On May 13, Seniors Housing Business hosted a panel discussion to explore the question: How will the coronavirus pandemic impact market valuation in the seniors housing sector? While there’s been a stock price rebound after REIT value plummeted at the outset of the pandemic, it isn’t clear right now where prices might end up for private and public markets. Join us to learn how the traditional components of seniors housing valuation have been upended by COVID-19 and what factors will most influence future prices. Listen in to hear what experts …
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During this unprecedented time, marketing and sales professionals must continue to connect and engage with prospects, both existing and new. This webinar features panelists discussing what COVID-19 has meant for the seniors housing sector and strategies for effective marketing despite social distancing, shelter-in-place, and quarantine situations. Learn what alternate lead-generation options are available to continue to work toward 2020 sales and marketing goals. Hear what strategies industry peers are incorporating to manage through this time of uncertainty. Expert panelists weigh in with advice and helpful information about what industry professionals …
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How One Lender is Expanding to Meet the Evolving Needs of Seniors Housing Borrowers
If they haven’t already, it may be time for investors to reject the notion that seniors housing is a niche asset class. To meet surging demand for the properties brought on by the aging baby boomer population, sophisticated owners have spent years building modern, amenity-rich properties that feel like home, a far cry from 20th century versions of the model, which were often bare-boned and sterile environments. Despite the complex nature of underwriting healthcare operators, the number of lenders serving seniors housing developers has ballooned over the years given the …
Spurred by increased industry competition and opportunity from the long-awaited baby boomer arrival, seniors housing executives with operating experience are launching management companies. It’s a start-up wave occurring amidst a surge in construction. Owners and investors, looking for new approaches, are eager to partner with new firms run by experienced managers to quickly fill new projects and boost occupancy at old ones. At the same time, multifamily developers sense an opportunity and are creating new divisions headed by seniors housing pros ready to tweak old formulas to attract younger retirees. …
The Federal Housing Finance Administration’s (FHFA) recent decision to maintain healthy multifamily purchase volumes for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac calmed market uncertainties over capital availability for the remainder of 2019 and 2020, which had increased loan spreads by 30 to 50 basis points over the summer. The decision also addressed similar uncertainties in the seniors housing industry and, to some degree, growing concerns over affordability. Both were hot topics at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care’s fall conference in mid-September, and M&T Bank’s healthcare banking and …
Relationship Lending Gains Importance Amid Choppy Market Conditions, Say M&T Bank Executives
by Jaime Lackey
The NIC Fall Conference is known as the place where deals get done. About 80 percent of attendees either receive or deliver capital as a result of the meetings they participate in at the conference, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). That finding stems from a survey of attendees conducted annually by the Annapolis, Maryland-based nonprofit organization. The conference also serves as a platform for thought leadership and idea sharing. Some key topics addressed at this year’s conference — which took place Sept. 11-13 …
Taking on a development project for seniors housing can be daunting. With a wide variation of development processes and approaches used during the development process, it can be difficult to figure out where to start, let alone the path along the way. In this webinar, senior living development experts from Plante Moran Living Forward and Lantz-Boggio will share a case study of a two-day design charrette that allowed a senior living organization to save money and time during its due diligence process. Learn: Which parties should be brought to the …
Next week, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to roll out a new reimbursement model that could significantly affect the cash flow and financial flexibility of skilled nursing facilities. Under the program, known as the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), CMS is linking skilled nursing facility (SNF) reimbursements to the value of care given. When it goes into effect on October 1, PDPM will replace the current model that pays SNFs based on the volume of services rendered. One of PDPM’s primary goals is to encourage activities …
Coming out of the financial crisis, cash-out financing became a term that virtually no commercial real estate sponsor dared utter. Lenders and regulators took a dim view of the practice, which, as a product of lax underwriting standards that helped fuel the crisis, too often allowed borrowers to retain only a sliver of equity in their properties. And few landlords had the capacity to strike cash-out deals anyway, given the drop in commercial property values. As commercial real estate values have recovered, however, lenders have become agreeable to making cash-out …
Webinar: Seniors Housing Growth Strategies – Ground-Up Development, Acquisition or Repositioning
by Jaime Lackey
Even in an environment in which banks are slower to back construction loans and operating pressures abound, seniors housing developers are adding product to the market at an aggressive clip. The industry, fueled by favorable demographics and ready capital, has added over 20,000 new units over the last three years. Still, the most successful seniors housing companies are taking a more sober approach, picking their spots. For these proven players, developers and owner/operators who develop, there’s no one approach. Some pursue growth through ground-up construction; others through acquisition; still others …