Financial Performance - Q3 2024 net interest income was 15.8million,drivenbyunrealizedgainsonresidentialmortgageloansandnon−agencyRMBS[4]−Economicreturnonequity(ROE)forQ32024was3.94,876,000, translating to 0.17perdilutedshare[22]−NetincomeavailabletocommonstockholdersforthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2024,was11,924,000, or 0.40perdilutedshare[22]−ThecompanyreportedaNetIncomeof11,924 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2024, compared to a Net Loss of 6,751thousandforthesameperiodin2023[37]AssetManagement−Bookvaluepershareincreasedto10.58 in Q3 2024, reflecting strong asset appreciation in the investment portfolio[3] - Total investment portfolio valued at 6,972.9millionwithayieldof5.9450,422 thousand as of September 30, 2023, increasing to 528,368thousandbyDecember31,2023[31]−Securitizedresidentialmortgageloansatfairvalueincreasedto6,226,698 thousand as of September 30, 2024, from 5,358,281thousandonDecember31,2023[33]LoanandSecuritizationActivity−Thecompanypurchased136.2 million in home equity loans during Q3 2024, contributing to a current pipeline of approximately 200million[5]−SecuritizedloansinQ32024totaled751.5 million, with 390.8millionfromagency−eligibleloans[5]−Thenon−agencyloanportfoliohasatotalsecuritizedUPBof6.2 billion, with a current loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 59%[9] - Home equity loans represented a year-over-year growth of 138%, with a weighted average coupon of 10.7%[12] - The weighted average yield on securitized non-agency loans was 5.6%, with a financing cost of 5.2%[18] - The agency-eligible loans had a yield of 6.8% with a financing cost of 6.6%[18] Financial Ratios and Leverage - Economic leverage stood at 3.0x as of September 30, 2024, with 6.4billioninfinancing[19]−Securitizeddebtconstituted86.1560,061 thousand on September 30, 2023, to a projected 1,353,660thousandbyJune30,2024[31]CashandExpenses−Cashandcashequivalentstotaled102.5 million, yielding 4.8%[18] - The company’s cash and cash equivalents were 102,532thousandasofSeptember30,2024,downfrom111,534 thousand on December 31, 2023[33] - Total Expenses decreased from 14,452thousandinthethreemonthsendedSeptember30,2023,to8,553 thousand in the same period of 2024[37] - Dividends on preferred stock for the three months ended September 30, 2024, were 4,716thousand,comparedto4,586 thousand for the same period in 2023[37] Investment Yield - The weighted average unlevered yield of legacy commercial real estate loans is 9.6%, representing 1.8% of the investment portfolio[14] - The company retained approximately 5% to 10% of securitizations, borrowing against retained bonds to manage risk[7] - The company reported a net unrealized gain of 19,700,000fortheperiod,offsetbyanetrealizedlossof10,788,000[21]