Commitments and Contingencies
Unfunded Commitments
At December 31, 2025, the Company had future funding obligations on loans held for investment totaling $37.2 million and obligations relating to investments in limited liability companies totaling $1.4 million, which can be drawn by the borrowers when the conditions relating thereto have been satisfied. The unfunded commitments will be funded from loan payoffs and additional drawdowns under existing and future credit facilities and proceeds from sale of debt and equity securities. The Company’s unfunded commitments are subject to allowances under the scope of CECL, see Note 4 – Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses — for further details.
Litigation
The Company is subject to various pending and threatened legal proceedings or other matters arising out of the normal conduct of business in which claims for monetary damages are asserted. As of the date of this report, management, after consultation with legal counsel, does not anticipate that the aggregate ultimate liability arising out of such pending or threatened matters will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with such matters. For those matters where it is probable that the Company will incur losses and the amounts of the losses can be reasonably estimated, the Company records an expense and corresponding liability in its consolidated financial statements. To the extent such matters could result in exposure in excess of that liability, the amount of such excess is not currently estimable. The range of losses for matters where an exposure is not currently estimable or considered probable is not believed to be material in the aggregate. This is
based on information currently available to the Company and involves elements of judgment and significant uncertainties. While the Company does not believe that the outcome of pending or threatened litigation or other matters will be material to the Company’s consolidated financial position, it cannot rule out the possibility that such outcomes will be material to the consolidated results of operations for a particular reporting period in the future. In addition, regardless of the ultimate outcome of any such legal proceeding, inquiry or investigation, any such matter could cause the Company to incur additional expenses, which could be significant, and possibly material, to the Company’s results of operations in any future period.
Other
In the normal course of its business, the Company is named as a party-defendant in connection with tax foreclosure proceedings against properties on which it holds a first mortgage lien. The Company actively monitors these actions and, in all cases, believes there remains sufficient value in the subject property to assure that no loan impairment exists. At December 31, 2025, there was one such property with an unpaid principal balance of $0.3 million. At December 31, 2024, there were two such property with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $1.9 million.