VIUM Capital closed a record-breaking 32 senior living and healthcare deals in the first half of the year, adding up to $750 million, the Columbus, OH-based lender announced Wednesday. This marks the strongest first-half in the firm’s five-year history, the company said.

The company largely credits this year’s success to date to “favorable regulatory headwinds,” including a federal judge tossing out a national nursing home staffing mandate in April and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s launching a new ‘Express Lane’ initiative last month.

The deals included both bridge and permanent debt solutions, funding 51 separate properties across 14 states nationwide. Eighteen of the financings were HUD / Ginnie Mae loans through HUD’s 232/223(f) program, totaling more than $360 million. 

“Our first-half production volume doubled that of the first six months of 2024, which itself was a record year,” Senior Managing Director Tony Ruberg said. “With over $800 million of additional HUD volume already submitted, we expect the balance of 2025 to be even stronger.”

VIUM ranked second in both number and dollar amounts of transactions completed through HUD’s 232 Lean mortgage insurance program in fiscal year 2024, which ended Sept. 30.

VIUM’s HUD/GNMA servicing portfolio has surpassed 100 loans year to date, the firm said. The company noted that it added a HUD-approved LEAN underwriter and several new analysts to support continued growth.

Additionally, equity investments in VIUM’s debt fund reached a milestone, the company said.

‍“We are leaning more heavily into expanding the capital side of our business,” VIUM Senior Managing Director Chris Blanda said. “We are actively targeting a doubling of our equity investments in our debt fund over the next year, and we plan to hire a director of debt capital markets to lead and manage our relationships with other banks and non-bank lenders. This is all part of our intentional plan to build the top healthcare and seniors housing lender in the country.”