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University Bancorp 2Q2024 Net Income $3,039,641 $0.59 Per Share

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ANN ARBOR, MI / ACCESSWIRE / August 19, 2024 / University Bancorp, Inc. (OTCQB:UNIB) announced that it had an unaudited net income attributable to University Bancorp, Inc. common stock shareholders in 2Q2024 of $3,039,641 $0.59 per share on average shares outstanding of 5,169,518 for the second quarter, versus an unaudited net income of $1,557,298, $0.32 per share on average shares outstanding of 4,929,518 for 2Q2023.

For the 6 months ended June 30, 2024, net income was $5,169,493 $1.00 per share on average shares outstanding of 5,169,518 for the period, versus $2,413,116, $0.49 per share on average shares outstanding of 4,929,518 for the 6 months ended June 30, 2022.

For the 12 months ended June 30, 2024, net income was $8,182,935, $1.58 per share on average shares outstanding of 5,055,518 for the period.

Shareholders' equity attributable to University Bancorp, Inc. common stock shareholders was $89,472,148 or $17.31 per share, based on shares outstanding at June 30, 2024 of 5,169,518.

President Stephen Lange Ranzini noted, "Since the shift in our business model when the mortgage origination industry began its slump in 1Q2022, our quarterly net income has continued to rise as we execute on our business plan:

Net Income, 2Q2022

$141,370

Net Income, 3Q2022

$350,574

Net Income, 4Q2022

$955,817

Net Income, 1Q2023

$855,818

Net Income, 2Q2023

$1,557,298

Net Income, 3Q2023

$1,629,672

Net Income, 4Q2023

$1,383,770

Net Income, 1Q2024

$2,129,852

Net Income, 2Q2024

$3,039,641

Starting in March 2022, we began to increase our residential loans held for investment. Overall, our loan portfolio, which was $190.5 million at 12/31/2021, rose as we retained a mix of 7-year ARMs and monthly adjusting first mortgage HELOCs. At 12/31/2022 our loan portfolio held for investment was $553.9 million, at 12/31/2023 it was $734.1 million, and at 6/30/2024 is was $785.1 million. Return on Equity (ROE) at University Bancorp is now reaching acceptable levels, despite mortgage originations nationwide continuing to be at 30-year lows with respect to units originated, with the annualized ROE rising as follows:

Year Ended 2022

5.1%

Year Ended 2023

7.1%

12M Ended 2Q2024

10.2%

1Q2024

12.3%

2Q2024

14.5%

The improvement in results is driven by net interest income generated from the larger portfolio of loans held for investment combined with multiple rounds of cost-cutting.

University Bancorp 2Q2023 Net Income $1,557,298, $0.32 Per Share PAGE TWO OF SIX

Our subservicing business, Midwest Loan Services, has been negatively impacted by financial institution customers opting to sell MSRs to book gains on sale to offset the lower profitability from loan originations. Despite this trend, the number of mortgages serviced rose to 170,037 up from 167,176 at 12/31/2023, however on 7/1/2024 Midwest onboard approximately 22,000 mortgages from a large institutional investor, and an additional 22,000 mortgages are scheduled to onboard from this institutional investor on 10/1/2024, which is expected to push Midwest past its previous high-water mark of 192,000 mortgages subserviced. Midwest continues to face headwinds from client MSR sales, however, it has a robust business development pipeline, and the new Hyrex Servicing capabilities discussed here, give Midwest access to additional institutional clients not previously addressable. If the Hyrex business plan is carried out and the synergies are realized from the Blue Water transaction, it would have a materially positive impact on Midwest. In June 2024, Midwest generated an average balance of $436.3 million of non-interest-bearing escrow deposits. Of note, the new institutional investor client relationship does not bring any additional escrow deposits to Midwest.