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Improving Seniors Housing Sector Fuels Anticipation of Financing Rebound in 2022

by Sarah Daniels December 7, 2021

A COVID-19 hangover has tested seniors housing in 2021. Low occupancy rates along with staff shortages, rising expenses and other conditions have not only created a difficult operating environment, but they also have dampened financing activity as owners have delayed putting properties on the market or seeking refinancing. As fundamentals continue to improve, however, seniors housing finance experts are looking forward to a busier 2022. A significant rebound in demand combined with limited new supply helped push the average seniors housing occupancy rate to above 80 percent nationally in the …

December 7, 2021

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Seniors Housing Owners Have an Opportunity to Build a Bridge to Stability

by Sarah Daniels October 5, 2021

Seniors housing owners struggling with low occupancy and maturing debt have found themselves in a state of financing limbo. Preferred lenders that cater to the industry, including FHA/HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, won’t consider providing a mortgage to properties that are not stabilized. Operators need time to remedy the problem amid COVID-19’s detrimental influence on resident recruitment and other operations. The situation is particularly challenging for developers who have recently completed projects but are experiencing longer-than-anticipated lease-up periods and may not have qualified for any federal aid programs. What’s …

October 5, 2021

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In the Seniors Housing Sector, a Sense of Recovery is Growing

by Sarah Daniels July 21, 2021

For more than a year, seniors housing operators have battled rising vacancy, pressure on net operating income and uncertainty about the future as potential residents steered clear from property tours and lease commitments. Those difficulties have created a tough financing environment for the segment. But a growing number of seniors housing discussions today are centered on how operators and the industry are recovering, according to Christopher Callaghan, head of healthcare banking at M&T Bank. To what degree a recovery is occurring, however, depends on several variables. “There is still a …

July 21, 2021

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MTRCC’s Affordable Housing Expansion Anticipates Seniors Housing Opportunities

by Sarah Daniels April 6, 2021

Concerns about real estate distress have primarily focused on retail and hospitality properties, both of which have most visibly borne the brunt of COVID-19 state and local lockdowns. Yet, arguably, seniors housing has suffered just as severe a blow, say Matthew Pipitone and Jeff Rodman, program managers for M&T Realty Capital Corp. (MTRCC), the commercial mortgage banking subsidiary of M&T Bank. Not only have seniors housing residents been restricted from having guests and seeing family members, but owners and operators have been tasked with finding ways to continue caring for …

April 6, 2021

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How One Lender is Expanding to Meet the Evolving Needs of Seniors Housing Borrowers

by Sarah Daniels March 11, 2020

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 …

March 11, 2020

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FHFA Addresses Seniors Housing Liquidity Concerns

by Jaime Lackey November 19, 2019

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 …

November 19, 2019

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Relationship Lending Gains Importance Amid Choppy Market Conditions, Say M&T Bank Executives

by Jaime Lackey October 23, 2019

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 …

October 23, 2019

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Skilled Nursing Facilities Face Unknowns with Patient-Driven Payment Model

by Jaime Lackey September 23, 2019

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 …

September 23, 2019

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M&T Bank Builds a Cash-Out, Bridge-to-HUD Program for Residential Care Facility Owners

by Jeff Shaw June 25, 2019

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 …

June 25, 2019

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M&T Bank: A Spectrum for Seniors Housing Finance

by Jaime Lackey April 13, 2019

Labor shortages, rising interest rates and other challenges confronting seniors housing operators have failed to blunt the bullish outlook for industry growth. While the availability of debt and capital to fund that expansion has improved over the last several years, it continues to be an area of concern. In particular, developers are placing an emphasis on finding experienced and relationship-driven financing partners that can properly assess a borrower’s needs, match them with the best possible solution, and react quickly to regulatory changes or other unforeseen circumstances that may impact pro …

April 13, 2019