Exceeded 2025 Resolution Target
CMTG set a $2.0 billion UPB resolution target for 2025 and closed the year with $2.5 billion of total resolutions (exceeding target by $0.5 billion). This included the resolution of 11 watchlist loans representing $1.3 billion of UPB.
Significant Deleveraging and Balance Sheet Strengthening
Reduced leverage by approximately $1.7 billion during 2025 and an additional $300 million year-to-date (total ~$2.0 billion delevered). Net debt-to-equity declined from 2.4x at Dec 31, 2024 to 1.9x at Dec 31, 2025.
Extended Corporate Debt Maturity with New HPS Facility
Retired the Term Loan B (~$712 million balance earlier) and replaced it with a $500 million senior secured term loan from HPS maturing January 2030, priced at SOFR + 675 bps. In connection with the loan, CMTG issued detachable warrants to purchase ~7.5 million shares at $4 (a 46% premium to the Jan 30, 2026 closing stock price).
Liquidity Improvements
Available liquidity of $153 million following the new term loan, a $51 million increase versus prior year-end. Management reports a cushion above minimum liquidity requirements and intends to deploy incremental proceeds to delever or consider other capital allocation.
Portfolio Reduction and Turnover
Held-for-investment loan portfolio fell to $3.7 billion at Dec 31, 2025 from $6.1 billion at year-end 2024 (decline of ~39%) and from $4.3 billion at Sep 30, 2025 (quarter-over-quarter decline of ~14%), reflecting an intentional strategy to turn over the portfolio.
REO Execution and Asset-Level Recoveries
NY mixed-use REO: completed commercial condominiumization and sold all office floors plus signage generating $67 million gross proceeds (generally in line with carrying value). NYC REO hotel portfolio NOI grew ~14% year-over-year and is accretive to earnings.
Early 2026 Resolutions
Momentum continued into 2026 with $389 million of additional UPB of resolutions across 4 loans, including a $67 million NYC land loan repayment, a $174 million Salt Lake City multifamily repayment (net cash proceeds ~ $52 million), a $77 million Dallas multifamily foreclosure, and a $71 million Seattle office resolution.
Improved Focus and Strategy
Management communicated a clear plan to continue resolving watchlist loans, optimize REO dispositions, delever, and prepare to evaluate new originations toward the end of 2026 — signaling disciplined execution and a path toward a cleaner, more transparent book.
Targeted Reduction in Problem Exposures
Stand-alone life science exposure removed; office exposure reduced from $859 million to $589 million (down ~31%), and land exposure decreased from $489 million to $187 million (down ~62%), demonstrating active repositioning away from weaker sectors.