Consumer Loans Receivable

9 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

The Company acquired consumer loans receivable during the first quarter of fiscal 2012 as part of the Palm Harbor transaction. Acquired consumer loans receivable held for investment were acquired at fair value and subsequently are accounted for in a manner similar to Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 310-30, Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality ("ASC 310-30"). Consumer loans receivable held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or market and construction advances are carried at the amount advanced less a valuation allowance. The following table summarizes consumer loans receivable (in thousands):



	December 27, 2014			March 29, 2014
Loans held for investment (acquired as part of the Palm Harbor transaction)	$	80,244		$	87,596
Loans held for investment (originated after the Palm Harbor transaction)	5,478			1,885
Loans held for sale	11,444			6,741
Construction advances	3,818			2,403
Consumer loans receivable	100,984			98,625
Deferred financing fees and other, net	(591		)	(341		)
Consumer loans receivable, net	$	100,393		$	98,284

As of the date of the Palm Harbor acquisition, management evaluated consumer loans receivable held for investment by CountryPlace to determine whether there was evidence of deterioration of credit quality and if it was probable that CountryPlace would be unable to collect all amounts due according to the loans' contractual terms. The Company also considered expected prepayments and estimated the amount and timing of undiscounted expected principal, interest and other cash flows. The Company determined the excess of the loan pool's scheduled contractual principal and contractual interest payments over all cash flows expected as of the date of the Palm Harbor transaction as an amount that cannot be accreted into interest income (the non-accretable difference). The cash flows expected to be collected in excess of the carrying value of the acquired loans are accreted into interest income over the remaining life of the loans (referred to as accretable yield). Interest income on consumer loans receivable is recognized as net revenue.



	December 27, 2014			March 29, 2014
	(in thousands)
Consumer loans receivable held for investment – contractual amount	$	199,504		$	223,388
Purchase discount
Accretable	(72,917		)	(77,737		)
Non-accretable	(46,186		)	(57,672		)
Less consumer loans receivable reclassified as other assets	(157		)	(383		)
Total acquired consumer loans receivable held for investment, net	$	80,244		$	87,596

Over the life of the acquired loans, the Company continues to estimate cash flows expected to be collected by CountryPlace. At the balance sheet date, the Company evaluates whether the present value of expected cash flows, determined using the effective interest rate, has decreased from the value at acquisition and, if so, recognizes an allowance for loan loss. The present value of any subsequent increase in the loan pool's actual cash flows expected to be collected is used first to reverse any existing allowance for loan loss. Any remaining increase in cash flows expected to be collected adjusts the amount of accretable yield recognized on a prospective basis over the loan pool's remaining life.

The changes in accretable yield on acquired consumer loans receivable held for investment were as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 27, 2014			December 28, 2013			December 27, 2014			December 28, 2013
Balance at the beginning of the period	$	75,301		$	83,817		$	77,737		$	91,291
Accretion	(2,806		)	(2,980		)	(8,550		)	(9,143		)
Reclassifications from (to) non-accretable discount	422			(34		)	3,730			(1,345		)
Balance at the end of the period	$	72,917		$	80,803		$	72,917		$	80,803

The Company's consumer loans receivable balance consists of fixed-rate, fixed-term and fully-amortizing single-family home loans. These loans are either secured by a manufactured home, excluding the land upon which the home is located (chattel property loans and retail installment sale contracts), or by a combination of the home and the land upon which the home is located (real property mortgage loans). The real property mortgage loans are primarily for manufactured homes. Combined land and home loans are further disaggregated by the type of loan documentation: those conforming to the requirements of Government-Sponsored Enterprises ("GSEs"), and those that are non-conforming. In most instances, CountryPlace's loans are secured by a first-lien position and are provided for the consumer purchase of a home. In rare instances, CountryPlace may provide other types of loans in second-lien or unsecured positions. Accordingly, CountryPlace classifies its loans receivable as follows: chattel loans, conforming mortgages, non-conforming mortgages and other loans.

In measuring credit quality within each segment and class, CountryPlace uses commercially available credit scores (such as FICO®). At the time of each loan's origination, CountryPlace obtains credit scores from each of the three primary credit bureaus, if available. To evaluate credit quality of individual loans, CountryPlace uses the mid-point of the available credit scores or, if only two scores are available, the Company uses the lower of the two. CountryPlace does not update credit bureau scores after the time of origination.

The following table disaggregates gross consumer loans receivable as of December 27, 2014, for each class by portfolio segment and credit quality indicator as of the time of origination (in thousands):



	Consumer Loans Held for Investment
	Securitized 2005		Securitized 2007		Unsecuritized		Construction Advances		Consumer Loans Held For Sale		Total
Asset Class
Credit Quality Indicator
Chattel loans
0-619	$	1,055	$	605	$	791	$	—	$	—	$	2,451
620-719	15,486		10,617		3,231		—		20		29,354
720+	17,339		11,267		2,022		—		22		30,650
Subtotal	33,880		22,489		6,044		—		42		62,455
Conforming mortgages
0-619	—		—		168		—		—		168
620-719	—		—		2,193		2,613		8,147		12,953
720+	—		—		120		1,205		3,255		4,580
Subtotal	—		—		2,481		3,818		11,402		17,701
Non-conforming mortgages
0-619	92		717		1,910		—		—		2,719
620-719	1,523		5,937		3,980		—		—		11,440
720+	1,860		3,776		1,018		—		—		6,654
Subtotal	3,475		10,430		6,908		—		—		20,813
Other loans
Subtotal	—		—		15		—		—		15
	$	37,355	$	32,919	$	15,448	$	3,818	$	11,444	$	100,984

Loan contracts secured by collateral that is geographically concentrated could experience higher rates of delinquencies, default and foreclosure losses than loan contracts secured by collateral that is more geographically dispersed. Forty-one percent of the outstanding principal balance of consumer loans receivable portfolio is concentrated in Texas. Other than Texas, no other state had concentrations in excess of 10% of the principal balance of the consumer loans receivable as of December 27, 2014.

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