Company: MITN
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001514281-25-000062
Chunk: 55

Company: AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 55
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 elect the fair value option with respect to its investment pursuant to ASC 825.The valuation of the Company’s residential mortgage loans, securitized debt relating to the Non-Agency VIEs and RPL/NPL VIEs, commercial loans, certain securities, and forward purchase commitments is determined by the Manager using third-party 

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AG Mortgage Investment Trust Inc. and SubsidiariesNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)March 31, 2025

pricing services where available, valuation analyses from third-party pricing service providers, or model-based pricing. Third-party pricing service providers conduct independent valuation analyses based on a review of source documents, available market data, and comparable investments. The analyses provided by valuation service providers are reviewed and considered by the Manager. The evaluation considers the underlying characteristics of each loan, which are observable inputs, including: coupon, maturity date, loan age, reset date, collateral type, periodic and life cap, geography, and historical prepayment speeds. The Company also considers loan servicing data, as available, forward interest rates, general economic conditions, home price index forecasts, and valuations of the underlying properties. The variables considered most significant to the determination of the fair value of the Company's residential mortgage loans, securitized debt, commercial loans, certain securities, and forward purchase commitments include market-implied discount rates, projections of default rates, delinquency rates, prepayment rates, loss severity, loan-to-value ratios, recovery rates, reperformance rates, timeline to liquidation, and, for forward purchase commitments, pull-through rates. The Company and third-party pricing service providers use loan level data and macro-economic inputs to generate loss adjusted cash flows and other information in determining the fair value. Because of the inherent uncertainty of such valuation, the fair value established for mortgage loans, securitized debt, commercial loans, certain securities, and forward purchase commitments held by the Company may differ from the fair value that would have been established if a ready market existed for these mortgage loans.Fair values for the Company’s securities and derivatives may be based upon prices obtained from third-party pricing services or broker quotations. The valuation methodology of the Company’s third-party pricing services incorporates commonly used market pricing methods, including a spread measurement to various indices, which are observable inputs. The evaluation also considers the underlying characteristics of each investment, which are also observable inputs, including: coupon, maturity date, loan age, reset date, collateral type, periodic and life cap, geography, and prepayment speeds. The Company collects