Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

MORTGAGE BANKING ACTIVITIES

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MORTGAGE BANKING ACTIVITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Mortgage Banking Activities [Abstract]  
Mortgage Banking Activities
NOTE 4 – MORTGAGE BANKING ACTIVITIES
The Company’s mortgage
banking activities include mandatory delivery loan sales, forward sales contracts used
to manage residential
loan pipeline price risk, utilization of warehouse lines to fund secondary
market residential loan closings, and residential mortgage
servicing.
Residential Mortgage Loan Production
The Company originates, markets, and services conventional and
government-sponsored residential mortgage loans.
Generally,
conforming fixed rate residential mortgage loans are held for sale in the
secondary market and non-conforming and adjustable-rate
residential mortgage loans may be held for investment.
The volume of residential mortgage loans originated for sale and secondary
market prices are the primary drivers of origination revenue.
Residential mortgage loan commitments are generally outstanding for 30
to 90 days, which represents the typical period from
commitment to originate a residential mortgage loan to when the closed
loan is sold to an investor.
Residential mortgage loan
commitments are subject to both credit and price risk.
Credit risk is managed through underwriting policies and procedures, including
collateral requirements, which are generally accepted by the secondary
loan markets.
Price risk is primarily related to interest rate
fluctuations and is partially managed through forward sales of residential
mortgage-backed securities (primarily to-be announced
securities, or TBAs) or mandatory delivery commitments with investors.
The unpaid principal balance of residential mortgage loans held for sale,
notional amounts of derivative contracts related to residential
mortgage loan commitments,
such as interest rate lock commitments (“IRLC’s”)
and forward contract sales and their related fair
values are set forth below.
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
Unpaid Principal
Unpaid Principal
(Dollars in Thousands)
Balance/Notional
Fair Value
Balance/Notional
Fair Value
Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
$
24,429
25,088
$
20,944
$
21,695
Residential Mortgage Loan Commitments ("IRLCs")
(1)
36,415
737
20,699
464
Forward Sales Contracts
(2)
26,000
124
25,500
(84)
(1)
Recorded in other assets at fair value.
(2)
Recorded in other assets and other liabilities at
fair value, respectively.
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had
no
residential mortgage loans held for sale 30-89 days past due or on
nonaccrual status.
Mortgage banking revenue was as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)
2026
2025
Net realized gains on sales of mortgage loans
$
2,950
$
2,880
Net change in unrealized gain on mortgage loans held for sale
(41)
234
Net change in the fair value of IRLC's
273
495
Net change in the fair value of forward sales contracts
209
(175)
Pair-Offs on net settlement of forward sales contracts
76
(186)
Mortgage servicing rights additions
26
20
Net origination fees
759
552
Total mortgage banking
revenues
$
4,252
$
3,820
Residential Mortgage Servicing
The Company may retain the right to service residential mortgage loans
sold.
The unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for
others is the primary driver of servicing revenue.
The following represents a summary of mortgage servicing rights.
(Dollars in Thousands)
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
Number of residential mortgage loans serviced for others
461
456
Outstanding principal balance of residential mortgage loans serviced
for others
$
121,396
$
118,429
Weighted average
interest rate
5.69%
5.69%
Remaining contractual term (in months)
354
354
Conforming conventional loans serviced by the Company are sold to Federal
National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) on a non-
recourse basis, whereby foreclosure losses are generally the responsibility
of FNMA and not the Company.
The government loans
serviced by the Company are secured through the Government National
Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), whereby the Company is
insured against loss by the Federal Housing Administration or partially
guaranteed against loss by the Veterans
Administration.
At
March 31, 2026, the servicing portfolio balance consisted of the following
loan types: FNMA (
60.3
%), GNMA (
4.3
%), and private
investor (
35.4
%).
FNMA and private investor loans are structured as actual/actual payment remittance.
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company did
no
t have delinquent residential mortgage loans in GNMA pools
serviced by the Company.
The right to repurchase these loans and the corresponding liability has been recorded in other assets and
other liabilities, respectively,
in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
The Company had
no
repurchases and $
0.3
million repurchased
for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively,
of GNMA delinquent or defaulted mortgage
loans with the intention to modify their terms and include the loans in new
GNMA pools.
Activity in the capitalized mortgage servicing rights was as follows:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(Dollars in Thousands)
2026
2025
Beginning balance
$
924
$
933
Additions due to loans sold with servicing retained
26
20
Deletions and amortization
(47)
(45)
Ending balance
$
903
$
908
The Company did
no
t record any permanent impairment losses on mortgage servicing rights for the
three months ended March 31,
2026
or 2025.
The key unobservable inputs used in determining the fair value of the Company’s
mortgage servicing rights were as follows:
March 31, 2026
December 31, 2025
Minimum
Maximum
Minimum
Maximum
Discount rates
9.50%
12.00%
9.50%
12.00%
Annual prepayment speeds
9.11%
18.33%
8.50%
18.73%
Cost of servicing (per loan)
$
85
$
95
$
85
$
95
Changes in residential mortgage interest rates directly affect
the prepayment speeds used in valuing the Company’s
mortgage
servicing rights.
A separate third party model is used to estimate prepayment speeds based on interest rates, housing
turnover rates,
estimated loan curtailment, anticipated defaults, and other relevant factors.
The weighted average annual prepayment speed was
12.40
% at March 31, 2026 and
13.05
% at December 31, 2025.
Warehouse
Line Borrowings
The Company has the following warehouse lines of credit and master repurchase
agreements with various financial institutions at
March 31, 2026:
Amounts
(Dollars in Thousands)
Outstanding
$
30
million master repurchase agreement without defined expiration.
Interest is at the secured overnight
financing rate (SOFR) rate plus
2.25%
to
3.25%
, with a floor rate of
3.25%
to
4.25%
.
A cash pledge deposit of
$
0.1
million is required by the lender.
$
17,662
$
25
million warehouse line of credit agreement expiring in
June 2026
.
Interest is at the SOFR rate plus
2.50%
to
3.00%
, with a floor rate of
3.00%
to
3.50%
.
11,053
Total Warehouse
Borrowings
$
28,715
Warehouse
line borrowings are classified as short-term borrowings.
At December 31, 2025, warehouse line borrowings totaled $
28.1
million. At March 31, 2026, the Company had residential mortgage
loans held for sale pledged as collateral under the above
warehouse lines of credit and master repurchase agreements.
The above agreements also contain covenants which include certain
financial requirements, including maintenance of minimum tangible
net worth, minimum liquid assets, and maximum debt to net
worth ratio, as defined in the agreements. The Company was in compliance with all
significant debt covenants at March 31, 2026.