real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		85,016		46,121		47,604		112,584
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		(3,546)		(128)
Loss on sale of real estate		(1,868)		—		(1,868)		—
Income from equity affiliates		32,358		3,718		56,758		9,133
Provision for income taxes		(17,785)		(6,623)		(15,493)		(10,963)
Net income		97,721		43,216		83,455		110,626
Preferred stock dividends		1,888		1,888		5,665		5,665
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		13,836		7,363		11,012		19,429
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	81,997	$	33,965	$	66,778	$	85,532
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.72	$	0.36	$	0.60	$	0.95
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.72	$	0.35	$	0.59	$	0.93
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		113,766,446		94,486,839		111,775,436		89,899,074
Diluted		133,997,087		117,468,044		132,401,315		113,033,968
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.31	$	0.29	$	0.91	$	0.84

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except shares)

Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

											Total Arbor
					Common						Realty Trust, Inc.
	Preferred	Preferred		Common	Stock Par		Additional Paid-		Accumulated		Stockholders'		Noncontrolling
	Stock Shares	Stock Value		Stock Shares	Value		in Capital		Deficit		Equity		Interest		Total Equity
Balance – June 30, 2020	24,080,765	$	89,500	112,211,461	$	1,122	$	1,182,449	$	(167,165)	$	1,105,906	$	151,870	$	1,257,776
Issuance of common stock	—		—	3,579,266		36		40,506		—		40,542		—		40,542
Stock-based compensation, net	—		—	139,624		1		(10)		—		(9)		—		(9)
Distributions - common stock	—		—	—		—		—		(35,371)		(35,371)		—		(35,371)
Distributions - preferred stock	—		—	—		—		—		(1,888)		(1,888)		—		(1,888)
Distributions - noncontrolling interest	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(5,880)		(5,880)
Redemption of OP Units	(2,736,894)		(28)	—		—		—		—		(28)		(29,627)		(29,655)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		83,885		83,885		13,836		97,721
Balance – September 30, 2020	21,343,871	$	89,472	115,930,351	$	1,159	$	1,222,945	$	(120,539)	$	1,193,037	$	130,199	$	1,323,236

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

Balance - January 1, 2020	24,195,594	$	89,501	109,706,214	$	1,097	$	1,154,932	$	(60,920)	$	1,184,610	$	171,417	$	1,356,027
Cummulative-effect adjustment (Note 2)	—		—	—		—		—		(24,106)		(24,106)		(4,501)		(28,607)
Balance - January 1, 2020 (as adjusted for the adoption of ASU 2016-13)	24,195,594	$	89,501	109,706,214	$	1,097	$	1,154,932	$	(85,026)	$	1,160,504	$	166,916	$	1,327,420
Issuance of common stock	—		—	6,887,274		69		78,481		—		78,550		—		78,550
Repurchase of common stock	—		—	(1,625,777)		(16)		(12,745)		—		(12,761)		—		(12,761)
Issuance of common stock from convertible debt	—		—	363,013		3		90		—		93		—		93
Stock-based compensation, net	—		—	599,627		6		3,786		—		3,792		—		3,792
Distributions - common stock	—		—	—		—		—		(102,283)		(102,283)		—		(102,283)
Distributions - preferred stock	—		—	—		—		—		(5,673)		(5,673)		—		(5,673)
Distributions - noncontrolling interest	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(18,102)		(18,102)
Redemption of OP Units	(2,851,723)		(29)	—		—		(1,599)		—		(1,628)		(29,627)		(31,255)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		72,443		72,443		11,012		83,455
Balance – Semptember 30, 2020	21,343,871	$	89,472	115,930,351	$	1,159	$	1,222,945	$	(120,539)	$	1,193,037	$	130,199	$	1,323,236

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited) (Continued)

($ in thousands, except shares)

Three Months Ended September 30, 2019

											Total Arbor
					Common						Realty Trust, Inc.
	Preferred	Preferred		Common	Stock Par		Additional Paid-		Accumulated		Stockholders'		Noncontrolling
	Stock Shares	Stock Value		Stock Shares	Value		in Capital		Deficit		Equity		Interest		Total Equity
Balance - June 30, 2019	24,195,594	$	89,501	94,225,567	$	942	$	998,897	$	(72,321)	$	1,017,019	$	168,959	$	1,185,978
Issuance of common stock	—		—	187,000		2		2,292		—		2,294		—		2,294
Issuance of common stock from convertible debt	—		—	3,563		—		—		—		—		—		—
Stock-based compensation, net	—		—	358,460		4		2,166		—		2,170		—		2,170
Distributions - common stock	—		—	—		—		—		(27,431)		(27,431)		—		(27,431)
Distributions - preferred stock	—		—	—		—		—		(1,891)		(1,891)		—		(1,891)
Distributions - noncontrolling interest	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(5,940)		(5,940)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		35,853		35,853		7,363		43,216
Balance – September 30, 2019	24,195,594	$	89,501	94,774,590	$	948	$	1,003,355	$	(65,790)	$	1,028,014	$	170,382	$	1,198,396

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

Balance – January 1, 2019	24,365,084	$	89,502	83,987,707	$	840	$	879,029	$	(74,133)	$	895,238	$	170,328	$	1,065,566
Issuance of common stock	—		—	9,387,000		93		117,786		—		117,879		—		117,879
Repurchase of common stock	—		—	(920,000)		(9)		(11,565)		—		(11,574)		—		(11,574)
Issuance of common stock from convertible debt	—		—	214,029		2		2,505		—		2,507		—		2,507
Extinguishment of convertible senior unsecured notes	—		—	—		—		(1,337)		—		(1,337)		—		(1,337)
Stock-based compensation, net	—		—	963,865		10		3,930		—		3,940		—		3,940
Forfeiture of unvested restricted stock	—		—	(18,120)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Issuance of common stock from special dividend	—		—	901,432		9		10,070		—		10,079		—		10,079
Issuance of OP Units and special voting preferred stock from special dividend	221,666		2	—		—		—		—		2		2,476		2,478
Distributions - common stock	—		—	—		—		—		(77,178)		(77,178)		—		(77,178)
Distributions - preferred stock	—		—	—		—		—		(5,676)		(5,676)		—		(5,676)
Distributions - noncontrolling interest	—		—	—		—		—		—		—		(17,242)		(17,242)
Redemption of OP Units	(391,156)		(3)	258,677		3		2,937		—		2,937		(4,609)		(1,672)
Net income	—		—	—		—		—		91,197		91,197		19,429		110,626
Balance – Semptember 30, 2019	24,195,594	$	89,501	94,774,590	$	948	$	1,003,355	$	(65,790)	$	1,028,014	$	170,382	$	1,198,396

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019
Operating activities:
Net income	$	83,455	$	110,626
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		5,830		5,663
Stock-based compensation		7,286		7,574
Amortization and accretion of interest and fees, net		3,172		3,113
Amortization of capitalized mortgage servicing rights		36,129		36,731
Originations of loans held-for-sale		(3,940,322)		(3,358,750)
Proceeds from sales of loans held-for-sale, net of gain on sale		4,169,411		3,301,918
Payoffs and paydowns of loans held-for-sale		117		75
Loss on sale of real estate		1,868		—
Mortgage servicing rights		(96,708)		(62,852)
Write-off of capitalized mortgage servicing rights from payoffs		12,610		15,827
Impairment loss on real estate owned		—		1,000
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		21,706		1,557
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		59,510		—
Net recoveries (charge-offs) for loss sharing obligations		399		(330)
Deferred tax benefit		(5,172)		(1,026)
Income from equity affiliates		(56,758)		(9,133)
Loss on extinguishment of debt		3,546		128
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		(2,378)		5,030
Net cash provided by operating activities		303,701		57,151
Investing Activities:
Loans and investments funded, originated and purchased, net		(1,425,051)		(1,895,092)
Payoffs and paydowns of loans and investments		674,929		1,243,791
Deferred fees		10,338		16,806
Investments in real estate, net		(131)		(207)
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net		7,499		—
Contributions to equity affiliates		(98)		(9,140)
Purchase of securities held-to-maturity, net		(37,927)		(20,000)
Payoffs and paydowns of securities held-to-maturity		8,914		4,590
Due to borrowers and reserves		(50,168)		(23,276)
Net cash used in investing activities		(811,695)		(682,528)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from repurchase agreements and credit facilities		7,565,743		6,866,169
Paydowns and payoffs of repurchase agreements and credit facilities		(7,792,471)		(6,616,055)
Proceeds from issuance of collateralized loan obligations		668,000		533,000
Payoffs and paydowns of collateralized loan obligations		(282,874)		(250,250)
Payoffs of debt fund		(70,000)		—
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		78,550		117,879
Settlements of convertible senior unsecured notes		(22,145)		(3,149)
Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes		345,750		90,000
Redemption of OP Units		(31,255)		(1,673)
Payments of withholding taxes on net settlement of vested stock		(3,494)		(3,634)
Repurchase of common stock		(12,761)		(11,574)
Distributions paid on common stock		(102,283)		(77,178)
Distributions paid on noncontrolling interest		(18,102)		(17,242)
Distributions paid on preferred stock		(5,673)		(5,676)
Payment of deferred financing costs		(17,086)		(10,578)
Net cash provided by financing activities		299,899		610,039
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(208,095)		(15,338)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		510,562		340,669
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	302,467	$	325,331

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (Continued)

(in thousands)

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	$	299,687	$	160,063
Restricted cash at beginning of period		210,875		180,606
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	$	510,562	$	340,669
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	192,204	$	135,285
Restricted cash at end of period		110,263		190,046
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	302,467	$	325,331
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash used to pay interest	$	108,573	$	121,972
Cash used to pay taxes		22,810		15,686
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Cummulative-effect adjustment (Note 2)	$	28,607	$	—
Issuance of common stock from convertible debt		93		2,507
Distributions accrued on 8.25% Series A preferred stock		267		267
Distributions accrued on 7.75% Series B preferred stock		203		203
Distributions accrued on 8.50% Series C preferred stock		159		159
Settlements of convertible senior unsecured notes		4,778		1,337
Fair value of conversion feature of convertible senior unsecured notes		185		1,175
Special dividend - common stock issued		—		10,079
Redemption of OP Units for common stock		—		2,939
Special dividend - special voting preferred stock and OP Units issued		—		2,478

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

Note 1 — Description of Business

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Maryland corporation formed in 2003. We operate through 2 business segments: our Structured Loan Origination and Investment Business, or "Structured Business," and our Agency Loan Origination and Servicing Business, or "Agency Business."

Through our Structured Business, we invest in a diversified portfolio of structured finance assets in the multifamily, single-family rental and commercial real estate markets, primarily consisting of bridge and mezzanine loans, including junior participating interests in first mortgages, preferred and direct equity. We also invest in real estate-related joint ventures and may also directly acquire real property and invest in real estate-related notes and certain mortgage-related securities.

Through our Agency Business, we originate, sell and service a range of multifamily finance products through the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae") and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac," and together with Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprises, or "GSEs"), the Government National Mortgage Association ("Ginnie Mae"), Federal Housing Authority ("FHA") and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae and FHA, "HUD"). We retain the servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all loans we originate and sell under the GSE and HUD programs. We are an approved Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing ("DUS") lender nationally, a Freddie Mac Multifamily Conventional Loan lender, seller/servicer, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, a Freddie Mac affordable, manufactured housing, senior housing and small balance loan ("SBL") lender, seller/servicer, nationally and a HUD MAP and LEAN senior housing/healthcare lender nationally. We also originate and sell finance products through conduit/commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS") programs and during the third quarter of 2019, we began to originate and service permanent financing loans underwritten using the guidelines of our existing agency loans sold to the GSEs, which we refer to as "Private Label" loans. We pool and securitize the Private Label loans and sell certain securities in the securitizations to third-party investors, while retaining the highest risk bottom tranche certificate.

Substantially all of our operations are conducted through our operating partnership, Arbor Realty Limited Partnership ("ARLP"), for which we serve as the general partner, and ARLP's subsidiaries. We are organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A REIT is generally not subject to federal income tax on that portion of its REIT-taxable income that is distributed to its stockholders, provided that at least 90% of taxable income is distributed and provided that certain other requirements are met. Certain of our assets that produce non-qualifying REIT income, primarily within the Agency Business, are operated through taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRS"), which is part of our TRS consolidated group (the "TRS Consolidated Group") and is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. In general, our TRS entities may hold assets that the REIT cannot hold directly and may engage in real estate or non-real estate-related business. See Note 17 for details.

Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), for interim financial statements and the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP have been condensed or omitted. In our opinion, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2019 Annual Report.

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Principles of Consolidation

These consolidated financial statements include our financial statements and the financial statements of our wholly owned subsidiaries, partnerships and other joint ventures in which we own a controlling interest, including variable interest entities (“VIEs”) of which we are the primary beneficiary. Entities in which we have a significant influence are accounted for under the equity method. Our VIEs are described in Note 15. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that could materially affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there has been a global outbreak of COVID-19, which has forced many countries, including the United States, to declare national emergencies, to institute "stay-at-home" orders, to close financial markets and to restrict operations of non-essential businesses. Such actions are creating significant disruptions in global supply chains, and adversely impacting many industries. COVID-19 has had, and may continue to have, a prolonged adverse impact on economic and market conditions, which could lead to an extended period of global economic slowdown. The impact of COVID-19 on companies is evolving rapidly, and the extent and duration of the economic fallout from this pandemic, both globally and to our business, remain unclear, making any estimate or assumption as of September 30, 2020 inherently less certain than they would be absent the current and potential impacts of COVID-19. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassification

Certain amounts in the prior period financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of the current period financial statements. The net gain/loss from changes in fair value of derivative instruments previously recorded to other income, net is now recorded to loss on derivative instruments, net. These reclassifications had no effect on the previously reported net income.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Credit Losses

On January 1, 2020, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which utilizes a current expected credit loss methodology (“CECL”) for the recognition of credit losses for our structured loans and investments, held-to-maturity debt securities and our loss-sharing obligations related to the Fannie Mae DUS program, at the time the financial asset is originated or acquired. The allowance for credit losses is adjusted each period for changes in expected credit losses. This methodology replaces the multiple existing impairment methods in GAAP and generally requires that a loss be incurred before it is recognized. We adopted ASU 2016-13 using the modified retrospective method, therefore, the results for reporting periods prior to January 1, 2020 are unadjusted and reported in accordance with previously applicable GAAP. In connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-13, we recorded a $28.6 million increase to accumulated deficit, which was net of a deferred tax asset of $3.6 million at January 1, 2020.

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The following table illustrates the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 (in thousands):

	January 1, 2020
	As Reported
	Under		As Reported		Impact of
	ASU 2016-13		Pre-Adoption		Adoption
Assets:
Allowance for credit losses:
Structured loans and investments (1)	$	88,363	$	71,069	$	17,294
Held-to-maturity debt securities		501		—		501
Deferred tax assets		27,307		23,713		3,594
Liabilities:
Allowance for loss-sharing obligations		16,847		2,441		14,406

(1) See Note 3 for details by asset class.

Other Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

Description	Adoption Date	Effect on Financial Statements
In November 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2018-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities. This ASU amends the guidance for determining whether a decision-making fee is a variable interest and requires companies to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportional basis rather than as the equivalent of a direct interest in its entirety (as currently required under GAAP).	First quarter of 2020	The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820)—Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which makes a number of changes meant to add, modify or remove certain disclosure requirements associated with changes between hierarchy associated with Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 fair value measurements. Early adoption is permitted upon issuance of the update.	First quarter of 2020	The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This ASU eliminates step two from the goodwill impairment test, which measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value with the carrying amount of goodwill.	First quarter of 2020	The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Description	Effective Date	Effect on Financial Statements
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity's Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40), which includes amendments to the guidance on convertible instruments and the derivative scope exception for contracts in an entity's own equity. The guidance also simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments which include beneficial conversion features or cash conversion features by removing certain separation models in Subtopic 470-20 and requires entities to use the "if-converted" method when calculating diluted earnings per share for convertible instruments.	First quarter of 2022, with early adoption permitted beginning in the first quarter of 2021	We are currently evaluating the timing of our adoption and the impact this guidance may have on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform.	This ASU is effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022	We have not adopted any of the optional expedients or exceptions through September 30, 2020, but will continue to evaluate the possible adoption of any such expedients or exceptions during the effective period as circumstances evolve.

Significant Accounting Policies

See Item 8 – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data in our 2019 Annual Report for a description of our significant accounting policies. Upon the adoption of ASU 2016-13 on January 1, 2020, we adjusted certain significant accounting policies, as follows:

Allowance for Credit Losses. We estimate allowances for credit losses on our structured loans and investments (including unfunded loan commitments), loss-sharing obligations related to the Fannie Mae DUS program and our held-to-maturity debt securities under CECL. This method is based on expected credit losses for the life of the investment as of each balance sheet date. Our estimation of credit losses utilizes information obtained from internal and external sources relating to past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts about the future. We have licensed a third party model to assist with the measurement of expected credit losses, which utilizes incurred losses inherent in the portfolio. The loss factors are determined through the generation of probability of defaults (PD) and loss given defaults (LGD) for similar loans with similar credit. These results require a significant amount of judgment applied in selecting inputs and analyzing the results produced by the models to determine the allowance for credit losses. Changes in such estimates can significantly affect our expected credit losses.

Our method for calculating the estimate of expected credit loss takes into account historical experience and current conditions for similar loans and reasonable and supportable forecasts about the future. The reasonable and supportable forecast period is determined based on our assessment of the most likely scenario of assumptions and plausible outcomes for the US economy, level of historical loss forecast estimates, material changes in growth and credit strategy and other factors that may affect our loss experience. We regularly evaluate the reasonable and supportable forecast period to determine if a change is needed.

Beyond our reasonable and supportable forecast period, we generally revert to historical loss information over the remaining loan/asset period, taken from a period that most accurately reflects the expectation of conditions expected to exist during the period of reversion. We may make adjustments to historical loss information for differences in risk that may not reflect the characteristics of our current portfolio, including but not limited to, loan-to-value and debt service coverage ratios, among other relevant factors. The method of reversion selected represents the best estimate of the collectability of the investments and is reevaluated each reporting period. We generally expect to use an average historical loss for reversion, utilizing an immediate or straight line method for the remaining life of the investments.

We also perform a qualitative assessment beyond model estimates, and apply qualitative adjustments as necessary. Our qualitative analysis includes a review of data that may directly impact our estimates including internal and external information about the loan or

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property including current market conditions, asset specific conditions, property operations or borrower/sponsor details (i.e. refinance, sale, bankruptcy) which allows us to more accurately and reasonably determine the amount of the expected loss for these investments. We also evaluate the contractual life of our assets to determine if changes are needed for contractual extension options, renewals, modifications and prepayments.

To the extent possible, we estimate our allowance for credit losses using a pooling approach for homogeneous assets with similar risk characteristics with the goal of enhancing the precision of their estimate. If particular assets no longer display risk characteristics that are similar to those of the pool, we may decide to revise our pools or perform an individual assessment of expected credit losses. If it is determined that a foreclosure is probable, or we expect repayment through the operation or sale of the collateral and the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, we calculate expected credit losses based on the fair value of the collateral as of the reporting date.

During the loan review process, if we determine that it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due for both principal and interest according to the contractual terms of a loan, we consider that loan impaired. We evaluate the capitalization and market discount rates, as well as the borrower's operating income and cash flows, in estimating the value of the underlying collateral when determining if a loan is impaired. We may also obtain a third party appraisal, which may value the collateral through an "as-is" or "stabilized value" methodology. Such appraisals may be used as an additional source of valuation information only and no adjustments are made to appraisals. If upon completion of the valuation, the fair value of the underlying collateral securing the impaired loan is less than the net carrying value of the loan, we record a specific allowance for credit losses with a corresponding charge to the provision for credit losses, and remove the impaired loan from the CECL analysis described above.

If the loan modification constitutes a concession whereas we do not receive ample consideration in return for the modification, and the borrower is experiencing financial difficulties and cannot repay the loan under the current terms, then the modification is considered by us to be a troubled debt restructuring. We record interest on modified loans on an accrual basis to the extent the modified loan is contractually current. The allowance for credit losses on a troubled debt restructuring is measured using the same method as all other loans held for investment.

Charge-offs to the allowance for credit losses occur when losses are confirmed through the receipt of cash or other consideration from the completion of a sale; when a modification or restructuring takes place in which we grant a concession to a borrower or agree to a discount in full or partial satisfaction of the loan; when we take ownership and control of the underlying collateral in full satisfaction of the loan; when loans are reclassified as other investments; or when significant collection efforts have ceased and it is highly likely that a loss has been realized.

Loss on restructured loans is recorded when we have granted a concession to the borrower in the form of principal forgiveness related to the payoff or the substitution or addition of a new debtor for the original borrower or when we incur costs on behalf of the borrower related to the modification, payoff or the substitution or addition of a new debtor for the original borrower. When a loan is restructured, we record our investment at net realizable value, taking into account the cost of all concessions at the date of restructuring. In addition, a gain or loss may be recorded upon the sale of a loan to a third party in the consolidated statements of operations in the period in which the loan was sold.

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Note 3 — Loans and Investments

Our Structured Business loan and investment portfolio consists of ($ in thousands):

								Wtd. Avg.
								Remaining	Wtd. Avg.		Wtd. Avg.
			Percent of		Loan	Wtd. Avg.		Months to	First Dollar		Last Dollar
	September 30, 2020		Total		Count	Pay Rate (1)		Maturity	LTV Ratio (2)		LTV Ratio (3)
Bridge loans (4)	$	4,648,098	91	%	234	5.24	%	15.5	0	%	77	%
Preferred equity investments		216,882	4	%	12	7.03	%	53.2	66	%	89	%
Mezzanine loans		171,148	4	%	29	7.52	%	45.2	31	%	81	%
Other (5)		60,759	1	%	20	4.89	%	79.9	0	%	70	%
		5,096,887	100	%	295	5.39	%	18.9	4	%	78	%
Allowance for credit losses		(146,745)
Unearned revenue		(39,270)
Loans and investments, net	$	4,910,872

	December 31, 2019
Bridge loans (4)	$	3,836,832	90	%	217	5.77	%	18.0	0	%	75	%
Preferred equity investments		181,058	4	%	10	7.62	%	68.8	69	%	89	%
Mezzanine loans		191,575	4	%	24	9.70	%	36.7	22	%	73	%
Other (5)		70,146	2	%	21	2.88	%	84.8	0	%	70	%
		4,279,611	100	%	272	5.98	%	22.1	4	%	76	%
Allowance for credit losses		(71,069)
Unearned revenue		(18,582)
Loans and investments, net	$	4,189,960

(1) “Weighted Average Pay Rate” is a weighted average, based on the unpaid principal balance (“UPB”) of each loan in our portfolio, of the interest rate that is required to be paid monthly as stated in the individual loan agreements. Certain loans and investments that require an additional rate of interest “Accrual Rate” to be paid at maturity are not included in the weighted average pay rate as shown in the table.

(2) The “First Dollar Loan-to-Value (“LTV”) Ratio” is calculated by comparing the total of our senior most dollar and all senior lien positions within the capital stack to the fair value of the underlying collateral to determine the point at which we will absorb a total loss of our position.

(3) The “Last Dollar LTV Ratio” is calculated by comparing the total of the carrying value of our loan and all senior lien positions within the capital stack to the fair value of the underlying collateral to determine the point at which we will initially absorb a loss.

(4) As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, bridge loans included 9 and 11, respectively, single-family rental loans with an aggregate UPB of $150.8 million and $66.7 million, respectively, of which $53.7 million and $30.0 million, respectively, was funded.

(5) As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, other included 20 and 12, respectively, single-family rental permanent loans with an aggregate UPB of $60.8 million and $41.6 million, respectively, and, at December 31, 2019, there were 9 purchased loans with an aggregate UPB of $28.6 million.

Concentration of Credit Risk

We are subject to concentration risk in that, at September 30, 2020, the UPB related to 22 loans with 5 different borrowers represented 13% of total assets. At December 31, 2019, the UPB related to 24 loans with 5 different borrowers represented 13% of

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total assets. During both the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, no single loan or investment represented more than 10% of our total assets and no single investor group generated over 10% of our revenue. See Note 18 for details on our concentration of related party loans and investments.

We assign a credit risk rating of pass, pass/watch, special mention, substandard or doubtful to each loan and investment, with a pass rating being the lowest risk and a doubtful rating being the highest risk. Each credit risk rating has benchmark guidelines that pertain to debt-service coverage ratios, LTV ratios, borrower strength, asset quality, and funded cash reserves. Other factors such as guarantees, market strength, and remaining loan term and borrower equity are also reviewed and factored into determining the credit risk rating assigned to each loan. This metric provides a helpful snapshot of portfolio quality and credit risk. All portfolio assets are subject to, at a minimum, a thorough quarterly financial evaluation in which historical operating performance and forward-looking projections are reviewed, however, we maintain a higher level of scrutiny and focus on loans that we consider “high risk” and that possess deteriorating credit quality.

Generally speaking, given our typical loan profile, risk ratings of pass, pass/watch and special mention suggest that we expect the loan to make both principal and interest payments according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. A risk rating of substandard indicates we anticipate the loan may require a modification of some kind. A risk rating of doubtful indicates we expect the loan to underperform over its term, and there could be loss of interest and/or principal. Further, while the above are the primary guidelines used in determining a certain risk rating, subjective items such as borrower strength, market strength or asset quality may result in a rating that is higher or lower than might be indicated by any risk rating matrix.

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A summary of the loan portfolio’s internal risk ratings and LTV ratios by asset class as of September 30, 2020 is as follows ($ in thousands):

																Wtd. Avg.		Wtd. Avg.
	UPB by Origination Year															First Dollar		Last Dollar
Asset Class / Risk Rating	2020		2019		2018		2017		2016		Prior		Total			LTV Ratio		LTV Ratio
Multifamily:
Pass	$	646,448	$	354,257	$	19,300	$	47,100	$	—	$	853	$	1,067,958
Pass/Watch		512,494		1,108,036		139,300		159,000		—		28,800		1,947,630
Special Mention		34,548		587,393		150,903		117,800		—		—		890,644
Substandard		—		42,100		66,546		34,200		8,250		—		151,096
Total Multifamily	$	1,193,490	$	2,091,786	$	376,049	$	358,100	$	8,250	$	29,653	$	4,057,328		4	%	77	%
Land:												Percentage of portfolio		80	%
Special Mention	$	71,018	$	19,523	$	—	$	19,975	$	—	$	—	$	110,516
Substandard		—		—		—		—		—		127,928		127,928
Total Land	$	71,018	$	19,523	$	—	$	19,975	$	—	$	127,928	$	238,444		0	%	92	%
Healthcare:												Percentage of portfolio		5	%
Pass	$	—	$	6,600	$	10,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	16,600
Pass/Watch		—		—		—		41,650		—		—		41,650
Special Mention		—		65,819		51,500		—		—		—		117,319
Substandard		—		8,500		—		—		—		—		8,500
Doubtful		—		—		—		4,625		—		—		4,625
Total Healthcare	$	—	$	80,919	$	61,500	$	46,275	$	—	$	—	$	188,694		0	%	79	%
Student Housing:												Percentage of portfolio		4	%
Special Mention	$	—	$	44,500	$	3,350	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	47,850
Substandard		23,500		—		13,000		67,250		—		—		103,750
Total Student Housing	$	23,500	$	44,500	$	16,350	$	67,250	$	—	$	—	$	151,600		12	%	79	%
Hotel:												Percentage of portfolio		3	%
Substandard	$	60,000	$	91,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	151,000
Total Hotel	$	60,000	$	91,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	151,000		0	%	90	%
Office:												Percentage of portfolio		3	%
Pass	$	—	$	—	$	5,000	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	5,000
Pass/Watch		35,410		—		—		—		—		—		35,410
Special Mention		—		—		42,799		43,151		—		9,681		95,631
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		880		880
Total Office	$	35,410	$	—	$	47,799	$	43,151	$	—	$	10,561	$	136,921		3	%	80	%
Single-Family Rental:												Percentage of portfolio		3	%
Pass	$	29,804	$	34,640	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	64,444
Pass/Watch		1,611		38,061		—		—		—		—		39,672
Special Mention		10,351		—		—		—		—		—		10,351
Total Single-Family Rental	$	41,766	$	72,701	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	114,467		0	%	64	%
Other:												Percentage of portfolio		1	%
Pass	$	—	$	4,000	$	—	$	3,574	$	—	$	—	$	7,574
Pass/Watch		—		—		9,000		10,006		—		—		19,006
Special Mention		—		—		26,600		—		—		—		26,600
Substandard		—		—		—		—		—		3,553		3,553
Doubtful		—		—		—		—		—		1,700		1,700
Total Other	$	—	$	4,000	$	35,600	$	13,580	$	—	$	5,253	$	58,433		7	%	65	%
												Percentage of portfolio		1	%
Grand Total	$	1,425,184	$	2,404,429	$	537,298	$	548,331	$	8,250	$	173,395	$	5,096,887		4	%	78	%

Geographic Concentration Risk

As of September 30, 2020, 16% and 12% of the outstanding balance of our loan and investment portfolio had underlying properties in New York and Texas, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, 18% and 12% of the outstanding balance of our loan and investment portfolio had underlying properties in New York and Texas, respectively. No other states represented 10% or more of the total loan and investment portfolio.

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Allowance for Credit Losses

A summary of the changes in the allowance for credit losses is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
	Land		Multifamily		Retail		Office		Hotel		Student Housing		Healthcare		Other		Total
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$	78,094	$	34,606	$	13,981	$	8,532	$	7,672	$	4,110	$	3,930	$	1,886	$	152,811
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		(84)		103		(40)		(6,589)		(133)		675		(21)		23		(6,066)
Ending balance	$	78,010	$	34,709	$	13,941	$	1,943	$	7,539	$	4,785	$	3,909	$	1,909	$	146,745

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Allowance for credit losses	$	67,869	$	—	$	—	$	1,500	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,700	$	71,069

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance, prior to adoption of CECL	$	67,869	$	—	$	—	$	1,500	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,700	$	71,069
Impact of adopting CECL - January 1, 2020		77		16,322		335		287		29		68		64		112		17,294
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		10,064		18,387		13,606		156		7,510		4,717		3,845		97		58,382
Ending balance	$	78,010	$	34,709	$	13,941	$	1,943	$	7,539	$	4,785	$	3,909	$	1,909	$	146,745
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Allowance for credit losses	$	67,869	$	—	$	—	$	1,500	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,700	$	71,069

The decrease in the provision for credit losses during the three months ended September 30, 2020 of $6.1 million was due to improved market conditions and expected future forecasts during the third quarter of 2020. The increase in the provision for credit losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of $58.4 million, compared to the January 1, 2020 cumulative-effect adjustment upon adoption of CECL of $17.3 million, is primarily attributed to the significant adverse change in the economic outlook during the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our estimate of allowance for credit losses on our structured loans and investments, including related unfunded loan commitments, during 2020 was based on a reasonable and supportable forecast period that was adjusted for the expectations that the markets we operate in will experience declines in economic conditions, increases in unemployment rates and other market driven factors largely the result of the COVID-19 pandemic that will likely impact loan delinquencies, modifications and potential risk of loss. For the periods beyond the reasonable and supportable forecast, we reverted to our historical loss rate, which was adjusted to address for factors that are not present in our existing portfolio. We also made adjustments for loans that are expected to extend based on available extension options and the timing of their maturities in relation to current economic conditions.

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September 30, 2020

The expected credit losses over the contractual period of our loans also include the obligation to extend credit through our unfunded loan commitments. Our CECL allowance for unfunded loan commitments are adjusted quarterly and correspond with the associated outstanding loans. As of September 30, 2020, we had outstanding unfunded commitments of $194.9 million that we are obligated to fund as borrowers meet certain requirements.

As of September 30, 2020, accrued interest receivable related to our loans totaling $38.1 million was excluded from the estimate of credit losses and is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

All of our structured loans and investments are collateral dependent, and as such, the measurement of credit losses may be based on the difference between the fair value of the underlying collateral and the carrying value of the assets as of the period end. A summary of our specific loans considered impaired by asset class is as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020
							Wtd. Avg. First			Wtd. Avg. Last
			Carrying		Allowance for		Dollar LTV			Dollar LTV
Asset Class	UPB (1)		Value		Credit Losses		Ratio			Ratio
Land	$	134,215	$	127,378	$	77,869		0	%		98	%
Hotel		110,000		89,216		7,500		0	%		94	%
Retail		30,154		28,774		13,926		11	%		74	%
Healthcare		4,625		4,673		3,845		0	%		83	%
Office		2,181		2,181		1,500		0	%		73	%
Commercial		1,700		1,700		1,700		63	%		63	%
Total	$	282,875	$	253,922	$	106,340		0	%		87	%

	December 31, 2019
Land	$	134,215	$	126,800	$	67,869	0	%	97	%
Office		2,226		2,226		1,500	0	%	78	%
Commercial		1,700		1,700		1,700	63	%	63	%
Total	$	138,141	$	130,726	$	71,069	1	%	96	%

(1) Represents the UPB of 10 and 5 impaired loans (less unearned revenue and other holdbacks and adjustments) by asset class at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

There were 0 loans for which the fair value of the collateral securing the loan was less than the carrying value of the loan for which we had not recorded a provision for credit loss as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

At September 30, 2020, 8 loans with an aggregate net carrying value of $53.8 million, net of related loan loss reserves of $9.1 million, were classified as non-performing and, at December 31, 2019, 3 loans with an aggregate net carrying value of $1.8 million, net of related loan loss reserves of $1.7 million, were classified as non-performing. Income from non-performing loans is generally recognized on a cash basis when it is received. Full income recognition will resume when the loan becomes contractually current and performance has recommenced.

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September 30, 2020

A summary of our non-performing loans by asset class is as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
			Less Than		Greater  Than				Less Than		Greater  Than
			90 Days		90 Days				90 Days		90 Days
	UPB		Past Due		Past Due		UPB		Past Due		Past Due
Student Housing	$	36,500	$	—	$	36,500	$	—	$	—	$	—
Multifamily		17,700		—		17,700		—		—		—
Healthcare		4,625		—		4,625		—		—		—
Retail		3,553		—		3,553		1,000		—		1,000
Commercial		1,700		—		1,700		1,700		—		1,700
Office		880		—		880		880		—		880
Total	$	64,958	$	—	$	64,958	$	3,580	$	—	$	3,580

In addition, we have 6 loans with a carrying value totaling $120.9 million at September 30, 2020, that are collateralized by a land development project. These loans were scheduled to mature in September 2020 and we are currently in negotiations with the borrower to extend the maturity. The loans do not carry a current pay rate of interest, however, 5 of the loans with a carrying value totaling $111.5 million entitle us to a weighted average accrual rate of interest of 7.86%. In 2008, we suspended the recording of the accrual rate of interest on these loans, as they were impaired and we deemed the collection of this interest to be doubtful. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had a cumulative allowance for credit losses of $71.4 million and $61.4 million, respectively, related to these loans. The loans are subject to certain risks associated with a development project including, but not limited to, availability of construction financing, increases in projected construction costs, demand for the development's outputs upon completion of the project, and litigation risk. Additionally, these loans were not classified as non-performing as the borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the loans.

At both September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had 0 loans contractually past due 90 days or more that are still accruing interest. During both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, interest income recognized on nonaccrual loans was de minimis.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, we purchased $50.0 million of a $110.0 million bridge loan, which is collateralized by a hotel property and scheduled to mature in December 2022. In the first quarter of 2020, we recorded a $7.5 million allowance for credit losses due to a reduction in the appraisal value of the property. In August 2020, we purchased the remaining $60.0 million bridge loan at a discount for $39.9 million, which we determined had experienced a more than insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination and, therefore, deemed to be a purchased loan with credit deterioration. The total discount received of $20.1 million was classified as a noncredit discount and no portion of the discount was allocated to allowance for credit losses at the date of purchase since the appraised value of the property is greater than the purchase price. Shortly after the purchase, we entered into a forbearance agreement with the borrower to temporarily reduce the interest rate from LIBOR plus 3.00% with a 1.50% LIBOR floor to a pay rate of 1.00% and to include a $10.0 million principal reduction if the loan is paid-off by March 2, 2021. The temporary reduction in the interest rate is deferred to payoff.

In August 2020, we entered into a loan modification agreement on a $26.5 million bridge loan with an interest rate of LIBOR plus 6.00% with a 2.375% LIBOR floor and a $6.1 million mezzanine loan with a fixed rate of 12% collateralized by a retail property to: (1) reduce the interest rate on both loans to the greater of: (i) LIBOR plus 5.50% and (ii) 6.50%, and (2) to extend the maturity date three years to December 2024. A portion of the foregoing interest equal to 2.00% will be deferred to payoff and will be waived if the loan is paid-off by December 31, 2022. The loan modification agreement also includes a $6.0 million required principal paydown, which occurred at the closing of the modification transaction, and an $8.0 million principal reduction once the borrower deposits an additional reserve deposit of approximately $4.6 million by December 31, 2021. We have the ability to potentially recapture up to $8.0 million of the principal reduction to the extent that the property is sold or refinanced in excess of the debt.

These 2 loan modifications were deemed troubled debt restructurings. There were 0 loan modifications, refinancing's and/or extensions during 2019 that were considered troubled debt restructurings.

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Given the transitional nature of some of our real estate loans, we may require funds to be placed into an interest reserve, based on contractual requirements, to cover debt service costs. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had total interest reserves of $56.6 million and $37.0 million, respectively, on 152 loans and 131 loans, respectively, with an aggregate UPB of $2.99 billion and $2.43 billion, respectively.

Note 4 — Loans Held-for-Sale, Net

Our GSE loans held-for-sale are typically sold within 60 days of loan origination, while our Private Label loans are generally expected to be sold and securitized within 180 days of loan origination. Loans held-for-sale, net consists of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Fannie Mae	$	392,343	$	408,534
Freddie Mac		155,729		36,303
FHA		58,546		1,082
Private Label		11,302		401,207
		617,920		847,126
Fair value of future MSR		14,577		16,519
Unearned discount		(1,359)		(2,285)
Loans held-for-sale, net	$	631,138	$	861,360

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we sold $1.22 billion and $4.17 billion, respectively, of loans held-for-sale and recorded gain on sales of $19.2 million and $57.3 million, respectively. Included in the total loans sold in the second quarter of 2020 were Private Label loans totaling $727.2 million, which were sold to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours who pooled and securitized the loans in May 2020. We retained the most subordinate class of certificates in the securitization totaling $63.6 million in satisfaction of credit risk retention requirements (see Note 7 for details), and are the primary servicer of the mortgage loans.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we sold $1.49 billion and $3.51 billion, respectively, of loans held-for-sale and recorded gain on sales of $20.1 million and $48.1 million, respectively. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 0 loans held-for-sale that were 90 days or more past due, and there were 0 loans held-for-sale that were placed on a non-accrual status.

Note 5 — Capitalized Mortgage Servicing Rights

Our capitalized mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”) reflect commercial real estate MSRs derived from loans sold in our Agency Business or acquired MSRs. The discount rates used to determine the present value of our MSRs throughout the periods presented for all MSRs were between 8% - 13% (representing a weighted average discount rate of 11%) based on our best estimate of market discount rates. The weighted average estimated life remaining of our MSRs was 8.3 years and 8.0 years at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

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September 30, 2020

A summary of our capitalized MSR activity is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020						Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
	Originated		Acquired		Total		Originated		Acquired		Total
Beginning balance	$	260,452	$	52,836	$	313,288	$	221,901	$	64,519	$	286,420
Additions		37,403		—		37,403		97,554		—		97,554
Amortization		(8,811)		(3,605)		(12,416)		(24,425)		(11,704)		(36,129)
Write-downs and payoffs		(2,081)		(959)		(3,040)		(8,067)		(4,543)		(12,610)
Ending balance	$	286,963	$	48,272	$	335,235	$	286,963	$	48,272	$	335,235

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019						Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Beginning balance	$	197,156	$	79,492	$	276,648	$	176,686	$	97,084	$	273,770
Additions		25,945		—		25,945		62,477		—		62,477
Amortization		(7,084)		(5,041)		(12,125)		(20,229)		(16,502)		(36,731)
Write-downs and payoffs		(3,772)		(3,008)		(6,780)		(6,689)		(9,139)		(15,828)
Ending balance	$	212,245	$	71,443	$	283,688	$	212,245	$	71,443	$	283,688

We collected prepayment fees totaling $2.0 million and $10.1 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $5.3 million and $13.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Prepayment fees are included as a component of servicing revenue, net on the consolidated statements of income. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had 0 valuation allowance recorded on any of our MSRs.

The expected amortization of capitalized MSRs recorded as of September 30, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Year	Amortization
2020 (three months ending 12/31/2020)	$	12,869
2021		49,613
2022		45,577
2023		41,522
2024		37,388
2025		34,236
Thereafter		114,030
Total	$	335,235

Actual amortization may vary from these estimates.

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September 30, 2020

Note 6 — Mortgage Servicing

Product and geographic concentrations that impact our servicing revenue are as follows ($ in thousands):

September 30, 2020
Product Concentrations					Geographic Concentrations
						UPB
			Percent of			Percentage
Product	UPB (1)		Total		State	of Total
Fannie Mae	$	16,462,041	73	%	Texas	17	%
Freddie Mac		4,687,197	21	%	New York	9	%
Private Label (2)		727,063	3	%	North Carolina	9	%
FHA		685,263	3	%	California	8	%
Total	$	22,561,564	100	%	Florida	7	%
					Georgia	6	%
					Other (3)	44	%
					Total	100	%

December 31, 2019
Fannie Mae	$	14,832,844	74	%	Texas	19	%
Freddie Mac		4,534,714	23	%	North Carolina	9	%
FHA		691,519	3	%	New York	9	%
Total	$	20,059,077	100	%	California	9	%
					Florida	6	%
					Georgia	6	%
					Other (3)	42	%
					Total	100	%

(1) Excludes loans which we are not collecting a servicing fee.

(2) Represents loans we service in connection with our Private Label securitization in May 2020 (see Note 4 for details).

(3) NaN other individual state represented 4% or more of the total.

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our weighted average servicing fee was 44.8 basis points and 43.8 basis points, respectively. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we held total escrow balances of $1.15 billion and $947.1 million, respectively, which is not reflected in our consolidated balance sheets. Of the total escrow balances, we held $784.4 million and $562.1 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, related to loans we are servicing within our Agency Business. These escrows are maintained in separate accounts at several federally insured depository institutions, which may exceed FDIC insured limits. We earn interest income on the total escrow deposits, generally based on a market rate of interest negotiated with the financial institutions that hold the escrow deposits. Interest earned on total escrows, net of interest paid to the borrower, was $1.3 million and $5.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $4.7 million and $12.9 million during the three and nine months ended September  30, 2019, respectively, and is a component of servicing revenue, net in the consolidated statements of income.

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Note 7 — Securities Held-to-Maturity

Agency B Piece Bonds. Freddie Mac may choose to hold, sell or securitize loans we sell to them under the Freddie Mac SBL program. As part of the securitizations under the SBL program, we have the option to purchase the B Piece bond through a bidding process, which represents the bottom 10%, or highest risk, of the securitization. As of September 30, 2020, we retained 49%, or $106.2 million initial face value, of 7 B Piece bonds, which were purchased at a discount for $74.7 million, and sold the remaining 51% to a third-party at par. These securities are collateralized by a pool of multifamily mortgage loans, bear interest at an initial weighted average variable rate of 3.74% and have an estimated weighted average remaining maturity of 5.7 years. The weighted average effective interest rate was 10.68% and 10.85% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, including the accretion of a portion of the discount deemed collectible. Approximately $12.8 million is estimated to mature within one year, $37.8 million is estimated to mature after one year through five years, $14.6 million is estimated to mature after five years through ten years and $15.8 million is estimated to mature after ten years.

Agency Private Label Certificates. In connection with our $727.2 million Private Label securitization in May 2020, we retained the most subordinate class of certificates with an initial face value of $63.6 million (the “APL certificates”). We purchased the APL certificates at a discount for $37.9 million, which are collateralized by a pool of 40 fixed rate 10-year mortgage loans secured by first mortgage leans on 49 multifamily properties, bear interest at an initial weighted average variable rate of 4.95% and have an estimated weighted average remaining maturity of 9.3 years. The weighted average effective interest rate was 10.15% at September 30, 2020 and the full $63.6 million is expected to mature after five years through ten years.

Structured Single-Family Rental Bonds (“SFR bonds”). As of September 30, 2020, we held $20.0 million initial face value of Class A2 securitized SFR bonds at par, which are collateralized by a pool of single-family rental properties. These securities have a three-year maturity, bear interest at a weighted average fixed interest rate of 4.58% and have an estimated weighted average remaining maturity of 0.4 years. Approximately $19.0 million is estimated to mature within one year and $1.0 million is estimated to mature after one year through five years.

A summary of our securities held-to-maturity is as follows (in thousands):

			Net Carrying		Unrealized		Estimated		Allowance for
	Face Value		Value		Gain/(Loss)		Fair Value		Credit Losses
September 30, 2020
B Piece bonds	$	80,929	$	60,662	$	953	$	61,615	$	861
APL certificates		63,627		37,598		(2,012)		35,586		767
SFR bonds		20,000		20,000		(1,588)		18,412		—
Total	$	164,556	$	118,260	$	(2,647)	$	115,613	$	1,628
December 31, 2019
B Piece bonds	$	91,028	$	68,699	$	2,965	$	71,664	$	—
SFR bonds		20,000		20,000		74		20,074		—
Total	$	111,028	$	88,699	$	3,039	$	91,738	$	—

A summary of the changes in the allowance for credit losses for our securities held-to-maturity is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
	APL		B Piece
	Certificates		Bonds		Total
Beginning balance	$	2,079	$	1,069	$	3,148
Provision for credit loss expense		(1,312)		(208)		(1,520)
Ending balance	$	767	$	861	$	1,628

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September 30, 2020

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
	APL Certificates		B Piece Bonds		Total
Beginning balance, prior to adoption of CECL	$	—	$	—	$	—
Impact of adopting CECL - January 1, 2020		—		501		501
Provision for credit loss expense		767		360		1,127
Ending balance	$	767	$	861	$	1,628

The allowance for credit losses on our held-to-maturity securities was estimated on a collective basis by major security type and was based on a reasonable and supportable forecast period and a historical loss reversion for similar securities. The issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments and we continue to accrue interest on all our securities. As of September 30, 2020, 0 other-than-temporary impairment was recorded on our held-to-maturity securities.

We recorded interest income (including the amortization of discount) related to these investments of $2.9 million and $6.9 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $2.3 million and $6.8 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, accrued interest receivable related to these bonds totaling $0.6 million was excluded from the estimate of credit losses and is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

Note 8 — Investments in Equity Affiliates

We account for all investments in equity affiliates under the equity method. A summary of our investments in equity affiliates is as follows (in thousands):

					UPB of Loans to
	Investments in Equity Affiliates at				Equity Affiliates at
Equity Affiliates	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		September 30, 2020
Arbor Residential Investor LLC	$	67,783	$	26,520	$	—
AMAC Holdings III LLC		9,746		10,520		—
North Vermont Avenue		2,473		2,440		—
Lightstone Value Plus REIT L.P		1,895		1,895		—
JT Prime		425		425		—
West Shore Café		—		—		1,687
Lexford Portfolio		—		—		—
East River Portfolio		—		—		—
Total	$	82,322	$	41,800	$	1,687

Arbor Residential Investor LLC (“ARI”). During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded income of $32.3 million and $56.1 million, respectively, and during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded income of $2.6 million and $6.1 million, respectively, to income from equity affiliates in our consolidated statements of income. During the third quarter of 2020, we received a $15.0 million cash distribution from this equity investment, which was classified as a return on capital.

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September 30, 2020

Summarized statements of income for our investment in ARI are as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019
Statements of Income:
Total revenues	$	1,050,946	$	335,610
Total expenses		665,552		294,660
Net income	$	385,394	$	40,950

Lexford Portfolio. During the first quarter of 2020, we received distributions of $1.1 million and during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we received distributions of $1.2 million and $3.0 million, respectively, from this equity investment, which was recognized as income. As a result of COVID-19, Lexford has temporarily suspended paying distributions to its equity holders.

See Note 18 for details of certain investments described above.

Note 9 — Real Estate Owned

A summary of our real estate assets is as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
	Office		Hotel		Office
	Building		Property		Building		Total
Land	$	4,509	$	3,294	$	4,509	$	7,803
Building and intangible assets		2,010		31,541		2,010		33,551
Less: Impairment loss		(2,500)		(14,307)		(2,500)		(16,807)
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,125)		(10,320)		(1,007)		(11,327)
Real estate owned, net	$	2,894	$	10,208	$	3,012	$	13,220

In September 2020, we sold our hotel property for $8.4 million and recorded a $1.9 million loss, which was included in loss on sale of real estate. In addition, we recorded a $2.5 million charge for a litigation settlement, which is included in selling and administrative expenses.

Our office building was fully occupied by a single tenant until April 2017 when the lease expired. The building is currently vacant.

At December 31, 2019, our hotel property had a restricted cash balance totaling $0.5 million due to escrow requirements.

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September 30, 2020

Note 10 — Debt Obligations

Credit Facilities and Repurchase Agreements

Borrowings under our credit facilities and repurchase agreements are as follows ($ in thousands):

												September 30, 2020							December 31, 2019
												Debt		Collateral					Debt		Collateral
	Current	Extended										Carrying		Carrying		Wtd. Avg.			Carrying		Carrying		Wtd. Avg.
	Maturity	Maturity	Note Rate									Value (1)		Value		Note Rate			Value (1)		Value		Note Rate
Structured Business
$500 million joint repurchase facility (2)	Mar. 2022	N/A	L +	1.75	%	to				3.50	%	$	315,181	$	485,250		2.82	%	$	224,658	$	339,378	4.06	%
$400 million repurchase facility	June. 2021	Mar. 2023	L +	2.20	%;				L floor	0.75	%		180,642		254,068		2.99	%		218,418		291,292	3.76	%
$200 million repurchase facility	Sept. 2021	N/A	L +	2.40	%	to	3.00	%;	L floor	0.25	%		58,112		70,377		2.71	%		40,530		48,086	4.22	%
$149.6 million loan specific credit facilities	Nov. 2020 to May 2022	June 2021 to Dec. 2021	L +	2.20	%	to	2.50	%;		3.50	%		149,377		200,549		2.68	%		133,528		190,716	4.14	%
$100 million credit facility	July 2021	N/A	L+	2.30	%	to	3.00	%;	L floor	0.50	%		25,633		32,079		1.92	%		4,570		7,000	3.56	%
$100 million repurchase facility	Sept. 2021	N/A	L +	1.75	%	to	2.50	%;	L floor	0.50	%		50,309		66,486		1.92	%		45,843		63,800	3.56	%
$50 million credit facility	April 2021	April 2022	L +	2.00	%								24,785		32,300		2.18	%		14,933		17,650	3.81	%
$50 million credit facility	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2023	L +	2.50	%;		4.00	%	all in floor rate				23,414		31,374		4.06	%		12,191		16,499	4.32	%
$25 million credit facility	June 2022	June 2023	L +	2.25	%								10,894		17,022		2.43	%		19,651		28,572	4.07	%
$25 million working capital facility	Nov. 2020	N/A	L +	2.25	%								—		—		—			—		—	—
$1.8 million master security agreements	Dec. 2022	N/A		2.97	%	to				4.60	%		1,815		—		4.14	%		3,267		—	4.08	%
Repurchase facilities - securities (3)	N/A	N/A	L +	2.25	%	to				5.00	%		42,226		—		4.72	%		217,105		—	3.90	%
Structured Business total												$	882,388	$	1,189,505		2.85	%	$	934,694	$	1,002,993	3.94	%
Agency Business
$750 million ASAP agreement	N/A	N/A	L +	1.05	%;				L floor	0.35	%	$	163,851	$	163,851		1.40	%	$	148,725	$	148,725	2.81	%
$600 million joint repurchase facility	Mar. 2021	Mar. 2022	L +	2.50	%	to				2.75	%		6,927		11,302		2.77	%		299,824		300,446	3.26	%
$300 million repurchase facility (4)	Oct. 2020	N/A	L +	1.15	%								160,398		183,177		1.30	%		187,698		187,742	2.91	%
$150 million credit facility	Mar. 2021	N/A	L +	1.15	%								54,586		77,676		1.30	%		89,657		89,673	2.91	%
$150 million credit facility	July 2021	N/A	L +	1.40	%;				L floor	0.25	%		117,413		117,537		1.65	%		17,690		17,792	2.91	%
$100 million credit facility	June 2021	N/A	L +	1.15	%;				L floor	0.50	%		64,377		64,377		1.65	%		—		—	—
Agency Business total												$	567,552	$	617,920		2.98	%	$	743,594	$	744,378	3.03	%
Consolidated total												$	1,449,940	$	1,807,425		2.90	%	$	1,678,288	$	1,747,371	3.54	%

(1) The debt carrying value for the Structured Business at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was net of unamortized deferred finance costs of $3.5 million and $2.1 million, respectively. The debt carrying value for the Agency Business at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was net of unamortized deferred finance costs of $0.9 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

(2) This facility includes a LIBOR floor equal to 75% of the LIBOR floors included in our originated loans.

(3) These repurchase facilities are subject to margin call provisions associated with changes in interest spreads. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, these facilities were collateralized by our CLO bonds retained and consolidated by us with a principal balance of $275.7 million and $234.9 million, respectively, B Piece bonds held-to-maturity with a carrying value of $60.7 million and $68.7 million, respectively, and SFR bonds with a carrying value of $20.0 million at both September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we significantly reduced the UPB of these facilities by $175.0 million to $42.2 million through a debt restructuring and the use of proceeds from our senior notes issued in the second quarter of 2020.

(4) This facility was amended in October 2020 to increase the facility to $400.0 million, extend the maturity to October 2021 and increase the interest rate to LIBOR plus 150 basis points.

Generally, our credit facilities and repurchase agreements have extension options that are at the discretion of the banking institutions in which we have long standing relationships with. These facilities typically renew annually and also include a "wind-down" feature.

Joint Repurchase Facility. During the first quarter of 2020, we amended our joint repurchase facility shared between the Structured Business and the Agency Business to increase the total committed amount by $400.0 million to $1.10 billion, of which $600.0 million matures in March 2021 and $500.0 million matures in March 2022, with each maturity eligible for a one-year extension option. The amended facility includes an $800.0 million sublimit for Private Label loans, which reduces to $500.0 million in March 2021 unless that portion of the facility is extended through March 2022.

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Structured Business

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the weighted average interest rate for the credit facilities and repurchase agreements of our Structured Business, including certain fees and costs, such as structuring, commitment, non-use and warehousing fees, was 3.18% and 4.39%, respectively. The leverage on our loan and investment portfolio financed through our credit facilities and repurchase agreements, excluding the securities repurchase facilities, working capital facility and the master security agreements used to finance leasehold and capital expenditure improvements at our corporate office, was 71% at both September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

In September 2020, we amended our $200.0 million repurchase facility to extend the maturity date to September 2021 and increase the interest rate 60 basis points with a LIBOR floor of 25 basis points on new loans and on existing loans after February 2021.

In September 2020, we amended our $100.0 million repurchase facility to extend the maturity date to September 2021, remove the stated interest rate range of 175 basis points to 195 basis points over LIBOR to a loan specific rate to be determined on a loan-by-loan basis and added a LIBOR floor of 50 basis points.

In July 2020, we amended our $125.0 million credit facility decreasing the committed amount under the facility to $100.0 million and extended the maturity date to July 2021. Previously during 2020, we increased the committed amount under this facility from $75.0 million to $125.0 million, increased the interest rate range by 50 to 55 basis points and added a LIBOR floor of 50 basis points.

In June 2020, we entered into a $23.0 million credit facility used to finance a multifamily bridge loan. The facility bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.50% and matures in September 2021.

In March 2020, we amended our $300.0 million repurchase agreement, increasing the committed amount to $400.0 million. In June 2020, we further amended this repurchase agreement extending the maturity date to June 2021 and increasing the interest rate by 25 basis points with a LIBOR floor of 75 basis points.

Agency Business

In the third quarter of 2020, we amended one of our $150.0 million credit facilities increasing the interest rate 25 basis points and adding a LIBOR floor of 25 basis points and extending the maturity date to July 2021. In addition, we added a $50.0 million sublimit for principal and interest advances we make as the primary servicer to Fannie Mae in connection with potential delinquent loans under the Fannie Mae forbearance program. The sublimit bears interest at a rate of 200 basis points over LIBOR, with a LIBOR floor of 25 basis points.

In September 2020, we amended our $50.0 million letter of credit facility with a financial institution to secure obligations under the Fannie Mae DUS program and the Freddie Mac SBL program to extend the maturity three years to September 2023.

In March 2020, we amended our $500.0 million repurchase facility reducing the committed amount to $300.0 million.

Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”)

We account for CLO transactions on our consolidated balance sheet as financing facilities. Our CLOs are VIEs for which we are the primary beneficiary and are consolidated in our financial statements. The investment grade tranches are treated as secured financings, and are non-recourse to us.

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Borrowings and the corresponding collateral under our CLOs are as follows ($ in thousands):

	Debt						Collateral (3)
							Loans				Cash
			Carrying		Wtd. Avg.				Carrying		Restricted
September 30, 2020	Face Value		Value (1)		Rate (2)		UPB		Value		Cash (4)
CLO XIII	$	668,000	$	663,506	1.58	%	$	764,080	$	760,847	$	21
CLO XII		534,193		530,361	1.67	%		613,702		611,790		9,210
CLO XI		533,000		529,554	1.61	%		632,441		630,452		414
CLO X		441,000		438,169	1.62	%		520,153		518,537		32,276
CLO IX		356,400		354,442	1.53	%		473,158		471,970		3,369
Total CLOs	$	2,532,593	$	2,516,032	1.61	%	$	3,003,534	$	2,993,596	$	45,290

December 31, 2019
CLO XII	$	534,193	$	529,448	3.30	%	$	596,366	$	593,652	$	17,800
CLO XI		533,000		528,690	3.25	%		624,443		621,508		15,550
CLO X		441,000		437,391	3.26	%		509,887		507,854		37,287
CLO IX		356,400		353,473	3.17	%		407,696		406,463		47,230
CLO VIII		282,874		281,119	3.12	%		359,186		357,914		544
Total CLOs	$	2,147,467	$	2,130,121	3.23	%	$	2,497,578	$	2,487,391	$	118,411

(1) Debt carrying value is net of $16.6 million and $17.3 million of deferred financing fees at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

(2) At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the aggregate weighted average note rate for our CLOs, including certain fees and costs, was 1.94% and 3.63%, respectively.

(3) As of September 30, 2020, there was 1 loan with a UPB of $16.6 million deemed at risk of default or a “credit risk” as defined by the CLO indenture, which we repurchased from the respective CLOs in October 2020. As of December 31, 2019, there was 0 collateral deemed a credit risk.

(4) Represents restricted cash held for principal repayments as well as for reinvestment in the CLOs. Does not include restricted cash related to interest payments, delayed fundings and expenses totaling $58.1 million and $58.6 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

CLO XIII. In March 2020, we completed CLO XIII, issuing 8 tranches of CLO notes through 2 newly-formed wholly-owned subsidiaries totaling $738.0 million. Of the total CLO notes issued, $668.0 million were investment grade notes issued to third party investors and $70.0 million were below investment grade notes retained by us. As of the CLO closing date, the notes were secured by a portfolio of loan obligations with a face value of $640.5 million, consisting primarily of bridge loans that were contributed from our existing loan portfolio. The financing has a three-year replacement period that allows the principal proceeds and sale proceeds (if any) of the loan obligations to be reinvested in qualifying replacement loan obligations, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the indenture. Thereafter, the outstanding debt balance will be reduced as loans are repaid. Initially, the proceeds of the issuance of the securities also included $159.5 million for the purpose of acquiring additional loan obligations for a period of up to 180 days from the CLO closing date (all of which was subsequently utilized) which resulted in the issuer owning loan obligations with a face value of $800.0 million, representing leverage of 84%. We retained a residual interest in the portfolio with a notional amount of $132.0 million, including the $70.0 million below investment grade notes. The notes sold to third parties had an initial weighted average interest rate of 1.41% plus one-month LIBOR and interest payments on the notes are payable monthly.

CLO VIII. In March 2020, we completed the unwind of CLO VIII, redeeming $282.9 million of outstanding notes, which were repaid primarily from the refinancing of the remaining assets primarily within CLO XIII, as well as with cash held by CLO VIII, and expensed $1.5 million of deferred financing fees into loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statements of income.

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Luxembourg Debt Fund

Our Luxembourg commercial real estate debt fund (“Debt Fund”) was a VIE for which we were the primary beneficiary and was consolidated in our financial statements. In April 2020, we completed the unwind of the Debt Fund and redeemed all the outstanding notes with a portion of the proceeds from our senior unsecured notes issued in March 2020 described below and recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.6 million, which was primarily comprised of deferred financing fees.

Senior Unsecured Notes

A summary of our senior unsecured notes is as follows (in thousands):

Senior			September 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
Unsecured	Issuance				Carrying		Wtd. Avg.				Carrying		Wtd. Avg.
Notes	Date	Maturity	UPB		Value (1)		Rate (2)		UPB		Value (1)		Rate (2)
8.00% Notes (3)	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2023	$	70,750	$	69,691	8.00	%	$	—	$	—	—
4.50% Notes (3)	Mar. 2020	Mar. 2027		275,000		271,873	4.50	%		—		—	—
4.75% Notes (4)	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2024		110,000		108,580	4.75	%		110,000		108,370	4.75	%
5.75% Notes (4)	Mar. 2019	Apr. 2024		90,000		88,655	5.75	%		90,000		88,369	5.75	%
5.625% Notes (4)	Mar. 2018	May 2023		125,000		123,490	5.63	%		125,000		123,060	5.63	%
			$	670,750	$	662,289	5.29	%	$	325,000	$	319,799	5.44	%

(1) At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying value is net of deferred financing fees of $8.5 million and $5.2 million, respectively.

(2) At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the aggregate weighted average note rate, including certain fees and costs, was 5.65% and 5.82%, respectively.

(3) These notes can be redeemed by us prior to three months before the maturity date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount, plus a "make-whole" premium and accrued and unpaid interest. We have the right to redeem the notes three months prior to or after the maturity date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

(4) These notes can be redeemed by us at any time prior to the maturity date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount, plus a “make-whole” premium and accrued and unpaid interest. We have the right to redeem the notes on or after the maturity date, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

In April 2020, we issued $40.5 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% senior unsecured notes due in April 2023 (the "Initial Notes") in a private placement, and, in June 2020, we issued an additional $30.3 million (the "Reopened Notes" and, together with the Initial Notes, the "8.00% Notes,") which brought the aggregate outstanding principal amount to $70.8 million. The Reopened Notes are fully fungible with, and rank equally in right of payment with the Initial Notes. We have the right to redeem the 8.00% Notes on or after January 15, 2023. We received total proceeds of $69.6 million from the issuances, after deducting the underwriting discount and other offering expenses. We used the net proceeds from the issuances to repay secured indebtedness, make investments relating to our business and for general corporate purposes.

Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes

In 2019, we issued $264.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.75% convertible senior notes (the “4.75% Convertible Notes”) through a private placement offering, which includes the exercised purchaser’s total over-allotment option of $34.0 million. The 4.75% Convertible Notes pay interest semiannually in arrears and are scheduled to mature in November 2022, unless earlier converted or repurchased by the holders pursuant to their terms. The initial conversion rate and the conversion rate at December 31, 2019 was 56.1695 shares of common stock per $1,000 of principal representing a conversion price of $17.80 per share of common stock. We received proceeds totaling $256.5 million, net of the underwriter’s discount and fees, which is being amortized through interest expense over the life of such notes. We used the net proceeds from the issuance primarily for the exchange of $228.7 million of our 5.25% convertible notes for a combination of $233.1 million in cash (which includes accrued interest) and 4,478,315 shares of our common stock. The remaining net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. During 2019, we recorded a loss on

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extinguishment of debt of $7.3 million in connection with this exchange, which included an inducement charge of $1.1 million. As of September 30, 2020, the 4.75% Convertible Notes had conversion rates of 56.2185 shares, common stock per $1,000 of principal, which represented a conversion price of $17.79 per share of common stock.

In 2018, we completed a similar exchange where we used the net proceeds from 2 separate private placements of our 5.25% convertible senior notes (the "5.25% Convertible Notes") to initially exchange portions of our 5.375% convertible senior notes (the "5.375% Convertible Notes") and 6.50% convertible senior notes (the "6.50% Convertible Notes").

At September 30, 2020, there were $0.5 million, $13.8 million and $0.2 million aggregate principal amount remaining of our 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 3, 2018, 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 20, 2018 and 5.375% Convertible Notes, respectively. The initial conversion rates of the 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 3, 2018, 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 20, 2018 and 5.375% Convertible Notes were 86.9943 shares, 77.8331 shares and 107.7122 shares, respectively, of common stock per $1,000 of principal, which represented a conversion price of $11.50 per share, $12.85 per share and $9.28 per share of common stock, respectively. At September 30, 2020, the 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 3, 2018, 5.25% Convertible Notes issued on July 20, 2018 and 5.375% Convertible Notes had conversion rates of 90.5672 shares, 81.0297 shares and 118.2123 shares, respectively, of common stock per $1,000 of principal, which represented a conversion price of $11.04 per share, $12.34 per share and $8.46 per share of common stock, respectively. The 5.25% Convertible Notes and 5.375% Convertible Notes pay interest semiannually in arrears and have scheduled maturity dates in July 2021 and November 2020, respectively, unless earlier converted or repurchased by the holders pursuant to their terms.

Our convertible senior unsecured notes are not redeemable by us prior to their maturities and are convertible by the holder into, at our election, cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination of both, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and during specified periods. The conversion rates are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events and the holders may require us to repurchase all, or any portion, of their notes for cash equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if we undergo a fundamental change specified in the agreements. We intend to settle the principal balance of our convertible debt in cash and have not assumed share settlement of the principal balance for purposes of computing earnings per share (“EPS”). At the time of issuance, there was no precedent or policy that would indicate that we would settle the principal in shares or the conversion spread in cash.

Accounting guidance requires that convertible debt instruments with cash settlement features, including partial cash settlement, account for the liability component and equity component (conversion feature) of the instrument separately. The initial value of the liability component reflects the present value of the discounted cash flows using the nonconvertible debt borrowing rate at the time of the issuance. The debt discount represents the difference between the proceeds received from the issuance and the initial carrying value of the liability component, which is accreted back to the notes principal amount through interest expense over the term of the notes, which was 2.02 years and 2.67 years at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, on a weighted average basis.

The UPB, unamortized discount and net carrying amount of the liability and equity components of our convertible notes are as follows (in thousands):

	Liability								Equity
	Component								Component
			Unamortized Debt		Unamortized Deferred		Net Carrying		Net Carrying
Period	UPB		Discount		Financing Fees		Value		Value
September 30, 2020	$	278,490	$	6,439	$	5,345	$	266,706	$	9,962
December 31, 2019	$	300,914	$	9,235	$	7,527	$	284,152	$	9,962

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we incurred interest expense on the notes totaling $4.8 million, of which $3.3 million, $0.8 million and $0.7 million related to the cash coupon, amortization of the debt discount and of the deferred financing fees, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we incurred interest expense on the notes totaling $14.8 million, of which $10.0 million, $2.5 million and $2.3 million related to the cash coupon, amortization of the debt discount and of the deferred

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financing fees, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we incurred total interest expense on the notes of $5.0 million, of which $3.5 million, $0.8 million and $0.7 million related to the cash coupon, amortization of the debt discount and of the deferred financing fees, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we incurred total interest expense on the notes of $15.1 million, of which $10.4 million, $2.5 million and $2.2 million related to the cash coupon, amortization of the debt discount and of the deferred financing fees, respectively. Including the amortization of the deferred financing fees and debt discount, our weighted average total cost of the notes was 6.75% and 6.80% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Junior Subordinated Notes

The carrying values of borrowings under our junior subordinated notes were $141.5 million and $140.9 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, which is net of a deferred amount of $11.0 million and $11.4 million, respectively, (which is amortized into interest expense over the life of the notes) and deferred financing fees of $1.9 million and $2.0 million, respectively. These notes have maturities ranging from March 2034 through April 2037 and pay interest quarterly at a floating rate based on LIBOR. The weighted average note rate was 3.05% and 4.75% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Including certain fees and costs, the weighted average note rate was 3.14% and 4.83% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Debt Covenants

Credit Facilities, Repurchase Agreements and Unsecured Debt. The credit facilities, repurchase agreements and unsecured debt (senior and convertible notes) contain various financial covenants, including, but not limited to, minimum liquidity requirements, minimum net worth requirements, as well as certain other debt service coverage ratios, debt to equity ratios and minimum servicing portfolio tests. We were in compliance with all financial covenants and restrictions at September 30, 2020.

CLOs. Our CLO vehicles contain interest coverage and asset overcollateralization covenants that must be met as of the waterfall distribution date in order for us to receive such payments. If we fail these covenants in any of our CLOs, all cash flows from the applicable CLO would be diverted to repay principal and interest on the outstanding CLO bonds and we would not receive any residual payments until that CLO regained compliance with such tests. Our CLOs were in compliance with all such covenants as of September 30, 2020, as well as on the most recent determination dates in October 2020. In the event of a breach of the CLO covenants that could not be cured in the near-term, we would be required to fund our non-CLO expenses, including employee costs, distributions required to maintain our REIT status, debt costs, and other expenses with (i) cash on hand, (ii) income from any CLO not in breach of a covenant test, (iii) income from real property and loan assets, (iv) sale of assets, or (v) accessing the equity or debt capital markets, if available. We have the right to cure covenant breaches which would resume normal residual payments to us by purchasing non-performing loans out of the CLOs. However, we may not have sufficient liquidity available to do so at such time.

Our CLO compliance tests as of the most recent determination dates in October 2020 are as follows:

Cash Flow Triggers	CLO IX		CLO X		CLO XI		CLO XII		CLO XIII
Overcollateralization (1)
Current	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	118.87	%	119.76	%
Limit	133.68	%	125.98	%	120.95	%	117.87	%	118.76	%
Pass / Fail	Pass		Pass		Pass		Pass		Pass
Interest Coverage (2)
Current	522.55	%	445.37	%	403.28	%	377.12	%	371.60	%
Limit	120.00	%	120.00	%	120.00	%	120.00	%	120.00	%
Pass / Fail	Pass		Pass		Pass		Pass		Pass

(1) The overcollateralization ratio divides the total principal balance of all collateral in the CLO by the total principal balance of the bonds associated with the applicable ratio. To the extent an asset is considered a defaulted security, the asset’s principal balance

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for purposes of the overcollateralization test is the lesser of the asset’s market value or the principal balance of the defaulted asset multiplied by the asset’s recovery rate which is determined by the rating agencies. Rating downgrades of CLO collateral will generally not have a direct impact on the principal balance of a CLO asset for purposes of calculating the CLO overcollateralization test unless the rating downgrade is below a significantly low threshold (e.g. CCC-) as defined in each CLO vehicle.

(2) The interest coverage ratio divides interest income by interest expense for the classes senior to those retained by us.

Our CLO overcollateralization ratios as of the determination dates subsequent to each quarter are as follows:

Determination (1)	CLO  IX		CLO X		CLO XI		CLO XII		CLO XIII
October 2020	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	118.87	%	119.76	%
July 2020	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	118.87	%	119.76	%
April 2020	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	118.87	%	119.76	%
January 2020	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	118.87	%	—
October 2019	134.68	%	126.98	%	121.95	%	—		—

(1) The table above represents the quarterly trend of our overcollateralization ratio, however, the CLO determination dates are monthly and we were in compliance with this test for all periods presented.

The ratio will fluctuate based on the performance of the underlying assets, transfers of assets into the CLOs prior to the expiration of their respective replenishment dates, purchase or disposal of other investments, and loan payoffs. NaN payment due under the junior subordinated indentures may be paid if there is a default under any senior debt and the senior lender has sent notice to the trustee. The junior subordinated indentures are also cross-defaulted with each other.

Note 11 — Allowance for Loss-Sharing Obligations

Our allowance for loss-sharing obligations related to the Fannie Mae DUS program is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	73,220	$	34,417	$	34,648	$	34,298
Impact of adopting CECL - January 1, 2020		���		—		14,406		—
Provisions for loss sharing		(2,031)		1,326		22,538		3,880
Provisions reversal for loan repayments		(196)		(591)		(832)		(2,323)
Recoveries (charge-offs), net		167		373		400		(330)
Ending balance	$	71,160	$	35,525	$	71,160	$	35,525

When a loan is sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program, we undertake an obligation to partially guarantee the performance of the loan. A liability is recognized for the fair value of the guarantee obligation undertaken for the non-contingent aspect of the guarantee and is removed only upon either the expiration or settlement of the guarantee. At September 30, 2020 and 2019, guarantee obligations of $33.2 million and $32.1 million, respectively, were included in the allowance for loss-sharing obligations.

In addition to and separately from the fair value of the guarantee, we estimate our allowance for loss-sharing under CECL over the contractual period in which we are exposed to credit risk. The current expected loss related to loss-sharing was based on a collective pooling basis with similar risk characteristics, a reasonable and supportable forecast and a reversion period based on our average historical losses through the remaining contractual term of the portfolio. The increase in the provision for credit losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 of $22.5 million, compared to the January 1, 2020 cumulative-effect adjustment upon adoption of CECL of $14.4 million, is primarily attributed to the significant adverse change in the economic outlook due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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When we settle a loss under the DUS loss-sharing model, the net loss is charged-off against the previously recorded loss-sharing obligation. The settled loss is often net of any previously advanced principal and interest payments in accordance with the DUS program, which are reflected as reductions to the proceeds needed to settle losses. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had outstanding advances of $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, which were netted against the allowance for loss-sharing obligations.

At September 30, 2020, our allowance for loss-sharing obligations, associated with expected losses under CECL was $38.0 million and represented 0.23% of the Fannie Mae servicing portfolio.

At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the maximum quantifiable liability associated with our guarantees under the Fannie Mae DUS agreement was $3.06 billion and $2.73 billion, respectively. The maximum quantifiable liability is not representative of the actual loss we would incur. We would be liable for this amount only if all of the loans we service for Fannie Mae, 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.

Note 12 — Derivative Financial Instruments

We enter into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities resulting in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. We do not use these derivatives for speculative purposes, but are instead using them to manage our exposure to interest rate risk.

Agency Rate Lock and Forward Sale Commitments. We enter into contractual commitments to originate and sell mortgage loans at fixed prices with fixed expiration dates. The commitments become effective when the borrower "rate locks" a specified interest rate within time frames established by us. All potential borrowers are evaluated for creditworthiness prior to the extension of the commitment. Market risk arises if interest rates move adversely between the time of the rate lock 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 under the GSE programs, we enter into a forward sale commitment with the investor simultaneously with the rate lock commitment with the borrower. The forward sale contract 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 closing of the loan and processing of paperwork to deliver the loan into the sale commitment.

These commitments meet the definition of a derivative and are recorded at fair value, including the effects of interest rate movements which are reflected as a component of other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations. The estimated fair value of rate lock commitments also includes the fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loan which is recorded as income from MSRs in the consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a net loss of $0.9 million and a net gain of $3.3 million, respectively, from changes in the fair value of these derivatives in loss on derivative instruments, net and $42.4 million and $96.7 million, respectively, of income from MSRs. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a net loss of $4.7 million and $6.1 million, respectively, from changes in the fair value of these derivatives in loss on derivative instruments, net and $29.9 million and $62.9 million, respectively, of income from MSRs. See Note 13 for details.

Interest Rate Swap Futures. We enter into over-the-counter interest rate swap futures (“Swap Futures”) to hedge our exposure to changes in interest rates inherent in (1) our Structured Business SFR loans from the time the loans are originated until the time they can be financed with match term fixed rate securitized debt, and (2) our held-for-sale Agency Business Private Label loans from the time the loans are rate locked until sale and securitization. The Swap Futures do not meet the criteria for hedge accounting, typically have a three-month maturity and are tied to the five-year and ten-year swap rates. Our Swap Futures are cleared by a central clearing house and variation margin payments, made in cash, are treated as a legal settlement of the derivative itself as opposed to a pledge of collateral.

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During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded realized losses of $0.2 million and unrealized gains of $0.4 million to our Structured Business and realized losses of $0.1 million and unrealized gains of $0.1 million to our Agency Business related to our Swap Futures. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded realized losses of $3.0 million and unrealized losses of $0.1 million to our Structured Business and realized losses of $57.3 million and unrealized losses of $1.5 million to our Agency Business related to our Swap Futures. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded realized losses of $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and unrealized gains of $0.1 million and unrealized losses of less than $0.1 million, respectively, to our Structured Business related to our Swap Futures. During both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded realized gains of $0.2 million and unrealized losses of $0.2 million to our Agency Business related to our Swap Futures. The realized and unrealized gains and losses are recorded in loss on derivative instruments, net on our consolidated statements of income.

A summary of our non-qualifying derivative financial instruments is as follows ($ in thousands):

	September 30, 2020
					Fair Value
		Notional		Balance Sheet	Derivative		Derivative
Derivative	Count	Value		Location	Assets		Liabilities
Agency Business
Rate Lock Commitments	14	$	81,743	Other Assets/Other Liabilities	$	2,160	$	(110)
Forward Sale Commitments	79		688,361	Other Assets/Other Liabilities		1,387		(742)
Swap Futures	84		8,400			—		—
		$	778,504		$	3,547	$	(852)
Structured Business
Swap Futures	345	$	34,500			—		—

	December 31, 2019
Agency Business
Rate Lock Commitments	5	$	37,657	Other Assets/Other Liabilities	$	1,066	$	(202)
Forward Sale Commitments	79		483,576	Other Assets/Other Liabilities		369		(2,895)
Swap Futures	3,274		327,400			—		—
		$	848,633		$	1,435	$	(3,097)
Structured Business
Swap Futures	271	$	27,100			—		—

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Note 13 — Fair Value

Fair value estimates are dependent upon subjective assumptions and involve significant uncertainties resulting in variability in estimates with changes in assumptions. The following table summarizes the principal amounts, carrying values and the estimated fair values of our financial instruments (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Principal /		Carrying		Estimated		Principal /		Carrying		Estimated
	Notional Amount		Value		Fair Value		Notional Amount		Value		Fair Value
Financial assets:
Loans and investments, net	$	5,096,887	$	4,910,872	$	5,033,017	$	4,279,611	$	4,189,960	$	4,228,071
Loans held-for-sale, net		617,920		631,138		641,616		847,126		861,360		876,975
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net		n/a		335,235		363,819		n/a		286,420		328,995
Securities held-to-maturity, net		164,556		118,260		115,613		111,028		88,699		91,738
Derivative financial instruments		394,432		3,547		3,547		173,532		1,435		1,435
Financial liabilities:
Credit and repurchase facilities	$	1,454,419	$	1,449,940	$	1,451,759	$	1,681,146	$	1,678,288	$	1,677,658
Collateralized loan obligations		2,532,593		2,516,032		2,478,949		2,147,467		2,130,121		2,147,944
Senior unsecured notes		670,750		662,289		650,235		325,000		319,799		331,225
Convertible senior unsecured notes, net		278,490		266,706		264,803		300,914		284,152		310,778
Junior subordinated notes		154,336		141,470		99,106		154,336		140,949		97,668
Derivative financial instruments		375,672		852		852		347,701		3,097		3,097
Debt fund		—		—		—		70,000		68,629		70,138

Assets and liabilities disclosed at fair value are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. Hierarchical levels directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these assets and liabilities are as follows:

Level 1—Inputs are unadjusted and quoted prices exist in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, such as government, agency and equity securities.

Level 2—Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level 1) are observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data. Level 2 inputs may include quoted market prices for a similar asset or liability, interest rates and credit risk. Examples include non-government securities, certain mortgage and asset-backed securities, certain corporate debt and certain derivative instruments.

Level 3—Inputs reflect our best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are based on significant unobservable inputs that require a considerable amount of judgment and assumptions. Examples include certain mortgage and asset-backed securities, certain corporate debt and certain derivative instruments.

Determining which category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires judgment and we evaluate our hierarchy disclosures each quarter.

The following is a description of the valuation techniques used to measure fair value and the general classification of these instruments pursuant to the fair value hierarchy.

Loans and investments, net. Fair values of loans and investments that are not impaired are estimated using inputs based on direct capitalization rate and discounted cash flow methodologies using discount rates, which, in our opinion, best reflect current market interest rates that would be offered for loans with similar characteristics and credit quality (Level 3). Fair values of impaired loans and investments are estimated using inputs that require significant judgments, which include assumptions regarding discount rates, capitalization rates, creditworthiness of major tenants, occupancy rates, availability of financing, exit plans and other factors (Level 3).

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Loans held-for-sale, net. Consists of originated loans that are generally expected to be transferred or sold within 60 days to 180 days of loan funding, and are valued using pricing models that incorporate observable inputs from current market assumptions or a hypothetical securitization model utilizing observable market data from recent securitization spreads and observable pricing of loans with similar characteristics (Level 2). Fair value includes the fair value allocated to the associated future MSRs and is calculated pursuant to the valuation techniques described below for capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net (Level 3).

Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net. Fair values are estimated using inputs based on discounted future net cash flow methodology (Level 3). The fair value of MSRs carried at amortized cost are estimated using a process that involves the use of independent third-party valuation experts, supported by commercially available discounted cash flow models and analysis of current market data. The key inputs used in estimating fair value include the contractually specified servicing fees, prepayment speed of the underlying loans, discount rate, annual per loan cost to service loans, delinquency rates, late charges and other economic factors.

Securities held-to-maturity, net. Fair values are approximated using inputs based on current market quotes received from financial sources that trade such securities and are based on prevailing market data and, in some cases, are derived from third-party proprietary models based on well recognized financial principles and reasonable estimates about relevant future market conditions (Level 3).

Derivative financial instruments. The fair values of rate lock and forward sale commitments are estimated using valuation techniques, which include internally-developed models developed based on changes in the U.S. Treasury rate and other observable market data (Level 2). The fair value of rate lock commitments includes the fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with the servicing of the loans, see capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net above for details on the applicable valuation technique (Level 3). We also consider the impact of counterparty non-performance risk when measuring the fair value of these derivatives. Given the credit quality of our counterparties, the short duration of interest rate lock commitments and forward sale contracts, and our historical experience, the risk of nonperformance by our counterparties is not significant.

Credit facilities and repurchase agreements. Fair values for credit facilities and repurchase agreements of the Structured Business are estimated using discounted cash flow methodology, using discount rates, which, in our opinion, best reflect current market interest rates for financing with similar characteristics and credit quality (Level 3). The majority of our credit facilities and repurchase agreement for the Agency Business bear interest at rates that are similar to those available in the market currently and the fair values are estimated using Level 2 inputs. For these facilities, the fair values approximate their carrying values.

Collateralized loan obligations, junior subordinated notes and Debt Fund. Fair values are estimated based on broker quotations, representing the discounted expected future cash flows at a yield that reflects current market interest rates and credit spreads (Level 3).

Senior unsecured notes. Fair values are estimated at current market quotes received from active markets when available (Level 1). If quotes from active markets are unavailable, then the fair values are estimated utilizing current market quotes received from inactive markets (Level 2).

Convertible senior unsecured notes, net. Fair values are estimated based on current market quotes received from inactive markets (Level 2).

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We measure certain financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair values of these financial assets and liabilities are determined using the following input levels as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

					Fair Value Measurements Using Fair
	Carrying				Value  Hierarchy
	Value		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Financial assets:
Derivative financial instruments	$	3,547	$	3,547	$	—	$	1,387	$	2,160
Financial liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments	$	852	$	852	$	—	$	852	$	—

We measure certain financial and non-financial assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The fair values of these financial and non-financial assets, if applicable, are determined using the following input levels as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

					Fair Value Measurements Using Fair
	Net Carrying				Value Hierarchy
	Value		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Financial assets:
Impaired loans, net (1)	$	147,583	$	147,583	$	—	$	—	$	147,583

(1) We had an allowance for loan losses of $106.3 million relating to 10 impaired loans with an aggregate carrying value, before loan loss reserves, of $253.9 million at September 30, 2020.

Loan impairment assessments. Loans held for investment are intended to be held to maturity and, accordingly, are carried at cost, net of unamortized loan origination costs and fees, loan purchase discounts, and net of the allowance for loan losses, when such loan or investment is deemed to be impaired. We consider a loan impaired when, based upon current information, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due for both principal and interest according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. We evaluate our loans to determine if the value of the underlying collateral securing the impaired loan is less than the net carrying value of the loan, which may result in an allowance and corresponding charge to the provision for loan losses. These valuations require significant judgments, which include assumptions regarding capitalization and discount rates, revenue growth rates, creditworthiness of major tenants, occupancy rates, availability of financing, exit plan and other factors. The table above and below includes all impaired loans, regardless of the period in which the impairment was recognized.

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Quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements at September 30, 2020 is as follows ($ in thousands):

			Valuation
	Fair Value		Techniques	Significant Unobservable Inputs
Financial assets:
Impaired loans:
Hotel	$	81,716	Discounted cash flows /	Discount rate	7.50	%
			direct capitalization	Capitalization rate	5.00	%
				Revenue growth rate	25.00	%
Land		49,510	Discounted cash flows	Discount rate	21.50	%
				Revenue growth rate	3.00	%
Retail		14,848	Discounted cash flows	Discount rate	10.21	%
				Capitalization rate	9.25	%
				Revenue growth rate	1.76	%
Healthcare		828	Discounted cash flows	Capitalization rate	14.30	%
Office		681	Discounted cash flows	Discount rate	11.00	%
				Capitalization rate	9.00	%
				Revenue growth rate	2.50	%
Derivative financial instruments:
Rate lock commitments		2,160	Discounted cash flows	W/A discount rate	12.75	%

The derivative financial instruments using Level 3 inputs are outstanding for short periods of time (generally less than 60 days). A roll-forward of Level 3 derivative instruments is as follows (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements Using				Fair Value Measurements Using
	Significant Unobservable Inputs				Significant Unobservable Inputs
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Derivative assets and liabilities, net
Beginning balance	$	549	$	745	$	1,066	$	324
Settlements		(40,746)		(30,067)		(95,614)		(62,587)
Realized gains recorded in earnings		40,197		29,322		94,548		62,263
Unrealized gains recorded in earnings		2,160		589		2,160		589
Ending balance	$	2,160	$	589	$	2,160	$	589

The components of fair value and other relevant information associated with our rate lock commitments, forward sales commitments and the estimated fair value of cash flows from servicing on loans held-for-sale are as follows (in thousands):

	Notional/		Fair Value of		Interest Rate		Total Fair Value
September 30, 2020	Principal Amount		Servicing Rights		Movement Effect		Adjustment
Rate lock commitments	$	81,743	$	2,160	$	(110)	$	2,050
Forward sale commitments		688,361		—		110		110
Loans held-for-sale, net (1)		617,920		14,704		—		14,704
Total			$	16,864	$	—	$	16,864

(1) Loans held-for-sale, net are recorded at the lower of cost or market on an aggregate basis and includes fair value adjustments related to estimated cash flows from MSRs.

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We measure certain assets and liabilities for which fair value is only disclosed. The fair value of these assets and liabilities are determined using the following input levels as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

					Fair Value Measurements Using Fair Value Hierarchy
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Financial assets:
Loans and investments, net	$	4,910,872	$	5,033,017	$	—	$	—	$	5,033,017
Loans held-for-sale, net		631,138		641,616		—		626,912		14,704
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net		335,235		363,819		—		—		363,819
Securities held-to-maturity, net		118,260		115,613		—		—		115,613
Financial liabilities:
Credit and repurchase facilities	$	1,449,940	$	1,451,759	$	—	$	567,552	$	884,207
Collateralized loan obligations		2,516,032		2,478,949		—		—		2,478,949
Senior unsecured notes		662,289		650,235		650,235		—		—
Convertible senior unsecured notes, net		266,706		264,803		—		264,803		—
Junior subordinated notes		141,470		99,106		—		—		99,106

Note 14 — Commitments and Contingencies

Impact of COVID-19. The magnitude and duration of COVID-19 and its impact on our business and on our borrowers is uncertain and will mostly depend on future events, which cannot be predicted. As this pandemic continues and if economic conditions worsen, it may have long-term impacts on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. See Note 2 and Item 1A. Risk Factors for further discussion of COVID-19.

Agency Business Commitments. Our Agency Business is subject to supervision by certain regulatory agencies. Among other things, these agencies require us to meet certain minimum net worth, operational liquidity and restricted liquidity collateral requirements, and compliance with reporting requirements. Our adjusted net worth and liquidity required by the agencies for all periods presented exceeded these requirements.

As of September 30, 2020, we were required to maintain at least $16.1 million of liquid assets in one of our subsidiaries to meet our operational liquidity requirements for Fannie Mae and we had operational liquidity in excess of this requirement.

We are generally required to share the risk of any losses associated with loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program and are required to secure this obligation by assigning restricted cash balances and/or a letter of credit to Fannie Mae. The amount of collateral required by Fannie Mae is a formulaic calculation at the loan level by a Fannie Mae assigned tier, which considers the loan balance, risk level of the loan, age of the loan and level of risk-sharing. Fannie Mae requires restricted liquidity for Tier 2 loans of 75 basis points, 15 basis points for Tier 3 loans and 5 basis points for Tier 4 loans, which is funded over a 48-month period that begins upon delivery of the loan to Fannie Mae. A significant portion of our Fannie Mae DUS serviced loans for which we have risk sharing are Tier 2 loans. As of September 30, 2020, we met the restricted liquidity requirement with a $45.0 million letter of credit and $6.9 million of cash collateral.

As of September 30, 2020, reserve requirements for the Fannie Mae DUS loan portfolio will require us to fund $39.7 million in additional restricted liquidity over the next 48 months, assuming no further principal paydowns, prepayments, or defaults within our at-risk portfolio. Fannie Mae periodically reassesses these collateral requirements and may make changes to these requirements in the future. We generate sufficient cash flow from our operations to meet these capital standards and do not expect any changes to have a material impact on our future operations; however, future changes to collateral requirements may adversely impact our available cash.

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We are subject to various capital requirements in connection with seller/servicer agreements that we have entered into with secondary market investors. Failure to maintain minimum capital requirements could result in our inability to originate and service loans for the respective investor and, therefore, could have a direct material effect on our consolidated financial statements. As of September 30, 2020, we met all of Fannie Mae’s quarterly capital requirements and our Fannie Mae adjusted net worth was in excess of the required net worth. We are not subject to capital requirements on a quarterly basis for Ginnie Mae or FHA, as such requirements for these investors are only required on an annual basis.

As an approved designated seller/servicer under Freddie Mac's SBL program, we are required to post collateral to ensure that we are able to meet certain purchase and loss obligations required by this program. Under the SBL program, we are required to post collateral equal to $5.0 million, which is satisfied with a $5.0 million letter of credit.

We enter into contractual commitments with borrowers providing rate lock commitments while simultaneously entering into forward sale commitments with investors. These commitments are outstanding for short periods of time (generally less than 60 days) and are described in more detail in Note 12 and Note 13.

Debt Obligations and Operating Leases. As of September 30, 2020, the maturities of our debt obligations and the minimum annual operating lease payments under leases with a term in excess of one year are as follows (in thousands):

			Minimum Annual
	Debt		Operating Lease
Year	Obligations		Payments		Total
2020 (three months ending December 31, 2020)	$	691,917	$	1,327	$	693,244
2021		710,547		4,861		715,408
2022		1,809,657		7,986		1,817,643
2023		938,641		7,754		946,395
2024		456,905		7,652		464,557
2025		18,334		7,696		26,030
Thereafter		464,587		34,041		498,628
Total	$	5,090,588	$	71,317	$	5,161,905

During both the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recorded lease expense of $1.5 million, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we recorded lease expense of $4.6 million and $4.5 million, respectively.

Unfunded Commitments. In accordance with certain structured loans and investments, we have outstanding unfunded commitments of $194.9 million as of September 30, 2020 that we are obligated to fund as borrowers meet certain requirements. Specific requirements include, but are not limited to, property renovations, building construction and conversions based on criteria met by the borrower in accordance with the loan agreements.

Litigation. We are currently neither subject to any material litigation nor, to the best of our knowledge, threatened by any material litigation other than the following:

In June 2011, 3 related lawsuits were filed by the Extended Stay Litigation Trust (the “Trust”), a post-bankruptcy litigation trust alleged to have standing to pursue claims that previously had been held by Extended Stay, Inc. and the Homestead Village L.L.C. family of companies (together “ESI”) (formerly Chapter 11 debtors, together the "Debtors") that have emerged from bankruptcy. NaN of the lawsuits were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and the third in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County. There were 73 defendants in the 3 lawsuits, including 55 corporate and partnership entities and 18 individuals. A subsidiary of ours and certain other entities that are affiliates of ours are included as defendants. The New York State Court action has been removed to the Bankruptcy Court.

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The lawsuits all allege, as a factual basis and background, certain facts surrounding the June 2007 leveraged buyout of ESI from affiliates of Blackstone Capital. Our subsidiary, Arbor ESH II, LLC, had a $115.0 million investment in the Series A1 Preferred Units of a holding company of Extended Stay, Inc. The New York State Court action and 1 of the 2 federal court actions name as defendants Arbor ESH II, LLC, Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC ("ACM ") and ABT-ESI LLC, an entity in which we have a membership interest, among the broad group of defendants. These 2 actions were commenced by substantially identical complaints. The defendants are alleged in these complaints, among other things, to have breached fiduciary and contractual duties by causing or allowing the Debtors to pay illegal dividends or other improper distributions of value at a time when the Debtors were insolvent. These 2 complaints also allege that the defendants aided and abetted, induced, or participated in breaches of fiduciary duty, waste, and unjust enrichment (“Fiduciary Duty Claims”) and name a director of ours, and a former general counsel of ACM, each of whom had served on the Board of Directors of ESI for a period of time. We are defending these 2 defendants and paying the costs of such defense. On the basis of the foregoing allegations, the Trust has asserted claims under a number of common law theories, seeking the return of assets transferred by the Debtors prior to the Debtors' bankruptcy filing.

In the third action, filed in Bankruptcy Court, the same plaintiff, the Trust, has named ACM and ABT-ESI LLC, together with a number of other defendants and asserts claims, including constructive and fraudulent conveyance claims under state and federal statutes, as well as a claim under the Federal Debt Collection Procedure Act.

In June 2013, the Trust filed a motion to amend the lawsuits, to, among other things, (i) consolidate the lawsuits into 1 lawsuit, (ii) remove 47 defendants, NaN of whom are related to us, from the lawsuits so that there are 26 remaining defendants, including 16 corporate and partnership entities and 10 individuals, and (iii) reduce the counts within the lawsuits from over 100 down to 17.

The remaining counts in the sole remaining amended complaint against our affiliates are principally state law claims for breach of fiduciary duties, waste, unlawful dividends and unjust enrichment, and claims under the Bankruptcy Code for avoidance and recovery actions, among others. The bankruptcy court granted the motion and the amended complaint has been filed. The amended complaint seeks approximately $139.0 million in the aggregate, plus interest from the date of the alleged unlawful transfers, from director designees, portions of which are also sought from our affiliates as well as from unaffiliated defendants.

We moved to dismiss the referenced remaining action in December 2013.

After supplemental briefing and multiple adjourned conferences, in August 2020, the Court issued a decision granting our motion to dismiss in part, dismissing 9 of the 17 counts. The Court permitted claims against director designees to proceed on theories of authorization of illegal dividends and breach of fiduciary duty. The Court permitted claims against the defendant entities, including our affiliated entities, to proceed on theories of constructive fraudulent transfer and fraudulent transfer under state and federal law. Moreover, the Court affirmatively dismissed 4 counts against the defendant entities to the extent they are based on distributions from certain so-called LIBOR Floor Certificates. According to the amended complaint, the total LIBOR Floor Certificate transfers were $74.0 million in value. As a result, with what remains of the amended complaint, total possible liability against the affiliated entities has correspondingly fallen, whereas total possible liability against the director designees remains at approximately $139.0 million.

The parties have stipulated to a schedule for discovery and we intend to vigorously defend against the remaining claims.

We have not made a loss accrual for this litigation because we believe that it is not probable that a loss has been incurred and an amount cannot be reasonably estimated.

Due to Borrowers. Due to borrowers represents borrowers’ funds held by us to fund certain expenditures or to be released at our discretion upon the occurrence of certain pre-specified events, and to serve as additional collateral for borrowers’ loans. While retained, these balances earn interest in accordance with the specific loan terms they are associated with.

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Note 15 — Variable Interest Entities

Our involvement with VIEs primarily affects our financial performance and cash flows through amounts recorded in interest income, interest expense, provision for loan losses and through activity associated with our derivative instruments.

Consolidated VIEs. We have determined that our operating partnership, ARLP, and our CLO entities, which we consolidate, are VIEs. ARLP is already consolidated in our financial statements, therefore, the identification of this entity as a VIE had no impact on our consolidated financial statements. As described in Note 10, we completed the unwind of the Debt Fund in April 2020 and redeemed all the outstanding notes. Prior to the unwind, the Debt Fund entity was consolidated and considered a VIE.

Our CLO consolidated entities invest in real estate and real estate-related securities and are financed by the issuance of debt securities. We, or one of our affiliates, are named collateral manager, servicer, and special servicer for all collateral assets held in CLOs, which we believe gives us the power to direct the most significant economic activities of those entities. We also have exposure to losses to the extent of our equity interests and also have rights to waterfall payments in excess of required payments to bond investors. As a result of consolidation, equity interests have been eliminated, and the consolidated balance sheets reflect both the assets held and debt issued to third parties by the CLOs and Debt Fund, prior to the unwind. Our operating results and cash flows include the gross asset and liability amounts related to the CLOs and Debt Fund, prior to the unwind, as opposed to our net economic interests in those entities.

The assets and liabilities related to these consolidated CLOs and Debt Fund are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets:
Restricted cash	$	103,411	$	208,467
Loans and investments, net		2,993,596		2,557,909
Other assets		15,748		18,380
Total assets	$	3,112,755	$	2,784,756
Liabilities:
Collateralized loan obligations	$	2,516,032	$	2,130,121
Debt fund		—		68,629
Other liabilities		2,713		10,849
Total liabilities	$	2,518,745	$	2,209,599

Assets held by the CLOs are restricted and can only be used to settle obligations of the CLOs. The liabilities of the CLOs are non-recourse to us and can only be satisfied from each respective asset pool. See Note 10 for details. We are not obligated to provide, have not provided, and do not intend to provide financial support to any of the consolidated CLOs.

Unconsolidated VIEs. We determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of 32 VIEs in which we have a variable interest as of September 30, 2020 because we do not have the ability to direct the activities of the VIEs that most significantly impact each entity’s economic performance.

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A summary of our variable interests in identified VIEs, of which we are not the primary beneficiary, as of September 30, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

Type	Carrying Amount (1)
Loans	$	481,422
B Piece and SFR bonds		81,523
APL certificates		38,365
Equity investments		12,219
Agency interest only strips		2,084
Total	$	615,613

(1) Represents the carrying amount of loans and investments before reserves. At September 30, 2020, $218.8 million of loans to VIEs had corresponding specific loan loss reserves of $86.9 million. The maximum loss exposure as of September 30, 2020 would not exceed the carrying amount of our investment.

These unconsolidated VIEs have exposure to real estate debt of approximately $4.88 billion at September 30, 2020.

Note 16 — Equity

Preferred Stock. The Series A, B and C preferred stock outstanding are redeemable by us.

Common Stock. In August 2020, we filed a shelf registration statement as a "well-known seasoned issuer" as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, which registered an unlimited and indeterminate amount of debt or equity securities for future issuance and sale. The shelf registration statement was declared effective upon filing.

In August 2020, we amended the equity distribution agreement with JMP Securities LLC (“JMP”). In accordance with the terms of the amendment, we may offer and sell up to 10,000,000 shares of our common stock in “At-The-Market” equity offerings through JMP by means of ordinary brokers' transactions or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we sold 6,887,274 shares for net proceeds of $78.5 million. We used a portion of the net proceeds to redeem 2,736,894 operating partnership units ("OP Units") for cash totaling $29.7 million. As of September 30, 2020, we had approximately 7,300,000 shares available under the amended agreement.

In March 2020, the Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program providing for the repurchase of up to $100.0 million of our outstanding common stock. The repurchase of our common stock may be made from time to time in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or in compliance with a Rule 10b5-1 plan based on our stock price, general market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The program may be discontinued or modified at any time. As of September 30, 2020, we repurchased 993,106 shares of our common stock under this program at a total cost of $3.9 million and an average cost of $3.98 per share.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we issued 321,412 and 41,601 shares in connection with the settlements of our 5.25% and 5.375% Convertible Notes, respectively. In February 2020, we also used a portion of the net proceeds from our public offering in December 2019 to purchase an aggregate of 747,500 shares of our common stock and OP Units from our chief executive officer and ACM at the same price the underwriters paid to purchase the shares.

Noncontrolling Interest. Noncontrolling interest relates to the operating partnership units (“OP Units”) issued to satisfy a portion of the purchase price in connection with the acquisition of the agency platform of ACM in 2016 (the "Acquisition"). Each of these OP Units are paired with 1 share of our special voting preferred shares having a par value of $0.01 per share and is entitled to 1 vote each on any matter submitted for stockholder approval. The OP Units are entitled to receive distributions if and when our Board of Directors authorizes and declares common stock distributions. The OP Units are also redeemable for cash, or at our option, for shares of our common stock on a 1-for-one basis. As noted above, during the third quarter of 2020, we redeemed 2,736,894 OP Units for

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cash and there were 17,632,371 OP Units outstanding at September 30, 2020, which represented 13.2% of the voting power of our outstanding stock.

Distributions. Dividends declared (on a per share basis) during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are as follows:

Common Stock			Preferred Stock
				Dividend (1)
Declaration Date	Dividend		Declaration Date	Series A		Series B		Series C
February 13, 2020	$	0.30	January 31, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125
May 6, 2020	$	0.30	May 1, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125
July 29, 2020	$	0.31	July 29, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125

(1) The dividend declared on July 29, 2020 was for June 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020, the dividend declared on May 1, 2020 was for March 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020 and the dividend declared on January 31, 2020 was for December 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020.

Common Stock – On October 28, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.32 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2020 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2020.

Preferred Stock – On October 28, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 per share of 8.25% Series A preferred stock; a cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of 7.75% Series B preferred stock; and a cash dividend of $0.53125 per share of 8.50% Series C preferred stock. These amounts reflect dividends from September 1, 2020 through November 30, 2020 and are payable on November 30, 2020 to preferred stockholders of record on November 15, 2020.

Deferred Compensation. In the first quarter of 2020, we issued 298,991 shares of restricted common stock to employees under the 2017 Amended Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) with a total grant date fair value of $3.2 million. Substantially all of these shares have one third vest as of the grant date and one third vesting on each of the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. In March 2020, we issued 36,396 shares of fully vested common stock to the independent members of the Board of Directors under the 2017 Plan with a grant date fair value of $0.4 million.

In the first quarter of 2020, we issued 45,928 shares of restricted common stock to our chief executive officer under his 2017 annual incentive agreement with a grant date fair value of $0.5 million. One quarter of the shares vested as of the grant date and one quarter will vest on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date. Our chief executive officer was also granted up to 275,569 performance-based restricted stock units with a grant date fair value of $0.1 million that vest at the end of a four-year performance period based on our achievement of certain total stockholder return objectives. During the first quarter of 2020, 421,348 shares of performance-based restricted stock units previously granted fully vested and were net settled for 215,014 common shares. During the third quarter of 2020, our chief executive officer was granted 313,152 shares of performance-based restricted stock with a grant date fair value of $3.0 million as a result of achieving goals related to the integration of the Acquisition, which vests in full three years after the grant date. In addition, 357,569 shares of performance-based restricted stock granted in 2017 vested in the third quarter of 2020, which were net settled for 182,467 common shares.

During the first quarter of 2020, we withheld  149,595 shares from the net settlement of restricted common stock by employees for payment of withholding taxes.

Earnings Per Share. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period inclusive of unvested restricted stock with full dividend participation rights. Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding, plus the additional dilutive effect of common stock equivalents during each period using the treasury stock method. Our common stock equivalents include the weighted average dilutive effect of performance-based restricted stock units granted to our chief executive officer, OP Units and convertible senior unsecured notes.

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A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of our basic and diluted EPS computations ($ in thousands, except share and per share data) is as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2020				2019
	Basic		Diluted		Basic		Diluted
Net income attributable to common stockholders (1)	$	81,997	$	81,997	$	33,965	$	33,965
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest (2)		—		13,836		—		7,363
Net income attributable to common stockholders and noncontrolling interest	$	81,997	$	95,833	$	33,965	$	41,328
Weighted average shares outstanding		113,766,446		113,766,446		94,486,839		94,486,839
Dilutive effect of OP Units (2)		—		19,196,660		—		20,484,094
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (3)		—		1,029,668		—		1,427,329
Dilutive effect of convertible notes (4)		—		4,313		—		1,069,782
Weighted average shares outstanding		113,766,446		133,997,087		94,486,839		117,468,044
Net income per common share (1)	$	0.72	$	0.72	$	0.36	$	0.35

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020				2019
Net income attributable to common stockholders (1)	$	66,778	$	66,778	$	85,532	$	85,532
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest (2)		—		11,012		—		19,429
Net income attributable to common stockholders and noncontrolling interest	$	66,778	$	77,790	$	85,532	$	104,961
Weighted average shares outstanding		111,775,436		111,775,436		89,899,074		89,899,074
Dilutive effect of OP Units (2)		—		19,993,983		—		20,508,205
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (3)		—		600,648		—		1,405,776
Dilutive effect of convertible notes (4)		—		31,248		—		1,220,913
Weighted average shares outstanding		111,775,436		132,401,315		89,899,074		113,033,968
Net income per common share (1)	$	0.60	$	0.59	$	0.95	$	0.93

(1) Net of preferred stock dividends.

(2) We consider OP Units to be common stock equivalents as the holders have voting rights, the right to distributions and the right to redeem the OP Units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or a corresponding number of shares of common stock, at our election.

(3) Mr. Kaufman is granted restricted stock units annually, which vest at the end of a four-year performance period based upon our achievement of total stockholder return objectives.

(4) The convertible senior unsecured notes impact diluted earnings per share if the average price of our common stock exceeds the conversion price, as calculated in accordance with the terms of the indenture.

Note 17 — Income Taxes

As a REIT, we are generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent of our distributions to stockholders and as long as certain asset, income, distribution, ownership and administrative tests are met. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must annually distribute at least 90% of our REIT-taxable income to our stockholders and meet certain other requirements. We may also be subject to certain state, local and franchise taxes. Under certain circumstances, federal income and excise taxes may be due on our undistributed taxable income. If we were to fail to meet these requirements, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax, which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and amounts available for distributions to our stockholders. We believe that all of the criteria to maintain our REIT qualification have been met for the applicable periods, but there can be no assurance that these criteria will continue to be met in subsequent periods.

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The Agency Business is operated through our TRS Consolidated Group and is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. In general, our TRS entities may hold assets that the REIT cannot hold directly and may engage in real estate or non-real estate-related business.

In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a tax provision of $17.8 million and $15.5 million, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a tax provision of $6.6 million and $11.0 million, respectively. The tax provision recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2020 consisted of a current tax provision of $13.9 million and a deferred tax provision of $3.9 million. The tax provision recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 consisted of a current tax provision of $20.7 million and a deferred tax benefit of $5.2 million. The tax provision recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2019 consisted of a current tax provision of $4.4 million and a deferred tax provision of $2.2 million. The tax provision recorded in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 consisted of a current tax provision of $12.0 million and a deferred tax benefit of $1.0 million.

Current and deferred taxes are primarily recorded on the portion of earnings (losses) recognized by us with respect to our interest in the TRS’s. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are calculated based on temporary differences between our U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements and the federal, state, local tax basis of assets and liabilities as of the consolidated balance sheets.

Note 18 — Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties

Shared Services Agreement.We have a shared services agreement with ACM where we provide limited support services to ACM and they reimburse us for the costs of performing such services. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we incurred $0.6 million and $1.8 million, respectively, and, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, we incurred $0.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively, of costs for services provided to ACM, which are included in due from related party on the consolidated balance sheets.

Other Related Party Transactions. Due from related party was $23.8 million and $10.7 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, which consisted primarily of amounts due from our affiliated servicing operations related to real estate transactions closing at the end of the quarter and amounts due from ACM for costs incurred in connection with the shared services agreement described above.

Due to related party was $0.1 million and $13.1 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and consisted of loan payoffs, holdbacks and escrows to be remitted to our affiliated servicing operations related to real estate transactions.

We have a $35.0 million bridge loan and a $7.8 million preferred equity interest on an office building in New York City. The property is controlled by a third party and, beginning in June 2020, its day-to-day operations are managed by an entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer, which is entitled to an annual fee of $0.3 million and a 33% equity participation interest.

In certain instances, our business requires our executives to charter privately owned aircraft in furtherance of our business. In October 2019, we entered into an aircraft time-sharing agreement with an entity controlled by our chief executive officer that owns private aircraft. Pursuant to the agreement, we reimburse the aircraft owner for the required costs under Federal Aviation Administration regulations for the flights our executives' charter. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we reimbursed the aircraft owner $0.4 million for the flights chartered by our executives pursuant the agreement.

In the first quarter of 2019, we, along with ACM, certain executives of ours and a consortium of independent outside investors, formed AMAC Holdings III LLC ("AMAC III"), a multifamily-focused commercial real estate investment fund sponsored and managed by our chief executive officer and one of his immediate family members. We committed to a $30.0 million investment (of which $10.9 million was funded as of September 30, 2020) for an 18% interest in AMAC III. We recorded a loss of less than $0.1 million and $0.6 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, related to this investment. In July 2019, AMAC III originated a $7.0 million mezzanine loan to a borrower with which we have an outstanding $34.0 million bridge loan. In June 2020, for full satisfaction of the mezzanine loan, AMAC III became the owner of the property. In August 2020, the $34.0 million

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bridge loan was refinanced with a $35.3 million bridge loan, which bears interest at a rate of 350 basis points over LIBOR and matures in August 2022. We also originated a $15.6 million Private Label loan in December 2019 to a borrower which is 100% owned by AMAC III, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.735% and matures in January 2030. In May 2020, we sold the Private Label loan to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours. Interest income recorded from our bridge and Private Label loans totaled $1.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

In 2018, we originated a $61.2 million bridge loan on a multifamily property owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 10% of the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.50% with a LIBOR floor of 2.00% and matures in October 2021. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the related party investors liquidated their equity investment. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2018, we originated a $37.5 million bridge loan, which was used to purchase several multifamily properties. In January 2019, an entity owned, in part, by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer, purchased a 23.9% interest in the borrowing entity. The loan had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.25% with a LIBOR floor of 2.375% and was scheduled to mature in October 2020. In May 2020, the borrower repaid this loan in full. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $0.7 million and $2.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2018, we acquired a $19.5 million bridge loan originated by ACM. The loan was used to purchase several multifamily properties by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 85% of the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.0% with a LIBOR floor of 2.125% and matures in July 2021. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.3 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2018, we originated a $17.7 million bridge loan to an entity owned, in part, by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer, who owned a 10.8% interest in the borrowing entity. The loan was used to purchase several undeveloped parcels of land. The loan had a fixed interest rate of 10% and was scheduled to mature in February 2020. In September 2019, the borrower made a partial paydown of principal totaling $4.7 million and the remaining balance was paid off in January 2020. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $0.4 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2018, we originated a $21.7 million bridge loan on a multifamily property owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 75% in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.75% with a LIBOR floor of 1.25% and matures in June 2021. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.4 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30,2019, respectively.

In 2018, we acquired a $9.4 million bridge loan originated by ACM. The loan was used to purchase several multifamily properties by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 75% of the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 5.0% with a LIBOR floor of 1.25% and matures in January 2021. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2017, we acquired a $32.8 million bridge loan originated by ACM. The loan was used to purchase several multifamily properties by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owned 90% of the borrowing entity. The loan had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 5.0% with a LIBOR floor of 1.13% and was

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scheduled to mature in June 2020. In October 2019, the borrower repaid this loan in full. Interest income recorded from this loan totaled $0.6 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2017, we originated 2 bridge loans totaling $28.0 million on 2 multifamily properties owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 45% of the borrowing entity. The loans had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 5.25% with LIBOR floors ranging from 1.24% to 1.54% and were scheduled to mature in the fourth quarter of 2020. The borrower refinanced these loans with a $31.1 million bridge loan we originated in November 2019 with an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.0%, a LIBOR floor of 1.80% and a maturity date in October 2021. Interest income recorded from these loans totaled $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.6 million and $1.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2017, we originated a $46.9 million Fannie Mae loan on a multifamily property owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers) which owns a 17.6% interest in the borrowing entity. We carry a maximum loss-sharing obligation with Fannie Mae on this loan of up to 5% of the original UPB. Servicing revenue recorded from this loan was less than $0.1 million for all periods presented.

In 2017, Ginkgo Investment Company LLC (“Ginkgo”), of which one of our directors is a 33% managing member, purchased a multifamily apartment complex which assumed an existing $8.3 million Fannie Mae loan that we service. Ginkgo subsequently sold the majority of its interest in this property and owned a 3.6% interest at September 30, 2020. We carry a maximum loss-sharing obligation with Fannie Mae on this loan of up to 20% of the original UPB. Upon the sale, we received a 1% loan assumption fee which was governed by existing loan agreements that were in place when the loan was originated in 2015, prior to such purchase. Servicing revenue recorded from this loan was less than $0.1 million for all periods presented.

In 2016, we originated $48.0 million of bridge loans on 6 multifamily properties owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns interests ranging from 10.5% to 12.0% in the borrowing entities. The loans had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.5% with a LIBOR floor of 0.25% and were scheduled to mature in September 2019. In 2017, a $6.8 million loan on 1 property paid off in full and in 2018 4 additional loans totaling $28.3 million paid off in full. In January 2019, $10.9 million of the $12.9 million remaining bridge loan paid off, with the $2.0 million remaining UPB converting to a mezzanine loan with a fixed interest rate of 10.0% and a January 2024 maturity. Interest income recorded from the remaining mezzanine loan totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

In 2016, we originated a $12.7 million bridge loan and a $5.2 million preferred equity investment on 2 multifamily properties owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns a 50% interest in the borrowing entity. The bridge loan had an interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.5% with a LIBOR floor of 0.25% and the preferred equity investment had a fixed interest rate of 10%. The bridge loan and the preferred equity investment paid off in full in May 2019. In March 2020, we originated a $14.8 million Private Label loan and a $3.4 million mezzanine loan to the properties. The Private Label loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.10% and the mezzanine loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.00% and both loans mature in April 2030. In May 2020, we sold the Private Label loan to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours. Interest income recorded from these loans totaled $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

In 2015, we invested $9.6 million for 50% of ACM's indirect interest in a joint venture with a third party that was formed to invest in a residential mortgage banking business. As a result of this transaction, we had an initial indirect interest of 22.5% in this entity. We recorded income from these investments of $32.3 million and $56.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $2.6 million and $6.1 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. In connection with a litigation settlement related to this investment, we provided a guaranty of up to 50% of any amounts payable in connection with the settlement. ACM has also provided us with a guaranty to pay up to 50% of any amounts we may pay under this guaranty. The final payment was made under this settlement in January 2020 and we have no additional exposure.

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We, along with an executive officer of ours and a consortium of independent outside investors, hold equity investments in a portfolio of multifamily properties referred to as the “Lexford” portfolio, which is managed by an entity owned primarily by a consortium of affiliated investors, including our chief executive officer and an executive officer of ours. Based on the terms of the management contract, the management company is entitled to 4.75% of gross revenues of the underlying properties, along with the potential to share in the proceeds of a sale or restructuring of the debt. In June 2018, the owners of Lexford restructured part of its debt and we originated 12 bridge loans totaling $280.5 million, which were used to repay in full certain existing mortgage debt and to renovate 72 multifamily properties included in the portfolio. The loans were originated in June 2018, had interest rates of LIBOR plus 4.0% and were scheduled to mature in June 2021. During 2019, the borrower made payoffs and partial paydowns of principal totaling $250.0 million. In March 2020, the remaining balance of the loans were refinanced with a $34.6 million Private Label loan, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.30% and matures in March 2030. In May 2020, we sold the Private Label loan to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours. Interest income recorded from these loans totaled $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $1.1 million and $9.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Further, as part of this June 2018 restructuring, $50.0 million in unsecured financing was provided by an unsecured lender to certain parent entities of the property owners. ACM owns slightly less than half of the unsecured lender entity and, therefore, provided slightly less than half of the unsecured lender financing. In addition, in connection with our equity investment, we received distributions totaling $1.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $1.2 million and $0.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, which were recorded as income from equity affiliates. Separate from the loans we originated in June 2018, we provide limited ("bad boy") guarantees for certain other debt controlled by Lexford. The bad boy guarantees may become a liability for us upon standard "bad" acts such as fraud or a material misrepresentation by Lexford or us. At September 30, 2020, this debt had an aggregate outstanding balance of $613.9 million and is scheduled to mature between 2020 and 2029.

Several of our executives, including our chief financial officer, general counsel and our chairman, chief executive officer and president, hold similar positions for ACM. Our chief executive officer and his affiliated entities (“the Kaufman Entities”) together beneficially own approximately 35% of the outstanding membership interests of ACM and certain of our employees and directors also hold an ownership interest in ACM. Furthermore, one of our directors serves as the trustee and co-trustee of 2 of the Kaufman Entities that hold membership interests in ACM. Upon the closing of the Acquisition in 2016, we issued OP Units, each paired with 1 share of our special voting preferred shares. At September 30, 2020, ACM holds 3,898,554 shares of our common stock and 11,932,207 OP Units, which represents 11.9% of the voting power of our outstanding stock. Our Board of Directors approved a resolution under our charter allowing our chief executive officer and ACM, (which our chief executive officer has a controlling equity interest in), to own more than the 5% ownership interest limit of our common stock as stated in our amended charter.

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Note 19 — Segment Information

The summarized statements of income and balance sheet data, as well as certain other data, by segment are included in the following tables ($ in thousands). Specifically identifiable costs are recorded directly to each business segment. For items not specifically identifiable, costs have been allocated between the business segments using the most meaningful allocation methodologies, which was predominately direct labor costs (i.e., time spent working on each business segment). Such costs include, but are not limited to, compensation and employee related costs, selling and administrative expenses and stock-based compensation.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
	Structured		Agency		Other /
	Business		Business		Eliminations (1)		Consolidated
Interest income	$	75,471	$	6,230	$	—	$	81,701
Interest expense		35,252		2,636		—		37,888
Net interest income		40,219		3,594		—		43,813
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		—		19,895		—		19,895
Mortgage servicing rights		—		42,357		—		42,357
Servicing revenue		—		25,764		—		25,764
Amortization of MSRs		—		(12,416)		—		(12,416)
Property operating income		1,033		—		—		1,033
Gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net		118		(871)		—		(753)
Other income, net		1,050		—		—		1,050
Total other revenue		2,201		74,729		—		76,930
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		8,873		24,089		—		32,962
Selling and administrative		4,665		4,691		—		9,356
Property operating expenses		1,300		—		—		1,300
Depreciation and amortization		598		1,324		—		1,922
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		—		(2,227)		—		(2,227)
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		(6,065)		(1,521)		—		(7,586)
Total other expenses		9,371		26,356		—		35,727
Income before sale of real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		33,049		51,967		—		85,016
Loss on sale of real estate		(1,868)		—		—		(1,868)
Income from equity affiliates		32,358		—		—		32,358
Provision for income taxes		(6,494)		(11,291)		—		(17,785)
Net income		57,045		40,676		—		97,721
Preferred stock dividends		1,888		—		—		1,888
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		—		—		13,836		13,836
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	55,157	$	40,676	$	(13,836)	$	81,997

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Structured		Agency		Other /
	Business		Business		Eliminations (1)		Consolidated
Interest income	$	73,829	$	6,680	$	—	$	80,509
Interest expense		43,209		4,855		—		48,064
Net interest income		30,620		1,825		—		32,445
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		—		21,298		—		21,298
Mortgage servicing rights		—		29,911		—		29,911
Servicing revenue		—		25,916		—		25,916
Amortization of MSRs		—		(12,126)		—		(12,126)
Property operating income		2,237		—		—		2,237
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(308)		(4,695)		—		(5,003)
Other income, net		325		—		—		325
Total other revenue		2,254		60,304		—		62,558
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		7,769		25,092		—		32,861
Selling and administrative		5,352		5,530		—		10,882
Property operating expenses		2,563		—		—		2,563
Depreciation and amortization		503		1,338		—		1,841
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		—		735		—		735
Total other expenses		16,187		32,695		—		48,882
Income before income from equity affiliates and income taxes		16,687		29,434		—		46,121
Income from equity affiliates		3,718		—		—		3,718
Provision for income taxes		—		(6,623)		—		(6,623)
Net income		20,405		22,811		—		43,216
Preferred stock dividends		1,888		—		—		1,888
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		—		—		7,363		7,363
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	18,517	$	22,811	$	(7,363)	$	33,965

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
		Structured		Agency		Other /
		Business		Business		Eliminations (1)		Consolidated
Interest income	$	228,243	$	25,064	$	—	$	253,307
Interest expense		115,390		13,782		—		129,172
Net interest income		112,853		11,282		—		124,135
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		—		60,566		—		60,566
Mortgage servicing rights		—		96,708		—		96,708
Servicing revenue		—		76,285		—		76,285
Amortization of MSRs		—		(36,129)		—		(36,129)
Property operating income		3,976		—		—		3,976
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(3,176)		(55,676)		—		(58,852)
Other income, net		3,347		57		—		3,404
Total other revenue		4,147		141,811		—		145,958
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		28,880		72,772		—		101,652
Selling and administrative		12,647		16,366		—		29,013
Property operating expenses		4,778		—		—		4,778
Depreciation and amortization		1,845		3,985		—		5,830
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		—		21,706		—		21,706
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		58,383		1,127		—		59,510
Total other expenses		106,533		115,956		—		222,489
Income before extinguishment of debt, sale of real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		10,467		37,137		—		47,604
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(3,546)		—		—		(3,546)
Loss on sale of real estate		(1,868)		—		—		(1,868)
Income from equity affiliates		56,758		—		—		56,758
Provision for income taxes		(9,337)		(6,156)		—		(15,493)
Net income		52,474		30,981		—		83,455
Preferred stock dividends		5,665		—		—		5,665
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		—		—		11,012		11,012
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	46,809	$	30,981	$	(11,012)	$	66,778

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
	Structured		Agency		Other /
	Business		Business		Eliminations (1)		Consolidated
Interest income	$	215,782	$	18,175	$	—	$	233,957
Interest expense		126,182		12,031		—		138,213
Net interest income		89,600		6,144		—		95,744
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		—		51,897		—		51,897
Mortgage servicing rights		—		62,852		—		62,852
Servicing revenue		—		76,685		—		76,685
Amortization of MSRs		—		(36,731)		—		(36,731)
Property operating income		8,187		—		—		8,187
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(668)		(6,058)		—		(6,726)
Other income, net		1,314		—		—		1,314
Total other revenue		8,833		148,645		—		157,478
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		23,048		70,599		—		93,647
Selling and administrative		15,101		16,021		—		31,122
Property operating expenses		7,649		—		—		7,649
Depreciation and amortization		1,524		4,139		—		5,663
Impairment loss on real estate owned		1,000		—		—		1,000
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		—		1,557		—		1,557
Total other expenses		48,322		92,316		—		140,638
Income before extinguishment of debt, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		50,111		62,473		—		112,584
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(128)		—		—		(128)
Income from equity affiliates		9,133		—		—		9,133
Provision for income taxes		—		(10,963)		—		(10,963)
Net income		59,116		51,510		—		110,626
Preferred stock dividends		5,665		—		—		5,665
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		—		—		19,429		19,429
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	53,451	$	51,510	$	(19,429)	$	85,532

(1) Includes income allocated to the noncontrolling interest holders not allocated to the 2 reportable segments.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

	September 30, 2020
	Structured Business		Agency Business		Consolidated
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	103,655	$	88,549	$	192,204
Restricted cash		103,412		6,851		110,263
Loans and investments, net		4,910,872		—		4,910,872
Loans held-for-sale, net		—		631,138		631,138
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net		—		335,235		335,235
Securities held-to-maturity, net		20,000		98,260		118,260
Investments in equity affiliates		82,322		—		82,322
Goodwill and other intangible assets		12,500		94,216		106,716
Other assets		154,509		47,699		202,208
Total assets	$	5,387,270	$	1,301,948	$	6,689,218
Liabilities:
Debt obligations	$	4,468,886	$	567,551	$	5,036,437
Allowance for loss-sharing obligations		—		71,160		71,160
Other liabilities		194,289		64,096		258,385
Total liabilities	$	4,663,175	$	702,807	$	5,365,982

	December 31, 2019
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	264,468	$	35,219	$	299,687
Restricted cash		208,926		1,949		210,875
Loans and investments, net		4,189,960		—		4,189,960
Loans held-for-sale, net		—		861,360		861,360
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights, net		—		286,420		286,420
Securities held-to-maturity, net		20,000		68,699		88,699
Investments in equity affiliates		41,800		—		41,800
Goodwill and other intangible assets		12,500		98,200		110,700
Other assets		118,175		31,484		149,659
Total assets	$	4,855,829	$	1,383,331	$	6,239,160
Liabilities:
Debt obligations	$	3,878,343	$	743,595	$	4,621,938
Allowance for loss-sharing obligations		—		34,648		34,648
Other liabilities		171,004		55,543		226,547
Total liabilities	$	4,049,347	$	833,786	$	4,883,133

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Origination Data:
Structured Business
New loan originations (1)	$	291,758		$	541,474		$	1,448,468		$	1,971,872
Loan payoffs / paydowns		206,028			456,847			640,494			1,239,449
(1) We committed to fund 2 SFR build-to-rent bridge loans totaling $75.3 million in the third quarter of 2020.
Agency Business
Origination Volumes by Investor:
Fannie Mae	$	1,117,679		$	1,097,095		$	2,839,833		$	2,581,958
Freddie Mac		252,014			203,981			587,445			631,324
FHA		100,345			—			193,821			44,668
Private Label		5,840			80,740			337,307			80,740
CMBS/Conduit		—			34,000			—			211,325
Total	$	1,475,878		$	1,415,816		$	3,958,406		$	3,550,015
Total loan commitment volume	$	1,528,551		$	1,477,436		$	4,002,492		$	3,626,528
Loan Sales Data:
Agency Business
Fannie Mae	$	1,038,053		$	1,141,780		$	2,856,020		$	2,556,781
Private Label		—			—			727,154			—
Freddie Mac		116,628			262,735			468,019			663,053
FHA		64,781			49,915			118,218			82,085
CMBS/Conduit		—			34,000			—			211,324
Total	$	1,219,462		$	1,488,430		$	4,169,411		$	3,513,243
Sales margin (fee-based services as a % of loan sales)		1.63	%		1.43	%		1.45	%		1.48	%
MSR rate (MSR income as a % of loan commitments)		2.77	%		2.02	%		2.42	%		1.73	%

	September 30, 2020
			Wtd. Avg. Servicing	Wtd. Avg. Life of
	UPB of Servicing		Fee Rate	Servicing Portfolio
Key Servicing Metrics for Agency Business:	Portfolio		(basis points)	(in years)
Fannie Mae	$	16,462,041	51.6	8.4
Freddie Mac		4,687,197	28.8	10.4
Private Label		727,063	20.0	9.4
FHA		685,263	17.1	20.4
Total	$	22,561,564	44.8	9.2

	December 31, 2019
Fannie Mae	$	14,832,844	49.3	7.8
Freddie Mac		4,534,714	30.0	10.6
FHA		691,519	15.4	18.7
Total	$	20,059,077	43.8	8.8

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

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements, and related notes and the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” included herein.

Overview

Through our Structured Business, we invest in a diversified portfolio of structured finance assets in the multifamily, single-family rental and commercial real estate markets, primarily consisting of bridge and mezzanine loans, including junior participating interests in first mortgages, preferred and direct equity.  We also invest in real estate-related joint ventures and may also directly acquire real property and invest in real estate-related notes and certain mortgage-related securities.

Through our Agency Business, we originate, sell and service a range of multifamily finance products through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, FHA and HUD. We retain the servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all loans we originate and sell under the GSE and HUD programs. We are an approved Fannie Mae DUS lender nationally, a Freddie Mac Multifamily Conventional Loan lender, seller/servicer, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, a Freddie Mac affordable, manufactured housing, senior housing and SBL lender, seller/servicer, nationally and a HUD MAP and LEAN senior housing/healthcare lender nationally. We also originate and sell finance products through CMBS programs and during the second half of 2019, we began to originate and service permanent financing loans underwritten using the guidelines of our existing agency loans sold to the GSEs, which we refer to as "Private Label" loans. We pool and securitize the Private Label loans and sell certain securities in the securitizations to third-party investors, while retaining the highest risk bottom tranche certificate.

We conduct our operations to qualify as a REIT. A REIT is generally not subject to federal income tax on its REIT—taxable income that is distributed to its stockholders, provided that at least 90% of its REIT—taxable income is distributed and provided that certain other requirements are met.

Our operating performance is primarily driven by the following factors:

Net interest income earned on our investments. Net interest income represents the amount by which the interest income earned on our assets exceeds the interest expense incurred on our borrowings. If the yield on our assets increases or the cost or borrowings decreases, this will have a positive impact on earnings. However, if the yield earned on our assets decreases or the cost of borrowings increases, this will have a negative impact on earnings. Net interest income is also directly impacted by the size and performance of our asset portfolio. We recognize the bulk of our net interest income from our Structured Business. Additionally, we recognize net interest income from loans originated through our Agency Business, which are generally sold within 60 days of origination.

Fees and other revenues recognized from originating, selling and servicing mortgage loans through the GSE and HUD programs. Revenue recognized from the origination and sale of mortgage loans consists of gains on sale of loans (net of any direct loan origination costs incurred), commitment fees, broker fees, loan assumption fees and loan origination fees. These gains and fees are collectively referred to as gain on sales, including fee-based services, net. We record income from MSRs at the time of commitment to the borrower, which represents the fair value of the expected net future cash flows associated with the rights to service mortgage loans that we originate, with the recognition of a corresponding asset upon sale. We also record servicing revenue which consists of fees received for servicing mortgage loans, net of amortization on the MSR assets recorded. Although we have long-established relationships with the GSE and HUD agencies, our operating performance would be negatively impacted if our business relationships with these agencies deteriorate. Additionally, we also recognize revenue from originating, selling and servicing our Private Label loans.

Income earned from our structured transactions. Our structured transactions are primarily comprised of investments in equity affiliates, which represent unconsolidated joint venture investments formed to acquire, develop and/or sell real estate-related assets. Operating results from these investments can be difficult to predict and can vary significantly period-to-period. If interest rates were to rise, it is likely that income from these investments would be significantly impacted, particularly from our investment in a residential mortgage banking business, since rising interest rates generally decrease the demand for residential real estate loans and the number of loan originations. In addition, we periodically receive distributions from our equity investments. It is difficult to forecast the timing of such payments, which can be substantial in any given quarter. We account for structured transactions within our Structured Business.

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Credit quality of our loans and investments, including our servicing portfolio. Effective portfolio management is essential to maximize the performance and value of our loan and investment and servicing portfolios.  Maintaining the credit quality of the loans in our portfolios is of critical importance.  Loans that do not perform in accordance with their terms may have a negative impact on earnings and liquidity.

COVID-19 Impact. The global outbreak of COVID-19 that began in early 2020, has forced many countries, including the United States, to declare national emergencies, to institute "stay-at-home" orders, to close financial markets and to restrict operations of non-essential businesses. Such actions are creating significant disruptions in global supply chains, and adversely impacting many industries. COVID-19 could have a continued and prolonged adverse impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger a period of global economic slowdown. The impact of COVID-19 on companies is evolving rapidly, and the extent and duration of the economic fallout from this pandemic, both globally and to our business, remain unclear and present risk with respect to our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, and ability to pay distributions. We expect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to negatively impact our financial performance and operating results for the remainder of 2020.

Significant Developments During the Third Quarter of 2020

Capital Markets Activity.

● We filed a shelf registration statement as a "well-known seasoned issuer," which registered an unlimited and indeterminate amount of debt or equity securities for future issuance and sale. The shelf registration statement was declared effective upon filing; and

● We amended the equity distribution agreement with JMP under which we may offer and sell up to 10,000,000 common shares in "At-The-Market" equity offerings. We sold 3,579,266 shares under this agreement and received net proceeds of $40.5 million, which a portion of the proceeds was used to redeem 2,736,894 OP Units totaling $29.7 million.

Agency Business Activity. Loan originations and sales totaled $1.48 billion and $1.22 billion, respectively, and our fee-based servicing portfolio grew 5% to $22.56 billion.

Structured Business Activity.

● Our Structured loan and investment portfolio grew 3% to $5.10 billion on loan originations totaling $291.8 million, partially offset by loan runoff of $206.0 million;

● We recorded income of $32.3 million and received a $15.0 million cash distribution from our residential mortgage business joint venture; and

● We sold our hotel property and recognized a $1.9 million loss. We also recorded a $2.5 million charge for a litigation settlement, which is included in selling and administrative expenses.

Dividend. We raised our quarterly common dividend to $0.32 per share, our second quarterly increase, reflecting a 7% year-to-date increase, which is payable on November 30, 2020 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2020

Current Market Conditions, Risks and Recent Trends

As discussed throughout this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global economy in an unprecedented way, swiftly halting activity across many industries, and causing significant disruption and liquidity constraints in many market segments, including the financial services, real estate and credit markets. The impact of COVID-19 on companies is evolving rapidly, and the extent and duration of the economic fallout from this pandemic remain unclear. COVID-19 could have a continued and prolonged adverse impact on economic and market conditions and could trigger a period of global economic slowdown. Adverse economic conditions have and may continue to result in declining real estate values, increased payment delinquencies and defaults and increased loan modifications and foreclosures, all of which could significantly impact our results of operations, financial condition, business prospects and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

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The pandemic has caused a dislocation in the capital markets resulting in a significant reduction of available liquidity. Many commercial mortgage REITs are suffering from the reduced available liquidity as access to capital is critical to grow their business. Despite this reduction in liquidity, during the second and third quarters of 2020 we raised $130.5 million through two private placement debt offerings and sales of our common stock through our “At-The-Market” equity offering sales agreements.

Our Agency Business requires limited capital to grow, as originations are financed through warehouse facilities for generally up to 60 days before the loans are sold, therefore this lack of liquidity has not and should not, impact our ability to grow this business. On the other side, our Structured Business is more reliant on the capital markets to grow, and therefore, we expect growth in this business to be limited until liquidity is more readily available. In our Structured Business, 80% of our portfolio is in multifamily assets with most of these loans containing interest reserves and/or replenishment obligations by our borrowers.

In our Agency Business, we have received requests for forbearances related to approximately 0.3% of our $16.46 billion Fannie Mae DUS portfolio and approximately 5.9% of our $4.69 billion Freddie Mac portfolio. We are closely monitoring and managing the requests for forbearances and there could potentially be additional economic stress in the fourth quarter.

The federal government, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have made certain forbearance and non-eviction programs available to borrowers and tenants should they need to counteract any short-term pressure on their properties from COVID-19 and its impact on the economy. For borrowers, in order to qualify for a forbearance, they need to demonstrate they have been adversely affected by the pandemic and their ability to make their loan payments has been impacted. All loan and rent payments that are suspended remain the obligations of the borrowers and tenants and we are offering tenants of our borrowers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic financial assistance through a $2.0 million rental assistance program that we launched in April 2020.

Interest rates have trended downward over the past several quarters and are currently at historically low levels. While lower interest rates generally have a positive impact on origination volume as borrowers look to refinance loans to take advantage of lower rates, our net interest income may be negatively impacted as higher yielding loans are paid off and replaced with lower yielding loans. We are somewhat insulated from decreasing interest rates, since a large portion of our structured loan portfolio has LIBOR floors, which could increase our net interest income in the future if rates remain at these historically low levels.

We are a national originator with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the GSEs remain the most significant providers of capital to the multifamily market. In September 2019, the Federal Housing Finance Agency's ("FHFA") announced a revised cap structure to its previously released GSE 2019 Scorecard. The loan origination caps for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were adjusted to $100 billion for each enterprise for a combined total of $200 billion ("2019/2020 Caps") and will run for a five-quarter period through the end of 2020. The new caps also mandate that 37.5% be directed towards mission driven business or affordable housing. The 2019/2020 Caps apply to all multifamily business and has no exclusions. Our originations with the GSEs are highly profitable executions as they provide significant gains from the sale of our loans, non-cash gains related to MSRs and servicing revenues. Therefore, a decline in our GSE originations could negatively impact our financial results. We are unsure whether the FHFA will impose stricter limitations on GSE multifamily production volume in the future.

Changes in Financial Condition

Assets — Comparison of balances at September 30, 2020 to December 31, 2019:

Our Structured loan and investment portfolio balance was $5.10 billion and $4.29 billion at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. This increase was primarily due to loan originations exceeding loan payoffs and paydowns by $808.0 million. See below for details.

Our portfolio had a weighted average current interest pay rate of 5.39% and 5.98% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Including certain fees earned and costs associated with the structured portfolio, the weighted average current interest rate was 5.93% and 6.68% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Advances on our financing facilities totaled $4.52 billion and $3.93 billion at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, with a weighted average funding cost of 2.66% and 3.82%, respectively, which excludes financing costs. Including financing costs, the weighted average funding rate was 3.09% and 4.35% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

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Activity from our Structured Business portfolio is comprised of the following ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2020			September 30, 2020
Loans originated (1)	$	291,758		$	1,448,468
Number of loans		13			80
Weighted average interest rate		5.51	%		5.69	%
(1) We committed to fund two SFR build-to-rent bridge loans totaling $75.3 million in the third quarter of 2020.
Loan paid-off / paid-down	$	206,028		$	640,494
Number of loans		15			56
Weighted average interest rate		5.92	%		6.69	%
Loans extended	$	197,488		$	686,401
Number of loans		15			40

Loans held-for-sale from the Agency Business decreased $230.2 million, primarily related to loan sales exceeding originations by $211.0 million as noted in the following table (in thousands). Loan sales includes $727.2 million of Private Label loans which were sold in connection with our first Private Label multifamily mortgage loan securitization in the second quarter of 2020. Our GSE loans are generally sold within 60 days, while our Private Label loans are generally expected to be sold and securitized within 180 days from the loan origination date.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2020				September 30, 2020
	Loan				Loan
	Originations		Loan Sales		Originations		Loan Sales
Fannie Mae	$	1,117,679	$	1,038,053	$	2,839,833	$	2,856,020
Freddie Mac		252,014		116,628		587,445		468,019
FHA		100,345		64,781		193,821		118,218
Private Label		5,840		—		337,307		727,154
Total	$	1,475,878	$	1,219,462	$	3,958,406	$	4,169,411

Capitalized mortgage servicing rights increased $48.8 million, primarily due to MSRs recorded on new loan originations, partially offset by amortization and write-offs. Our capitalized mortgage servicing rights represent the estimated value of our rights to service mortgage loans for others. At September 30, 2020, the weighted average estimated life remaining of our MSRs was 8.3 years.

Securities held-to-maturity increased $29.6 million, primarily due to the purchase, at a discount, of APL certificates in connection with our Private Label securitization totaling $37.9 million, partially offset by principal payments received from underlying loan payoffs in our Freddie Mac SBL B Piece bonds.

Investments in equity affiliates increased $40.5 million, primarily due to income from our investment in a residential mortgage banking business of $56.1 million, partially offset by a $15.0 million cash distribution received from the same investment.

Real estate owned decreased $10.3 million as a result of the sale of our hotel property in the third quarter of 2020.

Due from related party increased $13.2 million, due to an increase in funds from payoffs to be remitted by our affiliated servicing operations related to real estate transactions at the end of the reporting period. These amounts were remitted to us in October 2020.

Other assets increased $49.7 million, primarily due to an increase in our operating lease right-of-use assets as a result of an office lease extension.

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Liabilities – Comparison of balances at September 30, 2020 to December 31, 2019:

Credit facilities and repurchase agreements decreased $228.3 million, primarily due to loan sales exceeding originations by $211.0 million in our Agency Business, as described above.

Collateralized loan obligations increased $385.9 million, primarily due to the issuance of a new CLO, where we issued $668.0 million of notes to third party investors, partially offset by the unwind of a CLO totaling $282.9 million.

In April 2020, we completed the unwind of our $70.0 million Debt Fund.

Senior unsecured notes increased $342.5 million, primarily due to our issuances of $275.0 million of 4.50% notes and $70.8 million of 8.00% notes.

Convertible senior unsecured notes decreased $17.4 million, primarily due to partial redemption of our 5.25% Convertible Notes.

Allowance for loss-sharing obligations increased $36.5 million, primarily due to the adoption of CECL in the first quarter of 2020. See Note 2 for details.

Other liabilities increased $47.0 million, primarily due to an increase in our operating lease liabilities as a result of an office lease extension.

Equity

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we sold 6,887,274 shares of our common stock through our “At-The-Market” agreement, raising net proceeds of $78.5 million and we used a portion of such proceeds to redeem 2,736,894 OP Units for cash totaling $29.7 million. We also issued 363,013 shares of our common stock in connection with settlements of our convertible notes. In February 2020, we used a portion of the net proceeds from our public offering in December 2019 to purchase an aggregate of 747,500 shares of our common stock and OP Units from our chief executive officer and ACM. In addition, through September 30, 2020, we repurchased 993,106 shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program.

Distributions – Dividends declared (on a per share basis) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are as follows:

Common Stock			Preferred Stock
					Dividend (1)
Declaration Date	Dividend		Declaration Date		Series A		Series B		Series C
February 13, 2020	$	0.30		January 31, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125
May 6, 2020	$	0.30		May 1, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125
July 29, 2020	$	0.31		July 29, 2020	$	0.515625	$	0.484375	$	0.53125

(1) The dividend declared on July 29, 2020 was for June 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020, the dividend declared on May 1, 2020 was for March 1, 2020 through May 31, 2020 and the dividend declared on January 31, 2020 was for December 1, 2019 through February 29, 2020.

Common Stock — On October 28, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.32 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2020 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2020.

Preferred Stock — On October 28, 2020, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 per share of 8.25% Series A preferred stock; a cash dividend of $0.484375 per share of 7.75% Series B preferred stock; and a cash dividend of $0.53125 per share of 8.50% Series C preferred stock. These amounts reflect dividends from September 1, 2020 through November 30, 2020 and are payable on November 30, 2020 to preferred stockholders of record on November 15, 2020.

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Deferred Compensation

During the first quarter of 2020, we issued 344,919 shares of restricted stock to our employees, including our chief executive officer, 36,396 shares to the independent members of the Board of Directors and up to 275,569 shares of performance-based restricted stock units to our chief executive officer. We also withheld 143,096 shares of restricted common stock from employees to net settle and pay their respective withholding taxes in connection with awards that vested.

During the first quarter of 2020, 421,348 shares of performance-based restricted stock units previously granted to our chief executive officer fully vested and were net settled for 215,014 common shares. In addition, during the third quarter of 2020, our chief executive officer was granted 313,152 shares of performance-based restricted stock as a result of achieving goals related to the integration of the Acquisition and 357,569 shares of performance-based restricted stock granted in 2017 vested, which were net settled for 182,467 common shares.

See Note 16 for details.

Agency Servicing Portfolio

The following table sets forth the characteristics of our loan servicing portfolio collateralizing our mortgage servicing rights and servicing revenue ($ in thousands):

	September 30, 2020
				Wtd. Avg.	Wtd. Avg.							Annualized
	Servicing			Age of	Portfolio							Prepayments		Delinquencies
	Portfolio		Loan	Portfolio	Maturity	Interest Rate Type				Wtd. Avg.		as a Percentage		as a Percentage
Product	UPB		Count	(in years)	(in years)	Fixed		Adjustable		Note Rate		of Portfolio (1)		of Portfolio (2)
Fannie Mae	$	16,462,041	2,547	3.0	8.8	96	%	4	%	4.25	%	7.49	%	0.39	%
Freddie Mac		4,687,197	1,418	2.6	11.9	93	%	7	%	4.08	%	11.30	%	0.57	%
Private Label		727,063	40	0.8	9.4	100	%	—	%	3.81	%	—	%	—	%
FHA		685,263	89	3.5	32.6	100	%	—	%	3.57	%	33.71	%	—	%
Total	$	22,561,564	4,094	2.8	10.2	96	%	4	%	4.18	%	8.84	%	0.40	%

	December 31, 2019
Fannie Mae	$	14,832,844	2,349	3.0	8.6	95	%	5	%	4.52	%	11.37	%	0.23	%
Freddie Mac		4,534,714	1,475	2.2	12.6	96	%	4	%	4.23	%	11.37	%	0.57	%
FHA		691,519	92	3.6	32.1	100	%	0	%	3.71	%	3.98	%	0.00	%
Total	$	20,059,077	3,916	2.9	10.3	95	%	5	%	4.43	%	11.12	%	0.30	%

(1) Prepayments reflect loans repaid prior to six months from the loan’s maturity. The majority of our loan servicing portfolio has a prepayment protection term and therefore, we may collect a prepayment fee which is included as a component of servicing revenue, net.

(2) Delinquent loans reflect loans that are contractually 60 days or more past due. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, delinquent loans totaled $91.2 million and $59.2 million, respectively, of which $11.9 million and $33.5 million, respectively, were in the foreclosure process. In addition, at December 31, 2019, loans collateralizing our servicing portfolio totaling $3.2 million were in bankruptcy.

Our servicing portfolio represents commercial real estate loans originated in our Agency Business, which are generally transferred or sold within 60 days from the date the loan is funded. Primarily all of the loans in our servicing portfolio are collateralized by multifamily properties. In addition, we are generally required to share in the risk of any losses associated with loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program, see Note 11.

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Comparison of Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

The following table provides our consolidated operating results ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Increase / (Decrease)
	2020		2019		Amount		Percent
Interest income	$	81,701	$	80,509	$	1,192	1	%
Interest expense		37,888		48,064		(10,176)	(21)	%
Net interest income		43,813		32,445		11,368	35	%
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		19,895		21,298		(1,403)	(7)	%
Mortgage servicing rights		42,357		29,911		12,446	42	%
Servicing revenue, net		13,348		13,790		(442)	(3)	%
Property operating income		1,033		2,237		(1,204)	(54)	%
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(753)		(5,003)		4,250	(85)	%
Other income, net		1,050		325		725	nm	%
Total other revenue		76,930		62,558		14,372	23	%
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		32,962		32,861		101	—	%
Selling and administrative		9,356		10,882		(1,526)	(14)	%
Property operating expenses		1,300		2,563		(1,263)	(49)	%
Depreciation and amortization		1,922		1,841		81	4	%
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		(2,227)		735		(2,962)	nm	%
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		(7,586)		—		(7,586)	nm	%
Total other expenses		35,727		48,882		(13,155)	(27)	%
Income before sale of real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		85,016		46,121		38,895	84	%
Loss on sale of real estate		(1,868)		—		(1,868)	nm	%
Income from equity affiliates		32,358		3,718		28,640	nm	%
Provision for income taxes		(17,785)		(6,623)		(11,162)	169	%
Net income		97,721		43,216		54,505	126	%
Preferred stock dividends		1,888		1,888		—	—	%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		13,836		7,363		6,473	88	%
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	81,997	$	33,965	$	48,032	141	%

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The following table presents the average balance of our Structured Business interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, associated interest income (expense) and the corresponding weighted average yields ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2020						2019
	Average		Interest		W/A Yield /		Average		Interest		W/A Yield /
	Carrying		Income /		Financing		Carrying		Income /		Financing
	Value (1)		Expense		Cost (2)		Value (1)		Expense		Cost (2)
Structured Business interest-earning assets:
Bridge loans	$	4,522,755	$	64,838	5.70	%	$	3,496,683	$	60,716	6.89	%
Preferred equity investments		209,106		5,539	10.54	%		181,430		5,445	11.91	%
Mezzanine / junior participation loans		176,238		3,617	8.16	%		213,568		6,115	11.36	%
Other		76,710		943	4.89	%		45,903		324	2.80	%
Core interest-earning assets		4,984,809		74,937	5.98	%		3,937,584		72,600	7.31	%
Cash equivalents		346,140		534	0.61	%		325,294		1,229	1.50	%
Total interest-earning assets	$	5,330,949	$	75,471	5.63	%	$	4,262,878	$	73,829	6.87	%

Structured Business interest-bearing liabilities:
CLO	$	2,532,593	$	12,284	1.93	%	$	1,892,274	$	19,970	4.19	%
Warehouse lines		951,678		7,478	3.13	%		921,160		11,525	4.96	%
Unsecured debt		949,240		14,182	5.94	%		480,733		8,294	6.84	%
Trust preferred		154,336		1,308	3.37	%		154,336		2,070	5.32	%
Debt fund		—		—	—	%		70,000		1,350	7.65	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities	$	4,587,847		35,252	3.06	%	$	3,518,503		43,209	4.87	%
Net interest income			$	40,219					$	30,620

(1) Based on UPB for loans, amortized cost for securities and principal amount of debt.

(2) Weighted average yield calculated based on annualized interest income or expense divided by average carrying value.

Net Interest Income

The increase in interest income was mostly due to a $1.6 million increase in our Structured Business primarily due to an increase in our average core interest-earning assets from loan originations exceeding loan runoff, substantially offset by a decrease in the average yield on core interest-earning assets. The decrease in the average yield was due to lower rates on originations as compared to loan runoff, a decrease in the average LIBOR and 10-year treasury note rates and lower fees on early runoff, partially offset by the amortization of the discount related to our APL certificates.

The decrease in interest expense was primarily due to decreases of $8.0 million, or 18%, from our Structured Business and $2.2 million, or 46%, from our Agency Business. The decrease in our Structured Business was the result of a 37% decrease in the average cost of our interest-bearing liabilities, mainly from decreases in LIBOR and lower rates on recently issued debt, partially offset by a 30% increase in the average balance of our interest-bearing liabilities, due to growth in our loan portfolio and the issuance of additional unsecured debt. The decrease in our Agency Business was primarily due to a 37% decrease in the average cost of our interest-bearing liabilities as a result of decreases in LIBOR.

Agency Business Revenue

The decrease in gain on sales, including fee-based services, net was primarily due to an 18% decrease ($269.0 million) in loan sales volume, partially offset by a 14% increase in the sales margin as a result of higher margins on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA loan sales.

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The increase in income from MSRs was primarily due to a 37% increase in the MSR rate (income from MSRs as a percentage of loan commitment volume) from 2.02% to 2.77%, mainly due to an increase in the average servicing fee on loan commitments, and a 3% increase in loan commitment volume.

Other Revenue

The decreases in both property operating income and expenses were primarily due to lower occupancy at our hotel property as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sale of the hotel in September 2020.

The losses on derivative instruments in both the third quarter of 2020 and 2019 were primarily from our Agency Business and were predominantly from changes in the fair value of our rate lock commitments. See Note 12 for details.

Other Expenses

The decrease in selling and administrative expense was primarily due to decreases in general administrative expenses, mainly due to travel restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by the $2.5 million litigation settlement on the hotel property we sold in the third quarter of 2020.

The decreases in provision for loss sharing and provision for credit losses were primarily due the reversal of CECL reserves in connection with improved market conditions and expected future forecasts.

Loss on Sale of Real Estate

The loss recorded in the third quarter of 2020 was from the hotel property we sold in September 2020.

Income from Equity Affiliates

Income from equity affiliates in the third quarter of 2020 and 2019 primarily reflects income from our investment in a residential mortgage banking business of $32.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, and a distribution from an equity investment totaling $1.2 million in the third quarter of 2019.

Provision for Income Taxes

In the three months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a tax provision of $17.8 million, which consisted of current and deferred tax provisions of $13.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively. In the three months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a tax provision of $6.6 million, which consisted of a current tax provision of $4.4 million and a deferred tax provision of $2.2 million. The tax provision increase is primarily due to an increase in income generated from our residential mortgage banking business joint venture and growth in our agency business.

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

The noncontrolling interest relates to the outstanding OP Units issued as part of the Acquisition. There were 17,632,371 OP Units and 20,484,094 OP Units outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which represented 13.2% and 17.8% of our outstanding stock at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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Comparison of Results of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019

The following table provides our consolidated operating results ($in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30,				Increase / (Decrease)
	2020		2019		Amount		Percent
Interest income	$	253,307	$	233,957	$	19,350	8	%
Interest expense		129,172		138,213		(9,041)	(7)	%
Net interest income		124,135		95,744		28,391	30	%
Other revenue:
Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net		60,566		51,897		8,669	17	%
Mortgage servicing rights		96,708		62,852		33,856	54	%
Servicing revenue, net		40,156		39,954		202	1	%
Property operating income		3,976		8,187		(4,211)	(51)	%
Loss on derivative instruments, net		(58,852)		(6,726)		(52,126)	nm	%
Other income, net		3,404		1,314		2,090	159	%
Total other revenue		145,958		157,478		(11,520)	(7)	%
Other expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		101,652		93,647		8,005	9	%
Selling and administrative		29,013		31,122		(2,109)	(7)	%
Property operating expenses		4,778		7,649		(2,871)	(38)	%
Depreciation and amortization		5,830		5,663		167	3	%
Impairment loss on real estate owned		—		1,000		(1,000)	nm	%
Provision for loss sharing (net of recoveries)		21,706		1,557		20,149	nm	%
Provision for credit losses (net of recoveries)		59,510		—		59,510	nm	%
Total other expenses		222,489		140,638		81,851	58	%
Income before extinguishment of debt, sale of real estate, income from equity affiliates and income taxes		47,604		112,584		(64,980)	(58)	%
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(3,546)		(128)		(3,418)	nm	%
Loss on sale of real estate		(1,868)		—		(1,868)	nm	%
Income from equity affiliates		56,758		9,133		47,625	nm	%
Provision for income taxes		(15,493)		(10,963)		(4,530)	41	%
Net income		83,455		110,626		(27,171)	(25)	%
Preferred stock dividends		5,665		5,665		—	—	%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		11,012		19,429		(8,417)	(43)	%
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	66,778	$	85,532	$	(18,754)	(22)	%

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The following table presents the average balance of our Structured Business interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, associated interest income (expense) and the corresponding weighted average yields ($ in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020						2019
	Average		Interest		W/A Yield /		Average		Interest		W/A Yield /
	Carrying		Income /		Financing		Carrying		Income /		Financing
	Value (1)		Expense		Cost (2)		Value (1)		Expense		Cost (2)
Structured Business interest-earning assets:
Bridge loans	$	4,323,098	$	192,860	5.96	%	$	3,257,310	$	180,257	7.40	%
Preferred equity investments		205,706		17,094	11.10	%		181,550		15,614	11.50	%
Mezzanine / junior participation loans		176,889		11,825	8.93	%		173,484		15,213	11.72	%
Other		87,519		3,941	6.01	%		23,580		550	3.12	%
Core interest-earning assets		4,793,212		225,720	6.29	%		3,635,924		211,634	7.78	%
Cash equivalents		387,332		2,523	0.87	%		345,531		4,148	1.61	%
Total interest-earning assets	$	5,180,544	$	228,243	5.89	%	$	3,981,455	$	215,782	7.25	%
Structured Business interest-bearing liabilities:
CLO	$	2,439,365	$	44,722	2.45	%	$	1,742,738	$	59,434	4.56	%
Warehouse lines		979,846		26,215	3.57	%		856,667		32,581	5.08	%
Unsecured debt		853,339		38,175	5.98	%		454,872		23,623	6.94	%
Trust preferred		154,336		4,693	4.06	%		154,336		6,373	5.52	%
Debt fund		29,891		1,585	7.08	%		70,000		4,171	7.97	%
Total interest-bearing liabilities	$	4,456,777		115,390	3.46	%	$	3,278,613		126,182	5.15	%
Net interest income			$	112,853					$	89,600

(1) Based on UPB for loans, amortized cost for securities and principal amount of debt.

(2) Weighted average yield calculated based on annualized interest income or expense divided by average carrying value.

Net Interest Income

The increase in interest income was due to increases of $12.5 million, or 6%, from our Structured Business and $6.9 million, or 38%, from our Agency Business. The increase from our Structured Business was primarily due to a 32% increase in our average core interest-earning assets, as a result of loan originations exceeding loan runoff, partially offset by a 19% decrease in the average yield on core interest-earning assets, largely due to lower rates on originations as compared to loan runoff, a decrease in the average LIBOR rate and default interest and fees on a loan that paid off during 2019. The increase from our Agency Business was primarily due to Private Label loan originations over the past several quarters resulting in an increase in the average loans held-for-sale balance prior to securitization in May 2020, partially offset by a decrease in the 10-year treasury note rate in 2020.

The decrease in interest expense was due to a decrease of $10.8 million, or 9%, from our Structured Business, partially offset by an increase of $1.8 million, or 15%, from our Agency Business. The decrease in our Structured Business was the result of a 33% decrease in the average cost of our interest-bearing liabilities, mainly from decreases in LIBOR and lower rates on recently issued debt, partially offset by a 36% increase in the average balance of our interest-bearing liabilities, due to growth in our loan portfolio and the recent issuance of additional unsecured debt. The increase from our Agency Business was primarily due to a $269.5 million increase in the average debt balance used to finance the increase in the average loans held-for-sale balance, partially offset by a decrease in the average LIBOR rate.

Agency Business Revenue

The increase in gain on sales, including fee-based services, net was primarily due to a 19% increase ($656.2 million) in loan sales volume.

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The increase in income from MSRs was primarily due to a 40% increase in the MSR rate from 1.73% to 2.42%, mainly due to an increase in the average servicing fee on loan commitments, along with a 10% increase in loan commitment volume.

Other Revenue

Property operating income and expenses both decreased in 2020 as a result of lower occupancy and closure of the hotel property for most of the second quarter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sold the hotel in September 2020. See Note 9.

The increase in loss on derivative instruments was primarily due to an increase of $49.6 million from our Agency Business, mostly due to losses recognized on Swap Futures held in connection with our Private Label loans. See Note 12 for details.

Other Expenses

The increase in employee compensation and benefits expense was primarily due to increased headcount in both businesses associated with each business’s portfolio growth, including the full period impact in 2020 of new hires in 2019, as well as an increase in commissions in our Agency Business in connection with the Private Label loan sales.

The decrease in selling and administrative expenses was primarily due to a $2.5 million decline in the Structured Business. Legal and consulting costs were lower as transactions and projects that were terminated or completed in 2019 did not recur in 2020. Administrative expenses were also lower in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic due to travel restrictions and fewer events. These decreases were partially offset by the $2.5 million litigation settlement we recorded related to the hotel property that we sold in the third quarter of 2020.

The impairment loss on real estate owned of $1.0 million in 2019 reflects an impairment charge taken on our hotel property in the second quarter. See Note 9.

The increases in provision for loss sharing and provision for credit losses were primarily due to CECL reserves recorded in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-13 in 2020. See Note 2 for details.

Loss on Extinguishment of Debt

The loss on extinguishment of debt in 2020 was primarily due to losses recognized in connection with the unwind of both CLO VIII and the Debt Fund as well as the partial conversion of our 5.375% and 5.25% Convertible Notes.

Loss on Sale of Real Estate

The loss recorded in 2020 was from the hotel property we sold in September 2020.

Income from Equity Affiliates

Income from equity affiliates in 2020 and 2019 primarily reflects income from our investment in a residential mortgage banking business of $56.1 million and $6.1 million, respectively, and distributions from an equity investment totaling $1.1 million and $3.0 million, respectively.

Provision for Income Taxes

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recorded a tax provision of $15.5 million, which consisted of a current tax provision of $20.7 million and a deferred tax benefit of $5.2 million. In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recorded a tax provision of $11.0 million, which consisted of a current tax provision of $12.0 million and a deferred tax benefit of $1.0 million. The tax provision increase is primarily due to an increase in income generated from our residential mortgage banking business joint venture and growth in our agency business.

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Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

The noncontrolling interest relates to the outstanding OP Units issued as part of the Acquisition. There were 17,632,371 OP Units and 20,484,094 OP Units outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which represented 13.2% and 17.8% of our outstanding stock at September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity. Liquidity is a measure of our ability to meet our potential cash requirements, including ongoing commitments to repay borrowings, satisfaction of collateral requirements under the Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing agreement and, as an approved designated seller/servicer of Freddie Mac's SBL program, operational liquidity requirements of the GSE agencies, fund new loans and investments, fund operating costs and distributions to our stockholders, as well as other general business needs. Our primary sources of funds for liquidity consist of proceeds from equity and debt offerings, proceeds from CLOs and securitizations, debt facilities and cash flows from operations. We closely monitor our liquidity position and believe our existing sources of funds and access to additional liquidity will be adequate to meet our liquidity needs.

We are monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our financing sources, borrowers and their tenants, and the economy as a whole. The magnitude and duration of the pandemic, and its impact on our operations and liquidity, are uncertain and continue to evolve. To the extent that our financing sources, borrower’s and their tenants continue to be impacted by the pandemic, or by the other risks disclosed in our filings with the SEC, it would have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and capital resources.

We had approximately $4.52 billion in total structured debt outstanding at September 30, 2020. Of this total, approximately $3.64 billion, or 80%, does not contain mark-to-market provisions and is comprised of non-recourse CLO vehicles, senior unsecured debt and junior subordinated notes, the majority of which have maturity dates in 2022, or later. The remaining $885.9 million of debt is in warehouse and repurchase facilities with several different banks that we have long-standing relationships with and substantially all of which have maturity extension options. While we expect to extend or renew all of our facilities as they mature, given the current market environment, we believe that the extension terms may be less favorable than the terms of our current facilities.

In addition to our ability to extend our warehouse and repurchase facilities, we have approximately $500 million in cash and available liquidity as well as other liquidity sources, including our $22.56 billion agency servicing portfolio, which is mostly prepayment protected and generates approximately $100 million a year in recurring cash flow.

At September 30, 2020, we had $100.9 million of securities financed with $42.2 million of debt that was subject to margin calls related to changes in interest spreads. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we significantly reduced the UPB of this debt by $175.0 million to $42.2 million through a debt restructuring and the use of proceeds from our senior notes issued in the second quarter of 2020.

To maintain our status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, we must distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT-taxable income. These distribution requirements limit our ability to retain earnings and thereby replenish or increase capital for operations. However, we believe that our capital resources and access to financing will provide us with financial flexibility and market responsiveness at levels sufficient to meet current and anticipated capital and liquidity requirements.

Cash Flows. Cash flows provided by operating activities totaled $303.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and consisted primarily of net cash inflows of $229.1 million as a result of loan sales exceeding loan originations in our Agency Business.

Cash flows used in investing activities totaled $811.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Loan and investment activity (originations and payoffs/paydowns) comprise the bulk of our investing activities. Loan originations from our Structured Business totaling $1.43 billion, net of payoffs and paydowns of $674.9 million, resulted in net cash outflows of $750.1 million. Cash outflows also included $37.9 million to purchase APL certificates in connection with out Private Label securitization in the second quarter of 2020.

Cash flows provided by financing activities totaled $299.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and consisted primarily of net proceeds of $385.1 million from CLO activity, $345.8 million received from the issuances of senior unsecured notes and $78.6 million received from common stock issuances, partially offset by net cash outflows of $226.7 million from debt facility

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activities (facility paydowns were greater than funded loan originations), $126.1 million of distributions to our stockholders and OP Unit holders, $70.0 million for the unwind of the Debt Fund and $31.3 million for the redemption of OP units.

Agency Business Requirements. The Agency Business is subject to supervision by certain regulatory agencies. Among other things, these agencies require us to meet certain minimum net worth, operational liquidity and restricted liquidity collateral requirements, purchase and loss obligations and compliance with reporting requirements. Our adjusted net worth and operational liquidity exceeded the agencies' requirements as of September 30, 2020. Our restricted liquidity and purchase and loss obligations were satisfied with letters of credit totaling $50.0 million and $6.9 million of cash collateral. See Note 14 for details about our performance regarding these requirements.

We also enter into contractual commitments with borrowers providing rate lock commitments while simultaneously entering into forward sale commitments with investors. These commitments are outstanding for short periods of time (generally less than 60 days) and are described in Note 12.

Debt Instruments. We maintain various forms of short-term and long-term financing arrangements. Borrowings underlying these arrangements are primarily secured by a significant amount of our loans and investments and substantially all of our loans held-for-sale. The following is a summary of our debt facilities ($ in thousands):

	September 30, 2020
							Maturity
Debt Instruments	Commitment (1)		UPB (2)			Available	Dates (3)
Structured Business
Credit facilities and repurchase agreements	$	1,722,361	$	885,930	$	836,431	2020 - 2022
Collateralized loan obligations (4)		2,532,593		2,532,593		—	2020 - 2025
Senior unsecured notes		670,750		670,750		—	2023 - 2027
Convertible senior unsecured notes		278,490		278,490		—	2021 - 2022
Junior subordinated notes		154,336		154,336		—	2034 - 2037
Structured Business total		5,358,530		4,522,099		836,431
Agency Business
Credit facilities (5)		2,050,000		568,489		1,481,511	2020 - 2021
Consolidated total	$	7,408,530	$	5,090,588	$	2,317,942

(1) Includes temporary increases to committed amounts which have not expired as of September 30, 2020.

(2) Excludes the impact of deferred financing costs.

(3) See Note 14 for a breakdown of debt maturities by year.

(4) Maturity dates represent the weighted average remaining maturity based on the underlying collateral as of September 30, 2020.

(5) The ASAP agreement we have with Fannie Mae has no expiration date.

The debt facilities, including their restrictive covenants, are described in Note 10.

Contractual Obligations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the following significant changes were made to our contractual obligations disclosed in our 2019 Annual Report: (1) closed CLO XIII issuing $668.0 million of investment grade notes to third party investors; (2) unwound CLO VIII redeeming $282.9 million of outstanding notes; (3) unwound the Debt Fund and redeemed all of its outstanding notes; (4) issued a total of $345.8 million of senior unsecured notes; and (5) modified existing credit facilities.

See Note 10 for details and refer to Note 14 for a description of our debt maturities by year and unfunded commitments as of September 30, 2020.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. At September 30, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.

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Derivative Financial Instruments

We enter into derivative financial instruments in the normal course of business to manage the potential loss exposure caused by fluctuations of interest rates. See Note 12 for details.

Critical Accounting Policies

Please refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2019 Annual Report for a discussion of our critical accounting policies. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there were no material changes to these policies, except for the credit loss policy established in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-13. See Note 2 for details.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Core Earnings. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, we are presenting core earnings as our non-GAAP financial measure in replacement of adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”). Core earnings is comparable to our previous AFFO metric, revised to exclude provisions for credit losses (including CECL) related to our structured loan portfolio, securities held-to-maturity and loss-sharing obligations related to the Fannie Mae program. We are presenting core earnings because we believe it is an important supplemental measure of our operating performance and is frequently used by peers, analysts, investors and other parties in the evaluation of REITs. Prior period amounts presented below have been conformed to reflect this change.

We define core earnings as net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders (computed in accordance with GAAP) adjusted for accounting items such as depreciation and amortization (adjusted for unconsolidated joint ventures), non-cash stock-based compensation expense, income from MSRs, amortization and write-offs of MSRs, gains and losses on derivative instruments primarily associated with Private Label loans that have not yet been sold and securitized, the tax impact on cumulative gains or losses on derivative instruments associated with Private Label loans that were sold during the periods presented, changes in fair value of GSE-related derivatives that temporarily flow through earnings, deferred tax (benefit) provision, CECL provisions for credit losses (excluding specifically reserved provisions for loss-sharing) and the amortization of the convertible senior notes conversion option. We also add back one-time charges such as acquisition costs and one-time gains or losses on the early extinguishment of debt.

Core earnings is not intended to be an indication of our cash flows from operating activities (determined in accordance with GAAP) or a measure of our liquidity, nor is it entirely indicative of funding our cash needs, including our ability to make cash distributions. Our calculation of core earnings may be different from the calculations used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited.

Core earnings is as follows ($ in thousands, except share and per share data):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	81,997	$	33,965	$	66,778	$	85,532
Adjustments:
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest		13,836		7,363		11,012		19,429
Income from mortgage servicing rights		(42,357)		(29,911)		(96,708)		(62,852)
Deferred tax provision (benefit)		3,853		2,223		(5,172)		(1,026)
Amortization and write-offs of MSRs		15,456		18,904		48,739		52,558
Depreciation and amortization		2,867		2,789		8,731		8,504
Loss on extinguishment of debt		—		—		3,546		128
Provision for credit losses, net		(11,137)		431		79,144		1,021
Loss on derivative instruments, net		753		5,003		44,113		6,726
Stock-based compensation		1,854		2,316		7,286		7,574
Core Earnings (1)	$	67,122	$	43,083	$	167,469	$	117,594
Diluted core earnings per share (1)	$	0.50	$	0.37	$	1.26	$	1.04
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)		133,997,087		117,468,044		132,401,315		113,033,968

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(1) Amounts are attributable to common stockholders and OP Unit holders. The OP Units are redeemable for cash, or at our option for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Item 3.         Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We disclosed a quantitative and qualitative analysis regarding market risk in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2019 Annual Report.  That information is supplemented by the information included above in Item 2 of this report. Other than the developments described thereunder, there have been no material changes in our quantitative and qualitative exposure to market risk since December 31, 2019. The following table projects the potential impact on interest income and interest expense for a 12-month period, assuming an instantaneous increase or decrease of 15 basis points and an increase of 25 basis points in LIBOR (in thousands). Because LIBOR rates were close to zero at September 30, 2020, we have excluded the impact of a 25 basis point decrease in LIBOR.

	Assets (Liabilities)		15 Basis		15 Basis		25 Basis
	Subject to Interest		Point		Point		Point
	Rate Sensitivity (1)		Increase		Decrease		Increase
Interest income from loans and investments	$	5,096,887	$	203	$	(196)	$	372
Interest expense from debt obligations		4,522,099		5,322		(5,322)		8,870
Total net interest income			$	(5,119)	$	5,126	$	(8,498)

(1) Represents the UPB of our loan portfolio and the principal balance of our debt.

Based on our structured loans and investments and corresponding debt as of September 30, 2020, increases in LIBOR of 0.15% and 0.25% would decrease our annual net interest income as a result of LIBOR floors on a portion of our loan portfolio that are above LIBOR as of September 30, 2020, which would limit the effect of an increase on interest income. Conversely, these LIBOR floors would reduce the impact on interest income from decreases in LIBOR, which would result in increases to net interest income.

We also receive interest on cash, restricted cash and escrow balances. While the interest rates on these balances are not indexed to LIBOR, they are negotiated periodically with each corresponding bank based on certain benchmark rates. Based on our balances as of September 30, 2020, a 25 basis point and a 50 basis point increase in rates would result in an increase in our annual interest received of $3.6 million and $7.2 million, respectively. Conversely, a 25 basis point and a 50 basis point decrease in rate would result in a decrease of our annual interest received by the same amounts.

We enter into Swap Futures to hedge our exposure to changes in interest rates inherent in (1) our Structured Business SFR loans from the time the loans are originated until the time they can be financed with match term fixed rate securitized debt, and (2) our held-for-sale Agency Business Private Label loans from the time the loans are rate locked until sale and securitization. Our Swap Futures are tied to the five-year and ten-year swap rates and hedge our exposure to changes in the fair value of our Structured Business SFR loans and held-for-sale Agency Business Private Label loans until the time they are securitized. A 25 basis point and a 50 basis point increase to the five-year and ten-year swap rates on our Swap Futures held at September 30, 2020 would have resulted in a gain of $0.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively, in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, while a 25 basis point and a 50 basis point decrease in the rates would have resulted in a loss of $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

Our Agency Business originates, sells and services a range of multifamily finance products with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD. Our loans held-for-sale to these agencies are not currently exposed to 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 closing on the loan with the borrower, and the sale or placement is generally effectuated within 60 days of closing. The coupon rate for the loan is set after we establish the interest rate with the investor.

In addition, the fair value of our MSRs is subject to market risk since a significant driver of the fair value of these assets is the discount rates. A 100 basis point increase in the weighted average discount rate would decrease the fair value of our MSRs by $12.4 million as of September 30, 2020, while a 100 basis point decrease would increase the fair value by $13.2 million.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global economy in an unprecedented way, swiftly halting activity across many industries, and causing significant disruption and liquidity constraints in many market segments, including the commercial real estate markets, causing requests from tenants for rent deferral or abatement and delays in construction and development projects currently planned or underway. These negative conditions may persist into the future and impair our borrowers' ability to pay principal and interest due to us under our loan agreements. We maintain a robust asset management function that has strong relationships with our borrowers and are utilizing these relationships to address any potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our loans.

Although we have modified some loans that have resulted in interest rate concessions, and may continue to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are encouraged by conversations with our borrowers and their responses to the pandemic’s impacts on their properties. Our senior management team has over 30 years of industry experience with a track record of navigating and operating through all market cycles.

Item 4.         Controls and Procedures

Management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures at September 30, 2020. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2020.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.        Legal Proceedings

We are not involved in any material litigation nor, to our knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against us other than the litigation described in Note 14.  Other than the $2.5 million litigation settlement from the hotel property we sold in September 2020, we have not made a loss accrual for any litigation because we believe that it is not probable that a loss has been incurred and an amount cannot be reasonably estimated.

Item 1A.       Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth in Item 1A of our 2019 Annual Report, except as follows:

The COVID-19 pandemic, the measures intended to prevent its spread and those government actions intended to mitigate its economic impact have had, and may continue to have, adverse effects, some of which may be material, on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant disruptions to the U.S. and global economies and has contributed to volatility and negative pressure in equity, credit and mortgage markets. The outbreak has led the federal and state governments to impose measures intended to control its spread, including restrictions on freedom of movement and business operations such as travel bans, border closings, business closures, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders. The impact of the pandemic and measures to prevent its spread and limit the economic impact of the pandemic have negatively impacted us and could further negatively impact our business, perhaps in a material manner.

More particularly, among the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that have had, and may continue to have in the future, adverse impacts on our business are:

-    We may experience declines in the value of our assets, including our loan and securities portfolios

-    Declines in the value of our assets may result in margin calls and other mandatory prepayments under the credit facilities we use to finance those assets

-     In the current environment, forced sales of the securities and other assets that secure our repurchase and other financing arrangements may be on terms less favorable to us than might otherwise be available under more normal conditions, which could result in losses

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-    Disruption in the financial markets may have an adverse effect on our ability to obtain financing on terms and conditions that are favorable to us, or our ability to obtain financing at all

-    Continued disruptions in the credit markets may negatively impact our ability to execute on securitizations, which may have an adverse effect on our liquidity and results of operations

-    To the extent current conditions persist or worsen, there may be a materially negative effect on our results of operations, and, in turn, on cash available for distribution to our stockholders, on the value of our assets and on the market price of our common stock.

In response to the pandemic, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which has provided billions of dollars of relief to individuals, businesses of all sizes, state and local governments, and other public facilities suffering the impact of the pandemic. The Cares Act includes mortgage loan forbearance and modification programs to qualifying borrowers who have difficulty making their loan payments. In addition, the Federal Reserve has announced its commitment to purchase U.S. Treasury securities, asset backed securities, municipal bonds and other assets, in addition to making loans to and purchasing bonds from private companies.

Among the possible impacts of this legislation and regulatory action are:

-    Over the near and intermediate term, the economic impacts of the pandemic may negatively impact the financial stability of our mortgage loan borrowers and the properties underlying the loans, due in part to the effects of mortgage loan forbearance and modification programs and suspensions of landlords' ability to enforce evictions

-    Weakness in the economy may result in us receiving fewer requests for new loans, which may adversely affect our results of operations

-    Under applicable Fannie Mae policies and guidelines, we are required to make principal and interest advances on the loans we service for Fannie Mae and are responsible for bearing the burden of funding these advances for extended periods of time before receiving reimbursement from Fannie Mae, which may adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition

-    If we are unable to find a financing source for these servicing advance obligations, or if we can obtain financing, but the cost and terms of any such financing are less advantageous than we have received in the past, that could have material adverse consequences on our liquidity and financial condition

-    There can be no assurance as to how, in the long term, these actions and other actions by the U.S. government will affect the efficiency, liquidity and stability of the financial and mortgage markets. To the extent the financial or mortgage markets do not respond favorably to any of these actions, or such actions do not function as intended, our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity may continue to be adversely affected, perhaps materially.

The COVID-19 pandemic may impact the health of our employee base.

The possible adverse effects of the pandemic on our workforce are:

-       The COVID-19 pandemic may adversely impact the continued availability of our personnel, including our executive officers, and our ability to recruit, attract and retain skilled personnel

-      Operationally, we initiated a work-from-home policy at the start of the pandemic and beginning in July 2020, started a phased-in approach to allow employees back into our offices; however; if significant portions of our workforce, including key personnel, are unable to work effectively because of illness, government actions or other restrictions implemented in connection with COVID-19, the adverse impact on our business could be material.

To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in the ''Risk Factors'' section of our 2019 Annual Report. There are no comparable recent events that provide guidance as to the effect the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic may have, and as a result, the ultimate impact of the outbreak on our operations and financial results is highly uncertain and subject to change.

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Item 6.         Exhibits

Exhibit #	Description
3.1	Articles of Incorporation of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. *
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. **
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14.
32	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.1	Financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, filed on October 30, 2020, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

In accordance with Item 601 (b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K, certain instruments with respect to long-term debt of the registrant have been omitted but will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

*    Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-110472), as amended, filed November 13, 2003.

**  Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Form 8-K filed December 11, 2007.

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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.

	ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.
Date: October 30, 2020	By:	/s/ Ivan Kaufman
		Ivan Kaufman
		Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 30, 2020	By:	/s/ Paul Elenio
		Paul Elenio
		Chief Financial Officer

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