Ventas’ Q4 Normalized FFO Skyrockets 114%, Boosted by NHP Acquisition
Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) saw its normalized funds from operations (FFO) skyrocket 114% to $259.3 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, thanks to acquisitions made in the period. “Ventas delivered excellent results in 2011, as our portfolio performed well while we successfully integrated over $11 billion of accretive acquisitions,” Ventas Chairman and CEO [...]



HARP 2.0: Obama Administration’s Revised Policy to Further Aging In Place
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again …that seems to be the game plan for the Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Refinance Program. After version 1.0 failed to produce substantial results to assist homeowners who are underwater, it appears that looser guidelines are the next salvo in the fight to re-invigorate the ailing housing [...]