Interest and Dividend Income.
Interest and dividend income increased $156,000, or 4.4%, to $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from $3.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase was due primarily to an increase in interest earned on taxable securities, which increased $231,000, or 69.0% from $335,000 in the second quarter of 2021 to $566,000 in the second quarter of 2022. This increase was primarily due to the Company’s strategy to deploy excess liquidity into securities, which resulted in the average outstanding balance of securities increasing $48.7 million, or 61.3%, from $79.5 million for the second quarter of 2021 to $128.2 million for the second quarter of 2022. Offsetting the increase in interest earned on taxable securities, was a $116,000 decrease in interest and fees earned on loans. This decrease was primarily due to a decrease in the yield earned on loans, which decreased from 3.76% in the second quarter of 2021 to 3.59% in the second quarter of 2022. The decrease in the loan yield was primarily due to a decrease in fees collected on PPP loans between the two periods.
Interest expense decreased $23,000, or 5.9%, to $370,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from $393,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a decline in interest expense on FHLB advances, which declined $19,000 from $200,000 in the second quarter of 2021 to $181,000 in the second quarter of 2022. This decrease was primarily the result of a $7.2 million decrease in average FHLB advances outstanding.
Net interest income increased $179,000, or 5.7%, to $3.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. This increase was due to a $156,000 increase in interest income and a $23,000 decrease in interest expense. Our net interest rate spread increased 8 basis points to 2.52% for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from 2.44% for the three months ended June 30, 2021. Our net interest margin also increased 8 basis points to 2.65% from 2.57% over the same period.
Provision for Loan Losses.
Provision for loan losses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was $105,000 compared to no provision for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The allowance for loan losses was $3.1 million, or 0.89%, of total loans (and 0.89% excluding PPP loans), at June 30, 2022, compared to $2.9 million, or 0.88% of total loans (and 0.89% excluding PPP loans), at December 31, 2021. Nonaccrual loans constituted 0.23% of total gross loans (and 0.23% excluding PPP loans) at June 30, 2022, compared to 0.31% of gross loans at December 31, 2021 (and 0.32% excluding PPP loans). Net recoveries for the three months ended June 30, 2022 were $10,000 compared to net charge-offs of $33,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in provision was primarily due to the increase in loans outstanding.
Non-interest
income decreased $1.0 million, or 89.6%, to $118,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, from $1.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The decrease was primarily the result of a $763,000 decline in the market value of marketable equity securities and a $241,000 decrease in net gain on sale of loans. The decrease in the market value of marketable equity securities was due to a decrease in the market value of mutual funds held in our deferred compensation plan. The decrease in the net gain on sale of loans was primarily due to the decrease in the sale of mortgage loans held for sale, which decreased $21.6 million, from $29.6 million in the second quarter of 2021 to $8.0 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Non-interest
expense decreased $677,000, or 15.5%, to $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022 from $4.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a $664,000 decrease in salaries and employee benefits. The decrease in salaries and benefits was due primarily to a $763,000 decrease in the market value of mutual funds held in our deferred compensation plan, offset in part by a $94,000 increase in salaries.
We recorded an income tax benefit of $133,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to an income tax benefit of $58,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase in income tax benefit was primarily due to a decrease in income before taxes during the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021.
Comparison of Operating Results for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
We recorded net loss of $296,000 for the six months ending June 30, 2022, compared to net income of $470,000 recorded for the six months ending June 30, 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a $2.2 million decrease in
non-interest
income, which was partially offset by an $822,000 decrease in noninterest expense, a $353,000 increase in net interest income after provision for loan losses and a $294,000 decrease in income tax expense.