HUD’s record SNF deal

HUD saw its largest single-asset, skilled nursing facility loan ever, when Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC Finance) closed an $80.7 million 232/223(f) loan to refinance the existing conventional bank debt at a 520-bed skilled nursing facility in Manhattan, New York. Built in 1927 with 16 floors, but converted to skilled nursing in 1985, the Upper West Side facility was purchased three years ago by a member of the CareRite Centers network of communities for $80 million, or $153,800 per bed, with a 13% cap rate. With a loan of such size, HHC Finance had to get approval from multiple levels at HUD including the Office of Risk Management and all the way up to The Deputy Secretary of HUD.... Read More »

HUD’s top lenders

We will be profiling the top 10 HUD LEAN lenders in the coming issue of The SeniorCare Investor, but here is a little snapshot. We already mentioned last week that Lancaster Pollard finished well ahead of the pack, with 65 transactions totaling $531 million. Coming in second place, dollar-wise, was Housing & Healthcare Finance. The Chevy Chase, Maryland-based firm closed 22 transactions, for a total of $264.2 million. Loan sizes ranged from as low as $3.96 million up to $28.78 million. Coming in third was Capital Funding, which actually closed 28 loans (second place) totaling $257.8 million. Good job to all. Read More »

Big HUD month for HHC

Housing & Healthcare Finance (HHC) had a very busy August closing over $50 million of HUD financings. Three of the loans totaling $15.2 million were refinancings of existing HUD loans for three skilled nursing facilities with 428 beds in Connecticut.  The experienced borrower received low fixed rates for the next 25-30 years. HHC also closed 2 HUD 232/223(f) loans totaling close to $36 million. The first, a $22.2 million loan, will refinance a 240-bed skilled nursing facility in Brooklyn, New York, while the second, a $13.3 million loan, will refinance a 120-bed facility in Carmel, New York. All of the facilities are well occupied. Read More »