• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
The HUD Doors Are Still Open

The HUD Doors Are Still Open

One thing to come out of the coronavirus crisis (among many things) has been record-low interest rates, with the 10-year Treasury yield falling as low as 0.318% on March 9 and the federal funds rate being cut to 0-0.25%. It has been in the federal government’s interest to maintain liquidity in the market, as much as possible, so how has that policy affected HUD lending in the senior care industry? We asked Michael Gehl of Housing & Healthcare Finance a few questions, and here are his answers:  1) First question is, is HUD still doing business?  Yes, HUD is still doing business, as you can imagine a number of people are working from home, which does create its challenges not... Read More »
HHC Finance’s Bridge Lending Program Takes Off

HHC Finance’s Bridge Lending Program Takes Off

Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group closed an impressive number of bridge loans lately, totaling $185 million across 12 transactions in the last several months. The team, led by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, spread out across the country to get the deals done in North Carolina, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, New York and Alabama. The largest transaction involved a two-skilled nursing facility portfolio in California receiving a $50 million loan. HHC Finance’s Elan Magence joined Messrs. Haas and Gamss to arrange the transaction. On top of that busy period of bridge lending, HHC Finance closed an $11 million HUD refinance of a 100-bed... Read More »
Austin-Area Assisted Living Gets HUD Financing

Austin-Area Assisted Living Gets HUD Financing

An experienced ownership group went through Housing and Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) to refinance its conventional debt on its 32-unit assisted living/memory care community in Kyle, Texas. Located about 15 miles south of Austin, the community was built in 2014 (around when development was especially heating up in certain markets in Texas) and currently operates at occupancy in the mid-90s. It had in-place, higher rate and shorter term conventional and subordinated debt but was able to replace it with a $4.86 million HUD loan, arranged by HHC Finance.  Read More »
HHC Finance’s Capital Advisory Group Hits $1 Billion

HHC Finance’s Capital Advisory Group Hits $1 Billion

Housing and Healthcare Finance’s (HHC Finance) Capital Advisory Group just crossed the $1 billion mark in loans closed since its inception a little over two years ago. Pushing the group over the edge were a couple of bridge loans arranged by Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss. The pair first structured a $12.2 million loan for two assisted living communities in Michigan, and then arranged a $6.0 million loan for a skilled nursing facility in Kentucky. The financings came with relatively low leverages and were arranged on behalf of a couple of experienced borrowers. Read More »
HHC Finance Firing on All Cylinders

HHC Finance Firing on All Cylinders

Housing and Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) was busy in February, closing three HUD transactions for nearly $43.7 million in business. First, in Nassau County, New York, a 218-bed/95-unit assisted living community obtained a $23 million loan with an interest rate in the low 3s. Built in 1960, the building had operated as a long-term psychiatric care facility until it was purchased by the current owner in 2001. Over the next three years, the owner, which has owned and/or operated several senior care facilities in the New York City area, invested $12 million in renovations and converted the property to a low-income assisted living community. Now with the current HUD refinance, the borrower... Read More »