EX-99.3 6 dex993.htm 2005 ANUAL REPORT ITEM 7A 2005 Anual Report Item 7A

Exhibit 99.3

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following table contains information about our cash held in money market accounts, principal amounts outstanding on loans held in our portfolio, principal amounts payable on senior indebtedness relating to loans and long-term debt secured by real estate owned and the principal amount outstanding on our lines of credit and credit facility as of December 31, 2005. The presentation, for each category of information, includes the assets and liabilities by their maturity dates for maturities occurring in each of the years 2006 through 2010 and the aggregate of each category maturing thereafter. None of these instruments has been entered into for trading purposes.


     2006     2007     2008     2009     2010     Thereafter     Total  

Interest earning assets:

              

Money market accounts

   $ 71,419,877               $ 71,419,877  

Average interest rate

     3.75 %               3.75 %

Fixed rate first mortgages

     185,325,794     62,811,626     —       —       —       —         248,137,420  

Average interest rate

     8.1 %   8.2 %   —       —       —       —         8.1 %

Variable rate first mortgages

     65,273,871     36,820,559     73,866,426             175,960,856  

Average interest rate

     8.5 %   9.2 %   8.5 %           8.6 %

Fixed rate mezzanine loans

     64,167,600     19,133,475     8,084,002     17,026,986     9,277,768     147,610,183       265,300,014  

Average interest rate

     13.5 %   13.1 %   11.9 %   13.0 %   12.3 %   11.8 %     12.4 %

Variable rate mezzanine loans

     —       15,858,706     10,000,000             25,858,706  

Average interest rate

     —       10.4 %   9.7 %           10.1 %

Interest bearing liabilities:

              

Fixed rate senior indebtedness related to loans

     19,000,000     35,000,000     —       —       —       —         54,000,000  

Average interest rate

     4.9 %   6.0 %   —       —       —       —         5.6 %

Variable rate senior indebtedness related to loans

     7,500,000     5,000,000     —               12,500,000  

Average interest rate

     7.1 %   6.5 %   —               6.9 %

Long-term debt secured by consolidated real estate interests held for use and held for sale

     1,156,943     1,239,655     53,306,037     191,497     202,924     6,253,409       62,350,466  

Average interest rate

     6.9 %   6.9 %   7.0 %   5.7 %   5.7 %   5.7 %     6.9 %

Unsecured credit facility

     —       —       240,000,000     —       —       —         240,000,000  

Average interest rate

     —       —       6.2 %   —       —       —         6.2 %

Secured lines of credit

     22,400,000     —       —       —       —           22,400,000  

Average interest rate

     6.6 %   —       —       —       —           6.6 %

Market Risk

Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, equity prices and real estate values. At December 31, 2005, $513.4 million of our real estate loans were at fixed rates. At December 31, 2005, our credit facility, lines of credit and $12.6 million of the senior indebtedness related to our loans were subject to floating interest rates. As a result, our primary market risk exposure is the effect of changes in interest rates on the interest cost of outstanding draws on our lines of credit and floating-rate borrowings. From time to time, we may enter into interest rate swap agreements for our floating rate debt to manage our interest rate risk.

Changes in interest rates may also affect the value of our investments and the rates at which we reinvest funds obtained from loan repayments. As interest rates increase, although the interest rates we obtain from reinvested funds will generally increase, the value of our existing loans at fixed rates will generally tend to decrease. As interest rates decrease, the amounts available to us for investment from repayment of our loans may be re-invested at lower rates than we had obtained on the repaid loans. However, the value of our fixed rate investments will generally increase as interest rates decrease. We may have some market risk exposure relating to the effect of changes in interest rates on our loans that have floating rates.


Under current market conditions, we do not believe that our risk of material potential losses in future earnings, fair values and/or cash flows from near-term changes in market rates that we consider reasonably possible is material.

The following tables describe the carrying amounts and fair value estimates of our fixed and variable rate real estate loans, fixed and variable rate senior indebtedness relating to loans and long term debt secured by consolidated real estate interests as of December 31, 2005 and 2004. These accounts have been valued by computing the present value of expected future cash in-flows or out-flows, using a discount rate that is equivalent to the estimated current market rate for each asset or liability, adjusted for credit risk.

For cash and cash equivalents, the book value of $71.4 million and $13.3 million as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, approximated fair value. The book value of restricted cash of $20.9 million and $22.9 million approximated fair value at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The book value of the unsecured line of credit ($240.0 million at December 31, 2005) and of the aggregate outstanding balance of the secured lines of credit of $22.4 million and $49.0 million at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively, approximated the fair value of the amounts outstanding.

 

     At December 31, 2005  
    

Carrying

Amount

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Discount

Rate

 

Fixed rate first mortgages

   $ 248,137,000    $ 249,200,000    7.75 %

Variable rate first mortgages

     175,961,000      178,713,000    7.75 %

Fixed rate mezzanine loans

     265,300,000      282,551,000    10.0 %

Variable rate mezzanine loans

     25,859,000      25,903,000    10.0 %

Fixed rate senior indebtedness relating to loans

     54,000,000      53,885,000    5.90 %

Variable rate senior indebtedness relating to loans

     12,500,000      12,644,000    5.90 %

Long-term debt secured by consolidated real estate interests held for use and held for sale

     62,350,000      62,391,000    6.75 %

 

     At December 31, 2004  
    

Carrying

Amount

  

Estimated

Fair Value

  

Discount

Rate

 

Fixed rate first mortgages

   $ 196,561,000    $ 198,049,000    8.50 %

Variable rate first mortgages

     37,270,000      37,107,000    7.50 %

Fixed rate mezzanine loans

     257,478,000      257,930,000    12.50 %

Fixed rate senior indebtedness relating to loans

     31,165,000      31,973,000    5.25 %

Variable rate senior indebtedness relating to loans

     20,140,000      20,116,000    5.25 %

Long-term debt secured by consolidated real estate interests held for use and held for sale

     63,424,000      65,476,000    5.90 %

Our fixed rate interest earning assets increased $59.4 million from December 31, 2004 to December 31, 2005, and our variable rate interest earning assets increased $164.6 million for that same period. Our variable rate interest bearing liabilities increased $205.8 million from December 31, 2004 to December 31, 2005. As discussed above in Item 7 — “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” the reasons for these increases are the continued growth of our core business of making mezzanine and bridge loans from 2004 to 2005 and our increased use of leverage from 2004 to 2005.