Company: MITN
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-050624
Chunk: 30

Company: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 30
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Eligible Loans. Home Equity VIEs are collateralized by revolving lines of credit and closed-end loans secured primarily by a second lien on a residential mortgaged property. Refer to Notes 2 and 3 to the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)” for additional information on the assets and liabilities of our consolidated Non-Agency VIEs and Home Equity VIEs.

In each securitization transaction, a pool of loans is transferred into a newly formed securitization trust. The securitization trust issues various classes of mortgage pass-through certificates backed by the cash flows from the underlying residential mortgage loans (the "Certificates"). When we sponsor a residential mortgage loan securitization, we are generally required to retain at least 5% of the fair value of the Certificates issued in the securitization ("Risk Retention Rules"). We can retain either an "eligible vertical interest" (which consists of at least 5% of each class of securities issued in the securitization), an "eligible horizontal residual interest" (which is the most subordinate class of securities with a fair value of at least 5% of the aggregate credit risk) or a combination of both totaling 5% (the "Required Credit Risk"). We typically sell the senior classes of Certificates to unrelated third parties. When we choose to retain an eligible horizontal residual interest, we generally purchase the most subordinated classes of Certificates and the excess cash flow Certificates. When we choose to retain an eligible vertical interest, we purchase a 5% interest in each class of Certificates issued. We also may purchase the Certificates entitled to excess servicing fees and other Certificates not required to meet Risk Retention Rules. 

If we are determined to be the primary beneficiary of these securitization transactions, we consolidate the respective VIE created to facilitate the transaction and record "Securitized residential mortgage loans" and "Securitized debt" on the consolidated balance sheets in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, our equity at risk represents certain Certificates from each securitization which we retain.

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The following table summarizes our Securitized residential mortgage loans and Securitized debt, as well as the economic interest on retained Certificates related to our Non-Agency VIEs and Home Equity VIEs as of September 30, 2025 (in thousands).

Non-Agency VIEsHome Equity VIEsUnpaid Principal BalanceFair ValueUnpaid Principal Balance