loan portfolio consisted of commercial real estate, commercial & industrial, and construction and land development loans. The risks attributable to these concentrations are mitigated by the Company’s credit underwriting and monitoring processes, including oversight by a centralized credit administration function and credit policy and risk management committee, as well as seasoned bankers focusing their lending to borrowers with proven track records in markets with which the Company is familiar.
Asset Quality
Overview
At June 30, 2020, the Company experienced increases in NPAs compared to December 31, 2019, primarily due to the inclusion of assets not previously reported as nonperforming that are now considered such under CECL. Past due loan levels as a percentage of total loans held for investment at June 30, 2020 were down from past due loan levels at December 31, 2019.
Net charge-offs decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019. Total net charge-offs as a percentage of total average loans on an annualized basis also decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019. The allowance for credit losses increased from December 31, 2019, as a result of the adoption of ASC 326 as well as a worsening economic forecast due to the impact of COVID-19, which also led to an increase in the provision for credit losses.
Troubled Debt Restructurings
The total recorded investment in TDRs as of June 30, 2020 was $20.3 million, an increase of $849,000, or 4.4%, from $19.5 million at December 31, 2019 and a decrease of $3.4 million, or 14.1%, from $23.7 million at June 30, 2019. Of the $20.3 million of TDRs at June 30, 2020, $15.3 million, or 75.2%, were considered performing while the remaining $5.0 million were considered nonperforming.
Loan Modifications for Borrowers Affected by COVID-19
On March 22, 2020, the five federal bank regulatory agencies and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued joint
guidance (subsequently revised on April 7, 2020) with respect to loan modifications for borrowers affected by COVID-19 (the “March 22 Joint Guidance”). The March 22 Joint Guidance encourages banks, savings associations, and credit unions to make loan modifications for borrowers affected by COVID-19 and, importantly, assures those financial institutions that they will not (i) receive supervisory criticism for such prudent loan modifications and (ii) be required by examiners to automatically categorize COVID-19-related loan modifications as TDRs. The federal banking regulators have confirmed with the FASB that short-term loan modifications made on a good faith basis in response to COVID-19 to borrowers who were current (i.e., less than 30 days past due on contractual payments) prior to any loan modification are not TDRs.
In addition, Section 4013 of the CARES Act, provides banks, savings associations, and credit unions with the ability to make loan modifications related to COVID-19 without categorizing the loan as a TDR or conducting the analysis to make the determination, which is intended to streamline the loan modification process. Any such suspension is effective for the term of the loan modification; however, the suspension is only permitted for loan modifications made during the effective period of Section 4013 and only for those loans that were not more than thirty days past due as of December 31, 2019.
The Company has made certain loan modifications pursuant to the March 22 Joint Guidance or Section 4013 of the CARES Act and as of June 30, 2020 approximately $1.6 billion remain under their modified terms. The majority of the Company’s modifications were in the Commercial & Industrial and Commercial Real Estate portfolios.
The Company’s modification program included payment deferrals, interest only, and other forms of modifications. A majority of the modifications were three-month deferrals.
Nonperforming Assets
At June 30, 2020, NPAs totaled $44.0 million, an increase of $11.1 million from December 31, 2019. NPAs as a percentage of total outstanding loans at June 30, 2020 were 0.31%, an increase of 5 basis points from 0.26% at December 31, 2019. Excluding the impact of the PPP loans(2), NPAs as a percentage of total outstanding loans were 0.35%, an increase of 9 basis points from December 31, 2019. The Company’s adoption of ASC 326 resulted in a change in the accounting and reporting