Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Accounting	Basis of Accounting The Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial statements and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X, as appropriate. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of, and for the year ended December 31, 2025, which are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 25, 2026, as certain disclosures that would substantially duplicate those contained in the audited consolidated financial statements have not been included in this report.
Reclassifications	Reclassifications Certain prior year balances have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period presentation. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, $5.3 million was reclassified from Realized gain/(loss) on sale of commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value to Gain/(loss) on sales, including fee-based services, net on the consolidated statements of operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives and Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives were combined and reclassified to Gain/(loss) on derivatives, resulting in net $0.3 million, respectively, being reclassified on the consolidated statements of operations.
Use of Estimates	Use of Estimates GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ materially. In the opinion of management, the interim data includes all adjustments, of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. The current period’s results of operations will not necessarily be indicative of results that ultimately may be achieved for the entire year or any subsequent interim periods.
Principles of Consolidation	Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the OP and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In determining whether the Company has a controlling financial interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, management considers factors such as ownership interest, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the other partners or members, as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity ("VIE") for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. The Company has determined the OP is a VIE of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Substantially all of the Company's assets and liabilities are held by the OP. The Company consolidates all entities that it controls through either majority ownership or voting rights. In addition, the Company consolidates all VIEs of which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary. VIEs are entities in which equity investors (i) do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and/or (ii) do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The entity that consolidates a VIE is its primary beneficiary and is generally the entity with (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the right to receive benefits from the VIE or the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. Non-controlling interest represents the equity of consolidated joint ventures that are not owned by the Company. Collateralized Loan Obligations - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs") issued and securitized by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. The Company has determined the CLOs are VIEs of which the Company's subsidiary is the primary beneficiary. The assets and liabilities of the CLOs are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation. Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities - The Company invests in subordinate, non-investment grade and unrated securities issued by commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) trusts, certain of which securities represent the controlling class. Management believes that the performance of the underlying commercial real estate loans is the activity that most significantly affects the economic performance of the CMBS trusts. Under the applicable trust documents, the controlling-class holder generally has the unilateral right to appoint and remove the special servicer, which manages delinquent and defaulted loans and related loss-mitigation activities. The Company consolidates a CMBS trust when the trust is a VIE and the Company is its primary beneficiary. The Company generally concludes that it is the primary beneficiary when its controlling-class rights provide it with the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the trust’s economic performance and its investment exposes it to losses or benefits that could potentially be significant to the trust. Upon consolidation, the Company records the trust’s assets and liabilities and eliminates its investment and related transactions with the trust, including interest, servicing fees and associated balances. The difference between the trust’s assets and liabilities represents the Company’s beneficial interest. The Company has elected the fair value option for the initial and subsequent measurement of the eligible financial assets and financial liabilities of its consolidated CMBS trusts. The Company has also elected the measurement alternative under ASC 810, as amended by Accounting Standards Update 2014-13 (“ASU 2014-13”), for qualifying consolidated CMBS trusts. Under the measurement alternative, the Company measures the financial assets and financial liabilities of a qualifying consolidated CMBS trust using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets or the fair value of the financial liabilities. The fair value of the financial liabilities is more observable and as such, the Company measures the trust’s financial assets based on the fair value of the financial liabilities, adjusted for the fair value of the Company’s retained beneficial interests. Changes in the net assets of the consolidated CMBS trusts, including changes attributable to fair value, interest income, interest expense, credit risk and other market factors, are presented on a net basis within Income (loss) from VIE's in the consolidated statements of operations. The assets of the consolidated trust, primarily commercial mortgage loans and related interest accruals, are presented within VIE assets, measured at fair value, and the liabilities of the consolidated trust, primarily obligations to the external CMBS holders and related interest accruals, are presented within VIE liabilities, measured at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. As the trust assets are measured as a single pool under ASU 2014-13, individual asset categories are not separately presented when doing so would require an arbitrary allocation of fair value. The Company reassesses its VIE consolidation conclusions on an ongoing basis as facts and circumstances change.
Cash and Cash Equivalents	Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash consists of amounts deposited with high quality financial institutions. These deposits are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company up to an insurance limit. Cash equivalents include short-term, liquid investments in money market funds with original maturities of 90 days or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalent balances may, at a limited number of banks and financial institutions, exceed insurable amounts. The Company believes it mitigates risk by investing in or through major financial institutions and primarily in funds that are currently U.S. federal government insured up to applicable account limits.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements	Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). ASU 2024-03 requires disaggregated disclosures of certain categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement. The standard is to be adopted prospectively, with the option to apply retrospectively, and is effective for annual periods starting after December 15, 2026. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2024-03 will have on the consolidated financial statements. In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU, 2025-06 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40),” or ASU 2025-06. ASU 2025-06 modernizes the accounting for software costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective on a prospective basis, with options for modified transition and retrospective application, for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2025-06 will have on the consolidated financial statements.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments	GAAP establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs used in measuring financial instruments at fair values. GAAP establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The three levels of the hierarchy are described below: •Level I - Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date. •Level II - Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level I) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life. •Level III - Unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity, but rather through particular valuation techniques. The determination of where an asset or liability falls in the above hierarchy requires significant judgment and factors specific to the asset or liability. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each quarter and depending on various factors, it is possible that an asset or liability may be classified differently from quarter to quarter. The Company has implemented valuation control processes to validate the fair value of the Company's financial instruments measured at fair value including those derived from pricing models. These control processes are designed to assure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible. In the event that observable inputs are not available, the control processes are designed to assure that the valuation approach utilized is appropriate and consistently applied and the assumptions are reasonable. Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis CMBS bonds, recorded in Real estate securities, available for sale, measured at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets are valued utilizing both observable and unobservable market inputs. These factors include projected future cash flows, ratings, subordination levels, vintage, remaining lives, credit issues, and recent trades of similar real estate securities. Depending upon the significance of the fair value inputs used in determining these fair values, these real estate securities are classified in either Level II or Level III of the fair value hierarchy. The Company obtains third party pricing for determining the fair value of each CMBS investment, resulting in a Level II classification. Commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value in the Company's TRS are initially recorded at transaction price, which are considered to be the best initial estimate of fair value. The Company engages the services of a third party independent valuation firm to determine fair value of certain investments held by the Company. Fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow model that primarily considers changes in interest rates and credit spreads, weighted average life and current performance of the underlying collateral. Commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value that are originated in the last month of the reporting period are held and marked to the transaction price. The Company classified the commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value as Level III. Derivative instruments, measured at fair value Treasury note futures trade on the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) and are made up of contracts of a variety of recently issued 5-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury notes. The future contracts are liquid and are centrally cleared through the CBOT and are valued using market prices. Treasury note futures are categorized as Level I. Credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and options can be traded over the counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Exchange-traded derivatives are generally valued using market prices while OTC derivative transaction valuations are derived using pricing models that are widely accepted by marketplace participants. The pricing models take into account multiple inputs including specific contract terms, interest rate yield curves, interest rates, credit curves, recovery rates, and/or current credit spreads obtained from counterparties and other market participants. Most inputs into the models are not subjective as they are observable in the marketplace or set per the contract. The valuation is primarily determined by the difference between the contract spread and the current market spread. The contract spread (or rate) is generally fixed and the market spread is determined by the credit risk of the underlying debt or reference entity. If the underlying indices are liquid and the OTC market for the current spread is active, the derivatives are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. If the underlying indices are illiquid and the OTC market for the current spread is not active, the derivatives are categorized in Level III of the fair value hierarchy. The Company's option contracts are exchange-traded, and therefore categorized as Level I. The Company classified its credit default swaps as Level II. Loan commitments and forward sale commitments in the Company's TRS are initially recorded at transaction price, which are considered to be the best initial estimate of fair value. The Company engages the services of a third party independent valuation firm to determine fair value of certain investments held by the Company. Fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow model that primarily considers changes in interest rates and credit spreads, weighted average life and current performance of the underlying commitment collateral. Loan commitments and forward sale commitments that are entered in the last month of the reporting period are held and marked to the transactions price. The Company classified the loan commitments and forward sale commitments as Level III. A review of the fair value hierarchy classification is conducted on a quarterly basis. Changes in the type of inputs may result in a reclassification for certain assets or liabilities. The Company's policy with respect to transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy is to recognize transfers into and out of each level as of the beginning of the reporting period. There were no material transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy during the periods ended June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Consolidated VIE assets, at fair value are valued through the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. The individual assets of a VIE are inherently incapable of precise measurement given their illiquid nature and the limitations on available information related to these assets. Because our methodology for valuing these assets does not value the individual assets of the VIE, but rather uses the value of the VIE liabilities as an indicator of the fair value of VIE assets as a whole, we have determined that our valuation of VIE assets in their entirety should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy. Consolidated VIE liabilities, at fair value represent bonds that are not owned by the Company. The majority of these are either traded in the marketplace or can be analogized to similar securities that are traded in the marketplace. The Company utilizes third party pricing service providers for valuing these liabilities. In order to determine whether to utilize the valuations provided by third parties, we conduct an ongoing evaluation of their valuation methodologies and processes, as well as a review of the individual valuations themselves. In evaluating third party pricing for reasonableness, we consider a variety of factors, including market transaction information for the particular bond, market transaction information for bonds within the same trust, market transaction information for similar bonds, the bond’s ratings and the bond’s subordination levels. If the minority portion of the bonds consist of unrated or non-investment grade bonds that are not owned by us, pricing may be either Level II or Level III. If independent third party pricing similar to that noted above is available, we consider the valuation to be Level II. If such third party pricing is not available, the valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant unobservable assumptions, and we consider the valuation to be Level III. For VIE liabilities classified as Level III, valuation is determined based on discounted expected future cash flows which take into consideration expected yields based on market transaction information, ratings, subordination levels, vintage and current market spread. VIE liabilities may shift between Level II and Level III of the fair value hierarchy if the significant fair value inputs used to price the VIE liabilities become or cease to be observable.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2026

The Company's unaudited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial statements and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X, as appropriate.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of, and for the year ended December 31, 2025, which are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 25, 2026, as certain disclosures that would substantially duplicate those contained in the audited consolidated financial statements have not been included in this report.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period presentation.

For the six months ended June 30, 2025, $5.3 million was reclassified from Realized gain/(loss) on sale of commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value to Gain/(loss) on sales, including fee-based services, net on the consolidated statements of operations.

For the six months ended June 30, 2025, Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives and Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives were combined and reclassified to Gain/(loss) on derivatives, resulting in net $0.3 million, respectively, being reclassified on the consolidated statements of operations.

Use of Estimates

GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reported periods. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ materially. In the opinion of management, the interim data includes all adjustments, of a normal and recurring nature, necessary for a fair statement of the results for the periods presented. The current period’s results of operations will not necessarily be indicative of results that ultimately may be achieved for the entire year or any subsequent interim periods.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the OP and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In determining whether the Company has a controlling financial interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, management considers factors such as ownership interest, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the other partners or members, as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity ("VIE") for which the Company is the primary beneficiary.

The Company has determined the OP is a VIE of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. Substantially all of the Company's assets and liabilities are held by the OP.

The Company consolidates all entities that it controls through either majority ownership or voting rights. In addition, the Company consolidates all VIEs of which the Company is considered the primary beneficiary. VIEs are entities in which equity investors (i) do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and/or (ii) do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. The entity that consolidates a VIE is its primary beneficiary and is generally the entity with (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the right to receive benefits from the VIE or the obligation to absorb losses of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. Non-controlling interest represents the equity of consolidated joint ventures that are not owned by the Company.

Collateralized Loan Obligations - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of collateralized loan obligations ("CLOs") issued and securitized by wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. The Company has determined the CLOs are VIEs of which the Company's subsidiary is the primary beneficiary. The assets and liabilities of the CLOs are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation.

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities - The Company invests in subordinate, non-investment grade and unrated securities issued by commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) trusts, certain of which securities represent the controlling class. Management believes that the performance of the underlying commercial real estate loans is the activity that most significantly affects the economic performance of the CMBS trusts. Under the applicable trust documents, the controlling-class holder generally has the unilateral right to appoint and remove the special servicer, which manages delinquent and defaulted loans and related loss-mitigation activities.

The Company consolidates a CMBS trust when the trust is a VIE and the Company is its primary beneficiary. The Company generally concludes that it is the primary beneficiary when its controlling-class rights provide it with the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the trust’s economic performance and its investment exposes it to losses or benefits that could potentially be significant to the trust.

Upon consolidation, the Company records the trust’s assets and liabilities and eliminates its investment and related transactions with the trust, including interest, servicing fees and associated balances. The difference between the trust’s assets and liabilities represents the Company’s beneficial interest.

The Company has elected the fair value option for the initial and subsequent measurement of the eligible financial assets and financial liabilities of its consolidated CMBS trusts. The Company has also elected the measurement alternative under ASC 810, as amended by Accounting Standards Update 2014-13 (“ASU 2014-13”), for qualifying consolidated CMBS trusts.

Under the measurement alternative, the Company measures the financial assets and financial liabilities of a qualifying consolidated CMBS trust using the more observable of the fair value of the financial assets or the fair value of the financial liabilities. The fair value of the financial liabilities is more observable and as such, the Company measures the trust’s financial assets based on the fair value of the financial liabilities, adjusted for the fair value of the Company’s retained beneficial interests.

Changes in the net assets of the consolidated CMBS trusts, including changes attributable to fair value, interest income, interest expense, credit risk and other market factors, are presented on a net basis within Income (loss) from VIE's in the consolidated statements of operations. The assets of the consolidated trust, primarily commercial mortgage loans and related interest accruals, are presented within VIE assets, measured at fair value, and the liabilities of the consolidated trust, primarily obligations to the external CMBS holders and related interest accruals, are presented within VIE liabilities, measured at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets. As the trust assets are measured as a single pool under ASU 2014-13, individual asset categories are not separately presented when doing so would require an arbitrary allocation of fair value.

The Company reassesses its VIE consolidation conclusions on an ongoing basis as facts and circumstances change.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash consists of amounts deposited with high quality financial institutions. These deposits are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company up to an insurance limit. Cash equivalents include short-term, liquid investments in money market funds with original maturities of 90 days or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalent balances may, at a limited number of banks and financial institutions, exceed insurable amounts. The Company believes it mitigates risk by investing in or through major financial institutions and primarily in funds that are currently U.S. federal government insured up to applicable account limits.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). ASU 2024-03 requires disaggregated disclosures of certain categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement. The standard is to be adopted prospectively, with the option to apply retrospectively, and is effective for annual periods starting after December 15, 2026. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2024-03 will have on the consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU, 2025-06 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40),” or ASU 2025-06. ASU 2025-06 modernizes the accounting for software costs. ASU 2025-06 is effective on a prospective basis, with options for modified transition and retrospective application, for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact that ASU 2025-06 will have on the consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

GAAP establishes a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on the observability of inputs used in measuring financial instruments at fair values. GAAP establishes market-based or observable inputs as the preferred source of values, followed by valuation models using management assumptions in the absence of market inputs. The three levels of the hierarchy are described below:

•Level I - Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

•Level II - Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level I) are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.

•Level III - Unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity, but rather through particular valuation techniques.

The determination of where an asset or liability falls in the above hierarchy requires significant judgment and factors specific to the asset or liability. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each quarter and depending on various factors, it is possible that an asset or liability may be classified differently from quarter to quarter.

The Company has implemented valuation control processes to validate the fair value of the Company's financial instruments measured at fair value including those derived from pricing models. These control processes are designed to assure that the values used for financial reporting are based on observable inputs wherever possible. In the event that observable inputs are not available, the control processes are designed to assure that the valuation approach utilized is appropriate and consistently applied and the assumptions are reasonable.

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

CMBS bonds, recorded in Real estate securities, available for sale, measured at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets are valued utilizing both observable and unobservable market inputs. These factors include projected future cash flows, ratings, subordination levels, vintage, remaining lives, credit issues, and recent trades of similar real estate securities. Depending upon the significance of the fair value inputs used in determining these fair values, these real estate securities are classified in either Level II or Level III of the fair value hierarchy. The Company obtains third party pricing for determining the fair value of each CMBS investment, resulting in a Level II classification.

Commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value in the Company's TRS are initially recorded at transaction price, which are considered to be the best initial estimate of fair value. The Company engages the services of a third party independent valuation firm to determine fair value of certain investments held by the Company. Fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow model that primarily considers changes in interest rates and credit spreads, weighted average life and current performance of the underlying collateral. Commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value that are originated in the last month of the reporting period are held and marked to the transaction price. The Company classified the commercial mortgage loans, held for sale, measured at fair value as Level III.

Derivative instruments, measured at fair value

Treasury note futures trade on the Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”) and are made up of contracts of a variety of recently issued 5-year and 10-year U.S. Treasury notes. The future contracts are liquid and are centrally cleared through the CBOT and are valued using market prices. Treasury note futures are categorized as Level I.

Credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and options can be traded over the counter (“OTC”) or on an exchange. Exchange-traded derivatives are generally valued using market prices while OTC derivative transaction valuations are derived using pricing models that are widely accepted by marketplace participants. The pricing models take into account multiple inputs including specific contract terms, interest rate yield curves, interest rates, credit curves, recovery rates, and/or current credit spreads obtained from counterparties and other market participants. Most inputs into the models are not subjective as they are observable in the marketplace or set per the contract. The valuation is primarily determined by the difference between the contract spread and the current market spread. The contract spread (or rate) is generally fixed and the market spread is determined by the credit risk of the underlying debt or reference entity. If the underlying indices are liquid and the OTC market for the current spread is active, the derivatives are categorized in Level II of the fair value hierarchy. If the underlying indices are illiquid and the OTC market for the current spread is not active, the derivatives are categorized in Level III of the fair value hierarchy. The Company's option contracts are exchange-traded, and therefore categorized as Level I. The Company classified its credit default swaps as Level II.

Loan commitments and forward sale commitments in the Company's TRS are initially recorded at transaction price, which are considered to be the best initial estimate of fair value. The Company engages the services of a third party independent valuation firm to determine fair value of certain investments held by the Company. Fair value is determined using a discounted cash flow model that primarily considers changes in interest rates and credit spreads, weighted average life and current performance of the underlying commitment collateral. Loan commitments and forward sale commitments that are entered in the last month of the reporting period are held and marked to the transactions price. The Company classified the loan commitments and forward sale commitments as Level III.

A review of the fair value hierarchy classification is conducted on a quarterly basis. Changes in the type of inputs may result in a reclassification for certain assets or liabilities. The Company's policy with respect to transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy is to recognize transfers into and out of each level as of the beginning of the reporting period. There were no material transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy during the periods ended June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Consolidated VIE assets, at fair value are valued through the use of observable inputs over unobservable inputs. The individual assets of a VIE are inherently incapable of precise measurement given their illiquid nature and the limitations on available information related to these assets. Because our methodology for valuing these assets does not value the individual assets of the VIE, but rather uses the value of the VIE liabilities as an indicator of the fair value of VIE assets as a whole, we have determined that our valuation of VIE assets in their entirety should be classified in Level III of the fair value hierarchy.

Consolidated VIE liabilities, at fair value represent bonds that are not owned by the Company. The majority of these are either traded in the marketplace or can be analogized to similar securities that are traded in the marketplace. The Company utilizes third party pricing service providers for valuing these liabilities. In order to determine whether to utilize the valuations provided by third parties, we conduct an ongoing evaluation of their valuation methodologies and processes, as well as a review of the individual valuations themselves. In evaluating third party pricing for reasonableness, we consider a variety of factors, including market transaction information for the particular bond, market transaction information for bonds within the same trust, market transaction information for similar bonds, the bond’s ratings and the bond’s subordination levels.

If the minority portion of the bonds consist of unrated or non-investment grade bonds that are not owned by us, pricing may be either Level II or Level III. If independent third party pricing similar to that noted above is available, we consider the valuation to be Level II. If such third party pricing is not available, the valuation is generated from model-based techniques that use significant unobservable assumptions, and we consider the valuation to be Level III. For VIE liabilities classified as Level III, valuation is determined based on discounted expected future cash flows which take into consideration expected yields based on market transaction information, ratings, subordination levels, vintage and current market spread. VIE liabilities may shift between Level II and Level III of the fair value hierarchy if the significant fair value inputs used to price the VIE liabilities become or cease to be observable.