• 60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Tops 350 Deals in H1:25

    In the second quarter of 2025, there were 176 publicly announced transactions, a preliminary number that is almost certain to increase in the weeks ahead. That brings our total for the first half of the year to 355 deals, or 710 on an annualized basis. Considering we finished 2024 with 716 total deals, which was a record by far, we are in a good... Read More »
  • Bloom Exits South Carolina’s Seniors Housing Market

    Kandu Capital, LLC, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, collectively known as Bloom, sold its final seniors housing community in South Carolina. The company is seeking realignment as it exits the state after a decade-long presence in the region. The 129-unit independent living and memory care community, which is in Bluffton, sold for... Read More »
  • Improving Ohio SNF Sees Strong Price

    Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage secured a strong price for a skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1965, the facility was originally licensed for 199 beds, but the decision was made to strategically reduce the beds to 167 to save on provider tax and improve the Medicaid rate.  The facility struggled for many... Read More »
  • Stacked Stone Ventures Makes Major SNF Acquisition

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, has made a major acquisition in the skilled nursing sector, acquiring nine skilled nursing facilities for approximately $33 million, or $66,000 per bed, at a 13% cap rate. Stacked Stone bought the portfolio in a joint venture with Praxis Capital from a large... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Announces Two Refinances

    Tremper Capital Group announced a couple of refinances at the end of the second quarter for seniors housing clients. The first was arranged on behalf of Kisco Senior Living for its 333-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Built in 2004, the campus was acquired by Kisco as part of a larger CCRC deal in 2013, and since then it... Read More »

2017 HUD LEAN Rankings Are In

Total HUD LEAN loan volume hasn’t yet reached the heights of its FY2014, when the program closed over $4.2 billion in loans in 484 transactions, but it is getting there. In its FY2017, lenders closed just over $3.4 billion in 310 deals, up 20% from FY2016’s $2.84 billion volume (in 287 deals) and up 26% from FY2015’s $2.7 billion (in 291 deals). A total of 33 lenders closed at least one transaction, with Lancaster Pollard topping the list with 79 transactions. KeyBank came in second, with 33 loans, and Capital Funding was not far behind, closing 28 transactions. Housing & Healthcare Finance and First American Capital Group tied for fourth, each with 18 loans closed. Lancaster Pollard... Read More »

Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Bridge Lending Success

Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Capital Advisory Group has certainly been a success since its launch nearly two years ago. Focusing on bridge loans and credit facilities, the program has closed over $650 million in transactions, so far. Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss, who lead the group, continued their good work into this summer, arranging over $100 million in bridge loans and credit lines in May and June. The largest of the closings included a $53 million bridge loan for a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities (and 948 total beds) in Wisconsin. Next up, Messrs. Haas and Gamss arranged a $37 million bridge loan on behalf of a SNF portfolio in Ohio with a combined 760 beds. A skilled... Read More »

Housing & Healthcare Finance’s Bridge Lending Business

The bridge lending program at Housing & Healthcare Finance seems to be flourishing since its launch in Fall 2015. It had a strong year in 2016, when the Capital Advisory Group (which arranges bridge loans and revolving lines of credit) closed about $350 million in transactions. Now, the team of Isaac Haas and Neil Gamss isn’t letting up, closing over $65 million in bridge loans in April alone. All of the loans were for skilled nursing clients across the country, including a $14.8 million loan for two facilities (with 213 combined beds) in Cincinnati, Ohio, a $21.5 million loan for three facilities (with 346 beds) in Oklahoma and a $13 million loan for two facilities (also with 213... Read More »
New Future for HUD Lender

New Future for HUD Lender

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC) is bringing on a new face to oversee its expansion efforts in the healthcare lending world, though this new addition is no stranger to healthcare finance. Keith Reuben, an industry veteran having been part of senior management at CapitalSource Inc. from 2001 to 2009, and then Executive Vice President of the Commercial and Specialty Finance Business at Capital One Bank from 2011 to 2015, has joined HHC as its CEO. The lender clearly has its niche in providing HUD financing to senior care properties, closing 28 transactions for a total of $355.9 million in FY2016, including the agency’s largest loan of the year: an $80.7 million loan to refinance a... Read More »

HHC’s Fitting Finale

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC) finished the year with over $25 million in two more HUD transactions. First, for a portfolio of five Texas skilled nursing facilities all built between 1960 and 1985 and owned by an experienced operator, HHC closed five loans totaling $21.2 million. The financing, with interest rates in the low 3s, will help fund needed repairs across the portfolio. And then, HHC arranged $5.6 million, also with an interest rate in the low 3s, for a 94-bed skilled nursing/memory care facility in California. Built in 1964, the facility was also owned by an experienced operator. Read More »