Company Highlights:
UNIONDALE, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ABR), today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023. Arbor reported net income for the quarter of $77.9 million, or $0.41 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $62.7 million, or $0.36 per diluted common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Distributable earnings for the quarter was $112.2 million, or $0.55 per diluted common share, compared to $105.1 million, or $0.56 per diluted common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Agency Business
Loan Origination Platform
Agency Loan Volume (in thousands) | |||||
Quarter Ended | |||||
September 30, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | ||||
Fannie Mae | $ | 721,398 | $ | 1,079,910 | |
Freddie Mac | 339,241 | 217,884 | |||
Private Label | 67,965 | 50,256 | |||
FHA | 19,215 | 62,552 | |||
SFR-Fixed Rate | 2,030 | 11,837 | |||
Total Originations | $ | 1,149,849 | $ | 1,422,439 | |
Total Loan Sales | $ | 1,275,420 | $ | 1,410,724 | |
Total Loan Commitments | $ | 1,211,347 | $ | 1,133,312 | |
For the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Agency Business generated revenues of $80.8 million, compared to $76.7 million for the second quarter of 2023. Gain on sales, including fee-based services, net on the GSE/Agency business (excluding private label and SFR) was $17.7 million for the quarter, reflecting a margin of 1.48%, compared to $22.2 million and 1.67% for the second quarter of 2023. Income from mortgage servicing rights was $14.1 million for the quarter, reflecting a rate of 1.16% as a percentage of loan commitments, compared to $16.2 million and 1.43% for the second quarter of 2023.
At September 30, 2023, loans held-for-sale was $364.3 million, with financing associated with these loans totaling $354.6 million.
Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio
The Company’s fee-based servicing portfolio totaled $29.94 billion at September 30, 2023. Servicing revenue, net was $35.5 million for the quarter and consisted of servicing revenue of $51.4 million, net of amortization of mortgage servicing rights totaling $15.9 million.
Fee-Based Servicing Portfolio ($ in thousands) | |||||||||||||
September 30, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
UPB | Wtd. Avg.Fee (bps) | Wtd. Avg.Life (years) | UPB | Wtd. Avg.Fee (bps) | Wtd. Avg.Life (years) | ||||||||
Fannie Mae | $ | 20,463,620 | 48.3 | 7.7 | $ | 20,002,570 | 48.9 | 7.7 | |||||
Freddie Mac | 5,184,888 | 24.2 | 8.5 | 5,245,325 | 24.8 | 8.8 | |||||||
Private Label | 2,371,475 | 19.2 | 7.3 | 2,305,000 | 19.3 | 7.5 | |||||||
FHA | 1,322,832 | 14.5 | 19.9 | 1,303,812 | 14.5 | 20.0 | |||||||
Bridge | 305,950 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 299,578 | 11.1 | 3.5 | |||||||
SFR-Fixed Rate | 287,942 | 20.1 | 5.8 | 290,266 | 20.0 | 5.9 | |||||||
Total | $ | 29,936,707 | 39.7 | 8.3 | $ | 29,446,551 | 40.1 | 8.4 | |||||
Loans sold under the Fannie Mae program contain an obligation to partially guarantee the performance of the loan (“loss-sharing obligations”) and includes $34.6 million for the fair value of the guarantee obligation undertaken at September 30, 2023. The Company recorded a $1.6 million net provision for loss sharing associated with CECL for the third quarter of 2023. At September 30, 2023, the Company’s total CECL allowance for loss-sharing obligations was $34.7 million, representing 0.17% of the Fannie Mae servicing portfolio.
Structured Business
Portfolio and Investment Activity
Structured Portfolio Activity ($ in thousands) | |||||||||||
Quarter Ended | |||||||||||
September 30, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
UPB | % | UPB | % | ||||||||
Bridge: | |||||||||||
Multifamily | $ | 92,000 | 38 | % | $ | 98,530 | 47 | % | |||
SFR | 140,379 | 59 | % | 108,964 | 52 | % | |||||
232,379 | 97 | % | 207,494 | 99 | % | ||||||
Mezzanine/Preferred Equity | 7,779 | 3 | % | 1,500 | 1 | % | |||||
Total Originations | $ | 240,158 | 100 | % | $ | 208,994 | 100 | % | |||
Number of Loans Originated | 42 | 26 | |||||||||
SFR Commitments | $ | 429,452 | $ | 200,182 | |||||||
Runoff | $ | 664,792 | $ | 685,220 | |||||||
Structured Portfolio ($ in thousands) | |||||||||||
September 30, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||
UPB | % | UPB | % | ||||||||
Bridge: | |||||||||||
Multifamily | $ | 11,421,819 | 87 | % | $ | 11,887,768 | 88 | % | |||
SFR | 1,163,648 | 9 | % | 1,023,959 | 8 | % | |||||
Other | 205,505 | 2 | % | 256,575 | 2 | % | |||||
12,790,972 | 98 | % | 13,168,302 | 98 | % | ||||||
Mezzanine/Preferred Equity | 321,729 | 2 | % | 312,812 | 2 | % | |||||
SFR Permanent | 9,694 |