Pamela McCormack
Founder & President at Ladder Capital
During the second quarter and through July 23, we made over $1,000,000,000 of investments, including acquiring over $600,000,000 in AAA rated securities at a weighted average unlevered yield of 6.1%. As of June 30, our securities portfolio totaled $2,000,000,000 representing 44% of total assets, and our loan portfolio totaled $1,600,000,000 representing 36% of total assets. Loan origination activity remained relatively flat in the second quarter. We received $191,000,000 in loan payoffs, largely offset by $173,000,000 in new loan originations at a weighted average spread of 400 basis points. Following quarter end through July 23, we originated an additional $188,000,000 in new loans, bringing total year to date origination activity to $690,000,000 Additionally, we have another $325,000,000 of new loans currently under application.