NEW YORK, June 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ready Capital announced growth in deal volume for its Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) and small multifamily Bridge-to-Agency businesses in the second quarter of 2021, with an increase of more than 36% over the first quarter’s strong results. During the second quarter of 2021, Ready Capital closed 72 Freddie Mac SBL and small multifamily Bridge-to-Agency loans totaling $223 million in funding, with a firm pipeline going into the third quarter of approximately $130 million. The recent quarter’s result builds on the company’s success during the first quarter, during which Ready Capital, an Optigo lender, had closed 62 Freddie Mac SBL and small multifamily Bridge-to-Agency loans totaling $164 million in funding.
“The tailwinds of a strong market continued into Q2 with approximately $1.6 billion in funding across all of our commercial real estate lending products year-to-date,” said Anuj Gupta, President of Ready Capital Commercial. “Our success this quarter was once again attributable to the hard work of our origination, production, underwriting and closing teams as they delivered solutions for sponsors across a diverse range of deals.”
In addition to announcing the volume of transactions, Ready Capital also highlighted the geographic diversification of the deals closed by its national lending team. During the second quarter of 2021, the company funded a significant volume of transactions in California, Texas, Illinois, and closed additional deals in 17 more states.
Premier Transactions Second Quarter 2021
Ready Capital closed $223 million during the second quarter of 2021, following a strong Q1 2021 where over $160 million was closed in Freddie Mac SBL and small multifamily Bridge-to-Agency loans. During the second quarter, Ready Capital closed ten portfolio deals totaling over $77 million. Individual deals ranged in size from $1 million to $7.5 million with terms ranging from 1 years to 20 years. Average LTV for the Freddie Mac SBL loans was 63.35 across deals 72 deals.
| Portfolio name | Number of deals in portfolio | Sum of balance (millions) | Notes | |
| Portfolio 1 | 5 | $19.2 | Cash Out Refinance Partial IO, 10 year term LA area | |
| Portfolio 2 | 2 | $10.5 | Cash out Refinance Amortizing, 10 year term Chicago area | |
| Portfolio 3 | 2 | $9.3 | Cash Out Refinance Amortizing, 5 year term Greater NYC | |
| Portfolio 4 | 2 | $7.7 | Cash out refinance Amortizing, 5 year term Southern California | |
| Portfolio 5 | 2 | $7.6 | Cash out refinance Partial IO, 10 year term Houston area | |
| Large Balance Deals | Balance (millions) | Notes | |
| Loan 1 | $6.3 | Cash out refinance Partial IO, 7 year term Dallas area | |
| Loan 2 | $5.9 | Purchase Amortizing, 5 year term Small market Texas | |
| Loan 3 | $5.7 | Cash out refinance Amortizing, 10 year term Chicago area | |
| Loan 4 | $5.3 | Cash out refinance Partial IO, 10 year term LA metro area | |
| Loan 5 | $5.0 | Cash out refinance Amortizing, 5 year New York City area | |
| Small Multifamily Bridge to Agency | Balance (millions) | Notes | |
| Loan 1 | $7.3 | Purchase Full IO, 2 year term New Jersey, Top Market | |
| Loan 2 | $4.9 | Purchase Full IO, 3 year term South Carolina, Standard Market | |
| Loan 3 | $4.7 | Cash out Refinance Full IO, 1 year term California, Top Market | |
About Ready Capital
Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE: RC) is a multi-strategy real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances and services small to medium balance commercial loans. The company lends on multi-housing and commercial real estate, delivering value-add bridge loans and fixed rate financings for stabilized assets. Ready Capital is a non-bank lender that has originated over $7 billion in commercial real estate loans nationwide. Ready Capital is an approved Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (“SBL”) lender, an SBA Preferred Lender and provides residential mortgage lending through its wholly-owned subsidiary, GMFS Inc. Headquartered in New York, New York, the Company employs over 400 lending professionals nationwide. The Company is externally managed and advised by Waterfall Asset Management, LLC.
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