Mortgage Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility

The Company's mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes, variable rate unsecured term loans ("Term Loans") and Credit Facility, as defined below, as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are summarized below. The following amounts and discussion do not include the mortgage notes related to the communities classified as held for sale, if any, as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, as shown in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in thousands) (see Note 6, "Real Estate Disposition Activities").



	3/31/2018		12/31/2017

Fixed rate unsecured notes (1)	$	5,650,000	$	5,350,000
Variable rate unsecured notes (1)	300,000		300,000
Term Loans (1)	250,000		250,000
Fixed rate mortgage notes payable - conventional and tax-exempt (2)	566,091		593,987
Variable rate mortgage notes payable - conventional and tax-exempt (2)	909,788		910,326
Total mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes and Term Loans	7,675,879		7,404,313
Credit Facility	—		—
Total mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes, Term Loans and Credit Facility	$	7,675,879	$	7,404,313

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(1)	Balances at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 exclude $11,039 and $10,850, respectively, of debt discount, and $38,328 and $36,386, respectively, of deferred financing costs, as reflected in unsecured notes, net on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.


(2)	Balances at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 exclude $16,328 and $16,351, respectively, of debt discount, and $10,729 and $11,256, respectively, of deferred financing costs, as reflected in mortgage notes payable on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following debt activity occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2018:


•	In February 2018, the Company repaid $15,174,000 of fixed rate debt secured by Avalon Oaks West in advance of its scheduled maturity date, incurring a charge of $426,000, consisting of a prepayment penalty of $152,000 and the non-cash write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs of $274,000.


•	In February 2018, the Company repaid $11,038,000 of fixed rate debt secured by AVA Pasadena at par in advance of its scheduled maturity date.

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In March 2018, the Company issued $300,000,000 principal amount of unsecured notes in a public offering under its existing shelf registration statement for net proceeds of approximately $296,210,000. The notes mature in April 2048 and were issued at a 4.35% interest rate. The effective interest rate of the notes for the first 10 years is 3.97%, including the impact of an interest rate hedge and offering costs, and for the remainder of the term the effective interest rate will be 4.39%.

At March 31, 2018, the Company has a $1,500,000,000 revolving variable rate unsecured credit facility with a syndicate of banks (the "Credit Facility") which matures in April 2020. The Company may extend the maturity for up to nine months, provided the Company is not in default and upon payment of a $1,500,000 extension fee. The Credit Facility bears interest at varying levels based on the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), rating levels achieved on the Company's unsecured notes and on a maturity schedule selected by the Company. The current stated pricing is LIBOR plus 0.825% per annum (2.71% at March 31, 2018), assuming a one month borrowing rate. The annual facility fee is 0.125% (or approximately $1,875,000 annually based on the $1,500,000,000 facility size and based on the Company's current credit rating).

The Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility and had $43,352,000 and $47,315,000 outstanding in letters of credit that reduced the borrowing capacity as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

In the aggregate, secured notes payable mature at various dates from April 2018 through July 2066, and are secured by certain apartment communities (with a net carrying value of $2,252,748,000, excluding communities classified as held for sale, as of March 31, 2018).

As of March 31, 2018, the Company has guaranteed a $100,000,000 secured note payable held by a wholly-owned subsidiary; such secured note payable is consolidated for financial reporting purposes. The weighted average interest rate of the Company's fixed rate secured notes payable (conventional and tax-exempt) was 3.9% and 4.0% at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The weighted average interest rate of the Company's variable rate secured notes payable (conventional and tax-exempt) including the effect of certain financing related fees, was 3.3% and 3.2% at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Scheduled payments and maturities of secured notes payable and unsecured notes outstanding at March 31, 2018 are as follows (dollars in thousands):



Year	Secured notes payments		Secured notes maturities		Unsecured notes maturities		Stated interest rate of unsecured notes
2018	5,273		65,183		—		N/A
2019	4,443		114,721		—		N/A
2020	3,345		140,429		250,000		6.100	%
					400,000		3.625	%
2021	3,259		27,844		250,000		3.950	%
					300,000		LIBOR + 0.43%
2022	3,483		—		450,000		2.950	%
					100,000		LIBOR + .90%
2023	3,713		—		350,000		4.200	%
					250,000		2.850	%
2024	3,950		—		300,000		3.500	%
					150,000		LIBOR + 1.50%
2025	4,202		84,835		525,000		3.450	%
					300,000		3.500	%
2026	4,486		—		475,000		2.950	%
					300,000		2.900	%
2027	4,048		185,100		400,000		3.350	%
Thereafter	135,148		682,417		350,000		3.900	%
					300,000		4.150	%
					450,000		3.200	%
					300,000		4.350	%
	$	175,350	$	1,300,529	$	6,200,000

The Company was in compliance at March 31, 2018 with customary financial and other covenants under the Credit Facility, the Term Loans and the Company's fixed rate unsecured notes.