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Novation — NovaStar Financial — 2006 Morgan Stanley Small Cap Executive Conference

17 slides from Novation's conference presentation, Jun 14, 2006

  1. Slide 1: NovaStar Financial

    NovaStar Financial (NYSE-NFI) www.novastarmortgage.com 2006 Morgan Stanley Small Cap Executive Conference June 15, 2006

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor Statement

    Safe Harbor Statement Certain matters discussed in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are those that predict or describe future events and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking st

  3. Slide 3: Business Overview

    Business Overview High margin, nonconforming residential mortgages Market size of $600B plus NovaStar has less than 2% market share Create mortgage securities with good risk-adjusted returns from our loans through securitization Use capital markets to price and lay off risks Interest rate risks – sw

  4. Slide 4: NovaStar's Business

    Asset-backed Securitization Loan Sales NovaStar REIT NovaStar’s Business ASSET ACQUISITION ASSET DISPOSITION ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVIDENDS Excess Interest Prepayment Penalties Overcollateralization Mortgage Banking Portfolio Management Nonconforming Mortgage Loans * * TRS has the ability to dividend ea

  5. Slide 5: Origination Channels

    Origination Channels Primarily Wholesale (86% of May ’06) Independent brokers Retail (10% of May ’06) Primarily portfolio retention Correspondent Bulk (4% of May ’06) Opportunistic and price sensitive

  6. Slide 6: World Class Portfolio Management Team

    World Class Portfolio Management Team Mike Bamburg, CIO Former Partner with Smith Breeden More than 19 years specializing in analysis and hedging of mortgage backed securities Proprietary modeling Staff includes three PhD's or PhD candidates 3 Portfolio Managers 1 Trader

  7. Slide 7: Business Landscape Over the Previous Months

    Business Landscape Over the Previous 18 Months

  8. Slide 8: 2005 Consolidating Financials

    2005 Consolidating Financials

  9. Slide 9: Long-term NovaStar WAC/Swap Spreads

    Long-term NovaStar WAC/Swap Spreads 480bps 340bps 580bps 300bps

  10. Slide 10: Spread Effect

    Spread Effect 570bps 330bps Whole-loan price = 104.21* COP = 2.40 Gain on Sale = 2.5% Whole-loan price = 103.28* COP = 2.53 Gain on Sale = 1.4% Whole-loan price = 102.00* COP = 2.39 Gain on Sale = 0.5% *Loans Securitized

  11. Slide 11: NovaStar WAC/Swap Spreads

    NovaStar WAC/Swap Spreads 2.96% 3.57% Cyclical Bottom?

  12. Slide 12: Cost of Production (Wholesale)

    NOvASTAR" 2.90% 2.70% 2.50% 230% 2.10% COP (Wholesale) 1.90% 1.70% € 2 e 600 1.80% PP a0 0? sah ah sah po 0 220 2 po ao HF e Pp Pp Tg gh yh HP gH oP Ho oh a fee ad =P induction — Cost of Production

  13. Slide 13: NovaStar Historical Production Trends

    NovaStar Historical Production Trends 2004 + 60% + 10% 2006 YTD + 6%

  14. Slide 14: Average Assets Under Management and Net Interest Income

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  15. Slide 15: Net Interest Income and ROA

    NowSrax 700 200% con 1.80% 1.00% 5 00 1.40% 2 ae 1.20% 2 100% 8 = 0.60% 200 g 040% 10.0 a.20% 2 00% Mar04 Jun04 Sep-04 Dec-04 Mar0S Jun-0§ Sep-05 Dec-05 Mar06 =a Net interest Income 0A

  16. Slide 16: Static Pool Cumulative Losses

    Static Pool Cumulative Losses

  17. Slide 17: Portfolio trends

    Portfolio trends Size of portfolio could be relatively stable over the next year Over time, ROA’s should come down to a normalized range of 1.00% to 1.25% Increases in the price of the nations housing stock continues to drive excellent credit performance

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