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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block] DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
The Company is exposed to certain risks arising from both its business operations and economic conditions. The Company principally manages its exposures to a wide variety of business and operational risks through management of its core business activities. The Company manages economic risk, including interest rate, liquidity and credit risk primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and, to a limited extent, the use of derivative instruments.

Specifically, the Company has entered into derivative instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which are determined by interest rates. The Company’s derivative instruments, described below, are used to manage differences in the amount, timing and duration of the Company’s known or expected cash payments principally related to certain of the Company’s borrowings.

The Company’s objective in using interest rate derivatives is to change variable interest rates to fixed interest rates by using interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable-rate amounts from a counterparty in exchange for the Company making fixed-rate payments over the term of the agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. 

As of June 30, 2025, the Company had five interest rate swaps outstanding, all of which are used to hedge the variable cash flows associated with unsecured loans. All of the Company’s interest rate swaps convert the related loans’ Term SOFR rate components to effectively fixed interest rates, and the Company has concluded that each of the hedging relationships is highly effective.

The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges are recorded in Other comprehensive income (loss) and are subsequently reclassified into earnings through Interest expense as interest payments are made or received on the Company’s variable-rate debt in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. The Company estimates that an additional $8,033,000 will be reclassified from Other comprehensive income (loss) as a decrease to Interest expense over the next twelve months.

The Company’s valuation methodology for over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives is to discount cash flows based on SOFR market data. Uncollateralized or partially-collateralized trades include appropriate economic adjustments for funding costs and credit risk. The Company calculates its derivative valuations using mid-market prices.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
NOTIONAL VALUE OF INTEREST RATE DERIVATIVESJune 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
(In thousands)
Interest Rate Swap$100,000 100,000 
Interest Rate Swap100,000 100,000 
Interest Rate Swap— 50,000 
Interest Rate Swap100,000 100,000 
Interest Rate Swap75,000 75,000 
Interest Rate Swap100,000 100,000 

The table below presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. See Note 18 for additional information on the fair value of the Company’s interest rate swaps.
FAIR VALUE OF DERIVATIVES DESIGNATED AS CASH FLOW HEDGESJune 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
(In thousands)
    Interest rate swap assets (1)
$13,227 21,953 
    Interest rate swap liabilities (2)
2,337 — 
(1)Included in Other assets, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2)Included in Other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The table below presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments (interest rate swaps) on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended June 30,
EFFECT OF CASH FLOW HEDGES ON OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME2025202420252024
 (In thousands)
Amount of income (loss) recognized in Other comprehensive income
    (loss) on derivatives
$(1,462)3,634 (5,338)14,274 
Amount of (income) reclassified from Accumulated other
    comprehensive income into Interest expense
(2,674)(4,729)(5,725)(9,475)

See Note 13 for additional information on the Company’s Accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from its interest rate swaps.

Derivative financial agreements expose the Company to credit risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties under the terms of the interest rate hedge agreements. The Company believes it minimizes the credit risk by transacting with financial institutions the Company regards as credit-worthy.

The Company has an agreement with its derivative counterparties containing a provision stating that the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if the Company defaults on any of its indebtedness, including default where repayment of the indebtedness has not been accelerated by the lender. As of June 30, 2025, we had not posted any collateral related to these agreements and were not in breach of any of the provisions of these agreements. If the Company had breached any of these provisions, it would be required to settle its obligations under the agreements at their termination value.