Walker & Dunlop, Inc.: Form 10-Q for the period ended Mar 31, 2025
Filed with the SEC on May 6, 2025 and accepted by EDGAR at May 6, 2025, 16:01 ET.
Management's discussion and analysis
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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”). The following discussion contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that include risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or contemplated in those forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under the headings “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (“2024 Form 10-K”).
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q of Walker & Dunlop, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company,” “Walker & Dunlop,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, projections, plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions.
The forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q reflect our current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statement. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking:
- the future of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac,” and together with Fannie Mae, the “GSEs”), including their existence, relationship to the U.S. federal government, recapitalization, origination capacities, and their impact on our business;
- changes to and trends in the interest rate environment and its impact on our business;
- our growth strategy;
- our projected financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations;
- our ability to obtain and maintain warehouse and other loan funding arrangements;
- our ability to make future dividend payments or repurchase shares of our common stock;
- availability of and our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and our ability to develop and retain relationships with borrowers, key principals, and lenders;
- degree and nature of our competition;
- changes in governmental regulations, policies, and programs, tax laws and rates, and similar matters, and the impact of such regulations, policies, and actions;
- our ability to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to us, including additional regulatory requirements for broker-dealer and other financial services firms;
- trends in the commercial real estate finance market, commercial real estate values, the credit and capital markets, or the general economy, including rent growth and demand for multifamily housing and low-income housing tax credits;
- general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of our common stock; and
- other risks and uncertainties associated with our business described in our 2024 Form 10-K and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith projections, assumptions, and expectations, they are not guarantees of future results. Furthermore, we disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes, except as required by applicable law. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or contemplated in any forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors.”
Business
Overview
We are a leading commercial real estate (i) services, (ii) finance, and (iii) technology company in the United States. Through investments in people, brand, and technology, we have built a diversified suite of commercial real estate services to meet the needs of our customers. Our services include (i) multifamily lending, property sales, appraisal, valuation, and research, (ii) commercial real estate debt brokerage and advisory services, (iii) investment management, and (iv) affordable housing lending, property sales, tax credit syndication, development, and investment. We leverage our technological resources and investments to (i) provide an enhanced experience for our customers, (ii) identify refinancing and other financial and investment opportunities for new and existing customers, and (iii) drive efficiencies in our internal processes. We believe our people, brand, and technology provide us with a competitive advantage, as evidenced by 66% of refinancing volumes coming from new loans to us and 21% of total transaction volumes coming from new customers for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
We are one of the largest service providers to multifamily operators in the country. We originate, sell, and service a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, including loans through the programs of the GSEs, and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, “HUD”) (collectively, the “Agencies”). We retain servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all loans that we originate for the Agencies’ programs. We broker, and occasionally service, loans to commercial real estate operators for many life insurance companies, commercial banks, and other institutional investors, in which cases we do not fund the loan but rather act as a loan broker.
We provide multifamily property sales brokerage and appraisal and valuation services and engage in commercial real estate investment management activities, including a focus on the affordable housing sector through low-income housing tax credit (“LIHTC”) syndication. We engage in the development of affordable housing projects through joint ventures with real estate developers. We provide housing market research and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services, which provide our clients and us with market insight into many areas of the housing market. Our clients are owners and developers of multifamily properties and other commercial real estate assets across the country. We also underwrite, service, and asset-manage shorter-term loans on transitional commercial real estate. Most of these shorter-term loans are closed through a joint venture or through separate accounts managed by our investment management subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Inc. (“WDIP”). We are a leader in commercial real estate technology through developing and acquiring technology resources that (i) provide innovative solutions and a better experience for our customers, (ii) allow us to drive efficiencies across our internal processes, and (iii) allow us to accelerate growth of our small-balance lending business and our appraisal platform, Apprise by Walker & Dunlop (“Apprise”).
Walker & Dunlop, Inc. is a holding company. We conduct the majority of our operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC, our operating company.
Segments
Our executive leadership team, which functions as our chief operating decision making body, makes decisions and assesses performance based on the following three reportable segments: (i) Capital Markets, (ii) Servicing & Asset Management, and (iii) Corporate. The reportable segments are determined based on the product or service provided and reflect the manner in which management is currently evaluating the Company’s financial information. The segments and related services are described in the following paragraphs.
Capital Markets (“CM”)
CM provides a comprehensive range of commercial real estate finance products to our customers, including Agency lending, debt brokerage, property sales, appraisal and valuation services, and real estate-related investment banking and advisory services, including housing market research. Our long-established relationships with the Agencies and institutional investors enable us to offer a broad range of loan products and services to our customers. We provide property sales services to owners and developers of multifamily and hospitality properties and commercial real estate appraisals for various lenders and investors. Additionally, we earn subscription fees for our housing related research. The primary services within CM are described below. For additional information on our CM services, refer to Item 1. Business in our 2024 Form 10-K.
Agency Lending
We are one of the leading lenders with the Agencies, where we originate and sell multifamily, manufactured housing communities, student housing, affordable housing, seniors housing, and small-balance multifamily loans.
We recognize Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and the Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net from our lending with the Agencies when we commit to both originate a loan with a borrower and sell that loan to an investor. The loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net and the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net for these transactions reflect the fair value attributable to loan origination fees, premiums on the sale of loans, net of any co-broker fees, and the fair value of the expected net cash flows associated with servicing the loans, net of any guaranty obligations retained.
We generally fund our Agency loan products through warehouse facility financing and sell them to investors in accordance with the related loan sale commitment, which we obtain concurrent with rate lock. Proceeds from the sale of the loan are used to pay off the warehouse facility borrowing. The sale of the loan is typically completed within 60 days after the loan is closed. We earn net warehouse interest income or expense from loans held for sale while they are outstanding equal to the difference between the note rate on the loan and the cost of borrowing of the warehouse facility. Our cost of borrowing can exceed the note rate on the loan, resulting in a net interest expense.
Our loan commitments and loans held for sale are currently not exposed to unhedged interest rate risk during the loan commitment, closing, and delivery process. The sale or placement of each loan to an investor is negotiated at the same time we establish the coupon rate for the loan. We also seek to mitigate the risk of a loan not closing by collecting good faith deposits from the borrower. The deposit is returned to the borrower only after the loan is closed. Any potential loss from a catastrophic change in the property condition while the loan is held for sale using warehouse facility financing is mitigated through property insurance equal to replacement cost. We are also protected contractually from an investor’s failure to purchase the loan. We have experienced an insignificant number of failed deliveries in our history and have incurred insignificant losses on such failed deliveries.
We may be obligated to repurchase loans that are originated for the Agencies’ programs if certain representations and warranties that we provide in connection with such originations are breached.
As part of our overall growth strategy, we are focused on significantly growing and investing in our small-balance multifamily lending platform, which involves a high volume of transactions with smaller loan balances. We have supported our small-balance lending platform with acquisitions in the past that have provided data analytics, software development and technology products in this area.
Debt Brokerage
Our mortgage bankers who focus on debt brokerage are engaged by borrowers to work with banks, and various other institutional lenders to find the most appropriate debt and/or equity solution for the borrowers’ needs. These financing solutions are funded directly by the lender, and we receive an origination fee for our services. On occasion, we service the loans after they are originated by the lender.
Private Client (Small Balance) Lending
We generally define private clients in the multifamily sector as customers that operate less than 2,000 units. Private clients make up a substantial portion of the ownership of multifamily assets in the United States. As part of our overall growth strategy, we are focused on significantly growing and investing in our private client, or small-balance, multifamily lending platform, which involves a high volume of transactions with smaller loan balances. We have supported our small-balance lending platform with acquisitions in the past that have pro-vided data analytics, software development and technology products to this customer segment. These acquisitions have advanced our technology development capabilities in this area, and our expectation is that the products we develop will be used in our middle market and institutional lending businesses when the products are mature and proven successful
Property Sales
Through our subsidiary Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales, LLC (“WDIS”), we offer property sales brokerage services to owners and developers of multifamily and hospitality properties that are seeking to sell these properties. Through these property sales brokerage services, we seek to maximize proceeds and certainty of closure for our clients using our knowledge of the commercial real estate and capital markets and relying on our experienced transaction professionals. We receive a sales commission for brokering the sale of these assets on behalf of our clients, and we often are able to provide financing for the purchaser of the properties through our Agency or debt brokerage entities. We have increased the number of property sales brokers and the geographical reach of our investment sales platform over the past several years through hiring and acquisitions and intend to continue this expansion in support of our growth strategy, geographical reach, and service offerings. Our geographical reach now covers many major markets in the United States, and our service offerings now include sales of land, student, senior housing, hospitality, and affordable properties.
Housing Market Research and Real Estate Investment Banking Services
Our subsidiary Zelman & Associates (“Zelman”), is a nationally recognized housing market research and investment banking firm that enhances the information we provide to our clients and increases our access to high-quality market insights in many areas of the housing market, including construction trends, demographics, housing demand and mortgage finance. Zelman generates revenues through the sale of its housing market research data and related publications to banks, investment banks and other financial institutions. Zelman is also a leading independent investment bank providing comprehensive M&A advisory services and capital markets solutions to our clients within the housing and commercial real estate sectors. As part of our growth strategy, we have increased the number of investment bankers to broaden our reach and expertise within the residential housing, building products, multifamily and commercial real estate sectors. Prior to the fourth quarter of 2024, we owned a 75% controlling interest in Zelman. During the fourth quarter of 2024, we purchased the remaining 25% interest in Zelman.
Appraisal and Valuation Services
We offer multifamily appraisal and valuation services though our subsidiary, Apprise. Apprise leverages technology and data science to dramatically improve the consistency, transparency, and speed of multifamily property appraisals in the U.S. through our proprietary technology and provides appraisal services to a client list that includes many national commercial real estate lenders. Apprise also provides quarterly and annual valuation services to some of the largest institutional commercial real estate investors in the country. The growth strategy has resulted in an increase in our market share of the appraisal market over the past several years. Additionally, these valuation specialists provide support for and insight to our Agency lending and property sales professionals.
Servicing & Asset Management (“SAM”)
SAM focuses on servicing and asset-managing the portfolio of loans we originate and sell to the Agencies, broker to certain life insurance companies, and originate through our principal lending and investing activities, and managing third-party capital invested in tax credit equity funds focused on the affordable housing sector and other commercial real estate. We earn servicing fees for overseeing the loans in our servicing portfolio and asset management fees for the capital invested in our funds. Additionally, we earn revenue through net interest income on the loans held for investment and the associated warehouse interest expense. The primary services within SAM are described below. For additional information on our SAM services, refer to Item 1. Business in our 2024 Form 10-K.
Loan Servicing
We retain servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on substantially all of our Agency loan products that we originate and sell and generate cash revenues from the fees we receive for servicing the loans, from the placement fees on escrow deposits held on behalf of borrowers, and from other ancillary fees relating to servicing the loans. Servicing fees, which are based on servicing fee rates set at the time an investor agrees to purchase the loan and on the unpaid principal balance of the loan, are generally paid monthly for the duration of the loan. Our Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac servicing arrangements generally provide for prepayment protection to us in the event of a voluntary prepayment. For loans serviced outside of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we typically do not have similar prepayment protections. For most loans we service under the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (“DUS”) program, we are required to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees for four months should a borrower cease making payments under the terms of their loan, including while that loan is in forbearance. After advancing for four months, we may request reimbursement by Fannie Mae for the principal and interest advances, and Fannie Mae will reimburse us for these advances within 60 days of the request. Under the Ginnie Mae program, we are obligated to advance the principal and interest payments and guarantee fees until the HUD loan is brought current, fully paid or assigned to HUD. We are eligible to assign a loan to HUD once it is in default for 30 days. If the loan is not brought current, or the loan otherwise defaults, we are not reimbursed for our advances until such time as we assign the loan to HUD and file a claim for mortgage insurance benefits or work out a payment modification for the borrower. For loans in default, we may repurchase those loans out of the Ginnie Mae security, at which time our advance requirements cease, and we may then modify and resell the loan or assign the loan back to HUD and be reimbursed for our advances. We are not obligated to make advances on the loans we service under the Freddie Mac Optigo® program and our bank and life insurance company servicing agreements.
We have risk-sharing obligations on substantially all loans we originate under the Fannie Mae DUS program. When a Fannie Mae DUS loan is subject to full risk-sharing, we absorb losses on the first 5% of the unpaid principal balance of a loan at the time of loss settlement, and above 5% we share a percentage of the loss with Fannie Mae, with our maximum loss capped at 20% of the original unpaid principal balance of the loan (subject to doubling or tripling if the loan does not meet specific underwriting criteria or if the loan defaults within 12 months of its sale to Fannie Mae). Our full risk-sharing is currently limited to loans up to $300 million, which equates to a maximum loss per loan of $60 million (such exposure would occur in the event that the underlying collateral is determined to be completely without value at the time of loss). For loans in excess of $300 million, we receive modified risk-sharing. We also may request modified risk-sharing at the time of origination on loans below $300 million, which reduces our potential risk-sharing losses from the levels described above if we do not believe that we are being fully compensated for the risks of the transactions. The full risk-sharing limit in prior years was less than $300 million. Accordingly, loans originated in prior years were subject to risk-sharing at lower levels. In limited circumstances we have agreed, and may in the future agree, with Fannie Mae to increase our loss sharing to 100% of a loan’s UPB in lieu of the risk-sharing agreement described above. Our servicing fees for risk-sharing loans include compensation for the risk-sharing obligations and are substantially larger than the servicing fees we receive from Fannie Mae for loans with no risk-sharing obligations.
Our servicing fees for risk-sharing loans include compensation for the risk-sharing obligations and are substantially larger than the servicing fees we would receive from Fannie Mae for loans with no risk-sharing obligations. We receive a lower servicing fee for modified risk-sharing than for full risk-sharing. For brokered loans that we also service, we collect ongoing servicing fees while those loans remain in our servicing portfolio. The servicing fees we typically earn on brokered loan transactions are lower than the servicing fees we earn on Agency loans.
Investment Management and Principal Lending and Investing
*Investment Management—*Through our investment management subsidiary, WDIP, we function as the operator of a private commercial real estate investment adviser focused on the management of debt, preferred equity, and mezzanine equity investments in middle-market commercial real estate funds. WDIP’s current regulatory assets under management (“AUM”) of $2.3 billion primarily consist of eight investment vehicles: Fund III, Fund IV, Fund V, Fund VI, Fund VII, Debt Fund I, and Debt Fund II (collectively, the “Funds”), and separate accounts managed primarily for life insurance companies. AUM for the Funds, Debt Funds and separate accounts consists of both unfunded commitments and funded investments. Unfunded commitments are highest during the fundraising and investment phases. WDIP receives management fees based on both unfunded commitments and funded investments. Additionally, with respect to the Funds and Debt Funds, WDIP receives a percentage of the return above the fund return hurdle rate specified in the fund agreements. We are a co-investor in the Funds, Debt Funds and Separate Accounts, and generally limit our investments to 5% or less.
Principal Lending and Investing — Through a joint venture with an affiliate of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., we offered short-term senior secured debt financing products that provided floating-rate, interest-only loans for terms of generally up to three years to experienced borrowers seeking to acquire or reposition multifamily properties that did not qualify for permanent financing (the “Interim Program JV” or the “joint venture”). The joint venture stopped originating new loans in 2023 and began winding down its operations. We hold a 15% ownership interest in the Interim Program JV and are responsible for servicing and asset-managing the remaining loans originated by the joint venture. The Interim Program JV assumes full risk of loss while the loans it originates are outstanding, while we assume risk commensurate with our 15% ownership interest. There are three loans remaining in the joint venture as of March 31, 2025.
Affordable Housing Real Estate Services
We provide affordable housing investment management and real estate services through our subsidiaries, collectively known as Walker & Dunlop Affordable Equity (“WDAE”). WDAE is one of the largest tax credit syndicators and affordable housing developers in the U.S. and provides alternative investment management services focused on the affordable housing sector through LIHTC syndication and, development of affordable housing projects through joint ventures. Our affordable housing investment management team works with our developer clients to identify properties that will generate LIHTCs and meet our affordable investors’ needs, and forms limited partnership funds (“LIHTC funds”) with third-party investors that invest in the limited partnership interests in these properties and earns a syndication fee for these services. WDAE serves as the general partner of these LIHTC funds, and it receives fees, such as asset management fees, and a portion of refinance and disposition proceeds as compensation for its work as the general partner of the fund.
We invest, as the managing or non-managing member of joint ventures, with developers of affordable housing projects that are partially funded through LIHTCs. When possible, WDAE syndicates the LIHTC investment necessary to build properties through these joint venture partnerships. The joint ventures earn developer fees, and we receive the portion of the economic benefits commensurate with our investment in the joint ventures, including cash flows from operating activities and sales/refinancing. Additionally, WDAE invests with third-party investors
(either in a fund or joint-venture structure) with the goal of preserving affordability on multifamily properties coming out of the LIHTC 15-year compliance period or on which market forces are unlikely to keep the properties affordable.
Corporate
The Corporate segment consists primarily of our treasury operations and other corporate-level activities. Our treasury operations include monitoring and managing our liquidity and funding requirements, including our corporate debt. Other major corporate-level functions include our equity-method investments, accounting, information technology, legal, human resources, marketing, internal audit, and various other corporate groups. For additional information on our Corporate segment, refer to Item 1. Business in our 2024 Form 10-K.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include all the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), which require management to make estimates based on certain judgments and assumptions that are inherently uncertain and affect reported amounts. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors management believes to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions and the use of different judgments and assumptions may have a material impact on our results. The following critical accounting estimates involve significant estimation uncertainty that may have or is reasonably likely to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. Additional information about our critical accounting estimates and other significant accounting policies is discussed in NOTE 2 of the consolidated financial statements in our 2024 Form 10-K.
Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSRs”). MSRs are recorded at fair value at loan sale. The fair value at loan sale is based on estimates of expected net cash flows associated with the servicing rights and takes into consideration an estimate of loan prepayment. Initially, the fair value amount is included as a component of the derivative asset fair value at the loan commitment date. The estimated net cash flows from servicing, which includes assumptions for discount rate, placement fees on escrow accounts (“placement fees”), prepayment speeds, and servicing costs, are discounted using a discounted cash flow model at a rate that reflects the credit and liquidity risk of the MSR over the estimated life of the underlying loan. The discount rates used throughout the periods presented for all MSRs were between 8-14% and varied based on the loan type. The life of the underlying loan is estimated giving consideration to the prepayment provisions in the loan and assumptions about loan behaviors around those provisions. Our model for MSRs assumes no prepayment prior to the expiration of the prepayment provisions and full prepayment of the loan at the point when the prepayment provisions have expired. The estimated net cash flows also include cash flows related to the future earnings from placement of escrow accounts associated with servicing the loans. We include a servicing cost assumption to account for our expected costs to service a loan. The estimated placement fee rate associated with servicing the loan increases estimated cash flows, and the estimated future cost to service the loan decreases estimated future cash flows. The servicing cost assumption has had a de minimis impact on the estimate historically. We record an individual MSR asset for each loan at loan sale.
The assumptions used to estimate the fair value of capitalized MSRs are developed internally and are periodically compared to assumptions used by other market participants. Due to the relatively few transactions in the multifamily MSR market and the lack of significant changes in assumptions by market participants, we have experienced limited volatility in the assumptions historically and do not expect to observe significant changes in the foreseeable future, including the assumption that most significantly impacts the estimate: the discount rate. We actively monitor the assumptions used and make adjustments when market conditions change, or other factors indicate such adjustments are warranted. Over the past several years, we have adjusted the placement fee rate assumption several times to reflect the current and expected future earnings rate projected for the life of the MSR as the interest rate environment has experienced significant volatility over the past several years.
Subsequent to loan origination, the carrying value of the MSR is amortized over the expected life of the loan. We engage a third party to assist in determining an estimated fair value of our existing and outstanding MSRs on at least a semi-annual basis, primarily for financial statement disclosure purposes. Changes in our discount rate and placement fee rate assumptions on existing and outstanding MSRs may materially impact the fair value of our MSRs (NOTE 3 of the condensed consolidated financial statements details the portfolio-level impact of hypothetical changes in the discount rate and placement fee rate).
Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligations. This reserve liability (referred to as “allowance”) for risk-sharing obligations relates to our Fannie Mae at-risk and Freddie Mac SBL servicing portfolios and is presented as a separate liability on our balance sheets. We record an estimate of the loss reserve for the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) for all loans in these servicing portfolios. For those loans that are collectively evaluated, we use the weighted-average remaining maturity method (“WARM”). WARM uses an average annual loss rate that contains loss content over multiple vintages and loan terms and is used as a foundation for estimating the collective reserves. The average annual loss rate is applied to the estimated unpaid principal balance over the contractual term, adjusted for estimated prepayments and amortization to arrive at the allowance on loans that are collectively evaluated (“CECL Allowance”). The average annual loss rate is applied to the estimated unpaid principal balance over the contractual term, adjusted for estimated prepayments and amortization to arrive at the CECL Allowance for the portion of the portfolio collectively evaluated as described further below.
One of the key components of a WARM calculation is the runoff rate, which is the expected rate at which loans in the current portfolio will amortize and prepay in the future based on our historical prepayment and amortization experience. We group loans by similar origination dates (vintage) and contractual maturity terms for purposes of calculating the runoff rate. We originate loans under the DUS program with various terms generally ranging from several years to 15 years; each of these various loan terms has a different runoff rate. The runoff rates applied to each vintage and contractual maturity term are determined using historical data; however, changes in prepayment and amortization behavior may significantly impact the estimate. We have not experienced significant changes in the runoff rate since we implemented CECL in 2020.
The weighted-average annual loss rate is calculated using a ten-year look-back period, utilizing the average portfolio balance and settled losses for each year. A ten-year lookback period is used as we believe this period of time includes sufficiently different economic conditions to generate a reasonable estimate of expected results in the future, given the relatively long-term nature of the current portfolio. As the weighted-average annual loss rate utilizes a rolling ten-year look-back period, the loss rate used in the estimate often times changes as loss data from earlier periods in the look-back period continue to roll off as new loss data are added. For example, in the first quarter of 2024, loss data from earlier periods in the look-back period with significantly higher losses rolled off and were replaced with more recent loss data with fewer losses, resulting in the weighted-average historical annual loss rate changing from 0.6 basis points to 0.3 basis points.
We currently use one year for our reasonable and supportable forecast period (“forecast period”) as we believe forecasts beyond one year are inherently less reliable. During the forecast period we apply an adjusted loss factor based on generally available economic and unemployment forecasts and a blended loss rate from historical periods that we believe reflect the forecasts. We revert to the historical loss rate over a one-year period on a straight-line basis. Over the past couple of years, the loss rate used in the forecast period reflects our expectations of the economic conditions impacting the multifamily sector over the coming year in relation to the historical period. For example, despite our historical loss rate declining from 0.6 basis points as of December 31, 2023 to 0.3 basis points as of March 31, 2024, our forecast-period loss rate remained relatively unchanged from 2.4 basis points as of December 31, 2023, to 2.3 basis points as of March 31, 2024.
NOTE 4 of the condensed consolidated financial statements outlines adjustments made in the loss rates used to account for the expected economic conditions as of a given period and the related impact on the CECL Allowance.
Changes in our expectations and forecasts have materially impacted, and in the future may materially impact, these inputs and the CECL Allowance.
We evaluate our risk-sharing loans on a quarterly basis to determine whether there are loans that are probable of foreclosure. Specifically, we assess a loan’s qualitative and quantitative risk factors, such as payment status, property financial performance, local real estate market conditions, loan-to-value ratio, debt-service-coverage ratio, and property condition. When a loan is determined to be probable of foreclosure based on these factors (or has foreclosed), we remove the loan from the WARM calculation and individually assess the loan for potential credit loss. This assessment requires certain judgments and assumptions to be made regarding the property values and other factors, which may differ significantly from actual results. Loss settlement with Fannie Mae has historically concluded within 18 to 36 months after foreclosure. Historically, the initial collateral-based reserves have not varied significantly from the final settlement.
We actively monitor the judgments and assumptions used in our Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligation estimate and make adjustments to those assumptions when market conditions change, or when other factors indicate such adjustments are warranted. We believe the level of Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligation is appropriate based on our expectations of future market conditions; however, changes in one or more of the judgments or assumptions used above could have a significant impact on the estimate.
Contingent Consideration Liabilities. The Company often includes an earnout as part of the consideration paid for acquisitions to align the long-term interests of the acquiree with those of the Company. These earnouts contain milestones for achievement, which typically are revenue, revenue-like, or productivity measurements. If the milestone is achieved, the acquiree is paid the additional consideration. Upon acquisition, the Company is required to estimate the fair value of the earnout and include that fair value measurement as a component of the total consideration paid in the calculation of goodwill. The fair value of the earnout is recorded as a contingent consideration liability and included within Other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and adjusted to the estimated fair value periodically.
The determination of the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities requires significant management judgment and unobservable inputs to (i) determine forecasts and scenarios of future revenues, net cash flows and certain other performance metrics, (ii) assign a probability of achievement for the forecasts and scenarios, and (iii) select a discount rate. A Monte Carlo simulation analysis is used to determine many iterations of potential fair values. The average of these iterations is then used to determine the estimated fair value. We typically obtain the assistance of third-party valuation specialists to assist with the fair value estimation. The probability of the earnout achievement is based on management’s estimate of the expected future performance and other financial metrics of each of the acquired entities, which are subject to significant uncertainty. Changes to the aforementioned inputs impact the estimate; for example, in 2024, we recorded a reduction of $50.3 million to the fair value of our contingent consideration liabilities based on revised management forecasts, scenarios, and other valuation inputs.
The aggregate fair value of our contingent consideration liabilities as of March 31, 2025 was $29.1 million. This fair value represents management’s best estimate of the discounted cash payments that will be made in the future for all of our contingent consideration arrangements. The maximum remaining undiscounted earnout payments as of March 31, 2025 was $255.3 million, with the vast majority of the undiscounted payments related to the GeoPhy acquisition. In 2022 and 2021, we made two large acquisitions that included significant amounts of contingent consideration to maximize alignment of the key principals and management teams. The earnouts completed prior to 2021 involved businesses that operated in our core debt financing business and involved substantially smaller amounts of contingent consideration as compared to the two aforementioned acquisitions.
Goodwill. As of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we reported goodwill of $868.7 million. Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the identifiable net assets of businesses acquired. Goodwill is assigned to the reporting unit to which the acquisition relates. Goodwill is recognized as an asset and is reviewed for impairment annually as of October 1. Between annual impairment analyses, we perform an evaluation of recoverability, when events and circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is below its carrying value. Impairment testing requires an assessment of qualitative factors to determine if there are indicators of potential impairment, followed by, if necessary, an assessment of quantitative factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, whether there has been a significant or adverse change in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset and/or significant or adverse changes in cash flow projections or earnings forecasts. These assessments require management to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates about projected cash flows, discount rates and other factors. Due to the challenging macroeconomic conditions in 2024, the projected cash flows for some of our reporting units declined, resulting in goodwill impairment in 2024 of $33.0 million that was attributed to reporting units within the Capital Markets segment. Despite volatility in the financial markets and uncertainty in overall macroeconomic conditions, macroeconomic conditions impacting the multifamily markets remain stable and our multifamily transaction volumes continue to improve. As a result of the generally healthy conditions in the multifamily markets, as of March 31, 2025, there were no indicators of goodwill impairment; however, improvements in the overall macroeconomic environment remain slow and uncertain and may indicate additional goodwill impairment as we perform our annual goodwill impairment analysis.
Overview of Current Business Environment
The change in administration in January 2025 resulted in significant change in the months following. The administration has rolled back regulations and oversight for financial institutions and the GSEs that supply significant capital to the commercial real estate (“CRE”) sector. While at the same time, the administration announced broad tariffs on April 2, 2025, that impacted a wide range of imports. The implementation of the tariffs led to immediate turmoil in the markets, with the S&P 500 falling 12% in the first week following the announcement. The initial reaction was a flight to safety, and yields on US Treasuries fell rapidly, but yields quickly retreated as the markets began to fear the impacts to inflation and global GDP growth. The tariffs were paused a week later, on April 9, 2025, but the market remains cautious and yields on the 10-year Treasury bond, have settled into a range of 4.2% to 4.5% in the weeks following April 2, 2025.
The CRE sector has experienced a challenging environment shaped by volatile interest rates that have directly impacted the cost and availability of capital over the last three years, and that impacted growth expectations and asset valuations. Macroeconomic uncertainties have also impacted overall demand for transactions. Many of those factors showed meaningful signs of improvement in the second half of 2024 and into the first quarter of 2025, indicating a recovery may be underway, but those improvements were impacted by volatility in the cost of capital, and broader macroeconomic concerns regarding a global trade war from the administration’s tariff policies. Each of these factors impacted the CRE transactions market differently in the first quarter of 2025.
Interest Rates & Cost of Capital. The Federal Open Market Committee’s (“FOMC”) began hiking interest rates aggressively in 2022, which materially increased the cost of capital for commercial real estate operators. Higher borrowing costs reduced leverage, pressured debt service coverage ratios, and led to valuation declines as cap rates adjusted. Beginning in September 2024, the FOMC began decreasing its target Federal Funds Rate, lowering the target rate to 4.25% to 4.50% at its December 2024 meeting. The FOMC has indicated that it will need to understand the impact of tariffs on global trade policy, inflation and economic growth before further action is taken, and markets now expect rates will remain elevated for longer, with few rate cuts expected in 2025. This should have the effect of stabilizing interest rates, albeit higher rates than many investors in commercial real estate hoped. Stability of interest rates will be a key driver of transaction volume and capital markets activity this year. There was significant volatility throughout the first quarter as a result of the administration’s policies, but rates have stabilized in the immediate aftermath of the rollout of the new tariff policies and we are seeing an acceleration in transaction activity. A pronounced pause in rate hikes by the FOMC, or additional rate cuts, could unlock demand and further improve financing conditions for commercial real estate assets.
Capital Availability & Lending Markets. The supply of capital to the CRE sector remains abundant, but many investors and borrowers of that capital remain selective while the cost of capital remains elevated. Banks, life insurance companies, conduits (CMBS), and debt funds are actively lending to the sector but are selective, with a preference for high-quality assets and well-capitalized sponsors. The GSEs, the predominant suppliers of capital to the multifamily market, deployed $120 billion of capital to the industry in 2024, up from $101 billion in 2023. Entering 2025, the GSE’s lending caps were set at a combined $146 billion, providing them a 22% increase in capacity over 2024 volumes. Both GSEs have started the year strong compared to the same quarter last year, with Fannie Mae lending volumes up 19% and Freddie Mac up 11%. The GSEs have supplied consistent capital to the multifamily sector during cyclical and countercyclical markets, and they continue to do so throughout the market disruptions experienced in the early part of 2025. As Fannie Mae’s largest partner for six consecutive years, and Freddie Mac’s fourth largest partner in 2024, their participation in the market is a significant driver of our financial performance and a sustained increase in their lending activity would enhance our business and results from operations.
Multifamily Rent Growth & Asset Values. Rent growth slowed considerably in 2024, particularly in high-supply Sun Belt markets, primarily as a result of record completions of 590,000 units last year. Yet absorption remained extremely strong, at 667,000 units, outpacing supply for the first time since 2021. Absorption of that many units made it difficult to grow rents, with Zelman, our housing research arm, reporting national rent growth of approximately 2% in 2024, a pace that was far below the aggressive rent growth seen in 2021 and 2022. According to MSCI, in December 2024, multifamily property values remained stable month-over-month but were down 4.2% compared to the previous year. Notably, multifamily prices have declined by 19.6% from their peak, but remain 11.9% above pre-COVID January 2020 levels. New construction starts have fallen dramatically, to only 213,000 in 2024, and the cost of owning a single-family home has skyrocketed as a result of the Great Tightening and a strong labor market. That sets up well for a return to rent growth and an improvement in operating fundamentals for the multifamily sector, which would improve asset values and likely increase the volume of multifamily asset sales in the coming quarters.
Other Macroeconomic Considerations. The national unemployment rate remained low at 4.2% at March 31, 2025, up slightly from 4.1% at December 31, 2024. According to RealPage, vacancies in the multifamily sector stabilized around 5.0% as of March 31, 2025, down from 5.2% in December 2024. The outcome of the administration’s trade policy is still unknown. With uncertainty around its impacts on global supply chains, cost and availability of goods and services and broader implications on global economic growth, it is difficult to predict what interest rates, cost of capital and capital availability will look like the remainder of the year. Although we saw transaction volume growth in the first quarter, and have a strong pipeline of business entering the second quarter, the outcome of this administration’s policies will impact our outlook beyond the second quarter, and it remains difficult to predict.
Despite the current headwinds, multifamily remains one of the most resilient asset classes in CRE, and the GSEs continue to supply capital to the sector. During the first quarter, we saw transaction volumes increase by 10% compared to the same quarter last year, with notable increases in Fannie Mae lending (67%) and multifamily property sales (58%). Consequently, our Capital Markets segment produced net income of $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2025, up 135% compared to the year ago quarter.
Our Servicing & Asset Management segment is not directly correlated to the transaction markets like our Capital Markets segment. This segment’s managed portfolio totaled $154.2 billion as of March 31, 2025, up 3% compared to the same quarter last year, and included our $135.6 billion loan servicing portfolio and our $18.5 billion of assets under management. Although our total managed portfolio increased, revenues for the segment declined by 7%, to $131.9 million, for the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same quarter last year, as a meaningful portion of segment revenues are tied to floating interest rates on deposit accounts, and the 100 basis point decline in short term rates enacted by the FOMC late in 2024 caused those revenues to decline by $6.0 million, or 17% this quarter. Over the past two years, we have focused on scaling our assets under management, and in the fourth quarter of 2024 we successfully closed a first round of $200 million of equity capital for Debt Fund II from life insurance companies, pension funds, high net worth investors and Walker & Dunlop. Debt Fund II will provide our investment management team with over $500 million of levered capital to deploy into transitional multifamily assets, and during the first quarter our team deployed $140 million of that capital. We expect the revenues of our investment management business to grow as capital is raised and deployed. This segment also includes the activities of WDAE, an alternative investment manager focused on affordable housing, including LIHTC syndication and joint venture development. We ranked as the eighth largest LIHTC syndicator in 2024 and continue to pursue combined LIHTC syndication and affordable housing services to generate significant long-term financing, property sales, and syndication opportunities. Our LIHTC syndication activity started slowly, but we expect the team to grow syndication volumes considerably from the $404 million syndicated in 2024. In April 2025, the team syndicated its largest fund ever, a $240 million multi-investor fund invested in affordable assets across the country. We expect the realization of revenues from WDAE’s historical LIHTC investments, which are tied to the underlying value of the affordable assets, to remain fairly low in the near term as we do not expect a material increase in the value of affordable assets due to the aforementioned macroeconomic challenges.
Consolidated Results of Operations
The following is a discussion of our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The financial results are not necessarily indicative of future results. Our quarterly results have fluctuated in the past and are expected to fluctuate in the future, reflecting the interest rate environment, the volume of transactions, business acquisitions, regulatory actions, industry trends, and general economic conditions. The table below provides supplemental data regarding our financial performance.
SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING DATA
CONSOLIDATED
| Transaction Volume (in thousands) | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Debt Financing Volume | $5,196,642 | $5,227,308 |
| Property Sales Volume | 1,839,290 | 1,167,151 |
| Total Transaction Volume | $7,035,932 | $6,394,459 |
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| Key Performance Metrics (in thousands, except per share data) | | |
| Operating margin | 2% | 6% |
| Return on equity | 1 | 3 |
| Walker & Dunlop net income | $2,754 | $11,866 |
| Adjusted EBITDA(1) | 64,966 | 74,136 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.08 | 0.35 |
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| Key Expense Metrics (as a percentage of total revenues) | | |
| Personnel expenses | 51% | 49% |
| Other operating expenses | 14 | 13 |
| Managed Portfolio (in thousands) | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servicing Portfolio | $135,648,716 | | $131,963,765 |
| Assets under management | 18,518,413 | | 17,465,398 |
| Total Managed Portfolio | $154,167,129 | | $149,429,163 |
(1) This is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information on adjusted EBITDA, refer to the section below titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measure.”
The following tables present a period-to-period comparison of our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
FINANCIAL RESULTS – THREE MONTHS
CONSOLIDATED
(in thousands)
| Revenues | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net | | $46,381 | | $43,740 | | $2,641 | | 6% | |
| Fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net | | 27,811 | | 20,898 | | 6,913 | | 33 | |
| Servicing fees | | 82,221 | | 80,043 | | 2,178 | | 3 | |
| Property sales broker fees | | 13,521 | | 8,821 | | 4,700 | | 53 | |
| Investment management fees | | 9,682 | | 13,520 | | (3,838) | | (28) | |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense) | | (786) | | (1,116) | | 330 | | (30) | |
| Placement fees and other interest income | | 33,211 | | 39,402 | | (6,191) | | (16) | |
| Other revenues | | 25,326 | | 22,751 | | 2,575 | | 11 | |
| Total revenues | | $237,367 | | $228,059 | | $9,308 | | 4 | |
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| Expenses | | | | | | | | | |
| Personnel | | $121,390 | | $111,463 | | $9,927 | | 9% | |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 57,621 | | 55,891 | | 1,730 | | 3 | |
| Provision (benefit) for credit losses | | 3,712 | | 524 | | 3,188 | | 608 | |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 15,514 | | 17,659 | | (2,145) | | (12) | |
| Other operating expenses | | 33,886 | | 28,843 | | 5,043 | | 17 | |
| Total expenses | | $232,123 | | $214,380 | | $17,743 | | 8 | |
| Income from operations | | $5,244 | | $13,679 | | $(8,435) | | (62) | |
| Income tax expense | | 2,519 | | 2,864 | | (345) | | (12) | |
| Net income before noncontrolling interests | | $2,725 | | $10,815 | | $(8,090) | | (75) | |
| Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests | | (29) | | (1,051) | | 1,022 | (97) | | |
| Walker & Dunlop net income | | $2,754 | | $11,866 | | $(9,112) | | (77) | |
Overview
The increase in revenues was primarily driven by increases in loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net (“Origination fees”), the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net (“MSR income”), servicing fees, property sales broker fees, and other revenues, partially offset by decreases in investment management fees and placement fees and other interest income. Origination fees and MSR income increased primarily due to the increase in our Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volumes. Servicing fees increased primarily due to the increase in the size of our GSE servicing portfolio combined with an increase in the weighted average servicing fee. The increase in property sales broker fees was largely driven by an increase in property sales volume. Other revenues increased primarily due to an increase in investment banking revenues, partially offset by decreases in syndication fees and income from equity-method investments. Investment management fees decreased largely as a result of a decline in asset management fees from our LIHTC operations. Placement fees and other interest income declined primarily due to lower average placement fee rates during the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024.
The increase in expenses was due to increases in personnel expense, amortization and depreciation, provision (benefit) for credit losses, and other operating expenses, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense on corporate debt. Personnel expense increased primarily due to an increase in commission costs mainly due to the aforementioned increases in origination fees, property sales broker fees, and investment banking revenues and increased severance expense. The increase in amortization and depreciation was primarily driven by an increase in amortization of MSRs. The increase in provision for credit losses was mainly attributable to loans evaluated collectively. Other operating expenses increased primarily due to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs resulting from the partial paydown of one of our corporate debt instruments. Interest expense on corporate debt decreased due to lower average interest rates during the first quarter of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024.
Income tax expense was down slightly despite a 62% decrease in income from operations largely as a result of excess tax benefits. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we had a tax shortfall of $1.3 million compared to a tax benefit of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, we use adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. The presentation of adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. When analyzing our operating performance, readers should use adjusted EBITDA in addition to, and not as an alternative for, net income. Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before income taxes, interest expense on our corporate debt, and amortization and depreciation, adjusted for provision (benefit) for credit losses, net write-offs based on the final resolution of the defaulted loans or collateral, stock-based incentive compensation charges, the fair value of expected net cash flows from servicing, net, the write-off of the unamortized balance of deferred issuance costs associated with the repayment of a portion of our corporate debt, goodwill impairment, and contingent consideration liability fair value adjustments when the fair value adjustment is a triggering event for a goodwill impairment assessment. In cases where the fair value adjustment of contingent consideration liabilities is a trigger for goodwill impairment, the goodwill impairment is netted against the fair value adjustment of contingent consideration liabilities and included as a net number. Because not all companies use identical calculations, our presentation of adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Furthermore, adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for our management’s discretionary use, as it does not reflect certain cash requirements such as tax and debt service payments. The amounts shown for adjusted EBITDA may also differ from the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in our debt instruments, which are further adjusted to reflect certain other cash and non-cash charges that are used to determine compliance with financial covenants.
We use adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the operating performance of our business, for comparison with forecasts and strategic plans, and for benchmarking performance externally against competitors. We believe that this non-GAAP measure, when read in conjunction with our GAAP financials, provides useful information to investors by offering:
- the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of our ongoing operating results;
- the ability to better identify trends in our underlying business and perform related trend analyses; and
- a better understanding of how management plans and measures our underlying business.
We believe that adjusted EBITDA has limitations in that it does not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that adjusted EBITDA should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with net income on both a consolidated and segment basis. Adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:
ADJUSTED FINANCIAL MEASURE RECONCILIATION TO GAAP
CONSOLIDATED
(in thousands)
| Reconciliation of Walker & Dunlop Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker & Dunlop Net Income | | $2,754 | | $11,866 | |
| Income tax expense | | 2,519 | | 2,864 | |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 15,514 | | 17,659 | |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 57,621 | | 55,891 | |
| Provision (benefit) for credit losses | | 3,712 | | 524 | |
| Net write-offs | | — | | — | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 6,442 | | 6,230 | |
| MSR income | | (27,811) | | (20,898) | |
| Write-off of unamortized issuance costs from corporate debt paydown | | 4,215 | | — | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | | $64,966 | | $74,136 | |
The following tables present a period-to-period comparison of the components of adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
ADJUSTED EBITDA – THREE MONTHS
CONSOLIDATED
(in thousands)
| | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loan origination and debt brokerage fees, net | $46,381 | | $43,740 | | $2,641 | | 6% |
| Servicing fees | 82,221 | | 80,043 | | 2,178 | | 3 |
| Property sales broker fees | 13,521 | | 8,821 | | 4,700 | | 53 |
| Investment management fees | 9,682 | | 13,520 | | (3,838) | | (28) |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense) | (786) | | (1,116) | | 330 | | (30) |
| Placement fees and other interest income | 33,211 | | 39,402 | | (6,191) | | (16) |
| Other revenues | 25,355 | | 23,802 | | 1,553 | | 7 |
| Personnel | (114,948) | | (105,233) | | (9,715) | | 9 |
| Net write-offs | — | | — | | — | | N/A |
| Other operating expenses | (29,671) | | (28,843) | | (828) | | 3 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $64,966 | | $74,136 | | $(9,170) | | (12) |
Origination fees increased primarily due to the increase in Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volume. Servicing fees increased largely due to growth in the average servicing portfolio period over period combined with an increase in the weighted-average servicing fee. Property sales broker fees increased mostly as a result of the growth in property sales volume. Investment management fees decreased due to a decline in asset management fees from our LIHTC operations. Placement fees and other interest income decreased primarily due to lower average placement fee rates. Other revenues increased principally due to higher investment banking revenues, partially offset by decreases in syndication fees from our LIHTC operations and income from equity-method investments. Personnel expense increased primarily due to an increase in commission costs mainly due to the aforementioned increases in origination fees, property sales broker fees, and investment banking revenues. Personnel expense also increased due to an increase in severance expense.
Financial Condition
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Our cash flows from operating activities are generated from loan sales, servicing fees, placement fees, net warehouse interest income (expense), property sales broker fees, investment management fees, research subscription fees, investment banking advisory fees, and other income, net of loan origination and operating costs. Our cash flows from operating activities are impacted by the fees generated by our loan originations and property sales, the timing of loan closings, and the period of time loans are held for sale in the warehouse loan facility prior to delivery to the investor.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
We usually lease facilities and equipment for our operations. Our cash flows from investing activities include the funding and repayment of loans held for investment, including repurchased loans, contributions to and distributions from joint ventures, purchases of equity-method investments, cash paid for acquisitions, and the purchase of available-for-sale (“AFS”) securities pledged to Fannie Mae.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
We use our warehouse loan facilities and, when necessary, our corporate cash to fund loan closings, both for loans held for sale and loans held for investment. We believe that our current warehouse loan facilities are adequate to meet our loan origination needs. Historically, we used a combination of long-term debt and cash flows from operating activities to fund large acquisitions. Additionally, we repurchase shares, pay cash dividends, make long-term debt principal payments, and repay short-term borrowings on a regular basis. We issue stock primarily in connection with the exercise of stock options and occasionally for acquisitions (non-cash transactions).
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
The following table presents a period-to-period comparison of the significant components of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
| | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | $(281,108) | | $38,397 | | $(319,505) | | (832)% |
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | (39,382) | | (25,050) | | (14,332) | | 57 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | 222,026 | | (124,153) | | 346,179 | | (279) |
| Total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents at end of period ("Total cash") | | 229,434 | | 280,597 | | (51,163) | | (18) |
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| Cash flows from (used in) operating activities | | | | | | | | |
| Net receipt (use) of cash for loan origination activity | | $(199,965) | | $72,650 | | $(272,615) | | (375)% |
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, excluding loan origination activity | | (81,143) | | (34,253) | | (46,890) | | 137 |
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| Cash flows from (used in) investing activities | | | | | | | | |
| Purchases of pledged AFS securities | | $(16,989) | | $(8,000) | | $(8,989) | | 112% |
| Purchases of equity-method investments | | (8,965) | | (4,048) | | (4,917) | | 121 |
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| Cash flows from (used in) financing activities | | | | | | | | |
| Borrowings (repayments) of warehouse notes payable, net | | $199,823 | | $(74,359) | | $274,182 | | (369)% |
| Borrowings of note payable | | 398,875 | | — | | 398,875 | | N/A |
| Repayments of notes payable | | (328,481) | | (2,000) | | (326,481) | | 16,324 |
| Payment of contingent consideration | | (1,500) | | (13,820) | | 12,320 | | (89) |
| Debt issuance costs | | (14,117) | | (480) | | (13,637) | | 2,841 |
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Operating Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities changed primarily due to:
(i) Loan origination activity. Agency loans originated are held for short periods of time, generally less than 60 days, and impact cash flows presented as of a point in time due to the timing difference between the date of origination and date of delivery. The change to net cash used from net cash received in loan origination activities is primarily attributable to originations outpacing sales by $200.0 million in 2025 compared to $72.7 million in 2024.
(ii) Other activities. Cash flows used in other operating activities were $81.1 million in 2025, up from $34.3 million in 2024. The increase was primarily due to an $8.1 million decline in net income before noncontrolling interest, an $8.2 million change in the fair value of premium and origination fees, a $5.2 million increase in the net adjustment for MSR income and amortization, and a $30.7 million decrease in adjustments for other operating activities, partially offset by a $3.2 million positive adjustment for provision (benefit) for credit losses.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities changed primarily due to:
(i) AFS securities. Purchases of AFS securities increased during 2025 as we changed the mix of our pledged collateral, investing additional amounts in AFS securities and reducing our holding of money market funds due to the declining yields in money market funds compared to AFS securities. Investments in money market funds are considered restricted cash equivalents for purposes of the statement of cash flows.
(ii) Purchases of equity-method investments. The increase was primarily due to capital calls on our investments in the debt fund managed by our investment management services.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities changed primarily due to:
(i) Net borrowings of warehouse notes payable. The increase was due to the aforementioned increase in cash used in loan origination activity.
(ii) Borrowings of note payable. The increase was attributable to the issuance of our Senior Notes (as discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources below) in 2025, with no comparable activity in 2024.
(iii) Payment of contingent consideration. The decrease was largely due to the timing of payments. The earnout for one of our large acquisitions occurred in the first quarter of 2024. During the first quarter of 2025, the payment was delayed and not paid out during the first quarter and paid during the second quarter of 2025 instead.
Partially offsetting the aforementioned changes that increased cash were the following activities that decreased cash:
(i) Repayments of notes payable. The increase was due to using $328.5 million of the $400.0 million proceeds from the issuance of our Senior Notes to pay down our Term Loan in 2025, with no comparable activity in 2024.
(ii) Debt issuance costs. The increase in debt issuance costs paid was driven by the aforementioned issuance of the Senior Notes and amendment of the Term Loan, with no comparable activity in 2024.
Segment Results
The Company is managed based on our three reportable segments: (i) Capital Markets, (ii) Servicing & Asset Management, and (iii) Corporate. The segment results below are intended to present each of the reportable segments on a stand-alone basis.
Capital Markets
SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING DATA
CAPITAL MARKETS
(in thousands)
| For the three months ended Transaction Volume March 31, Components of Debt Financing Volume 2025 | 2024 | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie Mae $1,511,794 | $903,368 | $608,426 | | 67% |
| Freddie Mac 808,247 | 974,926 | (166,679) | | (17) |
| Ginnie Mae ̶ HUD 148,158 | 14,140 | 134,018 | | 948 |
| Brokered(1) 2,552,943 | 3,319,074 | (766,131) | | (23) |
| Total Debt Financing Volume $5,021,142 | $5,211,508 | $(190,366) | | (4)% |
| Property sales volume 1,839,290 | 1,167,151 | 672,139 | | 58 |
| Total Transaction Volume $6,860,432 | $6,378,659 | $481,773 | | 8% |
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| Key Performance Metrics (in thousands) | | | | |
| Net income (loss) $2,360 | $(6,700) | 9,060 | | (135) |
| Adjusted EBITDA(2) (13,327) | (19,297) | 5,970 | | (31) |
| Diluted EPS 0.07 | (0.20) | | | |
| Operating margin 4% | (10)% | | | |
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| Key Revenue Metrics (as a percentage of debt financing volume) | | | | |
| Origination fees 0.90% | 0.84% | | | |
| MSR income 0.55 | 0.40 | | | |
| MSR income, as a percentage of Agency debt financing volume 1.13 | 1.10 | | |
(1) Brokered transactions for life insurance companies, commercial banks, and other capital sources.
(2) This is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information on adjusted EBITDA, refer to the section below titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measure.”
FINANCIAL RESULTS – THREE MONTHS
CAPITAL MARKETS
(in thousands)
| Revenues | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination fees | | $45,297 | | $43,700 | | $1,597 | | 4% |
| MSR income | | 27,811 | | 20,898 | | 6,913 | | 33 |
| Property sales broker fees | | 13,521 | | 8,821 | | 4,700 | | 53 |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense), loans held for sale | | (786) | | (1,574) | | 788 | | (50) |
| Other revenues | | 16,727 | | 10,052 | | 6,675 | | 66 |
| Total revenues | | $102,570 | | $81,897 | | $20,673 | | 25 |
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| Expenses | | | | | | | | |
| Personnel | | $86,466 | | $79,187 | | $7,279 | | 9% |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 1,141 | | 1,137 | | 4 | | 0 |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 4,187 | | 4,851 | | (664) | | (14) |
| Other operating expenses | | 6,235 | | 5,052 | | 1,183 | | 23 |
| Total expenses | | $98,029 | | $90,227 | | $7,802 | | 9 |
| Income (loss) from operations | | $4,541 | | $(8,330) | | $12,871 | | (155) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | 2,181 | | (1,744) | | 3,925 | | (225) |
| Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests | | $2,360 | | $(6,586) | | $8,946 | | (136) |
| Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests | | — | | 114 | | (114) | (100) | |
| Net income (loss) | | $2,360 | | $(6,700) | | $9,060 | | (135) |
Revenues
Origination fees and MSR income. The following tables provide additional information that helps explain changes in origination fees and MSR income period over period:
| Debt Financing Volume by Product Type | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie Mae | | 30% | | 17% |
| Freddie Mac | | 16 | | 19 |
| Ginnie Mae ̶ HUD(1) | | 3 | | — |
| Brokered | | 51 | | 64 |
(1) Ginnie Mae-HUD volume percentage was less than 1% of total debt volume for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
| Mortgage Banking Details (basis points) | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination Fee Rate (1) | | 90 | | 84 |
| Basis Point Change | | 6 | | |
| Percentage Change | | 7% | | |
| MSR Rate (2) | | 55 | | 40 |
| Basis Point Change | | 15 | | |
| Percentage Change | | 38% | | |
| Agency MSR Rate (3) | | 113 | | 110 |
| Basis Point Change | | 3 | | |
| Percentage Change | | 3% | | |
(1) Origination fees as a percentage of total debt financing volume.
(2) MSR income as a percentage of total debt financing volume, excluding the income and debt financing volume from principal lending and investing.
(3) MSR income as a percentage of Agency debt financing volume.
The increase in origination fees was the result of the increase in our Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volume, partially offset by declines in our Freddie Mac and brokered transaction volumes. Our Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volume as a percentage of our overall debt financing volume increased from 18% for the first quarter of 2024 to 33% of our volume for the first quarter of 2025, which led to an increase in the origination fee rate as our Fannie Mae and HUD executions have higher origination fee rates than Freddie Mac and brokered executions.
The increase in our MSR income was similarly driven by the increase in Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volume, partially offset by a 19% decrease in the weighted-average service fee on Fannie Mae debt financing volume.
Property sales broker fees. The increase was the result of the 58% increase in property sales volumes period over period, partially offset by a small decrease in the property sales broker fee rate.
Other revenues. The increase was principally due to a $6.1 million increase in investment banking revenues due to increased investment banking advisory transactions during the quarter.
Expenses
Personnel. The increase was largely due to a $6.3 million increase in commission costs due to higher origination fees, property sales broker fees, and investment banking revenues and a $2.8 million increase in severance expense. The increase in severance expense largely related to severance agreements totaling $2.4 million with several underperforming producers for the three months ended March 31, 2025, with no comparable activity in the prior year. Partially offsetting these increases was a $1.5 million reduction in bonus accrual and stock compensation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the prior year.
Interest expense on corporate debt. Interest expense on corporate debt is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s use of that corporate debt. The discussion of our consolidated results above has additional information related to the increase in interest expense on corporate debt.
Other operating expenses. The increase was primarily due to the $1.3 million write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs allocated to the segment resulting from the partial paydown of one of our corporate debt instruments, with no comparable activity in 2024.
Income tax expense (benefit). Income tax expense (benefit) is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s income from operations, except for significant, one-time tax activities, which are allocated entirely to the segment impacted by the tax activity.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for our CM segment is presented below. Our segment-level adjusted EBITDA represents the segment portion of consolidated adjusted EBITDA. A detailed description and reconciliation of consolidated adjusted EBITDA is provided above in our Consolidated Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measure. CM adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:
ADJUSTED FINANCIAL MEASURE RECONCILIATION TO GAAP
CAPITAL MARKETS
(in thousands)
| Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income (loss) | | $2,360 | | $(6,700) | |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | 2,181 | | (1,744) | |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 4,187 | | 4,851 | |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 1,141 | | 1,137 | |
| MSR income | | (27,811) | | (20,898) | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 3,351 | | 4,057 | |
| Write-off of unamortized issuance costs from corporate debt paydown | | 1,264 | | — | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | | $(13,327) | | $(19,297) | |
The following table presents a period-to-period comparison of the components of CM adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
ADJUSTED EBITDA – THREE MONTHS
CAPITAL MARKETS
(in thousands)
| | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination fees | $45,297 | | $43,700 | | $1,597 | | 4% |
| Property sales broker fees | 13,521 | | 8,821 | | 4,700 | | 53 |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense), loans held for sale | (786) | | (1,574) | | 788 | | (50) |
| Other revenues | 16,727 | | 9,938 | | 6,789 | | 68 |
| Personnel | (83,115) | | (75,130) | | (7,985) | | 11 |
| Other operating expenses | (4,971) | | (5,052) | | 81 | | (2) |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $(13,327) | | $(19,297) | | $5,970 | | (31) |
Origination fees increased due principally to an increase in Fannie Mae and HUD debt financing volume, partially offset by declines in our Freddie Mac and brokered transaction volumes. Property sales broker fees increased largely due to the increase in property sales volume partially offset by a small decrease in the property sales broker fee rate. Other revenues increased primarily due to an increase in investment banking revenues. Personnel expense increased primarily due to increased commission costs and severance expense, partially offset but a decrease in subjective bonus accrual.
Servicing & Asset Management
SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING DATA
SERVICING & ASSET MANAGEMENT
| Managed Portfolio (in thousands) Components of Servicing Portfolio | | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie Mae | | $69,176,839 | | $64,349,886 | | $4,826,953 | | 8% |
| Freddie Mac | | 38,556,682 | | 39,665,386 | | (1,108,704) | | (3) |
| Ginnie Mae–HUD | | 10,882,857 | | 10,595,841 | | 287,016 | | 3 |
| Brokered(1) | | 17,032,338 | | 17,312,513 | | (280,175) | | (2) |
| Principal Lending and Investing(2) | | — | | 40,139 | | (40,139) | | (100) |
| Total Servicing Portfolio | | $135,648,716 | | $131,963,765 | | $3,684,951 | | 3% |
| Assets under management | | 18,518,413 | | 17,465,398 | | 1,053,015 | | 6 |
| Total Managed Portfolio | | $154,167,129 | | $149,429,163 | | $4,737,966 | | 3% |
(in thousands)
| Key Volume and Performance Metrics | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | 2024 | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity syndication volume(3) | | $15,036 | $45,377 | $(30,341) | | (67)% |
| Principal Lending and Investing debt financing volume(4) | | 175,500 | 15,800 | 159,700 | | 1,011 |
| Net income | | 19,126 | 43,283 | (24,157) | | (56) |
| Adjusted EBITDA(5) | | 107,902 | 119,658 | (11,756) | | (10) |
| Diluted EPS | | 0.55 | 1.28 | | | |
| Operating margin | | 28% | 38% | | | |
| Key Servicing Portfolio Metrics | | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custodial escrow deposit balance (in billions) | | $2.4 | | $2.3 |
| Weighted-average servicing fee rate (basis points) | | 24.4 | | 24.0 |
| Weighted-average remaining servicing portfolio term (years) | | 7.5 | | 8.0 |
(in thousands)
| Components of equity and assets under management | | As of March 31, 2025 Equity under management | | Assets under management | | 2024 Equity under management | | Assets under management |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIHTC | | $6,877,325 | | 16,025,745 | | $6,699,825 | | $15,183,395 |
| Equity funds | | 943,436 | | 943,436 | | 892,887 | | 892,887 |
| Debt funds(6) | | 748,952 | | 1,549,232 | | 809,801 | | 1,389,116 |
| Total | | $8,569,713 | | $18,518,413 | | $8,402,513 | | $17,465,398 |
(1) Brokered loans serviced primarily for life insurance companies, commercial banks, and other capital sources.
(2) Consists of interim loans not managed for the Interim Program JV.
(3) Amount of equity called and syndicated into LIHTC funds.
(4) Comprised solely of WDIP separate account originations.
(5) This is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information on adjusted EBITDA, refer to the section below titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measure.”
(6) As of March 31, 2025, included $45.0 million of equity under management and $173.3 million of assets under management of Interim program JV loans. The remainder consisted of WDIP debt funds. As of March 31, 2024, included $132.2 million of equity under management and $711.5 million of assets under management of Interim program JV loans. The remainder consisted of WDIP debt funds.
FINANCIAL RESULTS – THREE MONTHS
SERVICING & ASSET MANAGEMENT
(in thousands)
| Revenues | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination fees | | $1,084 | | $40 | | $1,044 | | 2,610% |
| Servicing fees | | 82,221 | | 80,043 | | 2,178 | | 3 |
| Investment management fees | | 9,682 | | 13,520 | | (3,838) | | (28) |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense), loans held for investment | | — | | 458 | | (458) | | (100) |
| Placement fees and other interest income | | 29,622 | | 35,603 | | (5,981) | | (17) |
| Other revenues | | 9,294 | | 11,571 | | (2,277) | | (20) |
| Total revenues | | $131,903 | | $141,235 | | $(9,332) | | (7) |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Expenses | | | | | | | | |
| Personnel | | $19,546 | | $18,055 | | $1,491 | | 8% |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 54,498 | | 53,071 | | 1,427 | | 3 |
| Provision (benefit) for credit losses | | 3,712 | | 524 | | 3,188 | | 608 |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 9,931 | | 11,191 | | (1,260) | | (11) |
| Other operating expenses | | 7,468 | | 5,123 | | 2,345 | | 46 |
| Total expenses | | $95,155 | | $87,964 | | $7,191 | | 8 |
| Income (loss) from operations | | $36,748 | | $53,271 | | $(16,523) | | (31) |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | 17,651 | | 11,153 | | 6,498 | | 58 |
| Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests | | $19,097 | | $42,118 | | $(23,021) | | (55) |
| Less: net income (loss) from noncontrolling interests | | (29) | | (1,165) | | 1,136 | (98) | |
| Net income (loss) | | $19,126 | | $43,283 | | $(24,157) | | (56) |
| | | | | | | | | |
Revenues
Servicing fees. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the average servicing portfolio period over period as shown below, combined with a small increase in the average servicing fee rate. The increase in the average servicing portfolio was driven primarily by the $4.8 billion increase in Fannie Mae loans serviced. The increase in the average servicing fee rate was primarily the result of an increase in Fannie Mae loans as a percentage of the servicing portfolio. Servicing fee rates for our Fannie Mae loans are higher than other products in the servicing portfolio.
| Servicing Fees Details (in thousands) | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Servicing Portfolio | $135,394,904 | $131,236,834 | |
| Dollar Change | $4,158,070 | | |
| Percentage Change | 3% | | |
| Average Servicing Fee (basis points) | 24.3 | 24.0 | |
| Basis Point Change | 0.3 | | |
| Percentage Change | 1% | | |
Investment management fees. Investment management fees declined primarily as a result of a $3.4 million decline in investment management fees from our LIHTC operations.
Placement fees and other interest income. The decrease was driven primarily by a decrease in our placement fees on escrow deposits of $6.5 million, partially offset by a small increase in other interest income. The placement fee rates on escrow deposits decreased as a result of a lower average short-term interest rate environment in 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
Other revenues. The decrease was primarily due to a $1.4 million decrease in income from equity method investments and a $1.1 million reduction in syndication fees due to a 67% decline in gross equity raised within our LIHTC investment management strategies year over year.
Expenses
Personnel. The increase was largely due to small increases in (i) salaries resulting from standard annual increase for employees, (ii) severance expense related to the pending sale of a subsidiary, and (iii) production bonuses.
Amortization and depreciation. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in amortization of mortgage servicing rights.
Provision (benefit) for credit losses. The increase in provision for credit losses was attributable to changes in (i) the provision associated with risk-sharing loans collectively evaluated, (ii) the provision for risk-sharing loans with collateral-based reserves, and (iii) the provision for other credit losses. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had a $6.6 million benefit for credit losses associated with our risk-sharing loans collectively evaluated compared to a provision for credit losses of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The change from a benefit to a provision year over year related to the annual update to our historical loss factor. In 2024, the historical loss factor decreased significantly, while in 2025, it remained unchanged.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the provision for credit losses for risk-sharing loans with a collateral based reserve was $5.1 million compared to $3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. In 2024, three loans defaulted during the first quarter, while in 2025, only two loans defaulted.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, there was a $2.0 million provision for other credit losses related to requests for repurchased loans, with no comparable activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Interest expense on corporate debt. Interest expense on corporate debt is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s use of that corporate debt. The discussion of our condensed consolidated results above has additional information related to the increase in interest expense on corporate debt.
Other operating expenses. The increase was primarily due to the $2.5 million write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs allocated to the segment resulting from the partial paydown of one of our corporate debt instruments, with no comparable activity in 2024.
Income tax expense. Income tax expense is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s income from operations, except for significant, one-time tax activities, which are allocated entirely to the segment impacted by the tax activity.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for our SAM segment is presented below. Our segment-level adjusted EBITDA represents the segment portion of consolidated adjusted EBITDA. A detailed description and reconciliation of consolidated adjusted EBITDA is provided above in our Consolidated Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measure. SAM adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:
ADJUSTED FINANCIAL MEASURE RECONCILIATION TO GAAP
SERVICING & ASSET MANAGEMENT
(in thousands)
| Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income (loss) | | $19,126 | | $43,283 | |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | 17,651 | | 11,153 | |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 9,931 | | 11,191 | |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 54,498 | | 53,071 | |
| Provision (benefit) for credit losses | | 3,712 | | 524 | |
| Net write-offs | | — | | — | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 455 | | 436 | |
| Write-off of unamortized issuance costs from corporate debt paydown | | 2,529 | | — | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | | $107,902 | | $119,658 | |
The following table presents a period-to-period comparison of the components of SAM adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
ADJUSTED EBITDA – THREE MONTHS
SERVICING & ASSET MANAGEMENT
(in thousands)
| | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origination fees | $1,084 | | $40 | | $1,044 | | 2,610% |
| Servicing fees | 82,221 | | 80,043 | | 2,178 | | 3 |
| Investment management fees | 9,682 | | 13,520 | | (3,838) | | (28) |
| Net warehouse interest income (expense), loans held for investment | — | | 458 | | (458) | | (100) |
| Placement fees and other interest income | 29,622 | | 35,603 | | (5,981) | | (17) |
| Other revenues | 9,323 | | 12,736 | | (3,413) | | (27) |
| Personnel | (19,091) | | (17,619) | | (1,472) | | 8 |
| Net write-offs | — | | — | | — | | N/A |
| Other operating expenses | (4,939) | | (5,123) | | 184 | | (4) |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $107,902 | | $119,658 | | $(11,756) | | (10) |
Servicing fees increased primarily due to growth in the average servicing portfolio period over period as a result of loan originations, combined with a small increase in the average servicing fee rate. Investment management fees declined principally due to a decrease in investment management fees from our LIHTC operations. Placement fees and other interest income decreased mainly due to decrease in our placement fees on escrow deposits, partially offset by a small increase in other interest income. Other revenues decreased primarily due to lower income from equity method investments and a reduction in syndication fees related to lower gross equity raised year over year. Personnel expense increased principally as a result of increases in salaries expense and health insurance costs.
Corporate
FINANCIAL RESULTS – THREE MONTHS
CORPORATE
(in thousands)
| Revenues | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other interest income | | $3,589 | | $3,799 | | $(210) | | (6)% |
| Other revenues | | (695) | | 1,128 | | (1,823) | | (162) |
| Total revenues | | $2,894 | | $4,927 | | $(2,033) | | (41) |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Expenses | | | | | | | | |
| Personnel | | $15,378 | | $14,221 | | $1,157 | | 8% |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 1,982 | | 1,683 | | 299 | | 18 |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 1,396 | | 1,617 | | (221) | | (14) |
| Other operating expenses | | 20,183 | | 18,668 | | 1,515 | | 8 |
| Total expenses | | $38,939 | | $36,189 | | $2,750 | | 8 |
| Income (loss) from operations | | $(36,045) | | $(31,262) | | $(4,783) | | 15 |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | (17,313) | | (6,545) | | (10,768) | | 165 |
| Net income (loss) | | $(18,732) | | $(24,717) | | $5,985 | | (24) |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Diluted EPS | | (0.54) | | (0.73) | | | | |
| Adjusted EBITDA(1) | | $(29,609) | | $(26,225) | | $(3,384) | | 13% |
(1) This is a non-GAAP financial measure. For more information on adjusted EBIDTA, refer to the section below titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measure”
Revenues
Other revenues. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in miscellaneous revenues.
Expenses
Personnel. The increase was primarily due to a $4.1 million increase in salaries, benefits, and stock compensation due to an increase in average headcount, partially offset by a $1.8 million decrease in subjective bonuses tied to company performance and a $1.2 million decrease in other compensation expenses.
Interest expense on corporate debt. Interest expense on corporate debt is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s use of that corporate debt. The discussion of our consolidated results above has additional information related to the increase in interest expense on corporate debt.
Other operating expenses. The increase was primarily driven by increases in professional fees and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs resulting from the partial paydown of one of our corporate debt instruments, with no comparable activity in 2024.
Income tax expense (benefit). Income tax expense (benefit) is determined at a consolidated corporate level and allocated to each segment proportionally based on each segment’s income from operations, except for significant, one-time tax activities, which are allocated entirely to the segment impacted by the tax activity.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
A reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for our Corporate segment is presented below. Our segment-level adjusted EBITDA represents the segment portion of consolidated adjusted EBITDA. A detailed description and reconciliation of consolidated adjusted EBITDA is provided above in our Consolidated Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measure. Corporate adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income as follows:
ADJUSTED FINANCIAL MEASURE RECONCILIATION TO GAAP
CORPORATE
(in thousands)
| Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA | | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income (loss) | | $(18,732) | | $(24,717) | |
| Income tax expense (benefit) | | (17,313) | | (6,545) | |
| Interest expense on corporate debt | | 1,396 | | 1,617 | |
| Amortization and depreciation | | 1,982 | | 1,683 | |
| Stock-based compensation expense | | 2,636 | | 1,737 | |
| Write-off of unamortized issuance costs from corporate debt paydown | | 422 | | — | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | | $(29,609) | | $(26,225) | |
The following table presents a period-to-period comparison of the components of Corporate adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
ADJUSTED EBITDA – THREE MONTHS
CORPORATE
(in thousands)
| | For the three months ended March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | | Dollar Change | | Percentage Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other interest income | $3,589 | | $3,799 | | $(210) | | (6)% |
| Other revenues | (695) | | 1,128 | | (1,823) | | (162) |
| Personnel | (12,742) | | (12,484) | | (258) | | 2 |
| Other operating expenses | (19,761) | | (18,668) | | (1,093) | | 6 |
| Adjusted EBITDA | $(29,609) | | $(26,225) | | $(3,384) | | 13 |
Other revenues decreased primarily due to a decrease in miscellaneous revenues. The increase in personnel expense was primarily due to higher salaries and benefit costs, partially offset by decreases in subjective bonus tied to company performance and other compensation expenses. The increase in other operating expenses was primarily driven by increases in professional fees.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Uses of Liquidity, Cash and Cash Equivalents
Our significant recurring cash flow requirements consist of liquidity to (i) fund loans held for sale; (ii) pay cash dividends; (iii) fund our portion of the equity necessary to support equity-method investments; (iv) fund investments in properties to be syndicated to LIHTC investment funds that we will asset-manage; (v) make payments related to earnouts from acquisitions; (vi) meet working capital needs to support our day-to-day operations, including debt service payments, joint venture development partnership contributions, advances for servicing, loan repurchases and payments for salaries, commissions, and income taxes; and (vii) meet working capital to satisfy collateral requirements for our Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing obligations and to meet the operational liquidity requirements of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, Ginnie Mae, and our warehouse facility lenders.
Fannie Mae has established benchmark standards for capital adequacy and reserves the right to terminate our servicing authority for all or some of the portfolio if, at any time, it determines that our financial condition is not adequate to support our obligations under the DUS agreement. We are required to maintain acceptable net worth as defined in the standards, and we satisfied the requirements as of March 31, 2025. The net worth requirement is derived primarily from unpaid balances on Fannie Mae loans and the level of risk-sharing. As of March 31, 2025, the net worth requirement was $334.5 million, and our net worth was $977.5 million, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary,
Walker & Dunlop, LLC. As of March 31, 2025, we were required to maintain at least $66.5 million of liquid assets to meet our operational liquidity requirements for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD, Ginnie Mae and our warehouse facility lenders. As of March 31, 2025, we had operational liquidity of $157.1 million, as measured at our wholly owned operating subsidiary, Walker & Dunlop, LLC.
We paid a cash dividend of $0.67 per share during the first quarter of 2025, which is 3% higher than the quarterly dividend paid in the first quarter of 2024. On April 30, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.67 per share for the second quarter of 2025. The dividend will be paid on May 29, 2025 to all holders of record of our restricted and unrestricted common stock as of May 15, 2025.
In February 2025, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that permits the repurchase of up to $75.0 million of shares of our common stock over a 12-month period beginning February 21, 2025 (the “2025 Stock Repurchase Program”). During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we did not repurchase any shares under the 2025 Stock Repurchase Program and we had $75.0 million of remaining capacity under the 2025 Stock Repurchase Program as of March 31, 2025.
Historically, our cash flows from operating activities and warehouse facilities have been sufficient to enable us to meet our short-term liquidity needs and other funding requirements. We believe that cash flows from operating activities will continue to be sufficient for us to meet our current obligations for the foreseeable future.
Restricted Cash and Pledged Securities
Restricted cash consists primarily of good faith deposits held on behalf of borrowers between the time we enter into a loan commitment with the borrower and the investor purchases the loan. We are generally required to share the risk of any losses associated with loans sold under the Fannie Mae DUS program, which is an off-balance sheet arrangement. We are required to secure this obligation by assigning collateral to Fannie Mae. We meet this obligation by assigning pledged securities to Fannie Mae. The amount of collateral required by Fannie Mae is a formulaic calculation at the loan level and considers the balance of the loan, the risk level of the loan, the age of the loan, and the level of risk-sharing. Fannie Mae requires collateral for Tier 2 loans of 75 basis points, which is funded over a 48-month period that begins upon delivery of the loan to Fannie Mae. Collateral held in the form of money market funds holding U.S. Treasuries is discounted 5%, and Agency MBS are discounted 4% for purposes of calculating compliance with the collateral requirements. As of March 31, 2025, we held substantially all of our restricted liquidity in Agency MBS in the aggregate amount of $198.2 million. Additionally, the majority of the loans for which we have risk-sharing are Tier 2 loans. We fund any growth in our Fannie Mae required operational liquidity and collateral requirements from our working capital.
We are in compliance with the March 31, 2025 collateral requirements as outlined above. As of March 31, 2025, reserve requirements for the March 31, 2025 DUS loan portfolio will require us to fund $78.3 million in additional restricted liquidity over the next 48 months, assuming no further principal paydowns, prepayments, or defaults within our at-risk portfolio. Fannie Mae has assessed the DUS Capital Standards in the past and may make changes to these standards in the future. We generate sufficient cash flows from our operations to meet these capital standards and do not expect any future changes to have a material impact on our future operations; however, any future changes to collateral requirements may adversely impact our available cash.
Under the provisions of the DUS agreement, we must also maintain a certain level of liquid assets referred to as the operational and unrestricted portions of the required reserves each year. We satisfied these requirements as of March 31, 2025.
Sources of Liquidity: Warehouse Facilities and Notes Payable
Warehouse Facilities
We use a combination of warehouse facilities and notes payable to provide funding for our operations. We use warehouse facilities to fund our Agency Lending and Interim Loan Program. Our ability to originate Agency mortgage loans and loans held for investments depends upon our ability to secure and maintain these types of financing agreements on acceptable terms. For a detailed description of the terms of each warehouse agreement, refer to “Warehouse Facilities” in NOTE 6 in the consolidated financial statements in our 2024 Form 10-K, as updated in NOTE 6 in the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q.
Notes Payable
For a detailed description of the terms of our various corporate debt instruments and related amendments, refer to “Notes Payable – Term Loan Note Payable” in NOTE 6 in the consolidated financial statements in our 2024 Form 10-K and “Notes Payable” in NOTE 6 in the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q.
The warehouse facilities and notes payable are subject to various financial covenants. The Company is in compliance with all of these financial covenants as of March 31, 2025.
Credit Quality, Allowance for Risk-Sharing Obligations, and Loan Repurchases
The following table sets forth certain information useful in evaluating our credit performance.
| Key Credit Metrics (in thousands) Risk-sharing servicing portfolio: | | March 31, 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fannie Mae Full Risk | | $60,493,946 | $55,236,618 |
| Fannie Mae Modified Risk | | 8,682,893 | 9,113,268 |
| Freddie Mac Modified Risk | | 15,000 | 69,510 |
| Total risk-sharing servicing portfolio | | $69,191,839 | $64,419,396 |
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| Non-risk-sharing servicing portfolio: | | | |
| Fannie Mae No Risk | | $— | $— |
| Freddie Mac No Risk | | 38,541,682 | 39,595,876 |
| GNMA - HUD No Risk | | 10,882,857 | 10,595,841 |
| Brokered | | 17,032,338 | 17,312,513 |
| Total non-risk-sharing servicing portfolio | | $66,456,877 | $67,504,230 |
| Total loans serviced for others | | $135,648,716 | $131,923,626 |
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| Loans held for investment (full risk) | | 36,926 | 40,139 |
| Interim Program JV Managed Loans(1) | | 173,315 | 711,541 |
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| At risk servicing portfolio(2) | | $64,450,319 | $59,498,851 |
| Maximum exposure to at risk portfolio(3) | | 13,200,846 | 12,088,698 |
| Defaulted loans(4) | | 108,530 | 63,264 |
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| Defaulted loans as a percentage of the at-risk portfolio | | 0.17% | 0.11% |
| Allowance for risk-sharing as a percentage of the at-risk portfolio | | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Allowance for risk-sharing as a percentage of maximum exposure | | 0.24 | 0.25 |
(1) As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, this balance consisted of Interim Program JV managed loans. We indirectly share in a portion of the risk of loss associated with Interim Program JV managed loans through our 15% equity ownership in the Interim Program JV. We have no exposure to risk of loss for the loans serviced directly for the Interim Program JV partner. The balance of this line is included as a component of assets under management in the Supplemental Operating Data table above.
(2) At-risk servicing portfolio is defined as the balance of Fannie Mae DUS loans subject to the risk-sharing formula described below, as well as a small number of Freddie Mac loans on which we share in the risk of loss. Use of the at-risk portfolio provides for comparability of the full risk-sharing and modified risk-sharing loans because the provision and allowance for risk-sharing obligations are based on the at-risk balances of the associated loans. Accordingly, we have presented the key statistics as a percentage of the at-risk portfolio.
For example, a $15 million loan with 50% risk-sharing has the same potential risk exposure as a $7.5 million loan with full DUS risk sharing. Accordingly, if the $15 million loan with 50% risk-sharing were to default, we would view the overall loss as a percentage of the at-risk balance, or $7.5 million, to ensure comparability between all risk-sharing obligations. To date, substantially all of the risk-sharing obligations that we have settled have been from full risk-sharing loans.
(3) Represents the maximum loss we would incur under our risk-sharing obligations if all of the loans we service, for which we retain some risk of loss, were to default and all of the collateral underlying these loans was determined to be without value at the time of settlement. The maximum exposure is not representative of the actual loss we would incur.
(4) Defaulted loans represent loans in our Fannie Mae at-risk portfolio or Freddie Mac SBL pre-securitized portfolio that are probable of foreclosure or that have foreclosed and for which the Company has recorded a collateral-based reserve (i.e., loans where we have assessed a probable loss). Other loans that are delinquent but not foreclosed or that are not probable of foreclosure are not included here. Additionally, loans that have foreclosed or are probable of foreclosure but are not expected to result in a loss to the Company are not included here.
Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing obligations are based on a tiered formula and represent substantially all of our risk-sharing activities. The risk-sharing tiers and the amount of the risk-sharing obligations we absorb under full risk-sharing are provided below. Except as described in the following paragraph, the maximum amount of risk-sharing obligations we absorb at the time of default is generally 20% of the origination UPB of the loan.
| Risk-Sharing Losses | | Percentage Absorbed by Us | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First 5% of UPB at the time of loss settlement | | 100% | |
| Next 20% of UPB at the time of loss settlement | | 25% | |
| Losses above 25% of UPB at the time of loss settlement | | 10% | |
| Maximum loss | 20% of origination UPB | |
Fannie Mae can double or triple our risk-sharing obligation if the loan does not meet specific underwriting criteria or if a loan defaults within 12 months of its sale to Fannie Mae. We may request modified risk-sharing at the time of origination, which reduces our potential risk-sharing obligation from the levels described above. At times, we may agree to a higher risk-sharing percentage (up to 100% of UPB) after origination and under limited circumstances.
We have a loss-sharing arrangement with Freddie Mac related to SBL loans that is only applicable to SBL loans that are pre-securitized and outstanding for more than 12 months. If a loan defaults prior to securitization, we are required to share the losses with Freddie Mac. Our loss-sharing arrangement is a 10% top loss, meaning that we are responsible for the first 10% of the losses incurred on such defaulted loans. We have never incurred a loss on a Freddie Mac SBL loan; however, we have three defaulted loans with allowances in our portfolio that are awaiting final resolution.
We use several techniques to manage our risk exposure under the Fannie Mae DUS risk-sharing program. These techniques include maintaining a strong underwriting and approval process, evaluating and modifying our underwriting criteria given the underlying multifamily housing market fundamentals, limiting our geographic market and borrower exposures, and electing the modified risk-sharing option under the Fannie Mae DUS program.
The Segments – Capital Markets section of “Item 1. Business” in our 2024 Form 10-K contains a discussion of the risk-sharing caps we have with Fannie Mae.
We regularly monitor the credit quality of all loans for which we have a risk-sharing obligation. Loans with indicators of underperforming credit are placed on a watch list, assigned a numerical risk rating based on our assessment of the relative credit weakness, and subjected to additional evaluation or loss mitigation. Indicators of underperforming credit include poor financial performance, poor physical condition, poor management, and delinquency. For loans that are individually evaluated, a reserve for estimated credit losses is recorded when it is probable that a risk-sharing loan will foreclose or has foreclosed (“collateral-based reserves”), and a reserve for estimated credit losses and a guaranty obligation are recorded for all other risk-sharing loans. We do not record a collateral-based reserve when it is probable that a risk sharing loan will foreclose or has foreclosed, and the disposition proceeds are expected to be higher than the UPB, resulting in no losses for the Company.
The allowance for risk-sharing obligations related to the Company’s $63.6 billion at-risk Fannie Mae servicing portfolio and our Freddie Mac SBL defaulted loans as of March 31, 2025 was $24.4 million compared to $24.2 million as of December 31, 2024.
As of March 31, 2025, eight loans (five Fannie Mae loans and three Freddie Mac SBL loans) were in default with an aggregate UPB of $108.5 million compared to six Fannie Mae loans with an aggregate UPB of $63.3 million that were in default as of March 31, 2024. The collateral-based reserve on defaulted loans was $7.5 million and $5.1 million as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. We had a provision for risk-sharing obligations of $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to a benefit for risk-sharing obligations of $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
We are obligated to repurchase loans that are originated for the Agencies’ programs if certain representations and warranties that we provide in connection with such originations are breached. NOTE 2 in the condensed consolidated financial statements has additional details regarding our repurchase obligations.
New/Recent Accounting Pronouncements
As seen in NOTE 2 in the condensed consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this Form 10-Q, our preliminary conclusion is that there are no accounting pronouncements that the Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued that have the potential to materially impact us as of March 31, 2025.
Market risk
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Interest Rate Risk
For loans held for sale to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD, we are not currently exposed to unhedged interest rate risk during the loan commitment, closing, and delivery processes. The sale or placement of each loan to an investor is negotiated prior to closing on the loan with the borrower, and the sale or placement is typically effectuated within 60 days of closing. The coupon rate for the loan is set at the same time we establish the interest rate with the investor.
Some of our assets and liabilities are subject to changes in interest rates. Placement fee revenue from escrow deposits generally track the effective Federal Funds Rate (“EFFR”). The EFFR was 433 basis points and 533 basis points as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The following table shows the impact on our placement fee revenue due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in EFFR based on our escrow balances outstanding at each period end. A portion of these changes in earnings as a result of a 100-basis point increase in the EFFR would be delayed by several months due to the negotiated nature of some of our placement arrangements.
(in thousands)
| Change in annual placement fee revenue due to: | | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 basis point increase in EFFR | | $24,267 | | $23,055 | |
| 100 basis point decrease in EFFR | | (24,267) | | (23,055) | |
The borrowing cost of our warehouse facilities used to fund loans held for sale is based on Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). SOFR was 441 basis points and 534 basis points as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The following table shows the impact on our annual net warehouse interest income due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in SOFR, based on our warehouse borrowings outstanding at each period end. The changes shown below do not reflect an increase or decrease in the interest rate earned on our loans held for sale.
(in thousands)
| Change in annual net warehouse interest income due to: | | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 basis point increase in SOFR | | $(8,196) | | $(5,109) | |
| 100 basis point decrease in SOFR | | 8,196 | | 5,109 | |
All of our corporate debt is effectively based on Adjusted Term SOFR. The following table shows the impact on our annual earnings due to a 100-basis point increase and decrease in SOFR as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, based on the debt balances outstanding at each period end.
(in thousands)
| Change in annual income from operations due to: | | As of March 31, 2025 | | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 basis point increase in SOFR | | $(8,500) | | $(7,845) | |
| 100 basis point decrease in SOFR | | 8,500 | | 7,845 | |
Market Value Risk
The fair value of our MSRs is subject to market-value risk. A 100-basis point increase or decrease in the weighted average discount rate would decrease or increase, respectively, the fair value of our MSRs by approximately $42.1 million as of March 31, 2025 compared to $44.3 million as of March 31, 2024. Additionally, a 50-basis point increase or decrease in the placement fee rates would increase or decrease, respectively, the fair value of our MSRs by approximately $49.9 million as of March 31, 2025. Our Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans include economic deterrents that reduce the risk of loan prepayment prior to the expiration of the prepayment protection period, including prepayment premiums, loan defeasance, or yield maintenance fees. These prepayment protections generally extend the duration of a loan compared to a loan without similar protections. As of both March 31, 2025 and 2024, 90% of the loans for which we earn servicing fees are protected from the risk of prepayment through prepayment provisions; given this significant level of prepayment protection, we do not hedge our servicing portfolio for prepayment risk.
Controls and procedures
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As of the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Based on that evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Risk factors
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We have included in Part I, Item 1A of our 2024 Form 10-K descriptions of certain risks and uncertainties that could affect our business, future performance, or financial condition (the “Risk Factors”). There have been no material changes from the disclosures provided in our 2024 Form 10-K. Investors should consider the Risk Factors prior to making an investment decision with respect to the Company’s stock.
Figures reported in this filing
Standardized line items from the XBRL in this filing, for the period ended 2025-03-31. Comparative periods it repeats are left out.
| Line item | Period | Value | XBRL concept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $58.0m | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax |
| Income tax | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $2.5m | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Net income | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $2.8m | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss |
| Diluted EPS | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $0.08 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted |
| Basic EPS | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $0.08 | us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic |
| Diluted shares (weighted) | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | 33,296,000 shares | us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |
| Operating cash flow | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | −$281.1m | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities |
| Capital expenditure | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $3.6m | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets |
| Dividends paid | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $22.9m | us-gaap:PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock |
| Share repurchases | 3 months2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31 | $8.6m | us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock |
| Cash and equivalents | At period end2025-03-31 | $181.0m | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue |
| Total assets | At period end2025-03-31 | $4.51bn | us-gaap:Assets |
| Total liabilities | At period end2025-03-31 | $2.77bn | us-gaap:Liabilities |
| Shareholders' equity | At period end2025-03-31 | $1.73bn | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity |
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