10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                          to                         

Commission file number 001-35151

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AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.

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Maryland	27-5254382
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
245 Park Avenue, 26th Floor New York, New York	10167
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(212) 692-2000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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   ý    No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 and Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).   Yes   ý    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated filer ¨  Accelerated filer ý Non-Accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ☒  Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   

Yes   ☐     No   ý

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class:	Trading Symbols:	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	MITT	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	MITT PrA	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	MITT PrB	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	MITT PrC	New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

As of August 6, 2020, there were 34,234,601 outstanding shares of common stock of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.

AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
PART I.     FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019	3
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019	4
	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30,2019	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	56
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	105
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	110
PART II.    OTHER INFORMATION		110
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	110
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	111
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	116
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	116
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	116
Item 5.	Other Information	116
Item 6.	Exhibits	118

PART I

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Agency - $0 and $2,234,921 pledged as collateral, respectively	$	—	$	2,315,439
Non-Agency - $36,913 and $682,828 pledged as collateral, respectively (1)	45,817		717,470
CMBS - $73,294 and $413,922 pledged as collateral, respectively	86,654		416,923
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value - $171,316 and $171,224 pledged as collateral, respectively (2)	379,822		417,785
Commercial loans, at fair value - $5,441 and $4,674 pledged as collateral, respectively	127,685		158,686
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	122,929		156,311
Excess mortgage servicing rights, at fair value	12,294		17,775
Cash and cash equivalents	68,150		81,692
Restricted cash	1,084		43,677
Other assets	11,163		21,905
Assets held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net	—		154
Total Assets	$	855,598	$	4,347,817
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	251,098	$	3,233,468
Securitized debt, at fair value (1)(2)	198,974		224,348
Dividend payable	—		14,734
Due to affiliates	31,396		5,226
Other liabilities	8,446		19,449
Liabilities held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net	306		1,546
Total Liabilities	490,220		3,498,771
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; 50,000 shares authorized:
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 2,070 shares issued and outstanding ($52,817 aggregate liquidation preference)	49,921		49,921
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 4,600 shares issued and outstanding ($117,300 aggregate liquidation preference)	111,293		111,293
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 4,600 shares issued and outstanding ($117,300 aggregate liquidation preference)	111,243		111,243
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 450,000 shares of common stock authorized and 33,825 and 32,742 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	338		327
Additional paid-in capital	666,127		662,183
Retained earnings/(deficit)	(573,544)		(85,921)
Total Stockholders’ Equity	365,378		849,046
Total Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity	$	855,598	$	4,347,817

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

(1)See Note 3 for details related to variable interest entities.

(2)See Note 4 for details related to variable interest entities.

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Net Interest Income
Interest income	$	13,369	$	40,901	$	53,637	$	82,391
Interest expense	8,613		23,030		28,584		45,124
Total Net Interest Income	4,756		17,871		25,053		37,267
Other Income/(Loss)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(91,609)		(27,510)		(242,752)		(48,093)
Net interest component of interest rate swaps	—		1,800		923		3,581
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	109,632		43,165		(204,265)		89,918
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,453)		(10,839)		(3,767)		(20,925)
Foreign currency gain/(loss), net	(156)		—		1,493		—
Other income	1		216		4		630
Total Other Income/(Loss)	8,415		6,832		(448,364)		25,111
Expenses
Management fee to affiliate	1,678		2,400		3,827		4,745
Other operating expenses	4,482		3,807		5,324		7,588
Restructuring related expenses	7,104		—		8,604		—
Equity based compensation to affiliate	75		73		163		199
Excise tax	—		186		(815)		278
Servicing fees	566		416		1,145		787
Total Expenses	13,905		6,882		18,248		13,597
Income/(loss) before equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(734)		17,821		(441,559)		48,781
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	3,434		2,050		(40,758)		1,279
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	2,700		19,871		(482,317)		50,060
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(1,193)		361		(2,227)
Net Income/(Loss)	3,061		18,678		(481,956)		47,833
Dividends on preferred stock (1)	5,667		3,367		11,334		6,734
Net Income/(Loss) Available to Common Stockholders	$	(2,606)	$	15,311	$	(493,290)	$	41,099
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30
Weighted Average Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding
Basic	32,859		32,709		32,804		31,636
Diluted	32,859		32,737		32,804		31,664

(1) The three and six months ended June 30, 2020 include cumulative and undeclared dividends of $5,667 on the Company's Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2020.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019
	Common Stock			8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings/(Deficit)
	Shares	Amount												Total
Balance at April 1, 2020	32,749	$	327	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	111,243	$	662,486	$	(576,605)	$	358,665
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	1,002	10		—		—		—		3,489		—		3,499
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	74	1		—		—		—		152		—		153
Net Income/(Loss)	—	—		—		—		—		—		3,061		3,061
Balance at June 30, 2020	33,825	$	338	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	111,243	$	666,127	$	(573,544)	$	365,378

	Common Stock			8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings/(Deficit)
	Shares	Amount										Total
Balance at April 1, 2019	32,703	$	327	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	661,561	$	(91,466)	$	731,636
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	—	—		—		—		99		—		99
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	6	—		—		—		173		—		173
Common dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(16,355)		(16,355)
Preferred Series A dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(1,067)		(1,067)
Preferred Series B dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(2,300)		(2,300)
Net Income/(Loss)	—	—		—		—		—		18,678		18,678
Balance at June 30, 2019	32,709	$	327	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	661,833	$	(92,510)	$	730,864

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019
	Common Stock			8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings/(Deficit)
	Shares	Amount												Total
Balance at January 1, 2020	32,742	$	327	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	111,243	$	662,183	$	(85,921)	$	849,046
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	1,002	10		—		—		—		3,489		—		3,499
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	81	1		—		—		—		455		—		456
Preferred Series A dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		—		(1,067)		(1,067)
Preferred Series B dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		—		(2,300)		(2,300)
Preferred Series C dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		—		(2,300)		(2,300)
Net Income/(Loss)	—	—		—		—		—		—		(481,956)		(481,956)
Balance at June 30, 2020	33,825	$	338	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	111,243	$	666,127	$	(573,544)	$	365,378

	Common Stock			8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings/(Deficit)
	Shares	Amount										Total
Balance at January 1, 2019	28,744	$	287	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	595,412	$	(100,902)	$	656,011
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	3,953	40		—		—		66,023		—		66,063
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	12	—		—		—		398		—		398
Common dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(32,707)		(32,707)
Preferred Series A dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(2,134)		(2,134)
Preferred Series B dividends declared	—	—		—		—		—		(4,600)		(4,600)
Net Income/(Loss)	—	—		—		—		—		47,833		47,833
Balance at June 30, 2019	32,709	$	327	$	49,921	$	111,293	$	661,833	$	(92,510)	$	730,864

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income/(loss)	$	(481,956)	$	47,833
Net (income)/loss from discontinued operations	(361)		(2,227)
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations	(482,317)		50,060
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net amortization of premium/(discount)	(3,926)		(1,393)
Net realized (gain)/loss	242,752		48,093
Unrealized (gain)/loss on real estate securities and loans, net	204,265		(89,918)
Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative and other instruments, net	3,767		20,925
Foreign currency (gain)/loss, net	(1,493)		—
Equity based compensation to affiliate	163		199
Equity based compensation expense	293		199
(Income)/Loss from investments in debt and equity of affiliates in excess of distributions received	42,037		5,640
Change in operating assets/liabilities:
Other assets	6,442		(5,229)
Other liabilities	(10,416)		(6,208)
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities	1,567		22,368
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operating activities	(726)		(1,285)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	841		21,083
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Purchase of real estate securities	(29,599)		(707,330)
Purchase of residential mortgage loans	(481,470)		(25,996)
Origination of commercial loans	(6,729)		(13,473)
Purchase of commercial loans	(12,471)		(16,175)
Purchase of U.S. Treasury securities	—		(60,615)
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	(43,208)		(32,880)
Proceeds from sales of real estate securities	2,683,595		446,089
Proceeds from sales of residential mortgage loans	387,408		12,780
Proceeds from sales of commercial loans	34,200		—
Proceeds from sales of U.S. Treasury securities	—		60,498
Principal repayments on real estate securities	102,895		151,918
Principal repayments on excess MSRs	1,942		1,983
Principal repayments on commercial loans	—		10,471
Principal repayments on residential mortgage loans	37,390		7,743
Distributions received in excess of income from investments in debt and equity of affiliates	24,212		12,179
Net proceeds from (payments made on) reverse repurchase agreements	—		11,499
Net proceeds from (payments made on) sales of securities borrowed under reverse repurchase agreements	—		(11,478)
Net settlement of interest rate swaps and other instruments	(73,295)		(58,594)
Net settlement of TBAs	4,610		1,600
Cash flows provided by (used in) other investing activities	(1,056)		(710)
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities	2,628,424		(210,491)
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued investing activities	—		245
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	2,628,424		(210,246)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	3,499		66,063
Borrowings under financing arrangements	12,701,999		20,785,055
Repayments of financing arrangements	(15,339,611)		(20,614,328)
Borrowings under secured debt	20,000		—

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	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Proceeds from issuance of securitized debt	3,000		—
Principal repayments on securitized debt	(9,223)		—
Net collateral received from (paid to) derivative counterparty	—		(1,465)
Net collateral received from (paid to) repurchase counterparty	(44,413)		(113)
Dividends paid on common stock	(14,734)		(30,723)
Dividends paid on preferred stock	(5,667)		(6,734)
Net cash provided by continuing financing activities	(2,685,150)		197,755
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(2,685,150)		197,755
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(55,885)		8,592
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, Beginning of Period	125,369		84,358
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(250)		—
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, End of Period	$	69,234	$	92,950
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest on financing arrangements	$	38,778	$	49,651
Cash paid for excise and income taxes	$	1,010	$	1,407
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:
Payable on unsettled trades	$	—	$	23,944
Common stock dividends declared but not paid	$	—	$	16,355
Decrease in securitized debt	$	7,091	$	2,215
Transfer of real estate securities in satisfaction of repurchase agreements	$	345,066	$	—
Change in repurchase agreements from transfer of real estate securities	$	344,685	$	—
Transfer from residential mortgage loans to other assets	$	793	$	1,466
Transfer from investments in debt and equity of affiliates to CMBS	$	11,769	$	—

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents	$	68,150	$	60,097
Restricted cash	1,084		27,847
Restricted cash included assets held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net	—		5,006
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	69,234	$	92,950

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

June 30, 2020

1. Organization

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Maryland on March 1, 2011. The Company is a hybrid mortgage REIT that opportunistically invests in a diversified risk adjusted portfolio of agency investments and credit investments. Historically, agency investments have included Agency RMBS and Agency Excess MSRs, and credit investments have included Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, loans, and Credit Excess MSRs, as defined below.

Residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") include mortgage pass-through certificates or collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of residential mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a U.S. government-sponsored entity such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (collectively, "GSEs"), or any agency of the U.S. Government such as Ginnie Mae (collectively, "Agency RMBS"). The principal and interest payments on Agency RMBS securities have an explicit guarantee by either an agency of the U.S. government or a U.S. government-sponsored entity.

Non-Agency RMBS represent fixed- and floating-rate RMBS issued by entities or organizations other than a GSE or agency of the U.S. government, or that are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages, including investment grade (AAA through BBB) and non-investment grade classes (BB and below). The mortgage loan collateral for Non-Agency RMBS consists of residential mortgage loans that do not generally conform to underwriting guidelines issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored entities or are non-U.S. mortgages. Non-Agency RMBS also includes securities issued by companies whose primary assets are land and real estate.

Asset Backed Securities ("ABS") are securitized investments for which the underlying assets are diverse, not only representing real estate related assets.

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities ("CMBS") represent investments of fixed- and floating-rate CMBS, including investment grade (AAA through BBB) and non-investment grade classes (BB and below), secured by, or evidencing an ownership interest in, a single commercial mortgage loan or a pool of commercial mortgage loans.

The Company’s Non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and ABS portfolios are generally not issued or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency of the U.S. Government, or are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages and are therefore subject to credit risk.

Collectively, the Company refers to Agency RMBS, Non-Agency RMBS, ABS and CMBS asset types as "real estate securities" or "securities."

Residential mortgage loans refer to performing, re-performing and non-performing loans secured by a first lien mortgage on residential mortgaged property located in any of the 50 states of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Commercial loans are secured by an interest in commercial real estate and represent a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates. The Company refers to its residential and commercial mortgage loans as "mortgage loans" or "loans."

Excess MSRs refer to the excess servicing spread related to mortgage servicing rights, whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust either held by a U.S. government agency or GSE ("Agency Excess MSR") or not held by a U.S. government agency or GSE ("Credit Excess MSR").

Prior to December 31, 2019, the Company conducted its business through the following segments; (i) Securities and Loans and (ii) Single-Family Rental Properties. On November 15, 2019, the Company sold its portfolio of single-family rental properties ("SFR portfolio") to a third party and no longer separated its business into segments. The sale of the Company's SFR portfolio has met the criteria for discontinued operations. Accordingly, for all current and prior periods presented, the related assets and liabilities are presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets and the related operating results are presented as income/(loss) from discontinued operations on the consolidated statement of operations. See Note 14 for further details.

The Company is externally managed by AG REIT Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Manager"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. ("Angelo Gordon"), a privately-held, SEC-registered investment

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

June 30, 2020

adviser, pursuant to a management agreement. The Manager, pursuant to a delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under the management agreement.

The Company conducts its operations to qualify and be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

COVID-19 Impact

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, the U.S. declared a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, and several states and municipalities have subsequently declared public health emergencies. These conditions have caused, and continue to cause, a significant disruption in the U.S. and world economies. To slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including the U.S., have implemented social distancing measures, which have substantially prohibited large gatherings, including at sporting events, religious services and schools. Further, many regions, including the majority of U.S. states, have implemented additional measures, such as shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders. Many businesses have moved to a remote working environment, temporarily suspended operations, laid off a significant percentage of their workforce and/or shut down completely. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic and certain of the actions taken to reduce its spread have resulted in lost business revenue, rapid and significant increases in unemployment, changes in consumer behavior and significant reductions in liquidity and the fair value of many assets, including those in which the Company invests. Although many of the government restrictions are in the process of being relaxed, these conditions, or some level thereof, are expected to continue over the near term and may prevail throughout 2020.

Beginning in mid-March, the global pandemic associated with COVID-19 and related economic conditions caused financial and mortgage-related asset markets to come under extreme duress, resulting in credit spread widening, a sharp decrease in interest rates and unprecedented illiquidity in repurchase agreement financing and mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") markets. The illiquidity was exacerbated by inadequate demand for MBS among primary dealers due to balance sheet constraints. These events, in turn, resulted in declines in the value of our assets and margin calls from our repurchase agreement financing counterparties. In order to satisfy the margin calls, the Company sold a significant portion of its investments resulting in a material adverse impact on book value, earnings and financial position. The Company's book value decreased from $17.61 at December 31, 2019 to $2.75 at June 30, 2020.

In an effort to manage the Company's portfolio through this unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets and improve liquidity, the Company executed the following measures during the six months ended June 30, 2020:

•The Company reduced its investment portfolio from $4.0 billion at December 31, 2019 to $652.3 million at June 30, 2020 through sales, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures.

•The Company terminated its entire portfolio of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, recognizing net realized losses of $(65.4) million.

•The Company reduced its outstanding financing arrangements from $3.2 billion at December 31, 2019 to $251.1 million at June 30, 2020, resulting in a decline of its overall leverage ratio from 4.1x to 1.3x.

The full impact of COVID-19 on the mortgage REIT industry, the credit markets and consequently on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations is uncertain and cannot be predicted at the current time as it depends on several factors beyond the control of the Company including, but not limited to (i) the uncertainty around the severity, duration and spread of the outbreak, (ii) the effectiveness of the United States public health response, (iii) the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies, (iv) the timing, scope and effectiveness of additional governmental responses to the pandemic, including the availability of a treatment or vaccination for COVID-19, (v) the impact of government interventions, and (vi) the negative impact on our borrowers, asset values and cost of capital.

In March 2020, the Company's Manager transitioned to a fully remote work force, to protect the safety and well-being of the Company's personnel. The Company's Manager’s prior investments in technology, business continuity planning and cyber-security protocols have enabled us to continue working with limited operational impact.

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June 30, 2020

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included for the interim period and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year's consolidated financial statements to conform to the three months ended June 30, 2020 presentation, primarily in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and all related notes in which prior periods have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the classification of the operations of the Company's SFR portfolio to discontinued operations.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company continues to conduct extensive going concern analyses as a result of market volatility from the COVID-19 pandemic. A going concern analysis has a look-forward period of one year from the financial statement issuance date. The Company expects its current cash resources, operating cash flows, positive equity on its remaining assets, and its ability to obtain financing will be sufficient to sustain operations for a period greater than one year after the issuance of the date of this report. Management believes that the Company will have sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, as they become due, for the next twelve months. To the extent that actual available cash differs materially from the current cash flow forecast, management has the ability to consider certain asset sales to increase the amount of available cash.

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve as state and local governments adopt a number of emergency measures and recommendations in response to the outbreak, including imposing travel bans, "shelter in place" restrictions, curfews, canceling events, banning large gatherings, closing non-essential businesses and generally promoting social distancing. Although certain states and localities have recently begun easing some of these new measures and providing recommendations regarding recommencing economic activity, renewed outbreaks of COVID-19 may continue to occur and result in additional or different policy action at the federal, state and local level in the near future. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting emergency measures has led (and may continue to lead) to significant disruptions in the global supply chain, global capital markets, the economy of the U.S. and the economies of other countries impacted by COVID-19. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate adverse impact of COVID-19 on economic and market conditions. The Company believes the estimates and assumptions underlying our condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of June 30, 2020; however, uncertainty over the ultimate impact COVID-19 will have on the global economy generally, and our business in particular, makes any estimates and assumptions as of June 30, 2020 inherently less certain than they would be absent the current and potential impacts of COVID-19. Accordingly, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be different than anticipated in those estimates, which could materially impact the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition and therefore the going concern analysis.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is comprised of cash on deposit with financial institutions. The Company classifies highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents includes cash invested in money market funds. As of June 30, 2020, the Company held $68.2 million of cash and cash equivalents, none of which were cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2019, the Company held $81.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $53.2 million were cash equivalents. The Company places its cash with high credit quality institutions to reduce credit risk exposure. Cash pledged to the Company as collateral is unrestricted in use and, accordingly, is included as a component of "Cash and cash equivalents" on the consolidated balance sheets. Any cash held by the Company as collateral is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from financing activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Due to broker, which is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets, does not include variation margin received on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail. Any cash due to the Company in the form of principal payments is included in the "Other assets" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from operating activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows.

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June 30, 2020

Restricted cash

Restricted cash includes cash pledged as collateral for clearing and executing trades, derivatives, and financing arrangements. Prior to the disposition of the Company's SFR portfolio, restricted cash also included cash deposited into accounts related to rent deposits and collections, security deposits, property taxes, insurance premiums, interest expenses, property management fees and capital expenditures. Restricted cash is not available to the Company for general corporate purposes. Restricted cash may be returned to the Company when the related collateral requirements are exceeded or at the maturity of the derivative or financing arrangement. Restricted cash is carried at cost, which approximates fair value. Restricted cash does not include variation margin pledged on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail.

Offering costs

The Company has incurred offering costs in connection with common stock offerings, registration statements and preferred stock offerings. Where applicable, the offering costs were paid out of the proceeds of the respective offerings. Offering costs in connection with common stock offerings and costs in connection with registration statements have been accounted for as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. Offering costs in connection with preferred stock offerings have been accounted for as a reduction of their respective gross proceeds.

Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates. See Note 1 under "COVID-19 Impact" for more detail.

Earnings/(Loss) per share

In accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 260, "Earnings per Share," the Company calculates basic income/(loss) per share by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders for the period by weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted average number of shares outstanding. In periods in which the Company records a loss, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation, as their effect on loss per share is anti-dilutive. See Note 9 for aggregate amounts of arrearages in cumulative preferred dividends and Note 12 for further detail on the Company’s common and preferred stock.

Valuation of financial instruments

The fair value of the financial instruments that the Company records at fair value is determined by the Manager, subject to oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors, and in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." When possible, the Company determines fair value using independent data sources. ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.

The three levels of the hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below: 

•Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

•Level 2 – Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others.

•Level 3 – Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

Transfers between levels are assumed to occur at the beginning of the reporting period.

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June 30, 2020

At the beginning of the first quarter of 2020, the Manager completed a data collection and analysis effort, which supported an update to its Leveling policy under ASC 820. Among the data collected and analyzed were: (i) reports from TRACE, FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine, that reports over-the-counter secondary market transactions in eligible fixed income securities, (ii) information from pricing vendors regarding valuation approaches and observability of market color, (iii) data points collected from discussions with industry sources, including peer firms and audit firms, and (iv) its own data from back testing vendor pricing against its own trades. After analyzing this data, the Manager concluded that there was sufficient observability of market inputs used by its third-party pricing services for certain RMBS and CMBS positions previously categorized as Level 3 to meet the criteria for a Level 2 classification.

The Company considered whether the volatile market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic would have an impact on its Leveling policy under ASC 820, as amended on January 1, 2020. Based on due diligence, there have been no significant changes in any of the pricing services’ fair value methodologies or processes as a result of COVID-19. Additionally, despite increased price volatility and widening of bid-ask spreads, the Company does not believe the pricing services’ ability to determine fair values was adversely impacted. As a result, the Company concluded there was no migration from Level 2 to Level 3 as a result of COVID-19.

Accounting for real estate securities

Investments in real estate securities are recorded in accordance with ASC 320-10, "Investments – Debt and Equity Securities," ASC 325-40, "Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets," or ASC 310-30, "Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality." The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825, "Financial Instruments" for its real estate securities portfolio. Real estate securities are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and the periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." Real estate securities acquired through securitizations are shown in the line item "Purchase of real estate securities" on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Purchases and sales of real estate securities are recorded on the trade date.

These investments meet the requirements to be classified as available for sale under ASC 320-10-25 which requires the securities to be carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity. Electing the fair value option allows the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations, which, in management’s view, more appropriately reflects the results of operations for a particular reporting period as all securities activities will be recorded in a similar manner. The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to securities for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25.

When the Company purchases securities with evidence of credit deterioration since origination, it will analyze the securities to determine if the guidance found in ASC 310-30 is applicable.

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company accounted for its securities under ASC 310 and ASC 325 and evaluated securities for other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a security was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a real estate security was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the security was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

When a real estate security was impaired, an OTTI was considered to have occurred if (i) the Company intended to sell the security (i.e., a decision has been made as of the reporting date) or (ii) it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If the Company intended to sell the security or if it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the real estate security before recovery of its amortized cost basis,

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the entire amount of the impairment loss, if any, was recognized in earnings as a realized loss and the cost basis of the security was adjusted to its fair value. Additionally, for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 an OTTI was deemed to have occurred when there was an adverse change in the expected cash flows to be received and the fair value of the security was less than its carrying amount. In determining whether an adverse change in cash flows occurred, the present value of the remaining cash flows, as estimated at the initial transaction date (or the last date previously revised), was compared to the present value of the expected cash flows at the current reporting date. The estimated cash flows reflected those a "market participant" would use and included observations of current information and events, and assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of potential credit losses. Cash flows were discounted at a rate equal to the current yield used to accrete interest income. Any resulting OTTI adjustments were reflected in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

The determination as to whether an OTTI existed was subjective, given that such determination was based on information available at the time of assessment as well as the Company’s estimate of the future performance and cash flow projections for the individual security. As a result, the timing and amount of an OTTI constituted an accounting estimate that could change materially over time. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a security on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such security subsequently improved.

Sales of securities are driven by the Manager’s portfolio management process. The Manager seeks to mitigate risks including those associated with prepayments, defaults, severities, amongst others and will opportunistically rotate the portfolio into securities with more favorable attributes. Strategies may also be employed to manage net capital gains, which need to be distributed for tax purposes.

Realized gains or losses on sales of securities, loans and derivatives are included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The cost of positions sold is calculated using a first in, first out ("FIFO") basis. Realized gains and losses are recorded in earnings at the time of disposition.

Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans

Investments in mortgage loans are recorded in accordance with ASC 310-10, "Receivables." At purchase, the Company may aggregate its mortgage loans into pools based on common risk characteristics. Once a pool of loans is assembled, its composition is maintained. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its mortgage loan portfolio. Loans are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to loans for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25. Purchases and sales of mortgage loans are recorded on the settlement date, concurrent with the completion of due diligence and the removal of any contingencies. Prior to the settlement date, the Company will include commitments to purchase loans within the Commitments and Contingencies footnote to the financial statements.

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the loans utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of both interest and principal on its loans to determine whether they are impaired. A loan or pool of loans is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms. Income recognition is suspended for loans at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90-days past due or when, in the opinion of the Manager, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan or pool of loans is in doubt, all payments are applied to principal under the cost recovery method. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan is not in doubt, contractual interest is recorded as interest income when received, under the cash basis method until an accrual is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed. A loan is written off when it is no longer realizable and/or legally discharged.

When the Company purchases mortgage loans with evidence of credit deterioration since origination and it determines that it is probable it will not collect all contractual cash flows on those loans, it will apply the guidance found in ASC 310-30. Mortgage loans that are delinquent 60 or more days are considered non-performing.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for loans accounted for under ASC 310-30. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If based on the most current information and events it is probable that there is a

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June 30, 2020

significant increase in cash flows previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life. The Company will adjust the amount of accretable yield by reclassification from the nonaccretable difference. The adjustment is accounted for as a change in estimate in conformity with ASC 250, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections" with the amount of periodic accretion adjusted over the remaining life of the loan. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a loan on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such loan subsequently improved.

As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previous standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The Company’s unconsolidated ownership interests in affiliates are accounted for using the equity method. A majority of the Company’s investments held through affiliated entities are comprised of real estate securities, Excess MSRs, loans, and certain derivatives. These types of investments may also be held directly by the Company. These entities have chosen to make a fair value election on their financial instruments and certain financing arrangements pursuant to ASC 825; as such, the Company will treat these financial instruments and financing arrangements consistently with this election.

On December 9, 2015, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, through AG Arc LLC, one of the Company’s indirect subsidiaries ("AG Arc"), formed Arc Home LLC ("Arc Home"). In June 2016, Arc Home closed on the acquisition of a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and Ginnie Mae seller/servicer of residential mortgages. Through this subsidiary, Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM, and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election with respect to its investment in AG Arc pursuant to ASC 825.

On August 29, 2017, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed Mortgage Acquisition Holding I LLC ("MATH") to conduct a residential mortgage investment strategy. MATH in turn sponsored the formation of an entity called Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC ("MATT") to purchase predominantly "Non-QM" loans, which are residential mortgage loans that are not deemed "qualified mortgage," or "QM," loans under the rules of the CFPB. Non-QM loans are not eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae. MATT has made an election to be treated as a real estate investment trust beginning with the 2018 tax year.

On April 3, 2020, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, restructured its financing arrangements in MATT ("Restructured Financing Arrangement"). The Restructured Financing Arrangement requires all principal and interest on the underlying assets in MATT be used to pay down principal and interest on the outstanding financing arrangement. As of April 3, 2020, the Restructured Financing Arrangement is no longer a mark-to-market facility with respect to margin calls and is non-recourse to the Company. The Restructured Financing Arrangement provides for a termination date of October 1, 2021. At the earlier of the termination date or the securitization or sale by the Company of the remaining assets subject to the Restructured Financing Arrangement, the financing counterparty (which is a non-affiliate) will be entitled to 35% of the remaining equity in the assets. The Company evaluated this restructuring and concluded it was an extinguishment of debt. MATT has chosen to make a fair value election on this financing arrangement, and the Company will treat this arrangement consistently with this election.

On May 15, 2019 and November 14, 2019, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed LOT SP I LLC and LOT SP II LLC, respectively, (collectively, "LOTS"). LOTS were formed to originate first mortgage loans to third party land developers and home builders for the acquisition and horizontal development of land ("Land Related Financing").

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June 30, 2020

During Q3 2018, the Company transferred certain of its CMBS from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries accounted for as an equity method investment to a consolidated entity. The Company executed this transfer in order to obtain financing on these real estate securities. As a result, there was a reclassification of these assets from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company has also shown this reclassification as a non-cash transfer from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on its consolidated statements of cash flows.

The below table reconciles the fair value of investments to the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheet (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Assets		Liabilities		Equity
Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans, at fair value (1)(2)	$	307,130	$	(217,856)	$	89,274	$	373,126	$	(257,068)	$	116,058
AG Arc, at fair value	28,030		—		28,030		28,546		—		28,546
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	9,276		(3,651)		5,625		12,953		(1,246)		11,707
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$	344,436	$	(221,507)	$	122,929	$	414,625	$	(258,314)	$	156,311

(1)Certain loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Within Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans is $243.7 million and $254.3 million of fair value of Non-QM loans held in MATT at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Additionally, there is $23.8 million and $17.0 million of fair value of Land Related Financing held in LOTS at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The Company’s investments in debt and equity of affiliates are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item and periodic changes in fair value are recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates." Capital contributions, distributions and profits and losses of such entities are allocated in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreements.

Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights

The Company has acquired the right to receive the excess servicing spread related to Excess MSRs. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for Excess MSRs. Excess MSRs are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net."

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the related Excess MSRs utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of interest of its Excess MSRs to determine whether they are impaired.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for Excess MSRs. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If there is a significant increase in expected cash flows over what was previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the Excess MSR’s yield over its remaining life. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on an Excess MSR on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such Excess MSR subsequently improved.

As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities, loans and Excess MSRs measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

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June 30, 2020

Investment consolidation and transfers of financial assets

For each investment made, the Company evaluates the underlying entity that issued the securities acquired or to which the Company makes a loan to determine the appropriate accounting. A similar analysis is performed for each entity with which the Company enters into an agreement for management, servicing or related services. In performing the analysis, the Company refers to guidance in ASC 810-10, "Consolidation." In situations where the Company is the transferor of financial assets, the Company refers to the guidance in ASC 860-10 "Transfers and Servicing."

In variable interest entities ("VIEs"), an entity is subject to consolidation under ASC 810-10 if the equity investors either do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, are unable to direct the entity’s activities or are not exposed to the entity’s losses or entitled to its residual returns. VIEs within the scope of ASC 810-10 are required to be consolidated by their primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is determined to be the party that has both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This determination can sometimes involve complex and subjective analyses. Further, ASC 810-10 also requires ongoing assessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. In accordance with ASC 810-10, all transferees, including variable interest entities, must be evaluated for consolidation. If the Company determines that consolidation is not required, it will then assess whether the transfer of the underlying assets would qualify as a sale, should be accounted for as secured financings under GAAP, or should be accounted for as an equity method investment, depending on the circumstances. See Note 3 and Note 4 for more detail.

A Special Purpose Entity ("SPE") is an entity designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it. SPEs are often used to facilitate transactions that involve securitizing financial assets or resecuritizing previously securitized financial assets. The objective of such transactions may include obtaining non-recourse financing, obtaining liquidity or refinancing the underlying securitized financial assets on improved terms. Securitization involves transferring assets to an SPE to convert all or a portion of those assets into cash before they would have been realized in the normal course of business through the SPE’s issuance of debt or equity instruments. Investors in an SPE usually have recourse only to the assets in the SPE and depending on the overall structure of the transaction, may benefit from various forms of credit enhancement, such as over-collateralization in the form of excess assets in the SPE, priority with respect to receipt of cash flows relative to holders of other debt or equity instruments issued by the SPE, or a line of credit or other form of liquidity agreement that is designed with the objective of ensuring that investors receive principal and/or interest cash flow on the investment in accordance with the terms of their investment agreement.

The Company entered into a resecuritization transaction in 2014 (the "December 2014 VIE") which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying assets in connection with the resecuritization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this resecuritization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing, based on the Company’s involvement in the December 2014 VIE, including the design and purpose of the SPE, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the December 2014 VIE. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the December 2014 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a realized gain of $2.1 million. See Note 3 below for more detail.

The Company transferred certain of its CMBS in Q3 2018 from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries into a newly formed wholly owned entity so the Company could obtain financing on these real estate securities (the "August 2018 VIE"). The Company evaluated whether this newly formed entity was a VIE and, whether it should be consolidated. The Company determined that the August 2018 VIE should be consolidated by the Company based on the Company’s 100% equity ownership in the August 2018 VIE (despite a profit participation interest held by an unaffiliated third party in the August 2018 VIE), the Company's involvement in the August 2018 VIE, including the design and purpose of the entity, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the August 2018 VIE. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the August 2018 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a loss of $8.3 million. See Note 3 below as well as the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" section above for more detail.

The Company entered into a securitization transaction of certain of its re-performing residential mortgage loans in Q3 2019, which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying

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assets in connection with the securitization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this securitization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. Based on its evaluation, the Company concluded that the VIE should be consolidated and, as a result, transferred assets of the VIE were determined to be secured borrowings. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. See Note 4 below for more detail.

From time to time the Company purchases residual positions where it consolidates the securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

The Company may periodically enter into transactions in which it transfers assets to a third party. Upon a transfer of financial assets, the Company will sometimes retain or acquire senior or subordinated interests in the related assets. Pursuant to ASC 860-10, a determination must be made as to whether a transferor has surrendered control over transferred financial assets. That determination must consider the transferor’s continuing involvement in the transferred financial asset, including all arrangements or agreements made contemporaneously with, or in contemplation of, the transfer, even if they were not entered into at the time of the transfer. The financial components approach under ASC 860-10 limits the circumstances in which a financial asset, or portion of a financial asset, should be derecognized when the transferor has not transferred the entire original financial asset to an entity that is not consolidated with the transferor in the financial statements being presented and/or when the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial asset. It defines the term "participating interest" to establish specific conditions for reporting a transfer of a portion of a financial asset as a sale.

Under ASC 860-10, after a transfer of financial assets that meets the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint and transferred control—an entity recognizes the financial and servicing assets it acquired or retained and the liabilities it has incurred, derecognizes financial assets it has sold and derecognizes liabilities when extinguished. The transferor would then determine the gain or loss on sale of financial assets by allocating the carrying value of the underlying mortgage between securities or loans sold and the interests retained based on their fair values. The gain or loss on sale is the difference between the cash proceeds from the sale and the amount allocated to the securities or loans sold. When a transfer of financial assets does not qualify for sale accounting, ASC 860-10 requires the transfer to be accounted for as a secured borrowing with a pledge of collateral.

From time to time, the Company may securitize mortgage loans it holds if such financing is available. These transactions will be recorded in accordance with ASC 860-10 and will be accounted for as either a "sale" and the loans will be removed from the consolidated balance sheets or as a "financing" and will be classified as "residential mortgage loans" on the consolidated balance sheets, depending upon the structure of the securitization transaction. ASC 860-10 is a standard that may require the Company to exercise significant judgment in determining whether a transaction should be recorded as a "sale" or a "financing."

Interest income recognition

Interest income on the Company’s real estate securities portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such securities. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2, "Imputation of Interest," using the effective interest method for all securities accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). As such, premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted into interest income over the lives of the securities in accordance with ASC 310-20, "Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs," ASC 320-10 or ASC 325-40, as applicable. Total interest income is recorded in the "Interest income" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

On at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 320-10 and ASC 310-20 (generally Agency RMBS, exclusive of interest-only securities), prepayments of the underlying collateral must be estimated, which directly affect the speed at which the Company amortizes premiums on its securities. If actual and anticipated cash flows differ from previous estimates, the Company records an adjustment in the current period to the amortization of premiums for the impact of the cumulative change in the effective yield through the reporting date.

Similarly, the Company also reassesses the cash flows on at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 (generally Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, interest-only securities and Excess MSRs). In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions made that are uncertain and subject to judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors and contingencies. These include the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts (including assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations), the pass-through or coupon rate and interest rate fluctuations. In addition, interest payment shortfalls due to delinquencies on the underlying mortgage loans have to be

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estimated. Differences between previously estimated cash flows and current actual and anticipated cash flows are recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the yield over the remaining life of the security based on the current amortized cost of the investment as adjusted for credit impairment, if any.

Interest income on the Company’s loan portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such loans. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2 using the effective interest method for all loans accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). Any amortization is reflected as an adjustment to interest income in the consolidated statement of operations.

For security and loan investments purchased with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, the Company will apply the provisions of ASC 310-30. For purposes of income recognition, the Company may aggregate loans that have common risk characteristics into pools and uses a composite interest rate and expectation of cash flows expected to be collected for the pool. ASC 310-30 addresses accounting for differences between contractual cash flows and cash flows expected to be collected from an investor’s initial investment in loans or debt securities (loans) acquired in a transfer if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. ASC 310-30 limits the yield that may be accreted (accretable yield) to the excess of the investor’s estimate of undiscounted expected principal, interest and other cash flows (cash flows expected at acquisition to be collected) over the investor’s initial investment in the loan. ASC 310-30 requires that the excess of contractual cash flows over cash flows expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference) not be recognized as an adjustment of yield, loss accrual or valuation allowance. Subsequent changes in cash flows expected to be collected generally should be recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life.

Financing arrangements

The Company finances the acquisition of certain assets within its portfolio through the use of financing arrangements. Financing arrangements include repurchase agreements and financing facilities. The Company's financing facilities include revolving facilities. Repurchase agreements and financing facilities are treated as collateralized financing transactions and carried at their contractual amounts, including accrued interest, as specified in the respective agreements. The carrying amount of the Company’s repurchase agreements and revolving facilities approximates fair value.

The Company pledges certain securities, loans or properties as collateral under financing arrangements with financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The amounts available to be borrowed under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities are dependent upon the fair value of the securities, or loans pledged as collateral, which can fluctuate with changes in interest rates, type of security and liquidity conditions within the banking, mortgage finance and real estate industries. In response to declines in fair value of assets pledged under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities, lenders may require the Company to post additional collateral or pay down borrowings to re-establish agreed upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had met all margin call requirements. 

On March 20, 2020, the Company notified its financing counterparties that it did not expect to be in a position to fund the anticipated volume of future margin calls under its financing arrangements in the near term as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 23, 2020, the Company has received notifications of alleged events of default and deficiency notices from several of its financing counterparties. Subject to the terms of the applicable financing arrangement, if the Company fails to deliver additional collateral or otherwise meet margin calls when due, the financing counterparties may be able to demand immediate payment by the Company of the aggregate outstanding financing obligations owed to such counterparties, and if such financing obligations are not paid, may be permitted to sell the financed assets and apply the proceeds to the Company's financing obligations and/or take ownership of the assets securing the Company's financing obligations. During this period of market upheaval, the Company engaged in discussions with its financing counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements pursuant to which each counterparty would agree to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies with respect to an event of default under the applicable financing arrangement for an agreed-upon period. On April 10, 2020, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement for an initial 15 day period, on April 27, 2020, a second forbearance agreement for an extended period ending on June 1, 2020, and a third forbearance agreement on June 1, 2020 for an additional period ending June 15, 2020 (collectively, the "Forbearance Agreement") with certain of its financing counterparties (the "Participating Counterparties"). Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to forbear from exercising any of their rights and remedies in respect of events of default and any and all other defaults under the applicable financing arrangement with the Company for the duration of the forbearance period specified in the Forbearance Agreement (the "Forbearance Period").

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On June 10, 2020, the Company and the Participating Counterparties entered into a Reinstatement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under its financing agreements with the Company (each, a “Bilateral Agreement”) and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as it may be amended by agreement between the Participating Counterparty and the Company. As a result of the termination of the Forbearance Agreement and entry into the Reinstatement Agreement, default interest on the Company’s outstanding borrowings under each Bilateral Agreements has ceased to accrue as of June 10, 2020 and the interest rate was the non-default rate of interest or pricing rate, as set forth in the applicable Bilateral Agreements, all cash margin has been applied to outstanding balances owed by the Company, and the DTC repo tracker coding for each Bilateral Agreement has been reinstated, thereby allowing principal and interest payments on the underlying collateral to flow to and be used by the Company, just as it was before the prior forbearance agreements were put in place. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Reinstatement Agreement, the security interests granted to Participating Counterparties as additional collateral under the various forbearance agreements have been terminated and released. The Company also agreed to pay the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel and other professional advisors for the Participating Counterparties and the collateral agent. Additionally, the Reinstatement Agreement provided a set of financial covenants that override and replace the financial covenants in each Bilateral Agreement and sets forth various reporting requirements from the Company to the Participating Counterparties, releases, certain netting obligations and cross-default provisions. In connection with the negotiation and execution of the Reinstatement Agreement, the Company entered into certain amendments to the Bilateral Agreements with certain of the Participating Counterparties to reflect current market terms. In general, the amendments reflect increased haircuts and higher coupons.

On June 10, 2020, the Company also entered a separate reinstatement agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank (the “JPM Reinstatement Agreement”) on substantially the same terms as those set forth in the Reinstatement Agreement. The Reinstatement Agreement and the JPM Reinstatement Agreement collectively cover all of the Company’s existing financing arrangements as of the date of this report.

Refer to Note 13 for more information on outstanding deficiencies.

Dividends on Preferred Stock

Holders of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at a rate of 8.25%, 8.00% and 8.000% per annum, respectively, of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference for each series. On and after September 17, 2024, dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accumulate at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 6.476% per annum. If the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare a dividend in a given period, an accrual is not recorded on the balance sheet. However, undeclared preferred stock dividends are reflected in earnings per share as discussed in ASC 260-10-45-11. Preferred stock dividends that are not declared accumulate and are added to the liquidation preference as of the scheduled payment date for the respective series of the preferred stock. The undeclared and unpaid dividends on the Company’s preferred stock accrue without interest, and if dividends on the Company's preferred stock are in arrears, the Company cannot pay cash dividends with respect to its Common Stock. See Note 9 for aggregate amounts of arrearages in cumulative preferred dividends and Note 12 for further detail on the Company’s Preferred Stock.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The guidance replaces the existing “incurred loss” model with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. It requires entities to record credit allowances for available-for-sale debt securities rather than reduce the carrying amount, as it currently is under the other-than temporary impairment model. The new guidance also simplifies the accounting model for purchased credit-impaired debt securities and loans. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previously existing standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance had an impact on the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. See the "Accounting for real estate securities," "Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans," "Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights," and "Interest income recognition" sections above for more detail.

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3. Real Estate Securities

The following tables detail the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) stated in the tables below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses). 

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	63,228	$	(16,880)	$	46,348	$	3,736	$	(4,593)	$	45,491	4.95	%	8.43	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only (2)	183,667		(183,590)		77		301		(52)		326		0.59	%	NM
Total Non-Agency:	246,895		(200,470)		46,425		4,037		(4,645)		45,817		2.40	%	8.43	%
CMBS	121,193		(17,692)		103,501		1,584		(22,664)		82,421		4.06	%	5.63	%
CMBS Interest Only	687,447		(683,134)		4,313		87		(167)		4,233		0.10	%	7.02	%
Total CMBS:	808,640		(700,826)		107,814		1,671		(22,831)		86,654		0.63	%	5.70	%
Total Credit Investments:	$	1,055,535	$	(901,296)	$	154,239	$	5,708	$	(27,476)	$	132,471	0.89	%	6.64	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

(2)Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only includes only two investments. The overall impact of the investments' yields on the Company's portfolio is immaterial.

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	2,125,067	$	59,123	$	2,184,190	$	57,404	$	(296)	$	2,241,298	3.73	%	3.17	%
Interest Only	476,192		(403,248)		72,944		2,330		(1,133)		74,141		3.93	%	5.87	%
Total Agency RMBS:	2,601,259		(344,125)		2,257,134		59,734		(1,429)		2,315,439		3.77	%	3.26	%
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	769,254		(107,848)		661,406		55,343		(353)		716,396		4.84	%	6.28	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	209,362		(207,948)		1,414		—		(340)		1,074		0.77	%	5.96	%
Total Non-Agency:	978,616		(315,796)		662,820		55,343		(693)		717,470		4.40	%	6.28	%
CMBS	485,713		(134,596)		351,117		18,720		(906)		368,931		4.91	%	7.28	%
CMBS Interest Only	3,427,025		(3,382,273)		44,752		3,486		(246)		47,992		0.24	%	6.68	%
Total CMBS:	3,912,738		(3,516,869)		395,869		22,206		(1,152)		416,923		0.60	%	7.21	%
Total Credit Investments:	4,891,354		(3,832,665)		1,058,689		77,549		(1,845)		1,134,393		1.31	%	6.62	%
Total	$	7,492,613	$	(4,176,790)	$	3,315,823	$	137,283	$	(3,274)	$	3,449,832	2.20	%	4.37	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated securities for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a security was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a real estate security was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the security was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $8.7 million on its securities, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded $8.7 million of OTTI due to an adverse change in cash flows on certain securities where the fair values of the securities were less

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than their carrying amounts. Of the $8.7 million of OTTI recorded, $0.9 million related to securities where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $11.1 million on its securities, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded $11.1 million of OTTI due to an adverse change in cash flows on certain securities where the fair values of the securities were less than their carrying amounts. Of the $11.1 million of OTTI recorded, $1.2 million related to securities where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

As of December 31, 2019, the unrealized losses on the remaining real estate securities were solely due to market conditions and not the credit quality of the assets. The investments in any remaining unrealized loss positions were not considered other than temporarily impaired because the Company had the ability and intent to hold the investments to maturity or for a period of time sufficient for a forecasted market price recovery up to or beyond the cost of the investments and the Company was not required to sell the investments for regulatory or other reasons.

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	21,836	$	29,004	1.55	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	43,984		56,366		0.64	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	29,651		31,077		0.53	%
Greater than ten years	37,000		37,792		4.32	%
Total	$	132,471	$	154,239	0.89	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities broken out by Agency RMBS and Credit Investments as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Agency RMBS						Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	—	$	—	—	%	$	82,474	$	82,273	0.56	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	313,855		302,520		4.01	%	525,192		508,038		1.29	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	2,001,584		1,954,614		3.71	%	296,665		263,300		1.06	%
Greater than ten years	—		—		—		230,062		205,078		5.46	%
Total	$	2,315,439	$	2,257,134	3.77	%	$	1,134,393	$	1,058,689	1.31	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures, 87 securities for total proceeds of $234.5 million, recording realized gains of $9.3 million and realized losses of $45.6 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures, 316 securities for total proceeds of $2.7 billion, recording realized gains of $53.2 million and realized losses of $175.8 million.

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For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 15 securities for total proceeds of $233.1 million, recording realized gains of $3.8 million and realized losses of $0.1 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 46 securities for total proceeds of $446.1 million, recording realized gains of $8.1 million and realized losses of $2.3 million.

See Notes 4 and 8 for amounts realized on sales of loans and the settlement of certain derivatives, respectively.

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE and August 2018 VIE as further described in Note 2 as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands). As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in these VIEs.

	December 31, 2019
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Non-Agency	$	13,838
CMBS	94,500
Other assets	808
Total assets	$	109,146
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value	7,230
Other liabilities	3,553
Total liabilities	$	81,495

The holders of the consolidated tranche of the December 2014 VIE, shown within the Non-Agency line item above, have no recourse to the general credit of the Company and the Company has no obligation to provide any other explicit or implicit support to the December 2014 VIE. Except for restricted cash, shown within the Other assets line item above, assets held by the August 2018 VIE are not restricted and can be used to settle any obligations of the Company. The liabilities of the August 2018 VIE are recourse to the Company and can be satisfied with assets of the Company.

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

					Weighted Average
	Current Face		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
Consolidated tranche (2)	$	7,204	$	7,230	3.46	%	4.11	%	1.96
Retained tranche	7,851		6,608		5.37	%	18.14	%	7.64
Total resecuritized asset (3)	$	15,055	$	13,838	4.46	%	10.81	%	4.92

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)As of December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $7.2 million on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

(3)As of December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the total resecuritized asset is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as "Non-Agency."

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4. Loans

Residential mortgage loans

In January 2020, the Company purchased a residential mortgage loan portfolio with a gross aggregate unpaid principal balance and a gross acquisition fair value of $481.7 million and $450.3 million, respectively.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 2,357 loans for total proceeds of $382.8 million, recording realized gains of $1.4 million and realized losses of $55.5 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 2,358 loans for total proceeds of $391.5 million, recording realized gains of $1.4 million and realized losses of $58.6 million.

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 78 loans for total proceeds of $12.7 million, recording realized gains of $1.0 million and realized losses of $0.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 79 loans for total proceeds of $12.8 million, recording realized gains of $1.0 million and realized losses of $0.2 million.

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its residential mortgage loan portfolio. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net" line item. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) stated in the tables below represents inception to date unrealized gains/(losses).

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
As of	Unpaid  Principal Balance		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	$	471,458	$	(65,122)	$	406,336	$	829	$	(27,343)	$	379,822	3.52	%	5.25	%	6.45
December 31, 2019	464,041		(55,219)		408,822		9,065		(102)		417,785		4.09	%	5.72	%	7.36

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of residential mortgage loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance
Re-Performing	$	292,102	$	348,003	$	330,234	$	357,678
Non-Performing	78,251		101,375		87,551		106,363
Other (1)	9,469		22,080		—		—
	$	379,822	$	471,458	$	417,785	$	464,041

(1)Represents residual positions where the Company consolidates a securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated loans for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a loan was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a loan was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the loan was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

No OTTI was recorded for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 on the Company’s residential mortgage loans.

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As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had residential mortgage loans with a fair value of $33.7 million and $35.6 million, respectively, that were in the process of foreclosure, excluding any loans classified as Other above.

The Company’s mortgage loan portfolio consisted of mortgage loans on residential real estate located throughout the United States. The following is a summary of the geographic concentration of credit risk within the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, excluding any loans classified as Other above:

Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Percentage of fair value of mortgage loans secured by properties in the following states representing 5% or more of fair value:
California	18	%	19	%
Florida	10	%	11	%
New York	9	%	9	%
New Jersey	6	%	6	%

The Company records interest income on an effective interest basis. The accretable discount is determined by the excess of the

Company’s estimate of undiscounted principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected over its initial investment

in the mortgage loan. The following is a summary of the changes in the accretable portion of discounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Beginning Balance	$	263,111	$	99,504	$	168,877	$	79,610
Additions	—		505		129,017		20,236
Accretion	(8,037)		(3,438)		(16,465)		(6,701)
Reclassifications from/(to) non-accretable difference	1,335		(2,245)		(24,677)		1,604
Disposals	(118,248)		(4,811)		(118,591)		(5,234)
Ending Balance	$	138,161	$	89,515	$	138,161	$	89,515

As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio was comprised of 3,239 conventional loans with individual original loan balances between $5.6 thousand and $3.4 million, excluding loans classified as Other above.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio was comprised of 3,413 conventional loans with individual original loan balances between $3.8 thousand and $3.4 million.

The Company entered into a securitization transaction of certain of its residential mortgage loans in August 2019 (the "August 2019 VIE"). The Company concluded that the SPE created to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and also determined that the August 2019 VIE should be consolidated by the Company. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing, based on the Company’s involvement in the August 2019 VIE, including the design and purpose of the SPE, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the August 2019 VIE.

Upon consolidation, the Company elected the fair value option for the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE in order to avoid an accounting mismatch between its assets and its liabilities and to more accurately represent the economics of its interest in the entity. Electing the fair value option allows the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company applied the guidance under ASU 2014-13, "Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financing Entity," whereby the Company determines whether the fair value of the assets or liabilities of the August 2019 VIE is more observable as a basis for measuring the less observable financial instruments. The Company has determined that the fair value of the liabilities of the August 2019 VIE are more observable since the prices for these liabilities are more easily determined as similar instruments trade more frequently on a relative basis than the individual assets of the VIE.

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The following table details certain information related to the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value	$	223,119	$	255,171
Other assets	766		898
Total assets	$	223,885	$	256,069
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	9,392	$	24,584
Securitized debt, at fair value	198,974		217,118
Other liabilities	534		596
Total liabilities	$	208,900	$	242,298

The following table details additional information regarding loans and securitized debt related to the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

						Weighted Average
As of:		Current Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	Residential mortgage loans (2)	$	254,936	$	223,119	3.51	%	4.81	%	6.85
	Securitized debt (3)	213,233		198,974		2.95	%	2.95	%	5.19
December 31, 2019	Residential mortgage loans (2)	263,956		255,171		3.96	%	5.11	%	7.66
	Securitized debt (3)	217,455		217,118		2.92	%	2.86	%	5.00

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)This represents all loans contributed to the August 2019 VIE.

(3)As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $199.0 million and $217.1 million, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

The holders of the securitized debt have no recourse to the general credit of the Company. The Company has no obligation to provide any other explicit or implicit support to the August 2019 VIE.

Commercial loans

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its commercial loan portfolio. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net" line item. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) columns in the tables below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 1 commercial loan for total proceeds of $34.2 million, recording realized losses of $1.7 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company did not sell any commercial loans.

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The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands). 

											Weighted Average
Loan  (1)(2)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value (3)		Coupon (4)		Yield (5)		Life  (Years) (6)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (7)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (8)(9)	$	56,710	$	—	$	56,710	$	(4,225)	$	52,485	5.27	%	5.27	%	1.55	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan I (10)	15,212		(211)		15,001		(789)		14,212		11.50	%	12.26	%	1.80	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (8)	6,291		—		6,291		(4,051)		2,240		5.65	%	5.65	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (11)	12,673		—		12,673		(1,100)		11,573		10.00	%	11.22	%	1.27	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (11)	51,000		(344)		50,656		(3,481)		47,175		5.40	%	5.66	%	4.12	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	141,886	$	(555)	$	141,331	$	(13,646)	$	127,685	6.42	%	6.74	%	2.50

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Refer to Note 13 "Commitments and Contingencies" for details on the Company's commitments on its Commercial Loans as of June 30, 2020.

(3)Pricing is reflective of marks on unfunded commitments.

(4)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(5)Yield includes any exit fees.

(6)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(7)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(8)Loan G and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(9)Loan G matured on July 9, 2020. Discussions are ongoing between the borrower and the lenders related to the extension of the loan. However, there can be no guaranty that an agreement will be reached with respect to any such discussions.

(10)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(11)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

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The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

											Weighted Average
Loan (1)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross  Unrealized Gains		Fair Value		Coupon (2)		Yield (3)		Life  (Years) (4)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (5)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (6)	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	6.46	%	6.46	%	0.53	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan H (6)	36,000		—		36,000		—		36,000		5.49	%	5.49	%	0.19	March 9, 2019	June 9, 2020	AZ	Office
Loan I (7)	11,992		(184)		11,808		184		11,992		12.21	%	14.51	%	1.04	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (6)	4,674		—		4,674		—		4,674		6.36	%	6.36	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (8)	9,164		—		9,164		—		9,164		10.71	%	11.86	%	1.72	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (8)	51,000		(502)		50,498		502		51,000		6.16	%	6.50	%	4.63	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	158,686	$	(686)	$	158,000	$	686	$	158,686	6.82	%	7.17	%	1.92

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(3)Yield includes any exit fees.

(4)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(5)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(6)Loan G, Loan H, and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(7)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(8)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $163.6 thousand and $129.9 thousand of discount accretion on its commercial loans, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a de minimis amount of discount accretion on its commercial loans.

5. Excess MSRs

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its Excess MSR portfolio.  Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net" line item.  The gross unrealized gains/(losses) columns below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses). 

The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,327,265	$	17,619	$	8	$	(5,435)	$	12,192	4.68	%	6.41
Credit Excess MSRs	31,508		172		—		(70)		102		23.60	%	7.29
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,358,773	$	17,791	$	8	$	(5,505)	$	12,294	4.84	%	6.42

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

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The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,910,735	$	19,570	$	93	$	(2,031)	$	17,632	8.32	%	5.58
Credit Excess MSRs	34,753		178		2		(37)		143		21.38	%	5.25
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,945,488	$	19,748	$	95	$	(2,068)	$	17,775	8.42	%	5.58

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated Excess MSRs for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $1.6 million on its Excess MSRs, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. Of the $1.6 million of OTTI recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2019, $0.4 million was related to Excess MSRs where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $2.2 million on its Excess MSRs, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. Of the $2.2 million of OTTI recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2019, $0.5 million was related to Excess MSRs where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

6. Fair value measurements

As described in Note 2, the fair value of financial instruments that are recorded at fair value is determined by the Manager, subject to oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors, and in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." When possible, the Company determines fair value using independent data sources. ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. 

Values for the Company’s securities, Excess MSRs, securitized debt of the December 2014 VIE, derivatives and U.S. Treasury securities are based upon prices obtained from third party pricing services, which are indicative of market activity. The fair value of the Company’s obligation to return securities borrowed under reverse repurchase agreements is based upon the value of the underlying borrowed U.S. Treasury securities as of the reporting date. The evaluation methodology of the Company’s third-party pricing services incorporates commonly used market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to various indices such as the one-year constant maturity treasury and LIBOR, which are observable inputs. The evaluation also considers the underlying characteristics of each investment, which are also observable inputs, including: coupon; maturity date; loan age; reset date; collateral type; periodic and life cap; geography; and prepayment speeds. The Company collects and considers current market intelligence on all major markets, including benchmark security evaluations and bid-lists from various sources, when available. As part of the Company’s risk management process, the Company reviews and analyzes all prices obtained by comparing prices to recently completed transactions involving the same or similar investments on or near the reporting date. If, in the opinion of the Manager, one or more prices reported to the Company are not reliable or unavailable, the Manager reviews the fair value based on characteristics of the investment it receives from the issuer and available market information.

In valuing its derivatives, the Company considers the creditworthiness of both the Company and its counterparties, along with collateral provisions contained in each derivative agreement, from the perspective of both the Company and its counterparties. All of the Company’s derivatives are either subject to bilateral collateral arrangements or clearing in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd Frank Act"). For swaps cleared under the Dodd Frank Act, a Central Counterparty Clearing House ("CCCH") now stands between the Company and the over-the-counter derivative counterparties. In order to access clearing, the Company has entered into clearing agreements with Futures Commissions Merchants ("FCMs").

The daily exchange of variation margin associated with a CCCH centrally cleared derivative instrument is legally characterized as the daily settlement of the derivative instrument itself. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the daily receipt or payment of variation margin associated with its centrally cleared interest rate swaps and futures as a direct reduction to the carrying value of the interest rate swap and future derivative asset or liability, respectively. The carrying amount of centrally cleared

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interest rate swaps and futures reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets is equal to the unsettled fair value of such instruments. See Note 8 for more information.

In determining the fair value of the Company's mortgage loans and securitized debt relating to the August 2019 VIE, the Company considers data such as loan origination information, additional updated borrower information, loan servicing data, as available, forward interest rates, general economic conditions, home price index forecasts and valuations of the underlying properties. The variables considered most significant to the determination of the fair value of the Company's mortgage loans include market-implied discount rates, projections of default rates, delinquency rates, prepayment rates and loss severity (considering mortgage insurance). Projections of default and prepayment rates are impacted by other variables such as reperformance rates and timeline to liquidation. The Company uses loan level data and macro-economic inputs to generate loss adjusted cash flows and other information in determining the fair value of its mortgage loans. Because of the inherent uncertainty of such valuation, the fair values established for mortgage loans held by the Company may differ from the fair values that would have been established if a ready market existed for these mortgage loans.

The Manager may also engage specialized third party valuation service providers to assess and corroborate the valuation of a selection of investments in the Company’s loan portfolio and the Company's investment in Arc Home on a periodic basis. These specialized third party valuation service providers conduct independent valuation analyses based on a review of source documents, available market data, and comparable investments. The analyses provided by valuation service providers are reviewed and considered by the Manager.

TBA instruments are similar in form to the Company’s Agency RMBS portfolio, and the Company therefore estimates fair value based on similar methods.

Cash equivalents include investments in money market funds that invest primarily in short-term U.S. Treasury and Agency securities. These cash equivalent instruments are valued at their market quoted prices, which generally approximate cost plus accrued interest.

Refer to Note 2 for more information on changes regarding the Company's leveling policy.

The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

	Fair Value at June 30, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	—	$	40,995	$	4,496	$	45,491
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		326		—		326
CMBS	—		82,421		—		82,421
CMBS Interest Only	—		4,233		—		4,233
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		379,822		379,822
Commercial loans	—		—		127,685		127,685
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		12,294		12,294
Derivative assets	84		—		—		84
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,030		28,030
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	84	$	127,975	$	552,327	$	680,386
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents, if applicable, and AG Arc.

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The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Fair value at December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	—	$	2,241,298	$	—	$	2,241,298
Interest Only	—		74,141		—		74,141
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	—		86,281		630,115		716,396
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		—		1,074		1,074
CMBS	—		2,365		366,566		368,931
CMBS Interest Only	—		—		47,992		47,992
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		417,785		417,785
Commercial loans	—		—		158,686		158,686
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		17,775		17,775
Cash equivalents (1)	53,243		—		—		53,243
Derivative assets	—		2,282		—		2,282
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,546		28,546
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	53,243	$	2,406,367	$	1,668,539	$	4,128,149
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	(151,933)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,348)
Derivative liabilities	(122)		(289)		—		(411)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	(122)	$	(152,222)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,759)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents and AG Arc.

The Company did not have any transfers of assets or liabilities between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

Refer to the tables below for details on transfers between the Level 3 and Level 2 categories under ASC 820. Transfers into the Level 3 category of the fair value hierarchy occur due to instruments exhibiting indications of reduced levels of market transparency. Transfers out of the Level 3 category of the fair value hierarchy occur due to instruments exhibiting indications of increased levels of market transparency and updates to the Company's leveling policy, which are detailed in Note 2. Indications of increases or decreases in levels of market transparency include a change in observable transactions or executable quotes involving these instruments or similar instruments. Changes in these indications could impact price transparency, and thereby cause a change in level designations in future periods.

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The following tables present additional information about the Company’s assets and liabilities which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	5,533	$	766,960	$	158,051	$	14,066	$	18,519	$	(191,346)
Purchases/Transfers	—		—		7,759		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets	(68)		(378,729)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(1,159)		(14,716)		—		—		—		3,517
Total net gains/(losses) (1)
Included in net income	190		6,307		(3,925)		(1,772)		9,511		(8,145)
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (2)	$	4	$	60,434	$	(2,134)	$	(1,780)	$	9,511	$	(8,145)

(1) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,302
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,917)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(55,730)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	2,166
(2) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,304
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,925)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	57,890

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	506,103	$	2,501	$	20,199	$	212,904	$	49,397	$	202,047	$	110,223	$	24,301	$	23,775	$	(10,515)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	24,194		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	61,496		—		819		23,656		—		6,250		8,132		—		—		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(14,606)		—		—		(14,097)		(1,714)		(12,704)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(22,573)		—		(634)		(7,570)		—		(4,152)		—		—		—		1,898
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	6,531		(667)		187		5,332		(847)		8,529		(350)		(3,408)		(5,058)		(13)
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	5,108	$	(386)	$	187	$	5,329	$	(772)	$	7,847	$	(350)	$	(1,803)	$	(5,058)	$	(13)

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 3 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

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(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	18,332
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,421)
Net realized gain/(loss)	383
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,236
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	16,963
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(1,816)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,089

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	630,115	$	1,074	$	366,566	$	47,992	$	417,785	$	158,686	$	17,775	$	28,546	$	(72,415)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(151,933)
Transfers out of level 3	(210,709)		(1,074)		(170,816)		(22,054)		—		—		—		—		7,230
Purchases/Transfers	1,559		—		3,540		—		479,195		19,200		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets and seizures of assets	(362,199)		—		(148,111)		(21,996)		(387,408)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(10,869)		—		(9,367)		—		(37,390)		—		—		—		9,223
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	(43,401)		—		(41,812)		(3,942)		(92,360)		(16,001)		(5,481)		(516)		11,921
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (3)	$	(550)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(35,221)	$	(14,210)	$	(5,481)	$	(516)	$	11,921

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 50 Non-Agency RMBS securities, 2 Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only securities, 32 CMBS securities, 15 CMBS Interest Only securities and 1 securitized debt security into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 1 securitized debt security into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. Refer to Note 2 for more information on changes regarding the Company's leveling policy.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(87,515)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Net realized gain/(loss)	(110,001)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(191,592)
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(49,981)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(44,057)

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	491,554	$	3,099	$	21,160	$	211,054	$	50,331	$	186,096	$	98,574	$	26,650	$	20,360	$	(10,858)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	55,174		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Transfers out of level 3	(61,531)		—		—		(5,279)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	140,562		—		1,158		43,445		—		25,995		29,648		—		—		—
Capital Contributions	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		6,689		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(49,242)		—		(1,283)		(20,165)		(1,714)		(12,780)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(27,873)		—		(1,183)		(22,934)		—		(8,189)		(10,417)		—		—		2,215
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	12,501		(1,265)		719		14,104		(1,781)		8,848		200		(5,757)		(8,332)		13
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	10,087	$	(984)	$	654	$	10,733	$	(1,706)	$	7,992	$	200	$	(3,539)	$	(8,332)	$	13

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 7 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category and 6 Non-Agency RMBS and 2 CMBS securities into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	29,745
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(5,744)
Net realized gain/(loss)	3,581
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	19,250
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	26,976
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,526)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	15,118

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The following tables present a summary of quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of investments for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value.

Asset Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	6.50% - 8.29% (8.00%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	3,204	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.82% - 5.95% (5.84%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	3.70% - 5.74% (5.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-3.70% - 19.66% (0.17%)
	$	1,292	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	86.99 - 86.99 (86.99)
				Yield	5.50% - 10.00% (6.67%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	370,353	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.94% - 10.10% (8.16%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 5.39% (3.01%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-9.12% - 59.16% (23.43%)
	$	9,469	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	13.93 - 103.20 (79.57)
				Yield	8.04% - 17.60% (10.89%)
Commercial Loans	$	127,685	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	738 bps - 1,586 bps (995 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights			Discounted Cash Flow	Yield	8.50% - 11.81% (9.26%)
	$	12,192		Projected Collateral Prepayments	11.27% - 16.93% (14.06%)
	$	102	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.00 - 0.32 (0.32)
AG Arc	$	28,030	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	3.50% - 7.00% (4.20%)
Securitized debt	$	(198,974)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	8.87% - 8.87% (8.87%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.41% - 2.41% (2.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	23.34% - 23.34% (23.34%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of June 30, 2020.

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Asset Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	1.71% - 100.00% (5.99%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	625,537	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 100.00% (14.60%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 100.00% (2.93%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 100.00% (21.37%)
	$	4,578	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
				Yield	27.50% - 27.50% (27.50%)
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	$	1,074	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	18.00% - 18.00% (18.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.00% - 2.00% (2.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	35.00% - 35.00% (35.00%)
				Yield	0.00% - 13.89% (6.33%)
CMBS	$	366,566	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	-2.57% - 9.86% (4.19%)
CMBS Interest Only	$	47,992	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	99.00% - 100.00% (99.93%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	4.00% - 8.25% (4.81%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	364,107	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	4.81% - 9.04% (7.78%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	1.64% - 4.94% (2.36%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-7.32% - 36.91% (23.15%)
	$	53,678	Recent Transaction	Cost	N/A
				Yield	6.16% - 10.76% (6.86%)
Commercial Loans	$	60,164	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	440 bps - 900 bps (510 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
	$	98,522	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights				Yield	8.50% - 11.60% (9.20%)
	$	17,633	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	9.35% - 16.90% (12.36%)
	$	142	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.01 - 0.40 (0.40)
AG Arc	$	28,546	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	2.98% - 4.70% (3.54%)
Securitized debt	$	(72,415)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	10.00% - 10.04% (10.04%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 3.50% (2.19%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	20.13% - 45.00% (22.61%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of December 31, 2019.

As further described above, fair values for the Company’s securities portfolio are based upon prices obtained from third-party pricing services. Broker quotations may also be used. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s securities are prepayment rates, probability of default, and loss severity in the event of default. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumption used for the probability of default is accompanied by a directionally similar change in the assumption used for the loss severity and a directionally opposite change in the assumption used for prepayment rates.

Also, as described above, valuation of the Company’s loan portfolio is determined by the Manager using third-party pricing services where available, specialized third party valuation service providers, or model-based pricing. The evaluation considers the underlying characteristics of each loan, which are observable inputs, including: coupon, maturity date, loan age, reset date, collateral type, periodic and life cap, geography, and prepayment speeds. These valuations also require significant judgments, which include assumptions regarding capitalization rates, re-performance rates, leasing, creditworthiness of major tenants, occupancy rates, availability of financing, exit plan, loan sponsorship, actions of other lenders and other factors deemed

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necessary by management. Changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of our investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the valuations currently estimated. If applicable, analyses provided by valuation service providers are reviewed and considered by the Manager.

7. Financing arrangements

The following table presents a summary of the Company's financing arrangements as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966
Revolving facilities (1)	62,812		111,502
Financing arrangements, net	$	251,098	$	3,233,468

(1)Increasing the Company's borrowing capacity under the Company's revolving facilities requires consent of the lenders.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company completed the sale of its 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities and sold additional assets in an effort to satisfy outstanding financial obligations, to weather the economic and market instability and to reduce its exposure to various financing counterparties.

In March 2020, the Company began engaging in discussions with its financing counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements pursuant to which each participating counterparty would agree to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies with respect to an event of default under the applicable financing arrangement for an agreed-upon period. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to forbear from exercising any of their rights and remedies in respect of events of default and any and all other defaults under the applicable financing arrangement with the Company for the duration of the Forbearance Period.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had received notifications from several of its financing counterparties of alleged events of default under their repurchase agreements, and of those counterparties' intentions to accelerate the Company's performance obligations under the relevant agreements due to the Company's inability to meet certain margin calls as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. As discussed above, until a formal agreement was reached, the Company negotiated with its financing counterparties regarding the lenders' forbearance from exercising their rights and remedies under their applicable repurchase agreements. While as of March 31, 2020 certain lenders had accelerated the Company's obligations under their applicable repurchase agreements, upon execution of the Reinstatement Agreement, the terms of the Bilateral Agreements were reinstated, including the maturity dates of the repurchase agreements.

As described above, on June 10, 2020, the Company and the Participating Counterparties entered into a Reinstatement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under its financing agreements with the Company and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as it may be amended by agreement between the Participating Counterparty and the Company. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had met all margin calls related to its repurchase agreements. Refer to Note 13 for more information on outstanding deficiencies. For additional information related to the Forbearance Agreement and the Reinstatement Agreement, see Note 2 under "Financing Arrangements."

Repurchase agreements

A vast majority of the Company's financing arrangements have historically been effectuated through repurchase agreements. The Company pledges certain real estate securities and loans as collateral under repurchase agreements with financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Repurchase agreements involve the sale and a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the transferred assets or similar assets at a future date. The amount borrowed generally is equal to the fair value of the assets pledged less an agreed-upon discount, referred to as a "haircut." The Company calculates haircuts disclosed in the tables below by dividing the equity on each borrowing by the current fair value of each investment. Repurchase agreements are accounted for as financings and require the repurchase of the transferred assets at the end of each agreement’s term, typically 30 to 90 days. The carrying amount of the Company’s repurchase agreements approximates fair value due to their short-term maturities or floating rate coupons. If the Company maintains the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, it receives the related principal and interest payments. If the Company does not maintain the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, it will

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have the related principal and interest payments remitted to it by the lender. Interest rates on these borrowings are fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is paid at the termination of the borrowing at which time the Company may enter into a new borrowing arrangement at prevailing market rates with the same counterparty or repay that counterparty and negotiate financing with a different counterparty. If the fair value of pledged assets declines due to changes in market conditions or the publishing of monthly security paydown factors, lenders typically would require the Company to post additional securities as collateral, pay down borrowings or establish cash margin accounts with the counterparties in order to re-establish the agreed-upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls. The fair value of financial instruments pledged as collateral on the Company’s repurchase agreements disclosed in the tables below represent the Company’s fair value of such instruments which may differ from the fair value assigned to the collateral by its counterparties. The Company maintains a level of liquidity in order to meet these obligations. Under the terms of the Company’s master repurchase agreements, the counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral. If the fair value of pledged assets increases due to changes in market conditions, counterparties may be required to return collateral to us in the form of securities or cash or post additional collateral to us.

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	55,658	3.43	%	46.9	%	$	107,533	$	125,911	$	570
61-90 days	1,704		4.50	%	35.0	%	2,674		2,553		2
Total / Weighted Average	$	57,362	3.46	%	46.5	%	$	110,207	$	128,464	$	572

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	1,550,508	2.33	%	9.0	%	$	1,728,837	$	1,660,649	$	5,402
31-60 days	1,362,121		2.13	%	7.0	%	1,501,850		1,453,257		5,191
61-90 days	71,753		2.99	%	23.5	%	93,957		92,901		245
Greater than 180 days	2,973		3.79	%	23.7	%	4,039		3,690		3
Total / Weighted Average	$	2,987,355	2.25	%	8.5	%	$	3,328,683	$	3,210,497	$	10,841

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
61-90 days	$	9,392	4.65	%	4.65	%	61.2	%	$	24,206	$	23,441	$	766
Greater than 180 days	118,072		3.68	%	4.10	%	19.4	%	147,110		164,348		477
Total / Weighted Average	$	127,464	3.76	%	4.14	%	22.4	%	$	171,316	$	187,789	$	1,243

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
31-60 days	$	24,584	3.14	%	3.14	%	33.7	%	$	37,546	$	25,192	$	377
Greater than 180 days	107,010		3.61	%	3.80	%	19.3	%	133,678		135,409		443
Total / Weighted Average	$	131,594	3.53	%	3.68	%	22.0	%	$	171,224	$	160,601	$	820

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The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,460	4.75	%	6.00	%	36.4	%	$	5,441	$	6,291	$	30

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,017	4.46	%	5.89	%	35.4	%	$	4,674	$	4,674	$	26

Although repurchase agreements are committed borrowings until maturity, the lender retains the right to mark the underlying collateral to fair value. A reduction in the value of pledged assets resulting from changes in market conditions or factor changes would require the Company to provide additional collateral or cash to fund margin calls. See Note 8 for details on collateral posted/received against certain derivatives. As of June 30, 2020, the Company pledged cash of $1.0 million as collateral for clearing trades. The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s posting of collateral under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,231,933
Non-Agency RMBS	36,913		682,828
CMBS	73,294		413,922
Residential Mortgage Loans	171,316		171,224
Commercial Loans	5,441		4,674
Cash pledged (i.e., restricted cash) under repurchase agreements	48		11,565
Total collateral pledged under repurchase agreements	$	287,012	$	3,516,146

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had no investments posted to it under repurchase agreements. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had fair value of $1.1 million of U.S. Treasury Securities posted to it under repurchase agreements.

The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s total borrowings under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements secured by investments:
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,109,278
Non-Agency RMBS	20,498		565,450
CMBS	36,864		312,627
Residential Mortgage Loans	127,464		131,594
Commercial Loans	3,460		3,017
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966

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The following table presents both gross information and net information about repurchase agreements eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Liabilities Presented in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments Posted		Cash Collateral Posted		Net Amount
June 30, 2020	$	188,286	$	—	$	188,286	$	188,286	$	—	$	—
December 31, 2019	3,121,966		—		3,121,966		3,121,966		—		—

Revolving facilities

The following table presents information regarding the Company's revolving facilities, excluding facilities within investments in debt and equity of affiliates, as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

			June 30, 2020										December 31, 2019
Facility (1)(2)(3)	Investment	Maturity Date	Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral		Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity		Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral
Revolving facility B	Residential mortgage loans	June 28, 2021	—	%	—	%	$	—	$	—	$	—	3.80	%	3.80	%	$	21,546	$	27,476
Revolving facility C	Commercial loans	August 10, 2023	2.33	%	2.68	%	62,812		99,660		100,000		3.85	%	4.01	%	89,956		132,856
Total revolving facilities							$	62,812	$	99,660	$	100,000					$	111,502	$	160,332

(1)All revolving facilities listed above are interest only until maturity.

(2)Under the terms of the Company’s financing agreements, the Company's financial counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral.

(3)Increasing the Company's borrowing capacity under this facility requires consent of the lender.

In June 2018, AG MIT WFB1 2014 LLC ("AG MIT WFB1"), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into Amendments Seven and Eight of the Master Repurchase Agreement and Securities Contract (as amended, the "WFB1 Repurchase Agreement" or "Revolving facility B") with Wells Fargo to finance the ownership and acquisition of certain pools of residential mortgage loans. In July 2019, AG MIT WFB1 entered into the Third Amended and Restated Fee and Pricing Letter, which provides for a funding period ending June 26, 2020 and a facility termination date of June 28, 2021. During the second quarter of 2020, Revolving facility B was paid off.

In August 2018, AG MIT CREL II, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement with JP Morgan (the "JPM Repurchase Agreement" or "Revolving facility C") to finance certain commercial loans. The JPM Repurchase Agreement contains representations, warranties, covenants, including financial covenants, events of default and indemnities that are customary for agreements of this type.

Financing arrangements

The Company continues to take steps to manage and de-lever its portfolio. Through asset sales and related repurchase financing paydowns and pay-offs, the Company has reduced its exposure to various counterparties, bringing the total number of counterparties with debt outstanding down from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020.

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The following table presents information at June 30, 2020 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch	$	50,756	24	13.9	%
Barclays Bank PLC	28,966		329	7.9	%

The following table presents information at December 31, 2019 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	77,334	277	9.1	%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	50,263		22	5.9	%

The Company’s financing arrangements generally include customary representations, warranties, and covenants, but may also contain more restrictive supplemental terms and conditions. Although specific to each financing arrangement, typical supplemental terms include requirements of minimum equity, leverage ratios, performance triggers or other financial ratios.

8. Other assets and liabilities

The following table details certain information related to the Company's "Other assets" and "Other liabilities" line items on its consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Other assets
Interest receivable	$	2,815	$	13,548
Derivative assets, at fair value	84		2,282
Other assets	4,149		4,378
Due from broker	4,115		1,697
Total Other assets	$	11,163	$	21,905
Other liabilities
Interest payable	$	810	$	10,941
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	—		411
Accrued expenses	2,734		6,175
Deficiencies payable (1)	2,200		—
Taxes payable	—		815
Due to broker	2,702		1,107
Total Other liabilities	$	8,446	$	19,449

(1)Refer to Note 13 for more information.

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Derivative assets and liabilities

The Company’s derivatives may include interest rate swaps ("swaps"), TBAs, and swaption contracts. They may also include Eurodollar Futures, U.S. Treasury Futures, British Pound Futures, and Euro Futures (collectively, "Futures"). Derivatives have not been designated as hedging instruments. The Company uses these derivatives and may also utilize other instruments to manage interest rate risk, including long and short positions in U.S. Treasury securities. The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to manage foreign currency risk and to protect the value or to fix the amount of certain investments or cash flows in terms of U.S. dollars.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, in an effort to prudently manage its portfolio through unprecedented market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and preserve long-term stockholder value, the Company sold its 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities, its most interest rate sensitive assets.

The following table presents the fair value of the Company's derivatives and other instruments and their balance sheet location at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

Derivatives and Other Instruments (1)	Designation	Balance Sheet  Location	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other assets	$	—	$	199
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other liabilities	—		(411)
Payer Swaptions	Non-Hedge	Other assets	—		2,083
Short positions on British Pound Futures	Non-Hedge	Other assets	84		—

(1)As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not apply a fair value reduction on its assets or liabilities related to variation margin. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a fair value reduction of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)The Company did not hold any interest rate swap assets or liabilities as of June 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. 

The following table summarizes information related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

Notional amount of non-hedge derivatives and other instruments:	Notional Currency	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements	USD	$	—	$	1,848,750
Payer Swaptions	USD	350,000		650,000
Short positions on British Pound Futures (1)	GBP	3,250		6,563
Short positions on Euro Futures (2)	EUR	—		1,500

(1)Each British Pound Future contract embodies £62,500 of notional value.

(2)Each Euro Future contract embodies €125,000 of notional value.

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The following table summarizes gains/(losses) related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net
Interest Rate Swaps	$	—	$	(9,102)	$	(11,588)	$	(19,764)
Eurodollar Futures	—		(266)		—		768
Swaptions	(5)		(256)		(697)		(774)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		1		—		(144)
British Pound Futures	239		—		186		—
Euro Futures	(28)		—		20		—
TBAs	(392)		(452)		—		441
U.S. Treasuries	—		—		—		82
	(186)		(10,075)		(12,079)		(19,391)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)
Interest Rate Swaps	—		(23,538)		(65,368)		(41,080)
Eurodollar Futures	—		11		—		(1,229)
Swaptions	—		(227)		(1,386)		(861)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		302		—		371
British Pound Futures	(150)		—		514		—
Euro Futures	66		—		68		—
TBAs	392		1,957		4,610		1,601
U.S. Treasuries	—		(176)		—		(249)
	308		(21,671)		(61,562)		(41,447)
Total income/(loss)	$	122	$	(31,746)	$	(73,641)	$	(60,838)

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative and other instruments eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands): 

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets
British Pound Futures	$	84	$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	84

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative instruments eligible for offset in the

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consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description (1)	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets (2)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,980	$	—	$	1,980	$	—	$	1	$	1,979
Interest Rate Swaptions	2,083		—		2,083		—		—		2,083
Total Derivative Assets	$	4,063	$	—	$	4,063	$	—	$	1	$	4,062
Derivative Liabilities (3)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976
Total Derivative Liabilities	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976

(1)The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)Included in Other assets on the consolidated balance sheet is $4.1 million less accrued interest of $(1.8) million for a total of $2.3 million.

(3)Included in Other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet is $1.0 million less accrued interest of $(1.4) million for a total of $(0.4) million.

The Company must post cash or securities as collateral on its derivative instruments when their fair value declines. This typically occurs when prevailing market rates change adversely, with the severity of the change also dependent on the term of the derivatives involved. The posting of collateral is generally bilateral, meaning that if the fair value of the Company’s derivatives increases, its counterparty will post collateral to it. As of December 31, 2019, the Company pledged real estate securities with a fair value of $3.0 million and cash of $32.1 million as collateral against certain derivatives. Of the $32.1 million of cash pledged as collateral against certain derivatives, $8.5 million represents amounts related to variation margin. The Company’s counterparties posted a de minimis amount of cash as collateral against certain derivatives.

Interest rate swaps

To help mitigate exposure to increases in interest rates, the Company may use currently-paying and forward-starting, one- or three-month LIBOR-indexed, pay-fixed, receive-variable, interest rate swap agreements. This arrangement hedges the Company's exposure to higher interest rates because the variable-rate payments received on the swap agreements largely offset additional interest accruing on the related borrowings due to the higher interest rate, leaving the fixed-rate payments to be paid on the swap agreements as the Company’s effective borrowing rate, subject to certain adjustments including changes in spreads between variable rates on the swap agreements and actual borrowing rates.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold its interest rate sensitive assets. As a result, the Company did not hold any interest rate swap positions as of June 30, 2020.

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As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s interest rate swap positions consisted of pay-fixed interest rate swaps. The following table presents information about the Company’s interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

Maturity	Notional Amount		Weighted Average Pay-Fixed Rate		Weighted Average Receive-Variable Rate		Weighted Average Years to Maturity
2020	$	105,000	1.54	%	1.91	%	0.20
2022	743,000		1.64	%	1.91	%	2.68
2023	5,750		3.19	%	1.91	%	3.85
2024	650,000		1.52	%	1.90	%	4.80
2026	180,000		1.50	%	1.89	%	6.70
2029	165,000		1.77	%	1.94	%	9.85
Total/Wtd Avg	$	1,848,750	1.60	%	1.91	%	4.32

TBAs

The Company did not hold any TBA positions for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The following tables present information about the Company’s TBAs for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

						For the Three Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	125,000	$	737,500	$	(737,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	—	$	(100,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

						For the Six Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2020	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	728,000	$	(728,000)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	1,394,500	$	(1,269,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	185,000	$	(285,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

9. Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period that participate in the Company’s common dividends. Diluted EPS takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted average number of shares outstanding.

As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company’s unvested restricted stock units were as follows 20.0 thousand and 40.0 thousand, respectively.

Restricted stock units granted to the manager do not entitle the participant the rights of a shareholder of the Company’s common stock, such as dividend and voting rights, until shares are issued in settlement of the vested units. The restricted stock

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units are not considered to be participating shares. The dilutive effects of the restricted stock units are only included in diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.  

The following table presents a reconciliation of the earnings and shares used in calculating basic and diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Numerator:
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	$	2,700	$	19,871	$	(482,317)	$	50,060
Dividends on preferred stock	5,667		3,367		11,334		6,734
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations available to common stockholders	$	(2,967)	$	16,504	$	(493,651)	$	43,326
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(1,193)		361		(2,227)
Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders	$	(2,606)	$	15,311	$	(493,290)	$	41,099
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,709		32,804		31,636
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (1)	—		28		—		28
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,737		32,804		31,664
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30

(1) Manager restricted stock units of 16.4 thousand and 17.3 thousand were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because its effect would be anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

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On March 27, 2020, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a suspension of the Company's quarterly dividends on its common stock, 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the common stock dividend that normally would have been declared in March 2020 and the preferred stock dividend that would have been declared in May 2020, in order to conserve capital and improve its liquidity position during the market volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on current conditions for the Company, the Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Company did not declare or accrue quarterly dividends on its Common or Preferred Stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020. If the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare a dividend in a given period, an accrual is not recorded on the balance sheet. However, undeclared preferred stock dividends are reflected in earnings per share as discussed in ASC 260-10-45-11. Pursuant to their terms, all unpaid dividends on the Company’s preferred stock accrue without interest, and if dividends on the Company's preferred stock are in arrears, the Company cannot pay cash dividends with respect to its Common Stock. Refer to Note 12 for more information on the Company's common and preferred stock. Refer to "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Book value per share" for a discussion of the treatment of accumulated, unpaid, or undeclared preferred dividends on the Company's book value.

The following table details the aggregate and per-share amounts of arrearages in cumulative, unpaid, and undeclared preferred dividends as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share data):

Class of Stock	Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears		Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears
8.25% Series A	$	0.51563	$	1,067
8.00% Series B	0.50		2,300
8.000% Series C	0.50		2,300
Total			$	5,667

Preferred stock dividends that are not declared accumulate and are added to the liquidation preference as of the scheduled payment date for the respective series of the preferred stock.

The following tables detail the Company's common stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2019:

2019
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Per Share
3/15/2019	3/29/2019	4/30/2019	$	0.50
6/14/2019	6/28/2019	7/31/2019	0.50
Total			$	1.00

The following tables detail the Company's preferred stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

			Cash Dividend Per Share
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	8.25% Series A		8.00% Series B		8.000% Series C
2/14/2020	2/28/2020	3/17/2020	$	0.51563	$	0.50	$	0.50
2/15/2019	2/28/2019	3/18/2019	0.51563		0.50		—
5/17/2019	5/31/2019	6/17/2019	0.51563		0.50		—

10. Income taxes

As a REIT, the Company is not subject to federal income tax to the extent that it makes qualifying distributions to its stockholders, and provided it satisfies on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, the REIT requirements including certain asset, income, distribution and stock ownership tests. Most states follow U.S. federal income tax treatment of REITs.

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For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company did not record any excise tax expense. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded excise tax expense of $(0.8) million. The reversal of the previously accrued excise tax expense is a result of losses resulting from market conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded excise tax expense of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Excise tax represents a four percent tax on the required amount of the Company’s ordinary income and net capital gains not distributed during the year. The expense is calculated in accordance with applicable tax regulations.

The Company files tax returns in several U.S jurisdictions. There are no ongoing U.S. federal, state or local tax examinations related to the Company.

The Company elected to treat certain domestic subsidiaries as TRSs and may elect to treat other subsidiaries as TRSs. In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly, and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate-related business.

The Company elected to treat one of its foreign subsidiaries as a TRS and, accordingly, taxable income generated by this TRS may not be subject to local income taxation, but generally will be included in the Company’s income on a current basis as Subpart F income, whether or not distributed.

Cash distributions declared by the Company that do not exceed its current or accumulated earnings and profits will be considered ordinary income to stockholders for income tax purposes unless all or a portion of a distribution is designated by the Company as a capital gain dividend. Distributions in excess of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be characterized as return of capital or capital gains.

Based on its analysis of any potential uncertain income tax positions, the Company concluded it did not have any uncertain tax positions that meet the recognition or measurement criteria of ASC 740 as of June 30, 2020 or June 30, 2019. The Company’s federal income tax returns for the last three tax years are open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. In the event that the Company incurs income tax related interest and penalties, its policy is to classify them as a component of provision for income taxes.

11. Related party transactions

The Company has entered into a management agreement with the Manager, which provided for an initial term and will be deemed renewed automatically each year for an additional one-year period, subject to certain termination rights. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no event of termination had occurred. The Company is externally managed and advised by the Manager. Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, which became effective July 6, 2011 (upon the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering (the "IPO")), the Manager provides the Company with its management team, including its officers, along with appropriate support personnel. Each of the Company’s officers is an employee of Angelo Gordon. The Company does not have any employees. The Manager, pursuant to a delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under the Company’s management agreement.

Management fee

The Manager is entitled to a management fee equal to 1.50% per annum, calculated and paid quarterly, of the Company’s Stockholders’ Equity. For purposes of calculating the management fee, "Stockholders’ Equity" means the sum of the net proceeds from any issuances of equity securities (including preferred securities) since inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance, and excluding any future equity issuance to the Manager), plus the Company’s retained earnings at the end of such quarter (without taking into account any non-cash equity compensation expense or other non-cash items described below incurred in current or prior periods), less any amount that the Company pays for repurchases of its common stock, excluding any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items that have impacted stockholders’ equity as reported in the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income, and excluding one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP, and certain other non-cash charges after discussions between the Manager and the Company’s independent directors and after approval by a majority of the Company’s independent directors. Stockholders’ Equity, for purposes of calculating the management fee, could be greater or less than the amount of stockholders’ equity shown on the Company’s financial statements.

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For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company incurred management fees of approximately $1.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company incurred management fees of approximately $2.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively.

On April 6, 2020, the Company and the Manager executed an amendment to the management agreement pursuant to which the Manager agreed to defer the Company's payment of the management fee effective Q1 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

Termination fee

The termination fee, payable upon the occurrence of (i) the Company’s termination of the management agreement without cause or (ii) the Manager’s termination of the management agreement upon a breach by the Company of any material term of the management agreement, will be equal to three times the average annual management fee during the 24-month period prior to such termination, calculated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no event of termination of the management agreement had occurred.

Expense reimbursement

The Company is required to reimburse the Manager or its affiliates for operating expenses which are incurred by the Manager or its affiliates on behalf of the Company, including expenses relating to legal, accounting, due diligence and other services. The Company’s reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation; however, the reimbursement is subject to an annual budget process which combines guidelines from the Management Agreement with oversight by the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Company reimburses the Manager or its affiliates for the Company’s allocable share of the compensation, including, without limitation, annual base salary, bonus, any related withholding taxes and employee benefits paid to (i) the Company’s chief financial officer based on the percentage of time spent on Company affairs, (ii) the Company’s general counsel based on the percentage of time spent on the Company’s affairs, and (iii) other corporate finance, tax, accounting, internal audit, legal, risk management, operations, compliance and other non-investment personnel of the Manager and its affiliates who spend all or a portion of their time managing the Company’s affairs based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to the Company’s affairs. In their capacities as officers or personnel of the Manager or its affiliates, they devote such portion of their time to the Company’s affairs as is necessary to enable the Company to operate its business.

Of the $4.5 million and $5.3 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, the Company has incurred $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses. Of the $3.8 million and $7.6 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, the Company has incurred $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses.

On April 6, 2020, the Company and the Manager executed an amendment to the management agreement pursuant to which the Manager agreed to defer the Company's payment of the reimbursement of expenses effective Q1 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

Secured debt

On April 10, 2020, in connection with the first Forbearance Agreement, the Company issued a secured promissory note (the "Note") to the Manager evidencing a $10 million loan made by the Manager to the Company. Additionally, on April 27, 2020, in connection with the second Forbearance Agreement, the Company and the Manager entered into an amendment to the Note to reflect an additional $10 million loan by the Manager to the Company. The $10 million loan made by the Manager on April 10, 2020 is payable on March 31, 2021, and the $10 million loan made on April 27, 2020 was repaid in full with interest when it matured on July 27, 2020. The unpaid balance of the Note accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum. Interest on the Note is payable monthly in kind through the addition of such accrued monthly interest to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.

The Manager agreed to subordinate the obligations of the Company with respect to the Note and liens held by the Manager for the security of the performance of the Company's obligations under the Note to the Company's obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada. The Company's obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada were satisfied or released as

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of June 30, 2020.

Restricted stock grants

Effective on April 15, 2020 upon the approval of the Company's stockholders at its Annual Meeting, the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan provides for 2,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued. The maximum number of shares of common stock granted during a single fiscal year to any non-employee director, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during any fiscal year, shall not exceed $300,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such awards based on the grant date fair value). As of June 30, 2020, 1,925,209 shares of common stock were available to be awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan.

Since its IPO, the Company has granted an aggregate of 180,585 and 40,250 shares of restricted common stock to its independent directors and Manager, respectively, and 120,000 restricted stock units to its Manager under its equity incentive plans. As of June 30, 2020, all the shares of restricted common stock granted to the Company’s Manager and independent directors have vested and 99,991 restricted stock units granted to the Company’s Manager have vested. The 20,009 restricted stock units that have not vested as of June 30, 2020 were granted to the Manager on July 1, 2017 and represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of the Company’s common stock to be issued when the units vest on July 1, 2020. The units do not entitle the participant the rights of a holder of the Company’s common stock, such as dividend and voting rights, until shares are issued in settlement of the vested units. The vesting of such units is subject to the continuation of the management agreement. If the management agreement terminates, all unvested units then held by the Manager or the Manager’s transferee shall be immediately cancelled and forfeited without consideration.

Director compensation

Beginning in 2018, the Company began paying a $160,000 annual base director’s fee to each independent director. Base director’s fees are paid 50% in cash and 50% in restricted common stock. The number of shares of restricted common stock to be issued each quarter to each independent director is determined based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day of each fiscal quarter. To the extent that any fractional shares would otherwise be issuable and payable to each independent director, a cash payment is made to each independent director in lieu of any fractional shares. All directors’ fees are paid pro rata (and restricted stock grants determined) on a quarterly basis in arrears, and shares issued are fully vested and non-forfeitable. These shares may not be sold or transferred by such director during the time of his service as an independent member of the Company’s board. Beginning in 2019, the Company increased the annual fee paid to the lead independent director from $15,000 to $25,000. On March 25, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors decreased from 5 independent directors to 4 independent directors. On June 19, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors decreased from 4 independent directors to 3 independent directors.

Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement previously discussed, the Company, among other things, agreed to compensate its independent directors solely with common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The Company invests in credit sensitive residential and commercial real estate assets through affiliated entities which hold an ownership interest in the assets. The Company is one investor, amongst other investors managed by affiliates of Angelo Gordon, in such entities and has applied the equity method of accounting for such investments. See Note 2 for the gross fair value of the Company's share of these investments as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

During Q3 2018, the Company transferred certain of its CMBS from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries to a fully consolidated entity. See Note 2 for further detail.

The Company’s investment in AG Arc is reflected on the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on its consolidated balance sheets. The Company has an approximate 44.6% interest in AG Arc. See Note 2 for the fair value of AG Arc as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

In June 2016, Arc Home closed on the acquisition of a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), Veteran’s Administration ("VA") and Ginnie Mae seller/servicer of mortgages, currently with licenses to conduct business in 50 states, including Washington D.C. Through this subsidiary, Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it

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originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers. Arc Home is led by an external management team.

Arc Home may sell loans to the Company, to third parties, or to affiliates of the Manager. Arc Home may also enter into agreements with third parties or affiliates of the Manager to sell rights to receive the excess servicing spread related to MSRs that it either purchases from third parties or originates. The Company, directly or through its subsidiaries, has entered into agreements with Arc Home to purchase rights to receive the excess servicing spread related to certain of Arc Home's MSRs. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, these Excess MSRs had fair value of approximately $12.7 million and $18.2 million, respectively.

On August 29, 2017, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, entered into the MATH LLC Agreement, which requires that MATH fund a capital commitment of $75.0 million to MATT. This commitment was increased by $25.0 million to $100.0 million on March 28, 2019 and by $5.0 million to $105.0 million on August 23, 2019 with amendments to the MATH LLC Agreement. On April 3, 2020, the financing arrangements within MATT were restructured and the previously mentioned commitment was removed. Refer to Note 2 for further detail on this restructuring. The Company has an approximate 44.6% interest in MATH.

On May 15, 2019 and November 14, 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon and a third party, entered into the LOTS I and LOTS II Agreements, respectively (collectively, "LOTS"), which requires the Company to fund various commitments to LOTS in connection with the origination of Land Related Financing. Refer to Note 13 for additional information.

Transactions with affiliates

In connection with the Company’s investments in residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans in securitized form which are issued by an entity in which the Company holds an equity interest in and which are held alongside other private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon (the "Re/Non-Performing Loans") and non-QM loans, the Company may engage asset managers to provide advisory, consultation, asset management and other services. Beginning in November 2015, the Company also engaged Red Creek Asset Management LLC ("Asset Manager"), an affiliate of the Manager and direct subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, as the asset manager for certain of its Re/Non-Performing Loans. Beginning in September 2019, the Company engaged the Asset Manager as the asset manager for its non-QM loans. The Company pays the Asset Manager separate arm’s-length asset management fees as assessed and confirmed periodically by a third party valuation firm for its Re/Non-Performing Loans and non-QM loans. In the third quarter of 2019, the third party assessment of asset management fees resulted in the Company updating the fee amount for its Re/Non-Performing Loans. The Company also utilized the third party valuation firm to establish the fee level for non-QM loans in the third quarter of 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the fees paid by the Company to the Asset Manager totaled $0.3 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the fees paid by the Company to the Asset Manager totaled $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company deferred $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of fees owed to the Asset Manager and plans to continue to defer fees through September 30, 2020 or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

In connection with the Company’s investments in Excess MSRs purchased through Arc Home, the Company pays an administrative fee to Arc Home. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the administrative fees paid by the Company to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the administrative fees paid by the Company to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

In March 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company executed one trade whereby the Company acquired a real estate security from an affiliate of the Manager (the "March 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the security acquired from the March 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $0.9 million. The March 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate security through a BWIC (Bids Wanted in Competition). Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the March 2019 Selling Affiliate, the Company submitted its bid for the real estate security to the March 2019 Selling Affiliate. The pre-submission of the Company's bid allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In June 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated, through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT, in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $408.0 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and

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private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $42.9 million as of June 30, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In July 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "July 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the July 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.0 million. As procuring market bids for the real estate securities was determined to be impracticable in the Manager’s reasonable judgment, appropriate pricing was based on a valuation prepared by independent third-party pricing vendors. The third-party pricing vendors allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In September 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated, through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT, in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair market value of $415.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair market value of $28.7 million as of September 30, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In October 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "October 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the October 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.2 million. The October 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate securities through a BWIC. Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the October 2019 Selling Affiliate, the Company submitted its bid for real estate securities to the October 2019 Selling Affiliate. The Company’s pre-submission of its bid allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In November 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $322.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $21.4 million as of December 31, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In February 2020, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $348.2 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $26.6 million as of March 31, 2020. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

12. Equity

On May 2, 2018, the Company filed a shelf registration statement registering up to $750.0 million of its securities, including capital stock (the "2018 Registration Statement"). As of June 30, 2020, $591.2 million of the Company’s securities, including capital stock, was available for issuance under the 2018 Registration Statement. The 2018 Registration Statement became effective on May 18, 2018 and will expire on May 18, 2021.

Concurrently with the IPO in 2011, the Company completed a private placement of 3,205,000 units at $20.00 per share to a limited number of investors qualifying as "accredited investors" under Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Each unit consisted of one share of common stock ("private placement share") and a warrant ("private placement warrant") to purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock. Each private placement warrant had an exercise price of $20.50 per share (as adjusted for reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions) and expired on July 6, 2018. No warrants were exercised in 2018 through the expiration date on July 6, 2018.

In addition to the Company’s Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, the Company completed a public offering of 4,000,000 shares of 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock") on September 17, 2019. The Company subsequently issued 600,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option. The Company received total gross proceeds of $115.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $111.2 million, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses. The Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock have no stated maturity and are not subject to

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any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Under certain circumstances upon a change of control, the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock are convertible to shares of the Company’s common stock. Holders of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except under limited conditions, and holders are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at a the respective stated rate per annum before holders of the common stock are entitled to receive any cash dividends. The dividend rate of the Series A and Series B preferred stock is 8.25% and 8.00% per annum, respectively, of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. The initial dividend rate for the Series C Preferred Stock, from and including the date of original issue to, but not including, September 17, 2024, is 8.000% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. On and after September 17, 2024, dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accumulate at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 6.476% per annum. Shares of the Company’s Series A and Series B Preferred Stock are currently redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option. Shares of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock are redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing on September 17, 2024, or earlier under certain circumstances intended to preserve our qualification as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes. Dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on the 17th day of each March, June, September and December. The Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock generally do not have any voting rights, subject to an exception in the event the Company fails to pay dividends on such stock for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive). Under such circumstances, holders of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock voting together as a single class with the holders of all other classes or series of our preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote to elect two additional directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until all unpaid dividends have been paid or declared and set apart for payment. In addition, certain material and adverse changes to the terms of any series of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock cannot be made without the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the series of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock whose terms are being changed. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had not declared all required quarterly dividends on the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock.

On March 27, 2020, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a suspension of the Company's quarterly dividends on its 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the preferred dividend that would have been declared in May 2020, in order to conserve capital and improve its liquidity position during the market volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a suspension of the quarterly dividend on the Common Stock, beginning with the dividend that normally would have been declared in March 2020. Based on current conditions for the Company, the Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. Refer to Note 9 for more information on the arrearages related to the Company's preferred stock. Under the terms governing our series of preferred stock, we cannot pay cash dividends with respect to our common stock if dividends on our preferred stock are in arrears.

On November 3, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program ("Repurchase Program") to repurchase up to $25.0 million of the Company's outstanding common stock. Such authorization does not have an expiration date. As part of the Repurchase Program, shares may be purchased in open market transactions, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. Open market repurchases will be made in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 10b-18, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of open market stock repurchases. Subject to applicable securities laws, the timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases of common stock under the Repurchase Program may be determined by the Company in its discretion, using available cash resources. Shares of common stock repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Program, if any, will be cancelled and, until reissued by the Company, will be deemed to be authorized but unissued shares of its common stock as required by Maryland law. The Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued by the Company at any time and without prior notice and the authorization does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock. The cost of the acquisition by the Company of shares of its own stock in excess of the aggregate par value of the shares first reduces additional paid-in capital, to the extent available, with any residual cost applied against retained earnings. No shares were repurchased under the Repurchase Program during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, and approximately $14.6 million of common stock remained authorized for future share repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

On May 5, 2017, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement with each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and JMP Securities LLC (collectively, the "Sales Agents"), which the Company refers to as the "Equity Distribution Agreements," pursuant to which the Company may sell up to $100.0 million aggregate offering price of shares of its common stock from time to time through the Sales Agents under the Securities Act of 1933. The Equity Distribution Agreements were amended on May 22, 2018 in conjunction with the filing of the Company’s 2018 Registration Statement. For the three and six

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months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 1.0 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 0.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $8.6 million. As of June 30, 2020, the Company has sold approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for gross proceeds of $31.1 million, with $68.9 million available to be issued.

On February 14, 2019, the Company completed a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock and subsequently issued an additional 450,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option at a price of $16.70 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the offering were approximately $57.4 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

13. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may become involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. As of June 30, 2020, other than as set forth below, the Company was not involved in any material legal proceedings.

On March 25, 2020, certain of the Company's subsidiaries filed a suit in federal district court in New York seeking to enjoin Royal Bank of Canada and one of its affiliates ("RBC") from selling certain assets that the Company had on repo with RBC and seeking damages (AG MIT CMO et al. v. RBC (Barbados) Trading Corp. et al., 20-cv-2547, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York). On March 31, 2020, the Company withdrew, as moot, its request for injunctive relief in the complaint based on the court's ruling on March 25, 2020 relating to the sale at issue. As previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2020, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with RBC on May 28, 2020, pursuant to which the Company and RBC mutually released each other from further claims related to the repurchase agreements at issue. As part of the settlement, and to resolve all claims by either party under the repurchase agreements, the Company paid RBC $5.0 million in cash and issued to RBC a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $2.0 million. On June 11, 2020, the Company repaid the secured promissory note due to RBC in full. The Company has recognized this settlement in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. As a result, as of June 30, 2020, the Company has satisfied all of its payment obligations to RBC under the settlement agreement and promissory note, and, as previously reported, the federal lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.

As of June 30, 2020, the Company has also recorded a loss of $11.6 million related to deficiencies asserted by other counterparties. The Company has recognized these losses in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, MITT has resolved and settled all deficiency claims with lenders.

The below table details the Company's outstanding commitments as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

Commitment type	Date of Commitment	Total Commitment		Funded Commitment		Remaining Commitment
Commercial loan G (a)	July 26, 2018	$	84,515	$	56,710	$	27,805
Commercial loan I (a)	January 23, 2019	20,000		15,212		4,788
Commercial loan J (a)	February 11, 2019	30,000		6,291		23,709
Commercial loan K (a)	February 22, 2019	20,000		12,673		7,327
LOTS (b)	Various	40,819		22,999		17,820
Total		$	195,334	$	113,885	$	81,449

(a)The Company entered into commitments on commercial loans relating to construction projects. See Note 4 for further details.

(b)Refer to Note 11 "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" for more information regarding LOTS.

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14. Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

In November 2019, the Company signed a purchase and sale agreement whereby it agreed to sell its portfolio of single-family rental properties to a third party at a price of approximately $137 million as the portfolio was under-performing. The Company recognized a gain of $0.2 million as a result of the transaction. The Company reclassified the operating results of its single-family rental properties segment as discontinued operations and excluded it from continuing operations for all periods presented. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has disposed of substantially all of its single-family rental properties segment.

The table below presents our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Interest expense	$	—	$	(1,247)	$	—	$	(2,494)
Other Income/(Loss)
Rental income	—		3,162		—		6,559
Net realized gain/(loss)	—		(69)		—		(96)
Other income	—		130		—		312
Total Other Income/(Loss)	—		3,223		—		6,775
Expenses
Other operating expenses	(80)		43		(80)		92
Property depreciation and amortization	—		1,180		—		2,627
Property operating expenses	(281)		1,946		(281)		3,789
Total Expenses	(361)		3,169		(361)		6,508
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	$	361	$	(1,193)	$	361	$	(2,227)

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company reversed certain previously accrued expenses related to discontinued operations.

The table below presents our statement of net position for the years ended June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as assets and liabilities held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Other assets	$	—	$	154
Total Assets	—		154
Liabilities
Other liabilities	305		1,546
Total	$	305	$	1,546

15. Subsequent Events

The Company sold 0.4 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $1.2 million, which settled in July.

Subsequent to quarter end, the Company sold certain CMBS positions for proceeds of approximately $24.4 million.

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On July 27, 2020, the Company repaid $10.0 million of the secured debt plus accrued interest to the Manager as it became due. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company also paid $2.2 million of deficiencies to non-affiliated counterparties that were accrued for as of June 30, 2020. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, MITT has resolved and settled all deficiency claims with lenders. Refer to Note 11 for more information regarding the secured debt and Note 13 regarding the deficiencies.

Subsequent to quarter end, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $221.6 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinated tranches.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

In this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or this "report," we refer to AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. as "we," "us," the "Company," or "our," unless we specifically state otherwise or the context indicates otherwise. We refer to our external manager, AG REIT Management, LLC, as our "Manager," and we refer to the direct parent company of our Manager, Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P., as "Angelo Gordon."

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to our consolidated financial statements, which are included in Item 1 of this report, as well as the information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, and in Current Reports on Form 8-K that we may file from time to time.

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Forward-Looking Statements

We make forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in this report that are subject to substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, liquidity, returns, results of operations, plans, yields, objectives, the composition of our portfolio, actions by governmental entities, including the Federal Reserve, and the potential effects of actual and proposed legislation on us, our views on certain macroeconomic trends, and the impact of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"). When we use the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "may" or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based upon information presently available to our management and are inherently subjective, uncertain and subject to change. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from our expectations. Some, but not all, of the factors that might cause such a difference include, without limitation:

•the uncertainty and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and of responsive measures implemented by various governmental authorities, businesses and other third parties;

•changes in our business and investment strategy;

•our ability to predict and control costs;

•changes in interest rates and the fair value of our assets, including negative changes resulting in margin calls relating to the financing of our assets;

•changes in the yield curve;

•changes in prepayment rates on the loans we own or that underlie our investment securities;

•increased rates of default or delinquencies and/or decreased recovery rates on our assets;

•our ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements on terms favorable to us or at all, particularly in light of the current disruption in the financial markets;

•changes in general economic conditions, in our industry and in the finance and real estate markets, including the impact on the value of our assets;

•conditions in the market for Agency RMBS, Residential Investments, including Non-Agency RMBS, CRTs, Non-U.S. RMBS, interest only securities, and residential mortgage loans, Commercial Investments, including CMBS, interest only securities, and commercial real estate loans, and Excess MSRs;

•legislative and regulatory actions by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and other agencies and instrumentalities in response to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic;

•how COVID-19 may affect us, our operations and personnel;

•the forbearance program included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the "CARES Act");

•our ability to reinstate quarterly dividends on our common and preferred stock and to make distributions to our stockholders in the future;

•our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal tax purposes; and

•our ability to qualify for an exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, prior to the expiration of our one year grace period.

We caution investors not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and urge you to carefully consider the risks noted above and identified under the captions "Risk Factors," and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and any subsequent filings. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict those events or how they may affect us. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to, and do not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements that we make, or that are attributable to us, are expressly qualified by this cautionary notice.

Special Note Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and our disposition of assets to preserve liquidity, we incurred large realized losses during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and a sharp decline in book value. Our Net Loss Available to Common Stockholders during this period was $493.3 million and our book value per share decreased $14.86 per share from $17.61 as of December 31, 2019 to $2.75 as of June 30, 2020.

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We recognized net realized losses of $181.4 million on the sale of real estate securities, loans and related collateral and realized losses of $61.4 million on the termination of the related derivatives. We also recognized $204.3 million in net unrealized losses for the period comprised of unrealized losses on securities and unrealized losses on loans of $154.4 million and $49.9 million, respectively. These realized and unrealized losses were due directly to the disruptions of the financial markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions we took to maintain liquidity and preserve capital, including $3.0 billion in asset sales and a significant decrease in asset valuations during the period. Included in unrealized losses on both securities and loans are net unrealized gain reversals due to sales during the first and second quarters of 2020 totaling $131.2 million. The remaining unrealized losses of $73.1 million relate to mark to market losses on securities and loans still held.

In the six month period ended June 30, 2020, we reduced the size of our GAAP investment portfolio from $4.0 billion to $652.3 million, and at June 30, 2020, our equity capital allocation was 3% to Agency RMBS and 97% to Credit Investments. In an effort to prudently manage our portfolio through unprecedented market volatility and preserve long-term stockholder value, we completed the sale of our portfolio of 30 year fixed rate Agency securities during the six months ended June 30, 2020. We believe the resulting capital allocation will impact our yield, cost of funds and leverage ratio as described more fully below.We believe the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio will also materially limit our earnings going forward.

We do not yet know the full extent of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, personnel, or the U.S. economy as a whole. We cannot predict future developments, including the scope and duration of the pandemic, the effectiveness of our work from home arrangements, third-party providers' ability to support our operations, the nature and effect of any actions taken by governmental authorities and other third parties in response to the pandemic, and the other factors discussed above and throughout this report as discussed more fully under "Risk Factors." Future developments with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken to reduce its spread could continue to materially and adversely affect our business, operations, operating results, financial condition, liquidity or capital levels.

Executive Summary

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, the U.S. declared a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, and several states and municipalities subsequently declared public health emergencies. These conditions have caused, and continue to cause, a significant disruption in the U.S. and world economies. To slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including the U.S., implemented social distancing measures, which have substantially prohibited large gatherings, including at sporting events, religious services and schools. Further, many regions, including the majority of U.S. states, have implemented additional measures, such as shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders. Many businesses have moved to a remote working environment, temporarily suspended operations, laid off a significant percentage of their workforce and/or shut down completely. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic and certain of the actions taken to reduce its spread have resulted in lost business revenue, rapid and significant increases in unemployment, changes in consumer behavior and significant reductions in liquidity and the fair value of many assets, including those in which we invest. Although many of the government restrictions are in the process of being relaxed, these conditions, or some level thereof, and others are expected to continue over the near term and may prevail throughout 2020.

Beginning in mid-March, economic conditions caused financial and mortgage-related asset markets to come under extreme duress, resulting in credit spread widening, a sharp decrease in interest rates and unprecedented illiquidity in repurchase agreement financing and MBS markets. These events, in turn, resulted in falling prices of our assets and increased margin calls from our repurchase agreement counterparties. To conserve capital, protect assets and to pause the escalating negative impacts caused by the market dislocation and allow the markets for many of our assets to stabilize, on March 20, 2020, we notified our repurchase agreement counterparties that we did not expect to fund the existing and anticipated future margin calls under our repurchase agreements and commenced discussions with our counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements. We entered into three consecutive forbearance agreements, pursuant to which the forbearing counterparties agreed not to exercise any of their rights or remedies under their applicable financing arrangement with us through June 15, 2020. We terminated the Forbearance Agreement on June 10, 2020 pursuant to which each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under our financing agreements and reinstate our financing arrangements described in more detail below under the "Financing arrangements" heading of this Item 2. In an effort to manage our portfolio through this unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets, to improve liquidity, and preserve capital, we executed the following measures during the six months ended June 30, 2020:

•Reduced GAAP investment portfolio by $3.3 billion from $4.0 billion at December 31, 2019 to $652.3 million at June 30, 2020 and investment portfolio on a non-GAAP basis by $3.4 billion from $4.4 billion at December 31, 2019 to $1.0 billion at June 30, 2020 through sales, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures.

•Reduced financing arrangement balance on a GAAP basis by $2.9 billion from $3.2 billion at December 31, 2019 to $251.1 million at June 30, 2020 and financing arrangements on a non-GAAP basis by $3.0 billion from $3.5 billion at December 31, 2019 to $469.2 million at June 30, 2020.

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◦Reduced the aggregate number of our financing counterparties from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020.

•Reduced mark-to-market recourse financing by $3.2 billion from $3.5 billion at December 31, 2019 to $278.7 million at June 30, 2020

◦Increased non mark-to-market non-recourse financing by $185.3 million from $224.3 million at December 31, 2019 to $409.6 million at June 30, 2020

•Reduced our GAAP leverage ratio and Economic Leverage Ratio from 4.1x and 4.1x at December 31, 2019, respectively, to 1.3x and 0.8x at June 30, 2020, respectively.

•Unwound entire portfolio of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps held directly and through investments in debt and equity of affiliates, recording net realized losses of $(65.4) million on a GAAP basis and $(67.9) million on a non-GAAP basis for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

•Did not declare quarterly dividends on our common or preferred stock and, based on current conditions for the Company, we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. Refer to the "Dividends" section of this Item 2 for more detail on arrearages.

Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures appear below.

In March 2020, our Manager transitioned to a fully remote work force, to protect the safety and well-being of our personnel. Our Manager’s prior investments in technology, business continuity planning and cyber-security protocols have enabled us to continue working with limited operational impact.

Our company

We are a hybrid mortgage REIT that opportunistically invests in a diversified risk adjusted portfolio of Agency RMBS and Credit Investments. Our Credit Investments include Residential Investments and Commercial Investments. We are a Maryland corporation and are externally managed by our Manager, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, pursuant to a management agreement. Our Manager, pursuant to a delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under the management agreement. We conduct our operations to qualify and be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes on our taxable income that we distribute currently to our stockholders as long as we maintain our intended qualification as a REIT. We also operate our business in a manner that permits us to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol MITT. Our 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, our 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and our 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock trade on the NYSE under the symbols MITT PrA, MITT PrB, and MITT PrC, respectively.

Prior to December 31, 2019, we conducted our business through the following segments; (i) Securities and Loans and (ii) Single-Family Rental Properties. On November 15, 2019, we sold our portfolio of single-family rental properties and no longer separate our business into segments. We reclassified the operating results of our Single-Family Rental Properties segment to discontinued operations and excluded the income associated with the portfolio from continuing operations for all periods presented. See Note 14 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for additional financial information regarding our discontinued operations.

Compliance with Investment Company Act and REIT Tests

We intend to conduct our business so as to maintain our exempt status under, and not to become regulated as an investment company for purposes, of the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is an investment company if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an investment company if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire "investment securities" having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis (the "40% Test"). "Investment securities" do not include, among other things, U.S. government securities, and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that (i) are not investment companies and (ii) are not relying on the exceptions from the definition of investment company provided by Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act (the so called "private investment company" exemptions).

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If we failed to comply with the 40% Test or another exemption under the Investment Company Act and became regulated as an investment company, our ability to, among other things, use leverage would be substantially reduced and, as a result, we would be unable to conduct our business as described in this Report. Accordingly, in order to maintain our exempt status, we monitor our subsidiaries' compliance with Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act, which exempts from the definition of "investment company" entities primarily engaged in the business of purchasing or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate. The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, generally requires an entity relying on Section 3(c)(5)(C) to invest at least 55% of its portfolio in "qualifying assets" and at least another 25% in additional qualifying assets or in "real estate-related" assets (with no more than 20% comprised of miscellaneous assets). As of December 31, 2019, we determined that our subsidiaries maintained compliance with both the 55% Test and the 80% Test requirements.

Due to the recent market conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant issues related to our financing arrangements, we sold assets to meet margin calls on our financing arrangements, and some of our subsidiaries currently fail to meet the 55% Test, and as a result must rely on Section 3(c)(7) to avoid registration as investment companies. As a result, we no longer satisfy the 40% Test.

As we cannot rely on our historical exemption from regulation as an investment company, we now must rely upon Rule 3a-2 of the Investment Company Act, which provides a safe harbor exemption, not to exceed one year, for companies that have a bona fide intent to be engaged in an excepted activity but that temporarily fail to meet the requirements for another exemption from registration as an investment company. As required by the rule, after we learned that we would become out of compliance with the exemption, our board of directors promptly adopted a resolution declaring our bona fide intent to be engaged in excepted activities and we are currently working to restore our assets to compliance. The one year grace period ends in March 2021. See Part II. Item 1A. "Risk Factors" for additional information regarding the risks associated with the failure to comply with the exemptions under the Investment Company Act.

We calculate that at least 75% of our assets were real estate assets, cash and cash items and government securities for the year ended December 31, 2019. We also calculate that a sufficient portion of our revenue qualifies for the 75% gross income test and for the 95% gross income test rules for the year ended December 31, 2019. Overall, we believe that we met the REIT income and asset tests. We also believe that we met all other REIT requirements, including the ownership of our stock and the distribution of our taxable income. Therefore, for the year ended December 31, 2019, we believe that we qualified as a REIT under the Code. See Part II. Item 1A. "Risk Factors" for additional information regarding the risks associated with the failure to comply with the REIT rules.

Our target investments

Our investment portfolio has historically been comprised of Agency RMBS, Residential Investments and Commercial Investments, each of which is described in more detail below. We intend to continue to focus on our core portfolio strengths of residential and commercial credit assets. In periods where we have working capital in excess of our short-term liquidity needs, we may invest the excess in more liquid assets until such time as we are able to re-invest that capital in credit assets that meet our underwriting requirements. Our investment and capital allocation decisions depend on prevailing market conditions and compliance with Investment Company Act and REIT tests, among other factors, and may change over time in response to opportunities available in different economic and capital market environments.

Agency RMBS

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our investment portfolio was comprised primarily of residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS"). Certain of the assets that were in our RMBS portfolio had a guarantee of principal and interest by a U.S. government agency such as the Government National Mortgage Association, or Ginnie Mae, or by a government-sponsored entity such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac (each, a "GSE"). We referred to these securities as Agency RMBS. Our Agency RMBS portfolio has historically included:

•Fixed rate securities (held as mortgage pass-through securities);

•Sequential pay fixed rate collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs");

•CMOs are structured debt instruments representing interests in specified pools of mortgage loans subdivided into multiple classes, or tranches, of securities, with each tranche having different maturities or risk profiles.

•Inverse Interest Only securities (CMOs where the holder is entitled only to the interest payments made on the mortgages underlying certain mortgage backed securities ("MBS") whose coupon has an inverse relationship to its benchmark rate, such as LIBOR);

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•Interest Only securities (CMOs where the holder is entitled only to the interest payments made on the mortgages underlying certain MBS "interest-only strips");

•Certain Agency RMBS for which the underlying collateral is not identified until shortly (generally two days) before the purchase or sale settlement date ("TBAs"); and

•Excess mortgage servicing rights ("Excess MSRs") whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust held by a U.S. government agency or GSE.

•Excess MSRs are interests in an MSR, representing a portion of the interest payment collected from a pool of mortgage loans, net of a basic servicing fee paid to the mortgage servicer. An MSR provides a mortgage servicer with the right to service a mortgage loan or a pool of mortgages in exchange for a portion of the interest payments made on the mortgage or the underlying mortgages. An MSR is made up of two components: a basic servicing fee and an Excess MSR. The basic servicing fee is the compensation received by the mortgage servicer for the performance of its servicing duties.

As of June 30, 2020, our Agency RMBS portfolio only includes Excess mortgage servicing rights as we sold out of all other Agency investments during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Residential Investments

The Residential Investments that we own include RMBS that are not issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae or a GSE or that are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages, which we collectively refer to as our Non-Agency RMBS. The mortgage loan collateral for residential Non-Agency RMBS consists of residential mortgage loans that do not generally conform to underwriting guidelines issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored entities, or are non-U.S. mortgages. Our Non-Agency RMBS include investment grade and non-investment grade fixed and floating-rate securities.

We categorize certain of our Residential Investments by weighted average credit score at origination:

•Prime (weighted average credit score above 700)

•Alt-A/Subprime

•Alt-A (weighted average credit score between 700 and 620); and

•Subprime (weighted average credit score below 620).

The Residential Investments that we do not categorize by weighted average credit score at origination include our:

•CRTs (described below)

•Non-U.S. RMBS

•Non-Agency RMBS which are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages.

•Interest Only securities (Non-Agency RMBS backed by interest-only strips)

•Excess MSRs whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust not held by a U.S. government agency or GSE;

•Excess MSRs are grouped within "Interest Only and Excess MSR" throughout Part I, Item 2 of this Report and are grouped within Excess mortgage servicing rights or Excess MSRs in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report;

•Re/Non-Performing Loans (described below);

•Non-QM Loans (described below); and

•Land Related Financing (described below).

Credit Risk Transfer securities ("CRTs") include:

•Unguaranteed and unsecured mezzanine, junior mezzanine and first loss securities issued either by GSEs or issued by other third-party institutions to transfer their exposure to mortgage default risk to private investors. These securities reference a specific pool of newly originated single family mortgages from a specified time period (typically around the time of origination). The risk of loss on the reference pool of mortgages is transferred to investors who may experience losses when adverse credit events such as defaults, liquidations or delinquencies occur in the underlying mortgages. Owners of these securities generally receive an uncapped floating interest rate equal to a predetermined spread over one-month LIBOR.

Re/Non-Performing Loans include:

•RPLs or NPLs in securitized form that are issued by an entity in which we own an equity interest and that we hold alongside other private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon. The securitizations typically take the form of

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equity and various classes of notes. These investments are included in the "RMBS" and "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line items on our consolidated balance sheets.

•RPLs or NPLs that we hold through interests in certain consolidated trusts. These investments are secured by residential real property, including prime, Alt-A, and subprime mortgage loans, and are included in the "Residential mortgage loans, at fair value" line item on our consolidated balance sheets.

Non-QM Loans include:

•Residential mortgage loans that do not qualify for the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's (the "CFPB") safe harbor provision for "qualifying mortgages," or "QM," that we hold alongside other private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon. These investments are held in one of our unconsolidated subsidiaries, Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC ("MATT") (see the "Contractual obligations" section of this Item 2 for more detail), and are included in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on our consolidated balance sheets.

•Non-QM loans in securitized form that are issued by MATT. The securitizations typically take the form of various classes of notes. These investments are included in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on our consolidated balance sheets.

Land Related Financing includes:

•First mortgage loans we originate to third party land developers and home builders for the acquisition and horizontal development of land. These loans may be held through our unconsolidated subsidiaries or in securitized form. These loans are included either in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" or in the "RMBS" line items on our consolidated balance sheets.

Commercial Investments

We also invest in Commercial Investments. Our Commercial Investments include:

•Commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS");

•Interest Only securities (CMBS backed by interest-only strips);

•Commercial real estate loans secured by commercial real property, including first mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, first or second lien loans, subordinate interests in first mortgages, bridge loans to be used in the acquisition, construction or redevelopment of a property and mezzanine financing secured by interests in commercial real estate; and

•Freddie Mac K-Series (described below).

CMBS include:

•Fixed and floating-rate CMBS, including investment grade and non-investment grade classes. CMBS are secured by, or evidence ownership interest in, a single commercial mortgage loan or a pool of commercial mortgage loans.

Freddie Mac K-Series ("K-Series") include:

•CMBS, Interest-Only securities and CMBS principal-only securities which are regularly-issued by Freddie Mac as structured pass-through securities backed by multifamily mortgage loans. These K-Series feature a wide range of investor options which include guaranteed senior and interest-only bonds as well as unguaranteed senior, mezzanine, subordinate and interest-only bonds. Our K-Series portfolio includes unguaranteed senior, mezzanine, subordinate and interest-only bonds. Throughout Item 2, we categorize our Freddie Mac K-Series interest-only bonds as part of our Interest-Only securities.

Investment classification

Throughout this Report, (1) we use the terms "credit portfolio" and "credit investments" to refer to our Residential Investments, Commercial Investments, and, if applicable, ABS, inclusive of investments held within affiliated entities but exclusive of AG Arc (discussed below); (2) we refer to our Re/Non-Performing Loans (exclusive of our RPLs or NPLs in securitized form that we purchase from an affiliate or affiliates of the Manager), Non-QM Loans (exclusive of those in securitized form), Land Related Financing (exclusive of loans in securitized form), and commercial real estate loans, collectively, as our "loans"; (3) we use the term "credit securities" to refer to our credit portfolio, excluding Excess MSRs and loans; and (4) we use the term "real estate securities" or "securities" to refer to our Agency RMBS portfolio, exclusive of Excess MSRs, and our credit securities.

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Our "investment portfolio" refers to our combined Agency RMBS portfolio and credit portfolio and encompasses all of the investments described above.

We also use the term "GAAP investment portfolio" which consists of (i) our Agency RMBS, exclusive of (x) TBAs and (y) any investments classified as "Other assets" on our consolidated balance sheets (our "GAAP Agency RMBS portfolio"), and (ii) our

credit portfolio, exclusive of (x) all investments held within affiliated entities and (y) any investments classified as "Other assets" on our consolidated balance sheets (our "GAAP credit portfolio"). See Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for a discussion of our investments held within affiliated entities. For a reconciliation of our investment portfolio to our GAAP investment portfolio, see the GAAP Investment Portfolio Reconciliation Table below.

This presentation of our investment portfolio is consistent with how our management team evaluates our business, and we believe this presentation, when considered with the GAAP presentation, provides supplemental information useful for investors in evaluating our investment portfolio and financial condition.

Arc Home LLC

We, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, through AG Arc LLC, one of our indirect subsidiaries ("AG Arc"), formed Arc Home LLC ("Arc Home"). Arc Home, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans that it originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers.

Discontinued Operations

On November 15, 2019, we sold our portfolio of single-family rental properties to a third party. We reclassified the operating results of our single-family rental properties segment to discontinued operations and excluded the income associated with the portfolio from continuing operations for all periods presented. See Note 14 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for additional financial information regarding our discontinued operations.

Market conditions

During the second quarter of 2020, the financial markets began to recover from the significant dislocation caused by the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant economic shutdown across the majority of the U.S. economy. The uncertain conditions prevailing at the end of the first quarter and the start of the second quarter caused significant spread widening, an unprecedented liquidity void, which along with other factors put significant pressure on the mortgage REIT industry. This pressure has largely abated as the U.S. Federal Reserve committed to a broad array of programs designed to support the financial markets, including unlimited purchases of Agency RMBS and U.S. Treasuries, as well as purchases in certain segments of the corporate credit market. See "Recent government activity" below. Furthermore, the large-scale liquidity-driven selling from a broad array of fixed income investors in March has reversed as many bond funds experienced inflows during the quarter. The Fed has also signaled that it intends to maintain low interest rates for the foreseeable future.

After recording the widest spreads since the Global Financial Crisis ("GFC"), the mortgage backed sectors rebounded considerably from late March as a result of increased liquidity and better-than-expected data through the second quarter along with relatively broad-based risk-on sentiment across the financial markets. At the end of June, spreads had tightened significantly but nonetheless remain wide compared to pre-COVID levels, which we believe is due to the ongoing uncertainty created by regional re-opening plans and the impact of federal stimulus on employment and hiring.

Following one of the most violent market moves ever in Agency MBS, decisive action from, and broad-based support by, the Federal Reserve was able to stabilize both the Agency MBS and funding markets by early May. This allowed for the generic current coupon MBS spread versus the 10-year Treasury rate to recoup 22 basis points of the 33 basis points of Q1 widening by the end of June. Specified pools also recovered much of their price declines as demand for protection from refinancing-driven prepayments surged in the face of historically low interest rates. Federal Reserve buying, strong bank deposit growth, broad demand for yield and declining interest rate volatility have all combined to create a very supportive backdrop for valuations despite elevated gross issuance.

In the RMBS sectors, including Credit Risk Transfer ("CRT"), the spread recovery began in April at the top of the capital structure, and by June, spreads for assets lower in the structure also experienced material tightening. Similarly, senior tranches were the first to rally, particularly on the heels of the Federal Reserve’s announcement of a GFC-era lending facility (TALF) for some senior ABS and CMBS positions. By the end of the second quarter, demand was visible lower in the capital structure as market participants searched for yield in the ongoing low interest rate environment.

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Tighter secondary spreads brought issuers to market beginning in May across a range of residential sub-sectors, including: Non-QM, Non-/Re-Performing, Prime Jumbo, Single-Family Rental and CRT. Non-QM represented the majority of the RMBS issuance as issuers capitalized on rebounding spreads and investor demand. CRT issuance included the first benchmark deal from Freddie Mac since March, which priced on June 30, 2020, and a deal from a mortgage insurer. Both were well oversubscribed. The quarter’s RMBS issuance totaled $8.2 billion, well off first quarter and year-ago levels around $30 billion.

Renewed primary issuance and tighter spreads are welcome developments, but spreads for most mortgage sub-sectors remain wide of pre-COVID levels as uncertainty hangs over the market, reflecting a wide range of potential outcomes. In the months following COVID, mortgage payment forbearances and consumer relief have largely been within the market’s initial expectations, helping fuel the spread rally. Home prices have been well supported given strong demand and limited supply in the marketplace. Government stimulus through the CARES Act and various payment relief programs have helped maintain a level of continuity that was critical to the performance of consumer assets in particular.

The senior parts of the CMBS capital structure that initially led the market wider in March also led the market tighter during the quarter as fixed income mutual funds experienced inflows and opportunistic capital was directed to CMBS. After trading as wide as swaps plus approximately 3.25%, AAA conduit CMBS spreads ended the quarter at approximately swaps plus 1.10%, only about 0.20% wide to pre-COVID-19 levels. The tightening in AAA spreads improved economics for issuers enough to slowly restart the new issue market; however, second quarter CMBS issuance of $7 billion was the lowest amount in eight years and a far cry from the $23 billion issued in the first quarter.

After AAA CMBS pricing recovered, AA rated securities were quick to follow. Eventually, we saw a similar dynamic in single A rated bonds. In June, the rally began extending into our target assets, such as BBB rated conduit CMBS (and even some bonds originally rated BB). While prices have moved higher from the distressed levels of March, fundamentals remain under pressure with the conduit delinquency rate rising to 10.3% at the end of June, just 2 basis points below the record high set in July 2012. An additional 4.1% of loans are in their grace period (not current, but not listed as more than 30 days delinquent).

The heavy selling pressure in Single-Asset/Single-Borrower ("SA/SB") bonds in March also reversed in April and deals from favored assets classes such as industrial, multifamily and even office are back to trading within a few points of their pre-COVID levels with very flat credit curves. Certain hotel and retail deals have rallied from their lows, but this is much more deal specific with a high level of focus on sponsorship and much steeper credit curves.

Finally, in the Agency CMBS market, Freddie K B-Pieces were one of the first sectors to recover in April, likely driven in large part by the assumption that the multifamily loans that secure these deals are unlikely to default. While historical performance of these deals has been strong, the asset class in general may not be immune from credit challenges going forward.

In light of the pervasive uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic for the U.S. and global economy, there can be no assurance tht the trends and conditions described above will not change in a manner materially adverse to the mortgage REIT industry.

Recent government activity

The Federal Reserve has taken a number of actions to stabilize markets as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since late 2019, the Federal Reserve has been conducting large scale overnight repo operations to address disruptions in the U.S. Treasury, Agency debt and Agency RMBS financing markets and has substantially increased these operations to address funding disruptions resulting from the economic crisis and market dislocations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 15, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced a $700 billion asset purchase program to provide liquidity to the U.S. Treasury and Agency RMBS markets. Specifically, the Federal Reserve announced that it would purchase at least $500 billion of U.S. Treasuries and at least $200 billion of Agency RMBS. The Federal Reserve also lowered the federal funds rate by 100 basis points to a range of 0.0% - 0.25%, after having already lowered the federal funds rate by 50 basis points on March 3, 2020.

The markets for U.S. Treasuries, MBS and other mortgage and fixed income markets experienced severe dislocations in March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these issues in the fixed income and funding markets, on March 23, 2020, the Federal Reserve announced a program to acquire U.S. Treasuries and Agency RMBS in the amounts needed to support smooth market functioning. Since that date, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) have taken various other steps to support certain other fixed income markets, to support mortgage servicers and to implement various portions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. The FHFA instructed the GSEs on how to handle servicer advances for loans that back Agency RMBS that enter into forbearance, which limits prepayments during the forbearance period that could have resulted otherwise. Further, the FHFA announced a loan payment deferment plan for Agency multi-family borrowers facing hardship from revenue losses caused by COVID-19, with the condition that these borrowers suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent due to the impact of COVID-19.

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On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was signed into law to provide many forms of direct support to individuals and small businesses in order to stem the steep decline in economic activity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The over $2 trillion relief bill, among other things, provided for direct payments to each American making up to $75,000 a year, increased unemployment benefits for up to four months (on top of state benefits), funding to hospitals and health care providers, loans and investments to businesses, states and municipalities and grants to the airline industry. On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed an additional funding bill into law that provided an additional $484 billion of funding to individuals, small businesses, hospitals, health care providers and additional coronavirus testing efforts. In addition, in response to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governors of several states issued executive orders prohibiting evictions and foreclosures for specified periods of time, and many courts enacted emergency rules delaying hearings related to evictions or foreclosures.

One additional provision of the CARES Act provides up to 360 days of forbearance relief from mortgage loan payments for borrowers with federally backed (e.g. Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac) mortgages who experience financial hardship related to the pandemic. Combined with expected widespread unemployment stemming from the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, residential mortgage assets came under extreme spread pressure. The CARES Act also prohibits foreclosures for 60 days and evictions by landlords for 120 days after its enactment. On June 17, 2020, the FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend their single-family moratorium on foreclosure and evictions until at least August 31, 2020. These legislative and agency actions have created uncertainty around the ultimate effects on delinquencies, defaults, prepayment speeds, low interest rates and home price appreciation.

The scope and nature of any future actions the Federal Reserve and other governmental authorities will ultimately undertake are unknown and will continue to evolve, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections in the United States. We cannot predict how, in the long term, these and other actions, as well as the negative impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, will affect the efficiency, liquidity and stability of the financial, credit and mortgage markets, and thus, our business. Greater uncertainty frequently leads to wider asset spreads or lower prices and higher hedging costs.

The current regulatory environment may be impacted by future legislative developments, such as changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, including their continued existence and their roles in the market. The impact of such potential reforms on our operations remains unclear.

Results of operations

Our operating results can be affected by a number of factors and primarily depend on the size and composition of our investment portfolio, the level of our net interest income, the fair value of our assets and the supply of, and demand for, our target assets in the marketplace, among other things, which can be impacted by unanticipated credit events, such as defaults, liquidations or delinquencies, experienced by borrowers whose mortgage loans are included in our investment portfolio and other unanticipated events in our markets. Our primary source of net income available to common stockholders is our net interest income, less our cost of hedging, which represents the difference between the interest earned on our investment portfolio and the costs of financing and hedging our investment portfolio. Prior to the sale of our 30 year fixed rate Agency RMBS portfolio in March 2020, our net interest income varied primarily as a result of changes in market interest rates, prepayment speeds, as measured by the Constant Prepayment Rate ("CPR") on the Agency RMBS in our investment portfolio, and our funding and hedging costs. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and our disposition of assets to preserve liquidity, we incurred large realized losses in 2020 and a sharp decline in book value. Additionally, we believe the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio will materially limit our earnings going forward.

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Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2019

The table below presents certain information from our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		Increase/(Decrease)
Statement of Operations Data:
Net Interest Income
Interest income	$	13,369	$	40,901	$	(27,532)
Interest expense	8,613		23,030		(14,417)
Total Net Interest Income	4,756		17,871		(13,115)
Other Income/(Loss)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(91,609)		(27,510)		(64,099)
Net interest component of interest rate swaps	—		1,800		(1,800)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	109,632		43,165		66,467
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,453)		(10,839)		1,386
Foreign currency gain/(loss), net	(156)		—		(156)
Other income	1		216		(215)
Total Other Income/(Loss)	8,415		6,832		1,583
Expenses
Management fee to affiliate	1,678		2,400		(722)
Other operating expenses	4,482		3,807		675
Restructuring related expenses	7,104		—		7,104
Equity based compensation to affiliate	75		73		2
Excise tax	—		186		(186)
Servicing fees	566		416		150
Total Expenses	13,905		6,882		7,023
Income/(loss) before equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(734)		17,821		(18,555)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	3,434		2,050		1,384
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	2,700		19,871		(17,171)
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(1,193)		1,554
Net Income/(Loss)	3,061		18,678		(15,617)
Dividends on preferred stock	5,667		3,367		2,300
Net Income/(Loss) Available to Common Stockholders	$	(2,606)	$	15,311	$	(17,917)

Interest income

Interest income is calculated using the effective interest method for our GAAP investment portfolio and calculated based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance on our U.S. Treasury securities, if any.

Interest income decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The weighted average cost of our GAAP investment portfolio and U.S. Treasury securities, if any, of $2.4 billion from $3.4 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $1.0 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2020. We expect our interest income going forward to be materially lower compared

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to comparable prior periods as a result of the changes in our investment portfolio as set forth in the tables of the "Investment activities" section below as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Interest expense

Interest expense is calculated based on the actual financing rate and the outstanding financing balance of our GAAP investment portfolio and U.S. Treasury securities, if any. 

Interest expense decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio and related financing as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The weighted average financing balance on our GAAP investment portfolio and U.S. Treasury securities, if any, during the period of $2.5 billion from $3.1 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $551.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020. Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for a discussion of the material changes in our cost of funds. We do not expect our interest expense, set forth in the consolidated statements of operations table above, to be indicative of our future interest expense due to the changes in our financing arrangements described in the "Financing activities" section below.

Net realized gain/(loss)

Net realized gain/(loss) represents the net gain or loss recognized on any (i) sales and seizures by financing counterparties of real estate securities out of our GAAP investment portfolio, including any associated deficiencies recognized, (ii) sales of loans out of our GAAP investment portfolio, transfers of loans from our GAAP investment portfolio to real estate owned included in Other assets, and sales of Other assets, (iii) settlement of derivatives and other instruments, and (iv) prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, other-than-temporary-impairment ("OTTI") charges recorded during the period. See Note 2, Note 3, Note 4 and Note 5 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for further discussion on OTTI. The following table presents a summary of Net realized gain/(loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Sale/seizures of real estate securities and related collateral	$	(36,288)	$	3,745
Sale of loans and loans transferred to or sold from Other assets	(55,798)		775
Settlement of derivatives and other instruments	477		(21,671)
OTTI	—		(10,359)
Total Net realized gain/(loss)	$	(91,609)	$	(27,510)

Due to the unprecedented market conditions experienced as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and in order to continue to preserve liquidity and meet margin calls, we sold approximately $0.6 billion of securities and loans during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Net interest component of interest rate swaps

Net interest component of interest rate swaps represents the net interest income received or expense paid on our interest rate swaps.

Net interest component of interest rate swaps decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 as we did not hold any interest rate swaps for the three months ended June 30, 2020. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the net interest component of interest rate swaps was $1.8 million. Refer to the "Hedging activities" section below for a discussion of material changes in our interest rate swap portfolio.

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net

During the second quarter of 2020, the Company recognized $109.6 million in net unrealized gains comprised of unrealized gains on securities and unrealized gains on loans of $48.9 million and $60.7 million, respectively. Included in unrealized gains on both securities and loans are net unrealized loss reversals due to sales during the second quarter of 2020 totaling $88.1 million. The remaining gains of $21.5 million relate to mark to market gains on securities and loans still held at June 30, 2020.

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Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the losses of $9.5 million were comprised of unrealized losses on securitized debt, Excess MSRs, and derivatives.

Foreign currency gain/(loss), net

Foreign currency gain/(loss), net pertains to the effects of remeasuring the monetary assets and liabilities of our foreign investments into U.S. dollars using foreign currency exchange rates at the end of the reporting period. Refer to Note 2 of the "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" for details on what specifically is included in the "Foreign currency gain/(loss), net" line item. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, we did not hold any positions denominated in foreign currencies.

Other income

Other income currently includes certain fees we receive on our loans and CMBS portfolios. Other income decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 due to a premium received on a credit default swap during the three months ended June 30, 2019 that we did not receive during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Management fee to affiliate

Our management fee is based upon a percentage of our Stockholders’ Equity. See the "Contractual obligations" section of this Item 2 for further detail on the calculation of our management fee and for the definition of Stockholders’ Equity. Management fees decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to a decrease in our Stockholders' Equity as calculated pursuant to our Management Agreement.

On April 6, 2020, we executed an amendment to our Management Agreement pursuant to which our Manager agreed to defer our payment of the management fee and reimbursement of expenses beginning with the first quarter of 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as we and the Manager agree.

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Other operating expenses

These amounts are primarily comprised of professional fees, directors’ and officers’ ("D&O") insurance and directors’ fees, as well as certain expenses reimbursable to the Manager. We are required to reimburse our Manager or its affiliates for operating expenses which are incurred by our Manager or its affiliates on our behalf, including certain salary expenses and other expenses relating to legal, accounting, due diligence, and other services. Refer to the "Contractual obligations" section below for more detail on certain expenses reimbursable to the Manager. The following table presents a summary of expenses within Other operating expenses broken out between non-investment related expenses and investment related expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Non Investment Related Expenses
Affiliate expense reimbursement - Operating expenses	$	1,697	$	1,745
Professional fees	648		469
D&O insurance	174		174
Directors' compensation	173		218
Other	198		220
Total Corporate Expenses	2,890		2,826
Investment Related Expenses
Affiliate expense reimbursement - Deal related expenses	162		173
Professional fees	47		46
Residential mortgage loan related expenses	887		216
Transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees (1)	373		409
Other	123		137
Total Investment Expenses	1,592		981
Total Other operating expenses	$	4,482	$	3,807

(1)For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, total transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees were $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the $0.6 million includes $0.2 million of deferred financing costs that are included within interest expense. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the $0.4 million includes $30.5 thousand deferred financing costs that are included within interest expense.

Restructuring related expenses

Restructuring related expenses relate to legal and consulting fees primarily incurred in connection with executing the Forbearance Agreement and subsequent Reinstatement Agreement. Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for more information regarding the Forbearance Agreement.

Equity based compensation to affiliate

Equity based compensation to affiliate represents the amortization of the fair value of our restricted stock units granted to our Manager, less the present value of dividends expected to be paid on the underlying shares through the requisite period.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, our equity based compensation to affiliate remained relatively unchanged.

Excise tax

Excise tax represents a four percent tax on the required amount of any ordinary income and net capital gains not distributed during the year. The quarterly expense is calculated in accordance with applicable tax regulations. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, our excise tax decreased primarily due to losses associated with COVID-19.

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Servicing fees

We incur servicing fee expenses in connection with the servicing of our Residential mortgage loans. As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, we owned Residential mortgage loans with a fair value of $379.8 million and $200.0 million, respectively. This increase in the fair value of the Residential mortgage loans was a result of net purchases of Residential mortgage loan pools in 2019 and 2020.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, our servicing fees increased primarily due to our purchases of residential mortgage loans described above.

Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates

Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates represents our share of earnings and profits of investments held within affiliated entities. A majority of these investments are comprised of real estate securities, loans and our investment in AG Arc. The increase from the quarter ended June 30, 2019 to the quarter ended June 30, 2020 primarily pertains to our share of the unrealized gains on investments held within affiliated entities.

Discontinued operations

On November 15, 2019, we sold our portfolio of single-family rental properties to a third party at a price of approximately $137 million. We recognized a gain of $0.2 million as a result of the transaction. We reclassified the operating results of the single-family rental properties segment to discontinued operations and excluded the income from continuing operations for all periods presented.

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019

The table below presents certain information from our consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		Increase/(Decrease)
Statement of Operations Data:
Net Interest Income
Interest income	$	53,637	$	82,391	$	(28,754)
Interest expense	28,584		45,124		(16,540)
Total Net Interest Income	25,053		37,267		(12,214)
Other Income/(Loss)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(242,752)		(48,093)		(194,659)
Net interest component of interest rate swaps	923		3,581		(2,658)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	(204,265)		89,918		(294,183)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,767)		(20,925)		17,158
Foreign currency gain/(loss), net	1,493		—		1,493
Other income	4		630		(626)
Total Other Income/(Loss)	(448,364)		25,111		(473,475)
Expenses
Management fee to affiliate	3,827		4,745		(918)
Other operating expenses	5,324		7,588		(2,264)
Restructuring related expenses	8,604		—		8,604
Equity based compensation to affiliate	163		199		(36)
Excise tax	(815)		278		(1,093)
Servicing fees	1,145		787		358
Total Expenses	18,248		13,597		4,651
Income/(loss) before equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(441,559)		48,781		(490,340)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(40,758)		1,279		(42,037)
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	(482,317)		50,060		(532,377)
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(2,227)		2,588
Net Income/(Loss)	(481,956)		47,833		(529,789)
Dividends on preferred stock	11,334		6,734		4,600
Net Income/(Loss) Available to Common Stockholders	$	(493,290)	$	41,099	$	(534,389)

Interest income

Interest income decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The weighted average cost of our GAAP investment portfolio and U.S. Treasury securities, if any, of $1.0 billion from $3.3 billion at June 30, 2019 to $2.3 billion at June 30, 2020. We expect our interest income going forward to be materially lower compared to comparable prior periods as a result of the changes in our investment portfolio as set forth in the tables of the "Investment activities" section below as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Interest expense

Interest expense decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to the drastic reduction in the size of our investment portfolio and related financing as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The weighted average financing balance on our GAAP investment portfolio and U.S. Treasury securities, if any, during the period of $1.2 billion from $3.0 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $1.8 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for a discussion of the material changes in our cost of funds. We do not expect our interest expense, set forth in the consolidated statements of operations table above, to be indicative of our future interest expense due to the changes in our financing arrangements described in the "Financing activities" section below.

Net realized gain/(loss)

The following table presents a summary of Net realized gain/(loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Sale/seizures of real estate securities and related collateral	$	(122,593)	$	5,807
Sale of loans and loans transferred to or sold from Other assets	(58,765)		948
Settlement of derivatives and other instruments	(61,394)		(41,447)
OTTI	—		(13,401)
Total Net realized gain/(loss)	$	(242,752)	$	(48,093)

As previously discussed, in order to preserve liquidity and meet margin calls, we sold approximately $3.5 billion of securities and loans during the six months ended June 30, 2020, a majority of which were sold due to the unprecedented market conditions experienced as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Net interest component of interest rate swaps

Net interest component of interest rate swaps decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 as we sold out of our interest rate swaps positions in March 2020. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the net interest component of interest rate swaps was $3.6 million. Refer to the "Hedging activities" section below for a discussion of material changes in our interest rate swap portfolio.

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net

The disruptions of the financial markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic have caused credit spread widening, a sharp decrease in interest rates and unprecedented illiquidity in repurchase agreement financing and MBS markets. These conditions have put significant downward pressure on the fair value of our assets and resulted in unrealized losses for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

During the six months ended 2020, the Company recognized $204.3 million in net unrealized losses comprised of unrealized losses on securities and unrealized losses on loans of $154.4 million and $49.9 million, respectively. These losses were due directly to the disruptions of the financial markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Company's response thereto. Included in unrealized losses on both securities and loans are net unrealized gain reversals due to sales during the period totaling $131.2 million. The remaining losses of $73.1 million relate to mark to market losses on securities and loans still held at June 30, 2020.

Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the losses of $3.8 million was comprised of unrealized losses on derivatives and excess MSRs offset by unrealized gains on securitized debt.

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Foreign currency gain/(loss), net

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the value of GBP relative to USD decreased, resulting in a gain on the liabilities held in foreign currencies. We did not hold any positions denominated in foreign currencies during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

Other income

Other income currently includes certain fees we receive on our loans and CMBS portfolios. Other income decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 as a result of origination fees received related to new commercial real estate loans and a premium received on a credit default swap 2019 that we did not receive in 2020.

Management fee to affiliate

Management fees decreased from June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2020 primarily due to a decrease in our Stockholders' Equity as calculated pursuant to our Management Agreement.

On April 6, 2020, we executed an amendment to our Management Agreement pursuant to which our Manager agreed to defer our payment of the management fee and reimbursement of expenses beginning with the first quarter of 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as we and the Manager agree.

Other operating expenses

The following table presents a summary of expenses within Other operating expenses broken out between non-investment related expenses and investment related expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Non Investment Related Expenses
Affiliate expense reimbursement - Operating expenses	$	3,576	$	3,490
Professional fees	1,193		909
D&O insurance	348		348
Directors' compensation	391		439
Other	427		454
Total Corporate Expenses	5,935		5,640
Investment Related Expenses
Affiliate expense reimbursement - Deal related expenses	324		367
Affiliate expense reimbursement - Transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees (1)	—		42
Professional fees	94		92
Residential mortgage loan related expenses	1,579		398
Transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees (1)	(2,846)		763
Other	238		286
Total Investment Expenses	(611)		1,948
Total Other operating expenses	$	5,324	$	7,588

(1)For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, total transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees were $(2.8) million and $0.8 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the $(2.8) million includes a de minimis amount of deferred financing costs that are included within interest expense. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the $0.8 million includes $30.5 thousand of deferred financing costs that are included within interest expense. The decrease in Transaction related expenses and deal related performance fees from the six months ended June 30, 2019 to the six months ended June 30, 2020 is primarily a result of accrued deal related performance fees being reversed in the current period due to a decline in the price of the related assets, as well as the seizure of such assets by financing counterparties.

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Restructuring related expenses

Restructuring related expenses relate to legal and consulting fees primarily incurred in connection with executing the Forbearance Agreement and subsequent Reinstatement Agreement. Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for more information regarding the Forbearance Agreement.

Equity based compensation to affiliate

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, our equity based compensation to affiliate remained relatively unchanged.

Excise tax

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, our excise tax decreased primarily due to losses associated with COVID-19.

Servicing fees

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, our servicing fees increased primarily due to net purchases of residential mortgage loans described above.

Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates

The decrease from the six months ended June 30, 2019 to the six months ended June 30, 2020 primarily pertains to our share of the unrealized losses on investments held within affiliated entities.

Book value per share

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, our book value per common share was $2.75 and $17.61, respectively.

Per share amounts for book value are calculated using all outstanding common shares in accordance with GAAP, including all vested shares granted to our Manager, and our independent directors under our equity incentive plans as of quarter-end. Book value is calculated using stockholders’ equity less net proceeds of our 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ($49.9 million), 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ($111.3 million), and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ($111.2 million) as the numerator. The liquidation preference for the Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock is $52.8 million, $117.3 million and $117.3 million, respectively. The liquidation preference as of June 30, 2020 includes accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not authorized or declared) in the aggregate amount of $5.7 million. Book value does not include any accrual of accumulated, unpaid, or undeclared dividends on our Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. Refer to the "Dividends" section below and Note 9 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financing Statements (Unaudited)" for more information on the arrearages related to the preferred stock.

Presentation of investment, financing and hedging activities

In the "Investment activities," "Financing activities," "Hedging activities" and "Liquidity and capital resources" sections of this Item 2, where we disclose our investment portfolio and the related financing arrangements, we have presented this information inclusive of (i) unconsolidated ownership interests in affiliates that are accounted for under GAAP using the equity method and (ii) TBAs, which are accounted for as derivatives under GAAP. Our investment portfolio and the related financing arrangements are presented along with a reconciliation to GAAP. This presentation of our investment portfolio is consistent with how our management team evaluates the business, and we believe this presentation, when considered with the GAAP presentation, provides supplemental information useful for investors in evaluating our investment portfolio and financial condition. See Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for a discussion of investments in debt and equity of affiliates and TBAs.

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Net interest margin and leverage ratio

GAAP net interest margin and non-GAAP net interest margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, are calculated by subtracting the weighted average cost of funds from the weighted average yield for our GAAP investment portfolio or our investment portfolio, respectively, which both exclude cash held by us and any net TBA position. The weighted average yield on our Agency RMBS portfolio and our credit portfolio represents an effective interest rate, which utilizes all estimates of future cash flows and adjusts for actual prepayment and cash flow activity as of quarter-end. The calculation of weighted average yield is weighted on fair value. The weighted average cost of funds is the sum of the weighted average funding costs on total financing arrangements outstanding at quarter-end, including all non-recourse financing arrangements, and our weighted average hedging cost, which is the weighted average of the net pay rate on our interest rate swaps, the net receive/pay rate on our Treasury long and short positions, respectively, and the net receivable rate on our IO index derivatives, if any. Both elements of cost of funds are weighted by the outstanding financing arrangements on our GAAP investment portfolio or our investment portfolio and securitized debt at quarter-end, exclusive of repurchase agreements associated with U.S. Treasury securities, if any.

As our capital allocation shifts, our weighted average yields and weighted average cost of funds will also shift. Our Agency Investments, given their liquidity and high credit quality, are eligible for higher levels of leverage, while our Credit Investments, with less liquidity and/or more exposure to credit risk and prepayment, utilize lower levels of leverage. As a result, our leverage ratio is determined by our portfolio mix as well as many additional factors, including the liquidity of our portfolio, the availability and price of our financing, the diversification of our counterparties and their available capacity to finance our assets, and anticipated regulatory developments. Prior to COVID-19, we generally maintained a leverage ratio range of 4.0 to 5.0 times to finance our investment portfolio, on a fully deployed capital basis. Our debt-to-equity ratio is directly correlated to the composition of our portfolio; specifically, the higher percentage of Agency Investments we hold, the higher our leverage ratio is, while the higher percentage of Credit Investments we hold, the lower our leverage ratio is. As previously mentioned, in an effort to prudently manage our portfolio through unprecedented market volatility and preserve long-term stockholder value, we completed the sale of our 30 year fixed rate Agency securities during the first quarter of 2020. We believe the resulting capital allocation impacts the weighted average yield, weighted average cost of funds and leverage ratio as illustrated below.

Net interest margin and leverage ratio are metrics that management believes should be considered when evaluating the performance of our investment portfolio. See the "Financing activities" section below for more detail on our leverage ratio.

The chart below sets forth the net interest margin and leverage ratio from our investment portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 and a reconciliation to our GAAP investment portfolio:

June 30, 2020
Weighted Average	GAAP Investment Portfolio		Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates		Investment Portfolio (a)
Yield	5.55	%	8.00	%	6.52	%
Cost of Funds (b)	3.34	%	4.94	%	3.86	%
Net Interest Margin	2.21	%	3.06	%	2.66	%
Leverage Ratio (c)	1.3x		(d)		0.8x
June 30, 2019
Weighted Average	GAAP Investment Portfolio		Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates		Investment Portfolio (a)
Yield	4.91	%	5.92	%	5.07	%
Cost of Funds (b)	2.88	%	4.62	%	2.92	%
Net Interest Margin	2.03	%	1.30	%	2.15	%
Leverage Ratio (c)	4.0x		(d)		4.2x

(a)Excludes any net TBA position.

(b)Includes cost of non-recourse financing arrangements.

(c)The leverage ratio on our GAAP investment portfolio represents GAAP leverage. The leverage ratio on our investment portfolio represents Economic Leverage as defined below in the "Financing Activities" section.

(d)Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for an aggregate breakout of leverage.

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Core Earnings

We are not currently disclosing Core Earnings, a non-GAAP financial measure, as we determined that this measure, as we have historically calculated it, would not appropriately capture the materially negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, and ability to make distributions to our stockholders. As financial markets stabilize, we will evaluate whether core earnings or other non-GAAP financial measures would help both management and investors evaluate our operating performance for future periods.

Investment activities

Historically, our investment portfolio has been comprised of Agency RMBS, Residential Investments and Commercial Investments. Our allocation to each of these investments is set forth in more detail below. Our investment and capital allocation decisions depend on prevailing market conditions and compliance with Investment Company Act and REIT tests, among other factors, and may change over time in response to opportunities available in different economic and capital market environments. The risk-reward profile of our investment opportunities changes continuously with the market, with labor, housing and economic fundamentals, and with U.S. monetary policy, among others. As a result, in reacting to market conditions and taking into account a variety of other factors, including liquidity, duration, interest rate expectations and hedging, the mix of our assets changes over time as we opportunistically deploy capital.

As a result of the market turmoil related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we maintained a defensive posture during the second quarter as it related to new investments. We prioritized liquidity and capital preservation to acquisition. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we reduced the size of our GAAP investment portfolio from $4.0 billion to $652.3 million, and at June 30, 2020, our equity capital allocation was 3% to Agency RMBS and 97% to Credit Investments. We have expertise in Agency RMBS, and may choose to allocate additional capital in those assets should the opportunity arise; however, in the near term we expect our capital to be almost entirely allocated to Credit Investments. Overall, our intention is to allocate capital to investment opportunities with attractive risk/return profiles in our target asset classes.

We evaluate investments in Agency RMBS using factors including, among others, expected future prepayment trends, supply of and demand for Agency RMBS, costs of financing, costs of hedging, liquidity, expected future interest rate volatility and the overall shape of the U.S. Treasury and interest rate swap yield curves. Prepayment speeds, as reflected by the CPR, and interest rates vary according to the type of investment, conditions in financial markets, competition and other factors, none of which can be predicted with any certainty. In general, as prepayment speeds on our Agency RMBS portfolio increase, the related purchase premium amortization increases, thereby reducing the net yield on such assets.

Our credit investments are subject to risk of loss with regard to principal and interest payments. We evaluate each investment in our credit portfolio based on the characteristics of the underlying collateral, the securitization structure, expected return, geography, collateral type, and the cost and availability of financing, among others. We maintain a comprehensive portfolio management process that generally includes day-to-day oversight by the portfolio management team and a quarterly credit review process for each investment that examines the need for a potential reduction in accretable yield, missed or late contractual payments, significant declines in collateral performance, prepayments, projected defaults, loss severities and other data which may indicate a potential issue in our ability to recover our capital from the investment. These processes are designed to enable our Manager to evaluate and proactively manage asset-specific credit issues and identify credit trends on a portfolio-wide basis. Nevertheless, we cannot be certain that our review will identify all issues within our portfolio due to, among other things, adverse economic conditions or events adversely affecting specific assets. Therefore, potential future losses may also stem from issues with our investments that are not identified by our credit reviews.

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The following table presents a detailed break-down of our investment portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and a reconciliation to our GAAP Investment Portfolio ($ in thousands):

	Fair Value				Percent of Investment Portfolio Fair Value				Leverage Ratio (a)
	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		June 30, 2020	December 31, 2019
Agency RMBS (b)	$	12,688	$	2,333,626	1.3	%	52.8	%	—	7.1x
Residential Investments	732,375		1,493,869		76.3	%	33.8	%	1.6x	2.7x
Commercial Investments	214,339		589,709		22.4	%	13.4	%	1.0x	2.1x
Total: Investment Portfolio	$	959,402	$	4,417,204	100.0	%	100.0	%	0.8x	4.1x
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates (c)	$	307,130	$	373,126	N/A		N/A		(d)	(d)
Total: GAAP Investment Portfolio	$	652,272	$	4,044,078	N/A		N/A		1.3x	4.1x

(a)The leverage ratio on our investment portfolio represents Economic Leverage as defined below in the "Financing Activities" section and is calculated by dividing each investment type's total recourse financing arrangements by its allocated equity (described in the chart below). Cash posted as collateral has been allocated pro-rata by each respective asset class' Economic Leverage amount. The Economic Leverage Ratio excludes any fully non-recourse financing arrangements. The leverage ratio on our Agency RMBS includes any net receivables on TBA. The leverage ratio on our GAAP Investment Portfolio represents GAAP leverage.

(b)As of June 30, 2020, Agency RMBS includes only Excess MSRs.

(c)Certain Re/Non-Performing Loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(d)Refer to the "Financing activities" section below for an aggregate breakout of leverage.

We allocate our equity by investment using the fair value of our investment portfolio, less any associated leverage, inclusive of any long TBA position (at cost). We allocate all non-investment portfolio related assets and liabilities to our investment portfolio based on the characteristics of such assets and liabilities in order to sum to stockholders' equity per the consolidated balance sheets. Our equity allocation method is a non-GAAP methodology and may not be comparable to the similarly titled measure or concepts of other companies, who may use different calculations and allocation methodologies.

The following table presents a summary of the allocated equity of our investment portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Allocated Equity				Percent of Equity
	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019		June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Agency RMBS	$	11,426	$	295,358	3.1	%	34.8	%
Residential Investments	242,320		359,923		66.3	%	42.4	%
Commercial Investments	111,632		193,765		30.6	%	22.8	%
Total	$	365,378	$	849,046	100.0	%	100.0	%

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The following table presents a reconciliation of our Investment Portfolio to our GAAP Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

Instrument	Current Face		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Mark- to-Market		Fair Value (1)		Weighted Average Coupon (2)		Weighted Average Yield		Weighted Average Life  (Years) (3)
Agency RMBS:
Excess MSR (4)	$	2,441,668	$	18,174	$	(5,486)	$	12,688	N/A		4.85	%	6.38
Total Agency RMBS	2,441,668		18,174		(5,486)		12,688		N/A		4.85	%	6.38
Credit Investments:
Residential Investments
Prime (5)	14,243		7,995		624		8,619		3.70	%	7.11	%	19.77
Alt-A/Subprime (5)	16,887		6,902		2,373		9,275		4.25	%	9.02	%	14.00
Credit Risk Transfer	16,294		16,294		(4,043)		12,251		4.70	%	4.62	%	16.52
Non-U.S. RMBS	3,213		4,113		(469)		3,644		6.06	%	6.00	%	3.16
Interest Only and Excess MSR (4)(6)	215,176		249		179		428		0.59	%	NM		1.13
Re/Non-Performing Loans	562,418		447,075		(24,879)		422,196		3.53	%	6.09	%	5.88
Non-QM Loans	1,330,697		263,080		(19,406)		243,674		1.82	%	6.67	%	4.37
Land Related Financing	32,418		32,227		61		32,288		12.76	%	12.91	%	2.23
Total Residential Investments	2,191,346		777,935		(45,560)		732,375		2.67	%	6.61	%	4.67
Commercial Investments
CMBS	98,622		93,305		(19,282)		74,023		4.08	%	5.25	%	3.36
Freddie Mac K-Series	22,572		10,196		(1,798)		8,398		3.84	%	8.97	%	10.83
Interest Only (7)	687,446		4,313		(80)		4,233		0.10	%	7.02	%	4.37
Commercial Real Estate Loans (8)	141,886		141,331		(13,646)		127,685		6.42	%	6.74	%	2.50
Total Commercial Investments	950,526		249,145		(34,806)		214,339		1.51	%	6.32	%	4.14
Total Credit Investments	3,141,872		1,027,080		(80,366)		946,714		2.22	%	6.55	%	4.51
Total: Investment Portfolio	$	5,583,540	$	1,045,255	$	(85,852)	$	959,402	2.22	%	6.52	%	5.33
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	1,555,887	$	325,558	$	(18,428)	$	307,130	2.28	%	8.00	%	4.34
Total: GAAP Investment Portfolio	$	4,027,653	$	719,696	$	(67,424)	$	652,272	2.18	%	5.55	%	5.74

(1)Refer to "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section below and Note 2 to the "Notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements" section for more detail on what is included in our "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on our consolidated balance sheet and a discussion of our Investments in debt and equity of affiliates.

(2)Equity residuals, principal only securities and Excess MSRs with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

(3)Weighted average life is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(4)Within Agency RMBS, Excess MSRs whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust held by a U.S. government agency or GSE. Within Residential Investments, Excess MSRs whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust not held by a U.S. government agency or GSE.

(5)Non-Agency RMBS with credit scores above 700, between 700 and 620 and below 620 at origination are classified as Prime, Alt-A, and Subprime, respectively. The weighted average credit scores of our Prime and Alt-A/Subprime Non-Agency RMBS were 744 and 687, respectively.

(6)A majority of the Interest Only and Excess MSR line is made up of two Residential Interest Only positions. The overall impact of these investments' yields on the Investment Portfolio is immaterial.

(7)Comprised of Freddie Mac K-Series interest-only bonds.

(8)Yield on Commercial Real Estate Loans includes any exit fees.

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The following table presents a reconciliation of our Investment Portfolio to our GAAP Investment Portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

Instrument	Current Face		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Mark- to-Market		Fair Value (1)		Weighted Average Coupon (2)		Weighted Average Yield		Weighted Average Life  (Years) (3)
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	2,125,067	$	2,184,190	$	57,108	$	2,241,298	3.73	%	3.17	%	5.85
Inverse Interest Only	217,031		37,611		627		38,238		4.37	%	6.66	%	4.97
Interest Only	259,161		35,333		570		35,903		3.56	%	5.02	%	4.01
Excess MSR (4)	3,042,841		20,188		(2,001)		18,187		N/A		8.33	%	5.56
Total Agency RMBS	5,644,100		2,277,322		56,304		2,333,626		3.77	%	3.30	%	5.57
Credit Investments:
Residential Investments
Prime (5)	297,932		213,056		28,831		241,887		4.92	%	7.44	%	11.63
Alt-A/Subprime (5)	141,464		110,605		12,107		122,712		4.40	%	6.89	%	8.23
Credit Risk Transfer	270,397		270,988		8,967		279,955		5.17	%	5.27	%	5.66
Non-U.S. RMBS	44,867		54,340		3,391		57,731		3.21	%	3.58	%	2.53
Interest Only and Excess MSR (4)	244,115		1,592		(376)		1,216		0.77	%	7.73	%	6.34
Re/Non-Performing Loans	605,844		493,734		16,449		510,183		4.14	%	6.48	%	6.56
Non-QM Loans	1,141,131		250,087		4,189		254,276		1.69	%	5.35	%	1.71
Land Related Financing	25,607		25,395		514		25,909		12.27	%	12.40	%	3.00
Total Residential Investments	2,771,357		1,419,797		74,072		1,493,869		3.53	%	6.24	%	4.99
Commercial Investments
CMBS	277,020		262,233		784		263,017		4.87	%	5.57	%	4.07
Freddie Mac K-Series	235,810		100,427		17,723		118,150		5.01	%	11.34	%	8.34
Interest Only (6)	3,650,693		46,606		3,250		49,856		0.23	%	6.64	%	3.02
Commercial Real Estate Loans (7)	158,686		158,000		686		158,686		6.82	%	7.17	%	1.92
Total Commercial Investments	4,322,209		567,266		22,443		589,709		0.82	%	7.25	%	3.33
Total Credit Investments	7,093,566		1,987,063		96,515		2,083,578		1.74	%	6.53	%	3.98
Total: Investment Portfolio	$	12,737,666	$	4,264,385	$	152,819	$	4,417,204	2.34	%	4.82	%	4.69
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	1,676,838	$	361,992	$	11,134	$	373,126	1.82	%	6.75	%	2.71
Total: GAAP Investment Portfolio	$	11,060,828	$	3,902,393	$	141,685	$	4,044,078	2.41	%	4.57	%	4.94

(1)Refer to "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section below and Note 2 to the "Notes of the Consolidated Financial Statements" section for more detail on what is included in our "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on our consolidated balance sheet and a discussion of Investments in debt and equity of affiliates.

(2)Equity residuals, principal only securities and Excess MSRs with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

(3)Weighted average life is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(4)Within Agency RMBS, Excess MSRs whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust held by a U.S. government agency or GSE. Within Residential Investments, Excess MSRs whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust not held by a U.S. government agency or GSE.

(5)Non-Agency RMBS with credit scores above 700, between 700 and 620 and below 620 at origination are classified as Prime, Alt-A, and Subprime, respectively. The weighted average credit scores of our Prime and Alt-A/Subprime Non-Agency RMBS were 719 and 674, respectively.

(6)Comprised of Freddie Mac K-Series interest-only bonds.

(7)Yield on Commercial Real Estate Loans includes any exit fees.

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The following table presents the fair value ($ in thousands) and the CPR experienced on our GAAP Agency RMBS portfolio for the periods presented. We did not hold any GAAP Agency RMBS as of June 30, 2020.

	Fair Value		CPR (1)(2)(3)
Agency RMBS	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2019
30 Year Fixed Rate (3)	$	2,241,298	8.1	%
Inverse Interest Only (3)	38,238		11.7	%
Interest Only (3)	35,903		10.3	%
Total/Weighted Average	$	2,315,439	8.2	%

(1)Represents the weighted average monthly CPRs published during the year ended December 31, 2019 for our in-place portfolio during the same period.

(2)Source: Bloomberg.

(3)CPRs are shown only for securities with fair values as of period end.

The following table presents the fair value of the securities and loans in our credit portfolio, and a reconciliation to our GAAP credit portfolio (in thousands):

	Fair Value
	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Non-Agency RMBS (1)	$	117,149	$	835,325
CMBS (2)	86,654		431,023
Total Credit securities	203,803		1,266,348
Residential loans (3)	615,226		658,544
Commercial real estate loans	127,685		158,686
Total loans	742,911		817,230
Total Credit investments	$	946,714	$	2,083,578
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	306,634	$	372,571
Total GAAP Credit Portfolio	$	640,080	$	1,711,007

(1)Includes investments in Prime, Alt-A/Subprime, Credit Risk Transfer, Non-U.S RMBS, Interest-Only and Excess MSR, Re/Non-Performing Loans, Non-QM Loans, and Land Related Financing held in securitized form.

(2)Includes CMBS, Freddie Mac K-Series, and Interest-Only investments.

(3)Includes Re/Non-Performing Loans, Non-QM Loans, and Land Related Financing not held in securitized form.

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The following table presents certain information grouped by vintage as it relates to our credit securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands). We have also presented a reconciliation to GAAP.

Credit Securities:	Current Face		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Mark-to- Market		Fair Value (1)		Weighted Average Coupon (2)		Weighted Average Yield		Weighted  Average Life (Years) (3)
Pre 2009	$	2,189	$	2,057	$	277	$	2,334	7.05	%	7.90	%	9.14
2013	1,168		759		91		850		3.60	%	5.09	%	19.07
2014	15,439		11,974		(2,011)		9,963		4.54	%	14.56	%	7.39
2015	341,896		16,455		3,734		20,189		0.72	%	8.09	%	2.06
2016	130,379		2,566		511		3,077		0.17	%	11.06	%	4.67
2017	197,285		11,646		(765)		10,881		0.34	%	6.28	%	3.99
2018	187,882		25,968		(7,362)		18,606		0.62	%	4.61	%	5.33
2019	1,039,621		121,618		(23,470)		98,148		0.98	%	9.00	%	4.75
2020	338,775		42,453		(2,698)		39,755		1.20	%	13.69	%	4.33
Total: Credit Securities	$	2,254,634	$	235,496	$	(31,693)	$	203,803	0.82	%	9.56	%	4.29
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	1,199,099	$	81,257	$	(9,925)	$	71,332	0.71	%	14.96	%	4.35
Total: GAAP Basis	$	1,055,535	$	154,239	$	(21,768)	$	132,471	0.89	%	6.64	%	4.22

(1)Certain Re/Non-Performing Loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities are excluded from this calculation.

(3)Weighted average life is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Actual maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

The following table presents certain information grouped by vintage as it relates to our credit securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands). We have also presented a reconciliation to GAAP.

Credit Securities:	Current Face		Amortized Cost		Unrealized Mark-to- Market		Fair Value (1)		Weighted Average Coupon (2)		Weighted Average Yield		Weighted  Average Life (Years) (3)
Pre 2009	$	278,125	$	198,225	$	25,099	$	223,324	5.07	%	7.12	%	12.67
2010	1,070		948		42		990		1.97	%	6.68	%	2.94
2011	4,812		4,302		29		4,331		4.44	%	5.73	%	4.93
2012	3,740		3,062		510		3,572		4.05	%	7.61	%	3.42
2013	76,869		17,724		1,367		19,091		2.18	%	7.06	%	2.58
2014	974,525		38,454		4,320		42,774		0.31	%	10.46	%	0.56
2015	895,235		108,425		17,520		125,945		0.84	%	9.24	%	4.22
2016	1,139,729		80,162		11,595		91,757		0.60	%	8.67	%	4.57
2017	1,054,591		176,767		8,632		185,399		0.88	%	6.43	%	4.27
2018	275,234		104,090		3,040		107,130		2.08	%	5.48	%	5.77
2019	1,498,432		449,682		12,353		462,035		2.07	%	6.05	%	2.73
Total: Credit Securities	$	6,202,362	$	1,181,841	$	84,507	$	1,266,348	1.24	%	6.92	%	3.78
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	1,311,008	$	123,152	$	8,803	$	131,955	0.78	%	9.50	%	2.50
Total: GAAP Basis	$	4,891,354	$	1,058,689	$	75,704	$	1,134,393	1.31	%	6.62	%	4.13

(1)Certain Re/Non-Performing Loans held in securitized form are recorded net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities are excluded from this calculation.

(3)Weighted average life is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Actual maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

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The following table presents the fair value of our credit securities portfolio by credit rating as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

Credit Rating - Credit Securities (1)	June 30, 2020 (2)		December 31, 2019 (2)
AAA	$	631	$	4,975
A	—		13,792
BBB	1,445		65,454
BB	3,234		106,311
B	38,183		226,083
Below B	9,226		103,985
Not Rated	151,084		745,748
Total: Credit Securities	$	203,803	$	1,266,348
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	71,332	$	131,955
Total: GAAP Basis	$	132,471	$	1,134,393

(1)Represents the minimum rating for rated assets of S&P, Moody and Fitch credit ratings, stated in terms of the S&P equivalent.

(2)Certain Re/Non-Performing Loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

The following tables present the geographic concentration of the underlying collateral for our Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS portfolios ($ in thousands). The geographic markets that we invest in have been and continue to be severely impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

June 30, 2020
Non-Agency RMBS					CMBS (1)
State	Fair Value (2)		Percentage (2)		State	Fair Value		Percentage
California	$	30,202	28.8	%	Florida	$	13,771	15.9	%
New York	14,442		13.8	%	California	12,607		14.5	%
Florida	8,914		8.5	%	Texas	9,296		10.7	%
Texas	3,553		3.4	%	New York	9,107		10.5	%
Maryland	3,420		3.3	%	New Jersey	5,740		6.6	%
Other	56,618		42.2	%	Other	36,133		41.8	%
Total	$	117,149	100.0	%	Total	$	86,654	100.0	%

(1)CMBS includes all commercial credit securities, including CMBS, Freddie Mac K-Series, and Interest-Only investments.

(2)Non-Agency RMBS fair value includes $12.1 million of investments where there was no data regarding the underlying collateral. These positions were excluded from the percent calculation.

December 31, 2019
Non-Agency RMBS					CMBS (1)
State	Fair Value (2)		Percentage (2)		State	Fair Value		Percentage
California	$	174,569	24.5	%	California	$	52,647	12.2	%
Florida	62,796		8.8	%	New York	46,317		10.7	%
New York	57,931		8.1	%	Texas	45,619		10.6	%
Texas	33,890		4.8	%	Florida	45,032		10.4	%
New Jersey	22,736		3.3	%	New Jersey	31,396		7.3	%
Other	483,403		50.5	%	Other	210,012		48.8	%
Total	$	835,325	100.0	%	Total	$	431,023	100.0	%

(1)CMBS includes all commercial credit securities, including CMBS, Freddie Mac K-Series, and Interest-Only investments.

(2)Non-Agency RMBS fair value includes $123.0 million of investments where there was no data regarding the underlying collateral. These positions were excluded from the percent calculation.

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See Note 4 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for a breakout of geographic concentration of credit risk within loans we include in the "Residential mortgage loans, at fair value" line item on our consolidated balance sheets.

The following tables present certain information regarding credit quality for certain categories within our Non-Agency RMBS and CMBS portfolios ($ in thousands):

June 30, 2020
Non-Agency RMBS*
Category	Fair Value		Weighted  Average 60+ Days  Delinquent		Weighted  Average Loan Age (Months)	Weighted  Average Credit  Enhancement
Prime	$	8,619	3.9	%	66.7	1.9	%
Alt-A/Subprime	9,275		6.7	%	156.0	0.1	%
Credit Risk Transfer	12,251		1.6	%	13.9	0.3	%
Non-U.S. RMBS	3,644		4.6	%	70.5	1.0	%

CMBS*
Category	Fair Value		Weighted  Average 60+ Days  Delinquent		Weighted  Average Loan Age (Months)	Weighted  Average Credit  Enhancement
CMBS	$	74,023	1.2	%	29.3	10.4	%
Freddie Mac K Series	8,398		0.6	%	19.9	0.0	%

December 31, 2019
Non-Agency RMBS*
Category	Fair Value		Weighted  Average 60+ Days  Delinquent		Weighted  Average Loan Age (Months)	Weighted  Average Credit  Enhancement
Prime	$	241,887	10.6	%	136.7	9.8	%
Alt-A/Subprime	122,712		12.8	%	162.3	17.7	%
Credit Risk Transfer	279,955		0.4	%	24.5	1.8	%
Non-U.S. RMBS	57,731		7.3	%	147.8	15.8	%

CMBS*
Category	Fair Value		Weighted  Average 60+ Days  Delinquent		Weighted  Average Loan Age (Months)	Weighted  Average Credit  Enhancement
CMBS	$	263,017	0.2	%	22.1	9.3	%
Freddie Mac K Series	118,150		0.6	%	45.3	0.4	%

*Sources: Intex, Trepp

In our Re/Non-Performing Loan portfolio, 22% of the overall population has requested COVID related assistance as of June 30, 2020; approximately 40% of the population requesting assistance is being reported as contractually current as of quarter end.

At the end of the initial forbearance period, those borrowers who can make their regular monthly scheduled payment will do so and the payment terms of the forbearance amounts will be negotiated (reinstatement, repayment or deferral). For those borrowers who cannot make their scheduled payment, the servicer will initiate phone contact with such borrowers to determine income status and ability to make future mortgage payments. The servicer will collect documents (where allowed by state laws) to initiate further forbearance or loss mitigation strategies for those borrowers who cannot make their regularly scheduled mortgage payments at the end of the initial forbearance period.

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Prior to COVID, the three month average monthly default rate, or rate at which a borrower moved from current to 30 days delinquent, was 6.4%. The default rate for June was 4.5%. COVID related delinquencies made up approximately 56% of those defaults in June.

Our Re/Non-Performing Loan valuation process in Q1 and Q2 2020 has incorporated a more conservative view of defaults, liquidation timelines and discount rates.

In our Non-QM Loan portfolio, 30% of the overall population has requested COVID related assistance as of June 30, 2020; approximately 31% of the population requesting assistance is being reported as contractually current as of quarter end.

At the end of the forbearance period, the servicer will complete the same steps as described above with regards to Re/Non-Performing Loans.

Prior to COVID, the three month average monthly default rate was 1.3%. The default rate for June was 2.5%. COVID related delinquencies made up approximately 69% of those defaults in June.

As it relates to our Non-QM Loans, our valuation no longer reflects a call assumption, given the greater uncertainty around future performance and market conditions at the time of call.

The following table presents detail on our commercial real estate loan portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands).

											Weighted Average
Loan  (1)(2)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value (3)		Coupon (4)		Yield (5)		Life  (Years) (6)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (7)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (8)(9)	$	56,710	$	—	$	56,710	$	(4,225)	$	52,485	5.27	%	5.27	%	1.55	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan I (10)	15,212		(211)		15,001		(789)		14,212		11.50	%	12.26	%	1.80	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (8)	6,291		—		6,291		(4,051)		2,240		5.65	%	5.65	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (11)	12,673		—		12,673		(1,100)		11,573		10.00	%	11.22	%	1.27	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (11)	51,000		(344)		50,656		(3,481)		47,175		5.40	%	5.66	%	4.12	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	141,886	$	(555)	$	141,331	$	(13,646)	$	127,685	6.42	%	6.74	%	2.50

(1)We have the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)See our "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section below for details on our commitments on commercial real estate loans as of June 30, 2020.

(3)Pricing is reflective of marks on unfunded commitments.

(4)Each commercial real estate loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(5)Yield includes any exit fees.

(6)Actual maturities of commercial real estate loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(7)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(8)Loan G and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(9)Loan G matured on July 9, 2020. Discussions are ongoing between the borrower and the lenders related to the extension and restructuring of the loan. However, there can be no guaranty that an agreement will be reached with respect to any such discussions.

(10)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(11)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

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The following table presents detail on our commercial real estate loan portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

											Weighted Average
Loan (1)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Fair Value		Coupon (2)		Yield (3)		Life  (Years) (4)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (5)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (6)	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	6.46	%	6.46	%	0.53	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan H (6)	36,000		—		36,000		—		36,000		5.49	%	5.49	%	0.19	March 9, 2019	June 9, 2020	AZ	Office
Loan I (7)	11,992		(184)		11,808		184		11,992		12.21	%	14.51	%	1.04	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (6)	4,674		—		4,674		—		4,674		6.36	%	6.36	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (8)	9,164		—		9,164		—		9,164		10.71	%	11.86	%	1.72	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (8)	51,000		(502)		50,498		502		51,000		6.16	%	6.50	%	4.63	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	158,686	$	(686)	$	158,000	$	686	$	158,686	6.82	%	7.17	%	1.92

(1)We have the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Each commercial real estate loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(3)Yield includes any exit fees.

(4)Actual maturities of commercial real estate loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Weighted average maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(5)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(6)Loan G, Loan H, and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(7)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(8)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

Financing activities

Prior to the recent turmoil in the financial markets, we sought to achieve a balanced and diverse funding mix to finance our assets and operations, which included a combination of short-term borrowings, such as repurchase agreements with terms typically of 30-90 days, longer term repurchase agreement borrowings, and longer term financings, such as securitizations and revolving facilities, with terms longer than one year. We have explored and will continue in the near term to explore additional financing arrangements to further strengthen our balance sheet and position ourselves for future investment opportunities, including, without limitation, issuances of equity or debt securities and longer-termed financing arrangements; however, no assurance can be given that we will be able to access any such financing or the size, timing or terms thereof.

In 2020, in response to the unprecedented illiquidity and drop in demand for MBS due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in a significant decline in the value of our assets, which, in turn, resulted in an unusually high number of margin calls from our financing counterparties, we reduced our overall exposure to our financing counterparties by selling a significant portion of our investment portfolio and reducing the amount of our financing arrangements from $3.2 billion to $251.1 million on a GAAP basis and from $3.5 billion to $469.2 million on a Non-GAAP basis, including a reduction in our repurchase agreement balance from $3.2 billion to $208.0 million. Additionally, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by a total of 150 basis points during the first quarter of 2020. As previously described, we sold our entire portfolio of 30 year fixed rate Agency RMBS in March of 2020. As a result, our investment portfolio was primarily comprised of Credit Investments as of June 30, 2020. This reallocation resulted in an increase in our financing costs from 2.51% at December 31, 2019 to 3.86% at June 30, 2020 due to the increased expense associated with financing Credit Investments as compared to Agency RMBS.

On March 20, 2020, we notified our financing counterparties that we did not expect to be in a position to fund the anticipated volume of future margin calls under our financing arrangements in the near term as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 23, 2020, we have received notifications of alleged events of default and deficiency notices from several of our financing counterparties. Subject to the terms of the applicable financing arrangement, if we fail to deliver additional collateral or otherwise meet margin calls when due, the financing counterparties may be able to demand immediate payment by us of the aggregate outstanding financing obligations owed to such counterparties, and if such financing obligations are not paid, may be permitted to sell the financed assets and apply the proceeds to our financing obligations and/or take ownership of the assets securing our financing obligations. During this period of market upheaval, we engaged in discussions with our financing counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements pursuant to which each counterparty would agree to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies with respect to an event of default under the applicable financing arrangement for an agreed-upon period. On April 10, 2020, we entered into a forbearance agreement for an initial 15 day

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period, a second forbearance agreement on April 27, 2020, for an extended period ending on June 1, 2020, and a third forbearance agreement on June 1, 2020 for an additional period ending June 15, 2020 (collectively, the "Forbearance Agreement") with certain of our financing counterparties (the "Participating Counterparties"). Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to forbear from exercising any of their right and remedies in respect of events of default and any and all other defaults under the applicable financing arrangement with us for the duration of the forbearance period specified in the Forbearance Agreement (the "Forbearance Period").

On June 10, 2020, we entered into a Reinstatement Agreement with the Participating Counterparties, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under our financing agreements (each, a "Bilateral Agreement") and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as it may be amended by agreement between the Participating Counterparty and the Company. As a result of the termination of the Forbearance Agreement and entry into the Reinstatement Agreement, default interest on the our outstanding borrowings under each Bilateral Agreement has ceased to accrue as of June 10, 2020 and the interest rate was the non-default rate of interest or pricing rate, as set forth in the applicable Bilateral Agreements, all cash margin has been applied to outstanding balances we owe, and the DTC repo tracker coding for each Bilateral Agreement has been reinstated, thereby allowing principal and interest payments on the underlying collateral to flow to and be used by us, just as it was before the prior forbearance agreements were put in place. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Reinstatement Agreement, the security interests granted to Participating Counterparties as additional collateral under the various forbearance agreements have been terminated and released. We also agreed to pay the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel and other professional advisors for the Participating Counterparties and the collateral agent. Additionally, the Reinstatement Agreement provides a set of financial covenants that override and replace the financial covenants in each Bilateral Agreement and sets forth various reporting requirements from the Company to the Participating Counterparties, releases, certain netting obligations and cross-default provisions. In connection with the negotiation and execution of the Reinstatement Agreement, we entered into certain amendments to the Bilateral Agreements with certain of the Participating Counterparties to reflect current market terms. In general, the amendments reflect increased haircuts and higher coupons.

On June 10, 2020, we also entered a separate reinstatement agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank (the "JPM Reinstatement Agreement") on substantially the same terms as those set forth in the Reinstatement Agreement. The Reinstatement Agreement and the JPM Reinstatement Agreement collectively cover all of our existing financing arrangements as of the date of this Report.

Refer to Note 13 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)" for more information on outstanding deficiencies.

We use leverage to finance the purchase of our target assets. In 2020 and 2019, our leverage has primarily been in the form of repurchase agreements, facilities, and securitized debt. Repurchase agreements involve the sale and a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the transferred assets or similar assets at a future date. The amount borrowed generally is equal to the fair value of the assets pledged less an agreed-upon discount, referred to as a "haircut." The size of the haircut reflects the perceived risk associated with the pledged asset. Haircuts may change as our financing arrangements mature or roll and are sensitive to governmental regulations. We experienced fluctuations in our haircuts that caused us to alter our business and financing strategies for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. As previously described, this resulted in us raising liquidity and de-risking our portfolio. Through asset sales and related debt pay-offs, we have reduced the aggregate number of our financing counterparties, bringing the counterparties we have debt outstanding with down from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020.

Our repurchase agreements are accounted for as financings and require the repurchase of the transferred securities or loans or repayment of the advance at the end of each agreement’s term, typically 30 to 90 days. If we maintain the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, we receive the related principal and interest payments. If we do not maintain the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, we will have the related principal and interest payments remitted to us by the lender. Interest rates on borrowings are fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is paid at the termination of the borrowing at which time we may enter into a new borrowing arrangement at prevailing market rates with the same counterparty or repay that counterparty and negotiate financing with a different counterparty.

We have also entered into revolving facilities to purchase certain loans in our investment portfolio. These facilities typically have longer stated maturities than repurchase agreements. Interest rates on these facilities are based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is paid on a monthly basis. Additionally, these facilities contain representations, warranties, covenants, including financial covenants, events of default and indemnities that are customary for agreements of these types.

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In response to declines in fair value of pledged assets due to changes in market conditions or the publishing of monthly security paydown factors, lenders typically require us to post additional assets as collateral, pay down borrowings or establish cash margin accounts with the counterparties in order to re-establish the agreed-upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls.

The following table presents the quarter-end balance, average quarterly balance and maximum balance at any month-end for our (i) financing arrangements on our investment portfolio and U.S Treasury securities ("Non-GAAP Basis" below), and (ii) financing arrangements through affiliated entities, excluding any financing utilized in our investment in AG Arc, with a reconciliation of all quarterly figures to GAAP ("GAAP Basis" below) (in thousands). Refer to the "Hedging Activities" section below for more information on repurchase agreements secured by U.S. Treasury securities.

Quarter Ended	Quarter-End Balance		Average  Quarterly  Balance		Maximum  Balance at Any Month-End
June 30, 2020
Non-GAAP Basis	$	469,153	$	642,182	$	939,056
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	218,055		255,764		276,149
GAAP Basis	$	251,098	$	386,418	$	662,907
March 31, 2020
Non-GAAP Basis	$	1,231,231	$	2,878,844	$	3,904,578
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	261,374		260,737		280,196
GAAP Basis	$	969,857	$	2,618,107	$	3,624,383
December 31, 2019
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,490,884	$	3,703,921	$	3,929,708
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	257,416		240,602		257,830
GAAP Basis	$	3,233,468	$	3,463,319	$	3,671,878
September 30, 2019
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,720,937	$	3,301,725	$	3,720,937
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	195,949		238,144		279,478
GAAP Basis	$	3,524,988	$	3,063,581	$	3,441,459
June 30, 2019
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,074,536	$	3,166,610	$	3,263,481
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	183,286		216,024		238,045
GAAP Basis	$	2,891,250	$	2,950,586	$	3,025,436
March 31, 2019
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,290,383	$	3,069,958	$	3,290,383
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	177,548		174,672		179,524
GAAP Basis	$	3,112,835	$	2,895,286	$	3,110,859
December 31, 2018
Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,860,227	$	2,851,744	$	2,866,872
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	139,739		125,851		139,739
GAAP Basis	$	2,720,488	$	2,725,893	$	2,727,133
September 30, 2018
Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,913,543	$	2,862,935	$	2,913,543
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	102,149		92,833		102,149
GAAP Basis	$	2,811,394	$	2,770,102	$	2,811,394
June 30, 2018
Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,719,376	$	2,792,123	$	2,932,186
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	85,194		170,006		213,489
GAAP Basis	$	2,634,182	$	2,622,117	$	2,718,697
March 31, 2018
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,035,398	$	2,954,404	$	3,043,392

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Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	208,819		77,309		208,819
GAAP Basis	$	2,826,579	$	2,877,095	$	2,834,573
December 31, 2017
Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,011,591	$	2,882,548	$	3,011,591
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	7,184		8,849		9,807
GAAP Basis	$	3,004,407	$	2,873,699	$	3,001,784
September 30, 2017
Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,703,069	$	2,596,533	$	2,746,151
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	8,517		8,697		8,869
GAAP Basis	$	2,694,552	$	2,587,836	$	2,737,282
June 30, 2017
Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,265,227	$	2,209,991	$	2,339,133
Less: Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	8,485		8,806		9,116
GAAP Basis	$	2,256,742	$	2,201,185	$	2,330,017

The balance on our financing arrangements can reasonably be expected to (i) increase as the size of our investment portfolio increases primarily through equity capital raises and as we increase our investment allocation to Agency RMBS and (ii) decrease as the size of our portfolio decreases through asset sales, principal paydowns, and as we increase our investment allocation to credit investments. Credit investments, due to their risk profile, have lower leverage ratios than Agency RMBS, which restricts our financing counterparties from providing as much financing to us and lowers the balance of our total financing.

Recourse and non-recourse financing

We utilize both recourse and non-recourse debt to finance our portfolio. Non-recourse financing includes securitized debt and other non-recourse financing. Recourse financing includes the secured debt from our Manager and other recourse financing. The below table provides detail on the breakout between recourse and non-recourse financing as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Recourse financing	$	278,723	$	3,490,884
Non-recourse financing (1)	409,549		224,348
Total (2)	$	688,272	$	3,715,232
Recourse financing - Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	7,480		257,416
Non-recourse financing - Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	210,575		—
Total Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	218,055		257,416
Total: GAAP Basis	$	470,217	$	3,457,816

(1)Not mark-to-market with respect to margin calls.

(2)As of June 30, 2020, total financing includes $469.2 million of financing arrangements, $199.0 million of securitized debt and $20.1 million of secured debt. As of December 31, 2019, total financing includes $3.5 billion of financing arrangements and $224.3 million of securitized debt.

Financing arrangements on our investment portfolio

As of March 31, 2020, we had received notifications from several of our financing counterparties of alleged events of default under their financing agreements, and of those counterparties' intentions to accelerate our performance obligations under the relevant agreements as a result of our inability to meet certain margin calls as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. As discussed above, until a formal agreement was reached, we negotiated with our financing

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counterparties regarding the lenders' forbearance from exercising their rights and remedies under their applicable financing arrangements. While as of March 31, 2020 certain lenders had accelerated our obligations under their applicable financing arrangements, once subject to the Reinstatement Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to extend the maturity dates of each of their respective repurchase agreements as determined by their respective Bilateral Agreements.

We continue to take steps to manage and de-lever our portfolio. Through asset sales and related debt pay-offs, we have reduced our exposure to various counterparties, bringing the counterparties with debt outstanding down from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020. See Note 7 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for a description of our material financing arrangements as of June 30, 2020.

Our financing arrangements generally include customary representations, warranties, and covenants, but may also contain more restrictive supplemental terms and conditions. Although specific to each repurchase agreement, typical supplemental terms include requirements of minimum equity, leverage ratios, performance triggers or other financial ratios.

The following table presents a summary of the financing arrangements on our investment portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements	$	208,032	$	3,194,409
Revolving facilities (1)	261,121		296,475
Total: Non-GAAP Basis	$	469,153	$	3,490,884
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	218,055		257,416
Total: GAAP Basis	$	251,098	$	3,233,468

(1)Increasing our borrowing capacity under a majority of our revolving facilities requires consent of the lenders.

The following table presents a summary of the financing arrangements on our Investment Portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Credit
Financing Arrangements Maturing Within: (1)	Balance		Weighted Average Funding Cost
30 days or less	$	55,658	3.43	%
61-90 days	14,429		4.67	%
91-180 days	1,253		2.20	%
Greater than 180 days	397,813		4.35	%
Total: Non-GAAP Basis	$	469,153	4.25	%
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	218,055	4.94	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	251,098	3.64	%

(1)As of June 30, 2020, our weighted average days to maturity is 457 days and our weighted average original days to maturity is 749 days on a GAAP Basis. As of June 30, 2020, our weighted average days to maturity is 360 days and our weighted average original days to maturity is 878 days on a Non-GAAP Basis.  

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The following table presents a summary of the financing arrangements by maturity on our Investment Portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Agency				Credit				Total
Financing Arrangements Maturing Within: (1)	Balance		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Balance		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Balance		Weighted  Average Funding Cost
30 days or less	$	1,011,185	2.05	%	$	587,325	2.92	%	$	1,598,510	2.37	%
31-60 days	1,098,093		1.96	%	470,568		3.29	%	1,568,661		2.36	%
61-90 days	—		—		71,753		2.99	%	71,753		2.99	%
91-180 days	—		—		20,384		3.79	%	20,384		3.79	%
Greater than 180 days	—		—		231,576		3.90	%	231,576		3.90	%
Total: Non-GAAP Basis	$	2,109,278	2.01	%	$	1,381,606	3.23	%	$	3,490,884	2.49	%
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	—	—		$	257,416	3.94	%	$	257,416	3.94	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	2,109,278	2.01	%	$	1,124,190	3.07	%	$	3,233,468	2.38	%

(1)As of December 31, 2019, our weighted average days to maturity is 94 days and our weighted average original days to maturity is 164 days on a GAAP Basis. As of December 31, 2019, our weighted average days to maturity is 92 days and our weighted average original days to maturity is 196 days on a Non-GAAP Basis.

Repurchase agreements

The following table presents, as of June 30, 2020, a summary of the repurchase agreements on our real estate securities ($ in thousands). It also reconciles these items to GAAP:

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
30 days or less	$	55,658	3.43	%	3.43	%	12	46.9	%
61-90 days	5,037		4.71	%	4.71	%	70	43.3	%
Greater than 180 days	16,413		5.00	%	5.00	%	458	42.5	%
Total: Non-GAAP Basis	$	77,108	3.85	%	3.85	%	111	45.7	%
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	19,746	4.97	%	4.97	%	393	43.3	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	57,362	3.46	%	3.46	%	14	46.5	%

The following table presents, as of December 31, 2019, a summary of the repurchase agreements by maturity on our real estate securities ($ in thousands). It also reconciles these items to GAAP:

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
30 days or less	$	1,598,510	2.37	%	2.37	%	14	9.8	%
31-60 days	1,366,178		2.13	%	2.13	%	46	7.0	%
61-90 days	71,753		2.99	%	2.99	%	67	23.5	%
91-180 days	20,384		3.79	%	3.79	%	176	21.1	%
Greater than 180 days	2,973		3.79	%	3.79	%	283	23.7	%
Total: Non-GAAP Basis	$	3,059,798	2.29	%	2.29	%	31	9.0	%
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates	$	72,443	3.76	%	3.76	%	67	29.8	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	2,987,355	2.25	%	2.25	%	30	8.5	%

The decrease in the balance of our repurchase agreements from December 31, 2019 to June 30, 2020 is due primarily to selling collateral in order to meet margin calls.

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The following table presents, as of June 30, 2020, a summary of our repurchase agreements on our Re/Non-performing loans ($ in thousands).

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
61-90 days	$	9,392	4.65	%	4.65	%	70	61.2	%
Greater than 180 days	118,072		3.68	%	4.10	%	329	19.4	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	127,464	3.76	%	4.14	%	310	22.4	%

The following table presents, as of December 31, 2019, a summary of repurchase agreements on our Re/Non-performing loans ($ in thousands).

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
31-60 days	$	24,584	3.14	%	3.14	%	56	33.7	%
Greater than 180 days	107,010		3.61	%	3.80	%	727	19.3	%
Total: GAAP Basis	$	131,594	3.53	%	3.68	%	602	22.0	%

The following table presents, as of June 30, 2020, a summary of repurchase agreements on our commercial real estate loans ($ in thousands).

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
Greater than 180 days	$	3,460	4.75	%	6.00	%	915	36.4	%

The following table presents, as of December 31, 2019, a summary of repurchase agreements on our commercial real estate loans ($ in thousands).

Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Days  to Maturity	Weighted  Average Haircut
Greater than 180 days	$	3,017	4.46	%	5.89	%	1,097	35.4	%

Financing facilities

The following table presents information regarding revolving facilities as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands). It also reconciles these items to GAAP.

			June 30, 2020								December 31, 2019
Facility	Investment	Maturity Date	Rate		Funding Cost (1)		Balance		Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity		Rate		Funding Cost (1)		Balance
Revolving facility B (2)(3)	Re/Non-performing loans	June 28, 2021	—	%	—	%	$	—	$	—	3.80	%	3.80	%	$	21,546
Revolving facility C (2)(3)	Commercial loans	August 10, 2023	2.33	%	2.68	%	62,812		100,000		3.85	%	4.01	%	89,956
Revolving facility D (2)(3)(4)	Non-QM loans	October 1, 2021	5.00	%	5.00	%	194,162		194,162		3.61	%	4.02	%	177,899
Revolving facility E (2)	Re/Non-performing loans	November 25, 2020	2.20	%	2.20	%	1,253		1,253		3.73	%	3.73	%	1,808
Revolving facility F (2)	Re/Non-performing loans	July 25, 2021	1.94	%	1.94	%	2,894		14,120		3.55	%	3.55	%	5,266
Total: Non-GAAP Basis							$	261,121	$	309,535					$	296,475
Investments in Debt and Equity of Affiliates							$	198,309	$	209,535					$	184,973
Total: GAAP Basis							$	62,812	$	100,000					$	111,502

(1)Funding costs represent the stated rate inclusive of any deferred financing costs.

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(2)Under the terms of our financing agreements, the counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral.

(3)Increasing our borrowing capacity under this facility requires consent of the lender.

(4)Refer to the "MATT Financing Arrangement Restructuring" Section below for additional information.

Other financing transactions

In 2014, we entered into a resecuritization transaction, pursuant to which we created a special purpose entity ("SPE") to facilitate the transaction. We determined that the SPE was a variable interest entity ("VIE") and that the VIE should be consolidated by us under ASC 810-10. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing (the "Consolidated December 2014 VIE"). See Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for more detail on Consolidated December 2014 VIE. As of June 30, 2020, we did not hold any interest in the December 2014 VIE.

The following table details certain information related to the Consolidated December 2014 VIE as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

					Weighted Average
	Current Face		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
Consolidated tranche (2)	$	7,204	$	7,230	3.46	%	4.11	%	1.96
Retained tranche	7,851		6,608		5.37	%	18.14	%	7.64
Total resecuritized asset (3)	$	15,055	$	13,838	4.46	%	10.81	%	4.92

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal. 

(2)As of December 31, 2019, we have recorded secured financing of $7.2 million on our consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. We recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

(3)As of December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the total resecuritized asset is included on our consolidated balance sheets as "Non-Agency RMBS."

In August 2019, we entered into a securitization transaction of certain of our residential mortgage loans, pursuant to which we created an SPE to facilitate the transaction. We determined that the SPE was a VIE and that the VIE should be consolidated by us under ASC 810-10. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing (the "Consolidated August 2019 VIE"). See Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for more detail on the Consolidated August 2019 VIE.

The following table details certain information related to the Consolidated August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

						Weighted Average
As of:		Current Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	Residential mortgage loans (2)	$	254,936	$	223,119	3.51	%	4.81	%	6.85
	Securitized debt (3)	213,233		198,974		2.95	%	2.95	%	5.19
December 31, 2019	Residential mortgage loans (2)	263,956		255,171		3.96	%	5.11	%	7.66
	Securitized debt (3)	217,455		217,118		2.92	%	2.86	%	5.00

(1)Weighted average life is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)This represents all loans contributed to the Consolidated August 2019 VIE.

(3)As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we have recorded secured financing of $199.0 million and $217.1 million, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. We recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

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Leverage

We define GAAP leverage as the sum of (1) our GAAP financing arrangements net of any restricted cash posted on such financing arrangements, (2) the amount payable on purchases that have not yet settled less the financing remaining on sales that have not yet settled, and (3) securitized debt, at fair value.  We define Economic Leverage, a non-GAAP metric, as the sum of: (i) our GAAP leverage, exclusive of any fully non-recourse financing arrangements, (ii) financing arrangements held through affiliated entities, net of any restricted cash posted on such financing arrangements, exclusive of any financing utilized through AG Arc, any adjustment related to unsettled trades as described in (2) in the previous sentence, and any fully non-recourse financing arrangements and (iii) our net TBA position (at cost). Our calculations of GAAP leverage and Economic Leverage exclude financing arrangements and net receivables/payables on unsettled trades pertaining to U.S. Treasury securities due to the highly liquid and temporary nature of these investments.

Historically, we reported non-GAAP "At-Risk" leverage, which included non-recourse financing arrangements, but we believe that the adjustments made to our GAAP leverage in order to compute Economic Leverage, including the exclusion of non-recourse financing arrangements, allow investors the ability to identify and track the leverage metric that management uses to evaluate and operate the business. Our obligation to repay our non-recourse financing arrangements is limited to the value of the pledged collateral thereunder and does not create a general claim against us as an entity.

The calculations in the tables below divide GAAP leverage and Economic Leverage by our GAAP stockholders’ equity to derive our leverage ratios. The following tables present a reconciliation of our Economic Leverage ratio back to GAAP ($ in thousands).

June 30, 2020	Leverage		Stockholders’ Equity		Leverage Ratio
GAAP Leverage	$	470,169	$	365,378	1.3x
Financing arrangements through affiliated entities	218,055
Non-recourse financing arrangements	(409,549)
Economic Leverage	$	278,675	$	365,378	0.8x

December 31, 2019	Leverage		Stockholders’ Equity		Leverage Ratio
GAAP Leverage	$	3,441,451	$	849,046	4.1x
Financing arrangements through affiliated entities	257,416
Non-recourse financing arrangements	(224,348)
Economic Leverage	$	3,474,519	$	849,046	4.1x

The amount of leverage, or debt, we may deploy for particular assets depends upon our Manager’s assessment of the credit and other risks of those assets, and also depends on any limitations placed upon us through covenants contained in our financing arrangements. We generate income principally from the yields earned on our investments and, to the extent that leverage is deployed, on the difference between the yields earned on our investments and our cost of borrowing and the cost of any hedging activities. Subject to maintaining both our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes and our Investment Company Act exemption, to the extent leverage is deployed, we may use a number of sources to finance our investments.

As previously described, due to market volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we executed on various asset sales in an effort to create additional liquidity and de-risk our portfolio. As a result of these asset sales and related debt pay-offs, we have reduced the number of financing counterparties we have, bringing the overall number of counterparties with debt outstanding down from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020 with debt outstanding of $469.2 million, inclusive of financing arrangements through affiliated entities. These agreements generally include customary representations, warranties, and covenants, but may also contain more restrictive supplemental terms and conditions. Although specific to each lending agreement, typical supplemental terms include requirements of minimum equity, leverage ratios, performance triggers or other financial ratios.

Under our financing arrangements, we may be required to pledge additional assets to our lenders in the event the estimated fair value of the existing pledged collateral under such agreements declines and such lenders demand additional collateral, which may take the form of additional securities or cash. Certain securities that are pledged as collateral under our financing arrangements are in unrealized loss positions.

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See "Financing arrangements on our investment portfolio" section above for information on the contractual maturity of our financing arrangements at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

As described above in the "Other financing transactions" section, we entered into a resecuritization transaction in 2014 and a securitization transaction of certain of our residential mortgage loans in August 2019 that resulted in the consolidation of those VIEs created with the SPEs. We recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows. See Note 3 and 4 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for more detail.

During the quarter, we entered into the Forbearance Agreement pursuant to which the consent of the Participating Counterparties was required in order for us to increase our leverage. As described above, upon entering in to the Reinstatement Agreement, we are no longer subject to the restrictive covenants set forth in the Forbearance Agreement, though the Reinstatement Agreement limits our Recourse Indebtedness to Stockholder's Equity (both as defined therein) leverage ratio to no greater than 3:1.

The following table presents information at June 30, 2020 with respect to each counterparty that provides us with financing for which we had greater than 5% of our stockholders’ equity at risk ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch - Non-GAAP	$	79,134	129	21.6	%
Non-GAAP Adjustments (a)	(28,378)		(105)	(7.8)	%
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch - GAAP	$	50,756	24	13.9	%
Barclays Bank PLC	$	28,966	329	7.9	%

(a)Represents stockholders' equity at risk, weighted average maturity and percentage of stockholders' equity from financing arrangements held in investments in debt and equity of affiliates.

Hedging activities

Subject to maintaining our qualification as a REIT and our Investment Company Act exemption, to the extent leverage is deployed, we may utilize derivative instruments in an effort to hedge the interest rate risk associated with the financing of our portfolio. We may utilize interest rate swaps, swaption agreements, and other financial instruments such as short positions in U.S. Treasury securities. In addition, we may utilize Eurodollar Futures, U.S. Treasury Futures, British Pound Futures and Euro Futures (collectively, "Futures"). Specifically, we may seek to hedge our exposure to potential interest rate mismatches between the interest we earn on our investments and our borrowing costs caused by fluctuations in short-term interest rates. In utilizing leverage and interest rate derivatives, our objectives are to improve risk-adjusted returns and, where possible, to lock in, on a long-term basis, a spread between the yield on our assets and the costs of our financing and hedging. Derivatives have not been designated as hedging instruments for GAAP. Refer to the tables below for a summary of our derivative instruments.

On March 23, 2020, in an effort to prudently manage our portfolio through unprecedented market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and preserve long-term stockholder value, we sold our 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities, our most interest rate sensitive assets, and as a result, removed all of our interest rate swap positions, a decrease of $1.9 billion swap notional amount.

The following table summarizes certain information on our non-hedge derivatives and other instruments (in thousands) as of the dates indicated.

		June 30, 2020			December 31, 2019
Notional amount of non-hedge derivatives and other instruments:	Notional Currency	Notional Amount		Weighted Average Life (Years)	Notional Amount		Weighted Average Life (Years)
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (1)(2)	USD	$	—	—	$	1,943,281	4.25
Payer Swaptions	USD	350,000		0.18	650,000		0.42
Short positions on British Pound Futures (3)	GBP	3,250		0.21	6,563		0.21
Short positions on Euro Futures (4)	EUR	—		—	1,500		0.21

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(1)As of December 31, 2019, there were $94.5 million notional amount of pay fix/receive float interest rate swap agreements held through investments in debt and equity of affiliates.

(2)As of December 31, 2019, the weighted average life of interest rate swaps on a GAAP basis was 4.32 years and the weighted average life of interest rate swaps held through investments in debt and equity of affiliates was 2.83 years.

(3)Each British Pound Future contract embodies £62,500 of notional value.

(4)Each Euro Future contract embodies €125,000 of notional value.

Interest rate swaps

To help mitigate exposure to increases in interest rates, we may use currently-paying and forward-starting, one- or three-month LIBOR-indexed, pay-fixed, receive-variable, interest rate swap agreements. This arrangement helps hedge our exposure to higher interest rates because the variable-rate payments received on the swap agreements help to offset additional interest accruing on the related borrowings due to the higher interest rate, leaving the fixed-rate payments to be paid on the swap agreements as our effective borrowing rate, subject to certain adjustments including changes in spreads between variable rates on the swap agreements and actual borrowing rates.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, we sold our interest rate sensitive assets. As a result, we did not hold any interest rate swap positions as of June 30, 2020.

Dividends

Federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT ordinary taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its net taxable income. Before we pay any dividend, whether for U.S. federal income tax purposes or otherwise, we must first meet both our operating requirements and debt service on our financing arrangements and other debt payable. If our cash available for distribution is less than our net taxable income, we could be required to sell assets or borrow funds to make required cash distributions or we may make a portion of the required distribution in the form of a taxable stock distribution or distribution of debt securities. In addition, prior to the time we have fully deployed the net proceeds of our follow-on offerings to acquire assets in our target asset classes we may fund our quarterly distributions out of such net proceeds.

As described above, our distribution requirements are based on taxable income rather than GAAP net income. The primary differences between taxable income and GAAP net income include (i) unrealized gains and losses associated with investment and derivative portfolios which are marked-to-market in current income for GAAP purposes, but excluded from taxable income until realized or settled, (ii) temporary differences related to amortization of premiums and discounts paid on investments, (iii) the timing and amount of deductions related to stock-based compensation, (iv) temporary differences related to the recognition of realized gains and losses on sold investments and certain terminated derivatives, (v) taxes and (vi) methods of depreciation. Undistributed taxable income is based on current estimates and is not finalized until we file our annual tax return for that tax year, typically in September of the following year. We estimate that we do not have any undistributed taxable income as of June 30, 2020. Refer to the "Results of operations" section above for more detail.

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On March 27, 2020, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a suspension of our quarterly dividends on our common stock, 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the common dividends that normally would have been declared in March 2020 and the preferred dividend that would have been declared in May 2020, in order to conserve capital and preserve liquidity. Based on current conditions for the Company, we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. If the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare a dividend in a given period, an accrual is not recorded on the balance sheet. However, undeclared preferred stock dividends are reflected in earnings per share as discussed in ASC 260-10-45-11. As a result, we did not declare or accrue quarterly dividends on our Common or Preferred Stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of our Preferred Stock, all unpaid dividends on our preferred stock accrue without interest and, if dividends on our preferred stock are in arrears, we cannot pay cash dividends on our common stock. Refer to Note 12 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financing Statements (Unaudited)" for more information on our preferred stock. Refer to the "Book value per share" section above for a discussion of the treatment of accumulated, unpaid, or undeclared preferred dividends on our book value.

The following table details the aggregate and per-share amounts of arrearages in cumulative, unpaid, and undeclared preferred dividends as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share data):

Class of Stock	Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears		Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears
8.25% Series A	$	0.51563	$	1,067
8.00% Series B	0.50		2,300
8.000% Series C	0.50		2,300
Total			$	5,667

Preferred stock dividends that are not declared accumulate and are added to the liquidation preference as of the scheduled payment date for the respective series of the preferred stock. We expect cumulative preferred dividends to continue to accrue for the foreseeable future, thereby increasing the aggregate liquidation preference of the preferred stock. Subject to market conditions, our liquidity, applicable contractual restrictions, the terms of the preferred stock and applicable law, we may from time to time seek to manage this liability by acquiring shares of our preferred stock in public offers, privately negotiated transactions, open market purchases or other transactions.

No common stock dividends were declared during the three months or the six months ended June 30, 2020. The following tables detail our common stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2019:

2019
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Per Share
3/15/2019	3/29/2019	4/30/2019	$	0.50
6/14/2019	6/28/2019	7/31/2019	0.50
Total			$	1.00

The following table details our preferred stock dividends on our 8.25% Series A, 8.00% Series B, and 8.000% Series C Preferred Stock during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

			Cash Dividend Per Share
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	8.25% Series A		8.00% Series B		8.000% Series C
2/14/2020	2/28/2020	3/17/2020	$	0.51563	$	0.50	$	0.50
2/15/2019	2/28/2019	3/18/2019	0.51563		0.50		—
5/17/2019	5/31/2019	6/17/2019	0.51563		0.50		—

Liquidity and capital resources

Our liquidity determines our ability to meet our cash obligations, including distributions to our stockholders, payment of our expenses, financing our investments and satisfying other general business needs. Our principal sources of cash as of June 30, 2020 consisted of proceeds from sales of assets in an effort to prudently manage our portfolio through unprecedented market volatility resulting from the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus, borrowings under financing arrangements, principal and

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interest payments we receive on our investment portfolio, cash generated from our operating results, and proceeds from capital market transactions. We typically use cash to repay principal and interest on our financing arrangements, to purchase real estate securities, loans and other real estate related assets, to make dividend payments on our capital stock, and to fund our operations. At June 30, 2020, we had $68.1 million of cash available to support our liquidity needs. Refer to the "Contractual obligations" section of this Item 2 for additional obligations that could impact our liquidity.

As previously discussed, on June 1, 2020, we entered into a third forbearance agreement with the Participating Counterparties, providing for a forbearance period ending on June 15, 2020. We exited forbrearance on June 10, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, we were obligated to comply with a set of restrictive covenants set forth in the Forbearance Agreement, including restrictions on the use of our cash, restrictions on our incurrence of additional debt, and restrictions on the sale of our assets. We also granted to the Participating Counterparties a lien and security interest in all of our unencumbered assets. Upon entering into the Reinstatement Agreement with the Participating Counterparties, we are no longer subject to the restrictive covenants set forth in the Forbearance Agreement and the lien and security interest granted to the Participating Counterparties on all of our unencumbered assets were terminated and released.

Margin requirements

The fair value of our real estate securities and loans fluctuate according to market conditions. When the fair value of the assets pledged as collateral to secure a financing arrangement decreases to the point where the difference between the collateral fair value and the financing arrangement amount is less than the haircut, our lenders may issue a "margin call," which requires us to post additional collateral to the lender in the form of additional assets or cash. Under our repurchase facilities, our lenders have full discretion to determine the fair value of the securities we pledge to them. Our lenders typically value assets based on recent trades in the market. Lenders also issue margin calls as the published current principal balance factors change on the pool of mortgages underlying the securities pledged as collateral when scheduled and unscheduled paydowns are announced monthly. We experience margin calls in the ordinary course of our business. In seeking to manage effectively the margin requirements established by our lenders, we maintain a position of cash and, when owned, unpledged Agency RMBS. We refer to this position as our "liquidity." The level of liquidity we have available to meet margin calls is directly affected by our leverage levels, our haircuts and the price changes on our securities. Typically, if interest rates increase or if credit spreads widen, then the prices of our collateral (and our unpledged assets that constitute our liquidity) will decline, we will experience margin calls, and we will need to use our liquidity to meet the margin calls. There can be no assurance that we will maintain sufficient levels of liquidity to meet any margin calls. If our haircuts increase, our liquidity will proportionately decrease. In addition, if we increase our borrowings, our liquidity will decrease by the amount of additional haircut on the increased level of indebtedness. We intend to maintain a level of liquidity in relation to our assets that enables us to meet reasonably anticipated margin calls but that also allows us to be substantially invested in our target assets. We may misjudge the appropriate amount of our liquidity by maintaining excessive liquidity, which would lower our investment returns, or by maintaining insufficient liquidity, which may force us to liquidate assets into potentially unfavorable market conditions and harm our results of operations and financial condition. Further, an unexpected rise in interest rates and a corresponding fall in the fair value of our securities may also force us to liquidate assets under difficult market conditions, thereby harming our results of operations and financial condition, in an effort to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet increased margin calls.

Similar to the margin calls that we receive on our borrowing agreements, we may also receive margin calls on our derivative instruments when their fair values decline. This typically occurs when prevailing market rates change adversely, with the severity of the change also dependent on the terms of the derivatives involved. We may also receive margin calls on our derivatives based on the implied volatility of interest rates. Our posting of collateral with our counterparties can be done in cash or securities, and is generally bilateral, which means that if the fair value of our interest rate hedges increases, our counterparty will be required to post collateral with us. Refer to the "Liquidity risk – derivatives" section of Item 3 below for a further discussion on margin.

On March 20, 2020, we notified our financing counterparties that we did not expect to be in a position to fund the anticipated volume of future margin calls under our financing arrangements in the near term as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 23, 2020, we have received notifications of alleged events of default and deficiency notices from several of our financing counterparties. Subject to the terms of the applicable financing arrangement, if we fail to deliver additional collateral or otherwise meet margin calls when due, the financing counterparties may be able to demand immediate payment by us of the aggregate outstanding financing obligations owed to such counterparties, and if such financing obligations are not paid, may be permitted to sell the financed assets and apply the proceeds to our financing obligations and/or take ownership of the assets securing our financing obligations. During this period of market upheaval, we engaged in discussions with our financing counterparties and entered into the Forbearance Agreement. During the Forbearance Period, we did not have any obligation to make any margin payments as it related to the Participating Counterparties. As described above, on June 10, we entered into a Reinstatement Agreement with the Participating Counterparties and the JPM Reinstatement Agreement which

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reinstates each Bilateral Agreement. As a result, we will be responsible for making any future margin payments with respect to any financing arrangements relating to these agreements.

As of June 30, 2020, we have met all margin calls. Refer to Note 13 in the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)" for more information on outstanding deficiencies.

Cash Flows

As of June 30, 2020, our cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash totaled $69.2 million representing a net decrease of $56.2 million from $125.4 million at December 31, 2019. Cash provided by continuing operating activities of $0.8 million was primarily attributable to net interest income less operating expenses. Cash provided by continuing investing activities of $2,628.4 million was primarily attributable to sales of investments and principal repayments of investments less purchases of investments. Cash used in continuing financing activities of $(2,685.2) million was primarily attributable to repayments of financing arrangements and dividend payments offset by borrowings under financing arrangements.

Equity distribution agreement

On May 5, 2017, we entered into an equity distribution agreement with each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and JMP Securities LLC (collectively, the "Sales Agents"), which we refer to as the "Equity Distribution Agreements," pursuant to which we may sell up to $100.0 million aggregate offering price of shares of our common stock from time to time through the Sales Agents, under the Securities Act of 1933. The Equity Distribution Agreements were amended on May 2, 2018 in conjunction with the filing of our shelf registration statement registering up to $750.0 million of its securities, including capital stock (the "2018 Registration Statement"). For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we sold 1.0 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we sold 0.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $8.6 million. As of June 30, 2020, we have sold approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for gross proceeds of $31.1 million, with $68.9 million available to be issued.

Common stock offering

On February 14, 2019, we completed a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of our common stock and subsequently issued an additional 450,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option at a price of $16.70 per share. Net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $57.4 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock issuance

On September 17, 2019, we completed a public offering of 4,000,000 shares of 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock") and subsequently issued 600,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option. We received total gross proceeds of $115.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $111.2 million, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses. The Series C Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and is not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Under certain circumstances upon a change of control, the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible to shares of our common stock. Holders of Series C Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except under limited conditions, and holders are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends before holders of our common stock are entitled to receive any dividends. The initial dividend rate for the Series C Preferred Stock, from and including the date of original issue to, but not including, September 17, 2024, is equal to 8.000% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. On and after September 17, 2024, dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accumulate at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 6.476% per annum. Shares of our Series C Preferred Stock are redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at our option commencing on September 17, 2024, or earlier under certain circumstances intended to preserve our qualification as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes. Dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on the 17th day of each March, June, September and December. Based on current conditions for the Company, we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. Refer to the "Dividends" section above for more detail on arrearages.

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Contractual obligations

Management agreement

On June 29, 2011, we entered into an agreement with our Manager pursuant to which our Manager is entitled to receive a management fee and the reimbursement of certain expenses. The management fee is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears in an amount equal to 1.50% of our Stockholders’ Equity, per annum.

For purposes of calculating the management fee, "Stockholders’ Equity" means the sum of the net proceeds from any issuances of equity securities (including preferred securities) since inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance, and excluding any future equity issuance to the Manager), plus our retained earnings at the end of such quarter (without taking into account any non-cash equity compensation expense or other non-cash items described below incurred in current or prior periods), less any amount that we pay for repurchases of our common stock, excluding any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items that have impacted stockholders’ equity as reported in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income, and excluding one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP, and certain other non-cash charges after discussions between the Manager and our independent directors and after approval by a majority of our independent directors. Stockholders’ Equity, for purposes of calculating the management fee, could be greater or less than the amount of stockholders’ equity shown on our financial statements. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we incurred management fees of approximately $1.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, we incurred management fees of approximately $2.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively.

Our Manager uses the proceeds from its management fee in part to pay compensation to its officers and personnel, who, notwithstanding that certain of them also are our officers, receive no compensation directly from us. We are required to reimburse our Manager or its affiliates for operating expenses which are incurred by our Manager or its affiliates on our behalf, including certain salary expenses and other expenses relating to legal, accounting, due diligence and other services. Our reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation; however, the reimbursement is subject to an annual budget process which combines guidelines from the Management Agreement with oversight by our Board of Directors and discussions with our Manager. Of the $4.5 million and $5.3 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, we have accrued $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses. Of the $3.8 million and $7.6 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, we have accrued $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses.

On April 6, 2020, we executed an amendment to the management agreement pursuant to which the Manager agreed to defer our payment of the management fee and reimbursement of expenses as detailed above through September 30, 2020, or such other time as we and the Manager agree.

Secured debt

On April 10, 2020, in connection with the first Forbearance Agreement, we issued a secured promissory note (the "Note") to the Manager evidencing a $10 million loan made by the Manager to us. Additionally, on April 27, 2020, in connection with the second Forbearance Agreement, we entered into an amendment to the Note to reflect an additional $10 million loan by the Manager to us. The $10 million loan made by the Manager on April 10, 2020 is payable on March 31, 2021, and the $10 million loan made on April 27, 2020 was repaid in full with interest when it matured on July 27, 2020. The unpaid balance of the Note accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum. Interest on the Note is payable monthly in kind through the addition of such accrued monthly interest to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.

The Manager agreed to subordinate our obligations with respect to the Note and liens held by the Manager for the security of the performance of our obligations under the Note to our obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada. Our obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada were satisfied or released as of June 30, 2020.

Share-based compensation

Effective on April 15, 2020 upon the approval of our stockholders at our Annual Meeting, the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan provides for 2,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued. The maximum number of shares of common stock granted during a single fiscal year to any non-employee director, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during any fiscal year, shall not exceed $300,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such awards based on the grant date fair value). As of June 30, 2020, 1,925,209 shares of common stock were available to be awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan.

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Since our IPO, we have granted an aggregate of 180,585 and 40,250 shares of restricted common stock to our independent directors and Manager, respectively, and 120,000 restricted stock units to our Manager under our equity incentive plans. As of June 30, 2020, all the shares of restricted common stock granted to our Manager and independent directors have vested and 99,991 restricted stock units granted to our Manager have vested. The 20,009 restricted stock units that have not vested as of June 30, 2020 were granted to the Manager on July 1, 2017, and represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of our common stock when the units vest on July 1, 2020. The units do not entitle the recipient the rights of a holder of our common stock, such as dividend and voting rights, until shares are issued in settlement of the vested units. The vesting of such units is subject to the continuation of the management agreement. If the management agreement terminates, all unvested units then held by the Manager or the Manager’s transferee shall be immediately cancelled and forfeited without consideration.

Unfunded commitments

See our "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section below and Note 13 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" for detail on our unfunded commitments as of June 30, 2020.

MATT Financing Arrangement Restructuring

On April 3, 2020, we, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, restructured our financing arrangements in MATT ("Restructured Financing Arrangement"). The Restructured Financing Arrangement requires all principal and interest on the underlying assets in MATT be used to pay down principal and interest on the outstanding financing arrangement. As of April 3, 2020, The Restructured Financing Arrangement is not a mark-to-market facility and is non-recourse to us. The Restructured Financing Arrangement provides for a termination date of October 1, 2021. At the earlier of the termination date or the securitization or sale by us of the remaining assets subject to the Restructured Financing Arrangement, the financing counterparty will be entitled to 35% of the remaining equity in the assets. We evaluated this restructuring and concluded it was an extinguishment of debt. MATT has chosen to make a fair value election on the new financing arrangement, and we will treat this arrangement consistently with this election.

Other

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we are obligated to pay accrued interest on our financing arrangements in the amount of $0.7 million and $10.8 million, respectively, inclusive of accrued interest accounted for through investments in debt and equity of affiliates, and exclusive of accrued interest on any financing utilized through AG Arc. The change in accrued interest on our financing arrangements was due primarily to the repayment of financing arrangements in conjunction with the sales of various assets by us and the seizures of various assets by financing counterparties in 2020.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

We may enter into long TBA positions to facilitate the future purchase or sale of Agency RMBS. We may also enter into short TBA positions to hedge Agency RMBS. We record TBA purchases/shorts and sales/covers on the trade date and present the amount net of the corresponding payable or receivable until the settlement date of the transaction. As of June 30, 2020, we did not hold any TBA positions.

Our investments in debt and equity of affiliates are primarily comprised of real estate securities, Excess MSRs, loans, our interest in AG Arc, and certain derivatives. Investments in debt and equity of affiliates are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. See Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)" for a discussion of investments in debt and equity of affiliates. The below table details our investments in debt and equity of affiliates as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

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	June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Assets (1)		Liabilities		Equity		Assets (1)		Liabilities		Equity
Agency Excess MSR	$	496	$	—	$	496	$	555	$	—	$	555
Total Agency RMBS	496		—		496		555		—		555
Re/Non-Performing Loans	39,170		(7,281)		31,889		87,216		(56,811)		30,405
Non-QM Loans	243,674		(210,575)		33,099		254,276		(200,257)		54,019
Land Related Financing	23,790		—		23,790		16,979		—		16,979
Total Residential Investments	306,634		(217,856)		88,778		358,471		(257,068)		101,403
Freddie Mac K-Series	—		—		—		12,237		—		12,237
CMBS Interest Only	—		—		—		1,863		—		1,863
Total Commercial	—		—		—		14,100		—		14,100
Total Credit Investments	306,634		(217,856)		88,778		372,571		(257,068)		115,503
Total Investments excluding AG Arc	307,130		(217,856)		89,274		373,126		(257,068)		116,058
AG Arc, at fair value	28,030		—		28,030		28,546		—		28,546
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities) (2)	9,276		(3,651)		5,625		12,953		(1,246)		11,707
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$	344,436	$	(221,507)	$	122,929	$	414,625	$	(258,314)	$	156,311

(1)Certain Re/Non-Performing Loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Includes financing arrangements on real estate owned as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 of $(0.2) million and $(0.3) million, respectively.

The table below details our additional commitments as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

Commitment Type	Date of Commitment	Total Commitment		Funded Commitment		Remaining Commitment
Commercial loan G (a)(b)	July 26, 2018	$	84,515	$	56,710	$	27,805
Commercial loan I (a)	January 23, 2019	20,000		15,212		4,788
Commercial loan J (a)(c)	February 11, 2019	30,000		6,291		23,709
Commercial loan K (a)	February 22, 2019	20,000		12,673		7,327
LOTS (d)	Various	40,819		22,999		17,820
Total		$	195,334	$	113,885	$	81,449

(a)We entered into commitments on commercial loans relating to construction projects. See "Investment activities" section above for further details.

(b)We expect to receive financing of approximately $18.1 million on our remaining commitment, which would cause our remaining equity commitment to be approximately $9.7 million. This financing is not committed and actual financing could vary significantly from our expectations.

(c)We expect to receive financing of approximately $13.0 million on our remaining commitment, which would cause our remaining equity commitment to be approximately $10.7 million. This financing is not committed and actual financing could vary significantly from our expectations.

(d)Refer to "Contractual obligations" section above for more information regarding LOTS.

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Certain related person transactions

Our Board of Directors has adopted a policy regarding the approval of any "related person transaction," which is any transaction or series of transactions in which (i) we or any of our subsidiaries is or are to be a participant, (ii) the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and (iii) a "related person" (as defined under SEC rules) has a direct or indirect material interest. Under the policy, a related person would need to promptly disclose to our Secretary or Assistant Secretary any related person transaction and all material facts about the transaction. Our Secretary or Assistant Secretary, in consultation with outside counsel, to the extent appropriate, would then assess and promptly communicate that information to the audit committee of our Board of Directors. Based on its consideration of all of the relevant facts and circumstances, the audit committee will review, approve or ratify such transactions as appropriate. The audit committee will not approve or ratify a related person transaction unless it shall have determined that such transaction is in, or is not inconsistent with, our best interests and does not create a conflict of interest. If we become aware of an existing related person transaction that has not been approved under this policy, the transaction will be referred to the audit committee which will evaluate all options available, including ratification, revision or termination of such transaction. Our policy requires any director who may be interested in a related person transaction to recuse himself or herself from any consideration of such related person transaction.

Grants of restricted common stock

See "Share-based compensation" section above for detail on our grants of restricted common stock.

Red Creek

In connection with our investments in Re/Non-Performing Loans and non-QM loans, we may engage asset managers to provide advisory, consultation, asset management and other services. Beginning in November 2015, we also engaged Red Creek Asset Management LLC ("Asset Manager"), an affiliate of the Manager and direct subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, as the asset manager for certain of our Re/Non-Performing Loans. Beginning in September 2019, we engaged the Asset Manager as the asset manager for our non-QM loans. We pay the Asset Manager separate arm’s-length asset management fees as assessed and confirmed periodically by a third party valuation firm for our Re/Non-Performing Loans and non-QM loans. In the third quarter of 2019, the third party assessment of asset management fees resulted in our updating the fee amount for our Re/Non-Performing Loans. We also utilized the third party valuation firm to establish the fee level for non-QM loans in the third quarter of 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the fees paid by us to the Asset Manager totaled $0.3 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the fees paid by us to the Asset Manager totaled $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, we deferred $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of fees owed to the Asset Manager and plan to continue to defer fees through September 30, 2020 or such other time as we and the Manager agree.

Arc Home

On December 9, 2015, we, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, through AG Arc, formed Arc Home, a Delaware limited liability company. Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers.

Our investment in Arc Home, which is conducted through AG Arc, one of our indirect subsidiaries, is reflected on the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on our consolidated balance sheets. See "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section above for the fair value as Arc Home of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Arc Home may sell loans to us or to affiliates of our Manager. Arc Home may also enter into agreements with us, third parties, or affiliates of our Manager to sell Excess MSRs on the mortgage loans that it either purchases from third parties or originates. We, directly or through our subsidiaries, have entered into agreements with Arc Home to purchase rights to receive the excess servicing spread related to certain of its MSRs and as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, these Excess MSRs had fair values of approximately $12.7 million and $18.2 million, respectively.

In connection with our investments in Excess MSRs purchased through Arc Home, we pay an administrative fee to Arc Home. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the administrative fees paid by us to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the administrative fees paid by us to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

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Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC

See our "MATT Financing Arrangement Restructuring" sections above.

LOT SP I LLC and LOT SP II LLC

See our "Off-balance sheet arrangements" section above.

Management agreement

On June 29, 2011 we entered into a management agreement with our Manager, which governs the relationship between us and our Manager and describes the services to be provided by our Manager and its compensation for those services. The terms of our management agreement, including the fees payable by us to Angelo Gordon, were not negotiated at arm’s length, and its terms may not be as favorable to us as if they had been negotiated with an unaffiliated party. Our Manager, pursuant to the delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under our management agreement. For further detail on the Management Agreement, see the "Contractual obligations–Management agreement" section of this Item 2. 

Secured debt

See our "Contractual obligations–Secured debt" section above.

Other transactions with affiliates

Our Board of Directors has adopted a policy regarding the approval of any "affiliated transaction," which is any transaction or series of transactions in which Angelo Gordon arranges for the purchase and sale of a security or other investment between or among us, on the one hand, and an entity or entities under Angelo Gordon’s management, on the other hand (an "Affiliated Transaction"). In order for us to enter into an Affiliated Transaction, the Affiliated Transaction must be approved by our Chief Risk Officer and the Chief Compliance Officer of Angelo Gordon. For most instruments, if market bids are available, the trading desk will request external bids from the market while simultaneously submitting an internal bid to Compliance and/or Risk. If the highest bid is an external bid, the security or other instrument will be sold to the external bidder and no affiliated transaction will take place. If the highest bid is the internal bid, the price will be the midpoint between the internal bid and the highest external bid. If market bids are not available or prove to be impracticable in Angelo Gordon's reasonable judgment, appropriate pricing will generally be based on a valuation analysis prepared by an independent third party. Our Affiliated Transactions are reviewed by our Audit Committee on a quarterly basis to confirm compliance with the policy.

In March 2019, in accordance with our Affiliated Transactions Policy, we executed one trade whereby we acquired a real estate security from an affiliate of the Manager (the "March 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the security acquired from the March 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $0.9 million. The March 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate security through a BWIC. Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the March 2019 Selling Affiliate, we submitted our bid for the real estate security to the March 2019 Selling Affiliate. The pre-submission of our bid allowed us to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In June 2019, we, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through our unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $408.0 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with us and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $42.9 million as of June 30, 2019. We have a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In July 2019, in accordance with our Affiliated Transactions Policy, we acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "July 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the July 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.0 million. As procuring market bids for the real estate securities was determined to be impracticable in the Manager’s reasonable judgment, appropriate pricing was based on a valuation prepared by independent third-party pricing vendors. The third-party pricing vendors allowed us to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In September 2019, we, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, participated through our unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $415.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with us and private funds under the

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management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $28.7 million as of September 30, 2019. We have a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In October 2019, in accordance with our Affiliated Transactions Policy, we acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "October 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the October 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.2 million. The October 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate securities through a BWIC. Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the October 2019 Selling Affiliate, we submitted its bid for the real estate securities to the October 2019 Selling Affiliate. The pre-submission of our bid allowed us to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In November 2019, we, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, participated through our unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $322.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with us and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $21.4 million as of December 31, 2019. We have a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In February 2020, we, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, participated through our unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $348.2 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with us and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $26.6 million as of March 31, 2020. We have a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

Critical accounting policies

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP, which requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based, in part, on our judgment and assumptions regarding various economic conditions that we believe are reasonable based on facts and circumstances existing at the time of reporting. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions utilized in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are prudent and reasonable. Although our estimates contemplate conditions as of June 30, 2020 and how we expect them to change in the future, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be different than anticipated in those estimates, which could materially affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities and accumulated other comprehensive income at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income, expenses and other comprehensive income during the periods presented. Moreover, the uncertainty over the ultimate impact that that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on the global economy generally, and on our business in particular, makes any estimates and assumptions inherently less certain than they would be absent the current and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accounting policies and estimates related to specific components of our consolidated financial statements are disclosed in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. A discussion of the critical accounting policies and the possible effects of changes in estimates on our consolidated financial statements is included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and in Note 2 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)." Some of the critical accounting policies described therein include but are not limited to: Valuation of financial instruments, Accounting for real estate securities, Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans, Interest income recognition and Financing arrangements.

Additionally, we rely upon the independent pricing of our assets at each quarter end to arrive at what we believe to be reasonable estimates of fair value, whenever available. For more information on our fair value measurements, see Note 6 to the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited).

Inflation

Virtually all of our assets and liabilities are interest rate sensitive in nature. As a result, interest rates and other factors influence our performance far more than inflation. Changes in interest rates do not necessarily correlate with inflation rates or changes in inflation rates.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The primary components of our market risk relate to interest rates, liquidity, prepayment rates, real estate, credit and basis risk. While we do not seek to avoid risk completely, we seek to assume risk that can be quantified from historical experience and to actively manage that risk, to earn sufficient returns to justify taking those risks and to maintain capital levels consistent with the risks we undertake. Many of these risks have become particularly heightened due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic and market conditions.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary, fiscal and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors beyond our control. We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with both our investments and the financing under our financing arrangements. We generally seek to manage this risk by monitoring the reset index and the interest rate related to our target assets and our financings; by structuring our financing arrangements to have a range of maturity terms, amortizations and interest rate adjustment periods; and by using derivative instruments to adjust interest rate sensitivity of our target assets and borrowings. Our hedging techniques can be highly complex, and the value of our target assets and derivatives may be adversely affected as a result of changing interest rates. Given current market volatility and historically low interest rates and the fact that we removed our interest rate sensitive assets from our portfolio, as of June 30, 2020, we did not have any hedges in place to mitigate the risk of rising interest rates.

Interest rate effects on net interest income

Our operating results depend in large part upon differences between the yields earned on our investments and our cost of borrowing and upon the effectiveness of our interest rate hedging activities. The majority of our financing arrangements are short term in nature with an initial term of between 30 and 90 days. The financing rate on these agreements will generally be determined at the outset of each transaction by reference to prevailing rates plus a spread. As a result, our borrowing costs will tend to increase during periods of rising interest rates as we renew, or "roll", maturing transactions at the higher prevailing rates. When combined with the fact that the income we earn on our fixed interest rate investments will remain substantially unchanged, this will result in a narrowing of the net interest spread between the related assets and borrowings and may even result in losses. We have obtained term financing on certain borrowing arrangements. The financing on term facilities generally are fixed at the outset of each transaction by reference to a pre-determined interest rate plus a spread.

In an attempt to offset the increase in funding costs related to rising interest rates, our Manager may cause us to enter into hedging transactions structured to provide us with positive cash flow in the event interest rates rise. Our Manager accomplishes this through the use of interest rate derivatives. Some hedging strategies involving the use of derivatives are highly complex, may produce volatile returns and may expose us to increased risks relating to counterparty defaults.

Interest rate effects on fair value

Another component of interest rate risk is the effect that changes in interest rates will have on the fair value of the assets that we acquire.

Generally, in a rising interest rate environment, the fair value of our real estate securities and loan portfolios would be expected to decrease, all other factors being held constant. In particular, the portion of our real estate securities and loan portfolios with fixed-rate coupons would be expected to decrease in value more severely than that portion with a floating-rate coupon. This is because fixed-rate coupon assets tend to have significantly more duration or price sensitivity to changes in interest rates, than floating-rate coupon assets. Fixed-rate assets currently comprise a majority of our portfolio.

The fair value of our investment portfolio could change at a different rate than the fair value of our liabilities when interest rates change. We measure the sensitivity of our portfolio to changes in interest rates by estimating the duration of our assets and liabilities. Duration is the approximate percentage change in fair value for a 100 basis point parallel shift in the yield curve. In general, our assets have higher duration than our liabilities. In order to reduce this exposure, we use hedging instruments to reduce the gap in duration between our assets and liabilities.

We calculate estimated effective duration (i.e., the price sensitivity to changes in risk-free interest rates) to measure the impact of changes in interest rates on our portfolio value. We estimate duration based on third-party models. Different models and methodologies can produce different effective duration estimates for the same securities. We allocate the net duration by asset type based on the interest rate sensitivity.

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The following chart details information about our duration gap as of June 30, 2020:

Duration (1)	Years
Agency RMBS	(0.11)
Residential Loans (2)	1.89
Credit Investments, excluding Residential Loans (2)	0.50
Duration Gap	2.28

(1)Duration related to financing arrangements and hedges is netted within its respective line items.

(2)Residential Loans include Re/Non Performing Loans, Non-QM Loans and Land Related Financing.

The following tables quantify the estimated percent changes in GAAP equity, the fair value of our assets, and projected net interest income should interest rates go up or down instantaneously by 25, 50, and 75 basis points, assuming (i) the yield curves of the rate shocks will be parallel to each other and the current yield curve and (ii) all other market risk factors remain constant. These estimates were compiled using a combination of third-party services and models, market data and internal models. All changes in equity, assets, and income are measured as percentage changes from the projected net interest income and GAAP equity from our base interest rate scenario. The base interest rate scenario assumes spot and forward interest rates, which existed as of June 30, 2020. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Agency RMBS assumptions attempt to predict default and prepayment activity at projected interest rate levels. To the extent that these estimates or other assumptions do not hold true, actual results will likely differ materially from projections and could be larger or smaller than the estimates in the table below. Moreover, if different models were employed in the analysis, materially different projections could result. In addition, while the table below reflects the estimated impact of interest rate increases and decreases on a static portfolio as of June 30, 2020, our Manager may from time to time sell any of our investments as a part of the overall management of our investment portfolio.

Change in Interest Rates (basis points) (1)(2)	Change in Fair Value as a Percentage of GAAP Equity		Change in Fair Value as a Percentage of Assets		Percentage Change in Projected Net Interest Income (3)
75	(3.6)	%	(1.6)	%	(2.6)	%
50	(2.5)	%	(1.1)	%	(1.8)	%
25	(1.3)	%	(0.5)	%	(0.9)	%
(25)	1.3	%	0.6	%	0.3	%
(50)	2.8	%	1.2	%	0.2	%
(75)	4.3	%	1.8	%	0.2	%

(1)Includes investments held through affiliated entities that are reported as "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" on our consolidated balance sheet, but excludes AG Arc.

(2)Does not include cash investments, which typically have overnight maturities and are not expected to change in value as interest rates change.

(3)Interest income includes trades settled as of June 30, 2020.

The information set forth in the interest rate sensitivity table above and all related disclosures constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimated in the foregoing interest rate sensitivity table. See below for additional risks which may impact the fair value of our assets, GAAP equity and net income.

Liquidity risk

Our primary liquidity risk arises from financing long-maturity assets with shorter-term financings primarily in the form of repurchase agreements. Our Manager seeks to mitigate our liquidity risks by maintaining a prudent level of leverage, monitoring our liquidity position on a daily basis and maintaining a cushion of cash and unpledged real estate securities and loans in our portfolio in order to meet future margin calls. In addition, our Manager seeks to further mitigate our liquidity risk by (i) diversifying our exposure across a number of financing counterparties and (ii) monitoring the ongoing financial stability of our financing counterparties.

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As discussed throughout this report, the COVID-19 pandemic driven disruptions in the real estate, mortgage and financial markets have negatively affected and are expected to continue to negatively affect our liquidity. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we observed a mark-down of a portion of our assets by the counterparties to our repurchase agreements, resulting in us having to pay cash or additional securities to counterparties to satisfy margin calls that were well beyond historical norms. To conserve capital, protect assets and to pause the escalating negative impacts caused by the market dislocation and allow the markets for many of our assets to stabilize, on March 20, 2020, we notified our repurchase agreement counterparties that we did not expect to fund the existing and anticipated future margin calls under our repurchase agreements and commenced discussions with our counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements.

In response to these conditions, we sold assets, reduced the amount of our outstanding financing arrangements and the number of our financing counterparties, and entered into forbearance agreements with our largest financing counterparties. As previously described, on June 10, 2020, we entered into a Reinstatement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under our financing agreements and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as each may be amended by agreement. For additional information related to the Forbearance Agreement and the Reinstatement Agreement, see Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Financing activities.

Liquidity risk – financing arrangements

We pledge real estate securities or mortgage loans and cash as collateral to secure our financing arrangements. Should the fair value of our real estate securities or mortgage loans pledged as collateral decrease (as a result of rising interest rates, changes in prepayment speeds, widening of credit spreads or otherwise), we will likely be subject to margin calls for additional collateral from our financing counterparties. Should the fair value of our real estate securities or mortgage loans decrease materially and suddenly, margin calls will likely increase causing an adverse change to our liquidity position which could result in substantial losses. In addition, we cannot be assured that we will always be able to roll our financing arrangements at their scheduled maturities which could cause material additional harm to our liquidity position and result in substantial losses. Further, should funding conditions tighten as they did in 2007, 2009 and more recently in March of 2020, our financing arrangement counterparties may increase our margin requirements on new financings, including repurchase transactions that we roll at maturity with the same counterparty, which would require us to post additional collateral and would reduce our ability to use leverage and could potentially cause us to incur substantial losses.

Liquidity risk - derivatives

The terms of our interest rate swaps and futures require us to post collateral in the form of cash or Agency RMBS to our counterparties to satisfy two types of margin requirements: variation margin and initial margin.

We and our swap and futures counterparties are both required to post variation margin to each other depending upon the daily moves in prevailing benchmark interest rates. The amount of this variation margin is derived from the mark to market valuation of our swaps or futures. Hence, as our swaps or futures lose value in a falling interest rate environment, we are required to post additional variation margin to our counterparties on a daily basis; conversely, as our swaps or futures gain value in a rising interest rate environment, we are able to recall variation margin from our counterparties. By recalling variation margin from our swaps or futures counterparties, we are able to partially mitigate the liquidity risk created by margin calls on our repurchase transactions during periods of rising interest rates.

Initial margin works differently. Collateral posted to meet initial margin requirements is intended to create a safety buffer to benefit our counterparties if we were to default on our payment obligations under the terms of the swaps or futures and our counterparties were forced to unwind the swap or futures. For trades executed on a bilateral basis, the initial margin is set at the outset of each trade as a fixed percentage of the notional amount of the trade. This means that once we post initial margin at the outset of a bilateral trade, we will have no further posting obligations as it pertains to initial margin. However, the initial margin on our centrally cleared trades varies from day to day depending upon various factors, including the absolute level of interest rates and the implied volatility of interest rates. There is a distinctly positive correlation between initial margin, on the one hand, and the absolute level of interest rates and implied volatility of interest rates, on the other hand. As a result, in times of rising interest rates or increasing rate volatility, we anticipate that the initial margin required on our centrally-cleared trades will likewise increase, potentially by a substantial amount. These margin increases will have a negative impact on our liquidity position and will likely impair the intended liquidity risk mitigation effect of our swaps and futures discussed above.

Our TBA dollar roll contracts are also subject to margin requirements governed by the Mortgage-Backed Securities Division ("MBSD") of the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation and by our prime brokerage agreements, which may establish margin levels in excess of the MBSD. Such provisions require that we establish an initial margin based on the notional value of the

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TBA contract, which is subject to increase if the estimated fair value of our TBA contract or the estimated fair value of our pledged collateral declines. The MBSD has the sole discretion to determine the value of our TBA contracts and of the pledged collateral securing such contracts. In the event of a margin call, we must generally provide additional collateral, either securities or cash, on the same business day.

Prepayment risk

Premiums arise when we acquire real estate assets at a price in excess of the principal balance of the mortgages securing such assets (i.e., par value). Conversely, discounts arise when we acquire assets at a price below the principal balance of the mortgages securing such assets. Premiums paid on our assets are amortized against interest income and accretable purchase discounts on our assets are accreted to interest income. Purchase premiums on our assets, which are primarily carried on our Agency RMBS, are amortized against interest income over the life of each respective asset using the effective yield method, adjusted for actual prepayment activity. An increase in the prepayment rate, as measured by the CPR, will typically accelerate the amortization of purchase premiums, thereby reducing the yield or interest income earned on such assets. Generally, if prepayments on our Non-Agency RMBS or mortgage loans are less than anticipated, we expect that the income recognized on such assets would be reduced due to the slower accretion of purchase discounts, and impairments could result.

As further discussed in Note 2 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)," differences between previously estimated cash flows and current actual and anticipated cash flows caused by changes to prepayment or other assumptions are adjusted retrospectively through a "catch up" adjustment for the impact of the cumulative change in the effective yield through the reporting date for securities accounted for under ASC 320-10 (generally, Agency RMBS) or adjusted prospectively through an adjustment of the yield over the remaining life of the investment for investments accounted for under ASC 325-40 (generally, Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, Excess MSR and interest-only securities) and mortgage loans accounted for under ASC 310-30.

In addition, our interest rate hedges are structured in part based upon assumed levels of future prepayments within our real estate securities or mortgage loan portfolio. If prepayments are slower or faster than assumed, the life of the real estate securities or mortgage loans will be longer or shorter than assumed, respectively, which could reduce the effectiveness of our Manager’s hedging strategies and may cause losses on such transactions.

Our Manager seeks to mitigate our prepayment risk by investing in real estate assets with a variety of prepayment characteristics as well as by attempting to maintain in our portfolio a mix of assets purchased at a premium with assets purchased at a discount. Given the combination of low interest rates, government stimulus and high unemployment, and other disruptions related to COVID-19, it has become more difficult to predict prepayment levels for the securities in our portfolio. 

Real estate value risk

Residential and commercial property values are subject to volatility and may be affected adversely by a number of factors outside of our control, including, but not limited to, national, regional and local economic conditions (which may be adversely affected by industry slowdowns and other factors); local real estate conditions (such as an oversupply of housing or commercial real estate); construction quality, age and design; demographic factors; and retroactive changes to building or similar codes. Decreases in property values could cause us to suffer losses and reduce the value of the collateral underlying our RMBS and CMBS portfolios as well as the potential sale proceeds available to repay our loans in the event of a default. In addition, substantial decreases in property values can increase the rate of strategic defaults by residential mortgage borrowers which can impact and create significant uncertainty in the recovery of principal and interest on our investments.

Credit risk

We are exposed to the risk of potential credit losses from an unanticipated increase in borrower defaults as well as general credit spread widening on any Non-Agency assets in our portfolio, including residential and commercial mortgage loans as well as Non-Agency RMBS, CMBS, Excess MSRs and Interest Only investments related to Non-Agency and CMBS. We seek to manage this risk through our Manager’s pre-acquisition due diligence process and, if available, through the use of non-recourse financing, which limits our exposure to credit losses to the specific pool of collateral which is the subject of the non-recourse financing. Our Manager’s pre-acquisition due diligence process includes the evaluation of, among other things, relative valuation, supply and demand trends, the shape of various yield curves, prepayment rates, delinquency and default rates, recovery of various sectors and vintage of collateral.

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Concern surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and certain of the actions taken to reduce its spread has caused and is likely to continue to cause business shutdowns, limitations on commercial activity and financial transactions, labor shortages, supply chain interruptions, increased unemployment and property vacancy and lease default rates, reduced profitability and ability for property owners to make loan, mortgage and other payments, and overall economic and financial market instability, all of which may cause an increase in credit risk of our credit sensitive assets. We expect delinquencies, defaults and requests for forbearance arrangements to rise as savings, incomes and revenues of borrowers, operating partners and other businesses become increasingly constrained from the resulting slow-down in economic activity. Any future period of payment deferrals, forbearance, delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures or losses will likely adversely affect our net interest income from residential loans, mezzanine loans and our RMBS and CMBS investments, the fair value of these assets, our ability to liquidate the collateral that may underlie these investments and obtain additional financing and the future profitability of our investments. Further, in the event of delinquencies, defaults and foreclosure, regulatory changes and policies designed to protect borrowers and renters may slow or prevent us from taking remediation actions. See “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources,” and “Part II – Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this report for more information on how COVID-19 may impact the credit quality of our credit sensitive assets and the credit quality of the underlying borrowers or operating partners.

Basis risk

Basis risk refers to the possible decline in our book value triggered by the risk of incurring losses on the fair value of our Agency RMBS as a result of widening market spreads between the yields on our Agency RMBS and the yields on comparable duration Treasury securities. The basis risk associated with fluctuations in fair value of our Agency RMBS may relate to factors impacting the mortgage and fixed income markets other than changes in benchmark interest rates, such as actual or anticipated monetary policy actions by the Federal Reserve, market liquidity, or changes in required rates of return on different assets. Consequently, while we use interest rate swaps and other hedges to protect against moves in interest rates, such instruments will generally not protect our net book value against basis risk.

Foreign currency risk

We intend to hedge our currency exposures in a prudent manner. However, our currency hedging strategies may not eliminate all of our currency risk due to, among other things, uncertainties in the timing and/or amount of payments received on the related investments, and/or unequal, inaccurate, or unavailable hedges to perfectly offset changes in future exchange rates. Additionally, we may be required under certain circumstances to collateralize our currency hedges for the benefit of the hedge counterparty, which could adversely affect our liquidity.

Consistent with our strategy of hedging foreign currency exposure on certain investments, we typically enter into a series of forwards to fix the U.S. dollar amount of foreign currency denominated cash flows (interest income and principal payments) we expect to receive from our foreign currency denominated investments. Accordingly, the notional values and expiration dates of our foreign currency hedges approximate the amounts and timing of future payments we expect to receive on the related investments.

Capital Market Risk

We are exposed to risks related to the equity capital markets, and our related ability to raise capital through the issuance of our common stock, preferred stock or other equity instruments. We are also exposed to risks related to the debt capital markets, and our related ability to finance our business through credit facilities or other debt instruments. As a REIT, we are required to distribute a significant portion of our taxable income annually, which constrains our ability to accumulate operating cash flow and therefore may require us to utilize debt or equity capital to finance our business. We seek to mitigate these risks by monitoring the debt and equity capital markets to inform our decisions on the amount, timing, and terms of capital we raise. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in extreme volatility in a variety of global markets, including the U.S. financial, mortgage and real estate markets. U.S. financial markets, in particular, are experiencing limited liquidity and a high level of volatility. In reaction to these tumultuous market conditions, banks and other financing participants have generally restricted or limited lending activity and requested margin posting or repayments where applicable. We expect these conditions to persist for the near future and this may adversely affect our ability to access capital to fund our operations, meet our obligations and make distributions to our stockholders.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information the Company is required to disclose in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We have evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2020. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Based upon our evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us 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 applicable rules and forms, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No change occurred in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this quarterly report 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.

We are at times subject to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In addition, in the ordinary course of business, we can be and are involved in governmental and regulatory examinations, information gathering requests, investigations and proceedings. As of the date of this report, we are not party to any litigation or legal proceedings, or to our knowledge, any threatened litigation or legal proceedings, which we believe, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. 

On March 25, 2020, certain of the Company's subsidiaries filed a suit in federal district court in New York seeking to enjoin Royal Bank of Canada and one of its affiliates ("RBC") from selling certain assets that the Company had on repo with RBC and seeking damages (AG MIT CMO et al. v. RBC (Barbados) Trading Corp. et al., 20-cv-2547, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York). On March 31, 2020, the Company withdrew, as moot, its request for injunctive relief in the complaint based on the court's ruling on March 25, 2020 relating to the sale at issue. As previously disclosed on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 2, 2020, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with RBC on May 28, 2020, pursuant to which the Company and RBC mutually released each other from further claims related to the repurchase agreements at issue. As part of the settlement, and to resolve all claims by either party under the repurchase agreements, the Company paid RBC $5.0 million in cash and issued to RBC a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $2.0 million. On June 11, 2020, the Company repaid the secured promissory note due to RBC in full. The Company has recognized this settlement in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. As a result, as of June 30, 2020, the Company has satisfied all of its payment obligations to RBC under the settlement agreement and promissory note, and, as previously reported, the federal lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Refer to the risks identified under the caption "Risk Factors", in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and our subsequent filings, which are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, and in the "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections herein.

The novel coronavirus pandemic, measures intended to prevent its spread and government actions to mitigate its economic impact has had and may continue to have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, results of operations, financial condition, and ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is causing significant disruptions to the U.S. and global economies and has contributed to volatility and negative pressure in financial markets. The outbreak has led governments and other authorities around the world to impose measures intended to control its spread, including restrictions on freedom of movement and business operations such as travel bans, border closings, business closures, quarantines and shelter-in-place orders. The impact of the pandemic and measures to prevent its spread have negatively impacted us and could further negatively impact our business. Recently, we have experienced declines in the value of our target assets as well as adverse developments with respect to the cost and terms of financing available to us, and have received margin calls, default notices and deficiency letters from certain of our financing counterparties. Additionally, we expect over the near and long term that the economic impacts of the pandemic will impact the financial stability of the mortgage loans and mortgage loan borrowers underlying the residential and commercial securities and loans that we own and, as a result, anticipate that the number of borrowers who become delinquent or default on their loans may increase significantly. Elevated levels of delinquency or default would have an adverse impact on our income and the value of our assets. Forced sales of the securities and other assets that secure our repurchase and other financing arrangements in the current environment have been, and will likely continue to be, on terms less favorable to us than might otherwise be available in a regularly functioning market and could result in deficiency judgments and other claims against us. To the extent current conditions persist or worsen, we expect there to be a materially negative effect on our results of operations, and, in turn, cash available for distribution to our stockholders and on the value of our assets.

In response to the pandemic, the U.S. government has taken various actions to support the economy and the continued functioning of the financial markets. The Federal Reserve has announced its commitment to purchase unlimited amounts of U.S. Treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds and other assets. In addition, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which will provide billions of dollars of relief to individuals, businesses, state and local governments, and the health care system suffering the impact of the pandemic, including mortgage loan forbearance and modification programs to qualifying borrowers who have difficulty making their loan payments. Moreover, certain actions taken by U.S. or other governmental authorities, including the Federal Reserve, that are intended to ameliorate the macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 may harm our business. Decreases in short-term interest rates, such as those announced by the Federal Reserve late in our 2019 fiscal year and during the first fiscal quarter of 2020, may have a negative impact on our results, as we have certain assets and liabilities which are sensitive to changes in interest rates. The Federal Reserve recently significantly further lowered interest rates in response to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. These market interest rate declines have negatively affected our results of operations for prior periods and may continue to negatively affect our results of operations for future periods.

There can be no assurance as to how, in the long term, these and other actions by the U.S. government will affect the efficiency, liquidity and stability of the financial and mortgage markets. To the extent the financial or mortgage markets do not respond favorably to any of these actions, or such actions do not function as intended, our business, results of operations and financial condition may continue to be materially adversely affected.

Our inability to access funding or the terms on which funding is available could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition, particularly in light of ongoing market dislocations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our ability to fund our operations, meet financial obligations and finance asset acquisitions may be impacted by an inability to secure and maintain our repurchase agreements with our counterparties. Because repurchase agreements are short-term commitments of capital, repurchase agreement counterparties may respond to market conditions in a manner that makes it more difficult for us to renew or replace on a continuous basis our maturing short-term financings and have and may continue to impose more onerous conditions when rolling such financings. If we are not able to renew or roll our existing repurchase agreements or arrange for new financing on terms acceptable to us, or if we default on our financial covenants, are otherwise

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unable to access funds under our financing arrangements, or if we are required to post more collateral or face larger haircuts on our financings, we may have to dispose of assets at significantly depressed prices and at inopportune times, which could cause significant losses, and may also force us to curtail our asset acquisition activities. If we are faced with a larger haircut in order to roll a financing with a particular counterparty, or in order to move a financing from one counterparty to another, then we would need to make up the difference between the two haircuts in the form of cash, which could similarly require us to dispose of assets at significantly depressed prices and at inopportune times, which could cause significant losses.

Issues related to financing are exacerbated in times of significant dislocation in the financial markets, such as those being experienced now in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is possible that our financing counterparties will become unwilling or unable to provide us with financing, and we could be forced to sell our assets at an inopportune time when prices are depressed or markets are illiquid, which could cause significant losses. In addition, if the regulatory capital requirements imposed on our financing counterparties change, they may be required to significantly increase the cost of the financing that they provide to us, or to increase the amounts of collateral they require as a condition to providing us with financing. Our financing counterparties also have revised, and may continue to revise, their eligibility requirements for the types of assets that they are willing to finance or the terms of such financings, including increased haircuts and requiring additional cash collateral, based on, among other factors, the regulatory environment and their management of actual and perceived risk, particularly with respect to assignee liability. Moreover, the amount of financing that we receive under our repurchase agreements will be directly related to our counterparties’ valuation of our assets that collateralize the outstanding repurchase agreement financing. Typically, repurchase agreements grant the repurchase agreement counterparty the absolute right to reevaluate the fair market value of the assets that cover the amount financed under the repurchase agreement at any time. If a repurchase agreement counterparty determines in its sole discretion that the value of the assets subject to the repurchase agreement financing has decreased, it has the right to initiate a margin call. These valuations may be different than the values that we ascribe to these assets and may be influenced by recent asset sales at distressed levels by forced sellers. A margin call requires us to transfer additional assets to a repurchase agreement counterparty without any advance of funds from the counterparty for such transfer or to repay a portion of the outstanding repurchase agreement financing. We would also be required to post additional collateral if haircuts increase under a repurchase agreement. In these situations, we could be forced to sell assets at significantly depressed prices to meet such margin calls and to maintain adequate liquidity, which could cause significant losses.

Significant margin calls could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition, business, liquidity, and ability to make distributions to our stockholders, and could cause the value of our capital stock to decline. As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, late in the first quarter of 2020, we observed a mark-down of a portion of our assets by our repurchase agreement counterparties, resulting in us having to pay cash or additional securities to satisfy margin calls that were well beyond historical norms. These trends had and, if continued, could continue to have a material adverse impact on our liquidity and could lead to significant losses.

We expect that the economic and market disruptions caused by COVID-19 will adversely impact the financial condition of the borrowers of our loans and the loans that underlie our investment securities and limit our ability to grow our business.

We are subject to risks related to residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, and mezzanine loans. Over the near and long term, we expect that the economic and market disruptions caused by COVID-19 will adversely impact the financial condition of the borrowers of our residential mortgage loans and the loans that underlie our residential MBS (“RMBS”), commercial MBS (“CMBS”) and commercial loan investments. As a result, we anticipate that the number of borrowers who become delinquent or default on their financial obligations may increase significantly, and in addition to borrowers who are seeking to defer the payment of principal and/or interest or other payments on certain of the loans that we own. When a residential mortgage loan is delinquent, or in default, forbearance or foreclosure, we may be required to advance payments for taxes and insurance associated with the underlying property to protect our interest in the loan collateral when we might otherwise use the cash to invest in our targeted assets or reduce our financings. Such increased levels of payment delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, forbearance arrangements or losses would adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders, and any such impact may be material. Moreover, a number of states are considering or have already implemented temporary moratoriums on the ability of lenders to initiate foreclosures, which could further limit our ability to foreclose and recover against our collateral, or pursue recourse claims (should they exist) against a borrower or operating partner in the event of a default or failure to meet its financial obligations to us. In addition, our portfolio includes commercial loans collateralized by hotel, retail and other asset classes which have been significantly negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and various governmental and consumer responses to the pandemic, including government-mandated closures and travel restrictions. While we believe the principal amount of our loans are generally adequately protected by the value of the underlying collateral, there can be no assurance that we will realize the entire principal value of certain investments or that the value of the underlying collateral will continue to protect our investment.

We expect delinquencies, defaults and requests for forbearance arrangements to rise as savings, incomes and revenues of borrowers, operating partners and other businesses become increasingly constrained from the slow-down in economic activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and government-mandated closures and travel restrictions. Any future period of payment

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deferrals, forbearance, delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures or losses will likely adversely affect our net interest income from residential mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and our RMBS and commercial loan investments, the fair value of these assets and our ability to originate and acquire our target assets, which would materially and adversely affect us. In addition, to the extent current conditions persist or worsen, we expect that real estate values may decline, which will likely reduce the fair value of our assets and may also reduce the level of new mortgage and other residential real estate-related investment opportunities available to us, which would adversely affect our ability to grow our business and fully execute our investment strategy, could decrease our earnings and liquidity, and may expose us to further margin calls.

Market disruptions caused by COVID-19 may make it more difficult for the loan servicers we rely on to perform a variety of services for us, which may adversely impact our business and financial results.

In connection with our business of acquiring and holding residential mortgage loans and investing in CMBS, and non-Agency RMBS, we rely on third-party service providers, principally loan servicers, to perform a variety of services, comply with applicable laws and regulations, and carry out contractual covenants and terms. For example, we rely on the mortgage servicers who service the mortgage loans we purchase as well as the loans underlying our CMBS and non-Agency RMBS to, among other things, collect principal and interest payments on such loans and perform loss mitigation services, such as forbearance, workouts, modifications, foreclosures, short sales and sales of foreclosed property. Over the near and long term, we expect that the economic and market disruptions caused by COVID-19 will adversely impact the financial condition of the borrowers of our residential mortgage loans and the loans that underlie our RMBS and CMBS investments. As a result, we anticipate that the number of borrowers who request a payment deferral or forbearance arrangement or become delinquent or default on their financial obligations may increase significantly, and such increase may place greater stress on the servicers’ finances and human capital, which may make it more difficult for these servicers to successfully service these loans. In addition, many loan servicing activities are not permitted to be done through a remote work setting. To the extent that shelter-in-place orders and remote work arrangements for non-essential businesses continue in the future, loan servicers may be materially adversely impacted. As a result, we could be materially and adversely affected if a mortgage servicer is unable to adequately or successfully service our residential mortgage loans and the loans that underlie our RMBS and CMBS or if any such servicer experiences financial distress.

Our ability to make distributions to our stockholders has been and may continue to be adversely affected by COVID-19.

We are generally required to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (excluding net capital gain and without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) each year for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, which requirement we have historically satisfied through quarterly distributions of all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income in such year, subject to certain adjustments. However, in light of the negative impact on our liquidity caused by the recent economic and market turmoil resulting from COVID-19, we announced on March 27, 2020 that our board of directors elected to suspend the payment of quarterly dividends on our common stock and our 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and our 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. As of the date of this report, we have not yet reinstated quarterly dividends on any of our capital stock. Further, we have noted that, based on current conditions for the Company, we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. No assurance can be given that we will be able to reinstate quarterly dividends on our common stock and/or preferred stock or make any other distributions to our stockholders at any time in the future or that the level of any distributions we do make to our stockholders will achieve a market yield or increase or even be maintained over time. Under the terms governing our series of preferred stock, we cannot pay cash dividends with respect to our common stock if dividends on our preferred stock are in arrears.

Additionally, in 2017, the Internal Revenue Service issued a revenue procedure permitting “publicly offered” REITs (i.e., REITs required to file annual and periodic reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act) to make elective cash/stock dividends (i.e., dividends paid in a mixture of stock and cash), with at least 20% of the total distribution being paid in cash, to satisfy their REIT distribution requirements. In May 2020, the Internal Revenue Service temporarily reduced the minimum cash component from 20% to 10% for dividends declared on or after April 1, 2020 until December 31, 2020. Pursuant to this revenue procedure, we may elect to make future distributions of our taxable income to common stockholders in a mixture of our common stock and cash. Taxable stockholders receiving such distributions will be required to include the full amount of the distribution as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, common stockholders may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of cash received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the common stock that it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sale proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our common stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to certain non-U.S. stockholders, we or the applicable withholding agent may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in common stock. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends, it may put downward pressure on the trading price of our common stock.

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We have experienced, and may experience in the future, a decline in the fair value of our investments as a result of COVID-19, which could materially and adversely affect us.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, we experienced a significant amount of realized and unrealized losses on our assets. A future decline in the fair value of our investments as a result of COVID-19 may require us to recognize an impairment under U.S. GAAP if we were to determine that, with respect to any assets in unrealized loss positions, we do not have the ability and intent to hold such assets to maturity or for a period of time sufficient to allow for recovery to the original acquisition cost of such assets. If such a determination were to be made, we would recognize unrealized losses through earnings and write down the amortized cost of such assets to a new cost basis, based on the fair value of such assets on the date they are considered to be impaired. Such impairment charges reflect non-cash losses at the time of recognition. The subsequent disposition or sale of such assets could further affect our future losses or gains, as they are based on the difference between the sale price received and adjusted amortized cost of such assets at the time of sale. If we experience a decline in the fair value of our investments, it could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

Negative impacts on our business caused by COVID-19 may cause us to default on certain financial covenants contained in our financing arrangements.

The repurchase agreements that finance a portion of our investment portfolio, and repurchase agreements we enter into in the future, may contain financial covenants. The negative impacts on our business caused by COVID-19 have and may make it more difficult to meet or satisfy these covenants, and we cannot assure you that we will remain in compliance with these covenants in the future.

If we fail to meet or satisfy any of these covenants, we would be in default under these agreements, which could result in a cross-default or cross-acceleration under other financing arrangements, and the financing counterparties could elect to declare the repurchase price due and payable (or such amounts may automatically become due and payable), terminate their commitments, require the posting of additional collateral and enforce their respective interests against existing collateral. A default also could significantly limit our financing alternatives, which could cause us to curtail our investment activities or dispose of assets when we otherwise would not choose to do so. As a result, a default on any of our financing agreements could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

Measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted our ability to operate our business.

In response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the federal and state mandates implemented to control its spread, all of our Manager's personnel are working remotely at least a few days a week. If our Manager's personnel are unable to work effectively as a result of COVID-19, including because of illness, quarantines, office closures, ineffective remote work arrangements or technology failures or limitations, our operations would be adversely impacted. Further, remote work arrangements may increase the risk of cyber-security incidents and cyber-attacks, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations, due to, among other things, the loss of investor or proprietary data, interruptions or delays in the operation of our business and damage to our reputation.

We cannot predict the effect that government policies, laws, and plans adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or other future outbreaks involving highly infectious or contagious diseases and resulting recessionary economic conditions will have on us.

Governments have adopted, and we expect will continue to adopt, policies, laws, and plans intended to address the COVID-19 pandemic and adverse developments in the credit, financial, and mortgage markets that it has caused. We cannot assure you that these programs will be effective, sufficient, or otherwise have a positive impact on our business.

We may incur losses as a result of unforeseen or catastrophic events, including the emergence of a pandemic, terrorist attacks, extreme weather events or other natural disasters.

The occurrence of unforeseen or catastrophic events, including the emergence of a pandemic, such as COVID-19, or other widespread health emergency (or concerns over the possibility of such an emergency), terrorist attacks, extreme terrestrial or solar weather events or other natural disasters, could create economic and financial disruptions, and could lead to materially adverse declines in the market values of our assets, illiquidity in our investment and financing markets and our ability to effectively conduct our business.

We are subject to margin calls that could result in defaults or force us to sell assets under adverse market conditions or through foreclosure.

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We enter into financing arrangements to finance the acquisition of our target assets. Pursuant to the terms of the Bilateral Agreements and any future borrowings under additional financing arrangements, a decline in the value of the collateral may result in our lenders initiating margin calls. A margin call requires us to pledge additional collateral to re-establish the ratio of the value of the collateral to the amount borrowed. The specific collateral value to borrowing ratio that would trigger a margin call is not set in the master repurchase agreements or loan agreements and is not determined until we engage in a repurchase transaction or borrowing arrangement under these agreements. In addition, some collateral may be more illiquid than other instruments in which we invest, which typically have more stringent margin requirements in a volatile market environment. Moreover, collateral that prepays more quickly increases the frequency and magnitude of potential margin calls as there is a significant time lag between when the prepayment is reported (which reduces the market value of the security) and when the principal payment is actually received. If we are unable to satisfy margin calls, our lenders may foreclose on our collateral. The threat, or occurrence of, a margin call could force us to sell, either directly or through a foreclosure, our collateral under adverse market conditions. Because of the leverage we have and expect to have and our size, we may incur substantial losses upon the threat or occurrence of a margin call as occurred in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We may be adversely affected by risks affecting borrowers or the asset or property types in which our investments may be concentrated at any given time, as well as from unfavorable changes in the related geographic regions.

Our assets are not subject to any geographic diversification or concentration limitations. We concentrate in residential mortgage-related investments. Accordingly, our investment portfolio may be concentrated by geography, asset, property type and/or borrower, increasing the risk of loss to us if the particular concentration in our portfolio is subject to greater risks or undergoing adverse developments. A significant percentage of our residential mortgage loans are concentrated in California and New York, two states adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, some of our commercial loans are located in states where recently there have been bouts of civil unrest. Adverse conditions in these areas (including business layoffs or downsizing, industry slowdowns, property damage and other factors) may have an adverse effect on the value of our investments. A material decline in the demand for real estate in these areas may materially and adversely affect us.

We may change our investment strategy, operating policies, dividend policy, and/or asset allocations without shareholder consent and/or in a manner in which shareholders, analysts, and capital markets may not agree, which could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations, the market price of our common stock, and our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders.

A change in our investment strategy or asset allocation may materially change our exposure to interest rate and/or credit risk, default risk and real estate market fluctuations. These changes could have a material impact on our ability to re-establish a dividend at a level that we had previously paid before the change in strategy. Furthermore, if any change in investment strategy, asset allocation, operating or dividend policy is perceived negatively by the markets or analysts covering our stock, our stock price may decline. Part of our investment strategy includes deciding whether to reinvest payments received on our existing investment portfolio. Based on market conditions, our leverage, and our liquidity profile, we may decide to not reinvest the cash flows we receive from our investment portfolio. If we retain, rather than reinvest, these cash flows, the size of our investment portfolio and the amount of net interest income generated by our investment portfolio will likely decline. In addition, if the assets we acquire in the future earn lower yields than the assets we currently own, our reported earnings per share will likely decline over time as the older assets pay down or are sold.

Loss of our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act would negatively affect the value of shares of our common stock and our ability to distribute cash to our stockholders.

We conduct our operations so that we maintain an exemption from the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an investment company if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire "investment securities" having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis (the "40% test"). "Investment securities" do not include, among other things, U.S. government securities, and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that (i) are not investment companies and (ii) are not relying on the exceptions from the definition of investment company provided by Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act (the so called "private investment company" exemptions).

In order to maintain our exempt status, we monitor our subsidiaries' compliance with Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act, which exempts from the definition of "investment company" entities primarily engaged in the business of purchasing or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate. The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, generally requires an entity relying on Section 3(c)(5)(C) to invest at least 55% of its

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portfolio in "qualifying assets" and at least another 25% in additional qualifying assets or in "real estate-related" assets (with no more than 20% comprised of miscellaneous assets). As of December 31, 2019, we determined that our subsidiaries maintained compliance with both the 55% Test and the 80% Test requirements.

Due to the recent market deterioration and resulting defaults on our financing arrangements, we have sold assets to meet margin calls on our financing arrangements, and some of our subsidiaries designed to rely on Section 3(c)(5)(C) currently fail to meet the 55% Test, and as a result must rely on Section 3(c)(7) to avoid registration as investment companies. As a result, we no longer satisfy the 40% Test.

As we cannot rely on our historical exemption from regulation as an investment company, we now must rely upon Rule 3a-2, which provides a safe harbor exemption, not to exceed one year, for companies that have a bona fide intent to be engaged in an excepted activity but that temporarily fail to meet the requirements for another exemption from registration as an investment company. As required by the rule, after we learned that we would become out of compliance, our board of directors promptly adopted a resolution declaring our bona fide intent to be engaged in excepted activities and we are currently working to restore our assets to compliance. The one-year grace period started when we sold our 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities, which was in March of 2020.

There is no assurance that we will not be deemed subject to the 1940 Act and be required to register as an investment company. While in transient investment company status, we will actively pursue alternatives for regaining compliance with the exemption. Qualification for exemption from the definition of investment company under the Investment Company Act limits our ability to make certain investments. For example, these restrictions limit our and our subsidiaries’ ability to invest directly in mortgage-related securities that represent less than the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage loans, debt and equity tranches of securitizations, certain real estate companies or assets not related to real estate. If we fail to qualify for these exemptions, or the SEC determines that companies that invest in RMBS are no longer able to rely on these exemptions, we would become subject to substantial regulation with respect to our capital structure (including our ability to use leverage), management, operations, transactions with affiliated persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act), and portfolio composition, including restrictions with respect to diversification and industry concentration and other matters. In either case we could be required to restructure our activities and investments in a manner that, or at a time when, we would not otherwise choose to do so, or we may be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Either of these outcomes could negatively affect our business, the value of shares of our stock and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

In order to conserve capital and preserve liquidity, on March 27, 2020, our Board of Directors approved a suspension of our quarterly dividends on our common stock, 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the common dividends that normally would have been declared in March 2020 and the preferred dividend that would have been declared in May 2020. Based on current conditions for the Company, we do not anticipate paying dividends on our common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. As a result, we did not declare or accrue quarterly dividends on our Common or Preferred Stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020. Pursuant to the terms of our Preferred Stock, all unpaid dividends on our preferred stock accrue without interest and such accumulated and unpaid dividend must be satisfied before any cash dividends can be paid to the holders of our common stock.

As of June 30, 2020, the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends on our Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock is $1.1 million, $2.3 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Refer to Note 9 of the "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" for details regarding arrearages on our Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock and Note 12 of the "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements" for further detail on our Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

Exhibit No.	Description
*3.1	Articles of Amendment and Restatement of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2011 ("Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2").
*3.2	Articles of Amendment to Articles of Amendment and Restatement of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2017.
*3.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
*3.4	Articles Supplementary of 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2012.
*3.5	Articles Supplementary of 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2012.
*3.6	Articles Supplementary of 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of Form 8-A12B, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019.
*4.1	Specimen Stock Certificate of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.
*4.2	Specimen 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2012.
*4.3	Specimen 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2012.
*4.4	Specimen 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Certificate, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 of Form 8-A12B, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2019.
*4.5	Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2020.
*10.1	Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and between the Company and the purchasers of units and shares in the private placement, dated June 29, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Amendment No. 7 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2011 ("Pre-Effective Amendment No. 7").
*10.2	Form of Management Agreement, dated June 29, 2011 by and between the Company and AG REIT Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of Amendment No. 3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-11, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2011.**
*10.3	Equity Incentive Plan, dated July 6, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.**
*10.4	Manager Equity Incentive Plan, dated July 6, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.**

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*10.5	Form of Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated July 6, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.**
*10.6	Form of Manager Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated July 6, 2011, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2.**
*10.7	Form of Indemnification Agreement, dated July 6, 2011, by and between the Company and the Company’s directors and officers, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 7.
*10.8	Amended and Restated Master Repurchase and Securities Contract dated as of April 12, 2013 between AG MIT, LLC, AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2013.
*10.9	Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 9, 2012 by AG Mortgage Invest Trust, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2012.
*10.10	Amended and Restated Master Repurchase and Securities Contract dated as of February 11, 2014 between AG MIT WFB1 2014 LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2014.

*10.11	Guarantee Agreement dated as of February 11, 2014 by AG MIT, LLC and AG Mortgage Invest Trust, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2014.
*10.12	Master Repurchase and Securities Contract dated as of September 17, 2014, as amended by Omnibus Amendment No.1, dated as of August 4, 2015, between AG MIT CREL LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2014.
*10.13	Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 17, 2014 as amended by Omnibus Amendment No.1, dated as of August 4, 2015, by AG MIT, LLC and AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2014.
*10.14	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated July 1, 2014, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2014.**
*10.15	Omnibus Amendment No.1 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, Guarantee Agreement and Fee and Pricing Letter dated as of August 4, 2015 between AG MIT CREL, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2015.
*10.16	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, dated July 1, 2017, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2017.**
*10.17	Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated May 22, 2018, by and among the Company  and JMP Securities LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2018.
*10.18	Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated May 22, 2018, by and among the Company  and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2018.
*10.19	Amendment Number 7 to the  Master Repurchase and Securities Contract dated as of and effective as of February 18, 2014 between AG MIT WFB1 2014 LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2018.

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*10.20	Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated August 31, 2018, by and among Conrex Residential Property Group 2012-2, LLC, Conrex Residential Property Group 2012-2 Operating Company, LLC, Conrex Residential Property Group 2012-2 (B2R-1) Operating Company, LLC, Conrex Residential Property Group 2012-2 (B2R-2) Operating Company, LLC, Ovation Properties, LLC, and SFR MT LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2018.
*10.21	Loan Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2018, by and between SFR MT LLC and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2018.
*10.22	Underwriting Agreement, dated February 11, 2019, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., AG REIT Management, LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2019.
*10.23	Underwriting Agreement, dated September 11, 2019, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., AG REIT Management, LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2019.
*10.24	Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated November 4, 2019, by and between SFR MT LLC and Conrex ML Portfolio 2019-01 Operating Company, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2019.
*10.25	First Amendment to Management Agreement, dated April 6, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and AG REIT Management, LLC, incorprated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2020.
*10.26	The Forbearance Agreement, dated April 10, 2020, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and its undersigned affiliates, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2020.
*10.27	Secured Promissory Note, dated April 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and AG REIT Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2020.
*10.28	Security and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated April 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Participating Counterparties, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2020.
*10.29	Security Agreement, dated April 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Participating Counterparties, incorprated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2020.
*10.30	Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, dated April 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2020.
*10.31	Second Forbearance Agreement, dated April 27, 2020, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and its undersigned affiliates, incorprated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020.
*10.32	Amendment No. 1 to Secured Promissory Note, dated April 27, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and AG REIT Management, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020.

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*10.33	Amendment No. 1 to Security Agreement, dated April 27, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Participating Counterparties, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020.
*10.34	Amendment No. 1 to Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, dated April 27, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2020.
*10.35	Mortgage Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and between UMB Bank, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, and AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.36	Third Forbearance Agreement, dated June 1, 2020, by and among AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and its undersigned affiliates, incorprated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.37	Secured Promissory Note, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Royal Bank of Canada, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.38	Security Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Participating Counterparties, incorprated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.39	Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Wilmington Trust, and Royal Bank of Canada, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.40	Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and AG REIT Management, LCC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.41	Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Participating Counterparties, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.42	Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement, dated May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), AG REIT Management LLC, and Royal Bank of Canada, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.7 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2020.
*10.43	Reinstatement Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and BofA securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse International, Barclays Capital Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.44	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2018, by and between AG MIT CREL II, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.44 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.45	Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2018, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.45 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.

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*10.46	Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2020, by and between Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Alpine Securitization LTD and Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.47	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2019, by and between Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC and Mortgage Acquisition Holding I LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.47 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.48	Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2020, by and between Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC and Mortgage Acquisition Holding I LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.48 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.49	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2018, by and between Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and GCAT Depositor 2017-19, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.50	Guaranty, dated as of February 21, 2018, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.51	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2019, by and between Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch and GCAT Depositor 2017-19, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.52	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of February 18, 2015, by and between Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and AG MIT CMO EC LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.52 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.53	Guarantee, dated as of December 19, 2018, made by AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.53 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.54	Amendment No. 1 to Guarantee, dated as of May 28, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.54 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.55	Third Amended and Restated Annex I.A Amended and Restated Additional Supplemental Terms and Conditions, dated as of May 28, 2020, by and between Barclays Bank PLC and AG MIT, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.55 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.56	Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2018, by and between Barclays Bank PLC and AG MIT, LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.56 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.57	Reinstatement Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., AG MIT CREL II, LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.57 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.
*10.58	Guaranty, dated as of February 18, 2015, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.58 on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020.

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*10.59	2020 Equity Incentive Plan, dated as of April 15, 2020, by and between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. and its affiliates, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2020.**
10.60	Form of Award Agreement Under the AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, dated as of April 15, 2020.**
31.1	Certification of David N. Roberts pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Brian C. Sigman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of David N. Roberts pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Brian C. Sigman pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

* Fully or partly previously filed.

** Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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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.

	AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
August 10, 2020	By:	/s/ David N. Roberts
	David N. Roberts
	Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
August 10, 2020	By:	/s/ Brian C. Sigman
	Brian C. Sigman
	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer)
August 10, 2020	By:	/s/ Alison Halpern
	Alison Halpern
	Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)

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EX-10.60

Exhibit 10.60

FORM OF 2020

AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE

AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

[ ] (“Award Date”)

Name of Participant:	[ ] (the “Participant”)
Vesting:	[The Shares are fully vested and non-forfeitable] [Time-based vesting provisions, if applicable] [Performance-based vesting provisions, if applicable]
Restriction:	[The Shares may not be sold or transferred during the Participant’s term of service as an independent member of the Company’s Board] [Additional restrictions, if applicable]

        This Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”), effective as of the Award Date, is hereby made between AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Participant named above. The Company hereby grants to the Participant an award (the “Award”), subject to the restrictions as provided in this Award Agreement, under the AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Plan”). Accordingly, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Participant hereby agree as follows:

1.Award. As of the Award Date, the Company shall, and hereby does, grant the Participant an Award upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Award Agreement. To the extent that any fractional shares would otherwise be issuable and payable to the Participant, a cash payment by the Company shall be made to the Participant in lieu of any fractional shares.

2.Acceptance of Award. The Participant shall have no rights with respect to the Award and this Award Agreement unless the Participant has read and acknowledged this Award Agreement prior to the close of business on the first business day on or after sixty (60) calendar days following the effective date of this Award Agreement by signing and delivering to the Company a copy thereof. Upon acceptance of this Award Agreement by the Participant, the Participant’s name shall be entered on the books of the Company for each Award. Thereupon, for each Award, the Participant shall have all the rights related to such Award, including those of a shareholder, the right to vote and the right to receive dividends thereon, as applicable, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in [Sections 3 and 5].

3.Restrictions and Conditions.

(a) Certificates, if any, evidencing the common stock of the Company (the “Shares”) granted herein may bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, to the effect that such Shares are subject to the restriction as set forth herein and in the Plan.

(b) Shares granted herein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Participant during the Participant’s term of service as an independent member of the Company’s Board (as referenced herein, the “Restriction”).

(c) The Restriction may be waived or modified under special circumstances as may be deemed advisable by the Board.

(d) The Restriction shall expire and terminate if and when the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider (as defined in the Plan).

(e) In the event of a Change of Control while the Participant is in service hereunder, the Restriction shall immediately expire and terminate prior to such Change of Control.

4.Vesting. [The Shares are fully vested and non-forfeitable.] [On each vesting date described in the “Vesting Schedule” above, the resulting aggregate number of vested Shares will be rounded to the nearest whole number. A Participant’s unvested Shares (and any dividends or distributions thereon) shall be immediately forfeited if and when the Participant ceases to be a Service Provider (as defined in the Plan). In the event of a Change of Control while the Participant is in service hereunder, all Shares, to the extent then unvested, shall immediately prior to such Change of Control become fully vested Shares.]

5.[Shareholder Rights. The Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder of record with the respect to any Award until, and then only to the extent that, Shares are issued in settlement of the vested Award. Upon the issuance of Shares in settlement of the vested Award, the Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder of record of the Company, including voting rights and to receive dividends on the Shares.]

6.Tax Treatment. The Participant acknowledges that [he/she] will consult with a personal tax advisor regarding the federal, state, and local tax consequences of the Award of the Shares, payment of dividends on the Shares and any other matters related to this Award Agreement. The Participant is not relying on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. The Participant understands that he is responsible for his own tax liability that may arise as a result of this Award of the Shares or any other matters related to this Agreement.

7.Tax Withholding. The Participant hereby agrees to make appropriate arrangements with the Company for such income and employment tax withholding as may be required of the Company under applicable United States federal, state, local or foreign law on account of the Participant’s rights under this Award Agreement. The Participant may satisfy any withholding obligation, in whole or in part, by electing (a) to make a payment to the Company in cash, by check, electronic funds transfer or by other instrument acceptable to the Company, (b) to deliver to the Company a number of already-owned Company Shares having a value not greater than the amount required to be withheld (such number may be rounded up to the next whole share), as may be permitted pursuant to written policies or rules adopted by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board (the “Committee”) in effect at the time of

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exercise, or (c) by any combination of (a) and (b). In addition, the Committee may also permit, in its sole discretion and in accordance with such policies and rules as it deems appropriate, the Participant to have the Company withhold a number of Shares which would otherwise be issued pursuant to this Award Agreement having a value not greater than the amount required to be withheld (such number may be rounded up to the next whole share). The value of Company Shares to be withheld or delivered (as may be permitted by the Committee) shall be based on the Fair Market Value of a Company Share as of the date the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. For avoidance of doubt, the Committee may change its policies and rules for tax withholding in its sole discretion from time to time for any reason.

8.The Plan. The provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, this Award Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and any capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Award Agreement shall have the definitions set forth in the Plan. The Committee shall have final authority to interpret and construe the Plan and this Award Agreement and to make any and all determinations thereunder, and its decision shall be binding and conclusive upon the Participant and its representatives in respect of any questions arising under the Plan or this Award Agreement.

9.No Right to Employment or Continued Service. In consideration of the grant of the Award by the Company, the Participant agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company. Nothing in the Plan or this Award Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right or duty to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Affiliate [or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the Participant’s services at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise by Applicable Laws or in a written agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Affiliates].

10.Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Participant at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

11.Securities Matters. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Shares until the requirements of any federal or state securities or other Applicable Laws, rules or regulations (including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Company to be applicable are satisfied. The Participant acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and state securities laws and regulations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Shares are granted, only in such a manner as to conform to such Applicable Laws. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the Plan and this Award Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such Applicable Laws.

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12.Consent to Electronic Delivery. In lieu of receiving documents in paper format, the Participant agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws, to accept electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may be required to deliver (including, but not limited to, prospectuses, prospectus supplements, grant or award notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other agreements, forms and communications) in connection with this and any other prior or future incentive award or program made or offered by the Company or its predecessors or successors. Electronic delivery of a document to the Participant may be via a Company e-mail system or by reference to a location on a Company intranet site to which the Participant has access.

13.Electronic Signature. All references to signatures of documents in this Award Agreement can be satisfied by procedures the Company has established or may establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents, including this Award Agreement. The Participant’s electronic signature is the same as, and shall have the same force and effect as, the Participant’s manual signature. Any such procedures and delivery may be effected by a third party engaged by the Company to provide administrative services related to the Plan.

14.Entire Award Agreement. This Award Agreement and the Plan contain the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and therein and supersede all prior communications, representations, and negotiations in respect thereto.

15.Benefit and Binding Effect. This Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors, permitted assigns, and legal representatives. The Company has the right to assign this Award Agreement, and such assignee shall become entitled to all the rights of the Company hereunder to the extent of such assignment.

16.Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to its conflict or choice of law rules or principles that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.

17.Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be executed by electronic signatures or by facsimile, and may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Award Agreement with effect as of the date first above written.

AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST,

INC.

By: _____________________________

Name:

Title:

Please indicate your acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement by signing in the space provided below and returning a signed copy of this Award Agreement to the Company. IF A FULLY EXECUTED COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY SHALL REVOKE ALL SHARES GRANTED TO THE PARTICIPANT, AND AVOID ALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.

The undersigned hereby accepts, and agrees to, all terms and provisions of this Award Agreement.

_________________________________

Participant

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EX-31.1

Exhibit31.1

I, David N. Roberts, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 10, 2020
	/s/ David N. Roberts
	David N. Roberts
	Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit31.2

I, Brian C. Sigman, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a.Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 10, 2020
	/s/ Brian C. Sigman
	Brian C. Sigman
	Chief Financial Officer and
	Treasurer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David N. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates of, and for the periods covered by, the Report.

It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

/s/ David N. Roberts

David N. Roberts

Chief Executive Officer

August 10, 2020

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Brian C. Sigman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company at the dates of, and for the periods covered by, the Report.

It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

/s/ Brian C. Sigman

Brian C. Sigman

Chief Financial Officer and

Treasurer

August 10, 2020

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Cover Page - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Aug. 06, 2020
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2020
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-35151
Entity Registrant Name	AG MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	MD
Entity Tax Identification Number	27-5254382
Entity Address, Address Line One	245 Park Avenue
Entity Address, Address Line Two	26th Floor
Entity Address, City or Town	New York
Entity Address, State or Province	NY
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	10167
City Area Code	212
Local Phone Number	692-2000
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		34,234,601
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Entity Central Index Key	0001514281
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Common Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
Trading Symbol	MITT
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series Cumulative Reedmable Preferred Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Trading Symbol	MITT PrA
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Series B Cumulative Reedmable Preferred Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Trading Symbol	MITT PrB
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Trading Symbol	MITT PrC
Security Exchange Name	NYSE

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value - $171,316 and $171,224 pledged as collateral, respectively (2)	[1]	$ 379,822	$ 417,785
Commercial loans, at fair value - $5,441 and $4,674 pledged as collateral, respectively		127,685	158,686
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates		122,929	156,311
Excess mortgage servicing rights, at fair value		12,294	17,775
Cash and cash equivalents		68,150	81,692
Restricted cash		1,084	43,677
Other assets		11,163	21,905
Assets held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net		0	154
Total Assets		855,598	4,347,817
Liabilities
Financing arrangements		251,098	3,233,468
Securitized debt, at fair value	[1],[2]	198,974	224,348
Dividend payable		0	14,734
Due to affiliates		31,396	5,226
Other liabilities		8,446	19,449
Liabilities held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net		306	1,546
Total Liabilities		490,220	3,498,771
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 450,000 shares of common stock authorized and 33,825 and 32,742 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		338	327
Additional paid-in capital		666,127	662,183
Retained earnings/(deficit)		(573,544)	(85,921)
Total Stockholders’ Equity		365,378	849,046
Total Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity		855,598	4,347,817
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; 50,000 shares authorized:		49,921	49,921
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; 50,000 shares authorized:		111,293	111,293
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock - $0.01 par value; 50,000 shares authorized:		111,243	111,243
Agency
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value		0	2,315,439
Non-Agency
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value	[2]	45,817	717,470
CMBS
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value		$ 86,654	$ 416,923

[1] See Note 4 for details related to variable interest entities.

[2] See Note 3 for details related to variable interest entities.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	50,000,000	50,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	450,000,000	450,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)	33,825,000	32,742,000
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	33,825,000	32,742,000
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.25%
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	2,070,000	2,070,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	2,070,000	2,070,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 52,817	$ 52,817
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.00%
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	4,600,000	4,600,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	4,600,000	4,600,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 117,300	$ 117,300
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.00%
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)	4,600,000	4,600,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)	4,600,000	4,600,000
Preferred stock, liquidation preference	$ 117,300	$ 117,300
Residential Mortgage
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value, pledged as collateral	171,316	171,224
Commercial Loan
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value, pledged as collateral	5,441	4,674
Agency
Fair value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	0	2,234,921
Non-Agency
Fair value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	36,913	682,828
CMBS
Fair value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	$ 73,294	$ 413,922

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Net Interest Income
Interest income		$ 13,369	$ 40,901	$ 53,637	$ 82,391
Interest expense		8,613	23,030	28,584	45,124
Total Net Interest Income		4,756	17,871	25,053	37,267
Other Income/(Loss)
Net realized gain/(loss)		(91,609)	(27,510)	(242,752)	(48,093)
Net interest component of interest rate swaps		0	1,800	923	3,581
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net		109,632	43,165	(204,265)	89,918
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net		(9,453)	(10,839)	(3,767)	(20,925)
Foreign currency gain/(loss), net		(156)	0	1,493	0
Other income		1	216	4	630
Total Other Income/(Loss)		8,415	6,832	(448,364)	25,111
Expenses
Management fee to affiliate		1,678	2,400	3,827	4,745
Other operating expenses		4,482	3,807	5,324	7,588
Restructuring related expenses		7,104	0	8,604	0
Equity based compensation to affiliate		75	73	163	199
Excise tax		0	186	(815)	278
Servicing fees		566	416	1,145	787
Total Expenses		13,905	6,882	18,248	13,597
Income/(loss) before equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates		(734)	17,821	(441,559)	48,781
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates		3,434	2,050	(40,758)	1,279
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations		2,700	19,871	(482,317)	50,060
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations		361	(1,193)	361	(2,227)
Net Income/(Loss)		3,061	18,678	(481,956)	47,833
Dividends on preferred stock (1)	[1]	5,667	3,367	11,334	6,734
Net Income/(Loss) Available to Common Stockholders		$ (2,606)	$ 15,311	$ (493,290)	$ 41,099
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.09)	$ 0.50	$ (15.05)	$ 1.37
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	(0.03)	0.01	(0.07)
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Total		(0.08)	0.47	(15.04)	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)		(0.09)	0.50	(15.05)	1.37
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	(0.03)	0.01	(0.07)
Earnings Per Share, Diluted, Total		$ (0.08)	$ 0.47	$ (15.04)	$ 1.30
Weighted Average Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding
Basic (in shares)		32,859	32,709	32,804	31,636
Diluted (in shares)		32,859	32,737	32,804	31,664

[1] The three and six months ended June 30, 2020 include cumulative and undeclared dividends of $5,667 on the Company's Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2020.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020
Income Statement [Abstract]
Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears	$ 5,667	$ 5,667

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Additional Paid-in Capital	Retained Earnings/(Deficit)	8.25 % Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	8.25 % Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Preferred Stock	8.25 % Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Retained Earnings/(Deficit)	8.00 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	8.00 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Preferred Stock	8.00 % Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Retained Earnings/(Deficit)	8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Preferred Stock	8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Retained Earnings/(Deficit)
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		28,744,000
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 656,011	$ 287	$ 595,412	$ (100,902)		$ 49,921			$ 111,293
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)		3,953,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	66,063	$ 40	66,023
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation (in shares)		12,000
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	398		398
Dividends declared	(32,707)			(32,707)	$ (2,134)		$ (2,134)	$ (4,600)		$ (4,600)
Net Income/(Loss)	47,833			47,833
Ending Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019		32,709,000
Ending Balance at Jun. 30, 2019	730,864	$ 327	661,833	(92,510)		49,921			111,293
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019		32,703,000
Beginning Balance at Mar. 31, 2019	731,636	$ 327	661,561	(91,466)		49,921			111,293
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	99		99
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation (in shares)		6,000
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	173		173
Dividends declared	(16,355)			(16,355)	(1,067)		(1,067)	(2,300)		(2,300)
Net Income/(Loss)	18,678			18,678
Ending Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2019		32,709,000
Ending Balance at Jun. 30, 2019	730,864	$ 327	661,833	(92,510)		49,921			111,293
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019		32,742,000
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	849,046	$ 327	662,183	(85,921)		49,921			111,293			$ 111,243
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)		1,002,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	3,499	$ 10	3,489
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation (in shares)		81,000
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	456	$ 1	455
Dividends declared					$ (1,067)		$ (1,067)	$ (2,300)		$ (2,300)	$ (2,300)		$ (2,300)
Net Income/(Loss)	(481,956)			(481,956)
Ending Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020		33,825,000
Ending Balance at Jun. 30, 2020	365,378	$ 338	666,127	(573,544)		49,921			111,293			111,243
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020		32,749,000
Beginning Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	358,665	$ 327	662,486	(576,605)		49,921			111,293			111,243
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares)		1,002,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	3,499	$ 10	3,489
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation (in shares)		74,000
Grant of restricted stock and amortization of equity based compensation	153	$ 1	152
Net Income/(Loss)	3,061			3,061
Ending Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2020		33,825,000
Ending Balance at Jun. 30, 2020	$ 365,378	$ 338	$ 666,127	$ (573,544)		$ 49,921			$ 111,293			$ 111,243

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income/(loss)	$ (481,956)	$ 47,833
Net (income)/loss from discontinued operations	(361)	(2,227)
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations	(482,317)	50,060
Adjustments to reconcile net income/(loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Net amortization of premium/(discount)	(3,926)	(1,393)
Net realized (gain)/loss	242,752	48,093
Unrealized (gain)/loss on real estate securities and loans, net	204,265	(89,918)
Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative and other instruments, net	3,767	20,925
Foreign currency (gain)/loss, net	(1,493)	0
Equity based compensation to affiliate	163	199
Equity based compensation expense	293	199
(Income)/Loss from investments in debt and equity of affiliates in excess of distributions received	42,037	5,640
Change in operating assets/liabilities:
Other assets	6,442	(5,229)
Other liabilities	(10,416)	(6,208)
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities	1,567	22,368
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operating activities	(726)	(1,285)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	841	21,083
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Purchase of real estate securities	(29,599)	(707,330)
Purchase of residential mortgage loans	(481,470)	(25,996)
Origination of commercial loans	(6,729)	(13,473)
Purchase of commercial loans	(12,471)	(16,175)
Purchase of U.S. Treasury securities	0	(60,615)
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	(43,208)	(32,880)
Proceeds from sales of real estate securities	2,683,595	446,089
Proceeds from sales of residential mortgage loans	387,408	12,780
Proceeds from sales of commercial loans	34,200	0
Proceeds from sales of U.S. Treasury securities	0	60,498
Principal repayments on real estate securities	102,895	151,918
Principal repayments on excess MSRs	1,942	1,983
Principal repayments on commercial loans	0	10,471
Principal repayments on residential mortgage loans	37,390	7,743
Distributions received in excess of income from investments in debt and equity of affiliates	24,212	12,179
Net proceeds from (payments made on) reverse repurchase agreements	0	11,499
Net proceeds from (payments made on) sales of securities borrowed under reverse repurchase agreements	0	(11,478)
Net settlement of interest rate swaps and other instruments	(73,295)	(58,594)
Net settlement of TBAs	4,610	1,600
Cash flows provided by (used in) other investing activities	(1,056)	(710)
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities	2,628,424	(210,491)
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued investing activities	0	245
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	2,628,424	(210,246)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock	3,499	66,063
Borrowings under financing arrangements	12,701,999	20,785,055
Repayments of financing arrangements	(15,339,611)	(20,614,328)
Borrowings under secured debt	20,000	0
Proceeds from issuance of securitized debt	3,000	0
Principal repayments on securitized debt	(9,223)	0
Net collateral received from (paid to) derivative counterparty	0	(1,465)
Net collateral received from (paid to) repurchase counterparty	(44,413)	(113)
Dividends paid on common stock	(14,734)	(30,723)
Dividends paid on preferred stock	(5,667)	(6,734)
Net cash provided by continuing financing activities	(2,685,150)	197,755
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(2,685,150)	197,755
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(55,885)	8,592
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, Beginning of Period	125,369	84,358
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(250)	0
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, End of Period	69,234	92,950
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest on financing arrangements	38,778	49,651
Cash paid for excise and income taxes	1,010	1,407
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:
Payable on unsettled trades	0	23,944
Common stock dividends declared but not paid	0	16,355
Decrease in securitized debt	7,091	2,215
Transfer of real estate securities in satisfaction of repurchase agreements	345,066	0
Change in repurchase agreements from transfer of real estate securities	344,685	0
Transfer from residential mortgage loans to other assets	793	1,466
Transfer from investments in debt and equity of affiliates to CMBS	$ 11,769	$ 0

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 68,150	$ 60,097
Restricted cash	1,084	27,847
Restricted cash included assets held for sale - Single-family rental properties, net	0	5,006
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$ 69,234	$ 92,950

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Organization

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

Organization

AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Maryland on March 1, 2011. The Company is a hybrid mortgage REIT that opportunistically invests in a diversified risk adjusted portfolio of agency investments and credit investments. Historically, agency investments have included Agency RMBS and Agency Excess MSRs, and credit investments have included Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, loans, and Credit Excess MSRs, as defined below.

Residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS") include mortgage pass-through certificates or collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMOs") representing interests in or obligations backed by pools of residential mortgage loans issued or guaranteed by a U.S. government-sponsored entity such as Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (collectively, "GSEs"), or any agency of the U.S. Government such as Ginnie Mae (collectively, "Agency RMBS"). The principal and interest payments on Agency RMBS securities have an explicit guarantee by either an agency of the U.S. government or a U.S. government-sponsored entity.

Non-Agency RMBS represent fixed- and floating-rate RMBS issued by entities or organizations other than a GSE or agency of the U.S. government, or that are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages, including investment grade (AAA through BBB) and non-investment grade classes (BB and below). The mortgage loan collateral for Non-Agency RMBS consists of residential mortgage loans that do not generally conform to underwriting guidelines issued by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored entities or are non-U.S. mortgages. Non-Agency RMBS also includes securities issued by companies whose primary assets are land and real estate.

Asset Backed Securities ("ABS") are securitized investments for which the underlying assets are diverse, not only representing real estate related assets.

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities ("CMBS") represent investments of fixed- and floating-rate CMBS, including investment grade (AAA through BBB) and non-investment grade classes (BB and below), secured by, or evidencing an ownership interest in, a single commercial mortgage loan or a pool of commercial mortgage loans.

The Company’s Non-Agency RMBS, CMBS and ABS portfolios are generally not issued or guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency of the U.S. Government, or are collateralized by non-U.S. mortgages and are therefore subject to credit risk.

Collectively, the Company refers to Agency RMBS, Non-Agency RMBS, ABS and CMBS asset types as "real estate securities" or "securities."

Residential mortgage loans refer to performing, re-performing and non-performing loans secured by a first lien mortgage on residential mortgaged property located in any of the 50 states of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Commercial loans are secured by an interest in commercial real estate and represent a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates. The Company refers to its residential and commercial mortgage loans as "mortgage loans" or "loans."

Excess MSRs refer to the excess servicing spread related to mortgage servicing rights, whose underlying collateral is securitized in a trust either held by a U.S. government agency or GSE ("Agency Excess MSR") or not held by a U.S. government agency or GSE ("Credit Excess MSR").

Prior to December 31, 2019, the Company conducted its business through the following segments; (i) Securities and Loans and (ii) Single-Family Rental Properties. On November 15, 2019, the Company sold its portfolio of single-family rental properties ("SFR portfolio") to a third party and no longer separated its business into segments. The sale of the Company's SFR portfolio has met the criteria for discontinued operations. Accordingly, for all current and prior periods presented, the related assets and liabilities are presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the consolidated balance sheets and the related operating results are presented as income/(loss) from discontinued operations on the consolidated statement of operations. See Note 14 for further details.

The Company is externally managed by AG REIT Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Manager"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. ("Angelo Gordon"), a privately-held, SEC-registered investment

adviser, pursuant to a management agreement. The Manager, pursuant to a delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under the management agreement.

The Company conducts its operations to qualify and be taxed as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

COVID-19 Impact

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") a pandemic. On March 13, 2020, the U.S. declared a national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, and several states and municipalities have subsequently declared public health emergencies. These conditions have caused, and continue to cause, a significant disruption in the U.S. and world economies. To slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries, including the U.S., have implemented social distancing measures, which have substantially prohibited large gatherings, including at sporting events, religious services and schools. Further, many regions, including the majority of U.S. states, have implemented additional measures, such as shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders. Many businesses have moved to a remote working environment, temporarily suspended operations, laid off a significant percentage of their workforce and/or shut down completely. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic and certain of the actions taken to reduce its spread have resulted in lost business revenue, rapid and significant increases in unemployment, changes in consumer behavior and significant reductions in liquidity and the fair value of many assets, including those in which the Company invests. Although many of the government restrictions are in the process of being relaxed, these conditions, or some level thereof, are expected to continue over the near term and may prevail throughout 2020.

Beginning in mid-March, the global pandemic associated with COVID-19 and related economic conditions caused financial and mortgage-related asset markets to come under extreme duress, resulting in credit spread widening, a sharp decrease in interest rates and unprecedented illiquidity in repurchase agreement financing and mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") markets. The illiquidity was exacerbated by inadequate demand for MBS among primary dealers due to balance sheet constraints. These events, in turn, resulted in declines in the value of our assets and margin calls from our repurchase agreement financing counterparties. In order to satisfy the margin calls, the Company sold a significant portion of its investments resulting in a material adverse impact on book value, earnings and financial position. The Company's book value decreased from $17.61 at December 31, 2019 to $2.75 at June 30, 2020.

In an effort to manage the Company's portfolio through this unprecedented turmoil in the financial markets and improve liquidity, the Company executed the following measures during the six months ended June 30, 2020:

•The Company reduced its investment portfolio from $4.0 billion at December 31, 2019 to $652.3 million at June 30, 2020 through sales, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures.

•The Company terminated its entire portfolio of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, recognizing net realized losses of $(65.4) million.

•The Company reduced its outstanding financing arrangements from $3.2 billion at December 31, 2019 to $251.1 million at June 30, 2020, resulting in a decline of its overall leverage ratio from 4.1x to 1.3x.

The full impact of COVID-19 on the mortgage REIT industry, the credit markets and consequently on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations is uncertain and cannot be predicted at the current time as it depends on several factors beyond the control of the Company including, but not limited to (i) the uncertainty around the severity, duration and spread of the outbreak, (ii) the effectiveness of the United States public health response, (iii) the pandemic’s impact on the U.S. and global economies, (iv) the timing, scope and effectiveness of additional governmental responses to the pandemic, including the availability of a treatment or vaccination for COVID-19, (v) the impact of government interventions, and (vi) the negative impact on our borrowers, asset values and cost of capital.

In March 2020, the Company's Manager transitioned to a fully remote work force, to protect the safety and well-being of the Company's personnel. The Company's Manager’s prior investments in technology, business continuity planning and cyber-security protocols have enabled us to continue working with limited operational impact.

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Summary of significant accounting policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of significant accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included for the interim period and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year's consolidated financial statements to conform to the three months ended June 30, 2020 presentation, primarily in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and all related notes in which prior periods have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the classification of the operations of the Company's SFR portfolio to discontinued operations.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company continues to conduct extensive going concern analyses as a result of market volatility from the COVID-19 pandemic. A going concern analysis has a look-forward period of one year from the financial statement issuance date. The Company expects its current cash resources, operating cash flows, positive equity on its remaining assets, and its ability to obtain financing will be sufficient to sustain operations for a period greater than one year after the issuance of the date of this report. Management believes that the Company will have sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations, as they become due, for the next twelve months. To the extent that actual available cash differs materially from the current cash flow forecast, management has the ability to consider certain asset sales to increase the amount of available cash.

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve as state and local governments adopt a number of emergency measures and recommendations in response to the outbreak, including imposing travel bans, "shelter in place" restrictions, curfews, canceling events, banning large gatherings, closing non-essential businesses and generally promoting social distancing. Although certain states and localities have recently begun easing some of these new measures and providing recommendations regarding recommencing economic activity, renewed outbreaks of COVID-19 may continue to occur and result in additional or different policy action at the federal, state and local level in the near future. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting emergency measures has led (and may continue to lead) to significant disruptions in the global supply chain, global capital markets, the economy of the U.S. and the economies of other countries impacted by COVID-19. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate adverse impact of COVID-19 on economic and market conditions. The Company believes the estimates and assumptions underlying our condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of June 30, 2020; however, uncertainty over the ultimate impact COVID-19 will have on the global economy generally, and our business in particular, makes any estimates and assumptions as of June 30, 2020 inherently less certain than they would be absent the current and potential impacts of COVID-19. Accordingly, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could be different than anticipated in those estimates, which could materially impact the Company’s results of operations and its financial condition and therefore the going concern analysis.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is comprised of cash on deposit with financial institutions. The Company classifies highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents includes cash invested in money market funds. As of June 30, 2020, the Company held $68.2 million of cash and cash equivalents, none of which were cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2019, the Company held $81.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $53.2 million were cash equivalents. The Company places its cash with high credit quality institutions to reduce credit risk exposure. Cash pledged to the Company as collateral is unrestricted in use and, accordingly, is included as a component of "Cash and cash equivalents" on the consolidated balance sheets. Any cash held by the Company as collateral is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from financing activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Due to broker, which is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets, does not include variation margin received on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail. Any cash due to the Company in the form of principal payments is included in the "Other assets" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from operating activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Restricted cash

Restricted cash includes cash pledged as collateral for clearing and executing trades, derivatives, and financing arrangements. Prior to the disposition of the Company's SFR portfolio, restricted cash also included cash deposited into accounts related to rent deposits and collections, security deposits, property taxes, insurance premiums, interest expenses, property management fees and capital expenditures. Restricted cash is not available to the Company for general corporate purposes. Restricted cash may be returned to the Company when the related collateral requirements are exceeded or at the maturity of the derivative or financing arrangement. Restricted cash is carried at cost, which approximates fair value. Restricted cash does not include variation margin pledged on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail.

Offering costs

The Company has incurred offering costs in connection with common stock offerings, registration statements and preferred stock offerings. Where applicable, the offering costs were paid out of the proceeds of the respective offerings. Offering costs in connection with common stock offerings and costs in connection with registration statements have been accounted for as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. Offering costs in connection with preferred stock offerings have been accounted for as a reduction of their respective gross proceeds.

Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates. See Note 1 under "COVID-19 Impact" for more detail.

Earnings/(Loss) per share

In accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 260, "Earnings per Share," the Company calculates basic income/(loss) per share by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders for the period by weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted average number of shares outstanding. In periods in which the Company records a loss, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation, as their effect on loss per share is anti-dilutive. See Note 9 for aggregate amounts of arrearages in cumulative preferred dividends and Note 12 for further detail on the Company’s common and preferred stock.

Valuation of financial instruments

The fair value of the financial instruments that the Company records at fair value is determined by the Manager, subject to oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors, and in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." When possible, the Company determines fair value using independent data sources. ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.

The three levels of the hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below: 

•Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

•Level 2 – Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others.

•Level 3 – Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

Transfers between levels are assumed to occur at the beginning of the reporting period.

At the beginning of the first quarter of 2020, the Manager completed a data collection and analysis effort, which supported an update to its Leveling policy under ASC 820. Among the data collected and analyzed were: (i) reports from TRACE, FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine, that reports over-the-counter secondary market transactions in eligible fixed income securities, (ii) information from pricing vendors regarding valuation approaches and observability of market color, (iii) data points collected from discussions with industry sources, including peer firms and audit firms, and (iv) its own data from back testing vendor pricing against its own trades. After analyzing this data, the Manager concluded that there was sufficient observability of market inputs used by its third-party pricing services for certain RMBS and CMBS positions previously categorized as Level 3 to meet the criteria for a Level 2 classification.

The Company considered whether the volatile market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic would have an impact on its Leveling policy under ASC 820, as amended on January 1, 2020. Based on due diligence, there have been no significant changes in any of the pricing services’ fair value methodologies or processes as a result of COVID-19. Additionally, despite increased price volatility and widening of bid-ask spreads, the Company does not believe the pricing services’ ability to determine fair values was adversely impacted. As a result, the Company concluded there was no migration from Level 2 to Level 3 as a result of COVID-19.

Accounting for real estate securities

Investments in real estate securities are recorded in accordance with ASC 320-10, "Investments – Debt and Equity Securities," ASC 325-40, "Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets," or ASC 310-30, "Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality." The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825, "Financial Instruments" for its real estate securities portfolio. Real estate securities are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and the periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." Real estate securities acquired through securitizations are shown in the line item "Purchase of real estate securities" on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Purchases and sales of real estate securities are recorded on the trade date.

These investments meet the requirements to be classified as available for sale under ASC 320-10-25 which requires the securities to be carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity. Electing the fair value option allows the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations, which, in management’s view, more appropriately reflects the results of operations for a particular reporting period as all securities activities will be recorded in a similar manner. The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to securities for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25.

When the Company purchases securities with evidence of credit deterioration since origination, it will analyze the securities to determine if the guidance found in ASC 310-30 is applicable.

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company accounted for its securities under ASC 310 and ASC 325 and evaluated securities for other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a security was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a real estate security was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the security was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

When a real estate security was impaired, an OTTI was considered to have occurred if (i) the Company intended to sell the security (i.e., a decision has been made as of the reporting date) or (ii) it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If the Company intended to sell the security or if it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the real estate security before recovery of its amortized cost basis,

the entire amount of the impairment loss, if any, was recognized in earnings as a realized loss and the cost basis of the security was adjusted to its fair value. Additionally, for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 an OTTI was deemed to have occurred when there was an adverse change in the expected cash flows to be received and the fair value of the security was less than its carrying amount. In determining whether an adverse change in cash flows occurred, the present value of the remaining cash flows, as estimated at the initial transaction date (or the last date previously revised), was compared to the present value of the expected cash flows at the current reporting date. The estimated cash flows reflected those a "market participant" would use and included observations of current information and events, and assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of potential credit losses. Cash flows were discounted at a rate equal to the current yield used to accrete interest income. Any resulting OTTI adjustments were reflected in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

The determination as to whether an OTTI existed was subjective, given that such determination was based on information available at the time of assessment as well as the Company’s estimate of the future performance and cash flow projections for the individual security. As a result, the timing and amount of an OTTI constituted an accounting estimate that could change materially over time. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a security on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such security subsequently improved.

Sales of securities are driven by the Manager’s portfolio management process. The Manager seeks to mitigate risks including those associated with prepayments, defaults, severities, amongst others and will opportunistically rotate the portfolio into securities with more favorable attributes. Strategies may also be employed to manage net capital gains, which need to be distributed for tax purposes.

Realized gains or losses on sales of securities, loans and derivatives are included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The cost of positions sold is calculated using a first in, first out ("FIFO") basis. Realized gains and losses are recorded in earnings at the time of disposition.

Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans

Investments in mortgage loans are recorded in accordance with ASC 310-10, "Receivables." At purchase, the Company may aggregate its mortgage loans into pools based on common risk characteristics. Once a pool of loans is assembled, its composition is maintained. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its mortgage loan portfolio. Loans are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to loans for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25. Purchases and sales of mortgage loans are recorded on the settlement date, concurrent with the completion of due diligence and the removal of any contingencies. Prior to the settlement date, the Company will include commitments to purchase loans within the Commitments and Contingencies footnote to the financial statements.

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the loans utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of both interest and principal on its loans to determine whether they are impaired. A loan or pool of loans is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms. Income recognition is suspended for loans at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90-days past due or when, in the opinion of the Manager, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan or pool of loans is in doubt, all payments are applied to principal under the cost recovery method. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan is not in doubt, contractual interest is recorded as interest income when received, under the cash basis method until an accrual is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed. A loan is written off when it is no longer realizable and/or legally discharged.

When the Company purchases mortgage loans with evidence of credit deterioration since origination and it determines that it is probable it will not collect all contractual cash flows on those loans, it will apply the guidance found in ASC 310-30. Mortgage loans that are delinquent 60 or more days are considered non-performing.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for loans accounted for under ASC 310-30. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If based on the most current information and events it is probable that there is a

significant increase in cash flows previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life. The Company will adjust the amount of accretable yield by reclassification from the nonaccretable difference. The adjustment is accounted for as a change in estimate in conformity with ASC 250, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections" with the amount of periodic accretion adjusted over the remaining life of the loan. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a loan on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such loan subsequently improved.

As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previous standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The Company’s unconsolidated ownership interests in affiliates are accounted for using the equity method. A majority of the Company’s investments held through affiliated entities are comprised of real estate securities, Excess MSRs, loans, and certain derivatives. These types of investments may also be held directly by the Company. These entities have chosen to make a fair value election on their financial instruments and certain financing arrangements pursuant to ASC 825; as such, the Company will treat these financial instruments and financing arrangements consistently with this election.

On December 9, 2015, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, through AG Arc LLC, one of the Company’s indirect subsidiaries ("AG Arc"), formed Arc Home LLC ("Arc Home"). In June 2016, Arc Home closed on the acquisition of a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and Ginnie Mae seller/servicer of residential mortgages. Through this subsidiary, Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM, and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election with respect to its investment in AG Arc pursuant to ASC 825.

On August 29, 2017, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed Mortgage Acquisition Holding I LLC ("MATH") to conduct a residential mortgage investment strategy. MATH in turn sponsored the formation of an entity called Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC ("MATT") to purchase predominantly "Non-QM" loans, which are residential mortgage loans that are not deemed "qualified mortgage," or "QM," loans under the rules of the CFPB. Non-QM loans are not eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae. MATT has made an election to be treated as a real estate investment trust beginning with the 2018 tax year.

On April 3, 2020, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, restructured its financing arrangements in MATT ("Restructured Financing Arrangement"). The Restructured Financing Arrangement requires all principal and interest on the underlying assets in MATT be used to pay down principal and interest on the outstanding financing arrangement. As of April 3, 2020, the Restructured Financing Arrangement is no longer a mark-to-market facility with respect to margin calls and is non-recourse to the Company. The Restructured Financing Arrangement provides for a termination date of October 1, 2021. At the earlier of the termination date or the securitization or sale by the Company of the remaining assets subject to the Restructured Financing Arrangement, the financing counterparty (which is a non-affiliate) will be entitled to 35% of the remaining equity in the assets. The Company evaluated this restructuring and concluded it was an extinguishment of debt. MATT has chosen to make a fair value election on this financing arrangement, and the Company will treat this arrangement consistently with this election.

On May 15, 2019 and November 14, 2019, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed LOT SP I LLC and LOT SP II LLC, respectively, (collectively, "LOTS"). LOTS were formed to originate first mortgage loans to third party land developers and home builders for the acquisition and horizontal development of land ("Land Related Financing").

During Q3 2018, the Company transferred certain of its CMBS from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries accounted for as an equity method investment to a consolidated entity. The Company executed this transfer in order to obtain financing on these real estate securities. As a result, there was a reclassification of these assets from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company has also shown this reclassification as a non-cash transfer from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on its consolidated statements of cash flows.

The below table reconciles the fair value of investments to the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheet (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Assets		Liabilities		Equity
Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans, at fair value (1)(2)	$	307,130	$	(217,856)	$	89,274	$	373,126	$	(257,068)	$	116,058
AG Arc, at fair value	28,030		—		28,030		28,546		—		28,546
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	9,276		(3,651)		5,625		12,953		(1,246)		11,707
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$	344,436	$	(221,507)	$	122,929	$	414,625	$	(258,314)	$	156,311

(1)Certain loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Within Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans is $243.7 million and $254.3 million of fair value of Non-QM loans held in MATT at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Additionally, there is $23.8 million and $17.0 million of fair value of Land Related Financing held in LOTS at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The Company’s investments in debt and equity of affiliates are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item and periodic changes in fair value are recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates." Capital contributions, distributions and profits and losses of such entities are allocated in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreements.

Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights

The Company has acquired the right to receive the excess servicing spread related to Excess MSRs. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for Excess MSRs. Excess MSRs are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net."

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the related Excess MSRs utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of interest of its Excess MSRs to determine whether they are impaired.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for Excess MSRs. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If there is a significant increase in expected cash flows over what was previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the Excess MSR’s yield over its remaining life. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on an Excess MSR on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such Excess MSR subsequently improved.

As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities, loans and Excess MSRs measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Investment consolidation and transfers of financial assets

For each investment made, the Company evaluates the underlying entity that issued the securities acquired or to which the Company makes a loan to determine the appropriate accounting. A similar analysis is performed for each entity with which the Company enters into an agreement for management, servicing or related services. In performing the analysis, the Company refers to guidance in ASC 810-10, "Consolidation." In situations where the Company is the transferor of financial assets, the Company refers to the guidance in ASC 860-10 "Transfers and Servicing."

In variable interest entities ("VIEs"), an entity is subject to consolidation under ASC 810-10 if the equity investors either do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, are unable to direct the entity’s activities or are not exposed to the entity’s losses or entitled to its residual returns. VIEs within the scope of ASC 810-10 are required to be consolidated by their primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is determined to be the party that has both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This determination can sometimes involve complex and subjective analyses. Further, ASC 810-10 also requires ongoing assessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. In accordance with ASC 810-10, all transferees, including variable interest entities, must be evaluated for consolidation. If the Company determines that consolidation is not required, it will then assess whether the transfer of the underlying assets would qualify as a sale, should be accounted for as secured financings under GAAP, or should be accounted for as an equity method investment, depending on the circumstances. See Note 3 and Note 4 for more detail.

A Special Purpose Entity ("SPE") is an entity designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it. SPEs are often used to facilitate transactions that involve securitizing financial assets or resecuritizing previously securitized financial assets. The objective of such transactions may include obtaining non-recourse financing, obtaining liquidity or refinancing the underlying securitized financial assets on improved terms. Securitization involves transferring assets to an SPE to convert all or a portion of those assets into cash before they would have been realized in the normal course of business through the SPE’s issuance of debt or equity instruments. Investors in an SPE usually have recourse only to the assets in the SPE and depending on the overall structure of the transaction, may benefit from various forms of credit enhancement, such as over-collateralization in the form of excess assets in the SPE, priority with respect to receipt of cash flows relative to holders of other debt or equity instruments issued by the SPE, or a line of credit or other form of liquidity agreement that is designed with the objective of ensuring that investors receive principal and/or interest cash flow on the investment in accordance with the terms of their investment agreement.

The Company entered into a resecuritization transaction in 2014 (the "December 2014 VIE") which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying assets in connection with the resecuritization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this resecuritization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing, based on the Company’s involvement in the December 2014 VIE, including the design and purpose of the SPE, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the December 2014 VIE. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the December 2014 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a realized gain of $2.1 million. See Note 3 below for more detail.

The Company transferred certain of its CMBS in Q3 2018 from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries into a newly formed wholly owned entity so the Company could obtain financing on these real estate securities (the "August 2018 VIE"). The Company evaluated whether this newly formed entity was a VIE and, whether it should be consolidated. The Company determined that the August 2018 VIE should be consolidated by the Company based on the Company’s 100% equity ownership in the August 2018 VIE (despite a profit participation interest held by an unaffiliated third party in the August 2018 VIE), the Company's involvement in the August 2018 VIE, including the design and purpose of the entity, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the August 2018 VIE. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the August 2018 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a loss of $8.3 million. See Note 3 below as well as the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" section above for more detail.

The Company entered into a securitization transaction of certain of its re-performing residential mortgage loans in Q3 2019, which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying

assets in connection with the securitization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this securitization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. Based on its evaluation, the Company concluded that the VIE should be consolidated and, as a result, transferred assets of the VIE were determined to be secured borrowings. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. See Note 4 below for more detail.

From time to time the Company purchases residual positions where it consolidates the securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

The Company may periodically enter into transactions in which it transfers assets to a third party. Upon a transfer of financial assets, the Company will sometimes retain or acquire senior or subordinated interests in the related assets. Pursuant to ASC 860-10, a determination must be made as to whether a transferor has surrendered control over transferred financial assets. That determination must consider the transferor’s continuing involvement in the transferred financial asset, including all arrangements or agreements made contemporaneously with, or in contemplation of, the transfer, even if they were not entered into at the time of the transfer. The financial components approach under ASC 860-10 limits the circumstances in which a financial asset, or portion of a financial asset, should be derecognized when the transferor has not transferred the entire original financial asset to an entity that is not consolidated with the transferor in the financial statements being presented and/or when the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial asset. It defines the term "participating interest" to establish specific conditions for reporting a transfer of a portion of a financial asset as a sale.

Under ASC 860-10, after a transfer of financial assets that meets the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint and transferred control—an entity recognizes the financial and servicing assets it acquired or retained and the liabilities it has incurred, derecognizes financial assets it has sold and derecognizes liabilities when extinguished. The transferor would then determine the gain or loss on sale of financial assets by allocating the carrying value of the underlying mortgage between securities or loans sold and the interests retained based on their fair values. The gain or loss on sale is the difference between the cash proceeds from the sale and the amount allocated to the securities or loans sold. When a transfer of financial assets does not qualify for sale accounting, ASC 860-10 requires the transfer to be accounted for as a secured borrowing with a pledge of collateral.

From time to time, the Company may securitize mortgage loans it holds if such financing is available. These transactions will be recorded in accordance with ASC 860-10 and will be accounted for as either a "sale" and the loans will be removed from the consolidated balance sheets or as a "financing" and will be classified as "residential mortgage loans" on the consolidated balance sheets, depending upon the structure of the securitization transaction. ASC 860-10 is a standard that may require the Company to exercise significant judgment in determining whether a transaction should be recorded as a "sale" or a "financing."

Interest income recognition

Interest income on the Company’s real estate securities portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such securities. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2, "Imputation of Interest," using the effective interest method for all securities accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). As such, premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted into interest income over the lives of the securities in accordance with ASC 310-20, "Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs," ASC 320-10 or ASC 325-40, as applicable. Total interest income is recorded in the "Interest income" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

On at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 320-10 and ASC 310-20 (generally Agency RMBS, exclusive of interest-only securities), prepayments of the underlying collateral must be estimated, which directly affect the speed at which the Company amortizes premiums on its securities. If actual and anticipated cash flows differ from previous estimates, the Company records an adjustment in the current period to the amortization of premiums for the impact of the cumulative change in the effective yield through the reporting date.

Similarly, the Company also reassesses the cash flows on at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 (generally Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, interest-only securities and Excess MSRs). In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions made that are uncertain and subject to judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors and contingencies. These include the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts (including assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations), the pass-through or coupon rate and interest rate fluctuations. In addition, interest payment shortfalls due to delinquencies on the underlying mortgage loans have to be

estimated. Differences between previously estimated cash flows and current actual and anticipated cash flows are recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the yield over the remaining life of the security based on the current amortized cost of the investment as adjusted for credit impairment, if any.

Interest income on the Company’s loan portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such loans. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2 using the effective interest method for all loans accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). Any amortization is reflected as an adjustment to interest income in the consolidated statement of operations.

For security and loan investments purchased with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, the Company will apply the provisions of ASC 310-30. For purposes of income recognition, the Company may aggregate loans that have common risk characteristics into pools and uses a composite interest rate and expectation of cash flows expected to be collected for the pool. ASC 310-30 addresses accounting for differences between contractual cash flows and cash flows expected to be collected from an investor’s initial investment in loans or debt securities (loans) acquired in a transfer if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. ASC 310-30 limits the yield that may be accreted (accretable yield) to the excess of the investor’s estimate of undiscounted expected principal, interest and other cash flows (cash flows expected at acquisition to be collected) over the investor’s initial investment in the loan. ASC 310-30 requires that the excess of contractual cash flows over cash flows expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference) not be recognized as an adjustment of yield, loss accrual or valuation allowance. Subsequent changes in cash flows expected to be collected generally should be recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life.

Financing arrangements

The Company finances the acquisition of certain assets within its portfolio through the use of financing arrangements. Financing arrangements include repurchase agreements and financing facilities. The Company's financing facilities include revolving facilities. Repurchase agreements and financing facilities are treated as collateralized financing transactions and carried at their contractual amounts, including accrued interest, as specified in the respective agreements. The carrying amount of the Company’s repurchase agreements and revolving facilities approximates fair value.

The Company pledges certain securities, loans or properties as collateral under financing arrangements with financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The amounts available to be borrowed under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities are dependent upon the fair value of the securities, or loans pledged as collateral, which can fluctuate with changes in interest rates, type of security and liquidity conditions within the banking, mortgage finance and real estate industries. In response to declines in fair value of assets pledged under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities, lenders may require the Company to post additional collateral or pay down borrowings to re-establish agreed upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had met all margin call requirements. 

On March 20, 2020, the Company notified its financing counterparties that it did not expect to be in a position to fund the anticipated volume of future margin calls under its financing arrangements in the near term as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 23, 2020, the Company has received notifications of alleged events of default and deficiency notices from several of its financing counterparties. Subject to the terms of the applicable financing arrangement, if the Company fails to deliver additional collateral or otherwise meet margin calls when due, the financing counterparties may be able to demand immediate payment by the Company of the aggregate outstanding financing obligations owed to such counterparties, and if such financing obligations are not paid, may be permitted to sell the financed assets and apply the proceeds to the Company's financing obligations and/or take ownership of the assets securing the Company's financing obligations. During this period of market upheaval, the Company engaged in discussions with its financing counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements pursuant to which each counterparty would agree to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies with respect to an event of default under the applicable financing arrangement for an agreed-upon period. On April 10, 2020, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement for an initial 15 day period, on April 27, 2020, a second forbearance agreement for an extended period ending on June 1, 2020, and a third forbearance agreement on June 1, 2020 for an additional period ending June 15, 2020 (collectively, the "Forbearance Agreement") with certain of its financing counterparties (the "Participating Counterparties"). Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to forbear from exercising any of their rights and remedies in respect of events of default and any and all other defaults under the applicable financing arrangement with the Company for the duration of the forbearance period specified in the Forbearance Agreement (the "Forbearance Period").

On June 10, 2020, the Company and the Participating Counterparties entered into a Reinstatement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under its financing agreements with the Company (each, a “Bilateral Agreement”) and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as it may be amended by agreement between the Participating Counterparty and the Company. As a result of the termination of the Forbearance Agreement and entry into the Reinstatement Agreement, default interest on the Company’s outstanding borrowings under each Bilateral Agreements has ceased to accrue as of June 10, 2020 and the interest rate was the non-default rate of interest or pricing rate, as set forth in the applicable Bilateral Agreements, all cash margin has been applied to outstanding balances owed by the Company, and the DTC repo tracker coding for each Bilateral Agreement has been reinstated, thereby allowing principal and interest payments on the underlying collateral to flow to and be used by the Company, just as it was before the prior forbearance agreements were put in place. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Reinstatement Agreement, the security interests granted to Participating Counterparties as additional collateral under the various forbearance agreements have been terminated and released. The Company also agreed to pay the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel and other professional advisors for the Participating Counterparties and the collateral agent. Additionally, the Reinstatement Agreement provided a set of financial covenants that override and replace the financial covenants in each Bilateral Agreement and sets forth various reporting requirements from the Company to the Participating Counterparties, releases, certain netting obligations and cross-default provisions. In connection with the negotiation and execution of the Reinstatement Agreement, the Company entered into certain amendments to the Bilateral Agreements with certain of the Participating Counterparties to reflect current market terms. In general, the amendments reflect increased haircuts and higher coupons.

On June 10, 2020, the Company also entered a separate reinstatement agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank (the “JPM Reinstatement Agreement”) on substantially the same terms as those set forth in the Reinstatement Agreement. The Reinstatement Agreement and the JPM Reinstatement Agreement collectively cover all of the Company’s existing financing arrangements as of the date of this report.

Refer to Note 13 for more information on outstanding deficiencies.

Dividends on Preferred Stock

Holders of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at a rate of 8.25%, 8.00% and 8.000% per annum, respectively, of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference for each series. On and after September 17, 2024, dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accumulate at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 6.476% per annum. If the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare a dividend in a given period, an accrual is not recorded on the balance sheet. However, undeclared preferred stock dividends are reflected in earnings per share as discussed in ASC 260-10-45-11. Preferred stock dividends that are not declared accumulate and are added to the liquidation preference as of the scheduled payment date for the respective series of the preferred stock. The undeclared and unpaid dividends on the Company’s preferred stock accrue without interest, and if dividends on the Company's preferred stock are in arrears, the Company cannot pay cash dividends with respect to its Common Stock. See Note 9 for aggregate amounts of arrearages in cumulative preferred dividends and Note 12 for further detail on the Company’s Preferred Stock.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The guidance replaces the existing “incurred loss” model with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. It requires entities to record credit allowances for available-for-sale debt securities rather than reduce the carrying amount, as it currently is under the other-than temporary impairment model. The new guidance also simplifies the accounting model for purchased credit-impaired debt securities and loans. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previously existing standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance had an impact on the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. See the "Accounting for real estate securities," "Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans," "Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights," and "Interest income recognition" sections above for more detail.

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Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Real Estate Securities

Real Estate Securities

The following tables detail the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) stated in the tables below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses). 

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	63,228	$	(16,880)	$	46,348	$	3,736	$	(4,593)	$	45,491	4.95	%	8.43	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only (2)	183,667		(183,590)		77		301		(52)		326		0.59	%	NM
Total Non-Agency:	246,895		(200,470)		46,425		4,037		(4,645)		45,817		2.40	%	8.43	%
CMBS	121,193		(17,692)		103,501		1,584		(22,664)		82,421		4.06	%	5.63	%
CMBS Interest Only	687,447		(683,134)		4,313		87		(167)		4,233		0.10	%	7.02	%
Total CMBS:	808,640		(700,826)		107,814		1,671		(22,831)		86,654		0.63	%	5.70	%
Total Credit Investments:	$	1,055,535	$	(901,296)	$	154,239	$	5,708	$	(27,476)	$	132,471	0.89	%	6.64	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

(2)Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only includes only two investments. The overall impact of the investments' yields on the Company's portfolio is immaterial.

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	2,125,067	$	59,123	$	2,184,190	$	57,404	$	(296)	$	2,241,298	3.73	%	3.17	%
Interest Only	476,192		(403,248)		72,944		2,330		(1,133)		74,141		3.93	%	5.87	%
Total Agency RMBS:	2,601,259		(344,125)		2,257,134		59,734		(1,429)		2,315,439		3.77	%	3.26	%
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	769,254		(107,848)		661,406		55,343		(353)		716,396		4.84	%	6.28	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	209,362		(207,948)		1,414		—		(340)		1,074		0.77	%	5.96	%
Total Non-Agency:	978,616		(315,796)		662,820		55,343		(693)		717,470		4.40	%	6.28	%
CMBS	485,713		(134,596)		351,117		18,720		(906)		368,931		4.91	%	7.28	%
CMBS Interest Only	3,427,025		(3,382,273)		44,752		3,486		(246)		47,992		0.24	%	6.68	%
Total CMBS:	3,912,738		(3,516,869)		395,869		22,206		(1,152)		416,923		0.60	%	7.21	%
Total Credit Investments:	4,891,354		(3,832,665)		1,058,689		77,549		(1,845)		1,134,393		1.31	%	6.62	%
Total	$	7,492,613	$	(4,176,790)	$	3,315,823	$	137,283	$	(3,274)	$	3,449,832	2.20	%	4.37	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated securities for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a security was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a real estate security was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the security was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $8.7 million on its securities, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded $8.7 million of OTTI due to an adverse change in cash flows on certain securities where the fair values of the securities were less

than their carrying amounts. Of the $8.7 million of OTTI recorded, $0.9 million related to securities where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $11.1 million on its securities, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded $11.1 million of OTTI due to an adverse change in cash flows on certain securities where the fair values of the securities were less than their carrying amounts. Of the $11.1 million of OTTI recorded, $1.2 million related to securities where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

As of December 31, 2019, the unrealized losses on the remaining real estate securities were solely due to market conditions and not the credit quality of the assets. The investments in any remaining unrealized loss positions were not considered other than temporarily impaired because the Company had the ability and intent to hold the investments to maturity or for a period of time sufficient for a forecasted market price recovery up to or beyond the cost of the investments and the Company was not required to sell the investments for regulatory or other reasons.

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	21,836	$	29,004	1.55	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	43,984		56,366		0.64	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	29,651		31,077		0.53	%
Greater than ten years	37,000		37,792		4.32	%
Total	$	132,471	$	154,239	0.89	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities broken out by Agency RMBS and Credit Investments as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Agency RMBS						Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	—	$	—	—	%	$	82,474	$	82,273	0.56	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	313,855		302,520		4.01	%	525,192		508,038		1.29	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	2,001,584		1,954,614		3.71	%	296,665		263,300		1.06	%
Greater than ten years	—		—		—		230,062		205,078		5.46	%
Total	$	2,315,439	$	2,257,134	3.77	%	$	1,134,393	$	1,058,689	1.31	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures, 87 securities for total proceeds of $234.5 million, recording realized gains of $9.3 million and realized losses of $45.6 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold, directly or as a result of financing counterparty seizures, 316 securities for total proceeds of $2.7 billion, recording realized gains of $53.2 million and realized losses of $175.8 million.

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 15 securities for total proceeds of $233.1 million, recording realized gains of $3.8 million and realized losses of $0.1 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 46 securities for total proceeds of $446.1 million, recording realized gains of $8.1 million and realized losses of $2.3 million.

See Notes 4 and 8 for amounts realized on sales of loans and the settlement of certain derivatives, respectively.

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE and August 2018 VIE as further described in Note 2 as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands). As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in these VIEs.

	December 31, 2019
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Non-Agency	$	13,838
CMBS	94,500
Other assets	808
Total assets	$	109,146
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value	7,230
Other liabilities	3,553
Total liabilities	$	81,495

The holders of the consolidated tranche of the December 2014 VIE, shown within the Non-Agency line item above, have no recourse to the general credit of the Company and the Company has no obligation to provide any other explicit or implicit support to the December 2014 VIE. Except for restricted cash, shown within the Other assets line item above, assets held by the August 2018 VIE are not restricted and can be used to settle any obligations of the Company. The liabilities of the August 2018 VIE are recourse to the Company and can be satisfied with assets of the Company.

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

					Weighted Average
	Current Face		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
Consolidated tranche (2)	$	7,204	$	7,230	3.46	%	4.11	%	1.96
Retained tranche	7,851		6,608		5.37	%	18.14	%	7.64
Total resecuritized asset (3)	$	15,055	$	13,838	4.46	%	10.81	%	4.92

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)As of December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $7.2 million on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

(3)As of December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the total resecuritized asset is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as "Non-Agency."

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Loans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Receivables [Abstract]

Loans

Loans

Residential mortgage loans

In January 2020, the Company purchased a residential mortgage loan portfolio with a gross aggregate unpaid principal balance and a gross acquisition fair value of $481.7 million and $450.3 million, respectively.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 2,357 loans for total proceeds of $382.8 million, recording realized gains of $1.4 million and realized losses of $55.5 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 2,358 loans for total proceeds of $391.5 million, recording realized gains of $1.4 million and realized losses of $58.6 million.

For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 78 loans for total proceeds of $12.7 million, recording realized gains of $1.0 million and realized losses of $0.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 79 loans for total proceeds of $12.8 million, recording realized gains of $1.0 million and realized losses of $0.2 million.

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its residential mortgage loan portfolio. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net" line item. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) stated in the tables below represents inception to date unrealized gains/(losses).

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
As of	Unpaid  Principal Balance		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	$	471,458	$	(65,122)	$	406,336	$	829	$	(27,343)	$	379,822	3.52	%	5.25	%	6.45
December 31, 2019	464,041		(55,219)		408,822		9,065		(102)		417,785		4.09	%	5.72	%	7.36

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of residential mortgage loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance
Re-Performing	$	292,102	$	348,003	$	330,234	$	357,678
Non-Performing	78,251		101,375		87,551		106,363
Other (1)	9,469		22,080		—		—
	$	379,822	$	471,458	$	417,785	$	464,041

(1)Represents residual positions where the Company consolidates a securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated loans for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a loan was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a loan was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the loan was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

No OTTI was recorded for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 on the Company’s residential mortgage loans.

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had residential mortgage loans with a fair value of $33.7 million and $35.6 million, respectively, that were in the process of foreclosure, excluding any loans classified as Other above.

The Company’s mortgage loan portfolio consisted of mortgage loans on residential real estate located throughout the United States. The following is a summary of the geographic concentration of credit risk within the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, excluding any loans classified as Other above:

Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Percentage of fair value of mortgage loans secured by properties in the following states representing 5% or more of fair value:
California	18	%	19	%
Florida	10	%	11	%
New York	9	%	9	%
New Jersey	6	%	6	%

The Company records interest income on an effective interest basis. The accretable discount is determined by the excess of the

Company’s estimate of undiscounted principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected over its initial investment

in the mortgage loan. The following is a summary of the changes in the accretable portion of discounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Beginning Balance	$	263,111	$	99,504	$	168,877	$	79,610
Additions	—		505		129,017		20,236
Accretion	(8,037)		(3,438)		(16,465)		(6,701)
Reclassifications from/(to) non-accretable difference	1,335		(2,245)		(24,677)		1,604
Disposals	(118,248)		(4,811)		(118,591)		(5,234)
Ending Balance	$	138,161	$	89,515	$	138,161	$	89,515

As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio was comprised of 3,239 conventional loans with individual original loan balances between $5.6 thousand and $3.4 million, excluding loans classified as Other above.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio was comprised of 3,413 conventional loans with individual original loan balances between $3.8 thousand and $3.4 million.

The Company entered into a securitization transaction of certain of its residential mortgage loans in August 2019 (the "August 2019 VIE"). The Company concluded that the SPE created to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and also determined that the August 2019 VIE should be consolidated by the Company. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing, based on the Company’s involvement in the August 2019 VIE, including the design and purpose of the SPE, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the August 2019 VIE.

Upon consolidation, the Company elected the fair value option for the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE in order to avoid an accounting mismatch between its assets and its liabilities and to more accurately represent the economics of its interest in the entity. Electing the fair value option allows the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company applied the guidance under ASU 2014-13, "Measuring the Financial Assets and the Financial Liabilities of a Consolidated Collateralized Financing Entity," whereby the Company determines whether the fair value of the assets or liabilities of the August 2019 VIE is more observable as a basis for measuring the less observable financial instruments. The Company has determined that the fair value of the liabilities of the August 2019 VIE are more observable since the prices for these liabilities are more easily determined as similar instruments trade more frequently on a relative basis than the individual assets of the VIE.

The following table details certain information related to the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value	$	223,119	$	255,171
Other assets	766		898
Total assets	$	223,885	$	256,069
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	9,392	$	24,584
Securitized debt, at fair value	198,974		217,118
Other liabilities	534		596
Total liabilities	$	208,900	$	242,298

The following table details additional information regarding loans and securitized debt related to the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

						Weighted Average
As of:		Current Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	Residential mortgage loans (2)	$	254,936	$	223,119	3.51	%	4.81	%	6.85
	Securitized debt (3)	213,233		198,974		2.95	%	2.95	%	5.19
December 31, 2019	Residential mortgage loans (2)	263,956		255,171		3.96	%	5.11	%	7.66
	Securitized debt (3)	217,455		217,118		2.92	%	2.86	%	5.00

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)This represents all loans contributed to the August 2019 VIE.

(3)As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $199.0 million and $217.1 million, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

The holders of the securitized debt have no recourse to the general credit of the Company. The Company has no obligation to provide any other explicit or implicit support to the August 2019 VIE.

Commercial loans

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its commercial loan portfolio. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net" line item. The gross unrealized gains/(losses) columns in the tables below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses).

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 1 commercial loan for total proceeds of $34.2 million, recording realized losses of $1.7 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company did not sell any commercial loans.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands). 

											Weighted Average
Loan  (1)(2)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value (3)		Coupon (4)		Yield (5)		Life  (Years) (6)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (7)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (8)(9)	$	56,710	$	—	$	56,710	$	(4,225)	$	52,485	5.27	%	5.27	%	1.55	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan I (10)	15,212		(211)		15,001		(789)		14,212		11.50	%	12.26	%	1.80	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (8)	6,291		—		6,291		(4,051)		2,240		5.65	%	5.65	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (11)	12,673		—		12,673		(1,100)		11,573		10.00	%	11.22	%	1.27	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (11)	51,000		(344)		50,656		(3,481)		47,175		5.40	%	5.66	%	4.12	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	141,886	$	(555)	$	141,331	$	(13,646)	$	127,685	6.42	%	6.74	%	2.50

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Refer to Note 13 "Commitments and Contingencies" for details on the Company's commitments on its Commercial Loans as of June 30, 2020.

(3)Pricing is reflective of marks on unfunded commitments.

(4)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(5)Yield includes any exit fees.

(6)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(7)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(8)Loan G and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(9)Loan G matured on July 9, 2020. Discussions are ongoing between the borrower and the lenders related to the extension of the loan. However, there can be no guaranty that an agreement will be reached with respect to any such discussions.

(10)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(11)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

											Weighted Average
Loan (1)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross  Unrealized Gains		Fair Value		Coupon (2)		Yield (3)		Life  (Years) (4)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (5)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (6)	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	6.46	%	6.46	%	0.53	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan H (6)	36,000		—		36,000		—		36,000		5.49	%	5.49	%	0.19	March 9, 2019	June 9, 2020	AZ	Office
Loan I (7)	11,992		(184)		11,808		184		11,992		12.21	%	14.51	%	1.04	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (6)	4,674		—		4,674		—		4,674		6.36	%	6.36	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (8)	9,164		—		9,164		—		9,164		10.71	%	11.86	%	1.72	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (8)	51,000		(502)		50,498		502		51,000		6.16	%	6.50	%	4.63	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	158,686	$	(686)	$	158,000	$	686	$	158,686	6.82	%	7.17	%	1.92

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(3)Yield includes any exit fees.

(4)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(5)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(6)Loan G, Loan H, and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(7)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(8)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded $163.6 thousand and $129.9 thousand of discount accretion on its commercial loans, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a de minimis amount of discount accretion on its commercial loans.

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Excess MSRs

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Abstract]

Excess MSRs

Excess MSRs

The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its Excess MSR portfolio.  Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in current period earnings in the "Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net" line item.  The gross unrealized gains/(losses) columns below represent inception to date unrealized gains/(losses). 

The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,327,265	$	17,619	$	8	$	(5,435)	$	12,192	4.68	%	6.41
Credit Excess MSRs	31,508		172		—		(70)		102		23.60	%	7.29
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,358,773	$	17,791	$	8	$	(5,505)	$	12,294	4.84	%	6.42

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,910,735	$	19,570	$	93	$	(2,031)	$	17,632	8.32	%	5.58
Credit Excess MSRs	34,753		178		2		(37)		143		21.38	%	5.25
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,945,488	$	19,748	$	95	$	(2,068)	$	17,775	8.42	%	5.58

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

As described in Note 2, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company evaluated Excess MSRs for OTTI on at least a quarterly basis. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $1.6 million on its Excess MSRs, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. Of the $1.6 million of OTTI recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2019, $0.4 million was related to Excess MSRs where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized an OTTI charge of $2.2 million on its Excess MSRs, which is included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. Of the $2.2 million of OTTI recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2019, $0.5 million was related to Excess MSRs where OTTI was not recognized in a prior year.

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Fair value measurements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair value measurements

Fair value measurements

As described in Note 2, the fair value of financial instruments that are recorded at fair value is determined by the Manager, subject to oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors, and in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." When possible, the Company determines fair value using independent data sources. ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. 

Values for the Company’s securities, Excess MSRs, securitized debt of the December 2014 VIE, derivatives and U.S. Treasury securities are based upon prices obtained from third party pricing services, which are indicative of market activity. The fair value of the Company’s obligation to return securities borrowed under reverse repurchase agreements is based upon the value of the underlying borrowed U.S. Treasury securities as of the reporting date. The evaluation methodology of the Company’s third-party pricing services incorporates commonly used market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to various indices such as the one-year constant maturity treasury and LIBOR, which are observable inputs. The evaluation also considers the underlying characteristics of each investment, which are also observable inputs, including: coupon; maturity date; loan age; reset date; collateral type; periodic and life cap; geography; and prepayment speeds. The Company collects and considers current market intelligence on all major markets, including benchmark security evaluations and bid-lists from various sources, when available. As part of the Company’s risk management process, the Company reviews and analyzes all prices obtained by comparing prices to recently completed transactions involving the same or similar investments on or near the reporting date. If, in the opinion of the Manager, one or more prices reported to the Company are not reliable or unavailable, the Manager reviews the fair value based on characteristics of the investment it receives from the issuer and available market information.

In valuing its derivatives, the Company considers the creditworthiness of both the Company and its counterparties, along with collateral provisions contained in each derivative agreement, from the perspective of both the Company and its counterparties. All of the Company’s derivatives are either subject to bilateral collateral arrangements or clearing in accordance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Dodd Frank Act"). For swaps cleared under the Dodd Frank Act, a Central Counterparty Clearing House ("CCCH") now stands between the Company and the over-the-counter derivative counterparties. In order to access clearing, the Company has entered into clearing agreements with Futures Commissions Merchants ("FCMs").

The daily exchange of variation margin associated with a CCCH centrally cleared derivative instrument is legally characterized as the daily settlement of the derivative instrument itself. Accordingly, the Company accounts for the daily receipt or payment of variation margin associated with its centrally cleared interest rate swaps and futures as a direct reduction to the carrying value of the interest rate swap and future derivative asset or liability, respectively. The carrying amount of centrally cleared

interest rate swaps and futures reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets is equal to the unsettled fair value of such instruments. See Note 8 for more information.

In determining the fair value of the Company's mortgage loans and securitized debt relating to the August 2019 VIE, the Company considers data such as loan origination information, additional updated borrower information, loan servicing data, as available, forward interest rates, general economic conditions, home price index forecasts and valuations of the underlying properties. The variables considered most significant to the determination of the fair value of the Company's mortgage loans include market-implied discount rates, projections of default rates, delinquency rates, prepayment rates and loss severity (considering mortgage insurance). Projections of default and prepayment rates are impacted by other variables such as reperformance rates and timeline to liquidation. The Company uses loan level data and macro-economic inputs to generate loss adjusted cash flows and other information in determining the fair value of its mortgage loans. Because of the inherent uncertainty of such valuation, the fair values established for mortgage loans held by the Company may differ from the fair values that would have been established if a ready market existed for these mortgage loans.

The Manager may also engage specialized third party valuation service providers to assess and corroborate the valuation of a selection of investments in the Company’s loan portfolio and the Company's investment in Arc Home on a periodic basis. These specialized third party valuation service providers conduct independent valuation analyses based on a review of source documents, available market data, and comparable investments. The analyses provided by valuation service providers are reviewed and considered by the Manager.

TBA instruments are similar in form to the Company’s Agency RMBS portfolio, and the Company therefore estimates fair value based on similar methods.

Cash equivalents include investments in money market funds that invest primarily in short-term U.S. Treasury and Agency securities. These cash equivalent instruments are valued at their market quoted prices, which generally approximate cost plus accrued interest.

Refer to Note 2 for more information on changes regarding the Company's leveling policy.

The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

	Fair Value at June 30, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	—	$	40,995	$	4,496	$	45,491
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		326		—		326
CMBS	—		82,421		—		82,421
CMBS Interest Only	—		4,233		—		4,233
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		379,822		379,822
Commercial loans	—		—		127,685		127,685
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		12,294		12,294
Derivative assets	84		—		—		84
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,030		28,030
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	84	$	127,975	$	552,327	$	680,386
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents, if applicable, and AG Arc.

The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Fair value at December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	—	$	2,241,298	$	—	$	2,241,298
Interest Only	—		74,141		—		74,141
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	—		86,281		630,115		716,396
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		—		1,074		1,074
CMBS	—		2,365		366,566		368,931
CMBS Interest Only	—		—		47,992		47,992
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		417,785		417,785
Commercial loans	—		—		158,686		158,686
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		17,775		17,775
Cash equivalents (1)	53,243		—		—		53,243
Derivative assets	—		2,282		—		2,282
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,546		28,546
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	53,243	$	2,406,367	$	1,668,539	$	4,128,149
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	(151,933)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,348)
Derivative liabilities	(122)		(289)		—		(411)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	(122)	$	(152,222)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,759)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents and AG Arc.

The Company did not have any transfers of assets or liabilities between Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

Refer to the tables below for details on transfers between the Level 3 and Level 2 categories under ASC 820. Transfers into the Level 3 category of the fair value hierarchy occur due to instruments exhibiting indications of reduced levels of market transparency. Transfers out of the Level 3 category of the fair value hierarchy occur due to instruments exhibiting indications of increased levels of market transparency and updates to the Company's leveling policy, which are detailed in Note 2. Indications of increases or decreases in levels of market transparency include a change in observable transactions or executable quotes involving these instruments or similar instruments. Changes in these indications could impact price transparency, and thereby cause a change in level designations in future periods.

The following tables present additional information about the Company’s assets and liabilities which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	5,533	$	766,960	$	158,051	$	14,066	$	18,519	$	(191,346)
Purchases/Transfers	—		—		7,759		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets	(68)		(378,729)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(1,159)		(14,716)		—		—		—		3,517
Total net gains/(losses) (1)
Included in net income	190		6,307		(3,925)		(1,772)		9,511		(8,145)
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (2)	$	4	$	60,434	$	(2,134)	$	(1,780)	$	9,511	$	(8,145)

(1) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,302
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,917)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(55,730)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	2,166
(2) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,304
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,925)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	57,890

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	506,103	$	2,501	$	20,199	$	212,904	$	49,397	$	202,047	$	110,223	$	24,301	$	23,775	$	(10,515)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	24,194		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	61,496		—		819		23,656		—		6,250		8,132		—		—		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(14,606)		—		—		(14,097)		(1,714)		(12,704)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(22,573)		—		(634)		(7,570)		—		(4,152)		—		—		—		1,898
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	6,531		(667)		187		5,332		(847)		8,529		(350)		(3,408)		(5,058)		(13)
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	5,108	$	(386)	$	187	$	5,329	$	(772)	$	7,847	$	(350)	$	(1,803)	$	(5,058)	$	(13)

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 3 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	18,332
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,421)
Net realized gain/(loss)	383
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,236
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	16,963
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(1,816)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,089

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	630,115	$	1,074	$	366,566	$	47,992	$	417,785	$	158,686	$	17,775	$	28,546	$	(72,415)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(151,933)
Transfers out of level 3	(210,709)		(1,074)		(170,816)		(22,054)		—		—		—		—		7,230
Purchases/Transfers	1,559		—		3,540		—		479,195		19,200		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets and seizures of assets	(362,199)		—		(148,111)		(21,996)		(387,408)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(10,869)		—		(9,367)		—		(37,390)		—		—		—		9,223
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	(43,401)		—		(41,812)		(3,942)		(92,360)		(16,001)		(5,481)		(516)		11,921
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (3)	$	(550)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(35,221)	$	(14,210)	$	(5,481)	$	(516)	$	11,921

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 50 Non-Agency RMBS securities, 2 Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only securities, 32 CMBS securities, 15 CMBS Interest Only securities and 1 securitized debt security into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 1 securitized debt security into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. Refer to Note 2 for more information on changes regarding the Company's leveling policy.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(87,515)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Net realized gain/(loss)	(110,001)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(191,592)
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(49,981)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(44,057)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	491,554	$	3,099	$	21,160	$	211,054	$	50,331	$	186,096	$	98,574	$	26,650	$	20,360	$	(10,858)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	55,174		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Transfers out of level 3	(61,531)		—		—		(5,279)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	140,562		—		1,158		43,445		—		25,995		29,648		—		—		—
Capital Contributions	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		6,689		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(49,242)		—		(1,283)		(20,165)		(1,714)		(12,780)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(27,873)		—		(1,183)		(22,934)		—		(8,189)		(10,417)		—		—		2,215
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	12,501		(1,265)		719		14,104		(1,781)		8,848		200		(5,757)		(8,332)		13
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	10,087	$	(984)	$	654	$	10,733	$	(1,706)	$	7,992	$	200	$	(3,539)	$	(8,332)	$	13

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 7 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category and 6 Non-Agency RMBS and 2 CMBS securities into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	29,745
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(5,744)
Net realized gain/(loss)	3,581
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	19,250
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	26,976
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,526)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	15,118

The following tables present a summary of quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of investments for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value.

Asset Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	6.50% - 8.29% (8.00%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	3,204	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.82% - 5.95% (5.84%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	3.70% - 5.74% (5.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-3.70% - 19.66% (0.17%)
	$	1,292	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	86.99 - 86.99 (86.99)
				Yield	5.50% - 10.00% (6.67%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	370,353	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.94% - 10.10% (8.16%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 5.39% (3.01%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-9.12% - 59.16% (23.43%)
	$	9,469	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	13.93 - 103.20 (79.57)
				Yield	8.04% - 17.60% (10.89%)
Commercial Loans	$	127,685	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	738 bps - 1,586 bps (995 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights			Discounted Cash Flow	Yield	8.50% - 11.81% (9.26%)
	$	12,192		Projected Collateral Prepayments	11.27% - 16.93% (14.06%)
	$	102	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.00 - 0.32 (0.32)
AG Arc	$	28,030	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	3.50% - 7.00% (4.20%)
Securitized debt	$	(198,974)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	8.87% - 8.87% (8.87%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.41% - 2.41% (2.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	23.34% - 23.34% (23.34%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of June 30, 2020.

Asset Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	1.71% - 100.00% (5.99%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	625,537	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 100.00% (14.60%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 100.00% (2.93%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 100.00% (21.37%)
	$	4,578	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
				Yield	27.50% - 27.50% (27.50%)
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	$	1,074	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	18.00% - 18.00% (18.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.00% - 2.00% (2.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	35.00% - 35.00% (35.00%)
				Yield	0.00% - 13.89% (6.33%)
CMBS	$	366,566	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	-2.57% - 9.86% (4.19%)
CMBS Interest Only	$	47,992	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	99.00% - 100.00% (99.93%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	4.00% - 8.25% (4.81%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	364,107	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	4.81% - 9.04% (7.78%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	1.64% - 4.94% (2.36%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-7.32% - 36.91% (23.15%)
	$	53,678	Recent Transaction	Cost	N/A
				Yield	6.16% - 10.76% (6.86%)
Commercial Loans	$	60,164	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	440 bps - 900 bps (510 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
	$	98,522	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights				Yield	8.50% - 11.60% (9.20%)
	$	17,633	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	9.35% - 16.90% (12.36%)
	$	142	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.01 - 0.40 (0.40)
AG Arc	$	28,546	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	2.98% - 4.70% (3.54%)
Securitized debt	$	(72,415)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	10.00% - 10.04% (10.04%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 3.50% (2.19%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	20.13% - 45.00% (22.61%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of December 31, 2019.

As further described above, fair values for the Company’s securities portfolio are based upon prices obtained from third-party pricing services. Broker quotations may also be used. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s securities are prepayment rates, probability of default, and loss severity in the event of default. Significant increases (decreases) in any of those inputs in isolation would result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumption used for the probability of default is accompanied by a directionally similar change in the assumption used for the loss severity and a directionally opposite change in the assumption used for prepayment rates.

Also, as described above, valuation of the Company’s loan portfolio is determined by the Manager using third-party pricing services where available, specialized third party valuation service providers, or model-based pricing. The evaluation considers the underlying characteristics of each loan, which are observable inputs, including: coupon, maturity date, loan age, reset date, collateral type, periodic and life cap, geography, and prepayment speeds. These valuations also require significant judgments, which include assumptions regarding capitalization rates, re-performance rates, leasing, creditworthiness of major tenants, occupancy rates, availability of financing, exit plan, loan sponsorship, actions of other lenders and other factors deemed

necessary by management. Changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of our investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the valuations currently estimated. If applicable, analyses provided by valuation service providers are reviewed and considered by the Manager.

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Financing arrangements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Financing arrangements

Financing arrangements

The following table presents a summary of the Company's financing arrangements as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966
Revolving facilities (1)	62,812		111,502
Financing arrangements, net	$	251,098	$	3,233,468

(1)Increasing the Company's borrowing capacity under the Company's revolving facilities requires consent of the lenders.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company completed the sale of its 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities and sold additional assets in an effort to satisfy outstanding financial obligations, to weather the economic and market instability and to reduce its exposure to various financing counterparties.

In March 2020, the Company began engaging in discussions with its financing counterparties with regard to entering into forbearance agreements pursuant to which each participating counterparty would agree to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies with respect to an event of default under the applicable financing arrangement for an agreed-upon period. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the Participating Counterparties agreed to forbear from exercising any of their rights and remedies in respect of events of default and any and all other defaults under the applicable financing arrangement with the Company for the duration of the Forbearance Period.

As of March 31, 2020, the Company had received notifications from several of its financing counterparties of alleged events of default under their repurchase agreements, and of those counterparties' intentions to accelerate the Company's performance obligations under the relevant agreements due to the Company's inability to meet certain margin calls as a result of market disruptions created by the COVID-19 pandemic. As discussed above, until a formal agreement was reached, the Company negotiated with its financing counterparties regarding the lenders' forbearance from exercising their rights and remedies under their applicable repurchase agreements. While as of March 31, 2020 certain lenders had accelerated the Company's obligations under their applicable repurchase agreements, upon execution of the Reinstatement Agreement, the terms of the Bilateral Agreements were reinstated, including the maturity dates of the repurchase agreements.

As described above, on June 10, 2020, the Company and the Participating Counterparties entered into a Reinstatement Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to terminate the Forbearance Agreement and each Participating Counterparty agreed to permanently waive all existing and prior events of default under its financing agreements with the Company and to reinstate each Bilateral Agreement, as it may be amended by agreement between the Participating Counterparty and the Company. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had met all margin calls related to its repurchase agreements. Refer to Note 13 for more information on outstanding deficiencies. For additional information related to the Forbearance Agreement and the Reinstatement Agreement, see Note 2 under "Financing Arrangements."

Repurchase agreements

A vast majority of the Company's financing arrangements have historically been effectuated through repurchase agreements. The Company pledges certain real estate securities and loans as collateral under repurchase agreements with financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. Repurchase agreements involve the sale and a simultaneous agreement to repurchase the transferred assets or similar assets at a future date. The amount borrowed generally is equal to the fair value of the assets pledged less an agreed-upon discount, referred to as a "haircut." The Company calculates haircuts disclosed in the tables below by dividing the equity on each borrowing by the current fair value of each investment. Repurchase agreements are accounted for as financings and require the repurchase of the transferred assets at the end of each agreement’s term, typically 30 to 90 days. The carrying amount of the Company’s repurchase agreements approximates fair value due to their short-term maturities or floating rate coupons. If the Company maintains the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, it receives the related principal and interest payments. If the Company does not maintain the beneficial interest in the specific assets pledged during the term of the borrowing, it will

have the related principal and interest payments remitted to it by the lender. Interest rates on these borrowings are fixed based on prevailing rates corresponding to the terms of the borrowings, and interest is paid at the termination of the borrowing at which time the Company may enter into a new borrowing arrangement at prevailing market rates with the same counterparty or repay that counterparty and negotiate financing with a different counterparty. If the fair value of pledged assets declines due to changes in market conditions or the publishing of monthly security paydown factors, lenders typically would require the Company to post additional securities as collateral, pay down borrowings or establish cash margin accounts with the counterparties in order to re-establish the agreed-upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls. The fair value of financial instruments pledged as collateral on the Company’s repurchase agreements disclosed in the tables below represent the Company’s fair value of such instruments which may differ from the fair value assigned to the collateral by its counterparties. The Company maintains a level of liquidity in order to meet these obligations. Under the terms of the Company’s master repurchase agreements, the counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral. If the fair value of pledged assets increases due to changes in market conditions, counterparties may be required to return collateral to us in the form of securities or cash or post additional collateral to us.

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	55,658	3.43	%	46.9	%	$	107,533	$	125,911	$	570
61-90 days	1,704		4.50	%	35.0	%	2,674		2,553		2
Total / Weighted Average	$	57,362	3.46	%	46.5	%	$	110,207	$	128,464	$	572

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	1,550,508	2.33	%	9.0	%	$	1,728,837	$	1,660,649	$	5,402
31-60 days	1,362,121		2.13	%	7.0	%	1,501,850		1,453,257		5,191
61-90 days	71,753		2.99	%	23.5	%	93,957		92,901		245
Greater than 180 days	2,973		3.79	%	23.7	%	4,039		3,690		3
Total / Weighted Average	$	2,987,355	2.25	%	8.5	%	$	3,328,683	$	3,210,497	$	10,841

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
61-90 days	$	9,392	4.65	%	4.65	%	61.2	%	$	24,206	$	23,441	$	766
Greater than 180 days	118,072		3.68	%	4.10	%	19.4	%	147,110		164,348		477
Total / Weighted Average	$	127,464	3.76	%	4.14	%	22.4	%	$	171,316	$	187,789	$	1,243

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
31-60 days	$	24,584	3.14	%	3.14	%	33.7	%	$	37,546	$	25,192	$	377
Greater than 180 days	107,010		3.61	%	3.80	%	19.3	%	133,678		135,409		443
Total / Weighted Average	$	131,594	3.53	%	3.68	%	22.0	%	$	171,224	$	160,601	$	820

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,460	4.75	%	6.00	%	36.4	%	$	5,441	$	6,291	$	30

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,017	4.46	%	5.89	%	35.4	%	$	4,674	$	4,674	$	26

Although repurchase agreements are committed borrowings until maturity, the lender retains the right to mark the underlying collateral to fair value. A reduction in the value of pledged assets resulting from changes in market conditions or factor changes would require the Company to provide additional collateral or cash to fund margin calls. See Note 8 for details on collateral posted/received against certain derivatives. As of June 30, 2020, the Company pledged cash of $1.0 million as collateral for clearing trades. The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s posting of collateral under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,231,933
Non-Agency RMBS	36,913		682,828
CMBS	73,294		413,922
Residential Mortgage Loans	171,316		171,224
Commercial Loans	5,441		4,674
Cash pledged (i.e., restricted cash) under repurchase agreements	48		11,565
Total collateral pledged under repurchase agreements	$	287,012	$	3,516,146

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had no investments posted to it under repurchase agreements. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had fair value of $1.1 million of U.S. Treasury Securities posted to it under repurchase agreements.

The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s total borrowings under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements secured by investments:
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,109,278
Non-Agency RMBS	20,498		565,450
CMBS	36,864		312,627
Residential Mortgage Loans	127,464		131,594
Commercial Loans	3,460		3,017
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966

The following table presents both gross information and net information about repurchase agreements eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Liabilities Presented in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments Posted		Cash Collateral Posted		Net Amount
June 30, 2020	$	188,286	$	—	$	188,286	$	188,286	$	—	$	—
December 31, 2019	3,121,966		—		3,121,966		3,121,966		—		—

Revolving facilities

The following table presents information regarding the Company's revolving facilities, excluding facilities within investments in debt and equity of affiliates, as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

			June 30, 2020										December 31, 2019
Facility (1)(2)(3)	Investment	Maturity Date	Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral		Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity		Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral
Revolving facility B	Residential mortgage loans	June 28, 2021	—	%	—	%	$	—	$	—	$	—	3.80	%	3.80	%	$	21,546	$	27,476
Revolving facility C	Commercial loans	August 10, 2023	2.33	%	2.68	%	62,812		99,660		100,000		3.85	%	4.01	%	89,956		132,856
Total revolving facilities							$	62,812	$	99,660	$	100,000					$	111,502	$	160,332

(1)All revolving facilities listed above are interest only until maturity.

(2)Under the terms of the Company’s financing agreements, the Company's financial counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral.

(3)Increasing the Company's borrowing capacity under this facility requires consent of the lender.

In June 2018, AG MIT WFB1 2014 LLC ("AG MIT WFB1"), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into Amendments Seven and Eight of the Master Repurchase Agreement and Securities Contract (as amended, the "WFB1 Repurchase Agreement" or "Revolving facility B") with Wells Fargo to finance the ownership and acquisition of certain pools of residential mortgage loans. In July 2019, AG MIT WFB1 entered into the Third Amended and Restated Fee and Pricing Letter, which provides for a funding period ending June 26, 2020 and a facility termination date of June 28, 2021. During the second quarter of 2020, Revolving facility B was paid off.

In August 2018, AG MIT CREL II, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement with JP Morgan (the "JPM Repurchase Agreement" or "Revolving facility C") to finance certain commercial loans. The JPM Repurchase Agreement contains representations, warranties, covenants, including financial covenants, events of default and indemnities that are customary for agreements of this type.

Financing arrangements

The Company continues to take steps to manage and de-lever its portfolio. Through asset sales and related repurchase financing paydowns and pay-offs, the Company has reduced its exposure to various counterparties, bringing the total number of counterparties with debt outstanding down from 30 as of December 31, 2019 to 6 as of June 30, 2020.

The following table presents information at June 30, 2020 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch	$	50,756	24	13.9	%
Barclays Bank PLC	28,966		329	7.9	%

The following table presents information at December 31, 2019 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	77,334	277	9.1	%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	50,263		22	5.9	%

The Company’s financing arrangements generally include customary representations, warranties, and covenants, but may also contain more restrictive supplemental terms and conditions. Although specific to each financing arrangement, typical supplemental terms include requirements of minimum equity, leverage ratios, performance triggers or other financial ratios.

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Other assets and liabilities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Other assets and liabilities

Other assets and liabilities

The following table details certain information related to the Company's "Other assets" and "Other liabilities" line items on its consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Other assets
Interest receivable	$	2,815	$	13,548
Derivative assets, at fair value	84		2,282
Other assets	4,149		4,378
Due from broker	4,115		1,697
Total Other assets	$	11,163	$	21,905
Other liabilities
Interest payable	$	810	$	10,941
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	—		411
Accrued expenses	2,734		6,175
Deficiencies payable (1)	2,200		—
Taxes payable	—		815
Due to broker	2,702		1,107
Total Other liabilities	$	8,446	$	19,449

(1)Refer to Note 13 for more information.

Derivative assets and liabilities

The Company’s derivatives may include interest rate swaps ("swaps"), TBAs, and swaption contracts. They may also include Eurodollar Futures, U.S. Treasury Futures, British Pound Futures, and Euro Futures (collectively, "Futures"). Derivatives have not been designated as hedging instruments. The Company uses these derivatives and may also utilize other instruments to manage interest rate risk, including long and short positions in U.S. Treasury securities. The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to manage foreign currency risk and to protect the value or to fix the amount of certain investments or cash flows in terms of U.S. dollars.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, in an effort to prudently manage its portfolio through unprecedented market volatility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and preserve long-term stockholder value, the Company sold its 30 Year Fixed Rate Agency securities, its most interest rate sensitive assets.

The following table presents the fair value of the Company's derivatives and other instruments and their balance sheet location at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

Derivatives and Other Instruments (1)	Designation	Balance Sheet  Location	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other assets	$	—	$	199
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other liabilities	—		(411)
Payer Swaptions	Non-Hedge	Other assets	—		2,083
Short positions on British Pound Futures	Non-Hedge	Other assets	84		—

(1)As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not apply a fair value reduction on its assets or liabilities related to variation margin. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a fair value reduction of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)The Company did not hold any interest rate swap assets or liabilities as of June 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. 

The following table summarizes information related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

Notional amount of non-hedge derivatives and other instruments:	Notional Currency	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements	USD	$	—	$	1,848,750
Payer Swaptions	USD	350,000		650,000
Short positions on British Pound Futures (1)	GBP	3,250		6,563
Short positions on Euro Futures (2)	EUR	—		1,500

(1)Each British Pound Future contract embodies £62,500 of notional value.

(2)Each Euro Future contract embodies €125,000 of notional value.

The following table summarizes gains/(losses) related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net
Interest Rate Swaps	$	—	$	(9,102)	$	(11,588)	$	(19,764)
Eurodollar Futures	—		(266)		—		768
Swaptions	(5)		(256)		(697)		(774)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		1		—		(144)
British Pound Futures	239		—		186		—
Euro Futures	(28)		—		20		—
TBAs	(392)		(452)		—		441
U.S. Treasuries	—		—		—		82
	(186)		(10,075)		(12,079)		(19,391)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)
Interest Rate Swaps	—		(23,538)		(65,368)		(41,080)
Eurodollar Futures	—		11		—		(1,229)
Swaptions	—		(227)		(1,386)		(861)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		302		—		371
British Pound Futures	(150)		—		514		—
Euro Futures	66		—		68		—
TBAs	392		1,957		4,610		1,601
U.S. Treasuries	—		(176)		—		(249)
	308		(21,671)		(61,562)		(41,447)
Total income/(loss)	$	122	$	(31,746)	$	(73,641)	$	(60,838)

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative and other instruments eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands): 

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets
British Pound Futures	$	84	$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	84

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative instruments eligible for offset in the

consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description (1)	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets (2)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,980	$	—	$	1,980	$	—	$	1	$	1,979
Interest Rate Swaptions	2,083		—		2,083		—		—		2,083
Total Derivative Assets	$	4,063	$	—	$	4,063	$	—	$	1	$	4,062
Derivative Liabilities (3)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976
Total Derivative Liabilities	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976

(1)The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)Included in Other assets on the consolidated balance sheet is $4.1 million less accrued interest of $(1.8) million for a total of $2.3 million.

(3)Included in Other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet is $1.0 million less accrued interest of $(1.4) million for a total of $(0.4) million.

The Company must post cash or securities as collateral on its derivative instruments when their fair value declines. This typically occurs when prevailing market rates change adversely, with the severity of the change also dependent on the term of the derivatives involved. The posting of collateral is generally bilateral, meaning that if the fair value of the Company’s derivatives increases, its counterparty will post collateral to it. As of December 31, 2019, the Company pledged real estate securities with a fair value of $3.0 million and cash of $32.1 million as collateral against certain derivatives. Of the $32.1 million of cash pledged as collateral against certain derivatives, $8.5 million represents amounts related to variation margin. The Company’s counterparties posted a de minimis amount of cash as collateral against certain derivatives.

Interest rate swaps

To help mitigate exposure to increases in interest rates, the Company may use currently-paying and forward-starting, one- or three-month LIBOR-indexed, pay-fixed, receive-variable, interest rate swap agreements. This arrangement hedges the Company's exposure to higher interest rates because the variable-rate payments received on the swap agreements largely offset additional interest accruing on the related borrowings due to the higher interest rate, leaving the fixed-rate payments to be paid on the swap agreements as the Company’s effective borrowing rate, subject to certain adjustments including changes in spreads between variable rates on the swap agreements and actual borrowing rates.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold its interest rate sensitive assets. As a result, the Company did not hold any interest rate swap positions as of June 30, 2020.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s interest rate swap positions consisted of pay-fixed interest rate swaps. The following table presents information about the Company’s interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

Maturity	Notional Amount		Weighted Average Pay-Fixed Rate		Weighted Average Receive-Variable Rate		Weighted Average Years to Maturity
2020	$	105,000	1.54	%	1.91	%	0.20
2022	743,000		1.64	%	1.91	%	2.68
2023	5,750		3.19	%	1.91	%	3.85
2024	650,000		1.52	%	1.90	%	4.80
2026	180,000		1.50	%	1.89	%	6.70
2029	165,000		1.77	%	1.94	%	9.85
Total/Wtd Avg	$	1,848,750	1.60	%	1.91	%	4.32

TBAs

The Company did not hold any TBA positions for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The following tables present information about the Company’s TBAs for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

						For the Three Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	125,000	$	737,500	$	(737,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	—	$	(100,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

						For the Six Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2020	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	728,000	$	(728,000)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	1,394,500	$	(1,269,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	185,000	$	(285,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

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Earnings per share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per share

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period that participate in the Company’s common dividends. Diluted EPS takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted average number of shares outstanding.

As of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company’s unvested restricted stock units were as follows 20.0 thousand and 40.0 thousand, respectively.

Restricted stock units granted to the manager do not entitle the participant the rights of a shareholder of the Company’s common stock, such as dividend and voting rights, until shares are issued in settlement of the vested units. The restricted stock

units are not considered to be participating shares. The dilutive effects of the restricted stock units are only included in diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.  

The following table presents a reconciliation of the earnings and shares used in calculating basic and diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Numerator:
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	$	2,700	$	19,871	$	(482,317)	$	50,060
Dividends on preferred stock	5,667		3,367		11,334		6,734
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations available to common stockholders	$	(2,967)	$	16,504	$	(493,651)	$	43,326
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(1,193)		361		(2,227)
Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders	$	(2,606)	$	15,311	$	(493,290)	$	41,099
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,709		32,804		31,636
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (1)	—		28		—		28
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,737		32,804		31,664
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30

(1) Manager restricted stock units of 16.4 thousand and 17.3 thousand were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because its effect would be anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

On March 27, 2020, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a suspension of the Company's quarterly dividends on its common stock, 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the common stock dividend that normally would have been declared in March 2020 and the preferred stock dividend that would have been declared in May 2020, in order to conserve capital and improve its liquidity position during the market volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on current conditions for the Company, the Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Company did not declare or accrue quarterly dividends on its Common or Preferred Stock during the three months ended June 30, 2020. If the Company’s Board of Directors does not declare a dividend in a given period, an accrual is not recorded on the balance sheet. However, undeclared preferred stock dividends are reflected in earnings per share as discussed in ASC 260-10-45-11. Pursuant to their terms, all unpaid dividends on the Company’s preferred stock accrue without interest, and if dividends on the Company's preferred stock are in arrears, the Company cannot pay cash dividends with respect to its Common Stock. Refer to Note 12 for more information on the Company's common and preferred stock. Refer to "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Book value per share" for a discussion of the treatment of accumulated, unpaid, or undeclared preferred dividends on the Company's book value.

The following table details the aggregate and per-share amounts of arrearages in cumulative, unpaid, and undeclared preferred dividends as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share data):

Class of Stock	Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears		Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears
8.25% Series A	$	0.51563	$	1,067
8.00% Series B	0.50		2,300
8.000% Series C	0.50		2,300
Total			$	5,667

Preferred stock dividends that are not declared accumulate and are added to the liquidation preference as of the scheduled payment date for the respective series of the preferred stock.

The following tables detail the Company's common stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2019:

2019
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Per Share
3/15/2019	3/29/2019	4/30/2019	$	0.50
6/14/2019	6/28/2019	7/31/2019	0.50
Total			$	1.00

The following tables detail the Company's preferred stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

			Cash Dividend Per Share
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	8.25% Series A		8.00% Series B		8.000% Series C
2/14/2020	2/28/2020	3/17/2020	$	0.51563	$	0.50	$	0.50
2/15/2019	2/28/2019	3/18/2019	0.51563		0.50		—
5/17/2019	5/31/2019	6/17/2019	0.51563		0.50		—

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Income taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income taxes

Income taxes

As a REIT, the Company is not subject to federal income tax to the extent that it makes qualifying distributions to its stockholders, and provided it satisfies on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, the REIT requirements including certain asset, income, distribution and stock ownership tests. Most states follow U.S. federal income tax treatment of REITs.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company did not record any excise tax expense. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded excise tax expense of $(0.8) million. The reversal of the previously accrued excise tax expense is a result of losses resulting from market conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded excise tax expense of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Excise tax represents a four percent tax on the required amount of the Company’s ordinary income and net capital gains not distributed during the year. The expense is calculated in accordance with applicable tax regulations.

The Company files tax returns in several U.S jurisdictions. There are no ongoing U.S. federal, state or local tax examinations related to the Company.

The Company elected to treat certain domestic subsidiaries as TRSs and may elect to treat other subsidiaries as TRSs. In general, a TRS may hold assets and engage in activities that the Company cannot hold or engage in directly, and generally may engage in any real estate or non-real estate-related business.

The Company elected to treat one of its foreign subsidiaries as a TRS and, accordingly, taxable income generated by this TRS may not be subject to local income taxation, but generally will be included in the Company’s income on a current basis as Subpart F income, whether or not distributed.

Cash distributions declared by the Company that do not exceed its current or accumulated earnings and profits will be considered ordinary income to stockholders for income tax purposes unless all or a portion of a distribution is designated by the Company as a capital gain dividend. Distributions in excess of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be characterized as return of capital or capital gains.

Based on its analysis of any potential uncertain income tax positions, the Company concluded it did not have any uncertain tax positions that meet the recognition or measurement criteria of ASC 740 as of June 30, 2020 or June 30, 2019. The Company’s federal income tax returns for the last three tax years are open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. In the event that the Company incurs income tax related interest and penalties, its policy is to classify them as a component of provision for income taxes.

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Related party transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related party transactions

Related party transactions

The Company has entered into a management agreement with the Manager, which provided for an initial term and will be deemed renewed automatically each year for an additional one-year period, subject to certain termination rights. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no event of termination had occurred. The Company is externally managed and advised by the Manager. Pursuant to the terms of the management agreement, which became effective July 6, 2011 (upon the consummation of the Company’s initial public offering (the "IPO")), the Manager provides the Company with its management team, including its officers, along with appropriate support personnel. Each of the Company’s officers is an employee of Angelo Gordon. The Company does not have any employees. The Manager, pursuant to a delegation agreement dated as of June 29, 2011, has delegated to Angelo Gordon the overall responsibility of its day-to-day duties and obligations arising under the Company’s management agreement.

Management fee

The Manager is entitled to a management fee equal to 1.50% per annum, calculated and paid quarterly, of the Company’s Stockholders’ Equity. For purposes of calculating the management fee, "Stockholders’ Equity" means the sum of the net proceeds from any issuances of equity securities (including preferred securities) since inception (allocated on a pro rata daily basis for such issuances during the fiscal quarter of any such issuance, and excluding any future equity issuance to the Manager), plus the Company’s retained earnings at the end of such quarter (without taking into account any non-cash equity compensation expense or other non-cash items described below incurred in current or prior periods), less any amount that the Company pays for repurchases of its common stock, excluding any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items that have impacted stockholders’ equity as reported in the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income, and excluding one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP, and certain other non-cash charges after discussions between the Manager and the Company’s independent directors and after approval by a majority of the Company’s independent directors. Stockholders’ Equity, for purposes of calculating the management fee, could be greater or less than the amount of stockholders’ equity shown on the Company’s financial statements.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company incurred management fees of approximately $1.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company incurred management fees of approximately $2.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively.

On April 6, 2020, the Company and the Manager executed an amendment to the management agreement pursuant to which the Manager agreed to defer the Company's payment of the management fee effective Q1 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

Termination fee

The termination fee, payable upon the occurrence of (i) the Company’s termination of the management agreement without cause or (ii) the Manager’s termination of the management agreement upon a breach by the Company of any material term of the management agreement, will be equal to three times the average annual management fee during the 24-month period prior to such termination, calculated as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no event of termination of the management agreement had occurred.

Expense reimbursement

The Company is required to reimburse the Manager or its affiliates for operating expenses which are incurred by the Manager or its affiliates on behalf of the Company, including expenses relating to legal, accounting, due diligence and other services. The Company’s reimbursement obligation is not subject to any dollar limitation; however, the reimbursement is subject to an annual budget process which combines guidelines from the Management Agreement with oversight by the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Company reimburses the Manager or its affiliates for the Company’s allocable share of the compensation, including, without limitation, annual base salary, bonus, any related withholding taxes and employee benefits paid to (i) the Company’s chief financial officer based on the percentage of time spent on Company affairs, (ii) the Company’s general counsel based on the percentage of time spent on the Company’s affairs, and (iii) other corporate finance, tax, accounting, internal audit, legal, risk management, operations, compliance and other non-investment personnel of the Manager and its affiliates who spend all or a portion of their time managing the Company’s affairs based upon the percentage of time devoted by such personnel to the Company’s affairs. In their capacities as officers or personnel of the Manager or its affiliates, they devote such portion of their time to the Company’s affairs as is necessary to enable the Company to operate its business.

Of the $4.5 million and $5.3 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, the Company has incurred $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses. Of the $3.8 million and $7.6 million of Other operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, the Company has incurred $1.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively, representing a reimbursement of expenses.

On April 6, 2020, the Company and the Manager executed an amendment to the management agreement pursuant to which the Manager agreed to defer the Company's payment of the reimbursement of expenses effective Q1 2020 through September 30, 2020, or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

Secured debt

On April 10, 2020, in connection with the first Forbearance Agreement, the Company issued a secured promissory note (the "Note") to the Manager evidencing a $10 million loan made by the Manager to the Company. Additionally, on April 27, 2020, in connection with the second Forbearance Agreement, the Company and the Manager entered into an amendment to the Note to reflect an additional $10 million loan by the Manager to the Company. The $10 million loan made by the Manager on April 10, 2020 is payable on March 31, 2021, and the $10 million loan made on April 27, 2020 was repaid in full with interest when it matured on July 27, 2020. The unpaid balance of the Note accrues interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum. Interest on the Note is payable monthly in kind through the addition of such accrued monthly interest to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.

The Manager agreed to subordinate the obligations of the Company with respect to the Note and liens held by the Manager for the security of the performance of the Company's obligations under the Note to the Company's obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada. The Company's obligations to the Participating Counterparties and to the secured promissory note payable to Royal Bank of Canada were satisfied or released as

of June 30, 2020.

Restricted stock grants

Effective on April 15, 2020 upon the approval of the Company's stockholders at its Annual Meeting, the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan provides for 2,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued. The maximum number of shares of common stock granted during a single fiscal year to any non-employee director, taken together with any cash fees paid to such non-employee director during any fiscal year, shall not exceed $300,000 in total value (calculating the value of any such awards based on the grant date fair value). As of June 30, 2020, 1,925,209 shares of common stock were available to be awarded under the Equity Incentive Plan.

Since its IPO, the Company has granted an aggregate of 180,585 and 40,250 shares of restricted common stock to its independent directors and Manager, respectively, and 120,000 restricted stock units to its Manager under its equity incentive plans. As of June 30, 2020, all the shares of restricted common stock granted to the Company’s Manager and independent directors have vested and 99,991 restricted stock units granted to the Company’s Manager have vested. The 20,009 restricted stock units that have not vested as of June 30, 2020 were granted to the Manager on July 1, 2017 and represent the right to receive an equivalent number of shares of the Company’s common stock to be issued when the units vest on July 1, 2020. The units do not entitle the participant the rights of a holder of the Company’s common stock, such as dividend and voting rights, until shares are issued in settlement of the vested units. The vesting of such units is subject to the continuation of the management agreement. If the management agreement terminates, all unvested units then held by the Manager or the Manager’s transferee shall be immediately cancelled and forfeited without consideration.

Director compensation

Beginning in 2018, the Company began paying a $160,000 annual base director’s fee to each independent director. Base director’s fees are paid 50% in cash and 50% in restricted common stock. The number of shares of restricted common stock to be issued each quarter to each independent director is determined based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the last trading day of each fiscal quarter. To the extent that any fractional shares would otherwise be issuable and payable to each independent director, a cash payment is made to each independent director in lieu of any fractional shares. All directors’ fees are paid pro rata (and restricted stock grants determined) on a quarterly basis in arrears, and shares issued are fully vested and non-forfeitable. These shares may not be sold or transferred by such director during the time of his service as an independent member of the Company’s board. Beginning in 2019, the Company increased the annual fee paid to the lead independent director from $15,000 to $25,000. On March 25, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors decreased from 5 independent directors to 4 independent directors. On June 19, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors decreased from 4 independent directors to 3 independent directors.

Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement previously discussed, the Company, among other things, agreed to compensate its independent directors solely with common stock for the quarter ended March 31, 2020.

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The Company invests in credit sensitive residential and commercial real estate assets through affiliated entities which hold an ownership interest in the assets. The Company is one investor, amongst other investors managed by affiliates of Angelo Gordon, in such entities and has applied the equity method of accounting for such investments. See Note 2 for the gross fair value of the Company's share of these investments as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

During Q3 2018, the Company transferred certain of its CMBS from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries to a fully consolidated entity. See Note 2 for further detail.

The Company’s investment in AG Arc is reflected on the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on its consolidated balance sheets. The Company has an approximate 44.6% interest in AG Arc. See Note 2 for the fair value of AG Arc as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

In June 2016, Arc Home closed on the acquisition of a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration ("FHA"), Veteran’s Administration ("VA") and Ginnie Mae seller/servicer of mortgages, currently with licenses to conduct business in 50 states, including Washington D.C. Through this subsidiary, Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it

originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers. Arc Home is led by an external management team.

Arc Home may sell loans to the Company, to third parties, or to affiliates of the Manager. Arc Home may also enter into agreements with third parties or affiliates of the Manager to sell rights to receive the excess servicing spread related to MSRs that it either purchases from third parties or originates. The Company, directly or through its subsidiaries, has entered into agreements with Arc Home to purchase rights to receive the excess servicing spread related to certain of Arc Home's MSRs. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, these Excess MSRs had fair value of approximately $12.7 million and $18.2 million, respectively.

On August 29, 2017, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, entered into the MATH LLC Agreement, which requires that MATH fund a capital commitment of $75.0 million to MATT. This commitment was increased by $25.0 million to $100.0 million on March 28, 2019 and by $5.0 million to $105.0 million on August 23, 2019 with amendments to the MATH LLC Agreement. On April 3, 2020, the financing arrangements within MATT were restructured and the previously mentioned commitment was removed. Refer to Note 2 for further detail on this restructuring. The Company has an approximate 44.6% interest in MATH.

On May 15, 2019 and November 14, 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon and a third party, entered into the LOTS I and LOTS II Agreements, respectively (collectively, "LOTS"), which requires the Company to fund various commitments to LOTS in connection with the origination of Land Related Financing. Refer to Note 13 for additional information.

Transactions with affiliates

In connection with the Company’s investments in residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage loans in securitized form which are issued by an entity in which the Company holds an equity interest in and which are held alongside other private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon (the "Re/Non-Performing Loans") and non-QM loans, the Company may engage asset managers to provide advisory, consultation, asset management and other services. Beginning in November 2015, the Company also engaged Red Creek Asset Management LLC ("Asset Manager"), an affiliate of the Manager and direct subsidiary of Angelo Gordon, as the asset manager for certain of its Re/Non-Performing Loans. Beginning in September 2019, the Company engaged the Asset Manager as the asset manager for its non-QM loans. The Company pays the Asset Manager separate arm’s-length asset management fees as assessed and confirmed periodically by a third party valuation firm for its Re/Non-Performing Loans and non-QM loans. In the third quarter of 2019, the third party assessment of asset management fees resulted in the Company updating the fee amount for its Re/Non-Performing Loans. The Company also utilized the third party valuation firm to establish the fee level for non-QM loans in the third quarter of 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the fees paid by the Company to the Asset Manager totaled $0.3 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the fees paid by the Company to the Asset Manager totaled $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company deferred $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively, of fees owed to the Asset Manager and plans to continue to defer fees through September 30, 2020 or such other time as the Company and the Manager agree.

In connection with the Company’s investments in Excess MSRs purchased through Arc Home, the Company pays an administrative fee to Arc Home. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the administrative fees paid by the Company to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the administrative fees paid by the Company to Arc Home totaled $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively.

In March 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company executed one trade whereby the Company acquired a real estate security from an affiliate of the Manager (the "March 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the security acquired from the March 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $0.9 million. The March 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate security through a BWIC (Bids Wanted in Competition). Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the March 2019 Selling Affiliate, the Company submitted its bid for the real estate security to the March 2019 Selling Affiliate. The pre-submission of the Company's bid allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In June 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated, through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT, in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $408.0 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and

private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $42.9 million as of June 30, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In July 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "July 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the July 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.0 million. As procuring market bids for the real estate securities was determined to be impracticable in the Manager’s reasonable judgment, appropriate pricing was based on a valuation prepared by independent third-party pricing vendors. The third-party pricing vendors allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In September 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated, through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT, in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair market value of $415.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair market value of $28.7 million as of September 30, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In October 2019, in accordance with the Company’s Affiliated Transactions Policy, the Company acquired certain real estate securities from an affiliate of the Manager (the "October 2019 Selling Affiliate"). As of the date of the trade, the real estate securities acquired from the October 2019 Selling Affiliate had a total fair value of $2.2 million. The October 2019 Selling Affiliate sold the real estate securities through a BWIC. Prior to the submission of the BWIC by the October 2019 Selling Affiliate, the Company submitted its bid for real estate securities to the October 2019 Selling Affiliate. The Company’s pre-submission of its bid allowed the Company to confirm third-party market pricing and best execution.

In November 2019, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $322.1 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $21.4 million as of December 31, 2019. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

In February 2020, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $348.2 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches, which had a fair value of $26.6 million as of March 31, 2020. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinate tranches.

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Equity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Equity

Equity

On May 2, 2018, the Company filed a shelf registration statement registering up to $750.0 million of its securities, including capital stock (the "2018 Registration Statement"). As of June 30, 2020, $591.2 million of the Company’s securities, including capital stock, was available for issuance under the 2018 Registration Statement. The 2018 Registration Statement became effective on May 18, 2018 and will expire on May 18, 2021.

Concurrently with the IPO in 2011, the Company completed a private placement of 3,205,000 units at $20.00 per share to a limited number of investors qualifying as "accredited investors" under Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Each unit consisted of one share of common stock ("private placement share") and a warrant ("private placement warrant") to purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock. Each private placement warrant had an exercise price of $20.50 per share (as adjusted for reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or other dispositions) and expired on July 6, 2018. No warrants were exercised in 2018 through the expiration date on July 6, 2018.

In addition to the Company’s Series A and Series B Preferred Stock, the Company completed a public offering of 4,000,000 shares of 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the "Series C Preferred Stock") on September 17, 2019. The Company subsequently issued 600,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option. The Company received total gross proceeds of $115.0 million and net proceeds of approximately $111.2 million, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses. The Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock have no stated maturity and are not subject to

any sinking fund or mandatory redemption. Under certain circumstances upon a change of control, the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock are convertible to shares of the Company’s common stock. Holders of the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except under limited conditions, and holders are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at a the respective stated rate per annum before holders of the common stock are entitled to receive any cash dividends. The dividend rate of the Series A and Series B preferred stock is 8.25% and 8.00% per annum, respectively, of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. The initial dividend rate for the Series C Preferred Stock, from and including the date of original issue to, but not including, September 17, 2024, is 8.000% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. On and after September 17, 2024, dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock will accumulate at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 6.476% per annum. Shares of the Company’s Series A and Series B Preferred Stock are currently redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option. Shares of the Company's Series C Preferred Stock are redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing on September 17, 2024, or earlier under certain circumstances intended to preserve our qualification as a REIT for Federal income tax purposes. Dividends are payable quarterly in arrears on the 17th day of each March, June, September and December. The Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock generally do not have any voting rights, subject to an exception in the event the Company fails to pay dividends on such stock for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive). Under such circumstances, holders of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock voting together as a single class with the holders of all other classes or series of our preferred stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote to elect two additional directors to the Company’s Board of Directors until all unpaid dividends have been paid or declared and set apart for payment. In addition, certain material and adverse changes to the terms of any series of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock cannot be made without the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the series of the Company's Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock whose terms are being changed. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had not declared all required quarterly dividends on the Company’s Series A, Series B and Series C Preferred Stock.

On March 27, 2020, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a suspension of the Company's quarterly dividends on its 8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, beginning with the preferred dividend that would have been declared in May 2020, in order to conserve capital and improve its liquidity position during the market volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a suspension of the quarterly dividend on the Common Stock, beginning with the dividend that normally would have been declared in March 2020. Based on current conditions for the Company, the Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common or preferred stock for the foreseeable future. Refer to Note 9 for more information on the arrearages related to the Company's preferred stock. Under the terms governing our series of preferred stock, we cannot pay cash dividends with respect to our common stock if dividends on our preferred stock are in arrears.

On November 3, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program ("Repurchase Program") to repurchase up to $25.0 million of the Company's outstanding common stock. Such authorization does not have an expiration date. As part of the Repurchase Program, shares may be purchased in open market transactions, including through block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. Open market repurchases will be made in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 10b-18, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of open market stock repurchases. Subject to applicable securities laws, the timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases of common stock under the Repurchase Program may be determined by the Company in its discretion, using available cash resources. Shares of common stock repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Program, if any, will be cancelled and, until reissued by the Company, will be deemed to be authorized but unissued shares of its common stock as required by Maryland law. The Repurchase Program may be suspended or discontinued by the Company at any time and without prior notice and the authorization does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock. The cost of the acquisition by the Company of shares of its own stock in excess of the aggregate par value of the shares first reduces additional paid-in capital, to the extent available, with any residual cost applied against retained earnings. No shares were repurchased under the Repurchase Program during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, and approximately $14.6 million of common stock remained authorized for future share repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

On May 5, 2017, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement with each of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and JMP Securities LLC (collectively, the "Sales Agents"), which the Company refers to as the "Equity Distribution Agreements," pursuant to which the Company may sell up to $100.0 million aggregate offering price of shares of its common stock from time to time through the Sales Agents under the Securities Act of 1933. The Equity Distribution Agreements were amended on May 22, 2018 in conjunction with the filing of the Company’s 2018 Registration Statement. For the three and six

months ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold 1.0 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $3.5 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company sold 0.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $8.6 million. As of June 30, 2020, the Company has sold approximately 2.5 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for gross proceeds of $31.1 million, with $68.9 million available to be issued.

On February 14, 2019, the Company completed a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock and subsequently issued an additional 450,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters' exercise of their over-allotment option at a price of $16.70 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the offering were approximately $57.4 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

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Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may become involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. As of June 30, 2020, other than as set forth below, the Company was not involved in any material legal proceedings.

On March 25, 2020, certain of the Company's subsidiaries filed a suit in federal district court in New York seeking to enjoin Royal Bank of Canada and one of its affiliates ("RBC") from selling certain assets that the Company had on repo with RBC and seeking damages (AG MIT CMO et al. v. RBC (Barbados) Trading Corp. et al., 20-cv-2547, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York). On March 31, 2020, the Company withdrew, as moot, its request for injunctive relief in the complaint based on the court's ruling on March 25, 2020 relating to the sale at issue. As previously disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 2, 2020, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with RBC on May 28, 2020, pursuant to which the Company and RBC mutually released each other from further claims related to the repurchase agreements at issue. As part of the settlement, and to resolve all claims by either party under the repurchase agreements, the Company paid RBC $5.0 million in cash and issued to RBC a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $2.0 million. On June 11, 2020, the Company repaid the secured promissory note due to RBC in full. The Company has recognized this settlement in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. As a result, as of June 30, 2020, the Company has satisfied all of its payment obligations to RBC under the settlement agreement and promissory note, and, as previously reported, the federal lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.

As of June 30, 2020, the Company has also recorded a loss of $11.6 million related to deficiencies asserted by other counterparties. The Company has recognized these losses in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, MITT has resolved and settled all deficiency claims with lenders.

The below table details the Company's outstanding commitments as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

Commitment type	Date of Commitment	Total Commitment		Funded Commitment		Remaining Commitment
Commercial loan G (a)	July 26, 2018	$	84,515	$	56,710	$	27,805
Commercial loan I (a)	January 23, 2019	20,000		15,212		4,788
Commercial loan J (a)	February 11, 2019	30,000		6,291		23,709
Commercial loan K (a)	February 22, 2019	20,000		12,673		7,327
LOTS (b)	Various	40,819		22,999		17,820
Total		$	195,334	$	113,885	$	81,449

(a)The Company entered into commitments on commercial loans relating to construction projects. See Note 4 for further details.

(b)Refer to Note 11 "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" for more information regarding LOTS.

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Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale

In November 2019, the Company signed a purchase and sale agreement whereby it agreed to sell its portfolio of single-family rental properties to a third party at a price of approximately $137 million as the portfolio was under-performing. The Company recognized a gain of $0.2 million as a result of the transaction. The Company reclassified the operating results of its single-family rental properties segment as discontinued operations and excluded it from continuing operations for all periods presented. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has disposed of substantially all of its single-family rental properties segment.

The table below presents our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Interest expense	$	—	$	(1,247)	$	—	$	(2,494)
Other Income/(Loss)
Rental income	—		3,162		—		6,559
Net realized gain/(loss)	—		(69)		—		(96)
Other income	—		130		—		312
Total Other Income/(Loss)	—		3,223		—		6,775
Expenses
Other operating expenses	(80)		43		(80)		92
Property depreciation and amortization	—		1,180		—		2,627
Property operating expenses	(281)		1,946		(281)		3,789
Total Expenses	(361)		3,169		(361)		6,508
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	$	361	$	(1,193)	$	361	$	(2,227)

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company reversed certain previously accrued expenses related to discontinued operations.

The table below presents our statement of net position for the years ended June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as assets and liabilities held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Other assets	$	—	$	154
Total Assets	—		154
Liabilities
Other liabilities	305		1,546
Total	$	305	$	1,546

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

The Company sold 0.4 million shares of common stock under the Equity Distribution Agreements for net proceeds of approximately $1.2 million, which settled in July.

Subsequent to quarter end, the Company sold certain CMBS positions for proceeds of approximately $24.4 million.

On July 27, 2020, the Company repaid $10.0 million of the secured debt plus accrued interest to the Manager as it became due. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company also paid $2.2 million of deficiencies to non-affiliated counterparties that were accrued for as of June 30, 2020. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, MITT has resolved and settled all deficiency claims with lenders. Refer to Note 11 for more information regarding the secured debt and Note 13 regarding the deficiencies. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, participated through its unconsolidated ownership interest in MATT in a rated non-QM loan securitization, in which non-QM loans with a fair value of $221.6 million were securitized. Certain senior tranches in the securitization were sold to third parties with the Company and private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon retaining the subordinate tranches. The Company has a 44.6% interest in the retained subordinated tranches.

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Summary of significant accounting policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash is comprised of cash on deposit with financial institutions. The Company classifies highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase as cash equivalents. Cash equivalents includes cash invested in money market funds. As of June 30, 2020, the Company held $68.2 million of cash and cash equivalents, none of which were cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2019, the Company held $81.7 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $53.2 million were cash equivalents. The Company places its cash with high credit quality institutions to reduce credit risk exposure. Cash pledged to the Company as collateral is unrestricted in use and, accordingly, is included as a component of "Cash and cash equivalents" on the consolidated balance sheets. Any cash held by the Company as collateral is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from financing activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Due to broker, which is included in the "Other liabilities" line item on the consolidated balance sheets, does not include variation margin received on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail. Any cash due to the Company in the form of principal payments is included in the "Other assets" line item on the consolidated balance sheets and in cash flows from operating activities on the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Restricted cash

Restricted cash

Restricted cash includes cash pledged as collateral for clearing and executing trades, derivatives, and financing arrangements. Prior to the disposition of the Company's SFR portfolio, restricted cash also included cash deposited into accounts related to rent deposits and collections, security deposits, property taxes, insurance premiums, interest expenses, property management fees and capital expenditures. Restricted cash is not available to the Company for general corporate purposes. Restricted cash may be returned to the Company when the related collateral requirements are exceeded or at the maturity of the derivative or financing arrangement. Restricted cash is carried at cost, which approximates fair value. Restricted cash does not include variation margin pledged on centrally cleared derivatives. See Note 8 for more detail.

Offering costs

Offering costs

The Company has incurred offering costs in connection with common stock offerings, registration statements and preferred stock offerings. Where applicable, the offering costs were paid out of the proceeds of the respective offerings. Offering costs in connection with common stock offerings and costs in connection with registration statements have been accounted for as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. Offering costs in connection with preferred stock offerings have been accounted for as a reduction of their respective gross proceeds.

Use of estimates

Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates. See Note 1 under "COVID-19 Impact" for more detail.

Earnings/(Loss) per share

Earnings/(Loss) per share

In accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 260, "Earnings per Share," the Company calculates basic income/(loss) per share by dividing net income/(loss) available to common stockholders for the period by weighted average shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding for that period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options, warrants, unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted average number of shares outstanding. In periods in which the Company records a loss, potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the diluted loss per share calculation, as their effect on loss per share is anti-dilutive. See Note 9 for aggregate amounts of arrearages in cumulative preferred dividends and Note 12 for further detail on the Company’s common and preferred stock.

Valuation of financial instruments

Valuation of financial instruments

The fair value of the financial instruments that the Company records at fair value is determined by the Manager, subject to oversight of the Company’s Board of Directors, and in accordance with ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures." When possible, the Company determines fair value using independent data sources. ASC 820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable.

The three levels of the hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below: 

•Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

•Level 2 – Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk and others.

•Level 3 – Prices determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

Transfers between levels are assumed to occur at the beginning of the reporting period.

At the beginning of the first quarter of 2020, the Manager completed a data collection and analysis effort, which supported an update to its Leveling policy under ASC 820. Among the data collected and analyzed were: (i) reports from TRACE, FINRA’s Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine, that reports over-the-counter secondary market transactions in eligible fixed income securities, (ii) information from pricing vendors regarding valuation approaches and observability of market color, (iii) data points collected from discussions with industry sources, including peer firms and audit firms, and (iv) its own data from back testing vendor pricing against its own trades. After analyzing this data, the Manager concluded that there was sufficient observability of market inputs used by its third-party pricing services for certain RMBS and CMBS positions previously categorized as Level 3 to meet the criteria for a Level 2 classification.

The Company considered whether the volatile market conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic would have an impact on its Leveling policy under ASC 820, as amended on January 1, 2020. Based on due diligence, there have been no significant changes in any of the pricing services’ fair value methodologies or processes as a result of COVID-19. Additionally, despite increased price volatility and widening of bid-ask spreads, the Company does not believe the pricing services’ ability to determine fair values was adversely impacted. As a result, the Company concluded there was no migration from Level 2 to Level 3 as a result of COVID-19.

Accounting for real estate securities

Accounting for real estate securities

Investments in real estate securities are recorded in accordance with ASC 320-10, "Investments – Debt and Equity Securities," ASC 325-40, "Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets," or ASC 310-30, "Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality." The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825, "Financial Instruments" for its real estate securities portfolio. Real estate securities are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and the periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." Real estate securities acquired through securitizations are shown in the line item "Purchase of real estate securities" on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Purchases and sales of real estate securities are recorded on the trade date.

These investments meet the requirements to be classified as available for sale under ASC 320-10-25 which requires the securities to be carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets with changes in fair value recorded to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity. Electing the fair value option allows the Company to record changes in fair value in the consolidated statement of operations, which, in management’s view, more appropriately reflects the results of operations for a particular reporting period as all securities activities will be recorded in a similar manner. The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to securities for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25.

When the Company purchases securities with evidence of credit deterioration since origination, it will analyze the securities to determine if the guidance found in ASC 310-30 is applicable.

In June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, the Company accounted for its securities under ASC 310 and ASC 325 and evaluated securities for other-than-temporary impairment ("OTTI") on at least a quarterly basis. The determination of whether a security was other-than-temporarily impaired involved judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors. When the fair value of a real estate security was less than its amortized cost at the balance sheet date, the security was considered impaired, and the impairment was designated as either "temporary" or "other-than-temporary."

When a real estate security was impaired, an OTTI was considered to have occurred if (i) the Company intended to sell the security (i.e., a decision has been made as of the reporting date) or (ii) it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If the Company intended to sell the security or if it was more likely than not that the Company was required to sell the real estate security before recovery of its amortized cost basis,

the entire amount of the impairment loss, if any, was recognized in earnings as a realized loss and the cost basis of the security was adjusted to its fair value. Additionally, for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 an OTTI was deemed to have occurred when there was an adverse change in the expected cash flows to be received and the fair value of the security was less than its carrying amount. In determining whether an adverse change in cash flows occurred, the present value of the remaining cash flows, as estimated at the initial transaction date (or the last date previously revised), was compared to the present value of the expected cash flows at the current reporting date. The estimated cash flows reflected those a "market participant" would use and included observations of current information and events, and assumptions related to fluctuations in interest rates, prepayment speeds and the timing and amount of potential credit losses. Cash flows were discounted at a rate equal to the current yield used to accrete interest income. Any resulting OTTI adjustments were reflected in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

The determination as to whether an OTTI existed was subjective, given that such determination was based on information available at the time of assessment as well as the Company’s estimate of the future performance and cash flow projections for the individual security. As a result, the timing and amount of an OTTI constituted an accounting estimate that could change materially over time. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a security on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such security subsequently improved.

Sales of securities are driven by the Manager’s portfolio management process. The Manager seeks to mitigate risks including those associated with prepayments, defaults, severities, amongst others and will opportunistically rotate the portfolio into securities with more favorable attributes. Strategies may also be employed to manage net capital gains, which need to be distributed for tax purposes.

Realized gains or losses on sales of securities, loans and derivatives are included in the "Net realized gain/(loss)" line item on the consolidated statement of operations. The cost of positions sold is calculated using a first in, first out ("FIFO") basis. Realized gains and losses are recorded in earnings at the time of disposition.

Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans

Accounting for residential and commercial mortgage loans

Investments in mortgage loans are recorded in accordance with ASC 310-10, "Receivables." At purchase, the Company may aggregate its mortgage loans into pools based on common risk characteristics. Once a pool of loans is assembled, its composition is maintained. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its mortgage loan portfolio. Loans are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net." The Company recognizes certain upfront costs and fees relating to loans for which the fair value option has been elected in current period earnings as incurred and does not defer those costs, which is in accordance with ASC 825-10-25. Purchases and sales of mortgage loans are recorded on the settlement date, concurrent with the completion of due diligence and the removal of any contingencies. Prior to the settlement date, the Company will include commitments to purchase loans within the Commitments and Contingencies footnote to the financial statements.

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the loans utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of both interest and principal on its loans to determine whether they are impaired. A loan or pool of loans is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the existing contractual terms. Income recognition is suspended for loans at the earlier of the date at which payments become 90-days past due or when, in the opinion of the Manager, a full recovery of income and principal becomes doubtful. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan or pool of loans is in doubt, all payments are applied to principal under the cost recovery method. When the ultimate collectability of the principal of an impaired loan is not in doubt, contractual interest is recorded as interest income when received, under the cash basis method until an accrual is resumed when the loan becomes contractually current and performance is demonstrated to be resumed. A loan is written off when it is no longer realizable and/or legally discharged.

When the Company purchases mortgage loans with evidence of credit deterioration since origination and it determines that it is probable it will not collect all contractual cash flows on those loans, it will apply the guidance found in ASC 310-30. Mortgage loans that are delinquent 60 or more days are considered non-performing.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for loans accounted for under ASC 310-30. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If based on the most current information and events it is probable that there is a

significant increase in cash flows previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life. The Company will adjust the amount of accretable yield by reclassification from the nonaccretable difference. The adjustment is accounted for as a change in estimate in conformity with ASC 250, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections" with the amount of periodic accretion adjusted over the remaining life of the loan. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on a loan on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such loan subsequently improved.As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previous standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

Investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The Company’s unconsolidated ownership interests in affiliates are accounted for using the equity method. A majority of the Company’s investments held through affiliated entities are comprised of real estate securities, Excess MSRs, loans, and certain derivatives. These types of investments may also be held directly by the Company. These entities have chosen to make a fair value election on their financial instruments and certain financing arrangements pursuant to ASC 825; as such, the Company will treat these financial instruments and financing arrangements consistently with this election.

On December 9, 2015, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, through AG Arc LLC, one of the Company’s indirect subsidiaries ("AG Arc"), formed Arc Home LLC ("Arc Home"). In June 2016, Arc Home closed on the acquisition of a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA and Ginnie Mae seller/servicer of residential mortgages. Through this subsidiary, Arc Home originates conforming, Government, Jumbo, Non-QM, and other non-conforming residential mortgage loans, retains the mortgage servicing rights associated with the loans it originates, and purchases additional mortgage servicing rights from third-party sellers. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election with respect to its investment in AG Arc pursuant to ASC 825.

On August 29, 2017, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed Mortgage Acquisition Holding I LLC ("MATH") to conduct a residential mortgage investment strategy. MATH in turn sponsored the formation of an entity called Mortgage Acquisition Trust I LLC ("MATT") to purchase predominantly "Non-QM" loans, which are residential mortgage loans that are not deemed "qualified mortgage," or "QM," loans under the rules of the CFPB. Non-QM loans are not eligible for delivery to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or Ginnie Mae. MATT has made an election to be treated as a real estate investment trust beginning with the 2018 tax year.

On April 3, 2020, the Company, alongside private funds under the management of Angelo Gordon, restructured its financing arrangements in MATT ("Restructured Financing Arrangement"). The Restructured Financing Arrangement requires all principal and interest on the underlying assets in MATT be used to pay down principal and interest on the outstanding financing arrangement. As of April 3, 2020, the Restructured Financing Arrangement is no longer a mark-to-market facility with respect to margin calls and is non-recourse to the Company. The Restructured Financing Arrangement provides for a termination date of October 1, 2021. At the earlier of the termination date or the securitization or sale by the Company of the remaining assets subject to the Restructured Financing Arrangement, the financing counterparty (which is a non-affiliate) will be entitled to 35% of the remaining equity in the assets. The Company evaluated this restructuring and concluded it was an extinguishment of debt. MATT has chosen to make a fair value election on this financing arrangement, and the Company will treat this arrangement consistently with this election.

On May 15, 2019 and November 14, 2019, the Company, alongside private funds managed by Angelo Gordon, formed LOT SP I LLC and LOT SP II LLC, respectively, (collectively, "LOTS"). LOTS were formed to originate first mortgage loans to third party land developers and home builders for the acquisition and horizontal development of land ("Land Related Financing").

During Q3 2018, the Company transferred certain of its CMBS from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries accounted for as an equity method investment to a consolidated entity. The Company executed this transfer in order to obtain financing on these real estate securities. As a result, there was a reclassification of these assets from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. In addition, the Company has also shown this reclassification as a non-cash transfer from the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item to the "CMBS" line item on its consolidated statements of cash flows.

The below table reconciles the fair value of investments to the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheet (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Assets		Liabilities		Equity
Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans, at fair value (1)(2)	$	307,130	$	(217,856)	$	89,274	$	373,126	$	(257,068)	$	116,058
AG Arc, at fair value	28,030		—		28,030		28,546		—		28,546
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	9,276		(3,651)		5,625		12,953		(1,246)		11,707
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$	344,436	$	(221,507)	$	122,929	$	414,625	$	(258,314)	$	156,311

(1)Certain loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Within Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans is $243.7 million and $254.3 million of fair value of Non-QM loans held in MATT at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Additionally, there is $23.8 million and $17.0 million of fair value of Land Related Financing held in LOTS at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The Company’s investments in debt and equity of affiliates are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item and periodic changes in fair value are recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates." Capital contributions, distributions and profits and losses of such entities are allocated in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreements.

Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights

Accounting for excess mortgage servicing rights

The Company has acquired the right to receive the excess servicing spread related to Excess MSRs. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for Excess MSRs. Excess MSRs are recorded at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets and any periodic change in fair value is recorded in current period earnings on the consolidated statement of operations as a component of "Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net."

The Company amortizes or accretes any premium or discount over the life of the related Excess MSRs utilizing the effective interest method. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates the collectability of interest of its Excess MSRs to determine whether they are impaired.

The Company updates its estimate of the cash flows expected to be collected on at least a quarterly basis for Excess MSRs. In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions that will be subject to uncertainties and contingencies including both the rate and timing of interest receipts, and assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations. If there is a significant increase in expected cash flows over what was previously expected to be collected or if actual cash flows are significantly greater than cash flows previously expected, the Company will recognize these changes prospectively through an adjustment of the Excess MSR’s yield over its remaining life. Prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-13, decreases in cash flows expected to be collected from previously projected cash flows, which included all cash flows originally expected to be collected by the investor plus any additional cash flows expected to be collected arising from changes in estimate after acquisition, could have been recognized as impairment. Increases in interest income could have been recognized on an Excess MSR on which the Company previously recorded an OTTI charge if the performance of such Excess MSR subsequently improved.

As previously stated, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities, loans and Excess MSRs measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was previously impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under current standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance has impacted the Company's recorded unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts. Depending on the fair value and projected cash flows as of a given reporting date, the impact of this guidance could be material.

Investment consolidation and transfers of financial assets

Investment consolidation and transfers of financial assets

For each investment made, the Company evaluates the underlying entity that issued the securities acquired or to which the Company makes a loan to determine the appropriate accounting. A similar analysis is performed for each entity with which the Company enters into an agreement for management, servicing or related services. In performing the analysis, the Company refers to guidance in ASC 810-10, "Consolidation." In situations where the Company is the transferor of financial assets, the Company refers to the guidance in ASC 860-10 "Transfers and Servicing."

In variable interest entities ("VIEs"), an entity is subject to consolidation under ASC 810-10 if the equity investors either do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, are unable to direct the entity’s activities or are not exposed to the entity’s losses or entitled to its residual returns. VIEs within the scope of ASC 810-10 are required to be consolidated by their primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary of a VIE is determined to be the party that has both the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. This determination can sometimes involve complex and subjective analyses. Further, ASC 810-10 also requires ongoing assessments of whether an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. In accordance with ASC 810-10, all transferees, including variable interest entities, must be evaluated for consolidation. If the Company determines that consolidation is not required, it will then assess whether the transfer of the underlying assets would qualify as a sale, should be accounted for as secured financings under GAAP, or should be accounted for as an equity method investment, depending on the circumstances. See Note 3 and Note 4 for more detail.

A Special Purpose Entity ("SPE") is an entity designed to fulfill a specific limited need of the company that organized it. SPEs are often used to facilitate transactions that involve securitizing financial assets or resecuritizing previously securitized financial assets. The objective of such transactions may include obtaining non-recourse financing, obtaining liquidity or refinancing the underlying securitized financial assets on improved terms. Securitization involves transferring assets to an SPE to convert all or a portion of those assets into cash before they would have been realized in the normal course of business through the SPE’s issuance of debt or equity instruments. Investors in an SPE usually have recourse only to the assets in the SPE and depending on the overall structure of the transaction, may benefit from various forms of credit enhancement, such as over-collateralization in the form of excess assets in the SPE, priority with respect to receipt of cash flows relative to holders of other debt or equity instruments issued by the SPE, or a line of credit or other form of liquidity agreement that is designed with the objective of ensuring that investors receive principal and/or interest cash flow on the investment in accordance with the terms of their investment agreement.

The Company entered into a resecuritization transaction in 2014 (the "December 2014 VIE") which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying assets in connection with the resecuritization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this resecuritization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. The transferred assets were recorded as a secured borrowing, based on the Company’s involvement in the December 2014 VIE, including the design and purpose of the SPE, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the December 2014 VIE. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the December 2014 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a realized gain of $2.1 million. See Note 3 below for more detail.

The Company transferred certain of its CMBS in Q3 2018 from certain of its non-wholly owned subsidiaries into a newly formed wholly owned entity so the Company could obtain financing on these real estate securities (the "August 2018 VIE"). The Company evaluated whether this newly formed entity was a VIE and, whether it should be consolidated. The Company determined that the August 2018 VIE should be consolidated by the Company based on the Company’s 100% equity ownership in the August 2018 VIE (despite a profit participation interest held by an unaffiliated third party in the August 2018 VIE), the Company's involvement in the August 2018 VIE, including the design and purpose of the entity, and whether the Company’s involvement reflected a controlling financial interest that resulted in the Company being deemed the primary beneficiary of the August 2018 VIE. As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in the August 2018 VIE. In connection with the deconsolidation, the Company recorded a loss of $8.3 million. See Note 3 below as well as the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" section above for more detail.

The Company entered into a securitization transaction of certain of its re-performing residential mortgage loans in Q3 2019, which resulted in the Company consolidating the VIE that was created to facilitate the transaction and to which the underlying

assets in connection with the securitization were transferred. In determining the accounting treatment to be applied to this securitization transaction, the Company evaluated whether the entity used to facilitate this transaction was a VIE and, if so, whether it should be consolidated. Based on its evaluation, the Company concluded that the VIE should be consolidated and, as a result, transferred assets of the VIE were determined to be secured borrowings. The Company has chosen to make a fair value election pursuant to ASC 825 for its secured borrowings. See Note 4 below for more detail.

From time to time the Company purchases residual positions where it consolidates the securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

The Company may periodically enter into transactions in which it transfers assets to a third party. Upon a transfer of financial assets, the Company will sometimes retain or acquire senior or subordinated interests in the related assets. Pursuant to ASC 860-10, a determination must be made as to whether a transferor has surrendered control over transferred financial assets. That determination must consider the transferor’s continuing involvement in the transferred financial asset, including all arrangements or agreements made contemporaneously with, or in contemplation of, the transfer, even if they were not entered into at the time of the transfer. The financial components approach under ASC 860-10 limits the circumstances in which a financial asset, or portion of a financial asset, should be derecognized when the transferor has not transferred the entire original financial asset to an entity that is not consolidated with the transferor in the financial statements being presented and/or when the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial asset. It defines the term "participating interest" to establish specific conditions for reporting a transfer of a portion of a financial asset as a sale.

Under ASC 860-10, after a transfer of financial assets that meets the criteria for treatment as a sale—legal isolation, ability of transferee to pledge or exchange the transferred assets without constraint and transferred control—an entity recognizes the financial and servicing assets it acquired or retained and the liabilities it has incurred, derecognizes financial assets it has sold and derecognizes liabilities when extinguished. The transferor would then determine the gain or loss on sale of financial assets by allocating the carrying value of the underlying mortgage between securities or loans sold and the interests retained based on their fair values. The gain or loss on sale is the difference between the cash proceeds from the sale and the amount allocated to the securities or loans sold. When a transfer of financial assets does not qualify for sale accounting, ASC 860-10 requires the transfer to be accounted for as a secured borrowing with a pledge of collateral.

From time to time, the Company may securitize mortgage loans it holds if such financing is available. These transactions will be recorded in accordance with ASC 860-10 and will be accounted for as either a "sale" and the loans will be removed from the consolidated balance sheets or as a "financing" and will be classified as "residential mortgage loans" on the consolidated balance sheets, depending upon the structure of the securitization transaction. ASC 860-10 is a standard that may require the Company to exercise significant judgment in determining whether a transaction should be recorded as a "sale" or a "financing."

Interest income recognition

Interest income recognition

Interest income on the Company’s real estate securities portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such securities. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2, "Imputation of Interest," using the effective interest method for all securities accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). As such, premiums and discounts are amortized or accreted into interest income over the lives of the securities in accordance with ASC 310-20, "Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs," ASC 320-10 or ASC 325-40, as applicable. Total interest income is recorded in the "Interest income" line item on the consolidated statement of operations.

On at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 320-10 and ASC 310-20 (generally Agency RMBS, exclusive of interest-only securities), prepayments of the underlying collateral must be estimated, which directly affect the speed at which the Company amortizes premiums on its securities. If actual and anticipated cash flows differ from previous estimates, the Company records an adjustment in the current period to the amortization of premiums for the impact of the cumulative change in the effective yield through the reporting date.

Similarly, the Company also reassesses the cash flows on at least a quarterly basis for securities accounted for under ASC 325-40 (generally Non-Agency RMBS, ABS, CMBS, interest-only securities and Excess MSRs). In estimating these cash flows, there are a number of assumptions made that are uncertain and subject to judgments and assumptions based on subjective and objective factors and contingencies. These include the rate and timing of principal and interest receipts (including assumptions of prepayments, repurchases, defaults and liquidations), the pass-through or coupon rate and interest rate fluctuations. In addition, interest payment shortfalls due to delinquencies on the underlying mortgage loans have to be

estimated. Differences between previously estimated cash flows and current actual and anticipated cash flows are recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the yield over the remaining life of the security based on the current amortized cost of the investment as adjusted for credit impairment, if any.

Interest income on the Company’s loan portfolio is accrued based on the actual coupon rate and the outstanding principal balance of such loans. The Company has elected to record interest in accordance with ASC 835-30-35-2 using the effective interest method for all loans accounted for under the fair value option (ASC 825). Any amortization is reflected as an adjustment to interest income in the consolidated statement of operations.

For security and loan investments purchased with evidence of deterioration of credit quality for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the Company will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable, the Company will apply the provisions of ASC 310-30. For purposes of income recognition, the Company may aggregate loans that have common risk characteristics into pools and uses a composite interest rate and expectation of cash flows expected to be collected for the pool. ASC 310-30 addresses accounting for differences between contractual cash flows and cash flows expected to be collected from an investor’s initial investment in loans or debt securities (loans) acquired in a transfer if those differences are attributable, at least in part, to credit quality. ASC 310-30 limits the yield that may be accreted (accretable yield) to the excess of the investor’s estimate of undiscounted expected principal, interest and other cash flows (cash flows expected at acquisition to be collected) over the investor’s initial investment in the loan. ASC 310-30 requires that the excess of contractual cash flows over cash flows expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference) not be recognized as an adjustment of yield, loss accrual or valuation allowance. Subsequent changes in cash flows expected to be collected generally should be recognized prospectively through an adjustment of the loan’s yield over its remaining life.

Financing arrangements

Financing arrangements

The Company finances the acquisition of certain assets within its portfolio through the use of financing arrangements. Financing arrangements include repurchase agreements and financing facilities. The Company's financing facilities include revolving facilities. Repurchase agreements and financing facilities are treated as collateralized financing transactions and carried at their contractual amounts, including accrued interest, as specified in the respective agreements. The carrying amount of the Company’s repurchase agreements and revolving facilities approximates fair value.

The Company pledges certain securities, loans or properties as collateral under financing arrangements with financial institutions, the terms and conditions of which are negotiated on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The amounts available to be borrowed under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities are dependent upon the fair value of the securities, or loans pledged as collateral, which can fluctuate with changes in interest rates, type of security and liquidity conditions within the banking, mortgage finance and real estate industries. In response to declines in fair value of assets pledged under repurchase agreements and revolving facilities, lenders may require the Company to post additional collateral or pay down borrowings to re-establish agreed upon collateral requirements, referred to as margin calls.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Recent accounting pronouncementsIn June 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments – Credit Losses" ("ASU 2016-13"). This new guidance significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets, including loans, that are not measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. The guidance replaces the existing “incurred loss” model with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. It requires entities to record credit allowances for available-for-sale debt securities rather than reduce the carrying amount, as it currently is under the other-than temporary impairment model. The new guidance also simplifies the accounting model for purchased credit-impaired debt securities and loans. The Company adopted the new guidance as of January 1, 2020. The new guidance specifically excludes available-for-sale securities and loans measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized through net income. Accordingly, the impact of the new guidance on accounting for the Company's debt securities and loans is limited to recognition of effective yield which was historically impacted by other than temporary impairment recorded under previously existing standards. As the new guidance eliminates the accounting for other than temporary impairment, this guidance had an impact on the Company's unrealized and realized gain/(loss) amounts.

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6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of investments in debt and equity of affiliates

The below table reconciles the fair value of investments to the "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" line item on the Company's consolidated balance sheet (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020						December 31, 2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Equity		Assets		Liabilities		Equity
Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans, at fair value (1)(2)	$	307,130	$	(217,856)	$	89,274	$	373,126	$	(257,068)	$	116,058
AG Arc, at fair value	28,030		—		28,030		28,546		—		28,546
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	9,276		(3,651)		5,625		12,953		(1,246)		11,707
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$	344,436	$	(221,507)	$	122,929	$	414,625	$	(258,314)	$	156,311

(1)Certain loans held in securitized form are presented net of non-recourse securitized debt.

(2)Within Real Estate Securities, Excess MSRs and Loans is $243.7 million and $254.3 million of fair value of Non-QM loans held in MATT at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Additionally, there is $23.8 million and $17.0 million of fair value of Land Related Financing held in LOTS at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

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6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of real estate securities portfolio

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	63,228	$	(16,880)	$	46,348	$	3,736	$	(4,593)	$	45,491	4.95	%	8.43	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only (2)	183,667		(183,590)		77		301		(52)		326		0.59	%	NM
Total Non-Agency:	246,895		(200,470)		46,425		4,037		(4,645)		45,817		2.40	%	8.43	%
CMBS	121,193		(17,692)		103,501		1,584		(22,664)		82,421		4.06	%	5.63	%
CMBS Interest Only	687,447		(683,134)		4,313		87		(167)		4,233		0.10	%	7.02	%
Total CMBS:	808,640		(700,826)		107,814		1,671		(22,831)		86,654		0.63	%	5.70	%
Total Credit Investments:	$	1,055,535	$	(901,296)	$	154,239	$	5,708	$	(27,476)	$	132,471	0.89	%	6.64	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

(2)Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only includes only two investments. The overall impact of the investments' yields on the Company's portfolio is immaterial.

The following table details the Company’s real estate securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Current Face		Premium / (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon (1)		Yield
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	2,125,067	$	59,123	$	2,184,190	$	57,404	$	(296)	$	2,241,298	3.73	%	3.17	%
Interest Only	476,192		(403,248)		72,944		2,330		(1,133)		74,141		3.93	%	5.87	%
Total Agency RMBS:	2,601,259		(344,125)		2,257,134		59,734		(1,429)		2,315,439		3.77	%	3.26	%
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	769,254		(107,848)		661,406		55,343		(353)		716,396		4.84	%	6.28	%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	209,362		(207,948)		1,414		—		(340)		1,074		0.77	%	5.96	%
Total Non-Agency:	978,616		(315,796)		662,820		55,343		(693)		717,470		4.40	%	6.28	%
CMBS	485,713		(134,596)		351,117		18,720		(906)		368,931		4.91	%	7.28	%
CMBS Interest Only	3,427,025		(3,382,273)		44,752		3,486		(246)		47,992		0.24	%	6.68	%
Total CMBS:	3,912,738		(3,516,869)		395,869		22,206		(1,152)		416,923		0.60	%	7.21	%
Total Credit Investments:	4,891,354		(3,832,665)		1,058,689		77,549		(1,845)		1,134,393		1.31	%	6.62	%
Total	$	7,492,613	$	(4,176,790)	$	3,315,823	$	137,283	$	(3,274)	$	3,449,832	2.20	%	4.37	%

(1)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

Schedule of weighted average life of real estate securities

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	21,836	$	29,004	1.55	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	43,984		56,366		0.64	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	29,651		31,077		0.53	%
Greater than ten years	37,000		37,792		4.32	%
Total	$	132,471	$	154,239	0.89	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

The following table details the weighted average life of our real estate securities broken out by Agency RMBS and Credit Investments as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Agency RMBS						Credit Investments
Weighted Average Life (1)	Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Weighted Average Coupon (2)
Less than or equal to 1 year	$	—	$	—	—	%	$	82,474	$	82,273	0.56	%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	313,855		302,520		4.01	%	525,192		508,038		1.29	%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	2,001,584		1,954,614		3.71	%	296,665		263,300		1.06	%
Greater than ten years	—		—		—		230,062		205,078		5.46	%
Total	$	2,315,439	$	2,257,134	3.77	%	$	1,134,393	$	1,058,689	1.31	%

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of mortgage-backed securities are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)Equity residual investments and principal only securities with a zero coupon rate are excluded from this calculation.

Schedule of Company's consolidated VIE

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE and August 2018 VIE as further described in Note 2 as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands). As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in these VIEs.

	December 31, 2019
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Non-Agency	$	13,838
CMBS	94,500
Other assets	808
Total assets	$	109,146
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value	7,230
Other liabilities	3,553
Total liabilities	$	81,495

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

					Weighted Average
	Current Face		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
Consolidated tranche (2)	$	7,204	$	7,230	3.46	%	4.11	%	1.96
Retained tranche	7,851		6,608		5.37	%	18.14	%	7.64
Total resecuritized asset (3)	$	15,055	$	13,838	4.46	%	10.81	%	4.92

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)As of December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $7.2 million on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

(3)As of December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the total resecuritized asset is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as "Non-Agency."

The following table details certain information related to the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value	$	223,119	$	255,171
Other assets	766		898
Total assets	$	223,885	$	256,069
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	9,392	$	24,584
Securitized debt, at fair value	198,974		217,118
Other liabilities	534		596
Total liabilities	$	208,900	$	242,298

The following table details additional information regarding loans and securitized debt related to the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

						Weighted Average
As of:		Current Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	Residential mortgage loans (2)	$	254,936	$	223,119	3.51	%	4.81	%	6.85
	Securitized debt (3)	213,233		198,974		2.95	%	2.95	%	5.19
December 31, 2019	Residential mortgage loans (2)	263,956		255,171		3.96	%	5.11	%	7.66
	Securitized debt (3)	217,455		217,118		2.92	%	2.86	%	5.00

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)This represents all loans contributed to the August 2019 VIE.

(3)As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $199.0 million and $217.1 million, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

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Jun. 30, 2020

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of company's residential mortgage loan portfolio and commercial loan portfolio

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

							Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
As of	Unpaid  Principal Balance		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	$	471,458	$	(65,122)	$	406,336	$	829	$	(27,343)	$	379,822	3.52	%	5.25	%	6.45
December 31, 2019	464,041		(55,219)		408,822		9,065		(102)		417,785		4.09	%	5.72	%	7.36

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of residential mortgage loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands). 

											Weighted Average
Loan  (1)(2)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value (3)		Coupon (4)		Yield (5)		Life  (Years) (6)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (7)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (8)(9)	$	56,710	$	—	$	56,710	$	(4,225)	$	52,485	5.27	%	5.27	%	1.55	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan I (10)	15,212		(211)		15,001		(789)		14,212		11.50	%	12.26	%	1.80	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (8)	6,291		—		6,291		(4,051)		2,240		5.65	%	5.65	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (11)	12,673		—		12,673		(1,100)		11,573		10.00	%	11.22	%	1.27	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (11)	51,000		(344)		50,656		(3,481)		47,175		5.40	%	5.66	%	4.12	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	141,886	$	(555)	$	141,331	$	(13,646)	$	127,685	6.42	%	6.74	%	2.50

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Refer to Note 13 "Commitments and Contingencies" for details on the Company's commitments on its Commercial Loans as of June 30, 2020.

(3)Pricing is reflective of marks on unfunded commitments.

(4)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(5)Yield includes any exit fees.

(6)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(7)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(8)Loan G and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(9)Loan G matured on July 9, 2020. Discussions are ongoing between the borrower and the lenders related to the extension of the loan. However, there can be no guaranty that an agreement will be reached with respect to any such discussions.

(10)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(11)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s commercial loan portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

											Weighted Average
Loan (1)	Current Face		Premium (Discount)		Amortized Cost		Gross  Unrealized Gains		Fair Value		Coupon (2)		Yield (3)		Life  (Years) (4)	Initial Stated Maturity Date	Extended Maturity  Date (5)	Location	Collateral Type
Loan G (6)	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	$	—	$	45,856	6.46	%	6.46	%	0.53	July 9, 2020	July 9, 2022	CA	Condo, Retail, Hotel
Loan H (6)	36,000		—		36,000		—		36,000		5.49	%	5.49	%	0.19	March 9, 2019	June 9, 2020	AZ	Office
Loan I (7)	11,992		(184)		11,808		184		11,992		12.21	%	14.51	%	1.04	February 9, 2021	February 9, 2023	MN	Office, Retail
Loan J (6)	4,674		—		4,674		—		4,674		6.36	%	6.36	%	2.12	January 1, 2023	January 1, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan K (8)	9,164		—		9,164		—		9,164		10.71	%	11.86	%	1.72	May 22, 2021	February 22, 2024	NY	Hotel, Retail
Loan L (8)	51,000		(502)		50,498		502		51,000		6.16	%	6.50	%	4.63	July 22, 2022	July 22, 2024	IL	Hotel, Retail
	$	158,686	$	(686)	$	158,000	$	686	$	158,686	6.82	%	7.17	%	1.92

(1)The Company has the contractual right to receive a balloon payment for each loan.

(2)Each commercial loan investment has a variable coupon rate.

(3)Yield includes any exit fees.

(4)Actual maturities of commercial mortgage loans may be shorter or longer than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

(5)Represents the maturity date of the last possible extension option.

(6)Loan G, Loan H, and Loan J are first mortgage loans.

(7)Loan I is a mezzanine loan.

(8)Loan K and Loan L are comprised of first mortgage and mezzanine loans.

Schedule of company's re-performing and non-performing residential mortgage loans

The table below details information regarding the Company’s residential mortgage loans as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
	Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Unpaid Principal Balance
Re-Performing	$	292,102	$	348,003	$	330,234	$	357,678
Non-Performing	78,251		101,375		87,551		106,363
Other (1)	9,469		22,080		—		—
	$	379,822	$	471,458	$	417,785	$	464,041

(1)Represents residual positions where the Company consolidates a securitization and the positions are recorded on the Company's books as residential mortgage loans. There may be limited data available regarding the underlying collateral of such securitizations.

Schedule of certain concentrations of credit risk within the company's mortgage loan portfolio

The following is a summary of the geographic concentration of credit risk within the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, excluding any loans classified as Other above:

Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Percentage of fair value of mortgage loans secured by properties in the following states representing 5% or more of fair value:
California	18	%	19	%
Florida	10	%	11	%
New York	9	%	9	%
New Jersey	6	%	6	%

Schedule of changes in the accretable portion of discounts

The following is a summary of the changes in the accretable portion of discounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Beginning Balance	$	263,111	$	99,504	$	168,877	$	79,610
Additions	—		505		129,017		20,236
Accretion	(8,037)		(3,438)		(16,465)		(6,701)
Reclassifications from/(to) non-accretable difference	1,335		(2,245)		(24,677)		1,604
Disposals	(118,248)		(4,811)		(118,591)		(5,234)
Ending Balance	$	138,161	$	89,515	$	138,161	$	89,515

Schedule of certain information related to August 2019 VIE

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE and August 2018 VIE as further described in Note 2 as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands). As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not hold any interest in these VIEs.

	December 31, 2019
Assets
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Non-Agency	$	13,838
CMBS	94,500
Other assets	808
Total assets	$	109,146
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value	7,230
Other liabilities	3,553
Total liabilities	$	81,495

The following table details certain information related to the December 2014 VIE as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

					Weighted Average
	Current Face		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
Consolidated tranche (2)	$	7,204	$	7,230	3.46	%	4.11	%	1.96
Retained tranche	7,851		6,608		5.37	%	18.14	%	7.64
Total resecuritized asset (3)	$	15,055	$	13,838	4.46	%	10.81	%	4.92

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)As of December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $7.2 million on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

(3)As of December 31, 2019, the fair market value of the total resecuritized asset is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as "Non-Agency."

The following table details certain information related to the assets and liabilities of the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value	$	223,119	$	255,171
Other assets	766		898
Total assets	$	223,885	$	256,069
Liabilities
Financing arrangements	$	9,392	$	24,584
Securitized debt, at fair value	198,974		217,118
Other liabilities	534		596
Total liabilities	$	208,900	$	242,298

The following table details additional information regarding loans and securitized debt related to the August 2019 VIE as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

						Weighted Average
As of:		Current Unpaid Principal Balance		Fair Value		Coupon		Yield		Life (Years) (1)
June 30, 2020	Residential mortgage loans (2)	$	254,936	$	223,119	3.51	%	4.81	%	6.85
	Securitized debt (3)	213,233		198,974		2.95	%	2.95	%	5.19
December 31, 2019	Residential mortgage loans (2)	263,956		255,171		3.96	%	5.11	%	7.66
	Securitized debt (3)	217,455		217,118		2.92	%	2.86	%	5.00

(1)This is based on projected life. Typically, actual maturities of investments and loans are shorter than stated contractual maturities. Maturities are affected by the contractual lives of the underlying mortgages, periodic payments of principal and prepayments of principal.

(2)This represents all loans contributed to the August 2019 VIE.

(3)As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company has recorded secured financing of $199.0 million and $217.1 million, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets in the "Securitized debt, at fair value" line item. The Company recorded the proceeds from the issuance of the secured financing in the "Cash Flows from Financing Activities" section of the consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of securitization.

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Excess MSRs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Abstract]

Schedule of Excess MSR Portfolio

The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,327,265	$	17,619	$	8	$	(5,435)	$	12,192	4.68	%	6.41
Credit Excess MSRs	31,508		172		—		(70)		102		23.60	%	7.29
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,358,773	$	17,791	$	8	$	(5,505)	$	12,294	4.84	%	6.42

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

The following table presents detail on the Company’s Excess MSR portfolio on December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

					Gross Unrealized						Weighted Average
	Unpaid Principal Balance		Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value		Yield		Life  (Years) (1)
Agency Excess MSRs	$	2,910,735	$	19,570	$	93	$	(2,031)	$	17,632	8.32	%	5.58
Credit Excess MSRs	34,753		178		2		(37)		143		21.38	%	5.25
Total Excess MSRs	$	2,945,488	$	19,748	$	95	$	(2,068)	$	17,775	8.42	%	5.58

(1)This is based on projected life. Actual maturities of Excess MSRs may be shorter than stated contractual maturities.  Maturities are affected by prepayments of principal.

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Fair value measurements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of financial instruments measured at fair value

The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

	Fair Value at June 30, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	$	—	$	40,995	$	4,496	$	45,491
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		326		—		326
CMBS	—		82,421		—		82,421
CMBS Interest Only	—		4,233		—		4,233
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		379,822		379,822
Commercial loans	—		—		127,685		127,685
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		12,294		12,294
Derivative assets	84		—		—		84
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,030		28,030
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	84	$	127,975	$	552,327	$	680,386
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	—	$	—	$	(198,974)	$	(198,974)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents, if applicable, and AG Arc.

The following table presents the Company’s financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	Fair value at December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Agency RMBS:
30 Year Fixed Rate	$	—	$	2,241,298	$	—	$	2,241,298
Interest Only	—		74,141		—		74,141
Credit Investments:
Non-Agency RMBS	—		86,281		630,115		716,396
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	—		—		1,074		1,074
CMBS	—		2,365		366,566		368,931
CMBS Interest Only	—		—		47,992		47,992
Residential mortgage loans	—		—		417,785		417,785
Commercial loans	—		—		158,686		158,686
Excess mortgage servicing rights	—		—		17,775		17,775
Cash equivalents (1)	53,243		—		—		53,243
Derivative assets	—		2,282		—		2,282
AG Arc (1)	—		—		28,546		28,546
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	$	53,243	$	2,406,367	$	1,668,539	$	4,128,149
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	$	—	$	(151,933)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,348)
Derivative liabilities	(122)		(289)		—		(411)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	$	(122)	$	(152,222)	$	(72,415)	$	(224,759)

(1)Refer to Note 2 for more information on the Company's accounting policies with regard to cash equivalents and AG Arc.

Schedule of assets measured on a recurring basis

The following tables present additional information about the Company’s assets and liabilities which are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	5,533	$	766,960	$	158,051	$	14,066	$	18,519	$	(191,346)
Purchases/Transfers	—		—		7,759		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets	(68)		(378,729)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(1,159)		(14,716)		—		—		—		3,517
Total net gains/(losses) (1)
Included in net income	190		6,307		(3,925)		(1,772)		9,511		(8,145)
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (2)	$	4	$	60,434	$	(2,134)	$	(1,780)	$	9,511	$	(8,145)

(1) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,302
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,917)
Net realized gain/(loss)	(55,730)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	2,166
(2) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	58,304
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(9,925)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	9,511
Total	$	57,890

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	506,103	$	2,501	$	20,199	$	212,904	$	49,397	$	202,047	$	110,223	$	24,301	$	23,775	$	(10,515)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	24,194		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	61,496		—		819		23,656		—		6,250		8,132		—		—		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(14,606)		—		—		(14,097)		(1,714)		(12,704)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(22,573)		—		(634)		(7,570)		—		(4,152)		—		—		—		1,898
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	6,531		(667)		187		5,332		(847)		8,529		(350)		(3,408)		(5,058)		(13)
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	5,108	$	(386)	$	187	$	5,329	$	(772)	$	7,847	$	(350)	$	(1,803)	$	(5,058)	$	(13)

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the three months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 3 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	18,332
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,421)
Net realized gain/(loss)	383
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,236
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	16,963
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(1,816)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(5,058)
Total	$	10,089

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	630,115	$	1,074	$	366,566	$	47,992	$	417,785	$	158,686	$	17,775	$	28,546	$	(72,415)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(151,933)
Transfers out of level 3	(210,709)		(1,074)		(170,816)		(22,054)		—		—		—		—		7,230
Purchases/Transfers	1,559		—		3,540		—		479,195		19,200		—		—		—
Issuances of Securitized Debt	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		(3,000)
Proceeds from sales of assets and seizures of assets	(362,199)		—		(148,111)		(21,996)		(387,408)		(34,200)		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(10,869)		—		(9,367)		—		(37,390)		—		—		—		9,223
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	(43,401)		—		(41,812)		(3,942)		(92,360)		(16,001)		(5,481)		(516)		11,921
Ending Balance	$	4,496	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	379,822	$	127,685	$	12,294	$	28,030	$	(198,974)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2020 (3)	$	(550)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	(35,221)	$	(14,210)	$	(5,481)	$	(516)	$	11,921

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 50 Non-Agency RMBS securities, 2 Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only securities, 32 CMBS securities, 15 CMBS Interest Only securities and 1 securitized debt security into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company transferred 1 securitized debt security into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820. Refer to Note 2 for more information on changes regarding the Company's leveling policy.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(87,515)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Net realized gain/(loss)	(110,001)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(191,592)
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	(49,981)
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	6,440
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(516)
Total	$	(44,057)

Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands)
	Non-Agency RMBS		Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only		ABS		CMBS		CMBS Interest Only		Residential Mortgage Loans		Commercial Loans		Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights		AG Arc		Securitized debt
Beginning balance	$	491,554	$	3,099	$	21,160	$	211,054	$	50,331	$	186,096	$	98,574	$	26,650	$	20,360	$	(10,858)
Transfers (1):
Transfers into level 3	55,174		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Transfers out of level 3	(61,531)		—		—		(5,279)		—		—		—		—		—		—
Purchases/Transfers	140,562		—		1,158		43,445		—		25,995		29,648		—		—		—
Capital Contributions	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		6,689		—
Proceeds from sales/redemptions	(49,242)		—		(1,283)		(20,165)		(1,714)		(12,780)		—		—		—		—
Proceeds from settlement	(27,873)		—		(1,183)		(22,934)		—		(8,189)		(10,417)		—		—		2,215
Total net gains/(losses) (2)
Included in net income	12,501		(1,265)		719		14,104		(1,781)		8,848		200		(5,757)		(8,332)		13
Ending Balance	$	561,145	$	1,834	$	20,571	$	220,225	$	46,836	$	199,970	$	118,005	$	20,893	$	18,717	$	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held as of June 30, 2019 (3)	$	10,087	$	(984)	$	654	$	10,733	$	(1,706)	$	7,992	$	200	$	(3,539)	$	(8,332)	$	13

(1) Transfers are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company transferred 7 Non-Agency RMBS securities into the Level 3 category from the Level 2 category and 6 Non-Agency RMBS and 2 CMBS securities into the Level 2 category from the Level 3 category under the fair value hierarchy of ASC 820.

(2) Gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:

Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	29,745
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(5,744)
Net realized gain/(loss)	3,581
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	19,250
(3) Unrealized gains/(losses) are recorded in the following line items in the consolidated statement of operations:
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net	$	26,976
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(3,526)
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates	(8,332)
Total	$	15,118

Schedule of valuation techniques

The following tables present a summary of quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of investments for which the Company has utilized Level 3 inputs to determine fair value.

Asset Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	6.50% - 8.29% (8.00%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	3,204	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.82% - 5.95% (5.84%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	3.70% - 5.74% (5.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-3.70% - 19.66% (0.17%)
	$	1,292	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	86.99 - 86.99 (86.99)
				Yield	5.50% - 10.00% (6.67%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	370,353	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	5.94% - 10.10% (8.16%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 5.39% (3.01%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-9.12% - 59.16% (23.43%)
	$	9,469	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	13.93 - 103.20 (79.57)
				Yield	8.04% - 17.60% (10.89%)
Commercial Loans	$	127,685	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	738 bps - 1,586 bps (995 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights			Discounted Cash Flow	Yield	8.50% - 11.81% (9.26%)
	$	12,192		Projected Collateral Prepayments	11.27% - 16.93% (14.06%)
	$	102	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.00 - 0.32 (0.32)
AG Arc	$	28,030	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at June 30, 2020 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	3.50% - 7.00% (4.20%)
Securitized debt	$	(198,974)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	8.87% - 8.87% (8.87%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.41% - 2.41% (2.41%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	23.34% - 23.34% (23.34%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of June 30, 2020.

Asset Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average) (1)
				Yield	1.71% - 100.00% (5.99%)
Non-Agency RMBS	$	625,537	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 100.00% (14.60%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 100.00% (2.93%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 100.00% (21.37%)
	$	4,578	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
				Yield	27.50% - 27.50% (27.50%)
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only	$	1,074	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	18.00% - 18.00% (18.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.00% - 2.00% (2.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	35.00% - 35.00% (35.00%)
				Yield	0.00% - 13.89% (6.33%)
CMBS	$	366,566	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	-2.57% - 9.86% (4.19%)
CMBS Interest Only	$	47,992	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	99.00% - 100.00% (99.93%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	0.00% - 0.00% (0.00%)
				Yield	4.00% - 8.25% (4.81%)
Residential Mortgage Loans	$	364,107	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	4.81% - 9.04% (7.78%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	1.64% - 4.94% (2.36%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	-7.32% - 36.91% (23.15%)
	$	53,678	Recent Transaction	Cost	N/A
				Yield	6.16% - 10.76% (6.86%)
Commercial Loans	$	60,164	Discounted Cash Flow	Credit Spread	440 bps - 900 bps (510 bps)
				Recovery Percentage (2)	100.00% - 100.00% (100.00%)
	$	98,522	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	100.00 - 100.00 (100.00)
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights				Yield	8.50% - 11.60% (9.20%)
	$	17,633	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	9.35% - 16.90% (12.36%)
	$	142	Consensus Pricing	Offered Quotes	0.01 - 0.40 (0.40)
AG Arc	$	28,546	Comparable Multiple	Book Value Multiple	1.0x - 1.0x (1.0x)
Liability Class	Fair Value at December 31, 2019 (in thousands)		Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range (Weighted Average)
				Yield	2.98% - 4.70% (3.54%)
Securitized debt	$	(72,415)	Discounted Cash Flow	Projected Collateral Prepayments	10.00% - 10.04% (10.04%)
				Projected Collateral Losses	2.04% - 3.50% (2.19%)
				Projected Collateral Severities	20.13% - 45.00% (22.61%)

(1) Amounts are weighted based on fair values.

(2) Represents the proportion of the principal expected to be collected relative to the loan balances as of December 31, 2019.

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Financing arrangements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of repurchase agreements

The following table presents a summary of the Company's financing arrangements as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966
Revolving facilities (1)	62,812		111,502
Financing arrangements, net	$	251,098	$	3,233,468

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	55,658	3.43	%	46.9	%	$	107,533	$	125,911	$	570
61-90 days	1,704		4.50	%	35.0	%	2,674		2,553		2
Total / Weighted Average	$	57,362	3.46	%	46.5	%	$	110,207	$	128,464	$	572

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding real estate securities pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements						Real Estate Securities Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
30 days or less	$	1,550,508	2.33	%	9.0	%	$	1,728,837	$	1,660,649	$	5,402
31-60 days	1,362,121		2.13	%	7.0	%	1,501,850		1,453,257		5,191
61-90 days	71,753		2.99	%	23.5	%	93,957		92,901		245
Greater than 180 days	2,973		3.79	%	23.7	%	4,039		3,690		3
Total / Weighted Average	$	2,987,355	2.25	%	8.5	%	$	3,328,683	$	3,210,497	$	10,841

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
61-90 days	$	9,392	4.65	%	4.65	%	61.2	%	$	24,206	$	23,441	$	766
Greater than 180 days	118,072		3.68	%	4.10	%	19.4	%	147,110		164,348		477
Total / Weighted Average	$	127,464	3.76	%	4.14	%	22.4	%	$	171,316	$	187,789	$	1,243

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding residential mortgage loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Residential Mortgage Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
31-60 days	$	24,584	3.14	%	3.14	%	33.7	%	$	37,546	$	25,192	$	377
Greater than 180 days	107,010		3.61	%	3.80	%	19.3	%	133,678		135,409		443
Total / Weighted Average	$	131,594	3.53	%	3.68	%	22.0	%	$	171,224	$	160,601	$	820

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of June 30, 2020 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,460	4.75	%	6.00	%	36.4	%	$	5,441	$	6,291	$	30

The following table presents a summary of financial information regarding the Company’s repurchase agreements and corresponding commercial loans pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

	Repurchase Agreements								Commercial Loans Pledged
Repurchase Agreements Maturing Within:	Balance		Weighted  Average Rate		Weighted Average Funding Cost		Weighted  Average Haircut		Fair Value  Pledged		Amortized  Cost		Accrued  Interest
Greater than 180 days	$	3,017	4.46	%	5.89	%	35.4	%	$	4,674	$	4,674	$	26

Schedule of securities collateral information

The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s posting of collateral under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,231,933
Non-Agency RMBS	36,913		682,828
CMBS	73,294		413,922
Residential Mortgage Loans	171,316		171,224
Commercial Loans	5,441		4,674
Cash pledged (i.e., restricted cash) under repurchase agreements	48		11,565
Total collateral pledged under repurchase agreements	$	287,012	$	3,516,146

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had no investments posted to it under repurchase agreements. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had fair value of $1.1 million of U.S. Treasury Securities posted to it under repurchase agreements.

Schedule of total borrowings under repurchase agreements

The following table presents information with respect to the Company’s total borrowings under repurchase agreements on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, broken out by investment type (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Repurchase agreements secured by investments:
Agency RMBS	$	—	$	2,109,278
Non-Agency RMBS	20,498		565,450
CMBS	36,864		312,627
Residential Mortgage Loans	127,464		131,594
Commercial Loans	3,460		3,017
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	$	188,286	$	3,121,966

Schedule of gross and net information about repurchase agreements

The following table presents both gross information and net information about repurchase agreements eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of	Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities		Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Liabilities Presented in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments Posted		Cash Collateral Posted		Net Amount
June 30, 2020	$	188,286	$	—	$	188,286	$	188,286	$	—	$	—
December 31, 2019	3,121,966		—		3,121,966		3,121,966		—		—

Schedule of term loan and revolving facilities

The following table presents information regarding the Company's revolving facilities, excluding facilities within investments in debt and equity of affiliates, as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands).

			June 30, 2020										December 31, 2019
Facility (1)(2)(3)	Investment	Maturity Date	Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral		Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity		Rate		Funding Cost		Balance		Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral
Revolving facility B	Residential mortgage loans	June 28, 2021	—	%	—	%	$	—	$	—	$	—	3.80	%	3.80	%	$	21,546	$	27,476
Revolving facility C	Commercial loans	August 10, 2023	2.33	%	2.68	%	62,812		99,660		100,000		3.85	%	4.01	%	89,956		132,856
Total revolving facilities							$	62,812	$	99,660	$	100,000					$	111,502	$	160,332

(1)All revolving facilities listed above are interest only until maturity.

(2)Under the terms of the Company’s financing agreements, the Company's financial counterparties may, in certain cases, sell or re-hypothecate the pledged collateral.

(3)Increasing the Company's borrowing capacity under this facility requires consent of the lender.

Schedule of repurchase agreement counterparty

The following table presents information at June 30, 2020 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch	$	50,756	24	13.9	%
Barclays Bank PLC	28,966		329	7.9	%

The following table presents information at December 31, 2019 with respect to each counterparty that provides the Company with financing for which the Company had greater than 5% of its stockholders’ equity at risk, excluding stockholders’ equity at risk under financing through affiliated entities ($ in thousands).

Counterparty	Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		Weighted Average Maturity (days)	Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity
Barclays Capital Inc.	$	77,334	277	9.1	%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	50,263		22	5.9	%

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Other assets and liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of other assets and other liabilities

The following table details certain information related to the Company's "Other assets" and "Other liabilities" line items on its consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Other assets
Interest receivable	$	2,815	$	13,548
Derivative assets, at fair value	84		2,282
Other assets	4,149		4,378
Due from broker	4,115		1,697
Total Other assets	$	11,163	$	21,905
Other liabilities
Interest payable	$	810	$	10,941
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	—		411
Accrued expenses	2,734		6,175
Deficiencies payable (1)	2,200		—
Taxes payable	—		815
Due to broker	2,702		1,107
Total Other liabilities	$	8,446	$	19,449

(1)Refer to Note 13 for more information.

Schedule of Company's derivative and other instruments and their balance sheet location

The following table presents the fair value of the Company's derivatives and other instruments and their balance sheet location at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

Derivatives and Other Instruments (1)	Designation	Balance Sheet  Location	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other assets	$	—	$	199
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements (2)	Non-Hedge	Other liabilities	—		(411)
Payer Swaptions	Non-Hedge	Other assets	—		2,083
Short positions on British Pound Futures	Non-Hedge	Other assets	84		—

(1)As of June 30, 2020, the Company did not apply a fair value reduction on its assets or liabilities related to variation margin. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a fair value reduction of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)The Company did not hold any interest rate swap assets or liabilities as of June 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, the Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

Schedule of derivatives and other instruments

The following table summarizes information related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

Notional amount of non-hedge derivatives and other instruments:	Notional Currency	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Pay Fix/Receive Float Interest Rate Swap Agreements	USD	$	—	$	1,848,750
Payer Swaptions	USD	350,000		650,000
Short positions on British Pound Futures (1)	GBP	3,250		6,563
Short positions on Euro Futures (2)	EUR	—		1,500

(1)Each British Pound Future contract embodies £62,500 of notional value.

(2)Each Euro Future contract embodies €125,000 of notional value.

Schedule of gains/(losses) related to derivatives and other instruments

The following table summarizes gains/(losses) related to derivatives and other instruments (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net
Interest Rate Swaps	$	—	$	(9,102)	$	(11,588)	$	(19,764)
Eurodollar Futures	—		(266)		—		768
Swaptions	(5)		(256)		(697)		(774)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		1		—		(144)
British Pound Futures	239		—		186		—
Euro Futures	(28)		—		20		—
TBAs	(392)		(452)		—		441
U.S. Treasuries	—		—		—		82
	(186)		(10,075)		(12,079)		(19,391)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)
Interest Rate Swaps	—		(23,538)		(65,368)		(41,080)
Eurodollar Futures	—		11		—		(1,229)
Swaptions	—		(227)		(1,386)		(861)
U.S. Treasury Futures	—		302		—		371
British Pound Futures	(150)		—		514		—
Euro Futures	66		—		68		—
TBAs	392		1,957		4,610		1,601
U.S. Treasuries	—		(176)		—		(249)
	308		(21,671)		(61,562)		(41,447)
Total income/(loss)	$	122	$	(31,746)	$	(73,641)	$	(60,838)

Schedule of gross and net information about derivative assets

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative and other instruments eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands): 

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets
British Pound Futures	$	84	$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	84

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative instruments eligible for offset in the

consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description (1)	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets (2)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,980	$	—	$	1,980	$	—	$	1	$	1,979
Interest Rate Swaptions	2,083		—		2,083		—		—		2,083
Total Derivative Assets	$	4,063	$	—	$	4,063	$	—	$	1	$	4,062
Derivative Liabilities (3)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976
Total Derivative Liabilities	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976

(1)The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)Included in Other assets on the consolidated balance sheet is $4.1 million less accrued interest of $(1.8) million for a total of $2.3 million.

(3)Included in Other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet is $1.0 million less accrued interest of $(1.4) million for a total of $(0.4) million.

Schedule of gross and net information about derivative liabilities

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative and other instruments eligible for offset in the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands): 

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets
British Pound Futures	$	84	$	—	$	84	$	—	$	—	$	84

The following table presents both gross information and net information about derivative instruments eligible for offset in the

consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands):

							Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Description (1)	Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		Net Amount
Derivative Assets (2)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	1,980	$	—	$	1,980	$	—	$	1	$	1,979
Interest Rate Swaptions	2,083		—		2,083		—		—		2,083
Total Derivative Assets	$	4,063	$	—	$	4,063	$	—	$	1	$	4,062
Derivative Liabilities (3)
Interest Rate Swaps	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976
Total Derivative Liabilities	$	977	$	—	$	977	$	—	$	1	$	976

(1)The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $10.8 million and $2.2 million to its interest rate swap assets and liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin. The Company applied a reduction in fair value of $19.7 thousand and $0.1 million to its Euro Futures liabilities and British Pound Futures liabilities, respectively, related to variation margin.

(2)Included in Other assets on the consolidated balance sheet is $4.1 million less accrued interest of $(1.8) million for a total of $2.3 million.

(3)Included in Other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet is $1.0 million less accrued interest of $(1.4) million for a total of $(0.4) million.

Schedule of interest rate derivatives

As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s interest rate swap positions consisted of pay-fixed interest rate swaps. The following table presents information about the Company’s interest rate swaps as of December 31, 2019 ($ in thousands):

Maturity	Notional Amount		Weighted Average Pay-Fixed Rate		Weighted Average Receive-Variable Rate		Weighted Average Years to Maturity
2020	$	105,000	1.54	%	1.91	%	0.20
2022	743,000		1.64	%	1.91	%	2.68
2023	5,750		3.19	%	1.91	%	3.85
2024	650,000		1.52	%	1.90	%	4.80
2026	180,000		1.50	%	1.89	%	6.70
2029	165,000		1.77	%	1.94	%	9.85
Total/Wtd Avg	$	1,848,750	1.60	%	1.91	%	4.32

Schedule of to be announced securities activity

The Company did not hold any TBA positions for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The following tables present information about the Company’s TBAs for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

						For the Three Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	125,000	$	737,500	$	(737,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	—	$	(100,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

						For the Six Months Ended:
		Beginning Notional Amount		Buys or Covers		Sales or Shorts		Ending Net Notional Amount		Net Fair Value as of Period End		Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		Derivative Asset		Derivative Liability
June 30, 2020	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	728,000	$	(728,000)	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
June 30, 2019	TBAs - Long	$	—	$	1,394,500	$	(1,269,500)	$	125,000	$	126,064	$	(125,612)	$	625	$	(173)
	TBAs - Short	$	—	$	185,000	$	(285,000)	$	(100,000)	$	(102,242)	$	102,230	$	—	$	(12)

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Earnings per share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of basic and diluted earnings per share

The following table presents a reconciliation of the earnings and shares used in calculating basic and diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Numerator:
Net Income/(Loss) from Continuing Operations	$	2,700	$	19,871	$	(482,317)	$	50,060
Dividends on preferred stock	5,667		3,367		11,334		6,734
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations available to common stockholders	$	(2,967)	$	16,504	$	(493,651)	$	43,326
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361		(1,193)		361		(2,227)
Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders	$	(2,606)	$	15,311	$	(493,290)	$	41,099
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,709		32,804		31,636
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (1)	—		28		—		28
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	32,859		32,737		32,804		31,664
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations	$	(0.09)	$	0.50	$	(15.05)	$	1.37
Discontinued Operations	0.01		(0.03)		0.01		(0.07)
Total Earnings/(Loss) Per Share of Common Stock	$	(0.08)	$	0.47	$	(15.04)	$	1.30

(1) Manager restricted stock units of 16.4 thousand and 17.3 thousand were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because its effect would be anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

Schedule of dividends declared and paid

The following table details the aggregate and per-share amounts of arrearages in cumulative, unpaid, and undeclared preferred dividends as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share data):

Class of Stock	Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears		Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears
8.25% Series A	$	0.51563	$	1,067
8.00% Series B	0.50		2,300
8.000% Series C	0.50		2,300
Total			$	5,667

The following tables detail the Company's common stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2019:

2019
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Per Share
3/15/2019	3/29/2019	4/30/2019	$	0.50
6/14/2019	6/28/2019	7/31/2019	0.50
Total			$	1.00

The following tables detail the Company's preferred stock dividends during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.

			Cash Dividend Per Share
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	8.25% Series A		8.00% Series B		8.000% Series C
2/14/2020	2/28/2020	3/17/2020	$	0.51563	$	0.50	$	0.50
2/15/2019	2/28/2019	3/18/2019	0.51563		0.50		—
5/17/2019	5/31/2019	6/17/2019	0.51563		0.50		—

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of outstanding commitments

The below table details the Company's outstanding commitments as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):

Commitment type	Date of Commitment	Total Commitment		Funded Commitment		Remaining Commitment
Commercial loan G (a)	July 26, 2018	$	84,515	$	56,710	$	27,805
Commercial loan I (a)	January 23, 2019	20,000		15,212		4,788
Commercial loan J (a)	February 11, 2019	30,000		6,291		23,709
Commercial loan K (a)	February 22, 2019	20,000		12,673		7,327
LOTS (b)	Various	40,819		22,999		17,820
Total		$	195,334	$	113,885	$	81,449

(a)The Company entered into commitments on commercial loans relating to construction projects. See Note 4 for further details.

(b)Refer to Note 11 "Investments in debt and equity of affiliates" for more information regarding LOTS.

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Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Single-Family Rental Property's Discontinued Operaitons

The table below presents our results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019		June 30, 2020		June 30, 2019
Interest expense	$	—	$	(1,247)	$	—	$	(2,494)
Other Income/(Loss)
Rental income	—		3,162		—		6,559
Net realized gain/(loss)	—		(69)		—		(96)
Other income	—		130		—		312
Total Other Income/(Loss)	—		3,223		—		6,775
Expenses
Other operating expenses	(80)		43		(80)		92
Property depreciation and amortization	—		1,180		—		2,627
Property operating expenses	(281)		1,946		(281)		3,789
Total Expenses	(361)		3,169		(361)		6,508
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	$	361	$	(1,193)	$	361	$	(2,227)

In the second quarter of 2020, the Company reversed certain previously accrued expenses related to discontinued operations.

The table below presents our statement of net position for the years ended June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, for the single-family rental properties segment's discontinued operations as reported separately as assets and liabilities held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

	June 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Assets
Other assets	$	—	$	154
Total Assets	—		154
Liabilities
Other liabilities	305		1,546
Total	$	305	$	1,546

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Organization - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Common stock book value (in usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 2.75	$ 17.61
Portfolio value	$ 652,300	$ 4,000,000
Gain (loss) on termination of portfolio	(65,400)
Financing arrangements	$ 251,098	$ 3,233,468
Leverage ratio	1.3	4.1

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Summary of significant accounting policies - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 17, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Apr. 03, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 68,150		$ 81,692	$ 60,097
Cash equivalents		0		$ 53,200
Remaining equity percentage			35.00%
December 2014 VIE
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Deconsolidation gain (loss)		2,100
August 2018 VIE
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Deconsolidation gain (loss)		$ 8,300
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Equity ownership percentage		100.00%
Series Cumulative Reedmable Preferred Stock
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage		8.25%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)		$ 25.00
Series B Cumulative Reedmable Preferred Stock
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage		8.00%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)		$ 25.00
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.00%	8.00%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)	$ 25.00	$ 25.00
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | LIBOR Floating Rate
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage	6.476%

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Summary of significant accounting policies - Schedule of investments in debt and equity of affiliates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$ 122,929	$ 156,311
Residential and Commercial Real Estates Assets | LOTS
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments fair market value	23,800	17,000
Residential and Commercial Real Estates Assets | Mortgage Acquisition Trust
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments fair market value	243,700	254,300
Assets
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments fair market value	307,130	373,126
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	344,436	414,625
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	9,276	12,953
Assets | ARC Home LLC
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	28,030	28,546
Liabilities
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments fair market value	217,856	257,068
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	221,507	258,314
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	3,651	1,246
Liabilities | ARC Home LLC
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	0	0
Equity
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments fair market value	89,274	116,058
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	122,929	156,311
Cash and Other assets/(liabilities)	5,625	11,707
Equity | ARC Home LLC
Investments in and Advances to Affiliates [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates	$ 28,030	$ 28,546

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Real Estate Securities - Summary of real estate securities portfolio (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face		$ 7,492,613
Premium / (Discount)		(4,176,790)
Amortized Cost		3,315,823
Gross Unrealized Gains		137,283
Gross Unrealized Losses		(3,274)
Fair Value		$ 3,449,832
Weighted Average Coupon		2.20%
Weighted Average Yield		4.37%
Agency RMBS: 30 Year Fixed Rate
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face		$ 2,125,067
Premium / (Discount)		59,123
Amortized Cost		2,184,190
Gross Unrealized Gains		57,404
Gross Unrealized Losses		(296)
Fair Value		$ 2,241,298
Weighted Average Coupon		3.73%
Weighted Average Yield		3.17%
Agency RMBS: Interest Only
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face		$ 476,192
Premium / (Discount)		(403,248)
Amortized Cost		72,944
Gross Unrealized Gains		2,330
Gross Unrealized Losses		(1,133)
Fair Value		$ 74,141
Weighted Average Coupon		3.93%
Weighted Average Yield		5.87%
Total Agency RBMS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face		$ 2,601,259
Premium / (Discount)		(344,125)
Amortized Cost		2,257,134
Gross Unrealized Gains		59,734
Gross Unrealized Losses		(1,429)
Fair Value		$ 2,315,439
Weighted Average Coupon		3.77%
Weighted Average Yield		3.26%
Credit Securities: Non-Agency RMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 63,228	$ 769,254
Premium / (Discount)	(16,880)	(107,848)
Amortized Cost	46,348	661,406
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,736	55,343
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,593)	(353)
Fair Value	$ 45,491	$ 716,396
Weighted Average Coupon	4.95%	4.84%
Weighted Average Yield	8.43%	6.28%
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 183,667	$ 209,362
Premium / (Discount)	(183,590)	(207,948)
Amortized Cost	77	1,414
Gross Unrealized Gains	301	0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(52)	(340)
Fair Value	$ 326	$ 1,074
Weighted Average Coupon	0.59%	0.77%
Weighted Average Yield		5.96%
Total Non Agency RMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 246,895	$ 978,616
Premium / (Discount)	(200,470)	(315,796)
Amortized Cost	46,425	662,820
Gross Unrealized Gains	4,037	55,343
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,645)	(693)
Fair Value	$ 45,817	$ 717,470
Weighted Average Coupon	2.40%	4.40%
Weighted Average Yield	8.43%	6.28%
CMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 121,193	$ 485,713
Premium / (Discount)	(17,692)	(134,596)
Amortized Cost	103,501	351,117
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,584	18,720
Gross Unrealized Losses	(22,664)	(906)
Fair Value	$ 82,421	$ 368,931
Weighted Average Coupon	4.06%	4.91%
Weighted Average Yield	5.63%	7.28%
CMBS Interest Only
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 687,447	$ 3,427,025
Premium / (Discount)	(683,134)	(3,382,273)
Amortized Cost	4,313	44,752
Gross Unrealized Gains	87	3,486
Gross Unrealized Losses	(167)	(246)
Fair Value	$ 4,233	$ 47,992
Weighted Average Coupon	0.10%	0.24%
Weighted Average Yield	7.02%	6.68%
Total CMBS
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 808,640	$ 3,912,738
Premium / (Discount)	(700,826)	(3,516,869)
Amortized Cost	107,814	395,869
Gross Unrealized Gains	1,671	22,206
Gross Unrealized Losses	(22,831)	(1,152)
Fair Value	$ 86,654	$ 416,923
Weighted Average Coupon	0.63%	0.60%
Weighted Average Yield	5.70%	7.21%
Total Credit Investments
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 1,055,535	$ 4,891,354
Premium / (Discount)	(901,296)	(3,832,665)
Amortized Cost	154,239	1,058,689
Gross Unrealized Gains	5,708	77,549
Gross Unrealized Losses	(27,476)	(1,845)
Fair Value	$ 132,471	$ 1,134,393
Weighted Average Coupon	0.89%	1.31%
Weighted Average Yield	6.64%	6.62%

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Real Estate Securities - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) security
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales of real estate securities			$ 2,683,595	$ 446,089
Settled Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment charge on securities		$ 8,700		$ 11,100
Number of securities sold | security	87	15	316	46
Proceeds from sales of real estate securities	$ 234,500	$ 233,100	$ 2,700,000	$ 446,100
Securities, gross realized gains	9,300		53,200
Securities, gross realized losses	$ 45,600		$ 175,800
Unsettled Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Securities, gross realized gains		3,800		8,100
Securities, gross realized losses		100		2,300
Fair Values of Securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment, not recognized in a prior period		$ 900		$ 1,200

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Real Estate Securities - Summary of weighted average life of real estate securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Agency RMBS
Fair Value
Less than or equal to 1 year		$ 0
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years		313,855
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years		2,001,584
Greater than ten years		0
Total		2,315,439
Amortized Cost
Less than or equal to 1 year		0
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years		302,520
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years		1,954,614
Greater than ten years		0
Total		$ 2,257,134
Weighted Average Coupon
Less than or equal to 1 year		0.00%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years		4.01%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years		3.71%
Greater than ten years		0.00%
Total		3.77%
Credit Investments
Fair Value
Less than or equal to 1 year	$ 21,836	$ 82,474
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	43,984	525,192
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	29,651	296,665
Greater than ten years	37,000	230,062
Total	132,471	1,134,393
Amortized Cost
Less than or equal to 1 year	29,004	82,273
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	56,366	508,038
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	31,077	263,300
Greater than ten years	37,792	205,078
Total	$ 154,239	$ 1,058,689
Weighted Average Coupon
Less than or equal to 1 year	1.55%	0.56%
Greater than one year and less than or equal to five years	0.64%	1.29%
Greater than five years and less than or equal to ten years	0.53%	1.06%
Greater than ten years	4.32%	5.46%
Total	0.89%	1.31%

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Real Estate Securities - Summary of Company's consolidated related to the August 2018 VIE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Other assets		$ 11,163	$ 21,905
Total Assets		855,598	4,347,817
Liabilities
Financing arrangements		251,098	3,233,468
Securitized debt, at fair value	[1],[2]	198,974	224,348
Other liabilities		8,446	19,449
Total Liabilities		490,220	3,498,771
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Other assets			808
Total Assets			109,146
Liabilities
Financing arrangements			70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value			7,230
Other liabilities			3,553
Total Liabilities			81,495
Non-Agency
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Real estate securities, at fair value	[1]	45,817	717,470
Non-Agency | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Real estate securities, at fair value			13,838
CMBS
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Real estate securities, at fair value		$ 86,654	416,923
CMBS | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Real estate securities, at fair value:
Real estate securities, at fair value			$ 94,500

[1] See Note 3 for details related to variable interest entities.

[2] See Note 4 for details related to variable interest entities.

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Real Estate Securities - Summary of Company's consolidated related to the December 2014 VIE (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 7,492,613
Fair Value	$ 3,449,832
Weighted Average Coupon	2.20%
Weighted Average Yield	4.37%
Securitized debt, at fair value	$ 7,200
Resecuritized Asset
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	15,055
Fair Value	$ 13,838
Weighted Average Coupon	4.46%
Weighted Average Yield	10.81%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	4 years 11 months 1 day
Consolidated Tranches | Resecuritized Asset
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 7,204
Fair Value	$ 7,230
Weighted Average Coupon	3.46%
Weighted Average Yield	4.11%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 11 months 15 days
Retained Tranches | Resecuritized Asset
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 7,851
Fair Value	$ 6,608
Weighted Average Coupon	5.37%
Weighted Average Yield	18.14%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	7 years 7 months 20 days

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Loans - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Fair market value	$ 379,822,000		$ 379,822,000			$ 417,785,000
Discount accretion	163,600		129,900
Residential Portfolio Segment
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Loan balances	471,458,000		471,458,000		$ 481,700,000	464,041,000
Fair market value	$ 379,822,000		$ 379,822,000		$ 450,300,000	417,785,000
Number of loans sold | loan	2,357	78	2,358	79
Proceeds from sale of loans	$ 382,800,000	$ 12,700,000	$ 391,500,000	$ 12,800,000
Realized gain on sale of loan	1,400,000	1,000,000.0	1,400,000	1,000,000.0
Realized loss on sale of loan	55,500,000	200,000	58,600,000	200,000
Other than temporary impairment losses recognized		$ 0		$ 0
Mortgage loans in process of foreclosure	$ 33,700,000		$ 33,700,000			$ 35,600,000
Number of conventional loans with balances | loan	3,239		3,239			3,413
Residential Portfolio Segment | Minimum
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Loan balances	$ 5,600		$ 5,600			$ 3,800
Residential Portfolio Segment | Maximum
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Loan balances	$ 3,400,000		$ 3,400,000			$ 3,400,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Number of loans sold | loan	1		1
Proceeds from sale of loans	$ 34,200,000		$ 34,200,000
Realized loss on sale of loan	$ 1,700,000		$ 1,700,000

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Loans - Summary of company's residential mortgage loan portfolio (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 379,822	$ 417,785
Residential Portfolio Segment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unpaid  Principal Balance	471,458	464,041	$ 481,700
Premium (Discount)	(65,122)	(55,219)
Amortized Cost	406,336	408,822
Gross Unrealized Gains	829	9,065
Gross Unrealized Losses	(27,343)	(102)
Fair Value	$ 379,822	$ 417,785	$ 450,300
Weighted Average Coupon	3.52%	4.09%
Weighted Average Yield	5.25%	5.72%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	6 years 5 months 12 days	7 years 4 months 9 days

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Loans - Summary of company's re-performing and non-performing residential mortgage loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Jan. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 379,822		$ 417,785
Residential Portfolio Segment
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	379,822	$ 450,300	417,785
Unpaid  Principal Balance	471,458	$ 481,700	464,041
Residential Portfolio Segment | Re-Performing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	292,102		330,234
Unpaid  Principal Balance	348,003		357,678
Residential Portfolio Segment | Non-Performing
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	78,251		87,551
Unpaid  Principal Balance	101,375		106,363
Residential Portfolio Segment | Other
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair Value	9,469		0
Unpaid  Principal Balance	$ 22,080		$ 0

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Loans - Summary of concentrations of credit risk (Details) - Residential Portfolio Segment - Geographic Concentration Risk - Accounts Receivable	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
California
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	18.00%	19.00%
Florida
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	10.00%	11.00%
New York
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	9.00%	9.00%
New Jersey
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Geographic Concentration of Credit Risk	6.00%	6.00%

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Loans - Summary of changes in the accretable portion of discounts (Details) - Residential Portfolio Segment - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Changes in the accretable portion
Beginning Balance	$ 263,111	$ 99,504	$ 168,877	$ 79,610
Additions	0	505	129,017	20,236
Accretion	(8,037)	(3,438)	(16,465)	(6,701)
Reclassifications from/(to) non-accretable difference	1,335	(2,245)	(24,677)	1,604
Disposals	(118,248)	(4,811)	(118,591)	(5,234)
Ending Balance	$ 138,161	$ 89,515	$ 138,161	$ 89,515

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Loans - Summary of assets and liabilities related to August 2019 VIE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value	[1]	$ 379,822	$ 417,785
Other assets		11,163	21,905
Total Assets		855,598	4,347,817
Financing arrangements		251,098	3,233,468
Securitized debt, at fair value	[1],[2]	198,974	224,348
Other liabilities		8,446	19,449
Total Liabilities		490,220	3,498,771
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Other assets			808
Total Assets			109,146
Financing arrangements			70,712
Securitized debt, at fair value			7,230
Other liabilities			3,553
Total Liabilities			81,495
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans, at fair value		223,119	255,171
Other assets		766	898
Total Assets		223,885	256,069
Financing arrangements		9,392	24,584
Securitized debt, at fair value		198,974	217,118
Other liabilities		534	596
Total Liabilities		$ 208,900	$ 242,298

[1] See Note 4 for details related to variable interest entities.

[2] See Note 3 for details related to variable interest entities.

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Loans - Summary of certain information related to August 2019 VIE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2020
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans	$ 379,822	$ 417,785
Securitized debt	$ 198,974	$ 224,348
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Weighted Average Coupon	2.95%	2.92%
Weighted Average Yield	2.95%	2.86%
Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years 2 months 8 days	5 years
Residential Portfolio Segment
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans	$ 379,822	$ 417,785	$ 450,300
Residential Portfolio Segment | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Weighted Average Coupon	3.51%	3.96%
Weighted Average Yield	4.81%	5.11%
Weighted Average Useful Life	6 years 10 months 6 days	7 years 7 months 28 days
Current Unpaid Principal Balance | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Securitized debt	$ 213,233	$ 217,455
Current Unpaid Principal Balance | Residential Portfolio Segment | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans	254,936	263,956
Fair Value | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Securitized debt	198,974	217,118
Fair Value | Residential Portfolio Segment | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | August 2019 VIE
Receivables with Imputed Interest [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans	$ 223,119	$ 255,171

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Loans - Summary of company's commercial loan portfolio (Details) - Commercial Portfolio Segment - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Commercial Loan
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 141,886	$ 158,686
Premium (Discount)	(555)	(686)
Amortized Cost	141,331	158,000
Gross Unrealized Gains		686
Gross Unrealized Losses	(13,646)
Fair Value (3)	$ 127,685	$ 158,686
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	6.42%	6.82%
Weighted Average Yield	6.74%	7.17%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	2 years 6 months	1 year 11 months 1 day
Loan G
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 56,710	$ 45,856
Premium (Discount)	0	0
Amortized Cost	56,710	45,856
Gross Unrealized Gains		0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,225)
Fair Value (3)	$ 52,485	$ 45,856
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	5.27%	6.46%
Weighted Average Yield	5.27%	6.46%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	1 year 6 months 18 days	6 months 10 days
Loan H
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face		$ 36,000
Premium (Discount)		0
Amortized Cost		36,000
Gross Unrealized Gains		0
Fair Value (3)		$ 36,000
Weighted Average Coupon Rate		5.49%
Weighted Average Yield		5.49%
Weighted Average Life (in years)		2 months 8 days
Loan I
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 15,212	$ 11,992
Premium (Discount)	(211)	(184)
Amortized Cost	15,001	11,808
Gross Unrealized Gains		184
Gross Unrealized Losses	(789)
Fair Value (3)	$ 14,212	$ 11,992
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	11.50%	12.21%
Weighted Average Yield	12.26%	14.51%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	1 year 9 months 18 days	1 year 14 days
Loan J
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 6,291	$ 4,674
Premium (Discount)	0	0
Amortized Cost	6,291	4,674
Gross Unrealized Gains		0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(4,051)
Fair Value (3)	$ 2,240	$ 4,674
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	5.65%	6.36%
Weighted Average Yield	5.65%	6.36%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	2 years 1 month 13 days	2 years 1 month 13 days
Loan K
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 12,673	$ 9,164
Premium (Discount)	0	0
Amortized Cost	12,673	9,164
Gross Unrealized Gains		0
Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,100)
Fair Value (3)	$ 11,573	$ 9,164
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	10.00%	10.71%
Weighted Average Yield	11.22%	11.86%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	1 year 3 months 7 days	1 year 8 months 19 days
Loan L
Gain (Loss) on Securities [Line Items]
Current Face	$ 51,000	$ 51,000
Premium (Discount)	(344)	(502)
Amortized Cost	50,656	50,498
Gross Unrealized Gains		502
Gross Unrealized Losses	(3,481)
Fair Value (3)	$ 47,175	$ 51,000
Weighted Average Coupon Rate	5.40%	6.16%
Weighted Average Yield	5.66%	6.50%
Weighted Average Life (in years)	4 years 1 month 13 days	4 years 7 months 17 days

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Excess MSRs - Summary of Excess MSR portfolio (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 2,358,773	$ 2,945,488
Amortized Cost	17,791	19,748
Gross Unrealized Gains	8	95
Gross Unrealized Losses	(5,505)	(2,068)
Fair Value	$ 12,294	$ 17,775
Weighted Average Yield	4.84%	8.42%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	6 years 5 months 1 day	5 years 6 months 29 days
Agency Excess MSRs
Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 2,327,265	$ 2,910,735
Amortized Cost	17,619	19,570
Gross Unrealized Gains	8	93
Gross Unrealized Losses	(5,435)	(2,031)
Fair Value	$ 12,192	$ 17,632
Weighted Average Yield	4.68%	8.32%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	6 years 4 months 28 days	5 years 6 months 29 days
Credit Excess MSRs
Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 31,508	$ 34,753
Amortized Cost	172	178
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	2
Gross Unrealized Losses	(70)	(37)
Fair Value	$ 102	$ 143
Weighted Average Yield	23.60%	21.38%
Weighted Average Life (Years)	7 years 3 months 14 days	5 years 3 months

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Excess MSRs - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Disclosure of Excess MSRs [Abstract]
Excess MSR, OTTI	$ 1.6	$ 2.2
Excess MSR, OTTI not recognized in a prior period	$ 0.4	$ 0.5

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Fair value measurements - Summary of financial instruments measured at fair value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		$ 3,449,832
Residential mortgage loans	$ 379,822	417,785
Commercial loans	127,685	158,686
Excess mortgage servicing rights	12,294	17,775
Cash equivalents		53,243
Derivative assets	84	2,282
AG Arc	28,030	28,546
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	680,386	4,128,149
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	(198,974)	(224,348)
Derivative Liability	0	(411)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	(198,974)	(224,759)
Agency RMBS: 30 Year Fixed Rate
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		2,241,298
Agency RMBS: Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		74,141
Non-Agency RMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	45,491	716,396
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	326	1,074
CMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	82,421	368,931
CMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	4,233	47,992
Level 1
Assets:
Residential mortgage loans	0	0
Commercial loans	0	0
Excess mortgage servicing rights	0	0
Cash equivalents		53,243
Derivative assets	84	0
AG Arc	0	0
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	84	53,243
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	0	0
Derivative Liability		(122)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	0	(122)
Level 1 | Agency RMBS: 30 Year Fixed Rate
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		0
Level 1 | Agency RMBS: Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		0
Level 1 | Non-Agency RMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	0
Level 1 | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	0
Level 1 | CMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	0
Level 1 | CMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	0
Level 2
Assets:
Residential mortgage loans	0	0
Commercial loans	0	0
Excess mortgage servicing rights	0	0
Cash equivalents		0
Derivative assets	0	2,282
AG Arc	0	0
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	127,975	2,406,367
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	0	(151,933)
Derivative Liability		(289)
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	0	(152,222)
Level 2 | Agency RMBS: 30 Year Fixed Rate
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		2,241,298
Level 2 | Agency RMBS: Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		74,141
Level 2 | Non-Agency RMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	40,995	86,281
Level 2 | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	326	0
Level 2 | CMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	82,421	2,365
Level 2 | CMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	4,233	0
Level 3
Assets:
Residential mortgage loans	379,822	417,785
Commercial loans	127,685	158,686
Excess mortgage servicing rights	12,294	17,775
Cash equivalents		0
Derivative assets	0	0
AG Arc	28,030	28,546
Total Assets Measured at Fair Value	552,327	1,668,539
Liabilities:
Securitized debt	(198,974)	(72,415)
Derivative Liability		0
Total Liabilities Measured at Fair Value	(198,974)	(72,415)
Level 3 | Agency RMBS: 30 Year Fixed Rate
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		0
Level 3 | Agency RMBS: Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments		0
Level 3 | Non-Agency RMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	4,496	630,115
Level 3 | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	1,074
Level 3 | CMBS
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	0	366,566
Level 3 | CMBS Interest Only
Assets:
Agency RMBS and Credit Investments	$ 0	$ 47,992

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Fair value measurements - Summary of assets measured on a recurring basis (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) security
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	$ 2,166	$ 10,236	$ (191,592)	$ 19,250
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	57,890	10,089	(44,057)	15,118
Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	5,533	506,103	630,115	491,554
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		24,194	0	55,174
Transfers out of level 3			(210,709)	(61,531)
Purchases/Transfers	0	61,496	1,559	140,562
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets	(68)	(14,606)	(362,199)	(49,242)
Proceeds from settlement	(1,159)	(22,573)	(10,869)	(27,873)
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	190	6,531	(43,401)	12,501
Ending Balance	4,496	561,145	4,496	561,145
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	4	$ 5,108	$ (550)	$ 10,087
Non-Agency RMBS | Level 2
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			50	6
Non-Agency RMBS | Level 3
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security		3		7
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		$ 2,501	$ 1,074	$ 3,099
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			(1,074)	0
Purchases/Transfers		0	0	0
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets		0	0	0
Proceeds from settlement		0	0	0
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income		(667)	0	(1,265)
Ending Balance	0	1,834	0	1,834
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held		(386)	$ 0	(984)
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Level 2
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			2
ABS
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		20,199		21,160
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0		0
Transfers out of level 3				0
Purchases/Transfers		819		1,158
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets		0		(1,283)
Proceeds from settlement		(634)		(1,183)
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income		187		719
Ending Balance		20,571		20,571
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held		187		654
CMBS
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		212,904	$ 366,566	211,054
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			(170,816)	(5,279)
Purchases/Transfers		23,656	3,540	43,445
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets		(14,097)	(148,111)	(20,165)
Proceeds from settlement		(7,570)	(9,367)	(22,934)
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income		5,332	(41,812)	14,104
Ending Balance	0	220,225	0	220,225
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held		5,329	$ 0	$ 10,733
CMBS | Level 2
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			32	2
CMBS Interest Only
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		49,397	$ 47,992	$ 50,331
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			(22,054)	0
Purchases/Transfers		0	0	0
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets		(1,714)	(21,996)	(1,714)
Proceeds from settlement		0	0	0
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income		(847)	(3,942)	(1,781)
Ending Balance	0	46,836	0	46,836
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held		(772)	$ 0	(1,706)
CMBS Interest Only | Level 2
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			15
Residential Mortgage
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	766,960	202,047	$ 417,785	186,096
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			0	0
Purchases/Transfers	0	6,250	479,195	25,995
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets	(378,729)	(12,704)	(387,408)	(12,780)
Proceeds from settlement	(14,716)	(4,152)	(37,390)	(8,189)
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	6,307	8,529	(92,360)	8,848
Ending Balance	379,822	199,970	379,822	199,970
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	60,434	7,847	(35,221)	7,992
Commercial Loan
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	158,051	110,223	158,686	98,574
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			0	0
Purchases/Transfers	7,759	8,132	19,200	29,648
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets	(34,200)	0	(34,200)	0
Proceeds from settlement	0	0	0	(10,417)
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	(3,925)	(350)	(16,001)	200
Ending Balance	127,685	118,005	127,685	118,005
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	(2,134)	(350)	(14,210)	200
Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	14,066	24,301	17,775	26,650
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			0	0
Purchases/Transfers	0	0	0	0
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets	0	0	0	0
Proceeds from settlement	0	0	0	0
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	(1,772)	(3,408)	(5,481)	(5,757)
Ending Balance	12,294	20,893	12,294	20,893
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	(1,780)	(1,803)	(5,481)	(3,539)
AG Arc
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	18,519	23,775	28,546	20,360
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	0	0
Transfers out of level 3			0	0
Purchases/Transfers	0	0	0	0
Issuances of Securitized Debt	0
Capital Contributions				6,689
Proceeds from sales of assets	0	0	0	0
Proceeds from settlement	0	0	0	0
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	9,511	(5,058)	(516)	(8,332)
Ending Balance	28,030	18,717	28,030	18,717
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	9,511	(5,058)	(516)	(8,332)
Securitized Debt
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(191,346)	(10,515)	(72,415)	(10,858)
Transfers:
Transfers into level 3		0	(151,933)	0
Transfers out of level 3			7,230	0
Purchases/Transfers	0	0	0	0
Issuances of Securitized Debt	(3,000)		(3,000)
Capital Contributions				0
Proceeds from sales of assets	0	0	0	0
Proceeds from settlement	3,517	1,898	9,223	2,215
Total net gains/(losses)
Included in net income	(8,145)	(13)	11,921	13
Ending Balance	(198,974)	(8,630)	(198,974)	(8,630)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	$ (8,145)	$ (13)	$ 11,921	$ 13
Securitized Debt | Level 2
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			1
Securitized Debt | Level 3
Total net gains/(losses)
Number of securities transferred | security			1

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Fair value measurements - Summary of gains/(losses) recorded in the statement of operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]
Included in net income	$ 2,166	$ 10,236	$ (191,592)	$ 19,250
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	57,890	10,089	(44,057)	15,118
Unrealized gain/(loss) on real estate securities and loans, net
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]
Included in net income	58,302	18,332	(87,515)	29,745
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	58,304	16,963	(49,981)	26,976
Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]
Included in net income	(9,917)	(3,421)	6,440	(5,744)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	(9,925)	(1,816)	6,440	(3,526)
Net realized gain/(loss)
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]
Included in net income	(55,730)	383	(110,001)	3,581
Equity in earnings/(loss) from affiliates
Fair Value, Measured on Recurring Basis, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings [Line Items]
Included in net income	9,511	(5,058)	(516)	(8,332)
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for level 3 assets/liabilities still held	$ 9,511	$ (5,058)	$ (516)	$ (8,332)

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Fair value measurements - Summary of valuation techniques (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value		$ 3,449,832
Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	$ 45,491	716,396
Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	326	1,074
CMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	82,421	368,931
CMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	4,233	47,992
Level 3 | Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	4,496	630,115
Level 3 | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	0	1,074
Level 3 | CMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	0	366,566
Level 3 | CMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	0	47,992
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	$ 3,204	$ 625,537
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0650	0.0171
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0829	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0800	0.0599
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0582	0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0595	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0584	0.1460
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0370	0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0574	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0541	0.0293
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	(0.0370)	0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.1966	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input	0.0017	0.2137
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, fair value		$ 1,074
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.2750
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.2750
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.2750
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.1800
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.1800
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.1800
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0200
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0200
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0200
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.3500
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.3500
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Non-Agency RMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.3500
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value		$ 366,566
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.1389
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0633
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, fair value		$ 47,992
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		(0.0257)
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0986
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0419
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.9900
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.9993
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | CMBS Interest Only | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, interest only, measurement input		0.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value	$ 370,353	$ 364,107
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0550	0.0400
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.1000	0.0825
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0667	0.0481
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0594	0.0481
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.1010	0.0904
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0816	0.0778
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0204	0.0164
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0539	0.0494
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0301	0.0236
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	(0.0912)	(0.0732)
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.5916	0.3691
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.2343	0.2315
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value	$ 127,685	$ 60,164
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0804	0.0616
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.1760	0.1076
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.1089	0.0686
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Credit Spread | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0738	0.0440
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Credit Spread | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.1586	0.0900
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Credit Spread | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	0.0995	0.0510
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Recovery Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0000	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Recovery Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0000	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Recovery Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0000	1.0000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, fair value	$ 12,192	$ 17,633
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.0850	0.0850
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.1181	0.1160
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.0926	0.0920
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.1127	0.0935
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.1693	0.1690
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input	0.1406	0.1236
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, fair value	$ (198,974)	$ (72,415)
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0350	0.0298
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0700	0.0470
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0420	0.0354
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0887	0.1000
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0887	0.1004
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Prepayment Rate | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0887	0.1004
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0241	0.0204
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0241	0.0350
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Collateral Losses | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.0241	0.0219
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.2334	0.2013
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.2334	0.4500
Level 3 | Discounted Cash Flow | Securitized debt | Measurement Input, Loss Severity | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Long-term debt, measurement input	0.2334	0.2261
Level 3 | Recent Transaction | Residential Mortgage
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value		$ 53,678
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, fair value	$ 1,292	$ 4,578
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input | $ / shares	86.99	100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input | $ / shares	86.99	100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Non-Agency RMBS | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Debt securities, measurement input | $ / shares	86.99	100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Residential Mortgage
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value	$ 9,469
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares	13.93
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares	103.20
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Residential Mortgage | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares	79.57
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Commercial Loan
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value		$ 98,522
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Offered Price
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares		100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares		100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Commercial Loan | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input | $ / shares		100.00
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, fair value	$ 102	$ 142
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input | $ / shares	0.00	0.01
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input | $ / shares	0.32	0.40
Level 3 | Consensus Pricing | Excess Mortgage Servicing Rights | Measurement Input, Offered Price | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Servicing asset, measurement input | $ / shares	0.32	0.40
Level 3 | Comparable Multiple | AG Arc
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, fair value	$ 28,030	$ 28,546
Level 3 | Comparable Multiple | AG Arc | Measurement Input, Book Value Multiple | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0	1.0
Level 3 | Comparable Multiple | AG Arc | Measurement Input, Book Value Multiple | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0	1.0
Level 3 | Comparable Multiple | AG Arc | Measurement Input, Book Value Multiple | Weighted Average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Loans held-for-sale, measurement input	1.0	1.0

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Financing arrangements - Summary of financing arrangements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Repurchase Agreement Disclosure [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	$ 188,286	$ 3,121,966
Financing arrangements, net	251,098	3,233,468
Revolving facilities
Repurchase Agreement Disclosure [Line Items]
Debt instrument, borrowing capacity, amount	62,812	111,502
Net Amounts Of Liabilities Presented In The Consolidated Balance Sheet
Repurchase Agreement Disclosure [Line Items]
Repurchase agreements	$ 188,286	$ 3,121,966

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Financing arrangements - Summary of repurchase agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 57,362	$ 2,987,355
Weighted  Average Rate	3.46%	2.25%
Weighted  Average Haircut	46.50%	8.50%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 110,207	$ 3,328,683
Amortized  Cost	128,464	3,210,497
Accrued  Interest	572	10,841
Residential Mortgage Loans
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 127,464	$ 131,594
Weighted  Average Rate	3.76%	3.53%
Weighted Average Funding Cost	4.14%	3.68%
Weighted  Average Haircut	22.40%	22.00%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 171,316	$ 171,224
Amortized  Cost	187,789	160,601
Accrued  Interest	1,243	820
30 days or less
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 55,658	$ 1,550,508
Weighted  Average Rate	3.43%	2.33%
Weighted  Average Haircut	46.90%	9.00%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 107,533	$ 1,728,837
Amortized  Cost	125,911	1,660,649
Accrued  Interest	570	5,402
31-60 days
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance		$ 1,362,121
Weighted  Average Rate		2.13%
Weighted  Average Haircut		7.00%
Fair Value  Pledged		$ 1,501,850
Amortized  Cost		1,453,257
Accrued  Interest		5,191
31-60 days | Residential Mortgage Loans
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance		$ 24,584
Weighted  Average Rate		3.14%
Weighted Average Funding Cost		3.14%
Weighted  Average Haircut		33.70%
Fair Value  Pledged		$ 37,546
Amortized  Cost		25,192
Accrued  Interest		377
61-90 days
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 1,704	$ 71,753
Weighted  Average Rate	4.50%	2.99%
Weighted  Average Haircut	35.00%	23.50%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 2,674	$ 93,957
Amortized  Cost	2,553	92,901
Accrued  Interest	2	245
61-90 days | Residential Mortgage Loans
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 9,392
Weighted  Average Rate	4.65%
Weighted Average Funding Cost	4.65%
Weighted  Average Haircut	61.20%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 24,206
Amortized  Cost	23,441
Accrued  Interest	766
Greater than 180 days
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance		$ 2,973
Weighted  Average Rate		3.79%
Weighted  Average Haircut		23.70%
Fair Value  Pledged		$ 4,039
Amortized  Cost		3,690
Accrued  Interest		3
Greater than 180 days | Residential Mortgage Loans
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 118,072	$ 107,010
Weighted  Average Rate	3.68%	3.61%
Weighted Average Funding Cost	4.10%	3.80%
Weighted  Average Haircut	19.40%	19.30%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 147,110	$ 133,678
Amortized  Cost	164,348	135,409
Accrued  Interest	477	443
Greater than 180 days | Commercial Loan
Assets Sold under Agreements to Repurchase [Line Items]
Balance	$ 3,460	$ 3,017
Weighted  Average Rate	4.75%	4.46%
Weighted Average Funding Cost	6.00%	5.89%
Weighted  Average Haircut	36.40%	35.40%
Fair Value  Pledged	$ 5,441	$ 4,674
Amortized  Cost	6,291	4,674
Accrued  Interest	$ 30	$ 26

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Financing arrangements - Summary of securities collateral information (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Cash pledged (i.e., restricted cash) under repurchase agreements	$ 48,000	$ 11,565,000
Total collateral pledged under repurchase agreements	287,012,000	3,516,146,000
Collateral Posted Under Repurchase Agreements	0
Agency RMBS
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	0	2,231,933,000
Non-Agency RMBS
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	36,913,000	682,828,000
CMBS
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	73,294,000	413,922,000
US Treasury Securities
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Collateral Posted Under Repurchase Agreements		1,100,000
Residential Mortgage Loans
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	171,316,000	171,224,000
Commercial Loan
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements
Fair Value of investments pledged as collateral under repurchase agreements	$ 5,441,000	$ 4,674,000

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Financing arrangements - Summary of total borrowings under repurchase agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	$ 188,286	$ 3,121,966
Agency RMBS
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	0	2,109,278
Non-Agency RMBS
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	20,498	565,450
CMBS
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	36,864	312,627
Residential Mortgage Loans
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	127,464	131,594
Commercial Loan
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	3,460	3,017
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities
Schedule Of Total Borrowings Under Repurchase Agreements [Line Items]
Gross Liability for repurchase agreements	$ 188,286	$ 3,121,966

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Financing arrangements - Summary of gross and net information about repurchase agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities	$ 188,286	$ 3,121,966
Gross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	0	0
Net Amounts of  Liabilities Presented in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	188,286	3,121,966
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets
Financial Instruments Posted	188,286	3,121,966
Cash Collateral Posted	0	0
Net Amount	$ 0	$ 0

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Financing arrangements - Summary of term loan and revolving facilities (Details) - Revolving Credit Facility - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Balance	$ 62,812,000	$ 111,502,000
Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral	99,660,000	$ 160,332,000
Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity	$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility B
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Rate	0.00%	3.80%
Funding Cost	0.00%	3.80%
Balance	$ 0	$ 21,546,000
Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral	0	$ 27,476,000
Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity	$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility C
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Rate	2.33%	3.85%
Funding Cost	2.68%	4.01%
Balance	$ 62,812,000	$ 89,956,000
Net Carrying Value of Assets Pledged as Collateral	99,660,000	$ 132,856,000
Maximum Aggregate Borrowing Capacity	$ 100,000,000

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Financing arrangements - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) counterparty	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) counterparty
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Number of counterparties with outstanding debt | counterparty	6	30
Cash as collateral for certain derivatives | $	$ 1.0	$ 32.1

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Financing arrangements - Summary of repurchase agreement counterparty (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Stockholders’ Equity at Risk	$ 50,756
Weighted Average Maturity (days)	24 days
Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity	13.90%
Barclays Bank PLC
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Stockholders’ Equity at Risk	$ 28,966
Weighted Average Maturity (days)	329 days
Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity	7.90%
Barclays Capital Inc
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		$ 77,334
Weighted Average Maturity (days)		277 days
Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity		9.10%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Stockholders’ Equity at Risk		$ 50,263
Weighted Average Maturity (days)		22 days
Percentage of Stockholders’ Equity		5.90%

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of other assets and liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other assets
Interest receivable	$ 2,815	$ 13,548
Derivative assets, at fair value	84	2,282
Other assets	4,149	4,378
Due from broker	4,115	1,697
Total Other assets	11,163	21,905
Other liabilities
Interest payable	810	10,941
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	0	411
Accrued expenses	2,734	6,175
Deficiencies payable	2,200	0
Taxes payable	0	815
Due to broker	2,702	1,107
Total Other liabilities	$ 8,446	$ 19,449

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of Company's derivatives and other instruments and their balance sheet location (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020
Interest Rate Swap
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets, at fair value	$ 199,000	$ 0
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	(411,000)	0
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	2,200,000
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	10,800,000
Swaption
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets, at fair value	2,083,000	0
British Pound Futures
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	100,000
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	(100,000)
British Pound Futures | Short
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative assets, at fair value	0	$ 84,000
Euro Future
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	19,700
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	$ (19,700)

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of information related to derivatives and other instruments (Details) € in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 GBP (£)	Jun. 30, 2020 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 0			$ 1,848,750,000
British Pound Futures
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount | £		£ 62,500
Euro Future
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount | €			€ 125
Long | Interest Rate Swap | United States of America, Dollars
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	0			1,848,750,000
Notional amount of Swaptions | Long | United States of America, Dollars
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	350,000,000			650,000,000
British Pound Futures | Short | United Kingdom, Pounds
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	3,250,000			6,563,000
Euro Future | Short | Euro Member Countries, Euro
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 0			$ 1,500,000

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of gains/(losses) related to derivatives and other instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	$ (186)	$ (10,075)	$ (12,079)	$ (19,391)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	308	(21,671)	(61,562)	(41,447)
Total income/(loss)	122	(31,746)	(73,641)	(60,838)
US Treasury Futures
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	0	1	0	(144)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	0	302	0	371
British Pound Futures
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	239	0	186	0
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	(150)	0	514	0
TBAs
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(392)	(452)	0	441
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	392	1,957	4,610	1,601
US Treasury Securities
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	0	0	0	82
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	0	(176)	0	(249)
Euro Future
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(28)	0	20	0
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	66	0	68	0
Swaption
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	(5)	(256)	(697)	(774)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	0	(227)	(1,386)	(861)
Interest Rate Swap
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	0	(9,102)	(11,588)	(19,764)
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	0	(23,538)	(65,368)	(41,080)
Eurodollar Future
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Included within Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivative and other instruments, net	0	(266)	0	768
Included within Net realized gain/(loss)	$ 0	$ 11	$ 0	$ (1,229)

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of gross and net information about derivatives and other instruments (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020
Derivative Assets
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)	$ 4,063,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	4,063,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received	0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received	1,000
Net Amount	4,062,000
Derivative Liabilities
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)	977,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	977,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received	0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received	1,000
Net Amount	976,000
Derivative assets before accrued interest	4,100,000
Derivative assets accrued interest	(1,800,000)
Derivative assets	2,282,000	$ 84,000
Derivative liabilities including accrued interest	1,000,000.0
Derivative liabilities accrued interest	(1,400,000)
Derivative liabilities, at fair value	(411,000)	0
Euro Future
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	(19,700)
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	19,700
British Pound Futures
Derivative Assets
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)		84,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets		0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets		84,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received		0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received		0
Net Amount		$ 84,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	(100,000)
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	100,000
Interest Rate Swap
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Derivative asset, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	10,800,000
Derivative liability, reduction in fair value related to variation margin	2,200,000
Interest Rate Swap
Derivative Assets
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)	1,980,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	1,980,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received	0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received	1,000
Net Amount	1,979,000
Derivative Liabilities
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)	977,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	977,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received	0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received	1,000
Net Amount	976,000
Interest Rate Swaptions
Derivative Assets
Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets  (Liabilities)	2,083,000
Gross Amounts  Offset in the  Consolidated Balance Sheets	0
Net Amounts of  Assets (Liabilities)  Presented in the Consolidated  Balance Sheets	2,083,000
Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
Financial Instruments (Posted)/Received	0
Cash Collateral (Posted)/Received	0
Net Amount	$ 2,083,000

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Other assets and liabilities - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Cash as collateral for certain derivatives	$ 1,000,000.0	$ 32,100,000
Pledged real estate securities, fair value		3,000,000.0
Cash pledged as collateral against derivatives related to variation margin		8,500,000
Notional amount	$ 0	$ 1,848,750,000

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of interest rate derivatives (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 1,848,750,000	$ 0
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.60%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.91%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	4 years 3 months 25 days
2020
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 105,000,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.54%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.91%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	2 months 12 days
2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 743,000,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.64%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.91%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	2 years 8 months 4 days
2023
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 5,750,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	3.19%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.91%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	3 years 10 months 6 days
2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 650,000,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.52%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.90%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	4 years 9 months 18 days
2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 180,000,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.50%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.89%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	6 years 8 months 12 days
2029
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 165,000,000
Derivative Pay Interest Rate	1.77%
Derivative Receivable Interest Rate	1.94%
Derivative, Remaining Maturity	9 years 10 months 6 days

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Other assets and liabilities - Summary of TBAs (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
To Be Announced Securities [Roll Forward]
Beginning Notional Amount		$ 1,848,750,000
Ending Net Notional Amount		0
Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		4,115,000		$ 1,697,000
Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		2,702,000		1,107,000
Derivative Asset		84,000		2,282,000
Derivative Liability		0		$ (411,000)
TBAs | Long
To Be Announced Securities [Roll Forward]
Beginning Notional Amount	$ 125,000,000	0	$ 0
Buys or Covers	737,500,000	728,000,000	1,394,500,000
Sales or Shorts	(737,500,000)	(728,000,000)	(1,269,500,000)
Ending Net Notional Amount	125,000,000	0	125,000,000
Net Fair Value as of Period End	126,064,000	0	126,064,000
Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker		0
Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker	125,612,000		125,612,000
Derivative Asset	625,000	0	625,000
Derivative Liability	(173,000)	$ 0	(173,000)
TBAs | Short
To Be Announced Securities [Roll Forward]
Beginning Notional Amount	0		0
Buys or Covers	0		185,000,000
Sales or Shorts	(100,000,000)		(285,000,000)
Ending Net Notional Amount	100,000,000		100,000,000
Net Fair Value as of Period End	(102,242,000)		(102,242,000)
Net Receivable/(Payable) from/to Broker	102,230,000		102,230,000
Derivative Asset	0		0
Derivative Liability	$ (12,000)		$ (12,000)

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Earnings per share - Summary of outstanding warrants and unvested restricted stock units (Details) - shares	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Unvested restricted stock units previously granted to the Manager (in shares)	33,825,000	32,742,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Manager
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Unvested restricted stock units previously granted to the Manager (in shares)	20,000.0		40,000.0

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Earnings per share - Summary of earnings per share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Numerator:
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent		$ 2,700	$ 19,871	$ (482,317)	$ 50,060
Dividends on preferred stock (1)	[1]	5,667	3,367	11,334	6,734
Net income/(loss) from continuing operations available to common stockholders		(2,967)	16,504	(493,651)	43,326
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations		361	(1,193)	361	(2,227)
Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders		$ (2,606)	$ 15,311	$ (493,290)	$ 41,099
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)		32,859,000	32,709,000	32,804,000	31,636,000
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units (in shares)		0	28,000	0	28,000
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)		32,859,000	32,737,000	32,804,000	31,664,000
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Basic
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.09)	$ 0.50	$ (15.05)	$ 1.37
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	(0.03)	0.01	(0.07)
Earnings Per Share, Basic, Total		(0.08)	0.47	(15.04)	1.30
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Continuing Operations (in dollars per share)		(0.09)	0.50	(15.05)	1.37
Discontinued Operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	(0.03)	0.01	(0.07)
Earnings Per Share, Diluted, Total		$ (0.08)	$ 0.47	$ (15.04)	$ 1.30
Restricted Stock
Earnings/(Loss) Per Share - Diluted
Shares excluded from computation of earnings per share		16,400		17,300

[1] The three and six months ended June 30, 2020 include cumulative and undeclared dividends of $5,667 on the Company's Preferred Stock as of June 30, 2020.

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Earnings per share - Narrative (Details)		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 17, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage		8.25%
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage		8.00%
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Preferred stock dividend percentage	8.00%	8.00%

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Earnings per share - Dividends in Arrears (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 17, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears		$ 5,667	$ 5,667
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage			8.25%
Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears			$ 0.51563
Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears			$ 1,067
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage			8.00%
Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears			$ 0.50
Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears			$ 2,300
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage	8.00%		8.00%
Dividend Per Preferred Share in Arrears			$ 0.50
Amount of Preferred Dividend in Arrears			$ 2,300

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Earnings per share - Summary of common stock dividends (Details) - $ / shares			3 Months Ended
	Jun. 14, 2019	Mar. 15, 2019	Jun. 14, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Dividends Declared Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 1.00

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Earnings per share - Summary of preferred stock dividends (Details) - $ / shares					6 Months Ended
	Feb. 14, 2020	Sep. 17, 2019	May 17, 2019	Feb. 15, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage					8.25%
Dividends Declared Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51563		$ 0.51563	$ 0.51563
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage					8.00%
Dividends Declared Per Share (in dollars per share)	0.50		0.50	0.50
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Dividend percentage		8.00%			8.00%
Dividends Declared Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50		$ 0	$ 0

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Income taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Excise tax expense	$ 0.2	$ (0.8)	$ 0.3

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Related party transactions (Details)						3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Aug. 23, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 shares	Jul. 06, 2011 shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 22, 2020 numberOfDirectors	Jun. 19, 2020 numberOfDirectors	Apr. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 25, 2020 numberOfDirectors	Mar. 24, 2020 numberOfDirectors	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee percentage						1.50%				1.50%
Management fee to affiliate						$ 1,678,000		$ 2,400,000		$ 3,827,000	$ 4,745,000
Other operating expenses						4,482,000		3,807,000		5,324,000	7,588,000
Reimbursement of expenses						$ 1,900,000		$ 1,900,000		$ 3,900,000	$ 3,900,000
Director's fee									$ 160,000
Percentage of director's fees paid in cash									50.00%
Percentage of director's fees paid in restricted common stock									50.00%
Number of independent directors | numberOfDirectors												4	3		4	5
Loan securitization, ownership interest						44.60%		44.60%		44.60%	44.60%										44.60%
Number of states in which entity operates | security						50				50
Fees paid to asset manager								$ 100,000		$ 300,000	$ 300,000
Fees deferred to asset manager						$ 300,000				400,000
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates						122,929,000				122,929,000								$ 156,311,000
October 2019 Selling Affiliates
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates																				$ 2,200,000
March 2019 Selling Affiliate
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates									$ 900,000
July 2019 Selling Affiliate
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investments in debt and equity of affiliates																						$ 2,000,000.0
Non-Qualified Mortgage Loans
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loan securitization, fair value								408,000,000.0			408,000,000.0						$ 348,200,000		$ 322,100,000		$ 415,100,000
Senior Tranches
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loan securitization, fair value							$ 26,600,000	42,900,000			42,900,000							21,400,000			$ 28,700,000
AG Arc LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Excess MSRs, fair value						12,700,000				12,700,000								$ 18,200,000
Mortgage Acquisition Trust
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
The total amount committed under the long-term purchase commitment for the entity and its affiliates.	$ 105,000,000.0	$ 100,000,000.0	$ 75,000,000.0
Increase in amount committed under long term purchase commitment	$ 5,000,000.0	$ 25,000,000.0
ARC Home LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Sourcing fees						$ 100,000		$ 100,000		$ 200,000	$ 200,000
Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase in directors fees							15,000
Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase in directors fees							$ 25,000
Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of restricted common stock under equity incentive plans (in shares) | shares										40,250
Manager | Note | Senior Notes
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fixed rate debt														$ 10,000,000
Rate														6.00%
Restricted Stock | Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of restricted common stock under equity incentive plans (in shares) | shares										180,585
Restricted Stock | Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of restricted common stock under equity incentive plans (in shares) | shares				20,009						120,000
Restricted stock units vested (in shares) | shares										99,991
Manager Equity Incentive Plan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares of common stock company can award (in shares) | shares					2,000,000
Shares available to be awarded under equity incentive plans (in shares) | shares						1,925,209				1,925,209
Manager Equity Incentive Plan | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Value of shares granted in fiscal year										$ 300,000

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Equity (Details)				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	38 Months Ended
	Sep. 17, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 14, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 05, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2011 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) security $ / shares shares	May 02, 2018 USD ($)	Nov. 03, 2015 USD ($)
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Securities and capital available for issuance | $				$ 591,200,000		$ 591,200,000			$ 591,200,000	$ 750,000,000.0
Number of units in private placement (in shares) | shares		3,000,000
Gross proceeds received from issuance of preferred stock | $	$ 115,000,000.0
Quarterly periods required to grant preferred stock voting rights | security				6		6			6
Percent of votes needed to pass				66.67%		66.67%			66.67%
Authorized amount for stock repurchase | $											$ 25,000,000.0
Shares repurchased (in shares) | shares				0	0	0	0
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $		$ 57,400,000		$ 3,499,000	$ 99,000	$ 3,499,000	$ 66,063,000
Additional units sold in public offering (in shares) | shares		450,000
Share price (in dollars per share)		$ 16.70
8.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividend percentage						8.25%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)				$ 25.00		$ 25.00			$ 25.00
Redemption price (in dollars per share)				25.00		$ 25.00			25.00
8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividend percentage						8.00%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)				25.00		$ 25.00			25.00
Redemption price (in dollars per share)				25.00		$ 25.00			25.00
8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units in private placement (in shares) | shares	4,000,000
Dividend percentage	8.00%					8.00%
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)	$ 25.00			25.00		$ 25.00			25.00
Net proceeds from issuance of preferred stock | $	$ 111,200,000
Redemption price (in dollars per share)				$ 25.00		$ 25.00			$ 25.00
Repurchase
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Value of common stock remained authorized for future share repurchases (in shares) | $				$ 14,600,000		$ 14,600,000			$ 14,600,000
Sale Agents
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock | $			$ 100,000,000.0	$ 3,500,000	$ 8,600,000	$ 3,500,000	$ 8,600,000		$ 31,100,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock (in shares) | shares				1,000,000.0	500,000	1,000,000.0	500,000		2,500,000
Remaining Value Of Shares Available To Be Issued | $				$ 68,900,000		$ 68,900,000			$ 68,900,000
LIBOR Floating Rate | 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Dividend percentage	6.476%
Private Placement
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units in private placement (in shares) | shares								3,205,000
Private placement price per share (in dollars per share)								$ 20.00
Amount of common stock under warrant (in dollars per share) | shares								0.50
Private placement warrant exercise price per share (in dollars per share)								$ 20.50
Over-Allotment Option | 8.000% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of units in private placement (in shares) | shares	600,000

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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 25, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Net realized gain/(loss)		$ (91,609)	$ (27,510)	$ (242,752)	$ (48,093)
Settled Litigation
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Net realized gain/(loss)				$ 11,600
Settled Litigation | AG MIT CMO v. RBC (Barbados) Trading Corp
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Payment for accrued deficiencies	$ 5,000
Notes issued	$ 2,000

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Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Outstanding Commitments (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	$ 195,334
Funded Commitment	113,885
Remaining Commitment	81,449
Loan G | Commercial Portfolio Segment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	84,515
Funded Commitment	56,710
Remaining Commitment	27,805
Loan I | Commercial Portfolio Segment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	20,000
Funded Commitment	15,212
Remaining Commitment	4,788
Loan J | Commercial Portfolio Segment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	30,000
Funded Commitment	6,291
Remaining Commitment	23,709
Loan K | Commercial Portfolio Segment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	20,000
Funded Commitment	12,673
Remaining Commitment	7,327
LOTS
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Total Commitment	40,819
Funded Commitment	22,999
Remaining Commitment	$ 17,820

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Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) - Portfolio Of Single-Family Rental Properties $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of Single Family Rental Properties	$ 137.0
Net realized gain/(loss)	$ 0.2

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Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Income Statement (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Interest Expense	$ 8,613	$ 23,030	$ 28,584	$ 45,124
Other Income/(Loss)
Other income	1	216	4	630
Total Other Income/(Loss)	8,415	6,832	(448,364)	25,111
Expenses
Other operating expenses	4,482	3,807	5,324	7,588
Total Expenses	13,905	6,882	18,248	13,597
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	361	(1,193)	361	(2,227)
Operating Segments | Single-Family Rental Properties
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Interest Expense	0	(1,247)	0	(2,494)
Other Income/(Loss)
Rental income	0	3,162	0	6,559
Net realized gain/(loss)	0	(69)	0	(96)
Other income	0	130	0	312
Total Other Income/(Loss)	0	3,223	0	6,775
Expenses
Other operating expenses	(80)	43	(80)	92
Property depreciation and amortization	0	1,180	0	2,627
Property operating expenses	(281)	1,946	(281)	3,789
Total Expenses	(361)	3,169	(361)	6,508
Net Income/(Loss) from Discontinued Operations	$ 361	$ (1,193)	$ 361	$ (2,227)

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Discontinued Operations and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale - Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other assets	$ 11,163	$ 21,905
Total Assets	855,598	4,347,817
Other liabilities	8,446	19,449
Total Liabilities	490,220	3,498,771
Operating Segments | Single-Family Rental Properties
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other assets	0	154
Total Assets	0	154
Other liabilities	305	1,546
Total Liabilities	$ 305	$ 1,546

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		38 Months Ended
	Jul. 27, 2020	Feb. 14, 2019	May 05, 2017	Aug. 10, 2020	Jul. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Nov. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock		$ 57,400				$ 3,499	$ 99	$ 3,499	$ 66,063
Loan securitization, ownership interest						44.60%	44.60%	44.60%	44.60%	44.60%			44.60%
Sale Agents
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock sold during period (in shares)						1,000,000.0	500,000	1,000,000.0	500,000	2,500,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock			$ 100,000			$ 3,500	$ 8,600	$ 3,500	$ 8,600	$ 31,100
Non-Qualified Mortgage Loans
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Loan securitization, fair value							$ 408,000		$ 408,000		$ 348,200	$ 322,100	$ 415,100
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of loans						$ 34,200		$ 34,200
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Loan securitization, ownership interest				44.60%
Subsequent Event | Sale Agents
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Stock sold during period (in shares)					400,000
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock					$ 1,200
Subsequent Event | Settled Litigation
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payment for accrued deficiencies				$ 2,200
Subsequent Event | Non-Qualified Mortgage Loans
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Loan securitization, fair value				221,600
Subsequent Event | Secured Debt | AG REIT Management, LLC
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayments of debt	$ 10,000
Subsequent Event | Loan J | Commercial Portfolio Segment
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of loans				$ 24,400