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CMC's downstream bidding activity has remained resilient, which points to a solid pipeline of potential future projects. And then, in our order books, we are seeing a high level of bidding activity. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.
I'm here today with Bill Nash, our president and CEO; Enrique Mayor-Mora, our executive vice president and CFO; and Jon Daniels, our senior vice president, CarMax Auto Finance Operations. CarMax Auto Finance or CAF delivered income of $160 million, up 8% from the same quarter last year. billion of repurchase authorization remaining.
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A great customer experience leads to strong retention, which maximizes returns and makes us the best bid for acquiring MSRs. When it comes to bidding on portfolios, Pyro gives us a massive advantage because we can respond to sellers with great speed and confidence. Was it competitively bid? Good morning.
billion bid and Ottawa has said Glencore would face rigorous scrutiny. Montreal-based Lekto said he has recently written to the federal government's finance ministry and provincial governments urging pension funds to increase their exposure in domestic market. The finance ministry did not immediately respond to an email query.
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I would now like to turn the conference over to Jennifer Gilligan, senior vice president, finance and investor relations. Jennifer Gilligan -- Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations Thank you, Rocco, and good morning, everyone. [Operator instructions] Please note today's event is being recorded. Please go ahead.
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This deal is especially noteworthy since it was our first major retail financing in five years with a Life Co lender. In 2024, We are in the market today sourcing financing proposals for the very productive Queen center. We believe this will be -- this transaction will be very well received by the financing marketplace.
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In preparation for the upcoming tender, IGT and our current partners have entered into memorandums of understanding to maintain the existing joint venture structure for the new bid. Speaking of progress, we have advanced in the financing portion of the transaction. And I'll let Max take you through more of the details of the process.
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We're making excellent progress toward timely closing of the two remaining debt reduction initiatives, the sale of public service company in North Carolina to Enbridge and the noncontrolling equity financing by Stonepeak in the Coastal Virginia offshore wind project. In North Carolina, the financing requires affiliates agreement approval.
Looking beyond these rapid growth areas, our revenue in the quarter was impacted by some macro softness and a large DSP buyer on our platform that changed their bidding approach as mentioned on our call in May. Nearly all impressions on our platform are now transacted via this bidding approach. Now turning to our outlook.
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Jennifer Lynch Gilligan -- Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations Thank you, Jamie, and good morning, everyone. Relative to 2025 Medicare bids, we remain focused on our product strategy of serving lower-income complex seniors. [Operator instructions] Please also note, today's event is being recorded.
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Results are expected to be higher year over year, primarily due to a lower provision for credit losses, partially offset by less favorable financing spreads. Our customers continue to see a strong backlog of work, albeit alongside stiffer competition, which is driving down bids and overall project margins.
We continue to see a good pipeline of future construction projects coming to the market, as measured by bidding activity within our downstream operations. Additionally, there continues to be a solid pipeline of work entering the market for bidding. As can be seen on Slide 19, our net debt to EBITDA ratio now sits at just 0.5
I'd now like to pass the call over to Hannah True, manager of finance and corporate strategy. Hannah True -- Manager, Finance and Coporate Strategy Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. We have long believed it would take time for the bid-ask spread between buyers and sellers to narrow. Operator instructions].
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And I guess, financing costs and not so much a sacrifice in IRR objectives? And so, once the construction is completed, that will get replaced by tax equity, cash equity, more permanent financing. So, those maturities will go away as a result of other proceeds from other financing arrangements. Appreciate it. Operator Thank you.
Operator instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Alaska Air Group's vice president of finance, planning, and investor relations, Ryan St. John -- Vice President of Finance, Planning, and Investor Relations Thank you, operator, and good morning. Thank you for joining us for our first quarter 2024 earnings call.
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I would like now to turn the conference over to Mr. Steve Bakke, senior vice president of corporate finance. Steve Bakke -- Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Thank you all for joining us today for Realty Income's second-quarter operating results conference call. [Operator instructions] Please note, this event is being recorded.
We believe that our performance on the year demonstrates the value of our diversified housing finance model and our disciplined portfolio and risk management. As it relates to our hedges, our balance liability position help protect us from the elevated rate volatility experienced during the first half of the quarter.
During the fourth quarter, we closed on our previously announced financing transaction. So we're making tough choices with certain customers that we're not bidding on business. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.
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million from incremental long-term debt financing. million from incremental long-term debt financing. So the current M&A market, I would say it slowed down a little bit, and that's probably a function of the cost of capital and just the bid-ask spread, if you will, out in the market today. Other income declined $4.2
We have all seen the excitement around the latest BHP bid for Anglo American, and it's clear that the driver of this bid is Anglo's significant copper portfolio. We've been able to respond to it and sit down with the Ministry of Finance at this stage. Anyway, it took them a long time to release that report, which we have now.
Financing activities are anticipated to start soon, which will set the stage for us to execute the separation, which we expect will occur once we close the second quarter. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability. I'll now turn to business updates.
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But suffice it to say, over the last decade, we've acquired hundreds of portfolios, totaling over 700 billion from more than 1,500 sellers, which, by the way, gives us a significant information advantage when bidding for pools. So, we're not financing that. In terms of financing, we have our financing essentially established.
These miscalculations during the 2023 bid processes have significantly burdened Aetna's current results. We also expect higher interest as we annualize the expense from our May 2024 financing, a decline in net investment income, and modest dilution from the increase in our share count. Lisa Gill -- Analyst Great.
I mean, if we -- one of the things that we've seen, just take Nashville as an example, I mean, Nashville is so busy from a development perspective, costs went up so dramatically, you couldn't get anybody to bid your jobs. Now, we have seven deep of subcontractors bidding on our Nashville Nations properties.
million due primarily to incremental long-term debt financing. Related to renewable natural gas, we issued a request for proposals in April to solicit offtake bids that RFP closes in mid May. Please see our Terms and Conditions for additional details, including our Obligatory Capitalized Disclaimers of Liability.
Can you talk about your desire to maintain active in this market to the same degree and what you're seeing as attractive bidding opportunities in the next 12 months? He fully is indoctrinated and the finance organization is now very much on the same journey as well as every other function and every other business within our portfolio.
And there's been no change to project costs of $625 million, including financing costs. The transaction will improve our credit profile, reduce project concentration risk, and lower our financing needs during construction. billion of deferred fuel balances that we financed with short-term debt during 2023. Next, why now?
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