Commitments and Contingencies |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | |
| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| Commitments and Contingencies | Commitments and Contingencies The Company is subject to various legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in amount. Most of these litigation matters are covered by insurance, which contain deductibles, exclusions, claim limits and aggregate policy limits. While the ultimate liability for these legal proceedings cannot be determined, the Company uses judgment in the evaluation of claims and the need for accrual for loss contingencies quarterly.
The Company records an accrual for litigation related losses where the likelihood of loss is both probable and reasonably estimable. The Company evaluates which potential liabilities are probable and the related range of reasonably estimated losses and records a charge that reflects its best estimate or the lower end of the range, if there is no better estimate. The Company accrues legal fees for litigation as the legal services are provided.
Assessing whether a loss is probable or reasonably possible, whether the loss or a range of losses is estimable, and the amount of the best estimate or lower end of the range often requires management to exercise significant judgment about future events. Management makes these assessments based on a number of assumptions and subjective factors, including negotiations, discovery, settlements and payments, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter, and estimates based on currently available information and prior experience.
On October 1, 2025, a jury in the case of TwinRock Holdings, LLC et al. v. Southside Ventures, LLC et al., pending in the Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri returned a verdict against Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in connection with the 2019 sale of a student-housing property near the University of Missouri. The jury awarded MO Murrayfield, LLC $4.1 million in actual damages and $20 million in punitive damages and awarded TwinRock Holdings, LLC $10 million in punitive damages with $0 in actual damages. On October 24, 2025, the Circuit Court entered judgments in the above amounts in favor of MO Murrayfield, LLC and TwinRock Holdings, LLC.
On February 14, 2026, the Circuit Court granted the Company's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict with respect to the verdict in favor of TwinRock Holdings, LLC, vacating the $10 million punitive damages award and directing that judgment be entered in favor of the Company. The Company filed its appeal as to the judgment in favor of MO Murrayfield, LLC on February 23, 2026. The Company denies wrongdoing and believes there are strong grounds for reversal or significant reduction of the remaining judgment.
In accordance with ASC 450, management determined that the judgments make a loss probable and reasonably estimable as to at least the actual damages component. Accordingly, the Company recorded an accrual of $4 million in the year ended December 31, 2025. In light of the February 14, 2026 ruling, the Company has revised its estimate of the range of reasonably possible loss to $0 to approximately $24.1 million, pending appellate outcomes, exclusive of any pre-judgment interest or costs. The Company will continue to monitor the matter and update its assessment as warranted by future developments.
Credit Agreement
On September 25, 2023, the Company executed the First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Bank”), which provides for a $10 million line of credit (the “Credit Facility”) and a maturity date of June 1, 2024. On May 30, 2024, the Company executed the Second Amendment to the Second Amended Restated Credit Agreement which extended the maturity date to June 1, 2025. On May 9, 2025, the Company executed the Third Amendment to the Second Amended Restated Credit Agreement, which further extended the maturity date to June 1, 2026 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”).
The Company may borrow, repay and reborrow amounts under the Credit Facility until its maturity date, at which time all amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility must be repaid in full. Borrowings under the Credit Facility are available for general corporate purposes and working capital. The Credit Facility includes a $3.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit of which $1.05 million was utilized at December 31, 2025. Borrowings under the Credit Facility will bear interest at the daily simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a spread of 175 basis points. In connection with the amendments to the Credit Agreement, the Company paid bank fees and other expenses, which are being amortized over the remaining term of the Credit Agreement. The Company pays a commitment fee of up to 0.5% per annum, payable quarterly, based on the amount of unutilized commitments under the Credit Facility. The amortization and commitment fees are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and were $149,000, $131,000, and $128,000 during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, there were no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility.
The Credit Facility contains customary covenants, including financial covenants, financial reporting requirements and events of default. Financial covenants require the Company, on a combined basis with its guarantors, to maintain total liquidity including cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, held for sale of $100 million and an average daily cash balance of $35 million with the Bank, on a combined basis with all the guarantors, calculated as of the end of the month. In addition, the Credit Facility requires that $10 million of the minimum daily average cash deposits be held in a blocked account at the Bank, as cash collateral. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all assets of the Company, including pledges of 100% of the stock or other equity interest of each subsidiary except for the capital stock of a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), in which case no such pledge is required. As of
December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants and has not experienced any limitation in its operations as a result of the covenants. Our ability to borrow under our Credit Facility is limited by our ability to comply with its covenants or obtain necessary waivers.
Strategic Alliance
The Company, in connection with the Strategic Alliance with MTRCC, has agreed to provide loan opportunities that may be funded through MTRCC’s DUS Agreement with Fannie Mae. MTRCC's agreement with Fannie Mae requires MTRCC to guarantee a portion of each funded loan. On a loan-by-loan basis, the Company, at its option, can indemnify a portion of MTRCC’s guarantee obligation of loan opportunities presented to and closed by MTRCC. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has agreed to a maximum aggregate guarantee obligation of $444.9 million relating to loans with an unpaid balance of $2,723.4 million. The Company would be liable for its maximum aggregate guarantee obligation only if all of the loans for which it is providing a guarantee to MTRCC were to default and all of the collateral underlying these loans were determined to be without value at the time of settlement. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company has recorded an allowance for loss-sharing obligations of $292,000 and $174,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company pledged $1,253,000 and $678,000, respectively, in a restricted bank account in support of the guarantee obligation.
Other
In connection with certain agreements with investment sales and financing professionals, the Company may agree to advance amounts to such professionals upon reaching certain time and performance goals. Such commitments as of December 31, 2025 aggregated $9.8 million, of which $1.2 million has been paid subsequent to year end.
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