Company: ISBA
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000842517-25-000099
Chunk: 90

Company: ISABELLA BANK CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 90
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 March 31, 2025, increasing $24,011 at the end of first quarter 2025. The increase was driven by $40,362 in purchases of collateralized mortgage obligation securities with a weighted-average yield of 4.56%. Amortization and maturities of $21,058 partially offset the increase from purchases. Net unrealized losses at March 31, 2025 totaled $21,473, or 4.02%, of the portfolio and improved during the quarter due to the treasury portfolio rapidly approaching maturity and a decrease in market yields. The par value and corresponding book yields that are estimated to mature or payoff by year include: $54,500 in principal with a weighted-average book yield of 2.34% over the remainder of 2025; $217,400 at 1.17% in 2026; and $63,400 at 1.86% in 2027.  Some of these securities amortize so the actual principal paydown may differ from these estimates.

Loans outstanding as of March 31, 2025 totaled $1,367,724. Since December 31, 2024, gross loans have decreased $55,847 as a result of a reduction in advance to mortgage brokers. However, the decline in this non-core loan product has provided liquidity and the opportunity to refocus on loans that can be recorded on our balance sheet for longer terms and help to mitigate interest rate risk. 

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Core loans, which excludes advances to mortgage brokers, grew $4,218, driven by the commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loan portfolios of $4,787 and $4,326, respectively. Loan growth during the first quarter primarily was in the construction, real estate, and hospitality industries. The commercial pipeline is robust, with some anticipated loan closings in the first quarter extended into the second quarter 2025. Residential mortgages increased $6,476 as customers are favoring adjustable-rate loans, which are put on the balance sheet rather than sold in the secondary market. Core loan growth during the quarter was offset by a decline in agricultural and consumer loan portfolios that continue to roll off amid decreasing demand, competition and our adherence to credit quality standards. 

The ACL was $12,735 at March 31, 2025, a decrease of $160 from $12,895 at December 31, 2024.  Most of the decline is due to improvement in historical loss experience, driven by the recovery of three previously charged