Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007183
Chunk: 90

Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 90
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4.50% for the balance of 2025. The short term rate curve is expected to continue to decrease in 2025, but only by a nominal additional 25 basis points. This current interest rate environment is creating increased headwinds for commercial real estate and is likely to result in decreased origination volumes, especially in our GSE/Agency business in 2025, which is a highly profitable segment of our overall business. This rate environment will also affect the ability for borrowers to refinance their balance sheet loans with fixed rate agency product, which could increase our delinquencies and defaults and reduce available liquidity. This environment could also limit our ability to resolve delinquent loans, leading to potential additional foreclosures and REO assets on our balance sheet, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

For additional details, please see “Current Market Conditions, Risks and Recent Trends” above and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” below.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We enter into derivative financial instruments in the normal course of business to manage the potential loss exposure caused by fluctuations of interest rates. See Note 13 for details.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification(TM), the authoritative reference for accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of estimates and assumptions that could affect the reported amounts in our consolidated financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

A summary of our significant accounting policies is presented in Note 2. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The accounting estimates requiring complex judgment that we consider to be most critical to an investor’s understanding of our financial results and condition are included in our allowance for credit losses accounting policy. Each quarter, we assess these estimates and assumptions based on several factors, including historical experience, which we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if any of the underlying assumptions or factors change.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Distributable Earnings. We are presenting distributable earnings because we believe it is an important supplemental measure of our operating performance