BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
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| BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Guild Holdings Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, “Guild” or the “Company”) originates, sells, and services residential mortgage loans within the United States.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2022 was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company follows the same accounting policies for preparing quarterly and annual reports.
Principles of Consolidation
The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Guild Mortgage Company LLC ("GMC") and their consolidated subsidiaries, variable interest entities ("VIE") of which the Company is the primary beneficiary, and joint ventures in which the Company has a majority voting interest and control.
The Company evaluates its relationships and investments to determine if it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. Generally, a VIE is a legal entity in which the equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or lack sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the Company considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of the Company's investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Company or other investors to provide financial support; and the similarity with and significance to the Company's business activities and the business activities of the other investors.
The carrying amount of the consolidated VIEs' and consolidated joint ventures' assets and liabilities were immaterial as of September 30, 2023.
All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures
The Company has investments in unconsolidated joint ventures involved in the mortgage lending business, which are included in other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company's investments in these unconsolidated joint ventures are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as the Company does not have a majority voting interest, operational control or financial control. As a result, the Company does not recognize the assets and liabilities of these unconsolidated joint ventures in its financial statements. The Company's share of the net earnings or losses of the investee are included in other income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company classifies distributions received from its unconsolidated joint ventures using the cumulative earnings approach. Distributions received are considered returns on the investment and classified as cash inflows from operating activities. If, however, the investor’s cumulative distributions received, less distributions received in prior periods determined to be returns of investment, exceeds
cumulative equity in earnings recognized, the excess is considered a return of investment and is classified as cash inflows from investing activities.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Although management is not currently aware of any factors that would significantly change its estimates and assumptions, actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Escrow and Fiduciary Funds
As a loan servicer, the Company maintains segregated bank accounts in trust for investors and escrow balances for mortgagors, which are excluded from the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These accounts totaled $1.0 billion and $0.6 billion at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Common Stock Cash Dividend
The Company declared and paid dividends of $0.50 per share on its Class A and Class B common stock during the third quarter of 2023 totaling $30.5 million.
Non-vested restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan have rights to dividends, which entitle holders to the same dividend value per share as holders of common shares in the form of dividend equivalent units ("DEUs"). DEUs will be credited as additional RSUs on the dividend payment date and will vest on the same date as the underlying RSUs and are forfeited if the underlying RSUs forfeit prior to vesting. The number of additional RSUs credited will equal (1) the per share cash dividend amount, multiplied by (2) the number of RSUs, divided by (3) the fair market value of a share of Class A common stock on the last trading day before the date of the dividend payment, rounded up to the nearest whole number of RSUs.
In conjunction with the payment of Guild's dividend, Guild issued 95,413 DEUs to holders of RSUs. Since the DEUs are forfeitable, the value of the DEUs was recorded as a reduction to retained earnings and a credit to additional paid-in capital.
Reverse Mortgage Loans Held for Investment and HMBS-Related Borrowings, Net
In April 2023, the Company acquired certain assets of Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC ("CCM") (see Note 3 - Acquisitions), which expanded its range of services by offering reverse mortgages to its customers. Reverse mortgage loans are residential mortgage loans for which neither principal nor interest is due until the borrower dies, the home is sold, or other trigger events occur. Reverse mortgage loans can have either fixed interest rates or adjustable interest rates. In the case of most fixed-rate reverse mortgage loans, the borrower must draw the loan proceeds up front in one lump sum, while many adjustable-rate mortgage loans provide the borrower with a line of credit that can be drawn over time.
The Company has elected to measure these loans at fair value, on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value recorded as a charge or credit to gain on reverse mortgage loans held for investment and HMBS-related borrowings, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
The Company securitizes home equity conversion mortgages ("HECM") into Home Equity Conversion Mortgage-Backed Securities (“HMBS”), which Ginnie Mae guarantees, and sells them in the secondary market while retaining the rights to service. The Company has determined that HECM loans transferred under the current Ginnie Mae HMBS securitization program do not meet the requirements for sale accounting under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC 860"), Transfers and Servicing, and are therefore not derecognized upon date of transfer. The Ginnie Mae HMBS securitization program includes certain terms that do not meet the participating interest requirements and require or provide an option for the Company to reacquire the loans prior to maturity. Due to these terms, the transfer of the loans does not meet the requirements of sale accounting. As a result, the Company accounts for HECM loans transferred into HMBS securitizations as secured borrowings and continues to recognize the loans as held for investment, along with the corresponding liability for the HMBS related obligations.
As an issuer of HMBS, we are required to repurchase reverse loans out of the Ginnie Mae securitization pools once the outstanding principal balance of the related HECM is equal to or greater than 98% of the maximum claim amount (“MCA”) (referred to as unpoolable loans). Performing repurchased loans are conveyed to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") and payment is received from HUD typically within 75 days of repurchase. Nonperforming repurchased loans are generally liquidated through foreclosure, subsequent sale of the real estate owned, and claim submissions to HUD.
Gain on Reverse Mortgage Loans Held for Investment and HMBS-Related Borrowings, Net
The Company has elected to measure the HECM loans held for investment and HMBS-related borrowings at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value gains and losses of the HECM loans and HMBS-related borrowings and the gains and losses on tail securitization are included in gain on reverse mortgage loans held for investment and HMBS-related borrowings, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Tail securitizations are participations in previously securitized HECMs and are created by additions to principal for borrower draws on lines-of-credit (scheduled and unscheduled), interest, servicing fees, and mortgage insurance premiums. In addition, gain on reverse mortgage loans held for investment and HMBS-related borrowings, net includes interest income on the securitized HECM loans, interest expense on the HMBS-related borrowings, together with the realized cash gains or losses on tail securitization and the fair value changes related to new reverse mortgage loans through the securitization date. The reverse mortgage loan activity is included in the Company's origination segment.
Recent Accounting Standards
In August 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-05—Business Combinations—Joint Venture Formations (Subtopic 805-60): Recognition and Initial Measurement (“ASU 2023-05”). ASU 2023-05 applies to the formation of a “joint venture” or a “corporate joint venture” and requires a joint venture to initially measure all contributions received upon its formation at fair value. The guidance does not impact accounting by the venturers. The new guidance is applicable to joint venture entities with a formation date on or after January 1, 2025 on a prospective basis and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption of the new guidance on its financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-4, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting ("ASU 2020-04"), which provides temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the US GAAP guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens of the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. ASU 2020-04 generally considers contract modifications related to reference rate reform to be an event that does not require contract remeasurement at the modification date nor a reassessment of a previous accounting determination. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Scope, which clarifies that the practical expedients in ASU 2020-04 apply to derivatives impacted by changes in the interest rate used for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment. The guidance in ASU 2020-04 is optional and may be elected over time, through December 31, 2022, as reference rate reform activities occur. In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, to extend the temporary accounting rules from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Once ASU 2020-04 is elected, the guidance must be applied prospectively for all eligible contract modifications. For contracts to which ASC Topic 470, Debt applies, the Company has applied the optional expedients available from ASU 2020-04 and accounted for the contract modifications related to reference rate reform prospectively. The Company transitioned its funding facilities and financing facilities that utilized LIBOR as the reference rate to alternative reference rates prior to the LIBOR cessation date of June 30, 2023 and there was no material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
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