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TFS Financial
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
________________________
FORM 10-Q
________________________
x
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended
June 30, 2013
or
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For transition period from to
Commission File Number 001-33390
__________________________
TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
__________________________
United States of America
52-2054948
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
7007 Broadway Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
44105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(216) 441-6000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
__________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
x
No
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
ý
No
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
¨
No
ý
.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’s classes of common stock as of the latest practicable date.
As of
August 1, 2013
there were
309,163,591
shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding, of which
227,119,132
shares, or
73.5%
of the Registrant’s common stock, were held by Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, MHC, the Registrant’s mutual holding company.
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TFS Financial Corporation
INDEX
Page
PART l – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements (unaudited)
3
Consolidated Statements of Condition
June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012
3
Consolidated Statements of Income
Three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
4
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
Three and nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
5
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
Nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
7
Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
8
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
32
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
68
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
71
Part II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
71
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
71
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
71
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
72
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
72
Item 5.
Other Information
72
Item 6.
Exhibits
72
SIGNATURES
73
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Item 1. Financial Statements
TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION (unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)
June 30,
2013
September 30,
2012
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks
$
34,401
$
38,914
Other interest-earning cash equivalents
262,578
269,348
Cash and cash equivalents
296,979
308,262
Investment securities:
Available for sale (amortized cost $456,402 and $417,416, respectively)
454,530
421,430
Mortgage loans held for sale, at lower of cost or market ($3,017 measured at fair value, September 30, 2012)
4,376
124,528
Loans held for investment, net:
Mortgage loans
10,064,307
10,339,402
Other loans
4,276
4,612
Deferred loan fees, net
(14,810
)
(18,561
)
Allowance for loan losses
(96,524
)
(100,464
)
Loans, net
9,957,249
10,224,989
Mortgage loan servicing assets, net
15,272
19,613
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, at cost
35,620
35,620
Real estate owned
20,354
19,647
Premises, equipment, and software, net
58,644
61,150
Accrued interest receivable
31,576
34,887
Bank owned life insurance contracts
182,058
177,279
Other assets
79,882
90,720
TOTAL ASSETS
$
11,136,540
$
11,518,125
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Deposits
$
8,630,530
$
8,981,419
Borrowed funds
475,062
488,191
Borrowers’ advances for insurance and taxes
47,527
67,864
Principal, interest, and related escrow owed on loans serviced
78,940
127,539
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
52,550
46,262
Total liabilities
9,284,609
9,711,275
Commitments and contingent liabilities
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
—
—
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 700,000,000 shares authorized; 332,318,750 shares issued; 309,159,425 and 309,009,393 outstanding at June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively
3,323
3,323
Paid-in capital
1,695,360
1,691,884
Treasury stock, at cost; 23,159,325 and 23,309,357 shares at June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively
(279,090
)
(280,937
)
Unallocated ESOP shares
(71,501
)
(74,751
)
Retained earnings—substantially restricted
513,311
473,247
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(9,472
)
(5,916
)
Total shareholders’ equity
1,851,931
1,806,850
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$
11,136,540
$
11,518,125
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME
(unaudited)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
For the Three Months Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
INTEREST AND DIVIDEND INCOME:
Loans, including fees
$
92,399
$
102,143
$
286,329
$
308,046
Investment securities available for sale
1,260
543
3,452
613
Investment securities held to maturity
—
973
—
4,245
Other interest and dividend earning assets
545
566
1,646
1,674
Total interest and dividend income
94,204
104,225
291,427
314,578
INTEREST EXPENSE:
Deposits
27,049
37,704
86,214
116,800
Borrowed funds
1,027
657
2,739
1,874
Total interest expense
28,076
38,361
88,953
118,674
NET INTEREST INCOME
66,128
65,864
202,474
195,904
PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES
5,000
31,000
33,000
73,000
NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES
61,128
34,864
169,474
122,904
NON-INTEREST INCOME:
Fees and service charges, net of amortization
2,141
2,960
6,590
9,057
Net gain on the sale of loans
3,978
—
8,257
—
Increase in and death benefits from bank owned life insurance contracts
1,611
1,607
4,793
4,829
Other
1,094
1,744
3,537
4,545
Total non-interest income
8,824
6,311
23,177
18,431
NON-INTEREST EXPENSE:
Salaries and employee benefits
21,929
18,375
64,356
59,809
Marketing services
3,219
2,376
9,471
7,130
Office property, equipment and software
5,004
5,392
15,318
15,463
Federal insurance premium and assessments
2,878
3,390
9,835
10,779
State franchise tax
1,564
1,672
4,976
4,377
Real estate owned expense, net
2,087
2,424
4,768
6,431
Appraisal and other loan review expenses
725
322
2,510
2,475
Other operating expenses
8,860
6,791
22,795
20,077
Total non-interest expense
46,266
40,742
134,029
126,541
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
23,686
433
58,622
14,794
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)
7,439
(459
)
18,432
4,421
NET INCOME
$
16,247
$
892
$
40,190
$
10,373
Earnings per share—basic and diluted
$
0.05
$
0.00
$
0.13
$
0.03
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic
301,913,844
301,274,602
301,746,918
301,157,535
Diluted
302,926,219
301,936,577
302,587,159
301,681,201
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (unaudited)
(In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
Net income
$
16,247
$
892
$
40,190
$
10,373
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
Change in net unrealized (losses) gains on securities available for sale
(2,903
)
1,951
(3,827
)
1,931
Change in pension obligation
91
37
271
10,694
Total other comprehensive (loss) income
(2,812
)
1,988
(3,556
)
12,625
Total comprehensive income
$
13,435
$
2,880
$
36,634
$
22,998
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
(In thousands)
Common
stock
Paid-in
capital
Treasury
stock
Unallocated
common stock
held by ESOP
Retained
earnings
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Total
shareholders’
equity
Balance at September 30, 2011
$
3,323
$
1,686,216
$
(282,090
)
$
(79,084
)
$
461,836
$
(16,277
)
$
1,773,924
Net income
—
—
—
—
10,373
—
10,373
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
—
—
—
—
—
12,625
12,625
ESOP shares allocated or committed to be released
—
(235
)
—
3,250
—
—
3,015
Compensation costs for stock-based plans
—
5,503
—
—
—
—
5,503
Treasury stock allocated to restricted stock plan
—
(340
)
364
—
(24
)
—
—
Balance at June 30, 2012
$
3,323
$
1,691,144
$
(281,726
)
$
(75,834
)
$
472,185
$
(3,652
)
$
1,805,440
Balance at September 30, 2012
$
3,323
$
1,691,884
$
(280,937
)
$
(74,751
)
$
473,247
$
(5,916
)
$
1,806,850
Net income
—
—
—
—
40,190
—
40,190
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
—
—
—
—
—
(3,556
)
(3,556
)
ESOP shares allocated or committed to be released
—
2
—
3,250
—
—
3,252
Compensation costs for stock-based plans
—
5,090
—
—
—
—
5,090
Treasury stock allocated to restricted stock plan
—
(1,616
)
1,847
—
(126
)
—
105
Balance at June 30, 2013
$
3,323
$
1,695,360
$
(279,090
)
$
(71,501
)
$
513,311
$
(9,472
)
$
1,851,931
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
(In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended
June 30,
2013
2012
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income
$
40,190
$
10,373
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
ESOP and stock-based compensation expense
8,447
8,518
Depreciation and amortization
17,318
14,397
Deferred income tax expense
(564
)
(500
)
Provision for loan losses
33,000
73,000
Net gain on the sale of loans
(8,257
)
—
Other net (gains) losses
(612
)
1,720
Principal repayments on and proceeds from sales of loans held for sale
59,796
12,766
Loans originated for sale
(51,319
)
—
Increase in bank owned life insurance contracts
(4,802
)
(4,822
)
Net decrease (increase) in interest receivable and other assets
16,074
(9,317
)
Net increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities
6,948
(1,388
)
Other
353
557
Net cash provided by operating activities
116,572
105,304
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Loans originated
(1,737,217
)
(2,299,916
)
Principal repayments on loans
1,787,026
1,591,983
Proceeds from principal repayments and maturities of:
Securities available for sale
161,664
19,495
Securities held to maturity
—
139,533
Proceeds from sale of:
Loans
282,353
—
Real estate owned
19,116
16,950
Purchases of:
Securities available for sale
(206,000
)
(41,919
)
Securities held to maturity
—
(93,509
)
Premises and equipment
(1,727
)
(2,755
)
Other
(116
)
(35
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
305,099
(670,173
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net (decrease) increase in deposits
(350,889
)
241,239
Net decrease in borrowers’ advances for insurance and taxes
(20,337
)
(25,421
)
Net decrease in principal and interest owed on loans serviced
(48,599
)
(57,320
)
Net (decrease) increase in short term borrowed funds
(204,836
)
427,877
Proceeds from long term borrowed funds
200,000
5,000
Repayment of long term borrowed funds
(8,293
)
(3,000
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(432,954
)
588,375
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
(11,283
)
23,506
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of period
308,262
294,846
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period
$
296,979
$
318,352
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest on deposits
$
86,519
$
117,280
Cash paid for interest on borrowed funds
2,575
1,874
Cash paid for income taxes
15,200
15,694
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULES OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Transfer of loans to real estate owned
18,835
17,191
Transfer of loans from held for sale to held for investment
154,913
—
Transfer of loans from held for investment to held for sale
337,009
245,920
Transfer of investments from held to maturity to available for sale
—
343,687
See accompanying notes to unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
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TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollars in thousands unless otherwise indicated)
1.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
TFS Financial Corporation (the “Holding Company”), a federally chartered stock holding company, conducts its principal activities through its wholly owned subsidiaries. The principal line of business of the Holding Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, “TFS Financial” or the “Company”) is retail consumer banking, including mortgage lending, deposit gathering, and, to a much lesser extent other financial services. On
June 30, 2013
, approximately
73%
of the Holding Company’s outstanding shares were owned by a federally chartered mutual holding company, Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, MHC (“Third Federal Savings, MHC”). The thrift subsidiary of TFS Financial is Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland (the “Association”).
The accounting and reporting policies followed by the Company conform in all material respects to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and to general practices in the financial services industry. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The allowance for loan losses, the valuation of mortgage loan servicing rights, the valuation of deferred tax assets, and the determination of pension obligations and stock-based compensation are particularly subject to change.
The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements were prepared without an audit and reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial condition of TFS Financial at
June 30, 2013
, and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. In accordance with Regulation S-X for interim financial information, these statements do not include certain information and footnote disclosures required for complete audited financial statements. The Holding Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2012
contains consolidated financial statements and related notes, which should be read in conjunction with the accompanying interim consolidated financial statements. The results of operations for the interim periods disclosed herein are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2013
or for any other period.
2.
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share is the amount of earnings available to each share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is the amount of earnings available to each share of common stock outstanding during the reporting period adjusted to include the effect of potentially dilutive common shares. For purposes of computing earnings per share amounts, outstanding shares include shares held by the public, shares held by the ESOP that have been allocated to participants or committed to be released for allocation to participants, the
227,119,132
shares held by Third Federal Savings, MHC, and, for purposes of computing dilutive earnings per share, stock options and restricted stock units with a dilutive impact. At
June 30, 2013
and
2012
, respectively, the ESOP held
7,150,105
and
7,583,445
shares that were neither allocated to participants nor committed to be released to participants.
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The following is a summary of the Company's earnings per share calculations.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
Income
Shares
Per share
amount
Income
Shares
Per share
amount
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Net income
$
16,247
$
892
Less: income allocated to restricted stock units
82
5
Basic earnings per share:
Income available to common shareholders
$
16,165
301,913,844
$
0.05
$
887
301,274,602
$
0.00
Diluted earnings per share:
Effect of dilutive potential common shares
1,012,375
661,975
Income available to common shareholders
$
16,165
302,926,219
$
0.05
$
887
301,936,577
$
0.00
For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
Income
Shares
Per share
amount
Income
Shares
Per share
amount
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Net income
$
40,190
$
10,373
Less: income allocated to restricted stock units
209
55
Basic earnings per share:
Income available to common shareholders
$
39,981
301,746,918
$
0.13
$
10,318
301,157,535
$
0.03
Diluted earnings per share:
Effect of dilutive potential common shares
840,241
523,666
Income available to common shareholders
$
39,981
302,587,159
$
0.13
$
10,318
301,681,201
$
0.03
The following is a summary of outstanding stock options and restricted stock units that are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
Options to purchase shares
5,259,516
6,217,925
6,333,116
6,217,925
Restricted stock units
20,000
30,000
20,000
76,500
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3.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Investments available for sale are summarized as follows:
June 30, 2013
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Fair
Value
Gains
Losses
U.S. government and agency obligations
$
2,000
$
37
$
—
$
2,037
Freddie Mac certificates
902
58
—
960
Ginnie Mae certificates
13,129
441
—
13,570
Real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs)
421,856
1,601
(4,387
)
419,070
Fannie Mae certificates
11,648
777
(399
)
12,026
Money market accounts
6,867
—
—
6,867
Total
$
456,402
$
2,914
$
(4,786
)
$
454,530
September 30, 2012
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Fair
Value
Gains
Losses
U.S. government and agency obligations
$
2,000
$
56
$
—
$
2,056
Freddie Mac certificates
922
67
—
989
Ginnie Mae certificates
16,123
663
—
16,786
REMICs
383,545
2,772
(308
)
386,009
Fannie Mae certificates
7,125
764
—
7,889
Money market accounts
7,701
—
—
7,701
Total
$
417,416
$
4,322
$
(308
)
$
421,430
Gross unrealized losses on securities and the estimated fair value of the related securities, aggregated by investment category and length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous loss position, at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, were as follows:
June 30, 2013
Less Than 12 Months
12 Months or More
Total
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Available for sale—
REMICs
$
230,917
$
4,168
$
23,245
$
219
$
254,162
$
4,387
Fannie Mae certificates
4,741
399
—
—
4,741
399
Total
$
235,658
$
4,567
$
23,245
$
219
$
258,903
$
4,786
September 30, 2012
Less Than 12 Months
12 Months or More
Total
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Estimated Fair Value
Unrealized Loss
Available for sale—
REMICs
$
80,219
$
291
$
6,550
$
17
$
86,769
$
308
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4.
LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
Loans held for investment consist of the following:
June 30,
2013
September 30,
2012
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
7,924,210
$
7,943,165
Residential Home Today
186,543
208,325
Home equity loans and lines of credit
1,926,483
2,155,496
Construction
60,630
69,152
Real estate loans
10,097,866
10,376,138
Consumer and other loans
4,276
4,612
Less:
Deferred loan fees—net
(14,810
)
(18,561
)
Loans-in-process (“LIP”)
(33,559
)
(36,736
)
Allowance for loan losses
(96,524
)
(100,464
)
Loans held for investment, net
$
9,957,249
$
10,224,989
At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, $
4,376
and
$124,528
of long-term loans were classified as mortgage loans held for sale.
A large concentration of the Company’s lending is in Ohio and Florida. As of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, the percentages of residential real estate loans held in Ohio were
75%
and
77%
, and the percentages held in Florida were
18%
and
17%
, respectively. As of both
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, home equity loans and lines of credit were concentrated in the states of Ohio (
39%
), Florida (
29%
) and California (
12%
), respectively. The economic conditions and market for real estate in those states, including to a greater extent Florida, have impacted the ability of borrowers in those areas to repay their loans.
Home Today is an affordable housing program targeted to benefit low- and moderate-income home buyers. Through this program the Association provided the majority of loans to borrowers who would not otherwise qualify for the Association’s loan products, generally because of low credit scores. Although the credit profiles of borrowers in the Home Today program might be described as sub-prime, Home Today loans generally contain the same features as loans offered to our non-Home Today borrowers. Borrowers in the Home Today program must complete financial management education and counseling and must be referred to the Association by a sponsoring organization with which the Association has partnered as part of the program. Borrowers must also meet a minimum credit score threshold. Because the Association applied less stringent underwriting and credit standards to the majority of Home Today loans, loans originated under the program have greater credit risk than its traditional residential real estate mortgage loans. While effective March 27, 2009, the Home Today underwriting guidelines were changed to be substantially the same as the Association’s traditional first mortgage product, the majority of loans in this program were originated prior to that date. As of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, the principal balance of Home Today loans originated prior to March 27, 2009 was $
182,870
and $
204,733
, respectively. The Association does not offer, and has not offered, loan products frequently considered to be designed to target sub-prime borrowers containing features such as higher fees or higher rates, negative amortization, a loan-to-value ratio greater than
100%
, or pay option adjustable-rate mortgages.
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The recorded investment of loan receivables in non-accrual status is summarized in the following table. Balances are net of deferred fees.
June 30,
2013
September 30,
2012
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
94,252
$
105,780
Residential Home Today
34,923
41,087
Home equity loans and lines of credit
29,559
35,316
Construction
198
377
Total real estate loans
158,932
182,560
Consumer and other loans
—
—
Total non-accrual loans
$
158,932
$
182,560
Loans are placed in non-accrual status when they are contractually
90
days or more past due. Loans modified in troubled debt restructurings that were in non-accrual status prior to the restructurings remain in non-accrual status for a minimum of
six
months after restructuring. Additionally, home equity loans and lines of credit where the customer has a severely delinquent first mortgage and loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation are placed in non-accrual status. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, the recorded investment in non-accrual loans includes
$47,946
and $
47,742
in troubled debt restructurings which are current according to the terms of their agreement, of which
$30,350
and
$30,631
are performing loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligations. Additionally, at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, the recorded investment in non-accrual status loans includes $
5,279
and
$8,807
, respectively, of performing second lien loans subordinate to first mortgages delinquent greater than
90
days.
Interest on loans in accrual status, including certain loans individually reviewed for impairment, is recognized in interest income as it accrues, on a daily basis. Accrued interest on loans in non-accrual status is reversed by a charge to interest income and income is subsequently recognized only to the extent cash payments are received. Cash payments on loans in non-accrual status are applied to the oldest scheduled, unpaid payment first. Cash payments on loans with a partial charge-off are applied fully to principal, then to recovery of the charged off amount prior to interest income being recognized. A non-accrual loan is generally returned to accrual status when contractual payments are less than
90
days past due. However, a loan may remain in non-accrual status when collectability is uncertain, such as a troubled debt restructuring that has not met minimum payment requirements, a loan with a partial charge-off, an equity loan or line of credit with a delinquent first mortgage greater than
90
days, or a loan in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligations. The number of days past due is determined by the number of scheduled payments that remain unpaid, assuming a period of
30
days between each scheduled payment.
An age analysis of the recorded investment in loan receivables that are past due at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
is summarized in the following tables. When a loan is more than
one
month past due on its scheduled payments, the loan is considered
30
days or more past due. Balances are net of deferred fees and any applicable loans-in-process.
30-59
Days
Past Due
60-89
Days
Past Due
90 Days or
More Past
Due
Total Past
Due
Current
Total
June 30, 2013
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
10,436
$
7,619
$
63,216
$
81,271
$
7,823,346
$
7,904,617
Residential Home Today
8,630
3,737
20,222
32,589
150,924
183,513
Home equity loans and lines of credit
5,555
3,295
13,107
21,957
1,911,963
1,933,920
Construction
143
—
198
341
27,106
27,447
Total real estate loans
24,764
14,651
96,743
136,158
9,913,339
10,049,497
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
4,276
4,276
Total
$
24,764
$
14,651
$
96,743
$
136,158
$
9,917,615
$
10,053,773
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30-59
Days
Past Due
60-89
Days
Past Due
90 Days or
More Past
Due
Total Past
Due
Current
Total
September 30, 2012
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
15,015
$
10,661
$
74,807
$
100,483
$
7,818,927
$
7,919,410
Residential Home Today
10,874
4,736
27,517
43,127
161,743
204,870
Home equity loans and lines of credit
8,676
3,210
16,587
28,473
2,136,255
2,164,728
Construction
—
—
377
377
31,456
31,833
Total real estate loans
34,565
18,607
119,288
172,460
10,148,381
10,320,841
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
4,612
4,612
Total
$
34,565
$
18,607
$
119,288
$
172,460
$
10,152,993
$
10,325,453
In an October 2011 directive, the OCC required all specific valuation allowances (“SVA”) on collateral-dependent loans (SVAs established when the recorded investment in an impaired loan exceeded the measured value of the collateral) maintained by savings institutions to be charged off by March 31, 2012. As permitted, the Company elected to early-adopt this methodology effective for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. As a result, reported loan charge-offs for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
included the charge-off of specific valuation allowances, which had a balance of
$55,507
at September 30, 2011. The one-time SVA related charge-off did not impact the provision for loan losses for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
; however, reported loan charge-offs during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
increased and the allowance for loan losses decreased accordingly.
Activity in the allowance for loan losses is summarized as follows:
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
Beginning
Balance
Provisions
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Ending
Balance
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
34,172
$
2,842
$
(4,304
)
$
609
$
33,319
Residential Home Today
27,743
791
(2,332
)
444
26,646
Home equity loans and lines of credit
38,968
1,462
(5,819
)
1,774
36,385
Construction
334
(95
)
(68
)
3
174
Total real estate loans
101,217
5,000
(12,523
)
2,830
96,524
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
101,217
$
5,000
$
(12,523
)
$
2,830
$
96,524
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
Beginning
Balance
Provisions
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Ending
Balance
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
30,302
$
12,897
$
(9,401
)
$
265
$
34,063
Residential Home Today
20,118
7,678
(5,188
)
10
22,618
Home equity loans and lines of credit
49,331
11,148
(11,194
)
662
49,947
Construction
1,545
(723
)
(76
)
—
746
Total real estate loans
101,296
31,000
(25,859
)
937
107,374
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
101,296
$
31,000
$
(25,859
)
$
937
$
107,374
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For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2013
Beginning
Balance
Provisions
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Ending
Balance
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
31,618
$
14,703
$
(14,203
)
$
1,201
$
33,319
Residential Home Today
22,588
13,167
(9,705
)
596
26,646
Home equity loans and lines of credit
45,508
5,648
(18,797
)
4,026
36,385
Construction
750
(518
)
(121
)
63
174
Total real estate loans
100,464
33,000
(42,826
)
5,886
96,524
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
100,464
$
33,000
$
(42,826
)
$
5,886
$
96,524
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2012
Beginning
Balance
Provisions
Charge-offs
Recoveries
Ending
Balance
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
49,484
$
28,537
$
(44,565
)
$
607
$
34,063
Residential Home Today
31,025
26,395
(34,896
)
94
22,618
Home equity loans and lines of credit
74,071
18,455
(44,767
)
2,188
49,947
Construction
2,398
(387
)
(1,268
)
3
746
Total real estate loans
156,978
73,000
(125,496
)
2,892
107,374
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
156,978
$
73,000
$
(125,496
)
$
2,892
$
107,374
The recorded investment in loan receivables at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
is summarized in the following table. The table provides details of the recorded balances according to the method of evaluation used for determining the allowance for loan losses, distinguishing between determinations made by evaluating individual loans and determinations made by evaluating groups of loans not individually evaluated. Balances of recorded investments are net of deferred fees and any applicable loans-in-process.
June 30, 2013
September 30, 2012
Individually
Collectively
Total
Individually
Collectively
Total
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
153,249
$
7,751,368
$
7,904,617
$
165,121
$
7,754,289
$
7,919,410
Residential Home Today
83,382
100,131
183,513
95,355
109,515
204,870
Home equity loans and lines of credit
32,503
1,901,417
1,933,920
37,016
2,127,712
2,164,728
Construction
753
26,694
27,447
1,378
30,455
31,833
Total real estate loans
269,887
9,779,610
10,049,497
298,870
10,021,971
10,320,841
Consumer and other loans
—
4,276
4,276
—
4,612
4,612
Total
$
269,887
$
9,783,886
$
10,053,773
$
298,870
$
10,026,583
$
10,325,453
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An analysis of the allowance for loan losses at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
is summarized in the following table. The analysis provides details of the allowance for loan losses according to the method of evaluation, distinguishing between allowances for loan losses determined by evaluating individual loans and allowances for loan losses determined by evaluating groups of loans not individually evaluated.
June 30, 2013
September 30, 2012
Individually
Collectively
Total
Individually
Collectively
Total
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
7,565
$
25,754
$
33,319
$
6,220
$
25,398
$
31,618
Residential Home Today
8,536
18,110
26,646
9,747
12,841
22,588
Home equity loans and lines of credit
1,181
35,204
36,385
3,928
41,580
45,508
Construction
6
168
174
41
709
750
Total real estate loans
17,288
79,236
96,524
19,936
80,528
100,464
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
17,288
$
79,236
$
96,524
$
19,936
$
80,528
$
100,464
At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, individually evaluated loans that required an allowance were comprised only of loans evaluated for impairment based on the present value of cash flows, such as performing troubled debt restructurings, and loans with a further deterioration in the fair value of collateral not yet identified as uncollectible. All other individually evaluated loans received a charge-off if applicable.
Because many variables are considered in determining the appropriate level of general valuation allowances, directional changes in individual considerations do not always align with the directional change in the balance of a particular component of the general valuation allowance. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, allowances on individually reviewed loans evaluated for impairment based on the present value of cash flows, such as performing troubled debt restructurings were $
16,987
and $
17,720
; allowances on performing second liens subordinate to first mortgages delinquent greater than
90
days were $
0
and $
1,550
; and allowances on loans with further deteriorations in the fair value of collateral not yet identified as uncollectible were $
301
and $
666
.
Residential non-Home Today mortgage loans represent the largest portion of the residential real estate portfolio. The Company believes overall credit risk is low based on the nature, composition, collateral, products, lien position and performance of the portfolio. The portfolio does not include loan types or structures that have experienced severe performance problems at other financial institutions (e.g., sub-prime, no documentation or pay option adjustable rate mortgages).
As described earlier in this footnote, Home Today loans have greater credit risk than traditional residential real estate mortgage loans. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, approximately
51%
and
54%
of Home Today loans include private mortgage insurance coverage. The majority of the coverage on these loans was provided by PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (“PMIC”), which the Arizona Department of Insurance seized in 2011 and indicated that all claims payments would be reduced by
50%
. In late March 2013, PMIC notified the Association that all payments would be paid at
55%
of the claim with the remainder deferred. Appropriate adjustments have been made to the Association’s affected valuation allowances and charge-offs, and estimated loss severity factors were adjusted accordingly for loans evaluated collectively. The amount of loans in our owned portfolio covered by mortgage insurance provided by PMIC as of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, was $
249,704
and
$303,621
of which $
227,052
and
$273,225
was current. The amount of loans in our owned portfolio covered by mortgage insurance provided by Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation ("MGIC") as of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, was $
96,874
and
$118,055
of which $
95,739
and
$116,132
was current. As of
June 30, 2013
, MGIC's long-term debt rating, as published by the major credit rating agencies, did not meet the requirements to qualify as "investment grade"; however, MGIC continues to make claims payments in accordance with its contractual obligations and the Association has not increased its estimated loss severity factors related to MGIC's claim paying ability.
No
other loans were covered by mortgage insurers that were deferring claim payments or which were assessed as being non-investment grade.
Home equity lines of credit represent a significant portion of the residential real estate portfolio. The state of the economy and low housing prices continue to have an adverse impact on this portfolio since the home equity lines generally are in a second lien position. Between June 28, 2010 and March 20, 2012, due to the deterioration in overall housing conditions including concerns for loans and lines in a second lien position, home equity lines of credit and home equity loans were not offered by the Association. Beginning in March, 2012, the Association offered redesigned home equity lines of credit to qualifying existing home equity customers, subject to certain property and credit performance conditions. In February 2013 the Association further modified the product design and in April 2013 extended the offer to both existing home equity customers and new consumers in Ohio, Florida and selected counties in Kentucky.
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Construction loans generally have greater credit risk than traditional residential real estate mortgage loans. The repayment of these loans depends upon the sale of the property to third parties or the availability of permanent financing upon completion of all improvements. In the event the Association makes a loan on property that is not yet approved for the planned development, there is the risk that approvals will not be granted or will be delayed. These events may adversely affect the borrower and the collateral value of the property. Construction loans also expose the Association to the risk that improvements will not be completed on time in accordance with specifications and projected costs. In addition, the ultimate sale or rental of the property may not occur as anticipated. Effective August 30, 2011, the Association made the strategic decision to exit the commercial construction loan business and ceased accepting new builder relationships. Builder commitments in place at that time were honored for a limited period, giving our customers the ability to secure new borrowing relationships.
The recorded investment and the unpaid principal balance of impaired loans, including those reported as troubled debt restructurings, as of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
are summarized as follows. Balances of recorded investments are net of deferred fees.
June 30, 2013
September 30, 2012
Recorded
Investment
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
Related
Allowance
Recorded
Investment
Unpaid
Principal
Balance
Related
Allowance
With no related allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
88,699
$
118,830
$
—
$
96,227
$
126,806
$
—
Residential Home Today
33,153
66,315
—
36,578
68,390
—
Home equity loans and lines of credit
25,477
53,815
—
24,397
41,974
—
Construction
687
943
—
970
1,349
—
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
148,016
$
239,903
$
—
$
158,172
$
238,519
$
—
With an allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
64,550
$
66,019
$
7,565
$
68,894
$
70,577
$
6,220
Residential Home Today
50,229
51,207
8,536
58,777
60,104
9,747
Home equity loans and lines of credit
7,026
7,215
1,181
12,619
13,554
3,928
Construction
66
66
6
408
408
41
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
121,871
$
124,507
$
17,288
$
140,698
$
144,643
$
19,936
Total impaired loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
153,249
$
184,849
$
7,565
$
165,121
$
197,383
$
6,220
Residential Home Today
83,382
117,522
8,536
95,355
128,494
9,747
Home equity loans and lines of credit
32,503
61,030
1,181
37,016
55,528
3,928
Construction
753
1,009
6
1,378
1,757
41
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
269,887
$
364,410
$
17,288
$
298,870
$
383,162
$
19,936
At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, the recorded investment in impaired loans includes $
202,669
and $
221,399
of loans modified in troubled debt restructurings of which $
33,497
and $
39,127
were
90
days or more past due.
For all classes of loans, a loan is considered impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect the scheduled payments of principal and interest according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered in determining that a loan is impaired may include the deteriorating financial condition of the borrower indicated by missed or delinquent payments, a pending legal action, such as bankruptcy or foreclosure, or the absence of adequate security for the loan.
Charge-offs on residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and construction loans are recognized when triggering events, such as foreclosure actions, short sales, or deeds accepted in lieu of repayment, result in less than full repayment of the recorded investment in the loans.
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Partial or full charge-offs are also recognized for the amount of impairment on loans considered collateral dependent that meet the conditions described below.
•
For residential mortgage loans, payments are greater than
180
days delinquent;
•
For home equity lines of credit, equity loans, and residential loans modified in a troubled debt restructuring, payments are greater than
90
days delinquent;
•
For construction loans to builders, the loan is greater than
90
days delinquent or a review of the borrowers' current financial information calls into question the borrowers' ability to meet the contractual obligations of the loan;
•
For all classes of loans, a sheriff sale is scheduled within
60
days to sell the collateral securing the loan;
•
For all classes of loans, all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation through a chapter 7 bankruptcy;
•
For all classes of loans, a borrower obligated on a loan has filed bankruptcy and the loan is greater than
30
days delinquent;
•
For all classes of loans, it becomes evident that a loss is probable.
Collateral dependent residential mortgage loans and construction loans are charged off to the extent the recorded investment in a loan, net of anticipated mortgage insurance claims, exceeds the fair value less costs to dispose of the underlying property. Home equity loans or lines of credit are charged off to the extent the recorded investment in the loan plus the balance of any senior liens exceeds the fair value less costs to dispose of the underlying property or management determines the collateral is not sufficient to satisfy the loan. A loan in any portfolio that is identified as collateral dependent will continue to be reported as impaired until it is no longer considered collateral dependent, is less than 30 days past due and does not have a prior charge-off. A loan in any portfolio that has a partial charge-off consequent to impairment evaluation will continue to be individually evaluated for impairment until, at a minimum, the impairment has been recovered.
The following summarizes the effective dates of charge-off policies that changed or were first implemented during the current and previous four fiscal years and the portfolios to which those policies apply.
Effective
Date
Policy
Residential
Non-Home
Today
Residential Home
Today
Home Equity Lines of
Credit
Home Equity
Loans
Construction
9/30/2012
Pursuant to an OCC directive, a loan is considered collateral dependent and any collateral shortfall is charged off when all borrowers obligated on a loan are discharged through Chapter 7 bankruptcy
X
X
X
X
X
6/30/2012
Loans in any form of bankruptcy greater than 30 days past due are considered collateral dependent and any collateral shortfall is charged off
X
X
X
X
X
12/31/2011
Pursuant to an OCC directive, impairment on collateral dependent loans previously recognized as Specific Valuation Allowances (SVAs) were charged off. Charge-offs are recorded to recognize confirmed collateral shortfalls on impaired loans. (1)
X
X
X
X
X
9/30/2010
Timing of impairment evaluation was accelerated to include equity loans greater than 90 days delinquent (2)
X
(1)
Prior to 12/31/2011, partial charge-offs were not used, but a SVA was established when the recorded investment in the loan exceeded the fair value of the collateral less costs to dispose. Individual loans were only charged off when a triggering event occurred, such as a foreclosure action was culminated, a short sale was approved, or a deed was accepted in lieu of repayment.
(2)
Prior to 9/30/2010, impairment evaluations on equity loans were performed when the loan was greater than
180
days delinquent.
Loans modified in troubled debt restructurings that are not evaluated based on collateral are separately evaluated for impairment on a loan by loan basis at the time of restructuring and at each subsequent reporting date for as long as they are reported as troubled debt restructurings. The impairment evaluation is based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate of the original loan. Expected future cash flows include a discount factor representing a
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potential for default. Valuation allowances are recorded for the excess of the recorded investments over the result of the cash flow analysis. Loans discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy are reported as troubled debt restructurings and also evaluated based on the present value of expected future cash flows unless evaluated based on collateral. Consumer loans are not considered for restructuring. A loan modified in a troubled debt restructuring is classified as an impaired loan for a minimum of
one
year. After
one
year, a loan is no longer included in the balance of impaired loans if the loan was modified to yield a market rate for loans of similar credit risk at the time of restructuring and the loan is not impaired based on the terms of restructuring agreement.
No
troubled debt restructurings were reclassified from impaired loans during the
quarter ended
or
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
.
The average recorded investment in impaired loans and the amount of interest income recognized during the period that the loans were impaired are summarized below.
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
Average
Recorded
Investment
Interest
Income
Recognized
Average
Recorded
Investment
Interest
Income
Recognized
With no related allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
90,294
$
234
$
78,371
$
260
Residential Home Today
33,859
65
38,288
362
Home equity loans and lines of credit
25,554
75
16,422
43
Construction
619
6
829
16
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
150,326
$
380
$
133,910
$
681
With an allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
64,535
$
785
$
60,616
$
789
Residential Home Today
51,158
626
65,541
693
Home equity loans and lines of credit
7,116
64
5,425
51
Construction
233
1
633
4
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
123,042
$
1,476
$
132,215
$
1,537
Total impaired loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
154,829
$
1,019
$
138,987
$
1,049
Residential Home Today
85,017
691
103,829
1,055
Home equity loans and lines of credit
32,670
139
21,847
94
Construction
852
7
1,462
20
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
273,368
$
1,856
$
266,125
$
2,218
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For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
Average
Recorded
Investment
Interest
Income
Recognized
Average
Recorded
Investment
Interest
Income
Recognized
With no related allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
92,463
$
891
$
54,988
$
764
Residential Home Today
34,866
151
22,589
1,064
Home equity loans and lines of credit
24,937
371
15,031
134
Construction
829
14
1,000
29
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
153,095
$
1,427
$
93,608
$
1,991
With an allowance recorded:
Residential non-Home Today
$
66,722
$
2,430
$
94,197
$
2,275
Residential Home Today
54,503
1,900
94,949
1,970
Home equity loans and lines of credit
9,823
202
16,486
131
Construction
237
9
2,672
32
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
131,285
$
4,541
$
208,304
$
4,408
Total impaired loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
159,185
$
3,321
$
149,185
$
3,039
Residential Home Today
89,369
2,051
117,538
3,034
Home equity loans and lines of credit
34,760
573
31,517
265
Construction
1,066
23
3,672
61
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total
$
284,380
$
5,968
$
301,912
$
6,399
The amounts of interest income on impaired loans recognized using a cash-basis method was
$253
and $
1,130
for the
quarter ended
and
nine months ended
ended
June 30, 2013
, respectively, and $
714
and
$2,008
for the
quarter ended
and
nine months ended
June 30, 2012
, respectively.
The recorded investment in troubled debt restructurings as of
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
is shown in the tables below.
June 30, 2013
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
17,878
$
2,415
$
13,502
$
21,533
$
17,418
$
38,060
$
110,806
Residential Home Today
17,040
276
10,736
19,333
19,974
5,257
72,616
Home equity loans and lines of credit
84
673
829
181
475
16,683
18,925
Construction
—
322
—
—
—
—
322
Total
$
35,002
$
3,686
$
25,067
$
41,047
$
37,867
$
60,000
$
202,669
September 30, 2012
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
22,039
$
2,802
$
17,106
$
20,787
$
9,438
$
45,861
$
118,033
Residential Home Today
21,977
360
13,991
27,058
11,960
6,548
81,894
Home equity loans and lines of credit
105
646
960
257
384
18,334
20,686
Construction
—
634
—
—
—
152
786
Total
$
44,121
$
4,442
$
32,057
$
48,102
$
21,782
$
70,895
$
221,399
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For all loans modified during the
quarter ended
and
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
and
June 30, 2012
(set forth in the table below), the pre-modification outstanding recorded investment was not materially different from the post-modification outstanding recorded investment.
The following tables set forth the recorded investment in troubled debt restructured loans modified during the period, by the types of concessions granted. Reported values for the prior year have not been adjusted for discharged Chapter 7 bankruptcies that were reclassified as troubled debt restructurings per the OCC interpretive guidance issued in July 2012.
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
529
$
—
$
—
$
1,980
$
2,098
$
1,793
$
6,400
Residential Home Today
223
—
—
68
1,597
545
2,433
Home equity loans and lines of credit
—
—
—
—
—
955
955
Total
$
752
$
—
$
—
$
2,048
$
3,695
$
3,293
$
9,788
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2013
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
2,316
$
—
$
—
$
4,252
$
4,625
$
6,619
$
17,812
Residential Home Today
362
—
—
552
8,161
1,469
10,544
Home equity loans and lines of credit
13
100
—
19
7
2,766
2,905
Total
$
2,691
$
100
$
—
$
4,823
$
12,793
$
10,854
$
31,261
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
1,378
$
—
$
116
$
2,013
$
592
$
4,099
Residential Home Today
74
—
134
—
451
659
Home equity loans and lines of credit
—
—
—
11
141
152
Total
$
1,452
$
—
$
250
$
2,024
$
1,184
$
4,910
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2012
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Total
Residential non-Home Today
$
6,706
$
259
$
1,477
$
6,404
$
2,152
$
16,998
Residential Home Today
1,434
—
1,367
1,720
3,113
7,634
Home equity loans and lines of credit
24
—
61
24
299
408
Total
$
8,164
$
259
$
2,905
$
8,148
$
5,564
$
25,040
Troubled debt restructured loans may be modified more than once. Among other requirements, a re-modification may be available for a borrower upon the expiration of temporary modification terms if the borrower cannot return to regular loan payments. If the borrower is experiencing an income curtailment that temporarily has reduced his/her capacity to repay, such as loss of employment, reduction of hours, non-paid leave or short term disability, a temporary modification is considered. If the borrower lacks the capacity to repay the loan at the current terms due to a permanent condition, a permanent modification is considered. In evaluating the need for a re-modification, the borrower’s ability to repay is generally assessed utilizing a debt to income and cash flow analysis. As the economy remains sluggish and high unemployment persists, the need for re-modifications continues to linger. Beginning with the quarter ended December 31, 2012, loans discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy are classified as multiple modifications if the loan's original terms had also been modified by the Association.
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The following tables provide information on troubled debt restructured loans modified within the previous
12
months that defaulted, or were at least
30
days past due on one scheduled payment, during the period presented. Reported values for the
quarter ended
and
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
include loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status, where at least one borrower has been discharged of their obligation within the previous
12
months. Prior year activity has not been adjusted for Chapter 7 bankruptcies.
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2013
Troubled Debt Restructurings That Subsequently Defaulted
Number of
Contracts
Recorded
Investment
Number of
Contracts
Recorded
Investment
(Dollars in thousands)
(Dollars in thousands)
Residential non-Home Today
57
$
6,432
63
$
7,181
Residential Home Today
52
2,667
64
3,251
Home equity loans and lines of credit
28
927
49
983
Total
137
$
10,026
176
$
11,415
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
For the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2012
Troubled Debt Restructurings That Subsequently Defaulted
Number of
Contracts
Recorded
Investment
Number of
Contracts
Recorded
Investment
(Dollars in thousands)
(Dollars in thousands)
Residential non-Home Today
7
$
861
8
$
1,129
Residential Home Today
30
2,168
34
2,451
Total
37
$
3,029
42
$
3,580
The following tables provide information about the credit quality of residential loan receivables by an internally assigned grade. Balances are net of deferred fees and any applicable LIP.
Pass
Special
Mention
Substandard
Loss
Total
June 30, 2013
Real Estate Loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
7,805,015
$
—
$
99,602
$
—
$
7,904,617
Residential Home Today
147,592
—
35,921
—
183,513
Home equity loans and lines of credit
1,894,447
6,447
33,026
—
1,933,920
Construction
26,759
—
688
—
27,447
Total
$
9,873,813
$
6,447
$
169,237
$
—
$
10,049,497
Pass
Special
Mention
Substandard
Loss
Total
September 30, 2012
Real Estate Loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
7,812,028
$
—
$
107,382
$
—
$
7,919,410
Residential Home Today
163,332
—
41,538
—
204,870
Home equity loans and lines of credit
2,118,926
9,868
35,934
—
2,164,728
Construction
30,850
—
983
—
31,833
Total
$
10,125,136
$
9,868
$
185,837
$
—
$
10,320,841
Residential loans are internally assigned a grade that complies with the guidelines outlined in the OCC’s Handbook for Rating Credit Risk. Pass loans are assets well protected by the current paying capacity of the borrower. Special Mention loans have a potential weakness that the Association feels deserve management’s attention and may result in further deterioration in their repayment prospects and/or the Association’s credit position. Substandard loans are inadequately protected by the current payment capacity of the borrower or the collateral pledged with a defined weakness that jeopardizes the liquidation of the debt. Also included in Substandard are performing home equity loans and lines of credit where the customer has a severely delinquent first mortgage to which the performing home equity loan or line of credit is subordinate and loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have had their obligations discharged, and have not reaffirmed the debt. Loss loans are considered uncollectible and are charged off when identified.
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At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, the recorded investment of impaired loans includes $
118,107
and $
133,508
of troubled debt restructurings that are individually evaluated for impairment, but have adequately performed under the terms of the restructuring and are classified as pass loans. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, there were $
17,489
and $
20,475
of loans classified substandard and $
6,415
and $
9,868
of loans designated special mention that are not included in the recorded investment of impaired loans; rather, they are included in loans collectively evaluated for impairment.
Consumer loans are internally assigned a grade of nonperforming when they become
90
days or more past due. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
,
no
consumer loans were graded as nonperforming.
5.
DEPOSITS
Deposit account balances are summarized as follows:
June 30,
2013
September 30,
2012
Negotiable order of withdrawal accounts
$
1,041,325
$
1,006,125
Savings accounts
1,807,660
1,777,295
Certificates of deposit
5,781,169
6,197,319
8,630,154
8,980,739
Accrued interest
376
680
Total deposits
$
8,630,530
$
8,981,419
6.
INCOME TAXES
The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and city jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to federal or state tax examinations for tax years prior to 2011.
Federal income tax audits have been completed for tax years through 2010. In April 2013, the Ohio Department of Taxation concluded an audit of the Association's Ohio Franchise Tax Returns for tax years ended September 30, 2009, 2010 and 2011 with no audit adjustments.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties on income tax assessments or income tax refunds, where applicable, in the financial statements as a component of its provision for income taxes.
7.
DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
The Third Federal Savings Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined benefit pension plan. Effective December 31, 2002, the Plan was amended to limit participation to employees who met the Plan’s eligibility requirements on that date. Effective December 31, 2011, the Plan was amended to freeze future benefit accruals for participants in the Plan. After December 31, 2011, employees not participating in the Plan, upon meeting the applicable eligibility requirements, and those eligible participants who no longer receive service credits under the Plan, participate in a separate tier of the Company’s defined contribution 401(k) Savings Plan. Benefits under the Plan are based on years of service and the employee’s average annual compensation (as defined in the Plan) through December 31, 2011. The funding policy of the Plan is consistent with the funding requirements of U.S. federal and other governmental laws and regulations.
The components of net periodic benefit (income) cost recognized in the statements of income are as follows:
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
Service cost
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
1,005
Interest cost
735
678
2,204
2,273
Expected return on plan assets
(1,029
)
(945
)
(3,087
)
(2,782
)
Amortization of net loss
138
57
416
515
Amortization of prior service cost
—
—
—
(15
)
Recognized net gain due to curtailment
—
—
—
(267
)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
$
(156
)
$
(210
)
$
(467
)
$
729
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There were
no
minimum employer contributions paid during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
.
No
minimum employer contributions are expected during the remainder of the fiscal year.
8.
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
On
December 28, 2012
,
583,500
options to purchase our common stock and
116,500
restricted stock units were granted to certain officers and employees of the Company. The awards were made pursuant to the shareholder-approved 2008 Equity Incentive Plan.
During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
, the Company recorded
$5,090
and
$5,503
, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense, comprised of stock option expense of
$2,539
and
$2,814
, respectively, and restricted stock units expense of
$2,551
and
$2,689
, respectively.
At
June 30, 2013
,
6,523,816
shares were subject to options, with a weighted average exercise price of
$11.10
per share and a weighted average grant date fair value of
$2.92
per share. Expected future expense related to the
3,981,844
non-vested options outstanding as of
June 30, 2013
is
$5,079
over a weighted average of
1.9
years. At
June 30, 2013
,
1,281,526
restricted stock units, with a weighted average grant date fair value of
$10.54
per unit, are unvested. Expected future compensation expense relating to the
1,521,184
restricted stock units outstanding as of
June 30, 2013
is
$6,528
over a weighted average period of
2.3
years. Each unit is equivalent to one share of common stock.
9.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into commitments with off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments to originate loans generally have fixed expiration dates of
60
to
360
days or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. Unfunded commitments related to home equity lines of credit generally expire
5
to
10
years following the date that the line of credit was established, subject to various conditions, which include compliance with payment obligations, adequacy of collateral securing the line and maintenance of a satisfactory credit profile by the borrower. Since some of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
Off-balance sheet commitments to extend credit involve elements of credit risk and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the consolidated statements of condition. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the commitment is represented by the contractual amount of the commitment. The
Company generally uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments. Interest rate risk on commitments to extend credit results from the possibility that interest rates may have moved unfavorably from the position of the Company since the time the commitment was made.
At
June 30, 2013
, the Company had commitments to originate loans as follows:
Fixed-rate mortgage loans
$
360,631
Adjustable-rate mortgage loans
305,848
Equity and bridge loans
8,861
Total
$
675,340
At
June 30, 2013
, the Company had unfunded commitments outstanding as follows:
Home equity lines of credit (excluding commitments for suspended accounts)
$
1,183,544
Construction loans
33,559
Private equity investments
12,941
Total
$
1,230,044
At
June 30, 2013
, the unfunded commitment on home equity lines of credit, including commitments for accounts suspended as a result of material default or a decline in equity, is
$1,403,518
.
The Company assumes a portion of the mortgage guaranty insurance on an excess of loss basis for the mortgage guaranty risks of certain mortgage loans in its own portfolio, including Home Today loans and loans in its servicing portfolio, through reinsurance contracts with two primary mortgage insurance companies. Under these contracts, the Company absorbs mortgage insurance losses in a range of
5%
to
12%
in excess of the initial
5%
loss layer of a given pool of loans, in exchange for a
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portion of the pool’s mortgage insurance premiums. The first
5%
layer of loss must be exceeded before the Company assumes any liability. At
June 30, 2013
, the maximum losses under the reinsurance contracts were limited to
$13,091
. The Company has paid
$5,227
of losses under these reinsurance contracts and has provided a liability for the remaining estimated losses totaling
$2,401
as of
June 30, 2013
. When evaluating whether or not the reserves provide a reasonable provision for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses, it is necessary to project future loss and loss adjustment expense emergence and payments for loan delinquencies occurring through the balance sheet date. The actual future loss and loss adjustment expense may not develop as actuarially projected. They may in fact vary materially from the projections as mortgage insurance results are influenced by a number of factors such as unemployment, housing market conditions and loan repayment rates. Management believes it has made adequate provision for estimated losses. Based upon notice from the Company’s two primary mortgage insurance companies, no new contracts have been added to the Company’s risk exposure since December 31, 2008. The Company’s insurance partners have retained all new mortgage insurance premiums and all new risk after that date.
The following table summarizes the activity in the liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses:
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
Balance, beginning of period
$
2,402
$
3,778
$
3,351
$
4,023
Incurred increase (decrease)
268
(1
)
218
499
Paid claims
(269
)
(347
)
(1,168
)
(1,092
)
Balance, end of period
$
2,401
$
3,430
$
2,401
$
3,430
At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, the Company had commitments to securitize and sell mortgage loans which totaled
$0
and
$2,830
, respectively.
Management expects that the above commitments will be funded through normal operations.
10.
FAIR VALUE
Under U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A fair value framework is established whereby assets and liabilities measured at fair value are grouped into three levels of a fair value hierarchy, based on the transparency of inputs and the reliability of assumptions used to estimate fair value. The Company’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels of the hierarchy as of the end of the reporting period in which the transfer occurs. The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:
Level 1 –
quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2
–
quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets with few transactions, or model-based valuation techniques using assumptions that are observable in the market.
Level 3 –
a company’s own assumptions about how market participants would price an asset or liability.
As permitted under the fair value guidance in U.S. GAAP, the Company elects to measure at fair value mortgage loans classified as held for sale that are subject to pending agency contracts to securitize and sell loans. This election is expected to reduce volatility in earnings related to market fluctuations between the contract trade and settlement dates. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, there were
$0
and
$3,017
loans held for sale, with unpaid principal balances of
$0
and
$2,830
, subject to pending agency contracts for which the fair value option was elected. Included in the net gain (loss) on the sale of loans is
$0
for the three months ending
June 30, 2013
and
2012
and
$(210)
and
$0
for the nine months ending June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, related to changes during the period in the fair value of loans held for sale subject to pending agency contracts.
Presented below is a discussion of the methods and significant assumptions used by the Company to estimate fair value.
Investment Securities Available for Sale –
Investment securities available for sale are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, this includes
$447,663
and
$413,729
of investments in U.S. government and agency obligations including U.S. Treasury notes and sequentially structured, highly liquid collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae and
$6,867
and
$7,701
of secured institutional money market deposits insured by the FDIC up to the current coverage limits, with any excess collateralized by the holding institution. Both are measured using the market approach. The fair values of treasury notes and CMOs represent
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unadjusted price estimates obtained from third party independent nationally recognized pricing services using pricing models or quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics and are included in Level 2 of the hierarchy. At the time of initial measurement and, subsequently, when changes in methodologies occur, management obtains and reviews documentation of pricing methodologies used by third party pricing services to verify that prices are determined in accordance with fair value guidance in U.S. GAAP and to ensure that assets are properly classified in the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, third party pricing is reviewed on a monthly basis for reasonableness based on the market knowledge and experience of company personnel that interact daily with the markets for these types of securities. The carrying amount of the money market deposit accounts is considered a reasonable estimate of their fair value because they are cash deposits in interest bearing accounts valued at par. These accounts are included in Level 1 of the hierarchy.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale –
The fair value of mortgage loans held for sale is estimated using a market approach based on quoted secondary market pricing for loan portfolios with similar characteristics. Loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value except, as described above, the Company elects the fair value measurement option for mortgage loans held for sale subject to pending agency contracts to securitize and sell loans. Loans held for sale are included in Level 2 of the hierarchy. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
there were
$0
and
$3,017
, respectively, of loans held for sale measured at fair value and
$4,376
and
$121,511
, respectively, of loans held for sale carried at cost.
Impaired Loans –
Impaired loans represent certain loans held for investment that are subject to a fair value measurement under U.S. GAAP because they are individually evaluated for impairment and that impairment is measured using a fair value measurement, such as the observable market price of the loan or the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to dispose. Impairment is measured using the market approach based on the fair value of the collateral less estimated costs to dispose for loans the Company considers to be collateral-dependent due to a delinquency status or other adverse condition severe enough to indicate that the borrower can no longer be relied upon as the continued source of repayment. These conditions are described more fully in Note 4, Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses.To calculate impairment of collateral-dependent loans, the fair market values of the collateral, estimated using exterior appraisals in the majority of instances, are reduced by calculated costs to dispose derived from historical experience and recent market conditions. Any indicated impairment is recognized by a charge to the allowance for loan losses. Subsequent increases in collateral values or principal pay downs on loans with recognized impairment could result in an impaired loan being carried below its fair value. When no impairment loss is indicated, the carrying amount is considered to approximate the fair value of that loan to the Company because contractually that is the maximum recovery the Company can expect. The recorded investment of loans individually evaluated for impairment based on the fair value of the collateral are included in Level 3 of the hierarchy with assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The range and weighted average impact of costs to dispose on fair values is determined at the time of impairment or when additional impairment is recognized and is included in quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs later in this note.
Loans held for investment that have been restructured in troubled debt restructurings and have not been identified as collateral dependent are individually evaluated for impairment using the present value of expected future cash flows based on the loan’s original effective interest rate, which is not a fair value measurement. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, this included
$121,407
and
$137,468
in recorded investment of troubled debt restructurings with related allowances for loss of
$16,988
and
$17,602
.
Real Estate Owned –
Real estate owned includes real estate acquired as a result of foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure and is carried at the lower of the cost basis or fair value less estimated costs to dispose. Fair value is estimated under the market approach using independent third party appraisals. As these properties are actively marketed, estimated fair values may be adjusted by management to reflect current economic and market conditions. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, these adjustments were not significant to reported fair values. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively, there was
$16,716
and
$16,131
of real estate owned included in Level 3 of the hierarchy with assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis where the cost basis exceeded the fair values less estimated costs to dispose of these properties. Real estate owned, as reported in the Consolidated Statements of Condition, includes estimated costs to dispose of
$1,688
and
$1,383
related to properties measured at fair value and
$5,326
and
$4,899
of properties carried at their original or adjusted cost basis at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, respectively.
Derivatives –
Derivative instruments include interest rate locks on commitments to originate loans for the held for sale portfolio and forward commitments on contracts to deliver mortgage loans. Derivatives are reported at fair value in other assets or other liabilities on the Consolidated Statement of Condition with changes in value recorded in current earnings. Fair value is estimated using a market approach based on quoted secondary market pricing for loan portfolios with characteristics similar to loans underlying the derivative contracts. The fair value of interest rate lock commitments is adjusted by a closure rate based on the estimated percentage of commitments that will result in closed loans. A significant change in the closure rate may result in a significant change in the ending fair value measurement of these derivatives relative to their total fair value. Because the
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closure rate is a significantly unobservable assumption, interest rate lock commitments are included in Level 3 of the hierarchy. Forward commitments on contracts to deliver mortgage loans are included in Level 2 of the hierarchy.
Assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis in the Consolidated Statements of Condition at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
are summarized below. There were no liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis at
June 30, 2013
.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
June 30, 2013
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Assets
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. government and agency obligations
$
2,037
$
—
$
2,037
$
—
Freddie Mac certificates
960
—
960
—
Ginnie Mae certificates
13,570
—
13,570
—
REMICs
419,070
—
419,070
—
Fannie Mae certificates
12,026
—
12,026
—
Money market accounts
6,867
6,867
—
—
Derivatives:
Interest rate lock commitments
100
—
—
100
Total
$
454,630
$
6,867
$
447,663
$
100
Recurring Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
September 30, 2012
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Assets
Investment securities available for sale:
U.S. government and agency obligations
$
2,056
$
—
$
2,056
$
—
Freddie Mac certificates
989
—
989
—
Ginnie Mae certificates
16,786
—
16,786
—
REMICs
386,009
—
386,009
—
Fannie Mae certificates
7,889
—
7,889
—
Money market accounts
7,701
7,701
—
—
Mortgage loans held for sale
3,017
—
3,017
—
Derivatives:
Interest rate lock commitments
404
—
—
404
Total
$
424,851
$
7,701
$
416,746
$
404
Liabilities
Derivatives:
Forward commitments for the sale of mortgage loans
$
243
$
—
$
243
$
—
Total
$
243
$
—
$
243
$
—
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The table below presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances and the location within the Consolidated Statements of Income where gains due to changes in fair value are recognized on interest rate lock commitments which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).
Three Months Ended June 30,
Nine Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
Beginning balance
$
482
$
—
$
404
$
—
(Loss) gain during the period due to changes in fair value:
Included in other non-interest income
(382
)
500
(304
)
500
Ending balance
$
100
$
500
$
100
$
500
Change in unrealized gains for the period included in earnings for assets held at end of the reporting date
$
100
$
500
$
100
$
500
Summarized in the tables below are those assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. This includes loans held for investment that are individually evaluated for impairment, excluding performing troubled debt restructurings valued using the present value of cash flow method, and properties included in real estate owned that are carried at fair value less estimated costs to dispose at the reporting date.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
June 30,
2013
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Impaired loans, net of allowance
$
148,179
$
—
$
—
$
148,179
Real estate owned
1
16,716
—
—
16,716
Total
$
164,895
$
—
$
—
$
164,895
1
Amounts represent fair value measurements of properties before deducting estimated costs to dispose.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
September 30,
2012
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)
(Level 2)
(Level 3)
Impaired loans, net of allowance
$
159,069
$
—
$
—
$
159,069
Real estate owned
1
16,131
—
—
16,131
Total
$
175,200
$
—
$
—
$
175,200
1
Amounts represent fair value measurements of properties before deducting estimated costs to dispose.
The following provides quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs categorized within Level 3 of the Fair Value Hierarchy.
Fair Value
Weighted
6/30/2013
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable Input
Range
Average
Impaired loans, net of allowance
$148,179
Market comparables of collateral discounted to estimated net proceeds
Discount appraised value to estimated net proceeds based on historical experience:
• Residential Properties
0
-
24%
8.6%
Interest rate lock commitments
$100
Quoted Secondary Market pricing
Closure rate
0
-
100%
52.5%
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Fair Value
Weighted
9/30/2012
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable Input
Range
Average
Impaired loans, net of allowance
$159,069
Market comparables of collateral discounted to estimated net proceeds
Discount appraised value to estimated net proceeds based on historical experience:
• Residential Properties
0
-
24%
10.5%
Interest rate lock commitments
$404
Quoted Secondary Market pricing
Closure rate
0
-
100%
56.0%
The following tables present the estimated fair value of the Company’s financial instruments. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required to interpret market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.
June 30, 2013
Carrying
Estimated Fair Value
Amount
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Cash and due from banks
$
34,401
$
34,401
$
34,401
$
—
$
—
Other interest bearing cash equivalents
262,578
262,578
262,578
—
—
Investment securities:
Available for sale
454,530
454,530
6,867
447,663
—
Mortgage loans held for sale
4,376
4,438
—
4,438
Loans, net:
Mortgage loans held for investment
9,952,973
10,127,626
—
—
10,127,626
Other loans
4,276
4,455
—
—
4,455
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
35,620
35,620
N/A
—
—
Private equity investments
691
691
—
—
691
Accrued interest receivable
31,576
31,576
—
31,576
—
Derivatives
100
100
—
—
100
Liabilities:
NOW and passbook accounts
$
2,848,985
$
2,848,985
$
—
$
2,848,985
$
—
Certificates of deposit
5,781,545
5,732,367
—
5,732,367
—
Borrowed funds
475,062
472,045
—
472,045
—
Borrowers’ advances for taxes and insurance
47,527
47,527
—
47,527
—
Principal, interest and escrow owed on loans serviced
78,940
78,940
—
78,940
—
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September 30, 2012
Carrying
Estimated Fair Value
Amount
Total
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Cash and due from banks
$
38,914
$
38,914
$
38,914
$
—
$
—
Other interest bearing cash equivalents
269,348
269,348
269,348
—
—
Investment securities:
Available for sale
421,430
421,430
7,701
413,729
—
Mortgage loans held for sale
124,528
129,358
—
129,358
Loans, net:
Mortgage loans held for investment
10,220,377
10,630,220
—
—
10,630,220
Other loans
4,612
4,957
—
—
4,957
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
35,620
35,620
N/A
—
—
Private equity investments
944
944
—
—
944
Accrued interest receivable
34,887
34,887
—
34,887
—
Derivatives
404
404
—
—
404
Liabilities:
NOW and passbook accounts
$
2,783,420
$
2,783,420
$
—
$
2,783,420
$
—
Certificates of deposit
6,197,999
6,353,376
—
6,353,376
—
Borrowed funds
488,191
490,880
—
490,880
—
Borrowers’ advances for taxes and insurance
67,864
67,864
—
67,864
—
Principal, interest and escrow owed on loans serviced
127,539
127,539
—
127,539
—
Derivatives
243
243
—
243
—
Presented below is a discussion of the valuation techniques and inputs used by the Company to estimate fair value.
Cash and Due from Banks, Interest Earning Cash Equivalents
— The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Investment and Mortgage-Backed Securities
— Estimated fair value for investment and mortgage-backed securities is based on quoted market prices, when available. If quoted prices are not available, management will use as part of their estimation process fair values that are obtained from third party independent nationally recognized pricing services using pricing models, quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics or discounted cash flows.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
— Fair value of mortgage loans held for sale is based on quoted secondary market pricing for loan portfolios with similar characteristics.
Loans
— For mortgage loans held for investment and other loans, fair value is estimated by discounting contractual cash flows adjusted for prepayment estimates using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining term. The use of current rates to discount cash flows reflects current market expectations with respect to credit exposure. Impaired loans are measured at the lower of cost or fair value as described earlier in this footnote.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock
— It is not practical to estimate the fair value of FHLB stock due to restrictions on its transferability. The fair value is estimated at the carrying value, which is par. All transactions in capital stock of the FHLB of Cincinnati are executed at par.
Private Equity Investments
— Private equity investments are initially valued based upon transaction price. The carrying value is subsequently adjusted when it is considered necessary based on current performance and market conditions. The carrying values are adjusted to reflect expected exit values. These investments are included in Other Assets in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Condition at fair value.
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Deposits
— The fair value of demand deposit accounts is the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated using discounted cash flows and rates currently offered for deposits of similar remaining maturities.
Borrowed Funds
— Estimated fair value for borrowed funds is estimated using discounted cash flows and rates currently charged for borrowings of similar remaining maturities.
Accrued Interest Receivable, Borrowers’ Advances for Insurance and Taxes, and Principal, Interest and Escrow Owed on Loans Serviced
— The carrying amount is a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Derivatives
— Fair value is estimated based on the valuation techniques and inputs described earlier in this footnote.
11.
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Company enters into forward commitments for the sale of mortgage loans principally to protect against the risk of adverse interest rate movements on net income. The Company recognizes the fair value of such contracts when the characteristics of those contracts meet the definition of a derivative. These derivatives are not designated in a hedging relationship; therefore, gains and losses are recognized immediately in the statement of income. In addition, the Company enters into commitments to originate a portion of its loans, which when funded, are classified as held for sale. Such commitments meet the definition of a derivative and are not designated in a hedging relationship; therefore, gains and losses are recognized immediately in the statement of income. The Company had
no
derivatives designated as hedging instruments under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” at
June 30, 2013
or
September 30, 2012
.
The following table provides the locations within the Consolidated Statements of Condition and the fair values for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments.
Asset Derivatives
June 30, 2013
September 30, 2012
Location
Fair Value
Location
Fair Value
Interest rate lock commitments
Other Assets
$
100
Other Assets
$
404
Liability Derivatives
June 30, 2013
September 30, 2012
Location
Fair Value
Location
Fair Value
Forward commitments for the sale of mortgage loans
Other Liabilities
$
—
Other Liabilities
$
243
The following table summarizes the locations and amounts of gain or (loss) recognized within the Consolidated Statements of Income on derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments.
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income
on Derivatives
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
Location of Gain or (Loss)
June 30,
June 30,
Recognized in Income
2013
2012
2013
2012
Interest rate lock commitments
Other non-interest income
$
(382
)
$
500
$
(304
)
$
500
Forward commitments for the sale of mortgage loans
Net gain on the sale of loans
—
—
243
—
Total
$
(382
)
$
500
$
(61
)
$
500
12.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Pending
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-02, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income" which supersedes ASU 2011-12, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards
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Update No. 2011-05” and the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") in ASU 2011-05. ASU 2013-02 requires entities to present separately significant amounts reclassified out of each component of OCI, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, if the amount reclassified is required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other significant amounts, entities shall provide cross-references to the notes where additional details about the effect of the reclassifications are disclosed. The amendments are effective prospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. The only impact of these amendments on the Company’s consolidated financial statements will be a change in the presentation of OCI.
The Company has determined that all other recently issued accounting pronouncements will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or do not apply to its operations.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of such words as estimate, project, believe, intend, anticipate, plan, seek, expect and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include:
•
statements of our goals, intentions and expectations;
•
statements regarding our business plans and prospects and growth and operating strategies;
•
statements concerning trends in our provision for loan losses and charge-offs;
•
statements regarding the asset quality of our loan and investment portfolios; and
•
estimates of our risks and future costs and benefits.
These forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks, assumptions and uncertainties, including, among other things, the following important factors that could affect the actual outcome of future events:
•
significantly increased competition among depository and other financial institutions;
•
inflation and changes in the interest rate environment that reduce our interest margins or reduce the fair value of financial instruments;
•
general economic conditions, either nationally or in our market areas, including employment prospects, real estate values and conditions that are worse than expected;
•
decreased demand for our products and services and lower revenue and earnings because of a recession or other events;
•
adverse changes and volatility in the securities markets;
•
adverse changes and volatility in credit markets;
•
legislative or regulatory changes that adversely affect our business, including changes in regulatory costs and capital requirements and changes related to our ability to pay dividends and the ability of Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, MHC to waive dividends;
•
our ability to enter new markets successfully and take advantage of growth opportunities, and the possible short-term dilutive effect of potential acquisitions or de novo branches, if any;
•
changes in consumer spending, borrowing and savings habits;
•
changes in accounting policies and practices, as may be adopted by the bank regulatory agencies, the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board;
•
future adverse developments concerning Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac;
•
changes in monetary and fiscal policy of the U.S. Government, including policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board and changes in the level of government support of housing finance;
•
changes in policy and/or assessment rates of taxing authorities that adversely affect us;
•
changes in expense trends (including, but not limited to trends affecting non-performing assets, charge-offs and provisions for loan losses);
•
the impact of the governmental effort to restructure the U.S. financial and regulatory system;
•
inability of third-party providers to perform their obligations to us;
•
adverse changes and volatility in real estate markets;
•
a slowing or failure of the moderate economic recovery;
•
the extensive reforms enacted in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”), which will continue to impact us;
•
the adoption of implementing regulations by a number of different regulatory bodies under the Dodd-Frank Act, and uncertainty in the exact nature, extent and timing of such regulations and the impact they will have on us;
•
the continuing impact of our coming under the jurisdiction of new federal regulators;
•
changes in our organization, or compensation and benefit plans;
•
the strength or weakness of the real estate markets and of the consumer and commercial credit sectors and its impact on the credit quality of our loans and other assets;
•
the ability of the U.S. Federal government to manage federal debt limits; and
•
the uncertainty regarding the timing and probability of the termination of the current restrictions imposed pursuant to a February 7, 2011 Memorandum of Understanding, now administered by the Federal Reserve Bank, with respect to our ability to repurchase stock and pay dividends.
Because of these and other uncertainties, our actual future results may be materially different from the results indicated by these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this report speaks only as of the date on
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which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Overview
Our business strategy is to operate as a well-capitalized and profitable financial institution dedicated to providing exceptional personal service to our customers. We may not be successful in implementing our business strategy.
Since being organized in 1938, we grew to become, at the time of our initial public offering of stock in April 2007, the nation’s largest mutually-owned savings and loan association based on total assets. We credit our success to our continued emphasis on our primary values: “Love, Trust, Respect, and a Commitment to Excellence, along with some Fun.” Our values are reflected in our pricing of loan and deposit products, and historically, in our Home Today program, as described below. Our values are further reflected in the Broadway Redevelopment Initiative (a long-term revitalization program encompassing the three-mile corridor of the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio where our main office is located) and the educational programs we have established and/or supported. We intend to continue to adhere to our primary values and to support our customers.
During the last several years, regionally high unemployment, weak residential real estate values, less than robust capital and credit markets, and a general lack of confidence in the financial service sector of the economy presented significant challenges for us. More recently, improving regional employment levels, more stabilized residential real estate values, recovering capital and credit markets and greater confidence in the financial services sector have resulted in better credit metrics for us.
Management believes that the following matters are those most critical to our success: (1) controlling our interest rate risk exposure; (2) monitoring and limiting our credit risk; (3) maintaining access to adequate liquidity and alternative funding sources; and (4) monitoring and controlling operating expenses.
Controlling Our Interest Rate Risk Exposure.
Although housing and credit quality issues have had and continue to have a negative effect on our operating results and, as described below, are certainly a matter of significant concern for us, historically our greatest risk has been our exposure to interest rate risk. When we hold long-term, fixed-rate assets, funded by liabilities with shorter re-pricing characteristics, we are exposed to potentially adverse impact from rising interest rates. Generally, and particularly over extended periods of time that encompass full economic cycles, interest rates associated with longer term assets, like fixed rate mortgages, have been higher than interest rates associated with shorter-term funding sources, like deposits. This difference has been an important component of our net interest income and is fundamental to our operations. We manage the risk of holding long-term, fixed-rate mortgage assets primarily by maintaining high levels of tangible capital. Additionally, by promoting adjustable-rate and shorter-term, fixed-rate loans, and, prior to June 30, 2010, by actively selling long-term, fixed-rate mortgage loans in the secondary market, we are and were able to modulate the amount of long-term, fixed-rate loans held in our portfolio. Although we recently began originating long term, fixed rate loans with the intention of selling them to Fannie Mae, the total balance of loans sold subsequent to June 30, 2010 has been nominal in relation to the total balance of our owned fixed-rate portfolio. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
we sold
$206.6 million
of long-term, fixed-rate first mortgage loans and
$128.1 million
of long-term, adjustable-rate first mortgage loans. No loans were sold during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. As described in the following paragraphs, the low volume of loan sales since June 30, 2010 reflects the impact of changes by Fannie Mae related to requirements for loans that it accepts and a reduced level of fixed-rate loan originations.
Effective July 1, 2010, Fannie Mae, historically the Association’s primary loan investor, implemented certain loan origination requirement changes affecting loan eligibility that, prior to May 2013, we did not adopt. Subsequent to the May 2013 implementation date of our revised procedures, and upon review and validation by Fannie Mae (expected prior to September 30, 2013), we expect that those fixed-rate, first mortgage loans that are originated under the revised procedures, will thereafter be eligible for securitization and sale in Fannie Mae mortgage-backed security form. Previously, our decision not to implement the changes necessary to comply with Fannie Mae’s revised requirements, was based on our consideration that since 1991, the Association, employing only non-commissioned loan originators and utilizing a centralized underwriting process, had sold loans to Fannie Mae under a series of proprietary variances, or contractual waivers, that were negotiated between us and Fannie Mae during the term of our relationship. Those proprietary concessions related to certain loan file documentation and quality control procedures the lack of which, in our opinion, did not diminish in any way the excellent credit quality of the loans that we delivered to Fannie Mae, but facilitated the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations and the quality and value of the loan products that we were able to offer to our borrowers. The credit quality of the loans that we delivered to Fannie Mae was consistently evidenced by the superior delinquency profile of our portfolio in peer performance comparisons prepared by Fannie Mae throughout the term of our relationship. In response to the housing crisis that commenced in 2008, and with the objective of improving the credit profile of its overall loan portfolio, Fannie Mae enacted many credit tightening
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measures, culminating in the effective elimination of proprietary variances and waivers, accompanied by the imposition of additional file documentation requirements and expanded quality control procedures. In addition to substantively changing Fannie Mae’s operating procedures, effects of the housing crisis spread throughout the secondary residential mortgage market and resulted in a significantly altered operating framework for all secondary market participants. We believed that this dramatically altered operating framework offered opportunities for business process innovators to create new secondary market solutions especially as such opportunities would be expected to target high credit quality residential loans similar to those that we have traditionally originated. However, while we have been successful in completing several non-agency backed whole loan sales during the nine months ended June 30, 2013, in our opinion, the breadth of, and the transaction pricing in, the non-agency market has not developed in the manner, or with the speed that we believe justified the continuing delay in our adoption of Fannie Mae's loan origination requirements. Accordingly, while we continue to evaluate available opportunities in the secondary market, we have concluded that, in addition to our efforts to originate high credit quality residential loans using our proprietary underwriting and processing operation, as described above, we will develop a parallel operation that fully complies with current Fannie Mae loan eligibility standards. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
we sold, on a servicing retained basis, a total of
$276.9 million
of long-term, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate, first mortgage loans to four private investors in separate transactions. Additionally, during the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the Association implemented procedures necessary for participation in Fannie Mae's HARP II (Home Affordable Refinance Program) initiative and during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, we sold
$57.9 million
of long-term, fixed-rate first mortgage loans under HARP II. We continue to explore various loan sales opportunities. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
there were
$337.0 million
in loans transferred from the held for investment portfolio to the held for sale portfolio and as specific loans were excluded from sales discussions,
$154.9 million
in loans were transferred from the held for sale portfolio back to the held for investment portfolio. At
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, mortgage loans held for sale, all of which were long-term, fixed-rate first mortgage loans, totaled
$4.4 million
and
$124.5 million
, respectively, and were comprised of the following components:
June 30,
2013
September 30,
2012
(Dollars in thousands)
Loans held for sale:
Held for sales to private investors
$
—
$
114,678
Held for sales to Fannie Mae
4,376
9,850
Total
$
4,376
$
124,528
No loan sales commitments were outstanding at
June 30, 2013
.
In response to the changes made in Fannie Mae's loan eligibility requirements, in July 2010 we began marketing an adjustable-rate mortgage loan product that provides us with improved interest rate risk characteristics when compared to a long-term, fixed-rate mortgage. Since its introduction, the “Smart Rate” adjustable rate mortgage has offered borrowers an interest rate lower than that of a fixed-rate loan. The rate is locked for three or five years then resets annually after that. It contains a feature to re-lock the rate an unlimited number of times at our then, current rate and fee schedule, for another three or five years (dependent on the original reset period) without having to complete a full refinance transaction. Re-lock eligibility is subject to a satisfactory payment performance history by the borrower (never 60 days late, no 30-day delinquencies during the last twelve months, current at the time of re-lock, and no foreclosures or bankruptcies since the Smart Rate application was taken). In addition to a satisfactory payment history, re-lock eligibility requires that the property continues to be the borrower’s primary residence. The loan term cannot be extended in connection with a re-lock nor can new funds be advanced. All interest rate caps and floors remain as originated. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
, adjustable-rate mortgage loan originations totaled
$711.3 million
and
$1.19 billion
, respectively, while during the same time periods, fixed-rate mortgage loan originations totaled
$826.2 million
and
$881.2 million
, respectively. By comparison, during the three months ended June 30, 2010, the last quarter of operations prior to the introduction of our Smart Rate product, adjustable-rate mortgage loan originations totaled
$28.7 million
while fixed-rate originations totaled
$1.15 billion
. The amount of origination volumes, including refinancings by our existing customers, along with the portion of that activity that pertains to loans that we previously sold (but for which we retained the right to provide mortgage servicing so as to maintain our relationship with our customer) when coupled with the level of loan sales, if any, determines the balance of loans held on our balance sheet. The amount of adjustable-rate loan activity described above resulted in
$3.10 billion
of long-term adjustable-rate loans in our residential mortgage loans held for investment portfolio at
June 30, 2013
, as compared to
$2.93 billion
at
September 30, 2012
and
$2.76 billion
at
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
, the amount of adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans represented
38%
of the total residential mortgage loans held for investment portfolio. Fixed-rate mortgage loan activity described above resulted in
$5.01 billion
of long-term fixed rate loans in our residential mortgage loans held for investment portfolio (excluding loans held for sale) at
June 30, 2013
, as compared to
$5.23 billion
at
September 30, 2012
and
$5.21 billion
at
June 30, 2012
. The
June 30, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
measurements exclude
$4.4 million
,
$124.5 million
and
$233.2 million
,
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respectively, of long-term, fixed-rate loans reported as “held for sale”. No long-term adjustable-rate loans were designated as "held for sale" at any of these reported measurement dates.
In addition to actively marketing our Smart Rate product, beginning in the latter portion of fiscal 2012, we also began to feature our ten-year, fully amortizing fixed-rate first mortgage loans in our product promotions. The ten-year, fixed-rate loan has a less severe interest rate risk profile when compared to loans with fixed-rate terms of 15 to 30 years and helps us to more effectively manage our interest rate risk exposure, yet provides our borrowers with the certainty of a fixed interest rate throughout the life of the obligation. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, ten-year fixed-rate first mortgage loan originations totaled
$399.5 million
, or
48%
of our fixed-rate originations and
26%
of our total originations.
In the past, we have also managed interest rate risk by promoting home equity lines of credit, which have a variable interest rate. As described below, this product carries an incremental credit risk component and has been adversely impacted by the housing market downturn. Between June 28, 2010 and March 20, 2012, we suspended the acceptance of new home equity credit applications with the exception of bridge loans. In accordance with a reduction plan that was accepted by our primary federal banking regulator in December 2010, we actively pursued strategies to decrease the outstanding balance of our home equity lending portfolio as well as our exposure to undrawn home equity lines of credit. During the quarter ended June 30, 2011, we achieved the balance and exposure reduction targets included in the reduction plan. Beginning in March 2012, we offered redesigned home equity lines of credit to qualifying existing home equity customers. In February 2013 we further modified the product design and in April 2013 we extended the offer to both existing home equity customers and new consumers in Ohio, Florida and selected counties in Kentucky. These offers were, and are, subject to certain property and credit performance conditions which include:
•
lower combined loan to value ("CLTV") maximum ratios (80% in Ohio/Kentucky and 70% in Florida; for programs in place prior to 2012 the CLTV extended to as high as 89.99%);
•
limited geographic offering (only Ohio, Kentucky and Florida; programs in place prior to 2012 were offered nationwide);
•
borrower income is fully verified (in prior programs income was not always fully verified);
•
beginning in February 2013, borrowers are qualified using a principal and interest payment based on the interest rate offered to the borrower, plus 2.00%, amortized over 30 years; for applications taken between March 2012 and February 2013, borrowers were qualified using a principal and interest payment based on the interest rate offered to the borrower plus 2.00%, amortized over 20 years (for programs in place prior to 2012, borrowers were qualified using only the interest rate offered to the borrower);
•
the minimum credit score to qualify for the re-introduced home equity line of credit is 700 in Ohio and Kentucky and 720 in Florida (our prior home equity line of credit offering in 2010 required a minimum credit score of 680 in all markets); and
•
beginning in February 2013, the term for new home equity line of credit applications is a five year draw period, during which monthly principal and interest payments are made based on the portion of the original term of 30 years that remains, followed by a 25 year repayment only period, during which payments will be comprised of both principal and interest; for applications taken between March 2012 and February 2013, the term for new home equity line of credit applications was a five year draw period during which interest only payments are made, followed by a 20 year repayment period, during which payments are comprised of both principal and interest (for programs in place prior to 2012, terms generally offered a 10 year draw period, with interest only payments, followed by a 10 year repayment period, with payment of principal and interest).
The existing home equity lines of credit portfolio, with a principal balance of
$1.76 billion
at
June 30, 2013
, favorably impacts our interest rate risk profile. The efforts described above are intended to prudently stem the portfolio attrition/reduction that has been experienced during the last three years and to ultimately re-establish home equity line of credit lending as a meaningful strategy used to manage our interest rate risk profile.
Should a rapid and substantial increase occur in general market interest rates, it is probable that, prospectively and particularly over a multi-year time horizon, the level of our net interest income would be adversely impacted.
Monitoring and Limiting Our Credit Risk.
While, historically, we had been successful in limiting our credit risk exposure by generally imposing high credit standards with respect to lending, the confluence of unfavorable regional and macro-economic events since 2008, coupled with our pre-2010 expanded participation in the second lien mortgage lending markets, has significantly refocused our attention with respect to credit risk. In response to the evolving economic landscape,
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we have continuously revised and updated our quarterly analysis and evaluation procedures, as needed, for each category of our lending with the objective of identifying and recognizing all appropriate credit impairments. At
June 30, 2013
,
90%
of our assets consisted of residential real estate loans (both “held for sale” and “held for investment”) and home equity loans and lines of credit, the overwhelming majority of which were originated to borrowers in the states of Ohio and Florida. Our analytic procedures and evaluations include specific reviews of all home equity loans and lines of credit that become 90 or more days past due, as well as specific reviews of all first mortgage loans that become 180 or more days past due. We also expanded our analysis of current performing home equity lines of credit to better mitigate future risk of loss. In accordance with regulatory guidance issued in January 2012, performing home equity lines of credit subordinate to first mortgages delinquent greater than 90 days are transferred to non-accrual status. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment of such performing home equity lines of credit, not otherwise classified as non-accrual, was $
5.3 million
. Also, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued guidance in July 2012 that requires loans, where at least one borrower has been discharged of their obligation in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, to be classified as troubled debt restructurings. Also required pursuant to this guidance is the charge-off of performing loans to collateral value and non-accrual classification when all borrowers have had their obligations discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, regardless of how long the loans have been performing. At
June 30, 2013
,
$60.0 million
of loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status were included in total troubled debt restructurings. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in non-accrual status loans included
$30.4 million
of performing loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where at least one borrower had been discharged of their obligation. Based on OCC interpretive guidance,
$15.8 million
of net charge-offs related to those loans were recognized during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012.
In response to the unfavorable regional and macro economic environment that arose in 2008, and in an effort to limit our credit risk exposure and improve the credit performance of new customers, we have tightened our credit criteria in evaluating a borrower’s ability to successfully fulfill his or her repayment obligation and we have revised the design of many of our loan products to require higher borrower down-payments, limited the products available for condominiums, and eliminated certain product features (such as interest-only adjustable-rate loans, loans above certain loan-to-value ratios, and prior to March 2012, home equity lending products with the exception of bridge loans).
Prior to its July 21, 2011 merger into the OCC, the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”) issued, effective February 7, 2011, memoranda of understanding (the “MOU”) covering the Association, Third Federal Savings, MHC and the Company. On December 22, 2012, the Association's primary regulator terminated the MOU applicable to the Association. However, the MOU applicable to Third Federal, MHC and the Company, which, since July 21, 2011, has been enforced by the Federal Reserve, has not been terminated. The items in the MOU applicable to Third Federal, MHC and the Company pertain to any plans for new debt, dividends or stock repurchases and the further refinement and enhancement of our enterprise risk management processes. Specifically, the Company is required to submit a written request for non-objection to the Federal Reserve at least 45 days prior to the anticipated date of any proposed debt, dividend or capital distribution (e.g. stock repurchase) transactions and without the receipt of a written non-objection from the Federal Reserve, is prohibited from consummating any such proposed transaction. The requirements of the MOU carry costs to complete which has increased our non-interest expense. Although the Company is diligently working with the Federal Reserve to resolve the remaining concerns so that the Company can resume its ability to repurchase stock and initiate the process required to pay a dividend, it does not intend to declare or pay a cash dividend, or to repurchase any of its outstanding common stock, until the remaining concerns of our regulator are resolved. The requirements of the MOU which are applicable to the Company and Third Federal Savings, MHC will remain in effect until our regulator decides to terminate, suspend or modify them.
One aspect of our credit risk concern relates to the high percentage of our loans that are secured by residential real estate in the states of Ohio and Florida, particularly in light of the difficulties that have arisen with respect to the real estate markets in those states. At
June 30, 2013
, approximately
75%
and
18%
of the combined total of our residential, non-Home Today and construction loans held for investment were secured by properties in Ohio and Florida, respectively. Our 30 or more days delinquency ratios on those loans in Ohio and Florida at
June 30, 2013
were
0.8%
and
2.1%
, respectively. Our 30 or more days delinquency ratio for the non-Home Today portfolio as a whole was
1.0%
. Also, at
June 30, 2013
, approximately
39%
and
29%
of our home equity loans and lines of credit were secured by properties in Ohio and Florida, respectively. Our 30 days or more delinquency ratios on those loans in Ohio and Florida at
June 30, 2013
were both
1.2%
. Our 30 or more days delinquency ratio for the home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio as a whole was
1.1%
. While we focus our attention on, and are concerned with respect to the resolution of all loan delinquencies, as these ratios illustrate, our highest concern is centered on loans that are secured by properties in Florida. The “Allowance for Loan Losses” portion of the Critical Accounting Policies section provides extensive details regarding our loan portfolio composition, delinquency statistics, our methodology in evaluating our loan loss provisions and the adequacy of our allowance for loan losses. In spite of recent improving credit metrics, as long as unemployment levels remain high, particularly in Ohio and Florida, and Florida housing values remain depressed, due to prior overbuilding and speculation which has resulted in considerable inventory on the market, we expect that we will continue to experience elevated levels of delinquencies and risk of loss.
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Our residential Home Today loans are another area of credit risk concern. Although the recorded investment in these loans totaled
$183.5 million
at
June 30, 2013
and constituted only
2
% of our total “held for investment” loan portfolio balance, these loans comprised
21%
and
24%
of our 90 days or greater delinquencies and our total delinquencies, respectively. At
June 30, 2013
, approximately
96%
and
4%
of our residential, Home Today loans were secured by properties in Ohio and Florida, respectively. At
June 30, 2013
, the percentages of those loans delinquent 30 days or more in Ohio and Florida were
18%
and
14%
, respectively. The disparity between the portfolio composition ratio and delinquency composition ratio reflects the nature of the Home Today loans. We do not offer, and have not offered, loan products frequently considered to be designed to target sub-prime borrowers containing features such as higher fees or higher rates, negative amortization, or low initial payment features with adjustable interest rates. Our Home Today loans, the majority of which were entered into with borrowers that had credit profiles that would not have otherwise qualified for our loan products due to deficient credit scores, generally contained the same features as loans offered to our non-Home Today borrowers. The overriding objective of our Home Today lending, just as it is with our non-Home Today lending, was to create successful homeowners. We have attempted to manage our Home Today credit risk by requiring that borrowers attend pre- and post-borrowing financial management education and counseling and that the borrowers be referred to us by a sponsoring organization with which we have partnered. Further, to manage the credit aspect of these loans, inasmuch as the majority of these buyers do not have sufficient funds for required down payments, many loans include private mortgage insurance. At
June 30, 2013
,
50.8%
of Home Today loans included private mortgage insurance coverage. From a peak recorded investment of $306.6 million at December 31, 2007, the total recorded investment of the Home Today portfolio has declined to
$183.5 million
at
June 30, 2013
. This trend generally reflects the evolving conditions in the mortgage real estate market and the tightening of standards imposed by issuers of private mortgage insurance. As part of our effort to manage credit risk, effective March 27, 2009, the Home Today underwriting guidelines were revised to be substantially the same as our traditional mortgage product. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in Home Today loans originated subsequent to March 27, 2009 was
$2.3 million
. Unless and until lending standards and private mortgage insurance requirements loosen, we expect the Home Today portfolio to continue to decline in balance.
Maintaining Access to Adequate Liquidity and Alternative Funding Sources.
For most insured depositories, customer and community confidence are critical to their ability to maintain access to adequate liquidity and to conduct business in an orderly fashion. The Company believes that maintaining high levels of capital is one of the most important factors in nurturing customer and community confidence. Accordingly, we have managed the pace of our growth in a manner that reflects our emphasis on high capital levels. At
June 30, 2013
, the Association’s ratio of core capital to adjusted tangible assets (a basic industry measure under which 5.00% is deemed to represent a “well capitalized” status) was
14.19%
. We expect to continue to remain a well capitalized institution.
In managing its level of liquidity, the Company monitors available funding sources, which include attracting new deposits, borrowing from others, the conversion of assets to cash and the generation of funds through profitable operations. The Company has traditionally relied on retail deposits as its primary means in meeting its funding needs. At
June 30, 2013
, deposits totaled
$8.63 billion
, while borrowings totaled
$475.1 million
and borrowers’ advances and servicing escrows totaled
$126.5 million
, combined. In evaluating funding sources, we consider many factors, including cost, duration, current availability, expected sustainability, impact on operations and capital levels.
To attract deposits, we offer our customers attractive rates of return on our deposit products. Our deposit products typically offer rates that are highly competitive with the rates on similar products offered by other financial institutions. We intend to continue this practice.
We preserve the availability of alternative funding sources through various mechanisms. First, by maintaining high capital levels, we retain the flexibility to increase our balance sheet size without jeopardizing our capital adequacy. Effectively, this permits us to increase the rates that we offer on our deposit products thereby attracting more potential customers. Second, we pledge available real estate mortgage loans and investment securities with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (“FHLB”) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (“Federal Reserve”). At
June 30, 2013
these collateral pledge support arrangements provide the ability to immediately borrow an additional
$455.7 million
from the FHLB of Cincinnati and
$191.6 million
from the Federal Reserve Discount Window. From the perspective of collateral value securing FHLB of Cincinnati advances, our capacity limit for additional borrowings beyond the immediately available limits at
June 30, 2013
was
$3.61 billion
, subject to satisfaction of the FHLB of Cincinnati common stock ownership requirement. To satisfy the common stock ownership requirement we would have to increase our ownership of FHLB of Cincinnati common stock by an additional
$72.2 million
. Third, we invest in high quality marketable securities that exhibit limited market price variability, and to the extent that they are not needed as collateral for borrowings, can be sold in the institutional market and converted to cash. At
June 30, 2013
, our investment securities portfolio totaled
$454.5 million
. Finally, cash flows from operating activities have been a regular source of funds. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
, cash flows from operations totaled
$116.6 million
and
$105.3 million
, respectively.
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Finally, historically, a portion of the residential first mortgage loans that we originated were considered to be highly liquid as they were eligible for delivery/sale to Fannie Mae. However, due to delivery requirement changes imposed by Fannie Mae, effective July 1, 2010, this no longer represents a viable channel of available liquidity. At
June 30, 2013
,
$4.4 million
of agency eligible, long-term, fixed-rate loans were classified as “held for sale”. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
,
$57.9 million
of agency-compliant HARP II loans were sold and a total of
$276.9 million
of long-term, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate first mortgage loans were sold to four private investors in separate transactions. No loan sales commitments were outstanding at
June 30, 2013
. We are in the process of implementing loan origination changes, which upon review and approval by Fannie Mae (expected to be received prior to September 30, 2013), will allow a portion of our future first mortgage loan originations to be eligible for securitization and sale in Fannie Mae mortgage backed security form.
Overall, while customer and community confidence can never be assured, the Company believes that our liquidity is adequate and that we have adequate access to alternative funding sources.
Monitoring and Controlling Operating Expenses.
We continue to focus on managing operating expenses. Our annualized ratio of non-interest expense to average assets was
1.59%
and
1.51%
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
, respectfully. As of
June 30, 2013
, our average assets per full-time employee and our average deposits per full-time employee were
$11.0 million
and
$8.5 million
, respectively. We believe that each of these measures compares favorably with the averages for our peer group. Our average deposits held at our branch offices (
$221.3 million
per branch office as of
June 30, 2013
) contribute to our expense management efforts by limiting the overhead costs of serving our deposit customers. We will continue our efforts to control operating expenses as we grow our business.
Critical Accounting Policies
Critical accounting policies are defined as those that involve significant judgments and uncertainties, and could potentially result in materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. We believe that the most critical accounting policies upon which our financial condition and results of operations depend, and which involve the most complex subjective decisions or assessments, are our policies with respect to our allowance for loan losses, mortgage servicing rights, income taxes, pension benefits, and stock-based compensation.
Allowance for Loan Losses
. We provide for loan losses based on the allowance method. Accordingly, all loan losses are charged to the related allowance and all recoveries are credited to it. Additions to the allowance for loan losses are provided by charges to income based on various factors which, in our judgment, deserve current recognition in estimating probable losses. We regularly review the loan portfolio and make provisions for loan losses in order to maintain the allowance for loan losses in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our allowance for loan losses consists of two components:
(1)
specific allowances established for any impaired loans for which the recorded investment in the loan exceeded the measured value of the collateral (“specific valuation allowances” or “SVAs”) as well as allowances on individually reviewed loans dependent on cash flows, such as performing troubled debt restructurings, and a portion of the allowance on loans individually reviewed that represents further deterioration in the fair value of the collateral not yet identified as uncollectible ("individual valuation allowances" or "IVAs") and
(2)
general valuation allowances (GVAs), which are comprised of quantitative general allowances for loan losses for each loan type based on historical loan loss experience (“quantitative general valuation allowances” or “quantitative GVAs”); and qualitative general allowances, previously described as a market valuation adjustment, which are an adjustment to historical loss experience (quantitative general valuation allowances), maintained to cover uncertainties that affect our estimate of incurred probable losses for each loan type (“qualitative general valuation allowances” or “qualitative GVAs", previously referred to as “market valuation allowances” or “MVAs”).
In an October 2011 directive applicable to institutions subject to its regulation, the OCC required all SVAs on collateral dependent loans maintained by savings institutions to be charged off by March 31, 2012. As permitted, the Company elected to early-adopt this methodology effective for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. Additionally, the OCC issued guidance in July 2012, that required loans where at least one borrower has been discharged of their obligation, in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, be classified as troubled debt restructurings. Also required pursuant to this guidance is the charge-off of performing loans to collateral value and non-accrual classification when all borrowers have had their obligations discharged in Chapter 7 bankruptcy, regardless of how long the loans have been performing. As a result, reported loan charge-offs for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 and the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
, were impacted by the charge-off of the SVA, which had a balance of $55.5 million at September 30, 2011. This one time charge-off did not impact the provision for loan losses for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 or the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
; however, reported loan charge-offs during the December 2011 quarter and the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
increased and the balance of the allowance for loan losses decreased accordingly. The effect of the $15.8 million Chapter 7-related charge-off recorded in accordance with the requirement of the OCC's July 2012 guidance was recognized during the quarter ended September 30, 2012.
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The qualitative GVAs expand our ability to identify and estimate probable losses and are based on our evaluation of the following factors, some of which are consistent with factors that impact the determination of quantitative GVAs. For example, delinquency statistics (both current and historical) are used in developing the quantitative GVAs while the trending of the delinquency statistics is considered and evaluated in the determination of the qualitative GVAs. From a directional perspective, during periods of increasing loan loss experience, qualitative GVAs generally comprise larger portions of the total allowance for loan losses as qualitative GVAs provide a mechanism to extend existing trends and to reflect broader changes that exist within a particular region, product type, demographic, etc. and that may not yet be captured in quantitative GVA measurements. Similarly, qualitative GVAs generally comprise smaller portions of the total allowance for loan losses during periods of improving loan loss experience, or following a period of stable loan loss experience, as quantitative GVA measures become able to more fully capture probable losses. Factors impacting the determination of qualitative GVAs include:
•
changes in lending policies and procedures including underwriting standards, collection, charge-off or recovery practices
•
changes in national, regional, and local economic and business conditions and trends including national, regional and local housing market factors and trends, such as the status of loans in foreclosure, real estate in judgment and real estate owned, and unemployment statistics and trends;
•
changes in the nature and volume of the portfolios including equity lines of credit nearing the end of the draw period;
•
changes in the experience, ability or depth of lending management;
•
changes in the volume or severity of past due loans, volume of nonaccrual loans, or the volume and severity of adversely classified loans including the trending of delinquency statistics (both current and historical), historical loan loss experience and trends, the frequency and magnitude of re-modifications of loans previously the subject of troubled debt restructurings, and uncertainty surrounding borrowers’ ability to recover from temporary hardships for which short-term loan modifications are granted;
•
changes in the quality of the loan review system;
•
changes in the value of the underlying collateral including asset disposition loss statistics (both current and historical) and the trending of those statistics, and additional charge-offs on individually reviewed loans;
•
existence of any concentrations of credit;
•
effect of other external factors such as competition, or legal and regulatory requirements including market conditions and regulatory directives that impact the entire financial services industry.
When loan modifications qualify as troubled debt restructurings and the loans are performing according to the terms of the restructuring, we record an IVA based on the present value of expected future cash flows, which includes a factor for subsequent potential defaults, discounted at the effective interest rate of the original loan contract. Potential defaults are distinguished from re-modifications as borrowers who default are generally not eligible for re-modification. At
June 30, 2013
, the balance of such individual valuation allowances was
$17.0 million
. In instances when loans require re-modification, additional valuation allowances may be required. The new valuation allowance on a re-modified loan is calculated based on the present value of the expected cash flows, discounted at the effective interest rate of the original loan contract, considering the new terms of the modification agreement. Due to the immaterial amount of this exposure to date, we continue to capture this exposure as a component of our qualitative GVA evaluation. The significance of this exposure will be monitored and if warranted, we will enhance our loan loss methodology to include a new default factor (developed to reflect the estimated impact to the balance of the allowance for loan losses that will occur as a result of future re-modifications) that will be assessed against all loans reviewed collectively. If new default factors are implemented, the qualitative GVA methodology will be adjusted to preclude duplicative loss consideration.
We evaluate the allowance for loan losses based upon the combined total of the quantitative and qualitative GVAs. Generally, when the loan portfolio increases, absent other factors, the allowance for loan loss methodology results in a higher dollar amount of estimated probable losses than would be the case without the increase. Generally, when the loan portfolio decreases, absent other factors, the allowance for loan loss methodology results in a lower dollar amount of estimated probable losses than would be the case without the decrease.
Home equity loans and equity lines of credit generally have higher credit risk than traditional residential mortgage loans. These loans and lines are usually in a second lien position and when combined with the first mortgage, result in generally higher overall loan-to-value ratios. In a stressed housing market with high delinquencies and eroded housing prices, as arose beginning in 2008, these higher loan-to-value ratios represent a greater risk of loss to the Company. A borrower with more equity in the property has more of a vested interest in keeping the loan current compared to a borrower with little or no equity in the property. In light of the past weakness in the housing market, the current level of delinquencies and the current
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uncertainty with respect to future employment levels and economic prospects, we currently conduct an expanded loan level evaluation of our home equity loans and lines of credit, including bridge loans, which are delinquent 90 days or more. This expanded evaluation is in addition to our traditional evaluation procedures. Our home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio continues to comprise the largest portion of our net charge-offs, although the level of home equity loans and lines of credit charge-offs has receded over the last year from levels previously experienced. At
June 30, 2013
, we had a recorded investment of
$1.93 billion
in home equity loans and equity lines of credit outstanding,
0.7%
of which were 90 days or more past due.
Construction loans generally have greater credit risk than traditional residential real estate mortgage loans. The repayment of these loans depends upon the sale of the property to third parties or the availability of permanent financing upon completion of all improvements. In the event we make a loan on property that is not yet approved for the planned development, there is the risk that approvals will not be granted or will be delayed. These events may adversely affect the borrower and the collateral value of the property. Construction loans also expose us to the risk that improvements will not be completed on time in accordance with specifications and projected costs. In addition, the ultimate sale or rental of the property may not occur as anticipated. Effective August 30, 2011, the Association made the strategic decision to exit the commercial construction loan business and ceased accepting new builder relationships. Builder commitments in place at that time were honored for a limited period, giving our customers the ability to secure new borrowing relationships.
We periodically evaluate the carrying value of loans and the allowance is adjusted accordingly. While we use the best information available to make evaluations, future additions to the allowance may be necessary based on unforeseen changes in loan quality and economic conditions.
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The following table sets forth the composition of the portfolio of loans held for investment, by type of loan segregated by geographic location for the periods indicated, excluding loans held for sale. The majority of our small construction portfolio are loans on properties located in Ohio and the balances of consumer loans are immaterial. Therefore, neither was segregated by geographic location.
June 30, 2013
March 31, 2013
September 30, 2012
June 30, 2012
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
Amount
Percent
(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
$
5,900,492
$
5,878,226
$
6,088,264
$
5,979,015
Florida
1,423,204
1,370,364
1,396,612
1,382,702
Other
600,514
494,892
458,289
385,824
Total Residential non-Home Today
7,924,210
78.5
%
7,743,482
77.6
%
7,943,165
76.5
%
7,747,541
75.3
%
Residential Home Today
Ohio
178,238
184,613
199,456
212,287
Florida
7,982
8,215
8,540
8,805
Other
323
326
329
331
Total Residential Home Today
186,543
1.8
193,154
1.9
208,325
2.0
221,423
2.2
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
743,628
773,104
838,492
871,047
Florida
562,441
585,951
628,554
648,441
California
235,191
242,514
256,900
270,128
Other
385,223
400,251
431,550
449,398
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
1,926,483
19.1
2,001,820
20.0
2,155,496
20.8
2,239,014
21.8
Total Construction
60,630
0.6
54,728
0.5
69,152
0.7
66,262
0.6
Consumer and other loans
4,276
—
4,276
—
4,612
—
4,908
0.1
Total loans receivable
10,102,142
100.0
%
9,997,460
100.0
%
10,380,750
100.0
%
10,279,148
100.0
%
Deferred loan fees, net
(14,810
)
(17,241
)
(18,561
)
(17,634
)
Loans in process
(33,559
)
(27,748
)
(36,736
)
(33,823
)
Allowance for loan losses
(96,524
)
(101,217
)
(100,464
)
(107,374
)
Total loans receivable, net
$
9,957,249
$
9,851,254
$
10,224,989
$
10,120,317
_________________
(1)
Includes bridge loans (loans where borrowers can utilize the existing equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
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Allocation of Allowance for Loan Losses.
The following table sets forth the allowance for loan losses allocated by loan category, the percent of allowance in each category to the total allowance, and the percent of loans in each category to total loans at the dates indicated. The allowance for loan losses allocated to each category is not necessarily indicative of future losses in any particular category and does not restrict the use of the allowance to absorb losses in other categories.
June 30, 2013
March 31, 2013
Amount
Percent of
Allowance
to Total
Allowance
Percent of
Loans in
Category to Total
Loans
Amount
Percent of
Allowance
to Total
Allowance
Percent of
Loans in
Category to Total
Loans
(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
33,319
34.5
%
78.5
%
$
34,172
33.8
%
77.6
%
Residential Home Today
26,646
27.6
1.8
27,743
27.4
1.9
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
36,385
37.7
19.1
38,968
38.5
20.0
Construction
174
0.2
0.6
334
0.3
0.5
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total allowance
$
96,524
100.0
%
100.0
%
$
101,217
100.0
%
100.0
%
September 30, 2012
June 30, 2012
Amount
Percent of
Allowance
to Total
Allowance
Percent of
Loans in
Category to Total
Loans
Amount
Percent of
Allowance
to Total
Allowance
Percent of
Loans in
Category to Total
Loans
(Dollars in thousands)
(Dollars in thousands)
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
31,618
31.5
%
76.5
%
$
34,063
31.7
%
75.3
%
Residential Home Today
22,588
22.5
2.0
22,618
21.1
2.2
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
45,508
45.3
20.8
49,947
46.5
21.8
Construction
750
0.7
0.7
746
0.7
0.6
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
Total allowance
$
100,464
100.0
%
100.0
%
$
107,374
100.0
%
100.0
%
(1)
Includes bridge loans (loans in which borrowers can utilize the existing equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
During the three months ended
June 30, 2013
, the total allowance for loan losses
decreased
$
4.7 million
, to $
96.5 million
from $
101.2 million
at
March 31, 2013
, as we recorded a $
5.0 million
provision for loan losses, which was less than the actual net charge-offs of $
9.7 million
for the quarter. The
decrease
in the balance of the allowance for loan losses during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
was comprised of a $
0.3 million
decrease
in the allowance related to loans evaluated individually and a
$4.4 million
decrease
in the allowance related to loans evaluated collectively. Refer to the "
activity in the allowance for loan losses
" and "
analysis of the allowance for loan losses
" tables in Note 4 of the Notes to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements for more information. Other than the less significant construction/consumer/other loans segments, changes during the three months ended
June 30, 2013
in the balances of the GVAs for the loans evaluated collectively related to the significant loan segments are described as follows:
•
Residential non-Home Today
– The total balance of this segment of the loan portfolio
increased
2.4%
or
$182.7 million
while the total allowance for loan losses for this segment
decreased
2.5%
or
$0.9 million
. The portion of this loan segment’s allowance for loan losses that was determined by evaluating groups of loans collectively (i.e. those loans that were not individually evaluated),
decreased
$0.9 million
, or
3.5%
, from
$26.7 million
at
March 31, 2013
to
$25.8 million
at
June 30, 2013
. The ratio of this portion of the allowance for loan losses to the total balance of loans in this loan segment that were evaluated collectively,
decreased
to
0.33%
for
June 30, 2013
from
0.35%
at
March 31, 2013
. Total delinquencies
decreased
5.0%
to
$81.3 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$85.5 million
at
March 31, 2013
. Loans 90 or more days delinquent
decreased
7.8%
to
$63.2 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$68.5 million
at
March 31, 2013
. The credit profile of this portfolio segment improved in total during the quarter due to the addition of high
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credit quality, residential first mortgage loans, while net charge-offs were
less
at
$3.7 million
as compared to
$5.0 million
during the quarter ended
March 31, 2013
. As there continues to be a consistent improving trend in this portfolio, reductions in the allowance are warranted.
•
Residential Home Today
– The total balance of this segment of the loan portfolio
decreased
3.4%
or
$6.5 million
as new originations have effectively stopped since the imposition of more restrictive lending requirements in 2009. The total allowance for loan losses for this segment
decreased
$1.1 million
or
4.0%
. The portion of this loan segment’s allowance for loan losses that was determined by evaluating groups of loans collectively (i.e. those loans that were not individually evaluated),
decreased
by
5.8%
from
$19.2 million
at
March 31, 2013
to
$18.1 million
at
June 30, 2013
. Similarly, the ratio of this portion of the allowance to the total balance of loans in this loan segment that were evaluated collectively,
decreased
0.5%
to
18.1%
at
June 30, 2013
from
18.6%
at
March 31, 2013
. Total delinquencies
decreased
from
$33.7 million
at
March 31, 2013
to
$32.6 million
at
June 30, 2013
. Delinquencies greater than 90 days
decreased
from
$23.3 million
to
$20.2 million
during the same period. The credit profile of this portfolio segment in total improved during the quarter and net charge-offs were
less
at
$1.9 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
from
$3.8 million
during the quarter ended
March 31, 2013
. As there continues to be a consistent improving trend in this portfolio, reductions in the allowance are warranted.
•
Home Equity Loans and Lines of Credit
- The total balance of this segment of the loan portfolio
decreased
3.8%
or
$75.8 million
from
$2.01 billion
at
March 31, 2013
to
$1.93 billion
at
June 30, 2013
. The total allowance for loan losses for this segment
decreased
6.6%
to
$36.4 million
from
$39.0 million
at
March 31, 2013
. The portion of this loan segment's allowance for loan losses that was determined by evaluating groups of loans collectively (i.e. those loans that were not individually evaluated)
decreased
by
$2.2 million
, or
5.8%
, from
$37.4 million
to
$35.2 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
. The ratio of this portion of the allowance to the total balance of loans in this loan segment that were evaluated collectively also
decreased
to
1.85%
at
June 30, 2013
from
1.89%
at
March 31, 2013
. Continual improvement in the credit profile of this loan segment over more than a year warrants the decrease in reserves. Net charge-offs for this loan segment during the current quarter were
less
at
$4.0 million
as compared to
$5.2 million
at
March 31, 2013
. Total delinquencies for this portfolio segment
decreased
13.7%
to
$22.0 million
at
June 30, 2013
as compared to
$25.4 million
at
March 31, 2013
. Delinquencies greater than 90 days
decreased
11.3%
to
$13.1 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$14.8 million
at
March 31, 2013
. As there continues to be a consistent improving trend in this portfolio, reductions in the allowance are warranted.
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Loan losses on home equity loans and lines of credit continue to comprise the majority of our losses and are expected to continue to do so for the foreseeable future, until non-performing loan balances begin to decrease by more than the charge-offs.
The following table sets forth activity in our allowance for loan losses for the periods indicated. As described previously, charge-offs during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
were impacted by the charge-off of the SVA, which was $55.5 million at September 30, 2011, as a result of our adoption of the OCC requirement to charge off all SVAs. This one time charge-off did not impact the provision for loan losses for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
; however, reported loan charge-offs during the
nine
-month period ended
June 30, 2012
increased and the balance of the allowance for loan losses as of
June 30, 2012
decreased accordingly.
As of and For the Three Months Ended June 30,
As of and For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
2013
2012
2013
2012
(Dollars in thousands)
Allowance balance (beginning of the period)
$
101,217
$
101,296
$
100,464
$
156,978
Charge-offs:
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
2,702
4,607
8,849
18,271
Florida
1,557
4,686
5,299
26,077
Other
45
108
55
217
Total Residential non-Home Today
4,304
9,401
14,203
44,565
Residential Home Today
Ohio
2,204
4,938
9,337
33,205
Florida
128
250
368
1,691
Total Residential Home Today
2,332
5,188
9,705
34,896
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
1,073
1,971
3,299
8,190
Florida
3,996
6,082
11,443
23,056
California
405
527
2,355
2,828
Other
345
2,614
1,700
10,693
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
5,819
11,194
18,797
44,767
Construction
68
76
121
1,268
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total charge-offs
12,523
25,859
42,826
125,496
Recoveries:
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
609
265
1,201
607
Residential Home Today
444
10
596
94
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
1,774
662
4,026
2,188
Construction
3
—
63
3
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
Total recoveries
2,830
937
5,886
2,892
Net charge-offs
(9,693
)
(24,922
)
(36,940
)
(122,604
)
Provision for loan losses
5,000
31,000
33,000
73,000
Allowance balance (end of the period)
$
96,524
$
107,374
$
96,524
$
107,374
Ratios:
Net charge-offs (annualized) to average loans outstanding
0.38
%
0.96
%
0.48
%
1.60
%
Allowance for loan losses to non-performing loans at end of the period
99.77
%
83.60
%
99.77
%
83.60
%
Allowance for loan losses to the total recorded investment in loans at end of the period
0.96
%
1.05
%
0.96
%
1.05
%
_________________
(1)
Includes bridge loans (loans in which borrowers can utilize the existing equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
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The decrease in net charge-offs, to $
36.9 million
during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
from $
122.6 million
during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2012
, was largely attributable to the elimination of SVAs and partially, as a result of improving credit quality. The following table separates the charge-offs during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2012
between the elimination of specific valuation allowances and other charge-offs during the period and compares the information with charge-offs during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
.
Charge-offs As of and For the Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Total
Other
SVA (1)
Total
(In thousands)
Charge-offs:
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
$
8,849
$
12,002
$
6,269
$
18,271
Florida
5,299
9,854
16,223
26,077
Other
55
217
—
217
Total
14,203
22,073
22,492
44,565
Residential Home Today
Ohio
9,337
16,163
17,042
33,205
Florida
368
520
1,171
1,691
Total
9,705
16,683
18,213
34,896
Home equity loans and lines of credit (2)
Ohio
3,299
5,061
3,129
8,190
Florida
11,443
15,717
7,339
23,056
California
2,355
1,813
1,015
2,828
Other
1,700
8,489
2,204
10,693
Total
18,797
31,080
13,687
44,767
Construction
121
153
1,115
1,268
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total charge-offs
42,826
69,989
55,507
125,496
Recoveries
(5,886
)
(2,892
)
—
(2,892
)
Net charge-offs
$
36,940
$
67,097
$
55,507
$
122,604
_________________
(1)
Reflects the balance of specific valuation allowances at September 30, 2011. Actual charge-offs related to loans with SVAs may differ due to updated reviews, foreclosure activity, or individual loan performance.
(2)
Includes bridge loans (loans where borrowers can utilize the equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
Net charge-offs during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
decreased
$
30.2 million
to $
36.9 million
as compared to non-SVA net charge-offs of $
67.1 million
during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2012
which was generally consistent with the improvements that have been experienced in the balances and ratios of loan delinquencies.
We continue to evaluate loans becoming delinquent for potential losses and record provisions for our estimate of those losses. We expect a moderate level of charge-offs to continue as the delinquent loans are resolved in the future and uncollected balances are charged against the allowance.
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The following tables set forth the number and recorded investment in loan delinquencies by type, segregated by geographic location and severity of delinquency at the dates indicated. The majority of our small construction portfolio are loans on properties located in Ohio and there were no delinquencies in the consumer loan portfolio; therefore, neither was segregated.
Loans Delinquent for
Total
30-89 Days
90 Days or More
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
(Dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2013
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
143
$
14,872
367
$
34,930
510
$
49,802
Florida
20
3,019
226
27,703
246
30,722
Kentucky
1
164
3
583
4
747
Total Residential non-Home Today
164
18,055
596
63,216
760
81,271
Residential Home Today
Ohio
176
11,937
410
19,538
586
31,475
Florida
7
430
17
684
24
1,114
Total Residential Home Today
183
12,367
427
20,222
610
32,589
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
138
4,262
157
4,807
295
9,069
Florida
45
2,093
87
4,815
132
6,908
California
7
809
17
1,314
24
2,123
Other
44
1,686
172
2,171
216
3,857
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
234
8,850
433
13,107
667
21,957
Construction
2
143
3
198
5
341
Consumer loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
583
$
39,415
1,459
$
96,743
2,042
$
136,158
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Loans Delinquent for
Total
30-89 Days
90 Days or More
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2013
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
130
$
12,168
397
$
40,999
527
$
53,167
Florida
24
4,014
225
26,965
249
30,979
Other
3
823
3
575
6
1,398
Total Residential non-Home Today
157
17,005
625
68,539
782
85,544
Residential Home Today
Ohio
151
10,376
452
22,271
603
32,647
Florida
1
82
21
980
22
1,062
Total Residential Home Today
152
10,458
473
23,251
625
33,709
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
119
3,790
158
5,121
277
8,911
Florida
62
4,560
90
5,433
152
9,993
California
6
486
18
1,347
24
1,833
Other
56
1,833
119
2,877
175
4,710
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
243
10,669
385
14,778
628
25,447
Construction
—
—
4
220
4
220
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
552
$
38,132
1,487
$
106,788
2,039
$
144,920
Loans Delinquent for
Total
30-89 Days
90 Days or More
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
(Dollars in thousands)
September 30, 2012
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
181
$
19,301
436
$
43,871
617
$
63,172
Florida
32
5,974
258
30,873
290
36,847
Other
2
401
1
63
3
464
Total Residential non-Home Today
215
25,676
695
74,807
910
100,483
Residential Home Today
Ohio
208
15,068
519
26,604
727
41,672
Florida
7
542
21
913
28
1,455
Total Residential Home Today
215
15,610
540
27,517
755
43,127
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
133
4,572
145
5,994
278
10,566
Florida
58
3,657
94
6,210
152
9,867
California
16
1,637
20
1,863
36
3,500
Other
27
2,020
43
2,520
70
4,540
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
234
11,886
302
16,587
536
28,473
Construction
—
—
8
377
8
377
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
664
$
53,172
1,545
$
119,288
2,209
$
172,460
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Loans Delinquent for
Total
30-89 Days
90 Days or More
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
Number
Amount
(Dollars in thousands)
June 30, 2012
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
Ohio
160
$
16,048
441
$
46,940
601
$
62,988
Florida
30
4,732
274
33,689
304
38,421
Kentucky
3
650
2
69
5
719
Total Residential non-Home Today
193
21,430
717
80,698
910
102,128
Residential Home Today
Ohio
185
13,726
542
29,969
727
43,695
Florida
1
115
27
1,152
28
1,267
Total Residential Home Today
186
13,841
569
31,121
755
44,962
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
Ohio
141
4,899
137
5,297
278
10,196
Florida
57
4,493
101
6,646
158
11,139
California
16
1,713
20
1,658
36
3,371
Other
24
1,713
46
2,637
70
4,350
Total Home equity loans and lines of credit
238
12,818
304
16,238
542
29,056
Construction
1
20
7
381
8
401
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
618
$
48,109
1,597
$
128,438
2,215
$
176,547
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(1)
Includes bridge loans (loans in which borrowers can utilize the existing equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
Loans delinquent 90 days or more
decreased
0.1%
to
1.0%
of total net loans at
June 30, 2013
from
March 31, 2013
; decreased
0.2%
from
September 30, 2012
; and
decreased
0.3%
from
1.3%
at
June 30, 2012
. Loans delinquent 30 to 89 days remained constant at
0.4%
of total net loans at
June 30, 2013
and
March 31, 2013
, and decreased
0.1%
from
0.5%
at each of
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
. During the last several years, the inability of borrowers to repay their loans has been primarily a result of high unemployment and uncertain economic prospects in our primary lending markets. Although regional employment levels have improved, the breadth and sustainability of the economic recovery remains tenuous and accordingly, we expect some borrowers who are current on their loans at
June 30, 2013
to experience payment problems in the future. The excess number of housing units available for sale in certain segments of the market today also may limit a borrower’s ability to sell a home he or she can no longer afford. In many Florida areas, housing values continue to remain depressed due to prior rapid building and speculation, which has resulted in considerable inventory on the market and may limit a borrower’s ability to sell a home. As a result, we expect the overall level of loans delinquent 90 days or more will remain at elevated levels in the future.
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The following table sets forth the recorded investments and categories of our non-performing assets and troubled debt restructurings at the dates indicated.
June 30,
2013
March 31,
2013
September 30,
2012
June 30,
2012
(Dollars in thousands)
Non-accrual loans:
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
94,252
$
98,268
$
105,780
$
88,091
Residential Home Today
34,923
37,125
41,087
40,276
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)(3)
29,559
30,386
35,316
25,255
Construction
198
220
377
381
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total non-accrual loans (2)(4)(5)
158,932
165,999
182,560
154,003
Real estate owned
20,354
19,868
19,647
19,692
Other non-performing assets
—
—
—
—
Total non-performing assets
$
179,286
$
185,867
$
202,207
$
173,695
Ratios:
Total non-accrual loans to total loans
1.58
%
1.67
%
1.77
%
1.51
%
Total non-accrual loans to total assets
1.43
%
1.49
%
1.58
%
1.34
%
Total non-performing assets to total assets
1.61
%
1.67
%
1.76
%
1.51
%
Troubled debt restructurings: (not included in non-accrual loans above)
Real estate loans:
Residential non-Home Today
$
64,670
$
65,805
$
66,988
$
57,879
Residential Home Today
49,782
51,916
57,168
61,569
Home equity loans and lines of credit (1)
6,452
6,348
9,761
2,244
Construction
322
601
613
640
Consumer and other loans
—
—
—
—
Total (6)
$
121,226
$
124,670
$
134,530
$
122,332
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(1)
Includes bridge loans (loans in which borrowers can utilize the existing equity in their current home to fund the purchase of a new home before they have sold their current home).
(2)
Totals at
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
, include $
47.9 million
,
$47.0 million
, $
47.7 million
and
$12.1 million
, respectively, in troubled debt restructurings, which are less than 90 days past due but included with nonaccrual loans for a minimum period of six months from the restructuring date due to their non-accrual status prior to restructuring, because they have been partially charged off, or because all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (see note 5 below).
(3)
The totals at
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
include $
5.3 million
, $
4.9 million
,
$8.8 million
, and
$8.9 million
, respectively, of performing home equity lines of credit included in nonaccrual, pursuant to regulatory guidance regarding senior lien delinquency issued in January 2012.
(4)
Includes $
33.5 million
,
$35.7 million
, $
39.1 million
and
$20.1 million
in troubled debt restructurings that are 90 days or more past due at
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
, respectively.
(5)
At
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
, the recorded investment of troubled debt restructurings in non-accrual status includes
$30.4 million
,
$30.9 million
and
$30.6 million
of performing loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation per the OCC Bank Accounting Advisory Series ("BAAS") interpretive guidance issued in July 2012.
(6)
At
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
,
$15.0 million
,
$15.1 million
and
$20.5 million
of accruing, performing loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status, where at least one borrower has been discharged of their obligation, are reported as troubled debt restructurings per the OCC BAAS interpretive guidance issued in July 2012.
The gross interest income that would have been recorded during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
on non-accrual loans if they had been accruing during the entire period and troubled debt restructurings if they had been current and performing in accordance with their original terms during the entire period was
$11.3 million
. The interest income recognized on those loans included in net income for the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
was
$5.7 million
.
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At
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
, respectively, the recorded investment of impaired loans included $
128.8 million
,
$131.2 million
, $
137.3 million
and $
126.9 million
of accruing loans of which $
121.2 million
,
$124.7 million
, $
134.5 million
and $
122.3 million
were troubled debt restructurings and $
7.6 million
,
$6.6 million
, $
2.8 million
and $
4.6 million
are loans that were returned to accrual status when contractual payments were less than 90 days past due and continue to be individually evaluated for impairment until they are less than 30 days past due and do not have a prior charge-off. Loans in all portfolios that have a partial charge-off due to meeting the criteria for individual impairment evaluation will continue to be individually evaluated for impairment until, at a minimum, the impairment has been recovered. At
June 30, 2013
,
March 31, 2013
,
September 30, 2012
and
June 30, 2012
, respectively, the recorded investment of non-accrual loans included $
17.8 million
,
$20.4 million
, $
21.0 million
, and $
16.9 million
of loans that were not included in the recorded investment of impaired loans because they were included in loans collectively evaluated for impairment.
In response to the economic challenges facing many borrowers, the Association continues to modify loans, resulting in $
202.7 million
of total troubled debt restructurings (accrual and non-accrual) recorded at
June 30, 2013
. There was a $
18.7 million
decrease
in the recorded investment of troubled debt restructured loans from
September 30, 2012
and a $
48.1 million
increase
in the aggregate balance from
June 30, 2012
due primarily to the inclusion of Chapter 7 discharged bankruptcies in total troubled debt restructurings. Of the $
202.7 million
of troubled debt restructurings at
June 30, 2013
, $
110.8 million
was in the residential, non-Home Today portfolio and $
72.6 million
was in the Home Today portfolio.
Debt restructuring is a method increasingly being used to help families keep their homes and preserve our neighborhoods. This involves making changes to the borrowers’ loan terms through interest rate reductions, either for a specific period or for the remaining term of the loan; term extensions, including beyond that provided in the original agreement; principal forgiveness; capitalization of delinquent payments in special situations; or some combination of the above. These loans are measured for impairment based on the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate of the original loan contract. Expected future cash flows include a discount factor representing a potential for default. Any shortfall is recorded as an individually evaluated valuation allowance as part of the allowance for loan losses. We evaluate these loans using the expected future cash flows because we expect the borrower, not liquidation of the collateral, to be the source of repayment for the loan. A loan modified as a troubled debt restructuring is reported as a troubled debt restructuring for a minimum of one year. After one year, a loan will not be included in the balance of troubled debt restructurings if the loan was modified to yield a market rate for loans of similar credit risk at the time of restructuring and the loan is not impaired based on the terms of the restructuring agreement. No loans were removed from total troubled debt restructurings during the nine months ended
June 30, 2013
.
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The following table sets forth the recorded investment in accrual and non-accrual troubled debt restructured loans, by the types of concessions granted as of
June 30, 2013
.
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
(In thousands)
Accrual
Residential non-Home Today
$
14,118
$
1,489
$
10,871
$
17,979
$
10,376
$
9,837
$
64,670
Residential Home Today
11,539
93
6,792
16,297
14,324
737
49,782
Home equity loans and lines of credit
84
673
758
181
332
4,424
6,452
Construction
—
322
—
—
—
—
322
Total
$
25,741
$
2,577
$
18,421
$
34,457
$
25,032
$
14,998
$
121,226
Non-Accrual, Performing
Residential non-Home Today
$
730
$
308
$
492
$
2,269
$
5,220
$
17,288
$
26,307
Residential Home Today
2,927
28
1,639
736
3,216
3,077
11,623
Home equity loans and lines of credit
—
—
—
—
31
9,985
10,016
Construction
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
3,657
$
336
$
2,131
$
3,005
$
8,467
$
30,350
$
47,946
Non-Accrual, Non-Performing
Residential non-Home Today
$
3,030
$
618
$
2,139
$
1,285
$
1,822
$
10,935
$
19,829
Residential Home Today
2,574
155
2,305
2,300
2,434
1,443
11,211
Home equity loans and lines of credit
—
—
71
—
112
2,274
2,457
Construction
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
5,604
$
773
$
4,515
$
3,585
$
4,368
$
14,652
$
33,497
Total Troubled Debt Restructurings
Residential non-Home Today
$
17,878
$
2,415
$
13,502
$
21,533
$
17,418
$
38,060
$
110,806
Residential Home Today
17,040
276
10,736
19,333
19,974
5,257
72,616
Home equity loans and lines of credit
84
673
829
181
475
16,683
18,925
Construction
—
322
—
—
—
—
322
Total
$
35,002
$
3,686
$
25,067
$
41,047
$
37,867
$
60,000
$
202,669
Troubled debt restructurings in accrual status are loans accruing interest and performing according to the terms of the restructuring. To be performing, a loan must be less than 90 days past due as of the report date. Non-accrual, performing status indicates that a loan was not accruing interest at the time of modification, continues to not accrue interest and is performing according to the terms of the restructuring, but has not been current for at least six months since its modification or is being classified as non-accrual per the OCC guidance on loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status, where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation. Non-accrual, non-performing status includes loans that are not accruing interest because they are greater than 90 days past due and therefore not performing according to the terms of the restructuring.
Since August 2008,
45.3
% of loans modified through the Association's restructuring program are for borrowers who are current on their loans but who request a modification due to a recent or impending event that has caused or will cause a temporary financial strain and who receive concessions that would otherwise not be considered.
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The recorded investment of troubled debt restructured loans in accrual status as of
June 30, 2013
is set forth in the following table as having a modification agreement date less than one year old or greater than or equal to one year old.
Reduction in
Interest Rates
Payment
Extensions
Forbearance or
Other Actions
Multiple
Concessions
Multiple
Modifications
Bankruptcy
Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Accruing Modifications Less Than One Year Old
Residential non-Home Today
$
3,261
$
—
$
305
$
4,805
$
3,291
$
1,318
$
12,980
Residential Home Today
94
—
—
370
6,644
74
7,182
Home equity loans and lines of credit
34
100
—
19
7
982
1,142
Construction
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
$
3,389
$
100
$
305
$
5,194
$
9,942
$
2,374
$
21,304
Accruing Modifications Greater Than or Equal to One Year Old
Residential non-Home Today
$
10,857
$
1,489
$
10,566
$
13,174
$
7,085
$
8,519
$
51,690
Residential Home Today
11,445
93
6,792
15,927
7,680
663
42,600
Home equity loans and lines of credit
50
573
758
162
325
3,442
5,310
Construction
—
322
—
—
—
—
322
Total
$
22,352
$
2,477
$
18,116
$
29,263
$
15,090
$
12,624
$
99,922
On
June 30, 2013
the unpaid principal balance of our home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio consisted of $
166.7 million
in home equity loans (which included $
126.2 million
of home equity lines of credit which are in the amortization period and no longer eligible to be drawn upon), $
1.5 million
in bridge loans and $
1.8 billion
in home equity lines of credit. The following table sets forth credit exposure, principal balance, percent delinquent 90 days or more, the mean combined loan-to-value (“CLTV”) percent at the time of origination and the current mean CLTV percent of our home equity loans, home equity lines of credit and bridge loan portfolio as of
June 30, 2013
. Home equity lines of credit in the draw period are reported according to geographic distribution.
Credit
Exposure
Principal
Balance
Percent
Delinquent
90 days or More
Mean CLTV
Percent at
Origination (2)
Current Mean
CLTV Percent (3)
(Dollars in thousands)
Home equity lines of credit in draw period (by state)
Ohio
$
1,324,156
$
650,227
0.46
%
61
%
73
%
Florida
756,659
547,167
0.80
%
63
%
99
%
California
306,226
222,445
0.29
%
68
%
84
%
Other (1)
555,189
338,401
0.26
%
63
%
75
%
Total home equity lines of credit in draw period
2,942,230
1,758,240
0.51
%
62
%
80
%
Home equity lines in repayment, home equity loans and bridge loans
168,243
168,243
2.49
%
67
%
65
%
Total
$
3,110,473
$
1,926,483
0.68
%
62
%
79
%
_________________
(1)
No individual state has a credit exposure or drawn balance greater than 5% of the total.
(2)
Mean CLTV percent at origination for all home equity lines of credit is based on the committed amount.
(3)
Current Mean CLTV is based on best available first mortgage and property values as of
June 30, 2013
. Current Mean CLTV percent for home equity lines of credit in the draw period is calculated using the committed amount. Current Mean CLTV on home equity lines of credit in the repayment period is calculated using the principal balance.
At
June 30, 2013
,
42.5%
of our home equity lending portfolio was either in first lien position (
24.8%
) or was in a subordinate (second) lien position behind a first lien that we held (
7.0%
) or behind a first lien that was held by a loan that we serviced for others (
10.7%
). In addition, at
June 30, 2013
,
18.5%
of our home equity line of credit portfolio in the draw period was making only the minimum payment on their outstanding line balance.
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The following table sets forth credit exposure, principal balance, percent delinquent 90 days or more, the mean CLTV percent at the time of origination and the current mean CLTV percent of our home equity loans, home equity lines of credit and bridge loan portfolio as of
June 30, 2013
. Home equity lines of credit in the draw period are by the year originated:
Credit
Exposure
Principal
Balance
Percent
Delinquent
90 days or More
Mean CLTV
Percent at
Origination (1)
Current Mean
CLTV
Percent (2)
(Dollars in thousands)
Home equity lines of credit in draw period
2003 and prior
$
659,160
$
337,616
0.43
%
56
%
70
%
2004
161,859
91,117
1.01
%
67
%
80
%
2005
112,716
68,494
1.34
%
67
%
87
%
2006
268,151
174,893
0.65
%
66
%
95
%
2007
416,558
295,023
0.69
%
67
%
96
%
2008
867,867
567,641
0.41
%
64
%
80
%
2009
363,293
184,903
0.05
%
55
%
67
%
2010
31,925
13,846
—
%
58
%
66
%
2011(3)
231
140
—
%
39
%
67
%
2012
30,276
13,724
—
%
52
%
56
%
2013
30,194
10,843
—
%
59
%
59
%
Total home equity lines of credit in draw period
2,942,230
1,758,240
0.51
%
62
%
80
%
Home equity lines in repayment, home equity loans and bridge loans
168,243
168,243
2.49
%
67
%
65
%
Total
$
3,110,473
$
1,926,483
0.68
%
62
%
79
%
_________________
(1)
Mean CLTV percent at origination for all home equity lines of credit is based on the committed amount.
(2)
Current Mean CLTV is based on best available first mortgage and property values as of
June 30, 2013
. Current Mean CLTV percent for home equity lines of credit in the draw period is calculated using the committed amount. Current Mean CLTV on home equity lines of credit in the repayment period is calculated using the principal balance.
(3)
Amounts represent home equity lines of credit that were previously originated, and that were closed and subsequently replaced in 2011.
As described above, in light of the past weakness in the housing market, the current level of delinquencies and the uncertainty with respect to future employment levels and economic prospects, we currently conduct an expanded loan level evaluation of our equity lines of credit which are delinquent 90 days or more.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of current mean CLTV percentages for our home equity lines of credit in the draw period as of
June 30, 2013
.
Credit
Exposure
Principal
Balance
Percent
of Total
Percent
Delinquent
90 days or
More
Mean CLTV
Percent at
Origination
Current
Mean
CLTV
Percent
(Dollars in thousands)
Home equity lines of credit in draw period (by current mean CLTV)
< 80%
$
1,473,361
$
720,797
41.0
%
0.75
%
51
%
53
%
80 - 89.9%
347,378
207,686
11.8
%
0.68
%
72
%
85
%
90 - 100%
267,060
177,807
10.1
%
0.38
%
74
%
95
%
> 100%
662,405
536,791
30.5
%
0.26
%
76
%
134
%
Unknown
192,026
115,159
6.6
%
0.04
%
62
%
(1
)
$
2,942,230
$
1,758,240
100.0
%
0.51
%
62
%
80
%
_________________
(1)
Market data necessary for stratification is not readily available.
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Mortgage Servicing Rights
. Mortgage servicing rights represent the present value of the estimated future net servicing fees expected to be received pursuant to the right to service loans that are in our loan servicing portfolio but are owned by others. Mortgage servicing rights are recognized as assets for both purchased rights and for the allocated value of retained servicing rights on loans sold. The most critical accounting policy associated with mortgage servicing is the methodology used to determine the fair value of capitalized mortgage servicing rights. A number of estimates affect the capitalized value and include: (1) the mortgage loan prepayment speed assumption; (2) the estimated prospective cost expected to be incurred in connection with servicing the mortgage loans; and (3) the discount factor used to compute the present value of the mortgage servicing right. The mortgage loan prepayment speed assumption is significantly affected by interest rates. In general, during periods of falling interest rates, mortgage loans prepay faster and the value of our mortgage servicing assets decreases. Conversely, during periods of rising rates, the value of mortgage servicing rights generally increases due to slower rates of prepayments. The estimated prospective cost expected to be incurred in connection with servicing the mortgage loans is deducted from the retained servicing fee (gross mortgage loan interest rate less amounts remitted to third parties – investor pass-through rate, guarantee fee, mortgage insurance fee, etc.) to determine the net servicing fee for purposes of capitalization computations. To the extent that prospective actual costs incurred to service the mortgage loans differ from the estimate, our future results will be adversely (or favorably) impacted. The discount factor selected to compute the present value of the servicing right reflects expected marketplace yield requirements.
The amount and timing of mortgage servicing rights amortization is adjusted monthly based on actual results. In addition, on a quarterly basis, we perform a valuation review of mortgage servicing rights for potential decreases in value. This quarterly valuation review entails applying current assumptions to the portfolio classified by interest rates and, secondarily, by prepayment characteristics. At
June 30, 2013
, the capitalized value of our right to service
$3.16 billion
of loans (with a related servicing asset) for others was
$15.3 million
, or
0.48%
of the serviced loan portfolio and was based on an estimated weighted-average life of
4.0
years. Activity in mortgage servicing rights asset is summarized as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Mortgage Servicing Asset
Valuation Allowance
Net
Mortgage Servicing Asset
Valuation Allowance
Net
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance - beginning of period
$
16,390
$
—
$
16,390
$
23,879
$
—
$
23,879
Additions from loan securitizations/sales
447
447
—
—
Amortization
(1,565
)
(1,565
)
(2,074
)
(2,074
)
Net change in valuation allowance
—
—
—
—
Balance - end of period
$
15,272
—
$
15,272
$
21,805
—
$
21,805
Fair value of capitalized amounts
$
19,246
$
27,206
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Mortgage Servicing Asset
Valuation Allowance
Net
Mortgage Servicing Asset
Valuation Allowance
Net
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance - beginning of period
$
19,613
$
—
$
19,613
$
28,919
$
—
$
28,919
Additions from loan securitizations/sales
1,006
1,006
—
—
Amortization
(5,347
)
(5,347
)
(7,114
)
(7,114
)
Net change in valuation allowance
—
—
—
—
Balance - end of period
$
15,272
$
—
$
15,272
$
21,805
$
—
$
21,805
Fair value of capitalized amounts
$
19,246
$
27,206
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At
June 30, 2013
, substantially all of the approximately
33 thousand
loans serviced for Fannie Mae and others were performing in accordance with their contractual terms and management believes that it has no material repurchase obligations associated with these loans. The following tables summarize our repurchases and loss reimbursements to investors, charges related to default servicing non-compliance and compensatory fees incurred during the indicated periods. All transactions were related to loans serviced for Fannie Mae. There were no material repurchase or loss reimbursement requests outstanding at
June 30, 2013
, but an accrual for
$4.2 million
has been established for probable losses.
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Number
of
Loans
Balance
Losses or
Charges
Incurred
Number
of
Loans
Balance
Losses or
Charges
Incurred
(Dollars in thousands)
Repurchased loans:
Non-recourse, non-performing loans(1)
5
$
999
$
11
3
$
830
$
98
Recourse, non-performing loans(2)
—
—
—
1
43
—
Non-recourse, performing loans(3)
—
—
—
—
—
—
Post-disposition file reviews(4)
3
—
198
4
—
296
Compensatory fees related to default servicing(5)
—
—
175
—
—
—
8
$
999
$
384
8
$
873
$
394
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Number
of
Loans
Balance
Losses or
Charges
Incurred
Number
of
Loans
Balance
Losses or
Charges
Incurred
(Dollars in thousands)
Repurchased loans:
Non-recourse, non-performing loans(1)
6
$
1,137
$
18
15
$
3,177
$
485
Recourse, non-performing loans(2)
—
—
—
3
86
—
Non-recourse, performing loans(3)
5
780
—
—
—
—
Post-disposition file reviews(4)
16
—
1,165
12
—
897
Compensatory fees related to default servicing(5)
—
—
385
—
—
92
27
$
1,917
$
1,568
30
$
3,263
$
1,474
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(1)
Repurchase of non-recourse, non-performing loans was attributed to underwriting (primarily debt-to-income ratio) and/or servicing non-compliance.
(2)
At
June 30, 2013
the Association serviced 165 loans with a principal balance of $5.6 million for Fannie Mae that were subject to recourse. Of these, six loans with principal balances that totaled $158 thousand were delinquent 30 days or more. All other loans serviced for others were sold without recourse.
(3)
Repurchases of non-recourse, performing loans were the result of post-sales file reviews that identified underwriting (primarily debt-to-income ratio) non-compliance.
(4)
Post-disposition file reviews resulted in losses or charges when all of the following occurred: loans which had been sold to Fannie Mae failed to perform; the underlying collateral was sold; a loss was incurred; and a post-disposition file review identified underwriting (primarily debt-to-income ratio) non-compliance.
(5)
Compensatory fees related to default servicing represented instances in which the Association's default servicing procedures did not comply with Fannie Mae's servicing requirements.
Income Taxes.
We consider accounting for income taxes a critical accounting policy due to the subjective nature of certain estimates that are involved in the calculation. We use the asset/liability method of accounting for income taxes in which deferred tax assets and liabilities are established for the temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities. We must assess the realization of the deferred tax asset and, to the extent that we believe that recovery is not likely, a valuation allowance is established. Adjustments to increase or decrease the valuation allowance are charged or credited, respectively, to income tax expense.
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We also assess the likelihood that tax positions resulting in material tax benefits would be upheld upon examination of a tax authority. At
June 30, 2013
, we considered all current tax positions more likely than not to be realized upon examination and we have not recorded any tax liabilities for uncertain tax positions.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale.
We originate the vast majority of our loans for portfolio purposes and since we have the intent and the ability to hold them until maturity or into the foreseeable future, they are classified as loans held for investment. The current origination exceptions are loans originated under Fannie Mae's HARP II (Home Affordable Refinance Program) or DURP (Desktop Underwriter Refi Plus) initiatives. Those loans are classified at origination as loans held for sale, are carried at the lower of cost or fair value and remain in that category until sold. As opportunities arise to strategically improve our interest rate risk position, we periodically consider offering for sale a select group of our first mortgage, held for investment loans. We reclassify held for investment loans as held for sale when we have engaged and instructed an investment banking representative to actively offer the loans for sale for a set period of time. If the set period of time has elapsed or if specific loans are subsequently excluded from the sale discussions, and it is our intent and we have the ability to hold such loans until maturity or into the foreseeable future, then those specific loans will be returned to the held for investment classification. Reclassifications of loans are made at the lower of cost or fair value on the date of transfer.
Pension Benefits.
The determination of our obligations and expense related to our defined benefit pension plan is dependent upon certain assumptions used in calculating such amounts. Effective December 31, 2002, our defined benefit pension plan was frozen to new participants and effective December 31, 2011 benefit accruals under the plan were frozen. Key assumptions used in the actuarial valuations include the discount rate and the expected long-term rate of return on plan assets. Actual results could differ from the assumptions and market driven rates may fluctuate. Significant differences in actual experience or significant changes in the assumptions could materially affect future pension obligations and expense.
Stock-based Compensation.
We recognize the cost of associate and director services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based on the grant date fair value of those awards in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation.We estimate the per share value of option grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using assumptions for expected dividend yield, expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected option term. These assumptions are subjective in nature, involve uncertainties, and therefore, cannot be determined with precision.
The per share value of options is highly sensitive to changes in assumptions. In general, the per share fair value of options will move in the same direction as changes in the expected stock price volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected option term, and in the opposite direction from changes in expected dividend yield. For example, the per share fair value of options will generally increase as expected stock volatility increases, risk-free interest rate increases, expected option term increases and expected dividend yield decreases. The use of different assumptions or different option pricing models could result in materially different per share fair values of options.
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Comparison of Financial Condition at
June 30, 2013
and
September 30, 2012
Total assets
decreased
$381.6 million
, or
3%
, to
$11.14 billion
at
June 30, 2013
from
$11.52 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. This
decrease
was mainly the result of a decrease in the balance of our loans held for investment and loans held for sale portfolios combined with a decrease in cash and cash equivalents partially offset by an increase in investment securities.
Cash and cash equivalents
decreased
$11.3 million
, or
4%
, to
$297.0 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$308.3 million
at
September 30, 2012
, as our most liquid assets have been reinvested into investment securities and have been used to fund reductions in the balances of deposits and borrowings.
Investment securities
increased
$33.1 million
, or
8%
, to
$454.5 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$421.4 million
at
September 30, 2012
. Investment securities
increased
, as
$206.0 million
in purchases exceeded
$161.7 million
in principal paydowns and
$5.3 million
of net acquisition premium amortization that occurred in the mortgage-backed securities portfolio during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
. There were no sales of investment securities during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
.
Mortgage loans held for sale
decreased
$120.1 million
, or
96%
, to
$4.4 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$124.5 million
at
September 30, 2012
. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, loan sales of
$334.7 million
were completed, consisting of:
$57.9 million
of fixed-rate loans that qualified under Fannie Mae's Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP II);
$148.7 million
of fixed-rate, non-agency eligible whole loans to private investors; and
$128.1 million
of adjustable-rate, non-agency eligible whole loans to a private investor. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
there were
$337.0 million
of loans transferred from the held for investment portfolio to the held for sale portfolio. During the same period there were
$154.9 million
of loans transferred from the held for sale portfolio to the the held for investment portfolio. The balance of mortgage loans held for sale at
June 30, 2013
, was comprised solely and entirely of HARP II loans.
Loans held for investment, net,
decreased
$267.7 million
, or
3%
, to
$9.96 billion
at
June 30, 2013
from
$10.22 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. Mainly as a result of completed loan sales during the first
nine
months of the fiscal year partially offset by the lower level of loans being classified as held for sale, residential mortgage loans
decreased
$40.7 million
, or less than 1%, to
$8.11 billion
at
June 30, 2013
. The
decrease
in residential mortgage loans included the negative impact of
$22.1 million
in net charge-offs during the
nine months ended
June 30, 2013
. The allowance for loan losses
decreased
$4.0 million
, or
4%
, to
$96.5 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$100.5 million
at
September 30, 2012
. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
,
$711.3 million
of three and five year “SmartRate” loans were originated while
$826.2 million
of 10, 15, and 30 year fixed-rate first mortgage loans were originated. These fixed-rate originations were more than offset by paydowns and fixed rate loan sales which resulted in a reduction of the balance of owned fixed-rate, first mortgage loans during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2013
. Historically, the preponderance of our new loan originations was comprised of fixed-rate loans which were frequently offset by fixed-rate loan sales. Loan sales of
$334.7 million
, including
$206.6 million
which were fixed-rate, were recorded in the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
. Of the total nine month loan sales,
$276.9 million
, including
$90.4 million
which were fixed-rate, were sales of non-agency eligible loans, which reflected the impact of changes imposed by Fannie Mae, the Association’s primary loan investor, related to requirements for loans that it accepts, as well as the strategy of originating adjustable rate loans to be held for investment on our balance sheet. Refer to the
Controlling Our Interest Rate Risk Exposure
section of the
Overview
for additional discussion regarding our management of interest rate risk. In addition to the
decrease
in residential mortgage loans, there was a
$229.0 million
decrease
in home equity loans and lines of credit. Between June 28, 2010 and March 20, 2012, we suspended the acceptance of new home equity loan and line of credit applications with the exception of bridge loans. Beginning in March, 2012, we offered redesigned home equity lines of credit to qualifying existing home equity customers, subject to certain property and credit performance conditions. In February 2013 we further modified the product design and in April 2013 we extended the offer to both existing home equity customers and new consumers in Ohio, Florida and selected counties in Kentucky. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment related to home equity lines of credit originated subsequent to March 20, 2012, totaled
$25.1 million
. At
June 30, 2013
, pending commitments to extend new home equity lines of credit to our existing customers totaled
$7.8 million
. Refer to the
Controlling Our Interest Rate Risk
Exposure
section of the
Overview
for additional information.
Mortgage loan servicing assets, net,
decreased
$4.3 million
, or
22%
, to
$15.3 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$19.6 million
at
September 30, 2012
. This
decrease
was due to
$5.3 million
in amortization expense, offset by
$1.0 million
in new loan servicing assets resulting from
$334.7 million
of loan sales completed during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
. Additionally, this change reflected the reduced level, as compared to pre-2010 levels, of loan sales, and accompanying creation of new mortgage loan servicing assets, that resulted from the delivery requirement changes imposed by Fannie Mae as described in the
Controlling Our Interest Rate Risk Exposure
section of the
Overview
. The majority of the amortization of the servicing assets is linked to the cyclically low level of mortgage interest rates that prompted accelerated refinancing activity by
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borrowers. The principal balance of loans serviced
decreased
$618.1 million
, or
16%
, during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
to
$3.19 billion
from
$3.81 billion
at
September 30, 2012
.
Prepaid expenses and other assets
decreased
$10.8 million
, or
12%
, to
$79.9 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$90.7 million
at
September 30, 2012
. This change was primarily the result of normal amortization and the subsequent refund of the remaining prepaid FDIC insurance, which had a balance of $12.1 million reported at
September 30, 2012
.
Deposits
decreased
$350.9 million
, or
4%
, to
$8.63 billion
at
June 30, 2013
from
$8.98 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. The
decrease
in deposits resulted from a
$416.2 million
decrease
in our certificates of deposit, partially offset by a
$32.1 million
increase
in our high-yield savings accounts (a subcategory of our savings accounts) and a
$32.4 million
increase
in our high-yield checking accounts (a subcategory of our negotiable order of withdrawal accounts). We believe that our high-yield savings accounts as well as our high-yield checking accounts provide a stable source of funds. In addition, our high yield savings accounts are expected to reprice in a manner similar to our home equity lending products, and, therefore, assist us in managing interest rate risk. To manage our cost of funds, maturing, higher rate certificates of deposits were replaced by other lower rate savings products that we offered or, if the depositor withdrew their maturing accounts, the monies were replaced by borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati.
Borrowed funds
decreased
$13.1 million
to
$475.1 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$488.2 million
at
September 30, 2012
. The
decrease
was comprised mainly of a
$205.0 million
decrease
in lower cost, short-term borrowings partially offset by a
$191.7 million
increase
in long-term borrowings from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, the proceeds of which were primarily held in interest earning cash and cash equivalents which augment our liquidity. The decrease in short-term advances can be attributed to the increased loans sales and decreased cash demands.
Principal, interest and related escrow on loans serviced
decreased
$48.6 million
, or
38%
, to
$78.9 million
at
June 30, 2013
from
$127.5 million
at
September 30, 2012
. This
decrease
reflects the impact of a lower balance in the sold loan portfolio and the cyclical timing of real estate tax payments that have been collected from borrowers and remitted to various taxing agencies.
Total shareholders’ equity
increased
$45.1 million
, or
2%
, to
$1.85 billion
at
June 30, 2013
from
$1.81 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. This
increase
primarily reflected
$40.2 million
of
net income
in the current
nine
month period combined with
$8.6 million
of adjustments related to awards under the stock-based compensation plan and the allocation of shares held by the ESOP, which was partially offset by a $3.8 million after tax unrealized loss on available-for-sale investment securities.
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Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
Average balances and yields
. The following table sets forth average balances, average yields and costs, and certain other information for the periods indicated. No tax-equivalent yield adjustments were made, as the effects thereof were not material. Average balances are derived from daily average balances. Non-accrual loans were included in the computation of average balances, but have been reflected in the table as loans carrying a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred fees, discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income or interest expense.
Three Months Ended
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Average
Balance
Interest
Income/
Expense
Yield/
Cost (1)
Average
Balance
Interest
Income/
Expense
Yield/
Cost (1)
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Other interest-earning cash
equivalents
$
259,913
$
172
0.26
%
$
279,968
$
190
0.27
%
Investment securities
9,060
9
0.40
%
10,070
9
0.36
%
Mortgage-backed securities
446,513
1,251
1.12
%
377,799
1,507
1.60
%
Loans (1)
10,084,908
92,399
3.66
%
10,377,112
102,143
3.94
%
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
35,620
373
4.19
%
35,620
376
4.22
%
Total interest-earning assets
10,836,014
94,204
3.48
%
11,080,569
104,225
3.76
%
Noninterest-earning assets
279,866
295,612
Total assets
$
11,115,880
$
11,376,181
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW accounts
$
1,038,740
487
0.19
%
$
1,000,083
715
0.29
%
Savings accounts
1,808,667
1,249
0.28
%
1,777,844
1,778
0.40
%
Certificates of deposit
5,844,989
25,313
1.73
%
6,113,501
35,211
2.30
%
Borrowed funds
338,110
1,027
1.21
%
394,682
657
0.67
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
9,030,506
28,076
1.24
%
9,286,110
38,361
1.65
%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
240,376
285,112
Total liabilities
9,270,882
9,571,222
Shareholders’ equity
1,844,998
1,804,959
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
11,115,880
$
11,376,181
Net interest income
$
66,128
$
65,864
Interest rate spread (2)(3)
2.24
%
2.11
%
Net interest-earning assets (4)
$
1,805,508
$
1,794,459
Net interest margin (2)(5)
2.44
%
2.38
%
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
119.99
%
119.32
%
Selected performance ratios:
Return on average assets (2)
0.58
%
0.03
%
Return on average equity (2)
3.52
%
0.20
%
Average equity to average assets
16.60
%
15.87
%
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(1)
Loans include both mortgage loans held for sale and loans held for investment.
(2)
Annualized.
(3)
Interest rate spread represents the difference between the yield on average interest-earning assets and the cost of average interest-bearing liabilities.
(4)
Net interest-earning assets represent total interest-earning assets less total interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)
Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by total interest-earning assets.
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General
.
Net income
increased
$15.3 million
to
$16.2 million
for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
from
$0.9 million
for the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. The
increase
in net income was attributable primarily to a lower provision for loan losses combined with an increase in other income partially offset by an increase in non-interest expense.
Interest Income.
Interest income
decreased
$10.0 million
, or
10%
, to
$94.2 million
during the current quarter compared to
$104.2 million
during the same quarter in the prior year. The
decrease
in interest income resulted primarily from a
decrease
in interest income from loans and a
decrease
in interest income from mortgage-backed securities.
Interest income on mortgage-backed securities
decreased
nearly
$0.3 million
, or
17%
, to
$1.3 million
for the current quarter compared to
$1.5 million
during the same quarter in the prior year. This change was attributed to a
48
basis point
decrease
in the average yield on mortgage-backed securities to
1.12%
for the current quarter from
1.60%
for the same quarter last year, as interest rates on adjustable rate mortgage loans that collateralize certain mortgage-backed securities reset to lower current interest rates and higher rate, fixed-rate mortgage loans that collateralize other mortgage-backed securities continued to experience accelerated paydowns. The decrease in yield was partially offset by a
$68.7 million
, or
18%
,
increase
in the average balance to
$446.5 million
on mortgage-backed securities for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
compared to
$377.8 million
during the same quarter last year.
Interest income on loans
decreased
$9.7 million
, or
10%
, to
$92.4 million
compared to
$102.1 million
during the same quarter in the prior year. This change was attributed to a
28
basis point
decrease
in the average yield on loans to
3.66%
for the current quarter from
3.94%
for the same quarter last year as historically low interest rates have kept the level of refinance activity high. Additionally, our “SmartRate” adjustable-rate first mortgage loan originations for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
, were originated at interest rates below rates offered on fixed-rate products and contributed to the lower average yield. In addition, there was a
$292.2 million
, or a
3%
,
decrease
in the average balance of loans to
$10.08 billion
for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
compared to
$10.38 billion
during the same quarter last year as repayments and loan sales exceeded new loan production.
Interest Expense
.
Interest expense
decreased
$10.3 million
, or
27%
, to
$28.1 million
during the current quarter compared to
$38.4 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. The
decrease
resulted primarily from a
decrease
in interest expense on certificates of deposit combined with modest decreases in interest expense on NOW accounts and savings accounts.
Interest expense on certificates of deposit decreased
$9.9 million
, or
28%
, to
$25.3 million
during the current quarter compared to
$35.2 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. The change was mainly attributable to a
57
basis point
decrease
in the average rate we paid on certificates of deposit to
1.73%
for the current quarter from
2.30%
for the same quarter last year combined with a
$268.5 million
, or
4%
,
decrease
in the average balance of certificates of deposit to
$5.84 billion
during the current quarter from an average balance of
$6.11 billion
during the same quarter of the prior year. Rates were adjusted on deposits in response to changes in general market rates as well as to changes in the rates paid by our competition on short-term certificates of deposit. Additionally, to optimally manage our funding costs during the current quarter, maturing, higher rate certificates of deposits were replaced by other lower rate savings products or borrowed funds.
Net Interest Income.
Net interest income
increased
$0.2 million
, or less than 1%, to
$66.1 million
during the current quarter from
$65.9 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. As net interest income
increased
during the quarter, we experienced an improvement in our interest rate spread, which
increased
13
basis points to
2.24%
compared to
2.11%
during the same quarter last year. Low interest rates have
decreased
the yield on interest-earning assets, and to a greater extent, the rate paid on deposits and borrowed funds resulting in the slight
increase
in net interest income. Our net interest margin
increased
six
basis points to
2.44%
for the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
, compared to
2.38%
during the same quarter last year. Our average net interest-earning assets
increased
$11.0 million
, to
$1.81 billion
during the current quarter compared to the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
.
Provision for Loan Losses
.
We establish provisions for loan losses, which are charged to operations, in order to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level we consider necessary to absorb credit losses incurred in the loan portfolio that are both probable and reasonably estimable at the balance sheet date. In determining the level of the allowance for loan losses, we consider past and current loss experience, evaluations of real estate collateral, current economic conditions, volume and type of lending, adverse situations that may affect a borrower’s ability to repay a loan and the levels of non-performing and other classified loans. The amount of the allowance is based on estimates and the ultimate losses may vary from such estimates as more information becomes available or conditions change. We assess the allowance for loan losses on a quarterly basis and make provisions for loan losses in order to maintain the adequacy of the allowance as described in the next paragraph. Recently, improving regional employment levels, stabilization in residential real estate values, recovering capital and credit markets, and upturns in consumer confidence have resulted in better credit metrics for us. Nevertheless, the depth of the decline in housing values that accompanied the 2008 financial crisis still presents significant challenges for many of our borrowers who may attempt to sell their homes or refinance their loans as a means to self-cure a delinquency.
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Based on our evaluation of the above factors, we recorded a provision for loan losses of
$5.0 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
and a provision of
$31.0 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. The loan loss provision
decreased
in the current quarter and reflected the
decreased
level of charge-offs and loan delinquencies during the current quarter when compared to the same quarter in the prior fiscal year. The
decreased
level of charge-offs during the current quarter occurred throughout our entire loan portfolio. The net charge-offs of
$9.7 million
exceeded the loan loss provision of
$5.0 million
recorded for the current quarter while the loan loss provision of
$31.0 million
recorded for the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
exceeded net charge-offs of
$24.9 million
. The loan loss provisions were recorded with the objective of aligning our overall allowance for loan losses with our current estimates of loss in the portfolio. The allowance for loan losses was
$96.5 million
, or
0.96%
of total recorded investment in loans receivable, at
June 30, 2013
, compared to
$107.4 million
or
1.05%
of total recorded investment in loans receivable at
June 30, 2012
.
In comparison to the balance at
March 31, 2013
, the total recorded investment in non-accrual loans
decreased
$7.1 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
. Since
June 30, 2012
, the total recorded investment in non-accrual loans
increased
$4.9 million
. Comparability of the balances of non-accrual loans between
June 30, 2013
and
June 30, 2012
is distorted by the inclusion of $30.4 million at June 30, 2013 of performing loans in Chapter 7 bankruptcy status where all borrowers have been discharged of their obligation pursuant to OCC Bank Accounting Advisory Series interpretive guidance issued in July 2012. No comparable balances were reported at June 30, 2012.
The recorded investment in non-accrual loans in our residential, non-Home Today portfolio
decreased
$4.0 million
, or
4%
during the current quarter, to
$94.3 million
at
June 30, 2013
, and
increased
$6.2 million
, or
7%
since
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in our non-Home Today portfolio was
$7.90 billion
, compared to
$7.72 billion
at
March 31, 2013
and
$7.72 billion
at
June 30, 2012
. During the current quarter, non-Home Today net charge-offs were
$3.7 million
, as compared to net charge-offs of
$5.0 million
during the quarter ended
March 31, 2013
and
$9.1 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
.
The recorded investment in non-accrual loans in our residential, Home Today portfolio
decreased
$2.2 million
, or
6%
during the current quarter, to
$34.9 million
at
June 30, 2013
, and
decreased
$5.4 million
, or
13%
since
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in our Home Today portfolio was
$183.5 million
, compared to
$190.0 million
at
March 31, 2013
and
$217.9 million
at
June 30, 2012
. During the current quarter, Home Today net charge-offs were
$1.9 million
, as compared to net charge-offs of
$3.8 million
during the quarter ended
March 31, 2013
and
$5.2 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
.
The recorded investment in non-accrual home equity loans and lines of credit
decreased
$0.8 million
, or
3%
, during the current quarter, to
$29.6 million
at
June 30, 2013
, and
increased
$4.3 million
, or
17%
since
June 30, 2012
. The recorded investment in our home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio at
June 30, 2013
, was
$1.93 billion
, compared to
$2.01 billion
at
March 31, 2013
and
$2.25 billion
at
June 30, 2012
. During the current quarter, home equity loans and lines of credit net charge-offs were
$4.0 million
, as compared to net charge-offs of
$5.2 million
during the quarter ended
March 31, 2013
and
$10.5 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. We believe that non-performing home equity loans and lines of credit are, on a relative basis, of greater concern than non-Home Today loans as these home equity loans and lines of credits generally hold subordinated positions and accordingly, represent a higher level of risk. The non-performing balances of home equity loans and lines of credit were
$29.6 million
or
2%
of the home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio at
June 30, 2013
compared to
$30.4 million
, or
2%
at
March 31, 2013
and
$25.3 million
, or
1%
at
June 30, 2012
. Despite recent improved credit metrics, we will continue to closely monitor the loss performance of this category.
Non-Interest Income.
Non-interest income
increased
$2.5 million
, or
40%
, to
$8.8 million
during the current quarter compared to
$6.3 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
, mainly as a result of an increase in gains on the sale of loans during the current quarter. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in net loan servicing fees received in connection with the smaller portfolio of loans serviced for others and a decrease resulting from a fair value adjustment of interest rate lock commitments entered into in connection with mortgage banking activities.
In the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
there were $112.5 million in loan sales from which we recorded
$4.0 million
of net gains. There were no loan sales recorded or gains on sales recorded during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
.
Non-Interest Expense.
Non-interest expense
increased
$5.6 million
, or
14%
, to
$46.3 million
during the current quarter compared to
$40.7 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
primarily from higher salaries and employee benefits, other operating expenses, and higher marketing services expenditures incurred primarily in support of our mortgage lending activities. Salaries and employee benefits
increased
$3.5 million
, or
19%
, to
$21.9 million
during the current quarter compared to
$18.4 million
during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. This change was primarily due to a $3.1 million increase in associate compensation in addition to a small increase in costs related to employee stock-based incentive programs.
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Income Tax Expense.
The provision for income taxes was
$7.4 million
during the current quarter compared to a
$459 thousand
benefit during the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. The provision for the current quarter included
$7.4 million
of federal tax and
$76 thousand
of state income tax expense. The provision for the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
included
$488 thousand
of federal tax benefit and
$29 thousand
of state income tax expense. Our effective federal tax rate was
31.2%
during the current quarter compared to a tax benefit rate of
120.9%
in the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
. Our provision for income taxes in the current quarter aligns our year-to-date provision with our expectations for the full fiscal year. Our expected effective income tax rate for this fiscal year is below the federal statutory rate because of our ownership of bank-owned life insurance. During the quarter ended
June 30, 2012
, a settlement was reached with the IRS related to the timing of bad debt deductions for fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010. As a result of that settlement, $0.7 million of interest expense and $0.8 million of benefit related to our charitable contribution carryforward were recognized.
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Comparison of Operating Results for the
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
and
2012
Average balances and yields
. The following table sets forth average balances, average yields and costs, and certain other information for the periods indicated. No tax-equivalent yield adjustments were made, as the effects thereof were not material. Average balances are derived from daily average balances. Non-accrual loans were included in the computation of loan average balances, and have been reflected in the table as carrying a zero yield. The yields set forth below include the effect of deferred fees, discounts and premiums that are amortized or accreted to interest income or interest expense.
Nine Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
June 30, 2013
June 30, 2012
Average
Balance
Interest
Income/
Expense
Yield/
Cost (1)
Average
Balance
Interest
Income/
Expense
Yield/
Cost (1)
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest-earning assets:
Other interest-earning cash
equivalents
$
241,981
$
467
0.26
%
$
280,319
$
534
0.25
%
Investment securities
9,355
27
0.38
%
10,327
28
0.36
%
Mortgage-backed securities
437,891
3,425
1.04
%
370,081
4,830
1.74
%
Loans (1)
10,230,102
286,329
3.73
%
10,193,762
308,046
4.03
%
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
35,620
1,179
4.41
%
35,620
1,140
4.27
%
Total interest-earning assets
10,954,949
291,427
3.55
%
10,890,109
314,578
3.85
%
Noninterest-earning assets
283,896
280,282
Total assets
$
11,238,845
$
11,170,391
Interest-bearing liabilities:
NOW accounts
$
1,023,427
$
1,794
0.23
%
$
983,734
$
2,121
0.29
%
Savings accounts
1,803,898
4,416
0.33
%
1,751,815
5,866
0.45
%
Certificates of deposit
5,941,291
80,004
1.80
%
6,011,868
108,813
2.41
%
Borrowed funds
391,232
2,739
0.93
%
331,863
1,874
0.75
%
Total interest-bearing liabilities
9,159,848
88,953
1.29
%
9,079,280
118,674
1.74
%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities
250,827
294,024
Total liabilities
9,410,675
9,373,304
Shareholders’ equity
1,828,170
1,797,087
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
11,238,845
$
11,170,391
Net interest income
$
202,474
$
195,904
Interest rate spread (2)(3)
2.26
%
2.11
%
Net interest-earning assets (4)
$
1,795,101
$
1,810,829
Net interest margin (2)(5)
2.46
%
2.40
%
Average interest-earning assets to average interest-bearing liabilities
119.60
%
119.94
%
Selected performance ratios:
Return on average assets (2)
0.48
%
0.12
%
Return on average equity (2)
2.93
%
0.77
%
Average equity to average assets
16.27
%
16.09
%
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(1)
Loans include both mortgage loans held for sale and loans held for investment.
(2)
Annualized.
(3)
Interest rate spread represents the difference between the yield on average interest-earning assets and the cost of average interest-bearing liabilities.
(4)
Net interest-earning assets represent total interest-earning assets less total interest-bearing liabilities.
(5)
Net interest margin represents net interest income divided by total interest-earning assets.
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General
.
Net income
increased
$29.8 million
to
$40.2 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
from
$10.4 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. The
increase
in net income was attributable primarily to a
decrease
in the provision for loan losses combined with an
increase
in net interest income and an
increase
in non-interest income, partially offset by an
increase
in non-interest expense.
Interest Income.
Interest income
decreased
$23.2 million
, or
7%
, to
$291.4 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, compared to
$314.6 million
during the same
nine
months in the prior year. The
decrease
in interest income resulted primarily from a
decrease
in interest income from loans combined with a
decrease
in income on mortgage backed securities.
Interest income on loans
decreased
$21.7 million
, or
7%
, to
$286.3 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
compared to
$308.0 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. This
decrease
was attributed to a
30
basis point
decrease
in the average yield on loans to
3.73%
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
from
4.03%
for the same
nine
months in the prior year as historically low interest rates have kept the level of refinance activity high. Additionally, our “Smart Rate” adjustable-rate first mortgage loan originations for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, were originated at interest rates below rates offered on fixed-rate products and contributed to the lower average yield. The
lower
yields on loans were partially offset by a
$36.3 million
increase
in the average balance of loans to
$10.23 billion
in the current
nine
month period compared to
$10.19 billion
during the same
nine
months in the prior year as new loan production exceeded repayments and loan sales.
Interest income on mortgage-backed securities
decreased
$1.4 million
, or
29%
, to
$3.4 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, compared to
$4.8 million
during the same
nine
months in the prior year. This
decrease
was attributed to a
70
basis point
decrease
in the average yield on mortgage-backed securities to
1.04%
for the
nine
months in the current year from
1.74%
for the same
nine
months in the prior year, as interest rates on adjustable rate mortgage loans that collateralize certain mortgage-backed securities reset to lower current interest rates and higher, fixed-rate mortgage loans that collateralize other mortgage-backed securities continued to experience accelerated paydowns and were replaced by securities that provided lower yields. The lower yields were partially offset by a
$67.8 million
, or
18%
,
increase
in the average balance of mortgage-backed securities to
$437.9 million
for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
compared to
$370.1 million
during the same
nine
months last year.
Interest Expense
.
Interest expense
decreased
$29.7 million
, or
25%
, to
$89.0 million
during the current
nine
months compared to
$118.7 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. The change resulted primarily from a decrease in interest expense on certificates of deposit and to a lesser extent, decreases in interest expense on savings and NOW accounts.
Interest expense on certificates of deposit
decreased
$28.8 million
, or
26%
, to
$80.0 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, compared to
$108.8 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. The
decrease
was attributed to a
61
basis point
decrease
in the average rate we paid on certificates of deposit to
1.80%
for the
nine
months in the current year from
2.41%
for the same
nine
months in the prior year and a
$70.6 million
, or
1%
,
decrease
in the average balance of certificates of deposit to
$5.94 billion
during the current
nine
months from
$6.01 billion
during the same
nine
months of the prior year. Rates were adjusted on deposits in response to changes in general market rates as well as to changes in the rates paid by our competition on short-term certificates of deposit. Additionally, to optimally manage our funding costs during the current
nine
month period, maturing, higher rate certificates of deposits were replaced by other lower rate savings products or borrowed funds.
Net Interest Income.
Net interest income
increased
$6.6 million
, or
3%
, to
$202.5 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, from
$195.9 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. We experienced an improvement in our interest rate spread, which
increased
15
basis points to
2.26%
compared to
2.11%
during the same
nine
months last year. Low interest rates have
decreased
the yield on interest-earning assets, and to a greater extent, the rate paid on deposits and borrowed funds, resulting in the
increase
in net interest income. Our net interest margin increased
six
basis points to
2.46%
for the current
nine
months compared to
2.40%
during the same
nine
months last year. This increase was partially attributed to the higher average loan balance in the current
nine
months compared to the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. Our average net interest-earning assets
decreased
$15.7 million
, to
$1.80 billion
during the current
nine
months from
$1.81 billion
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
.
Provision for Loan Losses.
Based on our evaluation of the factors described earlier we recorded a provision for loan losses of
$33.0 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
and a provision of
$73.0 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. The
decreased
level of net charge-offs during the current
nine
months,
$36.9 million
as compared to
$122.6 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
, was mainly attributable to the elimination of the SVAs in the prior
nine
month period and to a lesser extent an improvement in credit quality in the current
nine
month period. The current provision reflected improvement in our net charge-off experience, and reduced levels of loan delinquencies but was tempered by our awareness of the relative values of residential properties in comparison to their cyclical peaks as well as the uncertainty
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that persists in the current economic environment, which continues to challenge many of our loan customers. As delinquencies in the portfolio have been resolved through pay-off, short sale or foreclosure, or management determines the collateral is not sufficient to satisfy the loan, uncollected balances have been charged against the allowance for loan losses previously provided. The net charge-offs of
$36.9 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
exceeded the
$33.0 million
loan loss provision recorded for the current
nine
months. The loan loss provision of
$73.0 million
recorded for the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
was exceeded by net charge-offs of
$122.6 million
which included the OCC-mandated charge-off of specific valuation allowances ("SVAs") of $55.5 million. The allowance for loan losses was
$96.5 million
, or
0.96%
of the total recorded investment in loans receivable, at
June 30, 2013
, compared to
$107.4 million
, or
1.05%
of the total recorded investment in loans receivable, at
June 30, 2012
. Balances of recorded investments are net of deferred fees and any applicable loans-in-process.
The total recorded investment in non-accrual loans
decreased
$23.7 million
during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2013
compared to a
$81.3 million
decrease
during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2012
. The decrease in the prior
nine
month period was largely impacted by the elimination of $55.5 million of SVAs recorded as during the quarter ended December 31, 2011 in accordance with an OCC directive.
The recorded investment in non-accrual loans in our residential, non-Home Today portfolio
decreased
$11.5 million
, or
11%
, during the current
nine
month period, to
$94.3 million
at
June 30, 2013
, compared to a
$36.9 million
decrease
during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in our non-Home Today portfolio was
$7.90 billion
, compared to
$7.92 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. During the current
nine
month period, non-Home Today net charge-offs were
$13.0 million
as compared to net charge-offs of
$21.5 million
(excluding the December 31, 2011 elimination of SVAs) during the nine months ended
June 30, 2012
.
The recorded investment in non-accrual loans in our residential, Home Today portfolio
decreased
$6.2 million
, or
15%
during the current
nine
month period, to
$34.9 million
at
June 30, 2013
compared to a
$29.3 million
decrease
during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
, the recorded investment in our Home Today portfolio was
$183.5 million
, compared to
$204.9 million
at
September 30, 2012
. During the current
nine
month period, Home Today net charge-offs were
$9.1 million
as compared to net charge-offs of
$16.6 million
(excluding the December 31, 2011 elimination of SVAs) during the nine months ended
June 30, 2012
.
The recorded investment in non-accrual home equity loans and lines of credit
decreased
$5.8 million
, or
16%
, during the current
nine
month period, to
$29.6 million
at
June 30, 2013
compared to a
$11.6 million
decrease
during the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2012
. The recorded investment in our home equity loans and lines of credit portfolio at
June 30, 2013
, was
$1.93 billion
, compared to
$2.16 billion
at
September 30, 2012
. During the current
nine
month period, home equity loans and lines of credit net charge-offs were
$14.8 million
as compared to net charge-offs of
$28.9 million
(excluding the December 31, 2011 elimination of SVAs) during the nine months ended
June 30, 2012
. We believe that non-performing home equity loans and lines of credit are, on a relative basis, of greater concern than non-Home Today loans as these home equity loans and lines of credit generally hold subordinated positions and accordingly, represent a higher level of risk.
Non-Interest Income.
Non-interest income
increased
$4.8 million
, or
26%
, to
$23.2 million
during the current
nine
months compared to
$18.4 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
, mainly as a result of gains on the sales of loans. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in net loan servicing fees received in connection with the smaller portfolio of loans serviced for others and a decrease resulting from a fair value adjustment of interest rate lock commitments entered into in connection with mortgage banking activities.
In the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
there were
$334.7 million
in loan sales from which we recorded
$8.3 million
of net gains. There were no loan sales or gains on sales recorded during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
.
Non-Interest Expense.
Non-interest expense
increased
$7.5 million
, or
6%
, to
$134.0 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, primarily from higher salaries and employee benefits, other operating expenses, marketing services and, state franchise tax, partially offset by decreases in net real estate owned expenses (which includes associated legal and maintenance expenses partially offset by gains (losses) on the disposal of properties) and federal insurance premiums. Salaries and employee benefits
increased
$4.5 million
, or
8%
, to
$64.4 million
during the current
nine
months compared to
$59.8 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. This change was primarily due to a $4.9 million increase in associate compensation partially offset by a $1.2 million decrease in retirement/pension expense, which is consistent with the freeze of the pension plan benefits effective December 31, 2011.
Income Tax Expense.
The provision for income taxes was
$18.4 million
during the current
nine
month period compared to
$4.4 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. The provision for the current
nine
month period included
$18.3 million
of federal income tax provision and
$98 thousand
of state income tax provision. The provision for the
nine
months
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ended
June 30, 2012
included
$4.3 million
of federal income tax provision and
$72 thousand
of state income tax provision. Our effective federal tax rate was
31.3%
during the current
nine
months compared to
29.5%
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. Our provision for income taxes in the current
nine
months is aligned with our expectations for the full fiscal year. Our expected effective income tax rates are below the federal statutory rate because of our ownership of bank-owned life insurance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity is the ability to meet current and future financial obligations of a short-term nature. Our primary sources of funds consist of deposit inflows, loan repayments, advances from the FHLB of Cincinnati, borrowings from the Federal Reserve Discount Window, sales and maturities of securities and sales of loans. As described below, the amount of liquidity derived from loan sales has decreased significantly from pre-June 2010 levels.
In addition to the primary sources of funds described above, we have the ability to obtain funds through the use of collateralized borrowings in the wholesale markets. Also, access to the equity capital markets via a supplemental minority stock offering or a full (second step) transaction remain as other potential sources of liquidity, although these channels generally require six to nine months of lead time.
While maturities and scheduled amortization of loans and securities are predictable sources of funds, deposit flows and mortgage prepayments are greatly influenced by general interest rates, economic conditions and competition. The Association’s Asset/Liability Management Committee is responsible for establishing and monitoring our liquidity targets and strategies in order to ensure that sufficient liquidity exists for meeting the borrowing needs and deposit withdrawals of our customers as well as unanticipated contingencies. We seek to maintain a minimum liquidity ratio of 5% (which we compute as the sum of cash and cash equivalents plus unpledged investment securities for which ready markets exist, divided by total assets). For the three months ended
June 30, 2013
, our liquidity ratio averaged
6.35%
. We believe that we have sufficient sources of liquidity to satisfy our short- and long-term liquidity needs as of
June 30, 2013
.
We regularly adjust our investments in liquid assets based upon our assessment of expected loan demand, expected deposit flows, yields available on interest-earning deposits and securities and the objectives of our asset/liability management program. Excess liquid assets are generally invested in interest-earning deposits and short- and intermediate-term securities.
Our most liquid assets are cash and cash equivalents. The levels of these assets are dependent on our operating, financing, lending and investing activities during any given period. At
June 30, 2013
, cash and cash equivalents totaled
$297.0 million
.
Investment securities classified as available-for-sale, which provide additional sources of liquidity, totaled
$454.5 million
at
June 30, 2013
.
Effective July 1, 2010, our traditional processing operations no longer complied with Fannie Mae’s standard requirements and accordingly, our ability to manage liquidity via the loan sales channel has been limited. In response to this limitation and the accompanying interest rate risk management implications, the following steps were taken:
•
during the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the Association implemented procedures necessary for participation in Fannie Mae's HARP II program;
•
during the nine months ended June 30, 2013 the Association negotiated several loan sales transactions with private investors; and
•
in May 2013, the Association adopted the loan origination process changes required by Fannie Mae that will be applied to a portion of its fixed-rate loan originations and pending Fannie Mae's review and approval, which is expected to be completed and received prior to September 30, 2013, will enable the Association to securitize and sell those loans that are originated using the Fannie Mae compliant procedures, in the secondary market.
During the
nine
month period ended
June 30, 2013
, loan sales totaled
$334.7 million
, which included
$57.9 million
of loans that qualified under Fannie Mae's HARP II initiative with the remainder comprised of high credit quality, long-term, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate residential first mortgage loans, which were sold to private, third-party investors. These loans were not eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae. At
June 30, 2013
,
$4.4 million
of long-term, fixed-rate residential first mortgage loans were classified as “held for sale”, all of which qualified under Fannie Mae's HARP II initiative. There were no loan sales commitments outstanding at
June 30, 2013
.
Our cash flows are derived from operating activities, investing activities and financing activities as reported in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) included in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
At
June 30, 2013
, we had
$675.3 million
in loan commitments outstanding. In addition to commitments to originate loans, we had
$1.18 billion
in undisbursed home equity lines of credit to borrowers. Certificates of deposit due within one year
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of
June 30, 2013
totaled
$2.49 billion
, or
28.9%
of total deposits. If these deposits do not remain with us, we will be required to seek other sources of funds, including loan sales, sales of investment securities, other deposit products, including new certificates of deposit, Federal Home Loan Bank advances, borrowings from the Federal Reserve Discount Window or other collateralized borrowings. Depending on market conditions, we may be required to pay higher rates on such deposits or other borrowings than we currently pay on the certificates of deposit due on or before
June 30,
2014
. We believe, however, based on past experience, that a significant portion of such deposits will remain with us. Generally, we have the ability to attract and retain deposits by adjusting the interest rates offered.
Our primary investing activities are originating residential mortgage loans and purchasing investments. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, we originated
$1.54 billion
of residential mortgage loans, and during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
, we originated
$2.07 billion
of residential mortgage loans. We purchased
$206.0 million
of securities during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, and
$135.4 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
.
Financing activities consist primarily of changes in deposit accounts, changes in the balances of principal and interest owed on loans serviced for others, Federal Home Loan Bank advances and borrowings from the Federal Reserve Discount Window. We experienced a net
decrease
in total deposits of
$350.9 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
compared to a net
increase
of
$241.2 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. Deposit flows are affected by the overall level of interest rates, the interest rates and products offered by us and our local competitors, and by other factors. Principal and interest owed on loans serviced for others
decreased
$48.6 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
compared to a net
decrease
of
$57.3 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. This change primarily reflected a decrease in the level of loan refinance activity between the two periods. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
we
decreased
our advances from the FHLB of Cincinnati by
$13.1 million
as we actively managed our liquidity ratio. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
, our advances from the FHLB of Cincinnati
increased
by
$429.9 million
.
Liquidity management is both a daily and long-term function of business management. If we require funds beyond our ability to generate them internally, borrowing agreements exist with the FHLB of Cincinnati and the Federal Reserve Discount Window, each of which provides an additional source of funds. At
June 30, 2013
we had
$475.1 million
of FHLB of Cincinnati advances and no outstanding borrowings from the Federal Reserve Discount Window. During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
, we had average outstanding advances from the FHLB of Cincinnati of
$391.2 million
as compared to average outstanding advances of
$331.9 million
during the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2012
. At
June 30, 2013
we had the ability to immediately borrow an additional
$455.7 million
from the FHLB of Cincinnati and
$191.6 million
from the Federal Reserve Discount Window. From the perspective of collateral value securing FHLB of Cincinnati advances, our capacity limit for additional borrowings beyond the immediately available limits at
June 30, 2013
was
$3.61 billion
, subject to satisfaction of the FHLB of Cincinnati common stock ownership requirement. To satisfy the common stock ownership requirement we would have to increase our ownership of FHLB of Cincinnati common stock by an additional
$72.2 million
.
The Company is subject to various regulatory capital requirements, including a risk-based capital measure. The risk-based capital guidelines include both a definition of capital and a framework for calculating risk-weighted assets by assigning balance sheet assets and off-balance sheet items to broad risk categories. In July 2013, the OCC and the other federal bank regulatory agencies issued a final rule that will revise their leverage and risk-based capital requirements and the method for calculating risk-weighted assets to make them consistent with agreements that were reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act. Among other things, the rule establishes a new common equity Tier 1 minimum capital requirement (4.5% of risk-weighted assets), increases the minimum Tier 1 capital to risk-based assets requirement (from 4% to 6% of risk-weighted assets) and assigns a higher risk weight (150%) to exposures that are more than 90 days past due or are on nonaccrual status and to certain commercial real estate facilities that finance the acquisition, development or construction of real property. The final rule also requires unrealized gains and losses on certain "available-for-sale" securities holdings to be included for purposes of calculating regulatory capital requirements unless a one-time opt-in or opt-out is exercised. The rule limits a banking organization's capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus payments if the banking organization does not hold a "capital conservation buffer" consisting of 2.5% of common equity Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets in addition to the amount necessary to meet its minimum risk-based capital requirements.
The final rule becomes effective for the Association on January 1, 2015. The capital conservation buffer requirement will be phased in beginning January 1, 2016 and ending January 1, 2019, when the full capital conservation buffer requirement will be effective. The final rule also implements consolidated capital requirements for savings and loan holding companies effective January 1, 2015.
The weighted capital ratios pursuant to asset risk weightings as they are structured under the new rule differ unfavorably when compared to current computations. At this time, the Company has not estimated the impact of the new rule on reported risk weighted capital ratios.
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As of
June 30, 2013
the Association exceeded all regulatory requirements to be considered “Well Capitalized” as presented in the table below (dollar amounts in thousands).
Actual
Required
Amount
Ratio
Amount
Ratio
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
$
1,661,603
23.90
%
$
695,252
10.00
%
Core Capital to Adjusted Tangible Assets
1,574,578
14.19
%
554,685
5.00
%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
1,574,578
22.65
%
417,151
6.00
%
The capital ratios of the Company as of
June 30, 2013
are presented in the table below (dollar amounts in thousands).
Actual
Amount
Ratio
Total Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
$
1,939,072
27.77
%
Core Capital to Adjusted Tangible Assets
1,851,671
16.64
%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets
1,851,671
26.52
%
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
General
. The majority of our assets and liabilities are monetary in nature. Consequently, our most significant form of market risk has historically been interest rate risk. In general, our assets, consisting primarily of mortgage loans, have longer maturities than our liabilities, consisting primarily of deposits. As a result, a principal part of our business strategy is to manage interest rate risk and limit the exposure of our net interest income to changes in market interest rates. Accordingly, our board of directors has established risk parameter limits deemed appropriate given our business strategy, operating environment, capital, liquidity and performance objectives. Additionally, our board of directors has also authorized the formation of an Asset/Liability Management Committee ("ALMCO") comprised of key operating personnel which is responsible for managing this risk consistent with the guidelines and risk limits approved by the board of directors. Further, the board has established the Directors Risk Committee which conducts regular oversight and review of the guidelines, policies and deliberations of the ALMCO.
We have sought to manage our interest rate risk in order to control the exposure of our earnings and capital to changes in interest rates. As part of our ongoing asset-liability management, we have historically used the following strategies to manage our interest rate risk:
(i)
marketing adjustable-rate and shorter-maturity (10 year, fixed-rate mortgages) loan products;
(ii)
lengthening the weighted average remaining term of major funding sources, primarily by offering attractive interest rates on deposit products, particularly longer-term certificates of deposit, and through the use of longer-term advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati;
(iii)
investing in shorter- to medium-term investments and mortgage-backed securities;
(iv)
maintaining high levels of capital; and
(v)
securitizing and/or selling long-term, fixed-rate residential real estate mortgage loans.
During the
nine
months ended
June 30, 2013
,
$334.7 million
of long-term, fixed-rate and variable rate mortgage loans were sold, all on a servicing retained basis, and, at
June 30, 2013
,
$4.4 million
of long-term, fixed-rate residential first mortgage loans were classified as “held for sale”. Of the loan sales during the
nine
month period,
$148.7 million
was comprised of long-term, fixed-rate first mortgage loans which were sold to three private investors in separate transactions and
$128.1 million
was comprised of long-term, adjustable-rate first mortgage loans which were sold to a fourth private investor. Additionally, we sold a total of
$57.9 million
of long-term, fixed-rate first mortgage loans under Fannie Mae's HARP II program. At
June 30, 2013
, no loan sales commitments were outstanding.
Effective July 1, 2010, Fannie Mae, historically the Association’s primary loan investor, implemented certain loan origination requirement changes affecting loan eligibility that, prior to May 2013, we did not adopt. Subsequent to the May 2013 implementation date of our revised procedures, and, upon review and validation by Fannie Mae (expected prior to September 30, 2013), we expect that those fixed-rate, first mortgage loans that are originated under the revised procedures, will thereafter be eligible for securitization and sale in Fannie Mae mortgage-backed security form. Accordingly, the Association’s ability to reduce interest rate risk via our traditional loan sales of newly originated longer-term fixed rate residential loans is currently limited and will remain so while the Association completes the adaptation of its loan origination processes to comply
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with Fannie Mae's loan eligibility standards. In the short term, and except for HARP II-related sales as previously described, future sales of fixed-rate mortgage loans will predominantly be limited to those loans that have established payment histories, strong borrower credit profiles and are supported by adequate collateral values. In response to this change, since July 2010, we have actively marketed an adjustable-rate mortgage loan product and beginning in fiscal 2012, have promoted a ten year fixed-rate mortgage loan. Each of these products provides us with improved interest rate risk characteristics when compared to longer-term, fixed-rate mortgage loans. Shortening the average maturity of our interest-earning assets by increasing our investments in shorter-term loans and investments, as well as loans and investments with variable rates of interest, helps to better match the maturities and interest rates of our assets and liabilities, thereby reducing the exposure of our net interest income to changes in market interest rates. By following these strategies, we believe that we are better positioned to react to increases in market interest rates.
Economic Value of Equity
.
Using customized modeling software, the Association prepares periodic estimates of the amounts by which the net present value of its cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet items (the institution’s economic value of equity or “EVE”) would change in the event of a range of assumed changes in market interest rates. The simulation model uses a discounted cash flow analysis and an option-based pricing approach in measuring the interest rate sensitivity of EVE. The model estimates the economic value of each type of asset, liability and off-balance sheet contract under the assumption that instantaneous changes (measured in basis points) occur at all maturities along the United States Treasury yield curve and other relevant market interest rates. A basis point equals one-hundredth of one percent, and 100 basis points equals one percent. An increase in interest rates from 2% to 3% would mean, for example, a 100 basis point increase in the “Change in Interest Rates” column below. The model is tailored specifically to our organization, which, we believe, improves its accuracy. The following table presents the estimated changes in the Association’s EVE at
June 30, 2013
that would result from the indicated instantaneous changes in the United States Treasury yield curve and other relevant market interest rates. Computations of prospective effects of hypothetical interest rate changes are based on numerous assumptions, including relative levels of market interest rates, loan prepayments and deposit decay, and should not be relied upon as indicative of actual results.
EVE as a Percentage of
Present Value of Assets (3)
Change in
Interest Rates
(basis points)
(1)
Estimated
EVE (2)
Estimated Increase (Decrease) in
EVE
EVE
Ratio (4)
Increase
(Decrease)
(basis
points)
Amount
Percent
(Dollars in thousands)
+300
$
1,121,765
$
(779,076
)
(41.0
)%
11.21
%
(566
)
+200
1,380,618
(520,223
)
(27.4
)%
13.26
%
(361
)
+100
1,647,407
(253,435
)
(13.3
)%
15.20
%
(167
)
0
1,900,842
—
—
16.87
%
—
-100
2,068,379
167,538
8.8
%
17.80
%
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(1)
Assumes an instantaneous uniform change in interest rates at all maturities.
(2)
EVE is the discounted present value of expected cash flows from assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet contracts.
(3)
Present value of assets represents the discounted present value of incoming cash flows on interest-earning assets.
(4)
EVE Ratio represents EVE divided by the present value of assets.
The table above indicates that at
June 30, 2013
, in the event of an increase of 200 basis points in all interest rates, the Association would experience a
27.4%
decrease
in EVE. In the event of a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates, the Association would experience a
8.8%
increase
in EVE.
The following table is based on the calculations contained in the previous table, and sets forth the change in the EVE at a +200 basis point rate of shock at
June 30, 2013
, with comparative information as of
September 30, 2012
. By regulation the Association must measure and manage its interest rate risk for interest rate shocks relative to established risk tolerances in EVE.
Risk Measure (+200 bps Rate Shock)
At June 30, 2013
At September 30, 2012
Pre-Shock EVE Ratio
16.87
%
15.49
%
Post-Shock EVE Ratio
13.26
%
12.47
%
Sensitivity Measure in basis points
(361
)
(302
)
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Certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodologies used in measuring interest rate risk through changes in EVE. Modeling changes in EVE requires making certain assumptions that may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the EVE tables presented above assume that the composition of our interest-sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains constant over the period being measured and assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although the EVE tables provide an indication of our interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on our EVE and will differ from actual results.
We have previously reported that our former primary regulator, the OTS, expressed concern with respect to several significant assumptions used in our prior internal interest rate risk (“IRR”) model, as well as the reliability of the resulting IRR profiles generated by that model. While we believe that the previous IRR model enabled us to efficiently, prudently and reasonably measure and manage IRR, we nevertheless replaced that modeling system with a system that offers enhanced functionality and capabilities. Installation and implementation of the new IRR modeling software was finalized during the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and, for periods subsequent to December 31, 2011, the IRR disclosures as determined using the new model are reported in our SEC filings. In connection with the installation and implementation of the new IRR modeling software, factors related to prepayment, decay and default assumptions that impact the computation of EVE were customized, based on the results of an independent, third party study that was prepared using the Association's data. Use of these customized assumptions further enhanced the alignment of our EVE calculations with our risk profile. In addition to our month end modeling reports that use current month end balances and current month end interest rates, we also compute EVE using current month end balances and last month's/quarter's interest rates in order to isolate the EVE impact resulting purely from interest rate changes. These results are then reviewed and discussed by management with appropriate actions taken if deemed necessary. At
June 30, 2013
, the results were in line with management's expectations. The new model also possesses random patterning capabilities that our prior model lacked and accommodates extensive regression analytics applicable to the prepayment and decay profiles of our borrower and depositor portfolios. We believe that the new model expands our ability to run alternative modeling scenarios and improves the timeliness of and our access to decision making data that is integral to our IRR management processes. Modeling our IRR profile and measuring our IRR exposure are processes that are subject to continuous revision, refinement, modification, enhancement and validation. We continually evaluate, challenge and update the methodology and assumptions used in our IRR model. Changes to the methodology and/or assumptions used in the model will result in reported IRR profiles and reported IRR exposures that will be different, and perhaps significantly, from the results reported above.
Earnings at Risk.
In addition to EVE calculations, we use our simulation model to analyze the sensitivity of our net interest income to changes in interest rates (the institution’s earnings at risk or “EaR”). Net interest income is the difference between the interest income that we earn on our interest-earning assets, such as loans and securities, and the interest that we pay on our interest-bearing liabilities, such as deposits and borrowings. In our model, we estimate what our net interest income would be for prospective twelve and twenty-four month periods using customized (based on our portfolio characteristics) assumptions with respect to loan prepayment rates, default rates and deposit decay rates, and the implied forward yield curve as of the market date for assumptions as to projected interest rates. We then calculate what the net interest income would be for the same period in the event of instantaneous changes in market interest rates. The simulation process is subject to continual enhancement, modification, refinement and adaptation in order that it might most accurately reflect our current circumstances, factors and expectations. As of
June 30, 2013
, using our enhanced customer behavioral assumptions and reflective of other modeling modifications, we estimated that our EaR for the 12 months ending
June 30,
2014
would
decrease
by
1.7%
in the event of an instantaneous 200 basis point increase in market interest rates. The improvement in this estimated amount when compared to our
September 30, 2012
estimated
decrease
of
12.0%
for the then ensuing 12 month period, is reflective of the use of enhanced customer behavioral assumptions and other modeling modifications.
Certain shortcomings are also inherent in the methodologies used in determining interest rate risk through changes in EaR. Modeling changes in EaR require making certain assumptions that may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the interest rate risk information presented above assumes that the composition of our interest-sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains substantially constant over the period being measured and assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although interest rate risk calculations provide an indication of our interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on our net interest income and will differ from actual results. In addition to the preparation of computations as described above, we also formulate simulations based on a variety of non-linear changes in interest rates and a variety of non-constant balance sheet composition scenarios.
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The EVE and EaR analyses are similar in that they both start with the same month end balance sheet amounts, weighted average coupon and maturity. The underlying prepayment, decay and default assumptions are also the same and they both start with the same month end "markets" (Treasury and Libor yield curves, etc.). From that similar starting point, the models follow divergent paths. EVE is a stochastic model using 200 different interest rate paths to compute market value at the cohorted transaction level for each of the categories on the balance sheet whereas EaR uses the implied forward curve to compute interest income/expense at the cohorted transaction level for each of the categories on the balance sheet.
EVE is considered as a point in time calculation with a "liquidation" view of the Association where all the cash flows (including interest, principal and prepayments) are modeled and discounted using discount factors derived from the current market yield curves. It provides a long term view and helps to define changes in equity and duration as a result of changes in interest rates. On the other hand, EaR is based on balance sheet projections going one year and two year forward and assumes new business volume and pricing to calculate net interest income under different interest rate environments. EaR is calculated to determine the sensitivity of net interest income under different interest rate scenarios. With each of these models specific policy limits have been established that are compared with the actual month end results. These limits have been approved by the Association's board of directors and are used as benchmarks to evaluate and moderate interest rate risk. In the event that there is a breach of policy limits, management is responsible for taking such action, similar to those described under the preceding heading of
General
, as may be necessary in order to return the Association's interest rate risk profile to a position that is in compliance with the policy. At
June 30, 2013
the IRR profile as disclosed above did not breach our internal limits.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision of and with the participation of the Company’s management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated
and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Part II — Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to various legal actions arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, the resolution of these legal actions is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in the “Risk Factors” disclosed in the Holding Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on November 29, 2012 (File No. 001-33390).
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(a)
Not applicable
(b)
Not applicable
(c)
The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock during the quarter ended
June 30, 2013
.
On March 12, 2009, the Company announced its fourth stock repurchase program, which authorizes the repurchase of up to an additional 3,300,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Purchases under the program will be on an ongoing basis, subject to the availability of stock, general market conditions, the trading price of the stock, alternative uses of
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capital, regulatory restrictions and our financial performance. Repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and be available for general corporate use. The program has 2,156,250 shares yet to be purchased as of
June 30, 2013
. Our last repurchases occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2009.
Because of concerns communicated to us by the OTS, which was merged into the OCC on July 21, 2011, and pending evaluation by one of our current federal regulators, the Federal Reserve, as referred to in the
Monitoring and Limiting Our Credit Risk
section in the
Overview
section of Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the Company does not intend to declare or pay a cash dividend, or to repurchase any of its outstanding common stock, until the concerns of our regulator are resolved.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information
Not applicable
Item 6.
(a) Exhibits
31.1
Certification of chief executive officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2
Certification of chief financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Certification of chief executive officer and chief financial officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
101
The following financial statements from TFS Financial Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, filed on August 8, 2013, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
101.INS
Interactive datafile XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH
Interactive datafile XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
Interactive datafile XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
Interactive datafile XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
Interactive datafile XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE
Interactive datafile XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
TFS Financial Corporation
Dated:
August 8, 2013
/s/ Marc A. Stefanski
Marc A. Stefanski
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Dated:
August 8, 2013
/s/ David S. Huffman
David S. Huffman
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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