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LOANS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
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4. LOANS

The following table sets forth the classification of the Company’s loans by loan portfolio segment for the periods presented.

(in thousands)

March 31, 2025

    

December 31, 2024

Residential real estate

$

733,563

$

729,254

Multi-family

 

535,429

 

550,570

Commercial real estate

 

512,823

 

522,805

Commercial and industrial

 

170,442

 

168,909

Construction and land development

 

7,985

 

13,483

Consumer

 

432

 

503

Total loans

 

1,960,674

 

1,985,524

Allowance for credit losses

 

(22,925)

 

(22,779)

Total loans, net

$

1,937,749

$

1,962,745

At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company was servicing approximately $358.8 million and $338.8 million, respectively, of loans for others. The Company had $5.6 million and $11.0 million of SBA loans held for sale at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company had $5.7 million and $1.4 million of residential real estate loans held for sale at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The Company had a contracted sale of non-performing loans totaling $5.0 million, net of a $0.3 million charge-off, designated as held for sale at March 31, 2025.

For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company sold loans totaling approximately $46.6 million and $26.7 million, respectively, recognizing net gains of $2.4 million and $2.5 million, respectively.

The following tables summarize the activity in the allowance for credit losses by portfolio segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025

Commercial

Construction

Residential

Multi-

Commercial

and

and Land

    

Real Estate

    

Family

    

Real Estate

    

Industrial

    

Development

    

Consumer

    

Loans

Loans

Loans

Loans

Loans

Loans

Total

(in thousands)

Allowance for credit losses:

Beginning balance

$

6,236

$

5,284

$

5,605

$

5,447

$

180

$

27

$

22,779

Charge-offs

 

 

(33)

 

(305)

 

(133)

 

 

(471)

Recoveries

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

Provision for credit losses

 

315

 

(252)

 

79

 

529

 

(67)

 

(4)

 

600

Ending balance

$

6,551

$

4,999

$

5,379

$

5,860

$

113

$

23

$

22,925

Three Months Ended March 31, 2024

Commercial

Construction

Residential

Multi-

Commercial

and

and Land

Real Estate

Family

Real Estate

Industrial

Development

Consumer

    

Loans

    

Loans

    

Loans

    

Loans

    

Loans

    

Loans

    

Total

(in thousands)

Allowance for credit losses:

Beginning balance

$

5,001

$

4,671

$

8,390

$

1,419

$

122

$

55

$

19,658

Charge-offs

 

 

 

(30)

 

(60)

 

 

 

(90)

Recoveries

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

Provision for credit losses

 

276

 

(454)

 

219

 

279

 

(25)

 

5

 

300

Ending balance

$

5,277

$

4,217

$

8,579

$

1,643

$

97

$

60

$

19,873

Allowance for Credit Losses on Unfunded Commitments

The Company has recorded an ACL for unfunded credit commitments, which is recorded in other liabilities. The provision for credit losses on unfunded commitments is recorded within other expenses on the Company’s income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The following table presents the allowance for credit losses for unfunded commitments for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months Ended March 31, 

(in thousands)

    

2025

    

2024

Balance at beginning of period

$

314

$

124

Provision for credit losses

 

 

140

Balance at end of period

$

314

$

264

The following table presents the amortized cost basis of loans on nonaccrual status and loans past due over 89 days still accruing as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

March 31, 2025

Nonaccrual

Loans Past

    

With No

    

    

Due Over

Allowance

89 Days

(in thousands)

for Credit Loss

Nonaccrual

Still Accruing

Residential real estate

$

3,202

$

3,202

$

Multi-family

 

 

 

Commercial real estate

3,396

3,420

Commercial and industrial

1,366

5,075

Construction and land development

Consumer

Total

$

7,964

$

11,697

$

December 31, 2024

Nonaccrual

Loans Past

With No

    

    

Due Over

Allowance

89 Days

(in thousands)

for Credit Loss

Nonaccrual

Still Accruing

Residential real estate

$

5,497

$

5,497

$

Multi-family

 

864

 

864

 

Commercial real estate

5,300

5,325

Commercial and industrial

1,567

4,682

Construction and land development

Consumer

Total

$

13,228

$

16,368

$

The Company recognized $27 thousand and $228 thousand of interest income on nonaccrual loans during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Individually Analyzed Loans

The Company analyzes loans on an individual basis when management determined that the loan no longer exhibited risk characteristics consistent with the risk characteristics existing in its designed pool of loans, under the Company’s CECL methodology. Loans individually analyzed include certain nonaccrual loans.

As of March 31, 2025, the amortized cost basis of individually analyzed loans amounted to $11.2 million, of which $10.4 million were considered collateral dependent. For collateral dependent loans where foreclosure is probable or the borrower is experiencing financial difficulty and repayment is likely to be substantially provided through the sale or operation of the collateral, the ACL is measured based on the difference between the fair value of the collateral adjusted for sales costs and the amortized cost basis of the loan, at measurement date. Certain assets held as collateral may be exposed to future deterioration in fair value, particularly due to changes in real estate markets or usage.

The following tables present the amortized cost basis and related allowance for credit loss of individually analyzed loans considered to be collateral dependent as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

March 31, 2025

(in thousands)

    

Amortized Cost Basis

    

Related Allowance

Residential real estate (1)

$

3,033

$

Commercial real estate (2)

3,264

Commercial and industrial (1) (2) (3)

4,136

2,779

Total

 

$

10,433

 

$

2,779

(1)Secured by residential real estate
(2)Secured by commercial real estate
(3)Secured by business assets

December 31, 2024

(in thousands)

Amortized Cost Basis

    

Related Allowance

Residential real estate (1)

$

5,783

$

Multi-family (2)

864

Commercial real estate (2)

5,235

Commercial and industrial (1) (2) (3)

3,753

2,500

Total

 

$

15,635

 

$

2,500

(1)Secured by residential real estate
(2)Secured by commercial real estate
(3)Secured by business assets

The following tables present the aging of the amortized cost basis in past due loans as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 by class of loans:

(in thousands)

30 - 59

60 - 89

Greater than

Days

Days

89 Days

Total

Loans Not

March 31, 2025

Past Due

  

Past Due

    

Past Due

Past Due

  

Past Due

  

Total

Residential real estate

$

9,481

$

1,808

$

2,326

$

13,615

$

719,948

$

733,563

Multi-family

 

 

 

 

 

535,429

 

535,429

Commercial real estate

 

9,073

 

 

3,420

 

12,493

 

500,330

 

512,823

Commercial and industrial

 

4,798

 

4,810

 

4,587

 

14,195

 

156,247

 

170,442

Construction and land development

 

 

 

 

 

7,985

 

7,985

Consumer

 

 

 

 

 

432

 

432

Total

$

23,352

$

6,618

$

10,333

$

40,303

$

1,920,371

$

1,960,674

(in thousands)

30 - 59

60 - 89

Greater than

Days

Days

89 Days

Total

Loans Not

December 31, 2024

Past Due

      

Past Due

  

Past Due

  

Past Due

    

Past Due

   

Total

Residential real estate

$

5,215

$

3,362

$

4,229

$

12,806

$

716,448

$

729,254

Multi-family

 

1,442

 

 

 

1,442

 

549,128

 

550,570

Commercial real estate

 

1,347

 

 

5,325

 

6,672

 

516,133

 

522,805

Commercial and industrial

 

2,533

 

661

 

4,305

 

7,499

 

161,410

 

168,909

Construction and land development

 

 

 

 

 

13,483

 

13,483

Consumer

503

503

Total

$

10,537

$

4,023

$

13,859

$

28,419

$

1,957,105

$

1,985,524

The Company may occasionally make modifications to loans where the borrower is considered to be in financial distress. Types of modifications include principal reductions, significant payment delays, term extensions, interest rate reductions or a combination thereof. The amount of principal reduction is charged-off against the allowance for credit losses. The Company did not have any loans that were both experiencing difficulties and modified during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

The Company had no commitment to lend additional funds to borrowers for which modifications described above were made during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and the year ended December 31, 2024.

The Company monitors the performance of loans that are modified to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty to understand the effectiveness of its modification efforts. No such loans that have been modified in the last 12 months were past due.

Upon the Company’s determination that a modified loan (or a portion of a loan) has subsequently been deemed uncollectible, the loan (or a portion of the loan) is written off. Therefore, the amortized cost basis of the loan is reduced by the uncollectible amount and the allowance for credit losses is adjusted by the same amount. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no loans that were modified in the last 12 months to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty had a payment default.

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Company has adopted a credit risk rating system as part of the risk assessment of its loan portfolio. The Company’s lending officers are required to assign a credit risk rating to each loan in their portfolio at origination. When the lender learns of important financial developments, the risk rating is reviewed and adjusted if necessary. In addition, the Company engages a third-party independent loan reviewer that performs quarterly reviews of a sample of loans, validating the credit risk ratings assigned to such loans. The credit risk ratings play an important role in the establishment of the loan loss provision and to confirm the adequacy of the allowance for credit losses.

The Company categorizes loans into risk categories based on relevant information about the ability of borrowers to service their debt such as: current financial information, historical payment experience, credit documentation, public information, and current economic trends, among other factors. The Company analyzes commercial loans individually by classifying the loans as to credit risk. The Company uses the following definitions for risk ratings:

Special Mention: The loan has potential weaknesses that deserve management’s close attention. If left uncorrected, these potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of repayment prospects for the asset or in the Company’s credit position at some future date.

Substandard: The loan is inadequately protected by current sound worth and paying capacity of the obligor or collateral pledged, if any. Loans classified as Substandard must have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt. They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the Company will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful: The loan has all the weaknesses inherent in one classified substandard with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full, on the basis of currently existing factors, conditions, and values, highly questionable and improbable.

Loans not having a credit risk rating of Special Mention, Substandard or Doubtful are considered pass loans.

The following table summarizes the Company’s loans by year of origination and internally assigned credit risk at March 31, 2025 and gross charge-offs for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

Revolving

Term Loans Amortized Cost by Origination Year

Revolving

Loans to

(in thousands)

2025

      

2024

  

2023

  

2022

2021

    

Prior

  

Loans

Term Loans

   

Total

Residential real estate (1)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

$

63,050

$

199,516

$

193,521

$

67,578

$

33,183

$

139,745

$

$

26,330

$

722,923

Special Mention

1,280

221

2,395

2,099

765

6,760

Substandard

507

1

2,700

3,208

Total Residential real estate

63,050

200,796

194,249

69,974

35,282

143,210

26,330

732,891

Current period gross charge-offs

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Multi-family

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

2,094

1,342

251,948

167,750

57,124

54,725

534,983

Special Mention

446

446

Substandard

Total Multi-family

2,094

1,342

251,948

167,750

57,124

55,171

535,429

Current period gross charge-offs

33

33

Commercial real estate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

46,751

64,906

142,306

107,725

29,275

105,972

496,935

Special Mention

1,707

7,493

399

1,294

10,893

Substandard

913

21

24

4,037

4,995

Total Commercial real estate

46,751

65,819

144,013

115,239

29,698

111,303

512,823

Current period gross charge-offs

305

305

Commercial and industrial

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

57,603

65,648

21,894

3,533

4,777

3,225

156,680

Special Mention

257

6,095

543

788

461

8,144

Substandard

37

1,335

2,576

961

244

465

5,618

Total Commercial and industrial

57,897

73,078

24,470

5,037

5,809

4,151

170,442

Current period gross charge-offs

133

133

Construction and land development

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

1,210

2,975

4,185

Special Mention

3,800

3,800

Substandard

Total Construction and land development

1,210

6,775

7,985

Current period gross charge-offs

Consumer

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

91

234

107

432

Special Mention

Substandard

Total Consumer

91

234

107

432

Current period gross charge-offs

Total Loans

$

169,883

$

342,479

$

614,787

$

364,775

$

127,913

$

313,835

$

$

26,330

$

1,960,002

Gross charge-offs

$

$

133

$

$

$

305

$

33

$

$

$

471

(1)Certain fixed rate residential mortgage loans are included in a fair value hedging relationship. The amortized cost excludes a contra asset of $672,000 related to basis adjustments for loans in the closed portfolio under the portfolio layer method at March 31, 2025. These basis adjustments would be allocated to the amortized cost of specific loans within the pool if the hedge was de-designated. See “Note 10 – Derivates” for more information on the fair value hedge.

The following table summarizes the Company’s loans by year of origination and internally assigned credit risk at December 31, 2024:

Revolving

Term Loans Amortized Cost by Origination Year

Revolving

Loans to

(in thousands)

2024

      

2023

  

2022

  

2021

2020

    

Prior

  

Loans

Term Loans

   

Total

Residential real estate (1)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

$

81,599

$

180,498

$

193,204

$

58,694

$

33,539

$

143,580

$

$

25,004

$

716,118

Special Mention

407

877

585

1,199

2,110

768

5,946

Substandard

514

679

589

3,467

1,418

6,667

Total Residential real estate

82,006

181,889

194,468

60,482

35,649

147,815

26,422

728,731

Multi-family

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

2,814

3,393

292,430

159,094

35,368

56,158

549,257

Special Mention

450

450

Substandard

863

863

Total Multi-family

2,814

3,393

292,430

159,957

35,368

56,608

550,570

Commercial real estate

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

50,579

78,564

173,301

78,044

21,870

104,957

507,315

Special Mention

911

1,709

3,866

399

1,298

8,183

Substandard

2,790

483

4,034

7,307

Total Commercial real estate

50,579

79,475

175,010

84,700

22,752

110,289

522,805

Commercial and industrial

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

68,836

73,744

8,834

6,022

1,375

2,496

161,307

Special Mention

236

251

544

805

416

2,252

Substandard

42

815

2,500

1,261

249

483

5,350

Total Commercial and industrial

69,114

74,810

11,334

7,827

2,429

3,395

168,909

Construction and land development

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

921

3,288

5,473

9,682

Special Mention

3,801

3,801

Substandard

Total Construction and land development

921

3,288

9,274

13,483

Consumer

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Pass

138

292

73

503

Special Mention

Substandard

Total Consumer

138

292

73

503

Total Loans

$

205,572

$

343,147

$

673,315

$

322,240

$

96,198

$

318,107

$

$

26,422

$

1,985,001

(1)Certain fixed rate residential mortgage loans are included in a fair value hedging relationship. The amortized cost excludes a contra asset of $523,000 related to basis adjustments for loans in the closed portfolio under the portfolio layer method at December 31, 2024. These basis adjustments would be allocated to the amortized cost of specific loans within the pool if the hedge was de-designated. See “Note 10 – Derivates” for more information on the fair value hedge.