2016 HUD Rankings
For the seventh fiscal year in a row, Lancaster Pollard has topped the HUD LEAN rankings, and closed 521 loans and nearly $4 billion through the program in the past seven years. In FY2016, Lancaster Pollard accounted for 19.5% of total activity, and led all other lenders in transactions closed and total loan amount, with 60 and $554.4 million, respectively. The transaction number is actually down from FY2015 (when LP closed 65 loans), but the loan amount grew by 4% from $531 million. Overall, the HUD LEAN program saw a 5% increase in total loan volume to $2.84 billion. Read More »
HHC Finance works in Yonkers
The team at Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC) went through HUD to successfully refinance an independent living/assisted living community in Yonkers, New York. Located on 10 acres in a park-like setting, the community was recently renovated/upgraded in 2010. It also is the only provider in the area with the Medicaid Assisted Living Program. Occupancy at the 195-bed property has always been close to full. Working through a PILOT issue with HUD and the local municipality, HHC was able to close a $27 million refinance with an interest rate below 3%. Read More »
Milwaukee Millions
Brendan Healy and Brad Competty of Lancaster Pollard probably drove all across the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area for their latest transaction, which involved two HUD refinances totaling $23.3 million. The borrower, Capri Communities, is based in Waukesha (just outside of the city) and owns/operates 11 senior care campuses in south/southeast Wisconsin. Its 72-unit assisted living/memory care community in Germantown (also just outside of Milwaukee) received a $13.8 million loan with a 35-year term that will also help fund over $425,000 in repairs. A 75-unit assisted living community in Milwaukee proper obtained a $9.5 million loan with a 35-year term that will fund over $525,000 in... Read More »September’s top HUD lender
Our top HUD lender of the month was Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance), with over $120 million of closings in September alone. Included in that total were five 232/223(f) refinances: a $27 million loan for a 195-unit assisted living community in Yonkers, New York, $33 million to refinance a 332-bed skilled nursing facility in Philadelphia, a $6 million loan for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in New Jersey (New York City MSA), $3.8 million for an 84-bed skilled nursing facility in South Carolina and a $6.2 million refinance of a 67-bed skilled nursing facility in central New Jersey. In addition, HHC Finance closed $46 million of rate modifications for two existing... Read More »
A Popular transaction
Popular Community Bank, a subsidiary of Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP), provided financing to assist Centers Health Care in acquiring a formerly struggling 405-bed skilled nursing facility in Bronx, New York. Centers had been operating the facility under receivership since 2013, when it was losing money under not-for-profit ownership. Now the facility is profitable, and Centers added a new 70-bed New York State Assisted Living Program unit, which is eligible for Medicaid reimbursement. To fund the acquisition, Andrew Boland of Popular closed a $46.6 million acquisition mortgage and a $5 million leasehold improvement line of credit. Read More »Schedule a demo
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