{"url_path":"/sec/nref-pa/8-k/2026-05-13/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-13","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1786248/0001437749-26-016756-index.html","accession_number":"0001437749-26-016756","cik":"0001786248","ticker":"NREF","issuer_name":"NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1786248/0001437749-26-016756-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001786248","primary_entity_name":"NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc."},"word_count":351,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.**\n\n \n\nOn May 7, 2026, NexPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”), the operating partnership of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (the “Company”), as administrative agent, sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and lender, entered into a secured $20.0 million revolving credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with VineBrook Homes Operating Partnership, L.P., as borrower (the “Borrower”), the operating partnership of VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc., an entity that is managed by an affiliate of NexPoint Real Estate Advisors VII, L.P., our external manager.\n\n \n\nThe Credit Agreement bears interest at 9.75% per annum and is secured by properties that subsidiaries of the Borrower acquire with the proceeds of the loan. The Credit Agreement matures on May 7, 2028, subject to two one-year extension options at the election of the Borrower, subject to customary conditions, including the payment of an extension fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate revolving commitment. The Credit Agreement includes an origination fee at a rate of 1.00% of each advance, funded from the loan proceeds. The Borrower may request, subject to the approval of the OP, to increase the revolving commitment up to $30.0 million. Amounts owed under the Credit Agreement may be prepaid at any time without premium or penalty.\n\n \n\nThe Credit Agreement also contains representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants and events of default that the Company considers customary for an agreement of this type, including covenants setting a maximum debt to capital ratio, a minimum net asset value and a minimum net operating income level. If an event of default occurs, and is not cured after customary notice and cure periods, the OP may require the immediate repayment of all outstanding borrowings and accrued and unpaid interest thereon.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n\nNEXPOINT REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC.\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n\nBy:\n\n/s/ Paul Richards\n\n \n\n \n\nName:\n\nPaul Richards\n\n \n\n \n\nTitle:\n\nChief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n \n\nDate: May 13, 2026"}