• Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

    Sabra Health Care REIT is ramping up its senior care M&A activity and its SHOP exposure, set to exceed the $1 billion in investments it spent in 2025. The REIT completed several transactions during the first quarter, with investments closed year to date totaling $206.1 million, with an estimated initial cash yield of 8.0%. The pipeline... Read More »
  • Clarion Partners Continues Growing

    Clarion Partners is continuing on its acquisition streak, adding Legacy House of Avondale to its portfolio. The 169-unit Class-A assisted living/memory care community is in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, with a strong operational footing. Clarion Partners further expanded its relationship with MorningStar Senior Living through the deal, partnering... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Virginia Deal

    A publicly traded company engaged Blueprint to sell a value-add independent living community in a growing submarket of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1987, the 122-unit community could benefit from investments in the physical plant. It was also not stabilized.  A competitive market generated multiple bids in multiple rounds and improved... Read More »
  • Public REIT Acquires Full-Continuum Communities

    A pair of full-continuum seniors housing communities that sit approximately 10 miles apart traded in Northwest Arkansas. Village on the Park Bentonville in Bentonville and Village on the Park Rogers in Rogers offer a total of 208 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Each community also offers contiguous land for further... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Leads HUD LEAN Mid-Year Rankings

    HUD’s fiscal year 2026 hit the halfway point on March 31, and so far VIUM Capital is leading the way in closed 232 loans and by total loan volume with 41 transactions and $598.0 million in volume, respectively. That represents 22% of the program’s closed loans in the first half of the fiscal year and 19% of the total volume. And 32 of VIUM’s HUD... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes Three More HUD Refinances

HHC Finance Closes Three More HUD Refinances

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) is continuing to take advantage of historically low interest rates by arranging HUD refinances for its clients. The company’s most recent activity saw it secure three loans totaling more than $33 million for three senior care facilities.   There was a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Delaware and two assisted living communities totaling close to 200 units in New Jersey (100 units) and New York (95 units). The refinances replaced existing HUD loans and extended the clients’ terms. HHC Finance also closed another $37 million in loan modifications for its (happy) clients.  Read More »
Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance Announces HUD Activity

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed over $83 million in HUD loans during the month of February. The firm kicked off its activity with a $24 million loan for a large 280-bed skilled nursing facility in New Jersey. That was followed by two more HUD loans totaling $46 million closed for SNFs in Maryland and Illinois. Finally, HHC Finance took out previous HUD debt for a long-term customer in Connecticut with a new $13 million loan closed through the (a)7 program. Each loan came with interest rates in the low-2s and terms ranging from 30 to 35 years.  HHC Finance rounded out its February activity with over $115 million of loan modifications closed for clients in Missouri,... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes Three HUD Deals And Large Acquisition Financing

HHC Finance Closes Three HUD Deals And Large Acquisition Financing

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) arranged a trio of HUD loans this month, including a $14.5 million loan for a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in New York, a $14 million loan for a 170-bed SNF in Tennessee and a $6.5 million loan for another 120-bed SNF in New York. Each loan closed with a rate in the lower 2s and refinanced more expensive conventional debt.  Turning to HHC Finance’s Capital Advisory Group, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, the team had an active end to the year with $550 million in deals arranged in December alone. Most notably, Messrs. Haas and Gamss helped arrange acquisition financing for a skilled nursing portfolio in the... Read More »
HHC Finance Closes 15 HUD Loan Modifications

HHC Finance Closes 15 HUD Loan Modifications

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) has been hard at work securing HUD loan modifications for its clients. After all, why not accept a lower rate? The firm closed 15 modifications totaling over $220 million for skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, and California.  HHC Finance followed that up with a $65 million HUD refinance, with a rate in the low-2s, for a 547-bed skilled nursing facility in New York. The transaction took out an existing HUD loan.  Read More »
HHC Finance Secures Several HUD Refinances

HHC Finance Secures Several HUD Refinances

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) is wrapping up HUD’s fiscal year with several transactions closed through the agency. First, the firm arranged a $19 million loan for a 200-bed skilled nursing facility in New York, then followed up with a $20 million HUD refinance of a 155-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio.   Continuing with financing large SNFs, HHC Finance also closed a $22 million loan for a 225-bed facility in Ohio. All three facilities were built in the 1970s but have received numerous capital improvements over the years. Each HUD loan came with interest rates in the very low 2s. What a deal.  HHC Finance next closed a $6.8 million HUD supplemental loan for an... Read More »