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Case Study: Majestic House

$5,243,000
November 2022
Tamaqua, PA

PARTNERED RIGHT

In November, Sims Mortgage Funding, Inc. (SMF) closed a $5,243,000 HUD-insured refinancing loan for Majestic House, a 74-unit, age-restricted affordable community located in Tamaqua, PA. The loan was insured under the Section 223(f) program and underwritten at 80% of the property’s fair market value, providing cash-out to the borrower, a for-profit limited partnership, and funds for repairs and reserves. As a product of the transaction, the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment Contract was renewed for 20 additional years, providing the Project with a stable, long-term revenue platform.

STRUCTURED RIGHT

Majestic House was initially a hotel and theatre built in the 1920s. The building was substantially rehabilitated and converted to elderly housing in the 1980s with a mortgage loan issued by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. We were first introduced to the Project in 2013 when we refinanced the PHFA loan with a HUDinsured Section 223(f) insured loan. This loan also enabled the owner to cash-out, and fund repairs and reserves.

EXECUTED RIGHT

The general partner had three basic goals in recapitalizing the Project: (1) ensuring that affordable housing units would continue to be available on a long-term basis; (2) financing a series of moderate improvements to the property that would improve accessibility and enhance resident comfort; and, (3) providing the partnership’s principals and limited partners with financial incentives to continue to own and operate affordable housing. These goals were met a second time, first through the Section 223(f) loan that closed in 2013 and a second time in November.

FINANCED RIGHT®

The fixed rate, 35-year fully-amortizing loan was underwritten under the Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) program and approved by HUD’s Northeast Region in approximately 115 days. With funds available for capital repairs and reserves, and financial incentives distributed to the ownership, Majestic House will continue to provide affordable housing to low and moderate income elderly for years to come. This is the fourth HUD-insured loan we have closed for the ownership group. 

Andrew,

Thank you and your entire office for always being accessible to me, during the rather involved process of obtaining HUD’s approval for our refinancing loan at Majestic House. Sims Mortgage Funding guided our partnership in obtaining a significantly lower 35-year fixed interest rate loan than a competitive bid. These funds will be used for major capital upgrades to this 74-unit age restricted low-income Section 8 property. Thanks from our Management Team.

-Anthony Grosek-General Partner

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For more detailed information on how the Majestic House was Financed Right® by HJ Sims and Sims Mortgage Funding, please contact:

Andrew J. Patykula
(201) 307-9383
apatykula@simsmortgage.com

HJ Sims is a member of FINRA/SIPC ® and is not affiliated with the United Methodist Homes of NJ Sims Mortgage Funding is a wholly owned subsidiary of HJ Sims & Co Inc.