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REAL ESTATE RELATED AND OTHER LOANS, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS AND SUBPRIME MORTGAGE LOANS

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REAL ESTATE RELATED AND OTHER LOANS, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS AND SUBPRIME MORTGAGE LOANS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
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REAL ESTATE RELATED AND OTHER LOANS, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS AND SUBPRIME MORTAGE LOANS
REAL ESTATE RELATED AND OTHER LOANS, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS AND SUBPRIME MORTGAGE LOANS

Loans are accounted for based on management’s strategy for the loan, and on whether the loan was credit-impaired at the date of acquisition. Purchased loans that Newcastle has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity or payoff are classified as held-for-investment. Alternatively, loans acquired with the intent to sell are classified as held-for-sale.

The following is a summary of real estate related and other loans, residential mortgage loans and subprime mortgage loans at March 31, 2016. The loans contain various terms, including fixed and floating rates, self-amortizing and interest only. They are generally subject to prepayment.
Loan Type
Outstanding
Face Amount
 
Carrying
Value (A)
 
Valuation Allowance (Reversal)
 
Loan
Count
 
Weighted
 Average
 Yield
 
Weighted Average Coupon
 
Weighted Average Life
(Years) (B)
 
Floating Rate Loans as % of Face Amount
 
Delinquent Face Amount (C)
Mezzanine Loans
$
37,200

 
$
19,433

 
$

 
3

 
8.00
%
 
8.27
%
 
0.1
 
100.0
%
 
$
17,767

Corporate Bank Loans
209,317

 
135,642

 
2,192

 
4

 
22.47
%
 
18.30
%
 
0.8
 
%
 
45,687

Total Real Estate Related and other Loans Held-for-Sale, Net
$
246,517

 
$
155,075

 
$
2,192

 
7

 
20.65
%
 
16.79
%
 
0.7
 
15.1
%
 
$
63,454

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Residential Mortgage Loans Held-for-Sale, Net (D)
$
780

 
$
446

 
$
6

 
3

 
64.76
%
 
2.83
%
 
1.8
 
100.0
%
 
$
628

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subprime Mortgage Loans Subject to Call Option
$
372,874

 
$
372,874

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
(A)
Carrying value includes negligible interest receivable for the residential housing loans.
(B)
The weighted average life is based on the timing of expected principal reduction on the assets.
(C)
Includes loans that are 60 or more days past due (including loans that are in foreclosure, or borrower’s in bankruptcy) or considered real estate owned (“REO”). As of March 31, 2016, $63.5 million face amount of real estate related and other loans was on non-accrual status.
(D)
Loans acquired at a discount for credit quality.

The following is a summary of real estate related and other loans by maturities at March 31, 2016:
 
Outstanding
 
 
 
Number of
Year of Maturity
Face Amount
 
Carrying Value
 
Loans
Delinquent (A)
$
63,454

 
$

 
4

Period from April 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016
19,433

 
19,433

 
1

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2019
163,630

 
135,642

 
2

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total
$
246,517

 
$
155,075

 
7


(A)
Includes loans that are non-performing, in foreclosure, or under bankruptcy

Activities relating to the carrying value of Newcastle’s real estate related and other loans and residential mortgage loans are as follows:
 
Held-for-Sale
 
Real Estate Related and Other Loans
 
Residential Mortgage Loans
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
149,198

 
$
532

Purchases / additional fundings

 

Interest accrued to principal balance
8,069

 

Principal paydowns

 
(33
)
Valuation (allowance) reversal on loans
(2,192
)
 
(6
)
Loss on settlement of loans

 
(47
)
Balance at March 31, 2016
$
155,075

 
$
446


 
The following is a rollforward of the related loss allowance.
 
Held-For-Sale
 
Real Estate Related and Other Loans
 
Residential Mortgage Loans
Balance at December 31, 2015
$
(70,865
)
 
$
(251
)
Charge-offs

 

Valuation (allowance) reversal on loans
(2,192
)
 
(6
)
Balance at March 31, 2016
$
(73,057
)
 
$
(257
)



The table below summarizes the geographic distribution of real estate related and other loans and residential mortgage loans at March 31, 2016:
 
Real Estate Related
and Other Loans
 
Residential Mortgage Loans
Geographic Location
Outstanding Face Amount
 
Percentage
 
Outstanding Face Amount
 
Percentage
Northeastern U.S.
$
7,967

 
9.6
%
 
$
523

 
67.1
%
Southeastern U.S.
7,754

 
9.3
%
 
257

 
32.9
%
Southwestern U.S.
3,711

 
4.5
%
 

 
%
Foreign
63,454

 
76.6
%
 

 
%
 
$
82,886

 
100.0
%
 
$
780

 
100.0
%
Other (A)
163,631

 

 
 

 
 

 
$
246,517

 
 

 
 

 
 

 (A)    Primarily includes corporate bank loans which are not directly secured by real estate assets.

Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Loans
 
The following table presents information on the retained interests in Newcastle’s securitizations of subprime mortgage loans at March 31, 2016:
 
Subprime Portfolio
 
 
 
I
 
II
 
Total
Total securitized loans (unpaid principal balance) (A)
$
266,657

 
$
382,384

 
$
649,041

Loans subject to call option (carrying value)
$
265,833

 
$
107,041

 
$
372,874

Retained bonds (fair value) (B)
$
2,847

 
$

 
$
2,847

 
(A)
Average loan seasoning of 128 months and 110 months for Subprime Portfolios I and II, respectively, at March 31, 2016.
(B)
The retained interests include retained bonds of the securitizations. Their fair value is estimated based on pricing models. The weighted average yield of the retained bonds was 24.5% as of March 31, 2016. Newcastles residual interests were written off in 2010.

Newcastle has no obligation to repurchase any loans from either of its subprime securitizations. Therefore, it is expected that its exposure to loss is limited to the carrying amount of its retained interests in the securitization entities, as described above.  A subsidiary of Newcastle gave limited representations and warranties with respect to Subprime Portfolio II and is required to pay
the difference, if any, between the repurchase price of any loan in such portfolio and the price required to be paid by a third party originator for such loan. Such subsidiary, however, has no assets and does not have recourse to the general credit of Newcastle.

The following table summarizes certain characteristics of the underlying subprime mortgage loans, and related financing, in the securitizations as of March 31, 2016:
 
Subprime Portfolio
 
I
 
II
Loan unpaid principal balance (“UPB”)
$
266,657

 
$
382,384

Weighted average coupon rate of loans
5.49
%
 
4.41
%
Delinquencies of 60 or more days (UPB) (A)
$
46,954

 
$
106,333

Net credit losses for the three months ended March 31, 2016
$
2,663

 
$
3,410

Cumulative net credit losses
$
287,987

 
$
367,028

Cumulative net credit losses as a % of original UPB
19.2
%
 
33.7
%
Percentage of ARM loans (B)
51.3
%
 
64.2
%
Percentage of loans with original loan-to-value ratio >90%
10.7
%
 
15.8
%
Percentage of interest-only loans
1.7
%
 
3.5
%
Face amount of debt (C)
$
261,833

 
$
382,384

Weighted average funding cost of debt (D)
0.81
%
 
0.70
%
 
(A)
Delinquencies include loans 60 or more days past due, in foreclosure, under bankruptcy filing or REO.
(B)
ARM loans are adjustable-rate mortgage loans. An option ARM is an adjustable-rate mortgage that provides the borrower with an option to choose from several payment amounts each month for a specified period of the loan term. None of the loans in the subprime portfolios are option ARMs.
(C)
Excludes face amount of $4.0 million of retained notes for Subprime Portfolio I and overcollateralization of $0.8 million on Subprime Portfolio I at March 31, 2016.
(D)
Includes the effect of applicable hedges, if any.

Newcastle received negligible cash inflows from the retained interests of Subprime Portfolios I and II during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.
 
The loans subject to call option and the corresponding financing recognize interest income and expense based on the expected weighted average coupons of the loans subject to call option at the call date of 9.24% and 8.68% for Subprime Portfolio’s I and II, respectively.