RCA in the commercial property press:

REITs Bypass GSEs for Seniors Housing Debt

Senior Housing News reports: Much has been made over the spike in REIT-driven activity in the seniors housing sector over the past year, with Real Capital Analytics tracking $22.6 billion since just the start of 2011 – much of it attributable to REITs. Senior Housing News recently provided an explanation: REITs have access to financing outside of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which have much stricter lending requirements than their private counterparts.

With many of the sector’s biggest players skirting the government-sponsored entities (GSEs) for lending, Fannie and Freddie are presented with the problem of a competitive disadvantage in a sector that is growing rapidly. Senior Housing News even interviewed one person familiar with the seniors housing market who stated that the GSEs should consider loosening their credit standards when lending to the sector.

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