Mortgages Payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Mortgages Payable

During 2019, we made $20.7 million in principal payments, including the repayment of one mortgage in full for $15.8 million. During 2018, we made $21.9 million in principal payments, including the repayment of two mortgages in full for $17.0 million. During 2019, we assumed two mortgages totaling $130.8 million on 33 properties. No mortgages were assumed during 2018. Assumed mortgages are secured by the properties on which the debt was placed and are considered non-recourse debt with limited customary exceptions for items such as solvency, bankruptcy, misrepresentation, fraud, misapplication of payments, environmental liabilities, failure to pay taxes, insurance premiums, liens on the property, violations of the single purpose entity requirements, and uninsured losses.

Our mortgages contain customary covenants, such as limiting our ability to further mortgage each applicable property or to discontinue insurance coverage without the prior consent of the lender. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with these covenants.

The balance of our deferred financing costs, which are classified as part of mortgages payable, net, on our consolidated balance sheets, was $1.3 million at December 31, 2019 and $183,000 at December 31, 2018. These costs are being amortized over the remaining term of each mortgage.

The following is a summary of all our mortgages payable as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively (dollars in thousands):



As Of	Number of Properties⁽¹⁾	Weighted Average Stated Interest Rate⁽²⁾		Weighted Average Effective Interest Rate⁽³⁾		Weighted Average Remaining Years Until Maturity	Remaining Principal Balance		Unamortized Premium and Deferred Finance Costs Balance, net		Mortgage Payable Balance
12/31/2019	92	4.9	%	4.6	%	3.1	$	408,419	$	1,700	$	410,119
12/31/2018	60	5.1	%	4.6	%	3.2	$	298,377	$	4,192	$	302,569

⁽¹⁾ At December 31, 2019, there were 27 mortgages on 92 properties. At December 31, 2018, there were 26 mortgages on 60 properties. The mortgages require monthly payments with principal payments due at maturity. At December 31, 2019, the mortgages were at fixed interest rates, except for one variable rate mortgage on one property totaling $7.1 million, which has been swapped to a fixed interest rate. At December 31, 2018, the mortgages were at fixed rates, except for two mortgages on two properties totaling $23.3 million. After factoring in arrangements which limit our exposure to interest rate risk and effectively fix our per annum interest rates, our mortgage debt subject to variable rates totaled $16.0 million at December 31, 2018.

⁽²⁾ Stated interest rates ranged from 3.8% to 6.9% at each of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

⁽³⁾ Effective interest rates ranged from 3.8% to 7.6% at December 31, 2019, while effective interest rates ranged from 1.1% to 7.7% at December 31, 2018.

The following table summarizes the maturity of mortgages payable, excluding net premiums of $3.0 million and deferred financing costs of $1.3 million, as of December 31, 2019 (dollars in millions):



Year of Maturity	Principal
2020	$	84.2
2021	68.8
2022	111.8
2023	20.6
2024	112.2
Thereafter	10.8
Totals	$	408.4