New York Mortgage Trust Provides Business Update as of April 7, 2020
“The Company continues to navigate the difficult financial and economic environment resulting from the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus,” said
The Company announced the following updates as of the close of business on
- The Company has reduced its outstanding repurchase agreement financing with respect to mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) to approximately
$150 million with one counterparty.
- The continued reduction in the Company’s MBS repurchase agreement financing exposure was achieved through a combination of the sale of
$291 million in MBS sinceMarch 27, 2020 and a$250 million increase in repurchase agreement financing with respect to the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio. The increased financing is collateralized by previously unencumbered residential mortgage loans. The reduction in the Company’s repurchase agreement financing for MBS significantly lowers the Company’s MBS mark-to-market financing exposure, which was a primary factor in the reduction of liquidity to mortgage REITs in recent weeks.
- In addition to the
$150 million of outstanding repurchase agreement financing collateralized by non-Agency RMBS noted above, the Company has approximately$962 million of outstanding repurchase agreement financing secured by residential mortgage loans, resulting in total outstanding repurchase agreement financing of approximately$1.1 billion .
- The Company is current with all of its repurchase agreement financing payment obligations including margin requirements.
- The Company has a total investment portfolio of approximately
$3.0 billion , including approximately$1.1 billion of unencumbered assets comprised primarily of$554 million of non-Agency RMBS,$276 million of CMBS and$272 million of residential mortgage loans, and approximately$200 million in cash.
- The Company estimates that its total debt leverage ratio is 0.7 to 1.
“The Company also continues to explore term financing options for the approximately
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Source: New York Mortgage Trust, Inc.