Company: ABR-PF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007183
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Company: ARBOR REALTY TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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 proactively with delinquent borrowers in an effort to avoid defaults, the number of delinquent loans could increase, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We satisfy most of our restricted liquidity requirements with Fannie Mae with a letter of credit issued by one of our lenders. If the letter of credit was not renewed for any reason, we could suffer a reduction in our cash flow from operations, or we may breach our obligations to Fannie Mae, which would have a material adverse effect on our Agency Business.

A significant portion of our Agency Business’s revenue is derived from loan servicing fees. Any declines in the value of our servicing portfolio, including agreement terminations from breaches of servicing agreements, or a reduction in the fees paid for servicing the loans could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and liquidity.

For most loans we service under the Fannie Mae and HUD programs, we are required to advance payments due to investors if the borrower is delinquent in making such payments, which requirement could adversely impact our liquidity and harm our results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Financing and Hedging Activities. We finance a significant amount of our loans and investments through a variety of means, including CLOs, securitizations, credit facilities, equity capital, senior and convertible debt instruments, and other structured financings. These vehicles may contain restrictive covenants and may require us to provide additional collateral or repurchase assets if the value of pledged assets, some of which we guarantee, decline in value. If we are unable to acquire eligible investments, find 

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suitable replacement investments and access financing sources on favorable terms, or at all, we may not be able to obtain the level of leverage necessary to optimize our return on investment and cash available for distribution to our stockholders may decline.

In certain circumstances, we employ hedging strategies to limit the effects of changes in interest rates (and in some cases credit spreads), including treasury futures, interest rate and credit default swaps, caps, floors and other derivative products. Our loans and investments may be subject to fluctuations in interest rates which may not be adequately protected by our hedging strategies. Hedging instruments involve risks and costs, and could expose us to contingent liabilities in the future. 

Risks Relating to Regulatory Matters. If we fail to maintain certain qualifications and licenses or comply with GSE and HUD regulations and program requirements, we may lose our approved lender status and fail to gain additional approvals or licenses for our business. We are also subject