Exhibit 99.1 READY CAPITAL CORPORATION REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER 2024 RESULTS AND DECLARES FIRST QUARTER 2025 DIVIDENDS - GAAP LOSS PER COMMON SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS OF (1.80)−−DISTRIBUTABLELOSSPERCOMMONSHAREOF(0.03) - - DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE BEFORE REALIZED LOSSES OF 0.23−−DISTRIBUTABLERETURNONAVERAGESTOCKHOLDERS′EQUITYBEFOREREALIZEDLOSSESOF7.10.125 PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND OPERATING PARTNERSHIP UNIT FOR THE ...