Cash same-property NOI growth in Q2 was 450 basis points, with onetime items contributing 300 basis points on a cash basis.
Excluding that lease, cash re-leasing spreads would have been approximately positive 1%, a meaningful improvement year-over-year.
FFO for the quarter was $1.13 per diluted share, including approximately $0.11 per share of onetime items such as a $10.7 million lease termination fee contributing $0.05 per share.
GAAP re-leasing spreads were negative 11.2% and cash re-leasing spreads negative 15.2%, impacted by a single large lease in San Francisco with a term under 3 years.
Occupancy ended Q2 at 80.8%, down from 81.4% in Q1, reflecting expected rightsizing and early vacates related to tenant bankruptcies.
The removal of the 89% leased 4-building campus held for sale negatively impacted occupancy by 20 basis points but lease commencement acceleration maintained occupancy guidance midpoint.
Book value per share increased 16% year-to-date, inclusive of dividends, on an 82% combined ratio and double-digit net investment income growth.
Casualty and Surety segments posted 7% premium growth each, with Casualty combined ratio at 96.5% and Surety at 87.9%.
Net earnings on a GAAP basis were $1.34 per share versus $0.89 in Q2 2024, influenced by $44 million unrealized equity gains this quarter compared to $4 million last year.
Operating cash flow for Q2 was $175 million, up $33 million from last year, with a 2.9% total return for the quarter and strong first half performance.
Property segment premiums declined 10%, influenced by rate decreases in E&S Property, but Marine and Hawaii Homeowners products grew.
Second quarter operating earnings were $0.84 per share, supported by solid underwriting performance and a 16% increase in investment income.
The total combined ratio was 84.5%, up from 81.5% last year, reflecting modest increases in loss and expense ratios but still within expectations.
Adjusted EBITDA rose 32.1% to $114 million, with an improved margin of 15%, up 139 basis points.
Adjusted EPS increased by 40.9% to $0.31 from $0.22, demonstrating strong operating leverage.
Capital Markets revenues surged 37.9%, reflecting a 135% increase in total debt volumes compared to 38% industry growth, and investment sales volumes rose 26% versus 11% industry growth.
Cash and cash equivalents ended at $195.8 million with net leverage of 1.4x; cash generated by the business was $133.9 million.
Introduced adjusted free cash flow metric showing $228 million for the 12 months ended June 2025, a 121.4% year-over-year improvement.
Leasing revenues increased 13.8%, led by double-digit growth in retail volumes and improving office activity in key gateway markets.
Management services, servicing and other revenues grew 13.6%, driven by 30% growth in Valuation and Advisory and improvements in servicing and asset management.
Newmark delivered strong revenue growth of 19.9% in Q2 2025, with total revenues reaching $759.1 million compared to $633.4 million a year earlier.
The company repurchased approximately 10.8 million shares for $125.5 million at $11.58 per share, reducing fully diluted weighted average share count by 1.2% to 252.6 million.
FFO per share diluted as adjusted was $2.33 for 2Q 2025, up 1.3% compared to prior quarter.
Occupancy at quarter end was 90.8%, down 90 basis points from prior quarter, with year-end 2025 guidance reiterated at 90.9% to 92.5%.
Other income averaged about $20 million per quarter, consistent with recent history.
Recognized impairments of real estate of $129.6 million during the quarter related to non-core assets.
Reiterated full year 2025 FFO per share guidance at $9.26 midpoint.
Same property NOI was down 5.4% and up 2% on a cash basis for the quarter.
Strong balance sheet with $4.6 billion liquidity and longest average debt maturity of 12 years among S&P 500 REITs.
Trailing 12 months G&A cost as a percentage of NOI was 6.3%, the lowest in 10 years, with expected annual savings of approximately $49 million for 2025.
Venture investments realized $60 million gains in first half 2025, consistent with prior quarters.