Brannon Hamblen
Analyst · Wells Fargo.
Sure, sure. Thanks for the question. As we've said in the past, as it relates to our appraisal process, it continues as it has been. And even before COVID, we were re-underwriting and re-rating every loan in the RESG portfolio at least once annually. And then the process of doing that, if we had really material degradation in circumstances, something changed around leasing or delays, this, that or the other, we would get an appraisal at that point. Obviously, with the advent of COVID there have been numerous negative impacts in markets and property types. And so, the volume of new appraisals this year is up as a result of that, but it's still normal course. And with respect to where appraisals are being done, it tends to reflect where we do business. The most appraisals that have been done, that our comments have reflected on, have been in our New York market by property type, probably most in multi-family. So the results are going to be mixed, depending on any quarter, where it is and what it is, but the results are pretty similar. And I think we do a good job of explaining that our loan-to-value is, in terms of moves there, is staying within a pretty tight range. And some are up, some are down and, honestly, some of the LTVs, as we've noted, are affected by principal pay-downs that we collect in conjunction with loan extensions. Many of these appraisals are coming as a result of loan maturities and extensions. Obviously, 2017 was a big origination year for us. So, 2020 is going to be a lot of loans coming up for extension, and so a lot of appraisals occurring at that point in time. But as we've noted in past quarters that, those extensions frequently come with principal pay-downs that offset any decrease in appraised values that may occur in those situations. So, we'll continue to see a lot of appraisals, as we move forward in the future quarters for all those same reasons.