60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Where Do Valuations Stand in 2024?
It seems that despite the record levels of M&A activity we are witnessing in the seniors housing and care market, there are still scores of buyers and lenders still ready to pounce on the growth opportunity but have not done so yet. They are just waiting for something, either an interest rate cut (or two), more competitive term sheets from capital providers, certain operating metrics in their respective markets, or just some reasonable assurance that the senior care industry and the capital markets will not implode in the near term. When these buyers return to the M&A market, they will need to know where pricing is for different kinds of deals, what lending options they may... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: M&A and Financing Markets Breaking Loose
We have to say that there seems to be a good amount of optimism out there, despite an uncertain economy, an unsettling election cycle and constant pressure on operators to increase census and cash flow. Rates have a lot to do with it, as the 10-Year Treasury rate appears to have settled below 4% and expectations of one and more likely two rate cuts are increasingly becoming consensus. That is far from a sure thing, but we have heard that even one rate cut could be enough to bring a lot of buyers, sellers and lenders back into the fold, with the reasonable assurance that rates have started their descent. We also spoke with a couple of lenders who described a much healthier debt and equity... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Watch the Quarterly Investor Call 2.0
Today, Wednesday July 24th at 1pm ET, we are hosting our second Quarterly Investor Call, and it comes at a time of record-high M&A activity and no slowdown in sight. How are dealmakers doing it with all of the hurdles and higher costs associated with closing transactions these days, not to mention low valuations not inspiring many potential sellers to get off the sidelines. It turns out that need is trumping desire to sell for many owners right now, with few believing that the capital markets environment will improve dramatically, and quickly. So, rather than wait a year, they are facing the music, and often a loss on their books, to move on from a property that was either struggling... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Purposeful Living?
My friend Bob Kramer likes to go on stage and talk about how seniors housing is about to get disrupted in a major way, and that if you don’t change, you will be “disrupted” out of business. Pretty harsh words, but he is most likely talking about the top 10% of the market, the market that most everyone likes to target. His point is that people are living longer and in better health, and he calls it purposeful longevity as opposed to accidental longevity of the past. They want to contribute to their community as opposed to simply take from it. As part of that, Bob believes seniors housing communities need to provide a sense of purpose to their residents, adding life to their years, not years... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Overturning Chevron and the Effects on M&A
There has been a lot of news to analyze from Washington, D.C. in the last couple of weeks, and the result of the 2024 election will certainly impact the operational and investment landscape in senior care. But we are still wrapping our heads around perhaps the most consequential news of late for the industry, which was the Supreme Court’s overruling of the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year judicial standard that had given a lot of leeway for administrative bodies to interpret statutes and implement regulations across the country. The case overturning Chevron is known as Loper. Now, it is up to the courts to determine those administrations’ regulatory powers, and ultimately Congress will... Read More »Schedule a demo
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