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How ABR rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025

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Risk Factors The commercial real estate markets have experienced a prolonged dislocation driven by inflation and high interest rates, which has persisted longer than anticipated.
The elevated and unpredictable interest rate environment has resulted in, and may continue to result in, decreased real estate values, increased delinquencies and defaults, and a disruption in the capital markets.
This environment has had a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity through increases in nonperforming loans, loan modifications, credit loss reserves and foreclosures.
If this environment persists, we are likely to continue experiencing adverse effects on our business.
The risks associated with these types of markets, along with other risks related to our business, are described below.
The risk factors presented should not be considered an all-inclusive list.
New risks emerge periodically, and we cannot guarantee that the factors described below list all risks that may become material to us in the future.
Certain risk factors may also affect our Structured and Agency Businesses differently.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for further discussions of the adverse market conditions we are currently experiencing, and may continue to experience in the future, that are having an adverse impact on our business.
If economic conditions deteriorate, interest rates remain elevated and/or we experience a turbulent economic environment, we will likely: (1) experience increases in loan loss reserves and other impairments; (2) encounter difficulty estimating loan loss reserves; (3) experience increases in loan delinquencies, loan modifications and nonperforming loans and foreclosures; (4) experience increased costs and risks associated with operating, managing and disposing of real estate owned (“REO”) assets; and (5) experience evolving climate-related, environmental and cybersecurity risks affecting us, our borrowers, collateral properties and key third-party service providers.
In addition, such conditions may continue to negatively affect our liquidity, operating results and credit performance and may negatively impact expected recoveries on modified loans, and modified loans may continue to underperform, potentially increasing nonperforming assets, REO, and credit loss provisions.
Our growing SFR and construction/build‑to‑rent (“BTR”) lending exposes us to higher credit, development and concentration risks than stabilized multifamily loans.
Cost overruns, delays, permitting and contractor issues, and weaker lease-up or operating performance could increase delinquencies, defaults, modifications and foreclosures.
Our ability to accurately estimate current expected credit loss ("CECL") allowances is increasingly complex due to market volatility, commercial real estate prices and the impact of interest rates, and our actual credit losses may differ materially from estimates.
We are subject to risks of fraud, misrepresentation and other misconduct by borrowers, brokers, guarantors and other third parties, which could increase delinquencies, defaults, restructurings and foreclosures, reduce recoveries on collateral and result in increased costs, repurchase or indemnification obligations, litigation and reputational harm.
Certain investments we make, including preferred equity and mezzanine loans, involve a greater risk of loss than traditional mortgage financing and may result in reduced recoveries in the event of borrower distress, bankruptcy or other defaults.
Increased loss-sharing obligations under the Fannie Mae DUS program, or changes to required collateral levels, could further adversely affect our liquidity and results of operations.
For most loans we service under the Fannie Mae and HUD programs, we are required to advance payments due to investors if the borrower is delinquent in making such payments, which may adversely impact our liquidity and harm our results of operations.
We finance a significant amount of our loans and investments through a variety of means, including CLOs, securitizations, credit facilities, equity capital, senior and convertible debt instruments, and other structured financings, some of which we guarantee.
These vehicles may contain restrictive covenants and may require us to provide additional collateral or repurchase assets if the value of pledged assets decline in value.
Our ability to monitor and influence the cybersecurity practices of third-party providers is limited, and while we seek to influence their practices through cybersecurity requirements and protocols in our contracts with such third-party providers, their security measures may not be sufficient to prevent or mitigate incidents, increasing operational risk.
Newly adopted regulatory disclosure requirements may subject us to additional liability in the event of a cybersecurity incident.
We conduct a substantial portion of our operations to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code.
If we fail to remain qualified as a REIT, a greater proportion of our income will be subject to corporate tax and we could face a substantial increase in our tax liability, including taxable mortgage pools resulting from certain of our securitizations.
We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to pay our operating expenses and to pay dividends to our stockholders, resulting in the need to borrow funds to satisfy our REIT distribution requirements, which could cause a portion of our distributions to be treated as a return of capital.
We are subject to certain general risks, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, such as: (1) volatility in our stock price; (2) major public health crisis; (3) global economic and political conditions; (4) major bank failures; (5) losses of key personnel with long standing business relationships; (6) adverse resolutions of lawsuits; (7) terrorist attacks; (8) military conflict; (9) changes to laws and regulations, including environmental, social and governance matters; and (10) the impact of the continuing development of artificial intelligence ("AI").
A prolonged disruption in the financial markets could affect our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms and have other adverse effects on us and the market price of our common stock.
If we issue equity, it may be dilutive to our existing stockholders or could result in the issuance of securities that have rights, preferences and privileges that are senior to those of our existing securities.
We estimate allowances for credit losses on our loans and investments under the CECL methodology based on current expected credit losses for the life of the loan and investment.
Our CECL methodology may not fully capture the severity or duration of adverse economic conditions and actual losses could exceed our allowance, particularly if commercial real estate values decline further, interest rates remain elevated, or our borrowers’ business plans fail to stabilize underlying properties.
Since the vast majority of our structured loan portfolio is floating rate based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") and a significant portion of our debt balances consist of fixed-rate instruments (such as convertible and senior unsecured notes), a rising interest rate environment generally has a positive impact on our net interest income from our structured loan portfolio.
However, a prolonged period of elevated short and long-term interest rates may result in: (1) increased payment delinquencies and defaults; (2) increased loan modifications and foreclosures; (3) an increase in REO assets; (4) declining real estate values of certain asset classes; and (5) a dislocation in capital markets, all of which would adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition, business prospects and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
Our increasing use of loan modifications for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty could adversely affect our operating results, financial condition, liquidity and our ability to achieve expected recoveries.
In recent periods, we have increasingly addressed borrower stress through loan modifications, including payment deferrals, term extensions, interest‑rate reductions and other concessions.
While these modifications may improve our ultimate recovery and avoid immediate foreclosure, they can also reduce our current interest income, delay the timing of expected repayments and increase the complexity of estimating credit losses.
There is no assurance that our borrowers will perform under modified loans or that we will achieve the recoveries we anticipate.
If economic and market conditions worsen, the performance of modified loans could deteriorate further, which would likely increase our level of non‑performing loans, REO and credit‑loss provisions and could adversely affect our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition.
We are increasingly exposed to risks associated with owning and operating real estate acquired through foreclosure, which could subject us to losses and liabilities in excess of those associated with our loans.
When a loan defaults, we may seek to protect our investment by foreclosing and operating it as REO until it can be sold or otherwise resolved.
In recent periods, we have acquired a growing number of properties as REO, and our REO balance has increased.

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Risk Factors The commercial real estate markets have experienced a prolonged dislocation due to inflation and high interest rates, which has resulted in decreased real estate values, increased delinquencies and defaults, and a disruption in the capital markets.
This environment has had a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity.
If this environment persists, it is likely we will continue to experience an adverse impact on our business.
The risks associated with these types of markets, and other risks related to our business, are described below.
The risk factors listed below should not be considered an all-inclusive list.
New risk factors emerge periodically, and we cannot guarantee that the factors described below list all risks that may become material to us at any later time.
Some of the risk factors discussed below may have different impacts on our Structured and Agency Businesses.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of the current adverse market conditions that we are currently experiencing, and may continue to experience in the future, that are having an adverse impact on our business.
If economic conditions deteriorate and/or we experience a turbulent economic environment, we will likely: (1) experience increases in loan loss reserves and other impairments; (2) encounter difficulty estimating loan loss reserves; and (3) experience an increase in loan delinquencies and loan modifications.
We finance a significant amount of our loans and investments through a variety of means, including CLOs, securitizations, credit facilities, equity capital, senior and convertible debt instruments, and other structured financings.
These vehicles may contain restrictive covenants and may require us to provide additional collateral or repurchase assets if the value of pledged assets, some of which we guarantee, decline in value.
If we fail to remain qualified as a REIT, we will be subject to corporate tax and could face a substantial tax liability, including taxable mortgage pools resulting from certain of our securitizations.
We may be unable to generate sufficient revenue from operations to pay our operating expenses and to pay dividends to our stockholders, resulting in the need to borrow funds to satisfy our REIT distribution requirements, which could cause a portion of our distributions to be treated as a return of capital.
We are subject to certain general risks, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, such as: (1) volatility in our stock price; (2) major public health crisis; (3) global economic and political conditions; (4) major bank failures; (5) losses of key personnel with long standing business relationships; (6) adverse resolutions of lawsuits; (7) terrorist attacks; (8) military conflict; (9) changes to laws and regulations, including environmental, social and governance matters; and (10) the effective development of artificial intelligence ("AI").
Prolonged disruptions in the financial markets could affect our ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms and have other adverse effects on us and the market price of our common stock.
If we do issue equity, it may be dilutive to our existing stockholders or could result in the issuance of securities that have rights, preferences and privileges that are senior to those of our existing securities.
We estimate allowances for credit losses on our loans and investments under the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) methodology based on current expected credit losses for the life of the loan and investment.
Since the vast majority of our structured loan portfolio is floating rate based on SOFR and a greater portion of our debt balances consist of fixed-rate instruments (such as convertible and senior unsecured notes), a rising interest rate environment generally has a positive impact on our net interest income from our structured loan portfolio.
However, a prolonged period of elevated short and long term interest rates may result in: (1) increased payment delinquencies and defaults; (2) increased loan modifications and foreclosures; (3) an increase in real estate owned ("REO") assets; (4) declining real estate values of certain asset classes; and (5) a dislocation in capital markets, all of which would adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition, business prospects and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
In our Structured Business, we may invest in preferred equity investments, which involve a higher degree of risk than traditional mortgage financing.
Multifamily and commercial property values and net operating income derived from such properties are subject to volatility and may be affected adversely by a number of factors, including fires and other casualties, natural disasters, acts of war and/or terrorism, adverse economic conditions, local real estate conditions (such as an oversupply of similar properties), changes or continued weakness in specific industry segments, construction quality, construction cost, age and design, demographic factors, retroactive changes to building or similar codes, increases in operating expenses (such as insurance, energy costs and real estate tax increases) and other factors that may cause unanticipated and uninsured performance declines and/or losses to us or the owners and operators of the real estate securing our investment.
Our Agency Business has modified its risk-sharing obligations on some Fannie Mae DUS loans to reduce potential loss exposure on those loans.
In addition, Fannie Mae can increase our risk-sharing obligations if the loan does not meet specific underwriting criteria or if the loan defaults within 12 months of its sale to Fannie Mae.
At December 31, 2024, the Agency Business had pledged $91.5 million in restricted liquidity as collateral against future losses under $22.73 billion of loans outstanding that are subject to risk-sharing obligations.
At December 31, 2024, the Agency Business’s allowance for loss-sharing balance was $83.2 million, which may not be sufficient to cover future loss sharing obligations.
At December 31, 2024, this requirement totaled $91.5 million and was satisfied with a $70.0 million letter of credit and cash issued to Fannie Mae.
Our current letter of credit facility expires in September 2025.
The representations and warranties relate to our practices in the origination and servicing of the loans and the accuracy of the information being provided by us.
In the event of a breach of any representation or warranty, investors could, among other things, require us to repurchase the loan or seek indemnification for losses or, in the case of Fannie Mae, increase the level of risk-sharing on the loan.
We finance our Agency Business loan originations, prior to sale to, or securitization by, an agency, through credit facilities provided by commercial banks.
As a result, we may not be able to leverage our assets as fully as we would choose, which could reduce our return on assets.
We may not be able to find suitable replacement investments during CLO reinvestment periods.
CLOs have defined periods during which principal payments on assets held in the CLO can be reinvested, commonly referred to as a reinvestment period.
Our ability to find investments during the reinvestment period that meet the criteria set forth in the CLO governing documents may determine the success of our CLOs.
Our potential inability to find suitable investments may cause, among other things, lower returns, interest deficiencies, hyper-amortization of the senior CLO liabilities and may cause us to reduce the life of the CLO and accelerate the amortization of certain fees and expenses.
Repurchased loans typically require a significant allocation of working capital to carry on our books, and our ability to borrow against such assets is limited.
Our results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected if the reinvestment period of our CLOs expire without available capacity in existing CLOs, or the issuance of new CLOs.
CLO reinvestment periods provide us with the flexibility to manage our structured loan portfolio effectively as we are able to replace loans that have matured or paid off with newly originated loans and existing loans in our portfolio.
If our CLO reinvestment periods end without availability in other existing CLOs, or the establishment of new CLOs, we may face liquidity constraints, reduced investment opportunities, higher borrowing costs, and limited cash available for distribution to our stockholders .
As a result of past dislocation of the credit markets, the securitization market has become subject to additional regulation.

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