NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
REPORTS 3Q 2011 DILUTED (NON-GAAP) CASH EPS OF $0.30(1)
TOGETHER WITH DILUTED GAAP EPS AND DILUTED (NON-GAAP) OPERATING EPS OF $0.27(2)
Board of Directors Declares 31st Consecutive Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.25 per Share
3rd Quarter 2011 Highlights |
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● Solid Profitability Measures: |
- GAAP earnings generated a 1.27% return on average tangible assets ("ROTA") and a 16.43% return on average tangible stockholders' equity ("ROTE").(3) |
- Excluding prepayment penalty income, the margin declined one basis point to 3.19% linked-quarter; including prepayment penalty income, the margin declined 17 basis points to 3.33%.(4) |
● Continued Improvement in Asset Quality: |
- Non-performing non-covered loans declined $86.1 million, or 17.1%, linked-quarter to $416.8 million at September 30, 2011, and were down $317.9 million, or 43.3%, from the peak at March 31, 2010. |
- Non-performing non-covered loans represented 1.44% of total loans at the end of September, down 32 basis points linked-quarter and 117 basis points since the peak at March 31, 2010. |
- Net charge-offs declined $13.7 million, or 51.2%, to $13.1 million over the course of the quarter, and the ratio of net charge-offs to average loans improved five basis points to 0.04%. |
● Meaningful Loan Growth: |
- Non-covered loans held for investment rose $638.0 million linked-quarter to $25.1 billion at September 30, 2011, signifying an annualized growth rate of 10.4%. |
- One-to-four family loans held for sale rose $513.5 million linked-quarter to $1.0 billion. |
● Increased Mortgage Banking Income: |
- Largely reflecting an increase in originations of one-to-four family loans for sale, mortgage banking income more than doubled on a linked-quarter basis to $24.3 million. |
● Strong Capital: |
- Tangible stockholders’ equity represented 7.92% of tangible assets at September 30, 2011, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax (“AOCL”).(3) |
● Continued Efficiency: |
- The operating efficiency ratio improved 56 basis points linked-quarter to 41.65%.(5) |
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Westbury, N.Y., October 19, 2011 -- New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYB) (the “Company”) today reported GAAP earnings of $119.8 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2011, and $362.4 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, for the nine months ended at that date.
The Company also reported its earnings on a non-GAAP basis. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company generated non-GAAP operating earnings (“operating earnings”) of $117.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, and non-GAAP cash earnings (“cash earnings”) of $130.2 million, or $0.30 per diluted share. In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the
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Note: Please see the last page of this release for all footnotes to the text. As further discussed in the footnotes, references to “cash earnings,” “operating earnings,” “tangible assets” and “average tangible assets,” “tangible stockholders’ equity” and “average tangible stockholders’ equity,” “operating efficiency ratio,” and the related measures are non-GAAP financial measures.
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Company generated operating earnings of $347.5 million, or $0.79 per diluted share, and cash earnings of $408.1 million, or $0.94 per diluted share.(1)(2)
The Company’s cash earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 contributed $10.5 million and $45.7 million more, respectively, to tangible stockholders’ equity than its GAAP earnings alone.(1)(3)
Commenting on the Company's financial performance, President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph R. Ficalora stated, “We are very pleased with the results we produced in the current third quarter, especially in view of the increasingly challenging environment in which we now operate. Notwithstanding the decline in market interest rates, the costs of regulatory change, and the stubbornly high level of unemployment, we generated solid earnings, supported in part by loan growth, an increase in mortgage banking income, and continued improvement in our measures of asset quality. At $0.27, our operating earnings per diluted share were up a penny linked-quarter, and at $117.1 million, our operating earnings generated an ROTA and ROTE of 1.25% and 16.08%. Furthermore, our operating efficiency ratio improved 56 basis points over the quarter to 41.65%.(2)(3)(5)
“Although the linked-quarter decline in market interest rates resulted in lower asset yields, our net interest margin declined a single basis point during this time, absent the impact of prepayment penalties. Prepayment penalty income fell $13.7 million during this time to $12.1 million, as refinancing activity in the multi-family and commercial real estate space declined.(4) Nonetheless, our portfolio of non-covered held-for-investment loans grew at an annualized rate of 10.4% to $25.1 billion, linked-quarter, largely reflecting growth in our multi-family and commercial real estate loan portfolios.
“While the decline in market interest rates contributed to a modest linked-quarter decline in net interest income, the drop in residential mortgage interest rates sparked a meaningful increase in mortgage banking revenues. As refinancing activity picked up nationwide, our rate-lock volume more than doubled to $4.3 billion. As a result, mortgage banking income more than doubled to $24.3 million over the last three months.
“Our third quarter performance also was highlighted by a marked improvement in our asset quality measures, as the balances of non-performing loans, delinquencies, and net charge-offs all declined. At the end of September, non-performing non-covered loans represented 1.44% of total loans—the lowest level in ten quarters—as the balance fell $86.1 million, or 17.1%, from the balance at the end of June. Loans 30 to 89 days past due fell $15.3 million, or 28.8%, during this time, to $37.8 million, and net charge-offs were cut in half to $13.1 million. The latter amount represents a very modest 0.04% of average loans, which was five basis points better than the trailing-quarter measure and two basis points better than the measure reported for the third quarter of last year.
“At a time of increased uncertainty regarding the economy both at home and abroad, the continuing strength of our capital was another important feature,” Mr. Ficalora noted. “Excluding AOCL, adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity represented 7.92% of adjusted tangible assets, and our regulatory capital ratios continued to exceed the FDIC’s requirements for classification as well-capitalized at quarter-end.” (3)
Board of Directors Declares $0.25 per Share Dividend, Payable on November 17th
“Reflecting our earnings capacity and the strength of our capital position, the Board of Directors last night declared our 31st consecutive quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share, and our 69th consecutive quarterly cash dividend overall. The dividend is payable on November 17th to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 7th,” Mr. Ficalora said.
Balance Sheet Summary
Assets
Assets totaled $42.0 billion at September 30, 2011, up $1.4 billion from the June 30th balance and $778.3 million from the balance at December 31, 2010.
Loans
Total loans, net, represented $29.9 billion, or 71.1%, of total assets at September 30, 2011, reflecting a three-month increase of $1.0 billion and an $808.9 million increase from the balance at December 31, 2010. Primarily reflecting repayments, covered loans (i.e., acquired loans covered by FDIC loss sharing agreements), net, accounted for $3.9 billion, or 12.9%, of total loans at the end of the third quarter, reflecting a three-month decrease of $135.0 million and a $433.3 million decrease since December 31, 2010. The remainder of the loan portfolio at September 30th consisted of non-covered loans held for sale and non-covered loans held for investment.
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Non-Covered Loans Held for Sale
The portfolio of non-covered loans held for sale ("loans held for sale") consists of one-to-four family loans that are originated throughout the country by the Company's mortgage banking subsidiary, NYCB Mortgage Company, LLC, primarily to government-sponsored enterprises ("GSEs").
During the current third quarter, a marked decline in residential mortgage interest rates triggered an increase in mortgage applications, resulting in a significant linked-quarter increase in one-to-four family loans originated for sale. Originations of one-to-four family loans for sale totaled $1.8 billion in the current third quarter, up $647.0 million, or 56.8%, from the trailing-quarter amount. As a result, the portfolio of one-to-four family loans held for sale more than doubled to $1.0 billion at the end of September from $491.7 million at the end of June. In addition, rate-lock volume (a leading indicator of expected near-term loan funding levels) rose to $4.3 billion in the current third quarter from $1.6 billion in the second quarter of this year.
Non-Covered Loans Held for Investment
The portfolio of non-covered loans held for investment ("loans held for investment") rose $638.0 million from the June 30th balance to $25.1 billion at September 30, 2011 or, on an annualized basis, 10.4%. In the nine months ended at that date, the held-for-investment loan portfolio rose $1.4 billion or, on an annualized basis, 8.0%.
Originations of held-for-investment loans totaled $1.9 billion and $6.6 billion, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $1.0 billion and $2.7 billion, respectively, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010. Multi-family loans represented $1.0 billion and $4.2 billion of loans originated in the current three- and nine-month periods, while commercial real estate ("CRE") loans represented $715.7 million and $1.8 billion, respectively. Acquisition, development, and construction ("ADC") loans accounted for $43.3 million and $96.5 million, respectively, of loans originated for investment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, with other loans (consisting primarily of commercial & industrial, or C&I, loans) representing $119.4 million and $537.3 million, respectively.
At September 30, 2011, multi-family loans represented $17.3 billion, or 68.7%, of total non-covered loans held for investment, up $215.4 million from the June 30th balance and $466.7 million from the balance at December 31, 2010. At September 30th, the average multi-family loan had a principal balance of $4.1 million. The multi-family loan portfolio had an average loan-to-value (“LTV”) ratio at origination of 54.8% and an expected weighted average life of 3.4 years at that date.
CRE loans represented $6.6 billion, or 26.2%, of total loans held for investment at the end of September, representing a three-month increase of $449.9 million and a nine-month increase of $1.1 billion. At September 30th, the average CRE loan had a principal balance of $3.7 million. The CRE loan portfolio had an average LTV ratio at origination of 53.1% and an expected weighted average life of 3.7 years at that date.
The remainder of the held-for-investment portfolio consisted of ADC loans, other loans (primarily C&I loans), and seasoned one-to-four family loans, most of which were acquired in merger transactions prior to 2009. In the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the balance of ADC loans declined $87.6 million to $481.6 million, representing 1.9% of loans held for investment. During this time, other loans fell $57.3 million to $670.5 million, representing 2.7% of the third quarter-end balance, while one-to-four family loans fell to $138.7 million, representing less than 1% of held-for-investment loans.
Pipeline
The current loan pipeline is approximately $3.8 billion, including loans held for investment of approximately $1.5 billion and one-to-four family loans held for sale of approximately $2.3 billion. Multi-family loans represent approximately $1.3 billion of the current pipeline of held-for-investment loans.
Asset Quality
The following discussion pertains only to the Company's portfolio of non-covered loans held for investment and non-covered other real estate owned ("OREO").
For the fourth consecutive quarter, the Company's asset quality reflected linked-quarter improvement, as non-performing non-covered loans declined $86.1 million, or 17.1%, from the June 30th balance and $207.6 million, or 33.2%, from the balance at December 31, 2010. Non-performing non-covered loans thus represented 1.44% of total loans at the end of the third quarter, reflecting improvements of 32 and 79 basis points, respectively, from the June 30th and December 31st measures, and the Company's lowest ratio of non-performing non-covered loans to total loans since the first quarter of 2009.
Non-performing multi-family and CRE loans accounted for the bulk of these improvements, declining $45.1 million and $29.6 million, respectively, over the course of the quarter, and $68.3 million and $86.8 million, respectively, since year-end 2010. Non-performing ADC loans declined $11.5 million and $40.4 million, respectively, over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, while non-performing one-to-four family loans declined more modestly.
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Reflecting the decline in non-performing loans, the balance of non-performing assets improved to $519.5 million at the end of September, a $40.1 million decrease from the June 30th balance and a $133.0 million decrease from the balance at December 31, 2010. The three- and nine-month improvements in non-performing loans were somewhat tempered by respective increases in OREO of $46.0 million and $74.6 million, to $102.7 million, at the third-quarter end.
The following table provides a summary of the Company's non-performing non-covered assets at the dates indicated:
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| (dollars in thousands) | | 2011 | | 2011 | | 2010 |
| Non-Performing Non-Covered Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Non-accrual non-covered mortgage loans: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Multi-family | | $ | 259,578 | | | $ | 304,695 | | | $ | 327,892 | |
| Commercial real estate | | | 75,556 | | | | 105,167 | | | | 162,400 | |
| Acquisition, development, and construction | | | 51,468 | | | | 63,001 | | | | 91,850 | |
| One-to-four family | | | 14,249 | | | | 16,126 | | | | 17,813 | |
| Total non-accrual non-covered mortgage loans | | | 400,851 | | | | 488,989 | | | | 599,955 | |
| Other non-accrual non-covered loans | | | 15,983 | | | | 13,992 | | | | 24,476 | |
| Total non-performing non-covered loans | | $ | 416,834 | | | $ | 502,981 | | | $ | 624,431 | |
| Other real estate owned | | | 102,656 | | | | 56,641 | | | | 28,066 | |
| Total non-performing non-covered assets | | $ | 519,490 | | | $ | 559,622 | | | $ | 652,497 | |
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| Non-performing non-covered loans to total loans | | | 1.44 | % | | | 1.76 | % | | | 2.23 | % |
| Non-performing non-covered assets to total assets | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.38 | % | | | 1.58 | % |
The improvement in asset quality also was reflected in a reduction in the balance of loans 30 to 89 days past due. At September 30, 2011, loans 30 to 89 days past due totaled $37.8 million, down $15.3 million, or 28.8%, on a linked-quarter basis and down $113.2 million, or 75.0%, since December 31, 2010.
Reflecting the meaningful declines in non-performing loans and loans 30 to 89 days past due, total delinquencies improved to $557.3 million at September 30, 2011, reflecting a 9.0% reduction from $612.8 million at the end of the second quarter and a 30.6% reduction from $803.5 million at December 31, 2010.
The level of net charge-offs also declined in the three months ended September 30, 2011 from the levels recorded in the trailing and year-earlier three months. At $13.1 million, net charge-offs were down $13.7 million on a linked-quarter basis and $3.6 million year-over-year. The third quarter 2011 amount represented 0.04% of average loans on a non-annualized basis, reflecting a linked-quarter improvement of five basis points and a year-over-year improvement of two basis points.
Reflecting the linked-quarter decline in net charge-offs and a $3.0 million increase in the loan loss provision to $18.0 million, the allowance for losses on non-covered loans rose $4.9 million from the June 30th balance to $139.4 million, representing 33.44% of non-performing non-covered loans and 0.55% of total non-covered loans at September 30, 2011. At the end of June, the comparable measures were 26.73% and 0.55%, respectively, and at the end of December, the comparable measures were 25.45% and 0.67%.
Securities
Securities represented $5.1 billion, or 12.3%, of total assets at September 30, 2011, down $521.3 million, or 9.2%, from the June 30th balance and up $358.7 million from the balance at December 31, 2010. The three-month decline was the result of the drop in market interest rates over the course of the quarter, which triggered an increase in the repayment of securities. Held-to-maturity securities declined $858.1 million to $4.6 billion on a linked-quarter basis, while available-for-sale securities rose $336.8 million to $499.1 million. The increase in available-for-sale securities over the quarter primarily reflects the purchase of GSE debt securities.
Funding Sources
Deposits totaled $22.8 billion at September 30, 2011, up $954.9 million from the June 30th balance and $943.6 million from the balance at year-end 2010. Non-interest-bearing deposits accounted for the bulk of the increase, rising $772.8 million and $884.7 million, respectively, to $2.7 billion over the three- and nine-month periods. In addition, certificates of deposit ("CDs") rose $298.3 million linked-quarter, to $7.5 billion and were down $306.5 million from the balance at December 31st.
Wholesale borrowings rose $397.7 million to $12.4 billion over the course of the quarter and represented 29.5% of total assets at September 30, 2011. Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") advances represented $8.3 billion, or 66.7%, of the third quarter-end balance, while repurchase agreements represented $4.1 billion, or 33.3%.
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Stockholders’ Equity
Stockholders’ equity totaled $5.6 billion at the end of September, up $13.5 million from the June 30th balance and $47.4 million from the balance at December 31, 2010. The September 30th balance was equivalent to 13.28% of total assets and a book value per share of $12.74.
Tangible stockholders' equity rose $19.6 million and $68.0 million, respectively, over the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 to $3.1 billion, representing 7.80% of tangible assets and a tangible book value per share of $7.04. Excluding AOCL, the ratio of adjusted tangible stockholders’ equity to adjusted tangible assets equaled 7.92% at the third quarter-end.(3)
The Company’s subsidiary banks also reported solid levels of capital at the end of the third quarter, and continued to exceed the requirements for classification as “well capitalized” institutions under the FDIC Improvement Act. At September 30, 2011, New York Community Bank and New York Commercial Bank had respective Tier 1 leverage capital ratios of 8.79% and 11.53%, exceeding the minimum required for “well capitalized” classification by 379 and 653 basis points, respectively.
Earnings Summary for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
The Company generated GAAP earnings of $119.8 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the current third quarter, as compared to $119.5 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the trailing quarter and $135.6 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2010.
Included in the Company's third quarter 2011 GAAP earnings was an after-tax net gain of $4.0 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, on the sale of certain securities, which was modestly tempered by after-tax severance charges of $1.4 million. Excluding these items, the Company generated operating earnings of $117.1 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, in the three months ended September 30, 2011.(2)
In the second quarter of this year, the Company's GAAP earnings included an after-tax net gain of $11.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on the sale of certain securities, and a $5.9 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, after-tax gain on the disposition of its insurance premium financing business. Together, these items more than offset the impact of an after-tax loss of $10.8 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, on the other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) of certain securities. Excluding these items, the Company generated operating earnings of $113.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2011.(2)
In the third quarter of 2010, the Company's GAAP earnings included a $2.4 million after-tax gain on the repurchase of certain trust-preferred securities, which more than offset the impact of a $1.2 million after-tax merger-related charge. Excluding these items, the Company generated third quarter 2010 operating earnings of $134.4 million, or $0.31 per diluted share.(2)
Net Interest Income
Net interest income totaled $295.0 million in the current third quarter, representing a linked-quarter decrease of $7.0 million and a year-over-year increase of $8.8 million.
Linked-Quarter Comparison
At $166.9 million, the interest expense recorded in the current third quarter was consistent with the trailing-quarter level; however, the level of interest income declined $7.1 million to $461.9 million during the same time. A combination of factors contributed to the linked-quarter reduction in interest income, including: (1) a decline in market interest rates over the course of the quarter and the origination of loans at lower yields than those in the existing portfolio; (2) a decline in repayments and refinancing activity in the Company's multi-family lending niche; and (3) a $13.7 million decline in prepayment penalty income to $12.1 million from the level recorded in the trailing three-month period.
The amount of prepayment penalty income recorded in any given quarter is not only a function of repayment and refinancing levels but also the number of years remaining on each loan that repays or refinances during that time. The number of years dictates the number of prepayment penalty points that are charged on the remaining principal balance, based on a sliding scale of five points to one.
The linked-quarter decline in interest income was somewhat tempered by a $1.1 billion increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets, to $35.6 billion, as the average balance of loans rose $664.7 million to $29.3 billion, and the average balance of securities rose $412.8 million to $6.3 billion. Reflecting the decline in market interest rates, the average yield on loans fell 24 basis points linked-quarter to 5.46%, and the average yield on securities declined 21 basis points to 3.94%. Prepayment penalty income added 17 basis points to the average yield on loans in the current third quarter, down from 36 basis points in the second quarter of this year.
Another factor contributing to the linked-quarter decline in net interest income was the discrepancy between the decline in asset yields and the drop in funding costs. While asset yields fell substantially, the decline in funding costs was far more modest, as the federal funds rate has now been maintained at a range of zero to 0.25 basis points for 11 consecutive quarters, limiting the extent to which funding costs could further decline. Thus, while the average yield on assets fell 25 basis points, to 5.19%, over the course of the quarter, the average cost of funds declined three basis points to 2.00%. However, prepayment penalty income added 14 basis points to the average yield on assets in the current third quarter, down from 30 basis points in the trailing three months.
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The decline in the Company's cost of funds occurred in tandem with a modest rise in average interest-bearing liabilities to $33.2 billion, as a $238.8 million decline in the average balance of interest-bearing deposits was exceeded by a $332.1 million rise in the average balance of borrowed funds to $13.4 billion. The average cost of interest-bearing deposits fell three basis points during this time, to 0.76%, while the average cost of borrowed funds fell nine basis points to 3.84%.
Year-Over-Year Comparison
Although interest income fell $5.5 million year-over-year in the current third quarter, the decrease was exceeded by a $14.3 million decline in interest expense.
The decline in interest income was driven by a 27-basis point drop in the average yield on interest-earning assets, as the average yields on loans and securities fell 19 and 45 basis points, respectively, in the current third quarter from the average yields recorded in the three months ended September 30, 2010. The impact of these declines was partly offset by a $1.4 billion increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets, as the average loan portfolio rose $308.3 million and the average securities portfolio rose $1.1 billion year-over-year. In addition, prepayment penalty income was $8.2 million higher in the current third quarter than it was in the year-earlier quarter, largely reflecting an increase in refinancing activity.
The year-over-year decrease in interest expense was largely a function of the historically low federal funds rate, the downward repricing of the Company's interest-bearing liabilities, and a strategic reduction in higher-cost CDs. Reflecting these factors, the average cost of funds fell 13 basis points year-over-year, as the average cost of interest-bearing deposits declined 24 basis points in tandem with a $528.7 million decline in the average balance of such funds. While the average balances of NOW and money market accounts and savings accounts rose year-over-year, the average balance of CDs declined by $1.1 billion; in addition, the average cost of such funds fell 24 basis points.
Interest Rate Spread and Net Interest Margin
Reflecting the same factors that led to the reductions in net interest income, the Company's interest rate spread declined 22 and 14 basis points, respectively, to 3.19% in the current third quarter from the measures recorded in the trailing and year-earlier three months. Similarly, the Company's margin declined 17 basis points to 3.33% on a linked-quarter basis, and was down three basis points from the measure recorded in the third quarter of 2010.
Prepayment penalty income added 14 basis points to the Company's margin in the current third quarter, down from 30 basis points in the trailing quarter and five basis points in the third quarter of 2010. Excluding prepayment penalty income, the margin declined a single basis point on a linked-quarter basis and 12 basis points year-over-year, to 3.19%.(4)
Provision for Loan Losses
In the third quarter of 2011, the Company recorded a provision for losses on non-covered loans of $18.0 million, up $3.0 million on a linked-quarter basis and down $14.0 million year-over-year.
In the second quarter of this year, the Company also recorded an $8.7 million provision for covered loans (largely as a result of credit deterioration in certain portfolios acquired in its two FDIC-assisted transactions), which was largely offset by FDIC indemnification income of $7.6 million, recorded in non-interest income.
Non-Interest Income
The Company has four ongoing sources of non-interest income: mortgage banking income, fee income, income from bank-owned life insurance ("BOLI"), and other income, the latter consisting primarily of revenues from the sale of third-party investment products and revenues generated by a New York Community Bank subsidiary, Peter B. Cannell & Co., Inc. In the three months ended September 30, 2011, revenues from these four ongoing sources totaled $51.3 million, as compared to $40.8 million in the trailing quarter and $107.1 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010.
The majority of the linked-quarter increase was attributable to mortgage banking income, which more than doubled to $24.3 million from $11.8 million over the three months ended September 30, 2011. While the linked-quarter increase in mortgage banking income was attributable to a rise in originations, as residential mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in six decades, the year-over-year decline of $52.2 million was attributable to a marked decrease in refinancing activity and new home purchases from the levels experienced in the third quarter of 2010.
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In addition to the revenues generated by fee income, BOLI income, mortgage banking income, and other income in the three months ended September 30, and June 30, 2011, the Company's non-interest income included respective net gains of $6.7 million and $18.7 million on the sale of certain securities. In the second quarter of this year, non-interest income was further increased by a $9.8 million gain on business disposition and FDIC indemnification income of $7.6 million, which largely offset the impact of an $18.1 million OTTI loss on certain preferred stock. Reflecting the respective items, non-interest income totaled $58.1 million in the current third quarter and $58.9 million in the second quarter of this year.
Non-Interest Expense
Non-interest expense consists of operating expenses (comprised of compensation and benefits, occupancy and equipment, and general and administrative, or G&A, expenses) and the amortization of core deposit intangibles ("CDI"). In the three months ended September 30, 2011, non-interest expense totaled $152.6 million, reflecting a linked-quarter reduction of $2.4 million and a more modest reduction from the year-earlier amount.
Operating expenses accounted for $146.5 million of non-interest expense in the current third quarter, reflecting a $1.4 million reduction from the trailing-quarter level and a modest increase from the year-earlier amount. The linked-quarter decline was the net effect of a $5.0 million decrease in G&A expense to $47.9 million, a modest decrease in occupancy and equipment expense to $21.7 million, and a $3.7 million increase in compensation and benefits expense to $76.9 million, primarily reflecting severance charges of $2.3 million.
Income Tax Expense
The Company recorded income tax expense of $62.7 million in the current third quarter, modestly higher than the trailing-quarter level and $11.9 million less than the level recorded in the third quarter of 2010. While pre-tax income rose modestly to $182.4 million on a linked-quarter basis, the year-over-year comparison reflects a decline of $27.8 million. In addition, the effective tax rate was 34.4% in the three months ended September 30, and June 30, 2011, as compared to 35.5% in the third quarter of 2010. The difference between the Company's current and year-earlier pre-tax income is primarily attributable to the year-over-year decline in mortgage banking income from originations and the impact of declining market interest rates on asset yields and, thus, net interest income.
About New York Community Bancorp, Inc.
With assets of $42.0 billion at September 30, 2011, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is currently the 21st largest bank holding company in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family mortgage loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below-market rents. The Company has two bank subsidiaries: New York Community Bank, a thrift with 241 branches serving customers throughout Metro New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona; and New York Commercial Bank, with 34 branches serving customers in Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York.
Reflecting its growth through a series of acquisitions, the Community Bank operates through seven local divisions, each with a history of service and strength: Queens County Savings Bank in Queens; Roslyn Savings Bank on Long Island; Richmond County Savings Bank on Staten Island; Roosevelt Savings Bank in Brooklyn; Garden State Community Bank in New Jersey; Ohio Savings Bank in Ohio; and AmTrust Bank in Florida and Arizona. Similarly, the Commercial Bank operates 17 of its branches under the divisional name Atlantic Bank. Additional information about the Company and its bank subsidiaries is available at www.myNYCB.com and www.NewYorkCommercialBank.com.
Post-Earnings Release Conference Call
As previously announced, the Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss its third quarter 2011 performance and strategies. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 800-895-0198 (for domestic calls) or 785-424-1053 (for international calls) and providing the following access code: 3Q11NYCB. A replay will be available approximately two hours following completion of the call through midnight on October 23rd, and may be accessed by calling 800-283-4783 (domestic) or 402-220-0859 (international) and providing the same access code. The conference call also will be webcast at ir.myNYCB.com, and archived through 5:00 p.m. on November 16, 2011.
